Reading comprehension: Princess Diana Biography
Read the text about Princess Diana carefully and answer the questions below. Lady Diana was born in England on July 1st 1961. Many different nannies looked after her. When she was 6, she went to a boarding school. Shortly afterwards, her parents got divorced. This part of her childhood wasn't very happy. She was good at swimming and in1976 she won the school dancing competition.She first met PRINCE CHARLES in November 1977 when she was 16 years old. Charles came to her house to visit her sister Sarah. Her sister was in love with Charles and they went out together for 6 months. Charles didn't speak very much to Diana because he was more interested in her sister.In 1980 Diana moved to London and got a job in a Kindergarten as a teacher. She shared a flat with some friends. The romance with Prince Charles started when she went to watch him play polo. After the match, they went to a party and they got on well.The romance between Prince Charles and Lady Diana was in all the newspapers. It was very difficult for Lady Diana because she wasn't accustomed to the publicity. At first she was very shy in front of the cameras. Prince Charles asked her to marry him and she said yes. They got married on July 29 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral in London.She had two children: PRINCE WILLIAM who was born in 1982 and PRINCE HARRY who was born in 1984. Diana was very popular and she appeared in the newspapers everyday. Unfortunately her marriage wasn't very happy. Prince Charles had another woman and she didn't get on well with the queen. She had problems with an eating disorder called bulimia and sometimes she was very depressed.Diana did a lot of work to help and comfort people in unfortunate situations such as people with AIDS and homeless people.She understood the suffering of other people because she suffered herself. Her relationship with Prince Charles got worse and eventually they divorced in 1996.She continued to support many CHARITIES and other causes such as the campaign to forbid the use of landmines.In 1997 she met Dodi Fayed. For the first time in many years she seemed to be very happy. Unfortunately she died in a car accident on August 31st 1997 in Paris.Millions of people from all over the world watched her funeral. It was very sad. Task 1 Match the words with their explanations. Spoji riječi i njihova objašnjenja. a nanny a woman that takes care of children a boarding school a shool where students live and study kindergarten a class for small children get on well to have a good relationship to be accustomed be used to publicity a lot of interest from people, newspapers or TV unfortunate not happy a disorder problem, sickness to comfort make feel better to suffer to be in pain or difficult situation a charity organisation that helps people in need forbid not allow landmines explosives buried under ground funeral a ceremony of burial eventually after some time, in the end Diana was good at... dancing polo painting Diana met prince Charles when she was... 16 20 18 At first, Charles was interested in... her mother Diana her sister In London she got a job as a... actress teacher nurse Diana and Charles' story was... in newspapers on internet on TV Task 3 Sort these sentences as true or false. Razvrstaj rečenice prema točnosti. True Diana was shy Diana liked to help people They got married in a cathedral Charles went out with Sarah for 6 months She was very depressed in her marriage False Diana had one child with Dodi al Fayed Diana was very unhappy before she died Her older sister took care of Diana when she was little She supported the use of landmines Diana took her own life