12/8 second topic;This man is not Kim Jong-un

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A lookalike of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been startling people in Hong Kong. The 34-year-old impersonator, known as Howard, certainly turned heads when he paraded down the city’s streets, drawing a crowd of passers-by trying to get a photo, but not everyone was fooled by the costume.

“I was surprised and I thought hey, I have seen anywhere before, but that was on German TV, and so I recognized him as a dual. I couldn’t believe that he’s the true one.”

Howard says he transformed himself into the North Korean leader earlier this year after his friends joked about the resemblance.

“When he came to power, when he was the president of North Korea, then I got a lot of comments that I look like the guy and then you know, we joked back and forth, yeah, maybe I should get dressed up and do some gigs with it. After all, I’m a musician so you know, it’s about the performance.”

Within weeks Howard was in great demand, being flown across the world to film TV commercials and make special appearances, and he hopes the work keeps coming.

“Well, I’m set up for life. What can I say? I mean, Reggie Brown, all these Obama impersonators, they got eight years! I’ve got a lifetime, unless he gets assassinated, that is. Which could happen, you never know. I’ve heard Kim Jong-nam is working something up.“

But if you want the Kim Jong-un lookalike at your party, it will set you back a pretty penny. He now charges the equivalent of 700 US dollars for an appearance.

Difficult words: lookalike (someone who looks similar to someone who is famous), startle (shock), impersonator (someone who pretends to be someone else), parade (walk around to be admired), draw (attract), resemblance (similarity), gig (concert), assassinate (to kill an important person).

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Question

1.    How do you feel about someone says they know someone you looks alike (celebrities or their friends)? Do you have any celebrity looks alike?

2.    Have you ever dressed up like someone else or wore a costume? Please tell your experience.

3.    The cyberspace and mass media generated the coinages “Eoljjang and Momjjang”. Once it has spread through the internet it became literally well-known words for us. What are the good and bad influences for this trend?

4.    There are various ways of getting into good looking, such as dying your hair, wearing perfume, working out and having a plastic surgery etc. Which point is the most important factor for you among above things and what makes you so much care about your appearance?

5.    What is your best attraction? Let’s share your mind.

6.    Let’s discuss what the true beauty of human is and what can be the beauty itself of human in general?

7.    Generally speaking “it’s not a person’s looks that counts, it’s what’s inside”, and “Don’t judge by its cover”. Do you agree or disagree with two sayings?

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