2 December
Goals
What are your goals in life?
Is there anything you want to achieve in the short or long term?
Do you have any career goals?
Have you had goals you have already achieved? What are they?
What is your biggest dream for the future?
What is one small goal you want to achieve this year?
Have you ever failed to reach a goal? How did you feel?
Who inspires you to work toward your goals?
Have your goals changed over the years? How?
What steps are you taking to reach your biggest goal?
What is something new you want to learn?
If you could achieve one goal tomorrow, what would it be?
Tragic Trend: Fatal Selfie Accidents
Five people died from shark attacks in 2017. A study in 2017 shows that every 3 days, someone is killed by selfie-related accidents. But that number is “just the tip of the iceberg,” said the study’s authors, because such deaths are often reported to other causes. This year, the number must be even worse. The study also found that the people who died while taking selfies were mostly male (about 72 per cent) and under the age of 30 (86 per cent). The most common type of death was drowning, which often occurred after the selfie-taker was washed away by waves on a beach or a boat. Next were “transport” deaths, which most frequently happened when someone was taking a selfie too close to a moving vehicle. Those were followed by deaths from falls, fires, firearms and animals. Here are some examples of how people die:
A man visiting a park in eastern India was beaten to death by a bear while trying to take a selfie with the wounded animal.
A British man and an Australian woman fell to their deaths while taking a selfie atop a cliff overlooking a popular Portuguese beach.
A teenager died after she shot herself in the head while taking a series of selfies with a loaded gun.
A young woman died after falling into Lake Superior from a 60-meter cliff while positioning herself for a selfie.
READ/SPEAK
Do you take and share a lot of photographs? How often and when do you usually share photos on social media?
How often do you take selfies?
Where do you usually take selfies?
Have you ever seen someone take a risky selfie?
What is the best selfie you have ever taken?
What do you think about people who take too many selfies?
Have you ever taken a selfie in a famous place?
Are there any people around you who are obsessed with sharing everything? Why do you think they’re like that?
Something you say that means people should not criticise someone else for a fault that they have themselves:
“Elliott accused me of being selfish. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!”
LEARN THE IDIOM AND SPEAK
What are your bad sides? Why do you think you should change those habits?