All about you Reading 1 You are going to read an article about four celebrities with famous or successful relatives. Read the text quickly. Are the sentences True or False? Write Tor F. 1 Gwen Stefani always wanted to be famous, [ sbomin i964, ] ‘ted in the theatre. [_] 2 Luciano Pavarotti 3. Sophie Dahil has. 4 Keira Knightley hi her father the same job as, le matching. Read the text again and for questions 1-10, choose from the four people (A-D). The people may be chosen more than once. Which person: isan autho? 1 was given lessons because they were talented? BL) hhas written songs for a group of musicians? 3 began their career when the very young? 4 imagined doing a different career to the one they do no: iso longer alive? pped working with a relative? convinced their mother and father todo something? 8 remembered what a relative had done for then? 2 has many different talents? fo] 3 Find the words in the text which mean: 1 acartoonist para A) 2 a person that sells bread, cakes, etc (para B) 3 very talented (para 8) 4 the person or thing that gives you idea (para ©) 5. the person who finds work for people (para D) 6 the entertainment industry (two words) (para c _FAMILIES A Gwen Stefani At 17, Gwen Stefani was just an ordinary ‘American girl looking forward to an ordinary s life. Then her brother, Eric Stefani, asked her to join his band. The and eventually achieved 10 international fame. Funnily enough, Eric and Gwen went their separate ways just before the band became really famous. Eric left to become an animator for The Simpsons ‘and Gwen wrote a collection of songs that became 18 No Doubt's third album. Today Gwen has a solo career and is still making great songs, but perhaps she wouldn't be so successful without her brother's encouragement, B Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti was known throughout the world as 20a great opera singer, but not everybody knows how much his father influenced him. Fernando Pavarotti was a baker, but he was also a gifted singer. He introduced the young Luciano to music and they sang together in the Corale Rossi, a male choir in Modena. 2s Luciano showed signs of real talent, and in 1954, at ‘the age of 19, he decided to make a career as an ‘opera singer. He trained with a professional tenor ‘who thought he was so good that he offered to teach him for free. When Luciano finally became known 3@ a8 an international star, he never forgot his father’s encouragement. In 1978, he performed a duet with his father at the cathedral in his hometown of Modena. At Luciano’s funeral that duet was played once more.Sophie Dahl Sophie Dahl was born in 1977 to a very talented as family. She's the granddaughter of the famous British children’s writer, Roald Dahl, who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. When she was a little gil, she was even the inspiration for a character called Sophie in her ‘grandfather's book The BFG. Her mother, Tessa Dahl, 40s also a writer and former actress. Her father, Julian Holloway, is an actor. At first, Sophie dreamed of ariting or acting, just lke the rest of her family, but one day she was spotted by a stylist from the fashion magazine Vogue, and she became 2 model instead. Despite her 4s successful modelling career, she stil finds time to act in films and on the stage and has followed in the footsteps of her grandfather and mother by writing books too. Keira Knightley ‘Sharman MacDonald writes plays and novels, and Will Knightley is an actor, so it’s no wonder that their so daughter wanted to be just like them! Keira Knightley was attracted to the cinema at an early age. At three years old, she asked her parents for an agent! At first, they were worried about encouraging her to join the world of show business, but three years later, they s5 agreed that she could have an agent. Keira made her first film by the time she was ton. Today she makes great films like Pirates of the Caribbean, Atonement and Everest, and is internationally famous. It just goes to show that having talented and well-known parents, o can really help you find fame yourself. Grammar 1 Present simple vs Present continuous @ Write the tense which is used: 4 foran action or situation that happens regularly 2 totakabout something that changes slowly over a longer of time, iod 3 fora situation that is only renporary. 4 to tak about something which is permanent or always true. 5 for something that is happening at the moment of speakin b Write the words in the table under the tense in which they are normally used. believe go belong hate know get buy like love become need own work prefer seem . think want understand simple Continuous Complete the sentences with the Present simple or continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 1 We (not study) 10 hard at the moment because it's nearly the end of tem. 2 My sisters very creative. She (make) all her own clothes, 3 Liz (become) friendlier with the people in her class. al (meet) my friends at the local café most Fridays. 5 think Jack (work) on his computer at the moment 6 Yourea very open person. You always (tel) the truth, 7 The sports car over there (belong) to my aunt. 8 Jason (not go) to work this week, He's on holiday,