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What did you study at college or university? Do you know about any famous people who went to college or
university? How important is it to go to university or college? Are there any famous actors / musicians, etc. in
your country who studied at college or university?
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Match the names (1 to 8) to the
pictures (a-h).
1. Gerard Butler C]
2. Rowan Atkinson
3. Sacha Baron Cohen C]
4. Chris Martin
5. Sting
6. Eric Clapton C]
7. John Cleese D
8. Kate BeckinsaIe 12
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College, studied
Who are these people?
anthropology), Jonny Oxford.
What are they famous for? While she was there,
Think! Then, read the Buckland (mathematics) and
article once to compare she starred in Kenneth Guy
your answers. Berryman (engineering).

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Branagh's film adaptation of
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Read the article again. Matthew Sumner, Ado About
Then, write the name of Nothing. After otherwise
the correct person next to known as Sting, spending her
s well as being attended Northern Counties artistically third year in
each subject. 1. Ancient talented, College of Education, some celebrities have (which later
World Studies I'M
became part an academic background. of Northumbria University) FUNNY AND CLEVER! Paris,
Here are a few examples of from 1971 to 1974 and celebrities who she decided not to return to
2. Law (Cambridge have studied qualified as a teacher. university and to focus on her
University) at college or university. He then worked as a schoolteacher at St. acting career. She added, "It
Paul's Actor Gerard Butler studied First School in Cramlington law was getting to the point where
3. Electrical engineering at Glasgow University. for two years. He was also president of the I wasn't enjoying either thing
school's law society. One the world's greatest guitarists, Eric enough because both were
4. French and Clapton, very high pressure. I was
Russian literature Comedian and actor Rowan studied at Kingston College of Atkinson burning out and I knew I had
(who's famous Art (now Kingston University). for his Mr Bean to make a decision." o
5. Teaching
character), He was dismissed at the studied electrical engineering
end of his first academic year at Queen's College, Oxford. because GLOSSARY
6. Art law the study of systems of law (rules in
"his focus was on music and not art." society) electrical engineering n the design,

7. H istory Comedian Sacha Baron construction and maintenance of electrical

devices a thesis n a long piece ofwriting based
on the investigation of a particular topic. It is
Cohen (who stars as Ali G Monty Python star John and often part of a qualification such as a PhD (a
doctorate) the civil rights movement n a
8. Law (Glasgow Borat in several films Cleese got a 2.1 in law and TV popular movement for equal rights for African
Americans in the US anthropology the study
University) shows) was a history from Cambridge University. of people, society, and culture to quali9 as
exp ifyou "qualify as" a teacher (for example),
Famous eo le w o student at Cambridge However, his knowledge you pass the exams so you can work in that
particular profession to dismiss vb if someone
studie at universit . Universit½ His thesis of law didn't seem to have was is "dismissed" from a place, they are told to
leave that place formally n the second-highest
on the role of Jewish helped him when it came grade at university alimony payment money
that must be paid regularly to a former wife
people in the US civil rights to alimony payments. After or husband after a divorce bitter adj if an
argument is "bitter", both people are very
movement a bitter divorce, the courts ordered him angry a divorce n a legal separation of married
people the courts this refers to the place
where legal matters are decided by a judge
to pay £12 and jury (a group of 12 people) a career n the
job / profession you choose to do for the
The lead singer of Coldplay, million to his American ex- majority of your life the point the time high
pressure if a job is "high pressure", it is very
Chris Martin, studied Ancient wife Alyce Faye Eichelberger. stressful to burn out phr if someone is "burnt
out", they don't have any energy (because
World Studies at University they've worked a lot)
College London. It was there Aviator star Kate Beckinsale where he
met future band- studied French and Russian mates Will Champion
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