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UNIT 1
IN PUBLIC EYE
READING
1 You are going to read an article about a TV star.
Before reading complete the questions below.
· TV stars I know are ……
· They are famous for ………
· I’d like / wouldn’t like to become a TV star
because…………….
2 Match the words 1- 6 from the text with their synonyms A – F.
1 lead
2 devote
3 verbosity
4 ordinary
5 rush back
6 blissful
A a lot of words
B something usual
C happy
D to hurry to same place
E to pass
F to dedicate smth to smth
SISTER WENDY, TV STAR!
Sister Wendy Beckett has been a nun for nearly 50 years, since she was 16.
Most of the times she lives in solitary confinement in a caravan in the grounds of a
Carmelite monastery in Norfolk, often not speaking to anyone for 22 hours a day.
But every few months she leaves her caravan and travels round Europe, staying
in international hotels and eating in famous restaurants. Why is she leading this
double life? How does a nun who has devoted her life to solitude and prayer
become a visitor to the Ritz?
Sister Wendy has a remarkable other life. She writes and presents an art
program for BBC television called ‘Sister Wendy’s Grand Tour’. In it, she visits
European art capitals and gives her personal opinions on some of the world’s
most famous works of art. She begins each program with these words: ‘For over
20 years I lived in solitude. Now I’m seeing Europe for the first time. I’m visiting
the world’s most famous art treasures.’
She speaks clearly and plainly, with none of the academic verbosity of art
historians. TV viewers love her common-sense wisdom, and are fascinated to
watch a kind, elderly, bespectacled, nun who is so obviously delighted by all she
sees. They are infected by her enthusiasm. Sister Wendy believes that although
God wants her to have a life of prayer and solitary contemplation. He has also
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