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ELVIS PRESLEY “The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn’t know what all the yelling was about. I didn’t realize that my body was moving. It’s a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, ‘What’d I do? What’d I do?’ And he said “Whatever it is, go back and do it again.” -From a 1972 taped interview used in MGM’s documentary «Elvis on Tour»
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His 1973 special, ''Elvis – Aloha from Hawaii live via Satellite'', was seen in over 40 countries by 1 billion to 1.5 billion people and made television history. It was seen on television in more American homes than man's first walk on the moon.
PROFESSORES DA E.E. GENÉSIO MACHADO 07.06.2014
Elvis Aaron Presley was born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. His twin brother, Jessie Garon, was stillborn, leaving Elvis to grow up as an only child. He and his parents .................. (move) to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1948, and Elvis ......................... (graduate) from Humes High School there in 1953. Elvis’ musical influences .................. (be) the pop and country music of the time, the gospel music he ..................... (hear) in church, and the black R&B he ...................... (absorb) on historic Beale Street as a Memphis teenager. In 1954, Elvis ..................... (begin) his singing career with the legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. In late 1955, his recording contract .......................... (sell) to RCA Victor. By 1956, he ........................ (be) an international sensation. With a sound and style that uniquely .................... (combine) his diverse musical influences and ............. (blur) and ..................... (challenge) the social and racial barriers of the time, he .................. (usher) in a whole new era of American music and popular culture. He .................... (star) in 33 successful films, ..................... (make) history with his television appearances and specials, and ..................... (know) great acclaim through his many, often record-breaking, live concert performances on tour and in Las Vegas. Globally, his records .......................... (sell) in over one billion copies, more than any other artist. His American sales have earned him gold, platinum or multi-platinum awards. Among his many awards and accolades ........................ (be) 14 Grammy nominations (3 wins) from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award which he ..................... (receive) at age 36, and his being named One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation for 1970 by the United States Jaycees. Without any of the special privileges, his celebrity status might have afforded him, he honorably served his country in the U.S. Army.
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His talent, good looks, sensuality, charisma, and good humor ..................... (endear) him to millions, as did the humility and human kindness he ........................ (demonstrate) throughout his life. He ................................ (know) to the world over by his first name, he ............................ (regard) as one of the most important figures of twentieth century popular culture. Elvis ...................... (die) at his Memphis home, Graceland, on August 16, 1977.
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The Queen Elizabeth II
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The Queen is Head of State in the United Kingdom. As a constitutional monarch, Her Majesty does not 'rule' the country, but fulfils important ceremonial and formal roles with respect to Government. She is also Fount of Justice, Head of the Armed Forces and has important relationships with the established Churches of England and Scotland. The older daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, she was born in 1926 and became Queen at the age of 25, and has reigned through more than five decades of enormous social change and development. Her husband, Prince Philip, comes from the royal family of Greece and was created Duke of Edinburgh prior to their wedding on 20 November 1947. Elizabeth and Philip had four children: Charles (b. 1948), Anne (b. 1950), Andrew (b. 1960) and Edward (b. 1964); as the eldest, Prince Charles is heir to the throne. The queen celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 2002, marking 50 years on the throne. The Queen is supported in her official duties by other working members of the Royal Family who carry out a wide range of public engagements.
PROFESSORES DA E.E. GENÉSIO MACHADO 07.06.2014
The Mother Teresa She was born in Albania in 1910, and died in 1997. Her real name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She became famous all over the world for starting the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India. She began this work in 1950 and for over forty years, she looked after the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. She decided to become a nun when she was 12. She arrived in India in 1929 and became a nun two years later. In 1946 she received a call from God to leave the convent and help the poor. She was an international symbol of charity, visiting many countries to help poor children. After she
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died, the Pope started the process to make her a saint.
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SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS ALSO KNOW AS MARK TWAIN
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri. He was sickly as a boy, but grew to be healthy. He was both adventurous and mischievous. In 1839, his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri. He spent much of his time playing along the Mississippi River and in the woods nearby. He spent summers at an uncle’s farm where he’d get into mischief along with his group of friends. At the farm, he also saw several disturbing incidents, including slave beatings and murder, which he later used as material for his novels. Samuel’s father died in 1847, and he left school and became a printer’s apprentice to help support his family. He left Hannibal in 1853 to pursue his printing work in St. Louis, New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and Iowa. From 1857 until the Civil War started in 1861, he piloted a riverboat on the Mississippi River. After the war, he went to Nevada to prospect for silver and gold, but he didn’t like the West’s hardships. He returned to the East and worked as a reporter under the pseudonym of "Mark Twain," which was a boating phrase that indicated two fathoms of water. In 1864, he went to San Francisco and wrote for magazines and newspapers. In 1866, he started traveling extensively, visiting Hawaii, Europe, and the Middle East, studying people to gather material for his writing. In 1870, Samuel married Olivia Langdon. They had a son who died in infancy and three daughters. The family lived in Hartford, Connecticut, from 1871 until 1891. In 1872, he published his first book Roughing It. He published his first of many novels, The Guilded Age, in 1873. In 1876, he published The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and in 1885, he published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Clemens was often depressed and melancholy during his last twenty years of life. He had financial obligations after several failed investments, and he went on a lecture tour in Europe in 1895 and 1896 to raise money to pay his debts. During the tour, his daughter Suzy died. His wife Olivia died in 1904. His youngest daughter Jean died in 1909. His family members’ deaths and his own poor health added to his depression. He received honorary degrees from Yale in 1901 and from the University of Missouri in 1902, and he received another honorary degree from Oxford in 1907. On April 21, 1910, Samuel Clemens died of angina.
PROFESSORES DA E.E. GENÉSIO MACHADO 07.06.2014