Born to sing

With a partner, complete the following table.

Enrique Iglesias Biography
Birthday

Nationality

Childhood/ Early Life Career and Achievements

Born in (place) Father and job Mother and job

Famous as

His first album (name, copies sold)

His achievements
Unit 9C: Born to Sing

LISTENING

You are going to listen to a radio program about Enrique.

Instruction: Listen and complete each gap with WORD or WORDS you hear.

1. Enrique Iglesias is the son of Julio Iglesias, who is one of the most successful ______________________.

2. He was in born in Madrid, Spain in ___________________________.

3. Enrique’s mother is Isabel Preysler, and she is a __________________________ and TV host. 4. When

he was three years old, his parents ____________________________, and then he lived with his

__________________ in Miami.
5. At Miami’s university, he studied ________________________. Because he loved to be a _________________,

he dropped out of the university after spending a year there.

6. He didn’t want to be successful just because of his famous surname, so he used another name,

Enrique Martinez, when he sent his songs to record companies. Finally, he got a contract with a

_________________________________________________.

7. In the beginning, most of his songs were in ______________________________, but later he sang songs

more in __________________________.

8. His fourth album, Escape in 2001, was his biggest success and made him an _______________________

star.

9. In 2001, he had the first date with Ana Kournikova, who is the Russian ____________________________.

However, they tried to keep their relationship ______________________.

10. He has made __________________________ albums so far, making him one of the best-selling artists.