martes, 22 de octubre de 2013

Kirstie Allsopp criticises 'superwomen' who pretend they do it all themselves

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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