Waking up as a meme
hero - Andras Arato
A.K.A Hide the pain Harold
Watch the TED talk given by
Mr Arato and complete the
multiple choice activity.
Andras was born in:
a)Italy.
b)Hungary.
c) USA.
He is:
a)72.
b)73.
c)74.
He is a/an:
a)doctor.
b)electric engineer.
c)architect.
He once was elected as the:
a)vice president of Coca Cola.
b)president of an engineering
union.
c)vice president of the Hungarian
Lighting Society.
Every day he receives thousands of
______ messages:
a)nice.
b)ugly.
c)rude.
During his TED talk, Andras
provides a definition for the
word “Meme” /mi:m/
“A meme is an image, video, piece of text, etc;
typically _____ in nature, that is copied and
spread rapidly by internet users, often with
slight variations” :
a)serious.
b)informative.
c)humorous.
He says his life changed when he went on
holidays to :
a)Egypt.
b)Turkey.
c)Greece.
He posted holiday pictures on social media to show
them to his :
a)work colleagues.
b)family.
c)friends.
A professional photographer saw the pictures
and contacted him in order to offer him :
a)a meeting.
b)a new business.
c)a job as a model in a trial
shooting.
His photos appeared on :
a)a magazine.
b)a hospital’s home page.
c)a social media campaign.
He first saw his face on a meme when he
found a picture of:
a)the Statue of Liberty .
b)the Mona Lisa.
c)Mount Rushmore.
Some memes were funny, some others were:
a)offensive .
b)fun.
c)ugly.
His first reaction was:
a)”Let’s finish this” .
b)”I’ll sue the photographer”.
c)”I need to change my name”.
The problem was that:
a)the photographer had disappeared.
b)he had to go to the police.
c)nothing disappears from the internet.
He thought people were going to forget about
his memes but the mania spread:
a)to the USA.
b)to Europe.
c)all over the world.
People named him “Hide the pain Harold”
because they thought there was _____ behind
his smile:
a)happiness.
b)sadness.
c)anger.
The internet users didn’t believe he was a real
person so he:
a)appeared on tv.
b)uploaded a picture.
c)appeared on the radio.
After a few hours, ___ thousand people saw
his picture:
a)20.
b)10.
c)30.
He then decided to:
a)establish his social networks.
b)email his fans.
c)give an interview.
Even though he became very famous, he thinks
that being “Hide the pain Harold” is just:
a)a job.
b)a roleplay.
c)a hobby.
Being “Hide the pain Harold” made his life
very exciting and interesting. He took part of:
a)a tv programme, a podcast and a
photo shoot.
b)a music video, a short film and
commercials.
Andras encourages people to:
a)become a meme.
b)go on holidays.
c)be open to new opportunities.
He says that there are three rules to follow in
order to become famous, unfortunately
nobody knows what they are!
1)Use the information
from the previous activity
to write a short
paragraph about
Harold’s life.
2)Find the past simple
verbs and divide them
into regular and
irregular.
3)Use the following
template to make
your own “Hide the
pain Harold” meme.
