1. Do you or your friends take selfies and put them online?

Why / Why not?

2. What kind of selfies do you look at? Ones of famous people?
Or ones of your family and friends?
3. What makes a selfie interesting?
1. I like to have a cup of tea in bed before I get up. This is part of my
morning ritual.
2. When you study a new language, it helps if you understand the
society and culture of that language.

an activity or
the habits of a 1. personal rituals special habits
set of actions
group of that you have
that are always
people and 2. traditional social rituals typical
done in the
the things things that only people from
same way at
they Believe your country do and they have
the same time.
done them for a long time
 She explains what a ritual is and talks about how selfies
are rituals that are part of modern culture. She gives an
example of a social ritual from her country where they
use the national flag.

She gives a definition of rituals and explains how selfies

are common social rituals. She gives an example of
young women taking selfies at weddings.
1 different ways of looking at modern culture: ______________
2 a family ritual:______________________________________
3 a wedding ritual in Turkey:___________________________
1 the place where people take a selfie
2 old paintings that are self portraits
3 uploading a selfie to a social media website
4 a million selfies every day
5 the way people pose for a selfie
6 rituals are inherited and pass from one
generation to the next
4 a million selfies every day
6 rituals are inherited and pass from one
generation to the next
2 old paintings that are self portraits
1 the place where people take a selfie
5 the way people pose for a selfie
3 uploading a selfie to a social media website

a showing a picture of yourself is not a new idea

b finding out what people think of your selfie
c people between the age of 18 and 24
d the way you stand and the way you hold your smartphone
e Browne says this in ‘Profiles of Popular Culture’ (2005)
f ‘see where I have been’ or ‘see how I live’
https://youtu.be/tSkJ-9NSrvs
a) With people falling off the Grand Canyon and being struck by trains, it begs the question just how far
people are willing to go for their personal brands. 5
b) Essentially, you want to up the ante so you take more and more amazing photos in more and more
risky places because those draw views. 3
c) With social media and stuff, people are sort of always trying to one-up each other. 6
d) Once you build this up over months, weeks, years, all these pictures of you doing a certain thing, then
all of a sudden it's like: “Oh, I can maybe market this”. 2
e) Anything that I love I consider my brand and I just showcase it. 1
f) It's the norm now to pop a picture of wherever you're at mostly with your face in it. 4

1) to show the best qualities or parts of something

2) to advertise or promote (something)
3) to try to get a greater advantage from a situation by taking a bigger risk
4) to take a photo
5) to raise a point that has not been dealt with; invite an obvious question
6) to outdo somebody
• Have you heard of any selfie-related accidents which turned deadly or
in which people were seriously injured?
• What do you think about the idea of branding oneself through posting
selfies?
• Do you know any people who post a lot of selfies and photos on social
media and make a living from it?

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Reading

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/magazine/science-
technology/selfie

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