2 Reading and writing

Reading 1 Read the text. Write T (true) or F (false) next to

the sentences.
Brothers and sisters rarely look similar. F
1 People sometimes know their look-alike.
2 Look-alikes often meet each other.
3 Brunelle wants to find 200 pairs of look-alikes.
4 Brunelle thinks he looks similar to James Dean.
5 He is looking for pairs of look-alikes in Canada.

2 Read the text again and answer the questions.

Why do people often look similar?
They often look similar because they’re
members of the same family.
Francois Brunelle
1 What do you call a person who looks very similar
to you?


Mr. Bean
2 Why do people who look very similar rarely meet?
Look-alikes

People often look like each other because
3 What is Brunelle planning to do with the pictures?
they’re members of the same family. Brothers

and sisters often have similar hair and faces,
and are of a similar height and weight. But what
if you find a person who looks a lot like you, but 4 Who do Brunelle’s friends think he looks like?
who is not related to you? This person is your
look-alike. Perhaps he or she is your friend, or
works with you. Maybe you only see this person 5 Where can people find more information about this
in the street. But in a world with a population of project?
seven billion, look-alikes rarely meet each other.
People say that every person on this planet
has a look-alike, and Canadian photographer
Francois Brunelle wants to find these pairs of
people. Brunelle is working on a project called Writing
“I’m not a look-alike” and is looking for 200
pairs of people with very similar appearances. 3 Write a description of two people you know who
He wants to take pictures of the people, and put look similar to each other. These two people
them in a book. cannot be brothers or sisters! Think about
the questions below and remember to write
Brunelle was first interested in the project adjectives in the correct places.
after seeing pictures of the comedy character
Mr. Bean: his friends think he looks like him! Who are the two people?
Brunelle wasn’t very happy about this; he thinks Are they a similar age?
he looks like the famous actor James Dean! But Do they know each other?
he was very excited about the idea of look- What do they look like?
alikes and so his project was born. His first How similar are they?
pairs were people he knows, but now he travels What are their similarities and differences?
all over the world to find people for his project.
So if you have a look-alike, get in touch with
Francois on his website!

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