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First photos of Prince George (28th August, 2013)

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	royal	a.	old George
2.	a royal photographer didn't	b.	the pictures
3.	the private	c.	under a tree
4.	George's grandfather took	d.	family album
5.	one-month-	e.	happy parents
6.	with his	f.	family
7.	They are all standing	g.	tradition
8.	break this	h.	take them

PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	third in line to	a.	a father
2.	he enjoys	b.	of himself
3.	being	c.	every minute
4.	he wants his son to	d.	on father
5.	he wanted to go	e.	sleep all night
6.	William said he is a hands-	f.	of a problem
7.	reminds him	g.	be king
8.	a little bit	h.	back to work

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

Britain's royal family (1) ___________________ photos of Prince George on Sunday. The photos (2) ___________________ a royal photographer (3) ___________________. They are from the private family album of Prince William and his wife Kate. George's grandfather took the pictures. One photo (4) __________________ George with his happy parents. They (5) ___________________ under a tree. Another is with the family dog. Royal baby photos are usually taken in palaces by professional photographers. The photographer (6) ___________________ there. Prince George's photos break this tradition.

Prince George is (7) ___________________ be king, after his grandfather (Prince Charles) and his father die. Prince William said he (8) ___________________ of being a father, but he wants his son to sleep all night. He (9) ___________________ wanted to go back to work so he could get some sleep. William said he is a hands-on father. He changed George's first nappy (diaper). He said his wife (10) ___________________ work at night. William's son reminds (11) ___________________ when he was a baby. He said his son, "wriggles around quite a lot, and he doesn't want to go to sleep that much, which (12) ___________________ problem".

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Britain'sroyalfamilyshowedthefirstphotosofPrinceGeorgeonSund
ay.Thephotosaredifferentbecausearoyalphotographerdidn'ttake
them.TheyarefromtheprivatefamilyalbumofPrinceWilliamandhis
wifeKate.George'sgrandfathertookthepictures.Onephotoshowso
ne-month-oldGeorgewithhishappyparents.Theyareallstandi
ngunderatree.Anotheriswiththefamilydog.Royalbabyphotosareu
suallytakeninpalacesbyprofessionalphotographers.Thephotogra
phermakesastudiothere.PrinceGeorge'sphotosbreakthistraditio
n.PrinceGeorgeisthirdinlinetobeking,afterhisgrandfather(Prince
Charles)andhisfatherdie.PrinceWilliamsaidheenjoyseveryminut
eofbeingafather,buthewantshissontosleepallnight.Hejokedthath
ewantedtogobacktoworksohecouldgetsomesleep.Williamsaidhei
sahands-onfather.HechangedGeorge'sfirstnappy(diaper).He
saidhiswifedidmostoftheworkatnight.William'ssonremindshimof
himselfwhenhewasababy.Hesaidhisson,"wrigglesaroundquiteal
ot,andhedoesn'twanttogotosleepthatmuch,whichisalittlebitofap
roblem".

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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WRITING

Write about baby photos for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

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