8th form listening test
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Fátima Lopes is a famous Portuguese fashion designer known for her unique clothing designs. She grew up in Madeira showing an early interest in fashion. Dissatisfied with available clothes, she began designing her own. She later moved to Lisbon to study fashion design and opened her own boutique called "Versus" selling international designs. In 2000, she designed a gold bikini that auctioned for over a million dollars. Dirie is a famous Somali model who fled her country as a teenager to escape an arranged marriage. She ended up in Britain illegally and worked cleaning floors at McDonalds. She was discovered by a fashion agent and began a successful modeling career. Dirie now
8th form listening test
- 1. 8th form – 2012/2013 Test – Listening – 50m February 2013 Listen to the CD and fill in the gaps: Fátima Lopes, The Portuguese fashion __________(1), is known all over the world. Fátimascomesfrom Funchal, Madeira. From an ____________ (2) age she showed an interest in fashion. During her ____________ (3)she didn´t like the clothes in the shops, so she started to ___________ (4)her ________ (5)clothes. In__________(6)Fátima moved to Lisbon and followed a _________(7)as a fashion __________(8). With a friend she opened a ___________ (9)named “Versus”, which sold ___________(10)clothes from international ____________(11). In ___________ (12)the ____________________(13) was changed to “Fátima Lopes”. In ______________(14) she showed her collection in Paris. Two years later she ________ (15) her first international ______________ (16) in Paris. It is visited by the rich and famous from all over the world. In the year 2000 she ________________(17) the _______________ (18)in a gold and ___________(19) bikini _________ (20)about a million dollars! Dirie, is a very famous model. She ________________ (21)from her country, Somalia, at the age of ______________ (22)because her father was giving her in ________________(23)to a ___________________ (24) man. She ended up staying in Britain illegally and ______________ (25) by _______________ (26) floors in MacDonalds. She was ______________ (27) by a fashion ________________ (28) and her _____________ (29) took ________ (30). “It´s very sad that I had to ___________ (31) my country. I did not __________ (32) want to __________ (33)”, she said. “Africa is different.” Dirie is __________ (34) in New York and ___________ (35) the contrasts __________ (36) the West and Somalia. “Here it seems like it is ___________ (37) forever and there’s no time ________ (38) to sit down and relax,” she ___________ (39). “In Somalia time isn´t very important. In the West, everything is money, money, money. It´s never ___________ (40).”