" ® Extra ldea Unit 3 @ lan Fleming @ Student A e . . . . . » - a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > » > > , ) , Look at the photo of lan Fleming. Check (V) the adjectives that you think describe him, sophisticated well dress | kind funny | well educated outgoing good-looking confident Read the information about the first half of Tan Fleming's life. Answer the questions, 1. Where was Ian Fleming born? 2. What was his family like? 3. What happened to his father? 4. What did fan think of school and the army? 5. What happened in the early 1930s? 6. What was Tan doing when the Second World War started? Use the cues to write questions about the second half of Ian Fleming's life. Then ask your partner the questions. 1. What / he / do in his career? What did he doin his career? 2. Where / he / travel? 3. What / his life / like? 4, What / happen / after the war? 5. Why / 1952 / an important year? 6. How many / books / he / write / before The | die? 7. How many / he / sell? Work in groups. In what ways do you think Ian Fleming was similar to James Bond? © Oxford University Press The man behind James Bond 1953 and 1964, But how much is the author like the hero of the books? Tan Fleming was born in London, England, on May 24 He had three brothers and they were the children of a rich family His grandfather was a millionaire banker and his father was @ Member of Parliament. lan didn’t know his father we died in the First World War, when fan was only nine years old. [ie FLEMING wrote 14 James Bond books between sth, 1908 because he Jan was quite close to his brothers but he was very different from them. They all went to Eton, a very expensive private school in the south of England, The brothers enjoyed school, but lan hated it. He left before graduation. He also hated being in the army and did not want a career as a soldier. In 1930, fan went to Geneva to continue his education. Then the next year he wanted to join the Forcign Office, but he didn’t ppass the exams. He went back to England and he was living with his mother, feeling very bored, when he got a job as a journalist. He worked in London, Berlin, and Moscow After that, he became a stockbroker. He was doing this job when the Second World War started. Then his life changed. a