Read this text very carefully and do the Written Comprehension exercice. 

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Written Comprehension

English girls aged 15 are usually at school from 9 o’clock to 4 o’clock, Monday to Friday. 

But not Emma Turner! On Mondays, for example, she has a ballet class in the morning which starts at half past seven, and a jazz dancing lesson in the evening which doesn’t finish before half past six. 

Emma stays at school at weekends, too. She always has lessons on Saturday mornings, and her parents live three hundred miles away from her school; so she never goes home except for the holidays. But she doesn’t mind working so hard - because she loves dancing!

Emma’s school is called Elmhurst Ballet School. It’s a special boarding school for children who want to become dancers. You can often see pupils from Elmhurst at the theatre or on television. Sometimes Emma dances for Top of the Pops on Thursdays! 

But her favourite sort of dancing is ballet dancing. And it isn’t easy to become a ballet dancer. You have to be very fit, and work very hard. And it isn’t the only problem. Lots of girls are afraid of getting fat, and weigh themselves all the time. Emma doesn’t worry about her weight – she worries about her height instead! She’s afraid of growing too tall, because girl ballet dancers have to be quite short – not more than 1 metre 70. Emma is 1 metre 68 now – and she measures herself every day…

Written Comprehension

1st reading: Find the basic information:

1. Name of the main character?
2. Age?
3. Nationality?
4. What is the text about?

2nd reading:        

A. In the text, find the English for:      

un pensionnat      ça ne lui fait rien       être en forme        se mesurer          le poids                                            

B. Give a title to the paragraphs. 

C. Say if the sentences are right or wrong, justify in your own words.  

1. The girl is crazy about dancing.
2. She goes to school in the town where she lives.
3. She never dances on Mondays.
4. She prefers jazz.
5. Her friends can see her on TV!

3rd reading: Answer the questions in your own words. 

1. What sort of school is presented?
2. When does she see her parents? Why?
3. What time do English pupils usually go to school?
4. What is the typical girl’s problem?
5. What are the three criteria to become a ballet dancer?
6. What is this girl’s worst problem at the moment?

Translate: 

“On Mondays, she has a ballet class in the morning which starts at half past seven, and a jazz dancing lesson in the evening which doesn’t finish before half past six.”

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