Reading 1 You are going to read about Joaquin Cortes, a famous Spanish flamenco dancer. Complete the headings in the article

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E nergy
I Ancestry 
Eating 
Family 
Practice 
Shoes 
Sleep 
I Travel
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Reading
1
You are going to read about Joaquin Cortes, a famous Spanish 
flamenco dancer. Complete the headings in the article.
1 
A n c e s t r y
His long dark hair is a sym bol o f his gypsy ancestiv 
fie w as born in 1969 in Cordoba, southern Spain 
and mo\ed to Madrid w hen h e w a s five.
2
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He sleeps for five or six hours a night and w akes 
up full o f energy
3
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Cortes practises for m ore than five hours a day. His 
dance is so energetic that he loses tw o kilogram m es 
during each perform ance.
4
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He has a passion fo r w om en, but relationships are 
difficult b ecau se he is married to his \;ork His 
family is the most important thing to him - h e sees 
them as often as possible.
5 ____
W hen h e isn't perform ing, he eats three 
tim es a day Rut w f l n he is perform ing 
he drinks co ffee w ith milk all day and 
eats dinner late in the ev ening.
6
Like a true gypsy, he travels all the time.
B ut his m ethod o f transport is not traditional 
- he travels by plane
7
Cortes becam e interested in danctj at the age 
o f seven. His uncle, a flam enco dancer, was 
his hero. At the age o f twelve, he w as part o f 
a TV ballet troupe, and at fifteen he w as a 
m em ber o f Spain's National Ittllet com pany. 
Now, Cortes buys a new pair o f flam enco shoes 
every month.
2 
The beginnings and the ends of these sentences are mixed up.
Re-write the sentences so that they are correct according to the article.
a) He sleeps as often as possible. 
He sleeps fo r five or six hours a night.
b) He practises every month.
c) He sees his family for five or six hours a night.
d) He eats all the time.
e) He travels for more than five hours a day.
f) He buys new shoes three times a day.