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  • Now, we've been talking about a well-known person you like or admire,

  • and I'd like to discuss with you one or two more general questions related to this.

  • Let's consider first of all famous people in your country.

  • So in Germany what kind of people are famous?

  • Ah... mostly sports people I would say.

  • Like, our favorite sport is soccer.

  • So yeah, people who play this sport.

  • And famous as well our politicians but they are not admired

  • or they're not alive doing...

  • So there's a difference between being famous and being admired?

  • I think so definitely think so yeah.

  • Politicians are only famous?

  • They're only famous because it's easy to blame them for everything what happens.

  • At the moment we have the financial crisis in Europe.

  • Especially Greek and Ireland really have to suffer at the moment.

  • And yeah it's easy to blame something.

  • You can't blame a soccer player.

  • But it's easy to blame the politicians.

  • How about movie stars - are they also famous in Germany?

  • Um... yeah they are also famous but not the German movie stars

  • or music stars. We don't have a big yeah a big

  • ...yeah... big branch of this.

  • More yeah American folks yeah mostly US American movie stars.

  • But it's hard to ...yeah...

  • it's hard to to think that they are

  • our role models or anything like that.

  • They are living on the other side of the lake and

  • yeah, just in the television.

  • What about in the past? What kinds of people were famous in the past?

  • Especially in the 70s-60s, I would say a musicians.

  • Because ...yeah... of this freedom of this last guy we had there.

  • Yeah, these these musicians here live this.

  • And how about the future? Can you give me a prediction for the future?

  • Definitely not bankers.

  • Not bankers? Yeah because of the financial crisis again.

  • Um, yeah that's a good question.

  • Maybe people who and serve the planet and who wants to save the planet.

  • Work for this environmentally people.

  • I could yeah would be quite like it

  • because we have this theme of global warming at the moment.

  • Well discussed and yeah so let's say this could be likely.

  • Now let's talk about celebrity culture.

  • Often famous people are used in advertisements.

  • Can you give me some examples of that?

  • Um... I don't watch a lot of television.

  • But so a television or see advert advertisements.

  • So I can't give many examples actually.

  • How about for... instead of for products, how about

  • celebrities being involved in in advertising for causes or charities?

  • Have you seen examples of that?

  • Um... yeah sometimes like for environmentally things

  • I can't name any celebrities but um

  • it's quite often that they used this image.

  • The celebrity has done something in his life and

  • many people admire him for the one or the other reason.

  • so it's quite a good thing that they use a celebrity because

  • he is a role model, he stands for something

  • and he stands... yeah for the environment

  • or made for a product, so the people who admires him

  • yeah wants to buy this product, wants to do something for the environment.

  • Now let's let's change to the negatives.

  • What kind of possible negative effects

  • might a celebrity have on younger generations?

  • Yeah, as I said, they had to their role models for many people

  • and this rock star was in the television the last weeks and months

  • and go on the wrong path and taking drugs or yeah just living the wrong lifestyle.

  • Then, yeah, the young people think 'hey it's cool what he's doing so

  • he's he's famous he has money he's taking drugs so hey that fits together I won't do the same'.

  • So you think that his behaviour actually can influence how

  • younger generations choose to lead their lives?

  • I definitely think so, yeah.

  • So do you think that a celebrity has a moral responsibility

  • to behave in a better manner in public?

  • As long as he is famous as he is in everyday life he definitely has.

  • He's not only the normal person,

  • this if he is at home it's okay what he's doing I don't care.

  • But um yeah, the very moment goes public

  • or is on television and the newspapers

  • he definitely has a responsibility

  • because millions of people are watching what he is doing.

  • So would you say that there's an obligation that

  • a person who becomes famous they have an obligation

  • to behave in a more ethical or moral manner?

  • Yeah and if you can't stand this pressure

  • then yeah he should take care that he's not being famous, no.

  • Somehow, I don't know whether it's possible

  • somehow but yeah there's this obligation definitely.

  • Well thank you very much. That's the end of the Speaking test. Thank you.

Now, we've been talking about a well-known person you like or admire,

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