LISTENING COMPREHENSION. B2+ 2011 ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT: BABY PRESSURE ON KATE MIDDLETON Listen and answer the question below: What kind of programme have you just listened to? Now listen again and answer the questions below. 1. Which world watch has just begun?
2. Why are the headlines pointing out Kate’s thinnes?
3. How much weight might have Kate recently lost? … pounds a. 95 b. 25 4. How long has it taken her to do so?
5. What’s the ET Royal correspondent’s overall view on Kate? Fill in the gaps in this passage: The world and the British ……………….. particularly are going to be on the baby ……………….. watch. I ……………….. Kate very ………………… on her tour in North America and there’s a lot of people saying she looks too thin. She’s ……………….. lost a ……………….. amount of weight since her ……………….. days. 6. What about the press views on her possibly being anorexic?
7. Are all the interviewees really that worried about her weight loss?
8. What does OBGYN stand for?
9. What does the OBGYN state?
10. How long does the Queen think they can wait to bear an heir to the throne? Does that lapse of time offer the couple any advantage?
1 Audio extracted from a video clip on YouTube. Comprehension questions by Mª Jesús García San Martín.