Voice Box TV

Get is an often used word in English.

get a letter / get a job etc. (get + noun) = receive/buy/fetch/find

Complete these sentences. Use get(s) and choose from the box to fill in the blank.

1. I photographed you last week. Did you get the photos ?
2. Where did you ____________________? They’re very nice.
3. Quick! It’s time to ____________________. You’re up next!
4. I don’t think these clothes fit me properly. Let’s ____________________.
5. I had an interview with the designer, but I didn’t ____________________.
6. When you go to the make-up room, can you ____________________?
7. ‘Are you going to the parade?’ ‘Yes, if I can ____________________.’
8. Nasanbat is Mongolia’s most famous model. She ___________________.

Answers: 1. get your clothes, 2. get on the catwalk, 3. get a new dress, 4. get the job, 5. get some lipstick, 6. get tickets, 7. gets a good salary

Comprehension Activity

Read and translate the following text about Claudia Schiffer. Then answer the questions below!

Claudia Schiffer

Claudia Schiffer is a supermodel and actress. She reached the height of her popularity during the 1990s and has appeared on over 500 magazine covers. She is 180cm tall, has blonde hair and blue eyes.

She was born on August 25, 1970 in Germany. She is one of four children. During her school life, Claudia said that she was quite popular but was very shy because she was embarrassed about being so tall. At school, Claudia also became fluent in French and English.

When she was 17, Claudia was spotted in a nightclub by the boss of a modelling agency. She was suddenly on the road to being a famous model! She went to Paris for a trial photo shoot and soon after appeared on the cover of the famous French magazine Elle. After several other magazine appearances, she was declared a supermodel when she became the “face” of a make-up label, Chanel.

Schiffer went on to become a world-famous supermodel after successfully advertising jeans in the United States. She’s also been in movies like Richie Rich, Zoolander and Love Actually. She’s been a guest on many TV shows and video clips.

She has been married to Matthew Vaughn since May 25, 2002. Instead of an engagement ring, Matthew bought her a tortoise! She has two children and lives in London. During her spare time, Schiffer enjoys horse riding, painting, playing tennis and skiing.

1. How many magazine covers has she been on?
2. What colour is her hair?
3. What colour is her eyes?
4. What day was Claudia born?
5. How many brothers and sisters does she have?
6. Why was Claudia quite shy at school?
7. Other than German, what languages does Claudia speak fluently?
8. Where was Claudia “spotted” by the boss of a modelling agency?
9. What was the first magazine Claudia was on the cover of?
10. What are three movies has she been in?
11. What is the name of her husband?
12. Instead of an engagement ring, what did her husband give her?
13. Where does she live?
14. What are two of her hobbies?

Answers: 1. 500; 2. blonde; 3. blue; 4. the 25th of August 1970; 5. three (“she is one of four children”); 6. because she was very tall; 7. French and English; 8. at a nightclub; 9. Elle; 10. Richie Rich, Zoolander, Love Actually; 11. Matthew Vaughn; 12. a tortoise; 13. London; 14. (either) horse riding, painting, playing tennis and skiing.

‘New York, New York’ Word Jumble

Find the words listed below!

Name It!

In this activity, circle the following items on this photo of New York City… Can you find everything? (Answers are on the second photo.) Eg. ‘handbag’.

handbag, taxi, sidewalk, road sign, child, businessman, window,
‘Empire State Building’ sign, five American flags, street light, bus stop

The newspaper is full of interesting news stories. Most of the space in a newspaper is taken up by the major stories of the day – war, accidents, politics, crime and sports are usually some of these stories.

The newspaper is also full of quirky, strange stories that are fun to share with friends.

For this activity, read each of the stories and notice the words in bold print. Match these words with the following meanings:

1. a famous escape artist
2. a serious crime
3. any small animal of the group with strong sharp front teeth
4. behaving violently, especially in a public place
5. biting or chewing something so that it gradually disappears
6. brave, exciting or interesting acts
7. carrying a weapon, especially a gun
8. changed direction suddenly
9. creates a threat or problem that has to be dealt with
10. found oneself in a particular place or situation
11. moved by shacking your hips and shoulders
12. ran suddenly, often because of fear
13. to bring or get something back, especially from a place it should not be
14. to move in a violent or uncontrolled way

‘Amok’ cow shot

A cow that escaped from a cattle market on Thursday enjoyed only a brief taste of freedom before it was shot dead by police who said they had no choice but to target the runaway animal as it bolted through Chippenham in southern England.
“The animal was running amok and a decision was made to dispatch an armed response unit to try to contain it,” a police spokesman said.
“It was obvious the animal could not be captured and posed a significant danger to human life.”
Police tried to drive the cow into a field but it turned and charged officers. — AP

Mouse halts plane

Zurich — A missing mouse grounded a Swiss airliner for more than a day as airline officials pumped carbon dioxide into the plane’s cargo hold to kill the rodent Houdini.
The mouse, being transported to a laboratory from Mexico, escaped from its container on a flight from Boston to Zurich on Wednesday, a spokesman for Swiss International Air Lines said on Friday.
To prevent the rodent from gnawing on cables or cargo on future flights, the airline pumped carbon dioxide into the Airbus hold and let it stand for 24 hours.
The spokesman said using cheese or a cat to retrieve the mouse — nicknamed Speedy Gonzalez — “would have taken much more time” and that it would not have suffered. The mouse was never found.
The airline had to cancel a flight from Zurich to New York and back as a result, and diverted a flight from Geneva to pick up stranded passengers. — Reuters

‘Spider Granny’

Hong Kong — An 80-year-old widow scaled the outside of a Hong Kong high-rise block to retrieve a pair of jeans which fell from her ninth floor apartment, police said yesterday.
“Spider Granny” shimmied down a drainpipe after her son’s jeans fell from a washing line outside her apartment block onto a balcony two floors down.
She got stuck as she tried to climb back up, however, and had to be rescued by firemen who pulled her to safety on the seventh floor, police said.
The woman’s 42-year-old son, whose jeans cost him about 1,000 baht, was sleeping at the time of his mother’s exploits in Hong Kong’s Kwai Chung district on Monday.
The widow told police afterwards she shimmied down the drainpipe because she didn’t wanted to disturb her neighbours downstairs by knocking on their door. — DPA

Alligator in car

Tampa — Leslie Strickland said she had nothing but good intentions when she loaded a badly hurt two-metre-long alligator into the back seat of her car and took it home.
The 49-year-old American woman had hit the animal with her car on Friday night and went back to rescue it on Saturday — but wound up spending a night in jail, charged with possession of an alligator, a felony in Florida.
Police also charged her with driving with a suspended licence and leaving the scene of an accident, leaving the injured alligator in the back seat.
“I knew I was in trouble, and I panicked and I left,” Ms Strickland said.
When the alligator started to thrash its tail she veered off the road and hit a mailbox.
The game commission later removed the alligator from the car but it died. — AP

Answers

1. a famous escape artist
2. a serious crime
3. any small animal of the group with strong sharp front teeth
4. behaving violently, especially in a public place
5. biting or chewing something so that it gradually disappears
6. brave, exciting or interesting acts
7. carrying a weapon, especially a gun
8. changed direction suddenly
9. creates a threat or problem that has to be dealt with
10. found oneself in a particular place or situation
11. moved by shaking your hips and shoulders
12. ran suddenly, often because of fear
13. to bring or get something back, especially from a place it should not be
14. to move in a violent or uncontrolled way