Question 1
a)
True. Miss Allsopp (a mother of two young children,) makes
no secret of the fact that she is
assisted by a nanny, cleaner, agent and personal assistant.
b)
False. The Location,
Location, Location presenter has two sons - Bay, six, and Oscar, four with
her partner, property developer Ben Andersen, 51. The couple also share custody
of his nine and 12-year-old sons from his previous marriage.
c) False. Miss
Allsopp's busy schedule includes, apart from her TV work, helping a number of
charities and working as a brand ambassador for B&Q.
d)
False. "I couldn't do it all myself. And if I pretended
I was doing it all myself - which a lot of people do - I wouldn't do anyone any
favours. I'm not going to name names, but a lot of people pretend they don't
have help
Question 2
a)
Miss Allsopp feels it would be doing a
disjustice to mothers if she claimed she didn't have domestic help. She thinks
it would lead to mothers trying to take on more responsibilities than they are
realistically capable of. She clearly feels she must be truthful about the fact
that she could not do all that she does on her own.
b) We learn that Miss Allsopp shares her life with Ben
Andersen who is 51 years old and works in the building industry. They have two
children of their own; one called Bay who is six and the other Oscar who is
four. They also take it in turns to look after Ben's two other children which
he had with his former wife. Part of their week from Monday to Friday is spent
in London and they travel to a country house
they have in Devon to enjoy their weekends
together.
Question 3
a)
hectic
b)
setting, to set
c)
masses of
Question 4
a) “ It is 'disingenuous'
to pretend that I am going home to face a pile of ironing”,she said.If you portray
b) If you
portrayed yourself as some sort of superwoman, you would be misleading mothers.
c) Masses of
people are seen walking through airports with their chold in their arms.
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