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    My weekend

    Frankie Dettori MBE: Champion


    Horse-racing Jockey
    by Olivia Parker
    Frankie Dettori was born in Milan, Italy in 1970. He now
    lives in England near Newmarket, a market town famous
    for its race courses. His wife, Catherine, is English. They
    have five children, Leo, Ella, Tallula, Rocco, and Mia. He
    doesn’t have many weekends off.

    Frankie says: ‘I don’t have many free weekends because on


    Saturdays and Sundays I ride. I often have Mondays off, but
    then everybody is at work, so I have no friends to play with.
    That’s very sad.

    I have some weekends free, and I like coming home to my


    house, near Newmarket. It’s nice – I get home on a Friday
    night, put on my pyjamas and watch TV. Brilliant! But, it’s
    very noisy – we have five kids and a lot of pets. One of my
    daughters got an emu on the Internet, he’s called Bruce and
    lives in the garden. We also have a gecko – it’s my son’s – a
    hedgehog, and two donkeys.

    On Saturday nights, I sometimes cook. I usually do fish and


    chicken, but I cook a good pasta as well – obviously Italian
    food is my favourite. I’m a big fan of Japanese food as well.

    On Sundays, my kids often compete in pony club shows.


    Pony club competitions last a whole day. We pack a picnic,
    the ponies and our three dogs and all set off for the show, a
    happy family. I like watching the kids on their horses.

    In the evening, I usually watch a football game. I’m an


    Arsenal fan. I’d love to be a footballer, but I’m too small.
    By the end of the weekend, the house is a mess – there are
    children’s toys and clothes everywhere. Catherine gets the
    kids to bed and I have a glass of wine.’

    Headway 5th edition Elementary • Student’s Book • Unit 3, pp.34–35 © Oxford University Press 2019 1
    Alexandra Burke:
    Singer/songwriter and actress
    by Casilda Grigg
    Alexandra Burke was born in London. She now lives in a
    village near the city. She is one quarter Jamaican, Indian,
    Irish and English. Her mother was a soul and R&B singer.
    Alexandra won the TV talent show The X Factor and now
    stars in West End musicals. She likes to spend weekends at
    home with her dogs and family.

    Alexandra says: ‘On Fridays I like to have my family to my


    house – my brothers, David and Aaron, my sister Sheniece,
    my mum and my dad. I always cook. I make Spaghetti
    Bolognese, my favourite food. I love it!

    My three dogs, Alfie, Prince and Teddy, run around and


    there’s reggae music because my dad’s Jamaican. My dad
    lives near me. He’s a chef and I want to learn how to make
    Jamaican food.

    On Saturdays, I get up late – Alfie sleeps on my bed – then I


    take the dogs for a walk. I often spend the day with my nieces
    and nephews. We have a picnic lunch in the garden, or when
    it’s nice and hot we go to the park. As a Jamaican family we like
    to have chicken soup on Saturday night. Dad usually makes it.

    On Sunday mornings, I often do a ‘hot’ yoga class near my


    house. Then we go to church. It’s always very lively, with lots
    of singing and a band. After church we sometimes go to the
    pub for a roast dinner and then we go home and watch the
    football together as a family. My family support Arsenal, but
    I’m a Manchester United fan. In the evening, we sometimes
    drive into London and go to a club. The Drury Club in Covent
    Garden is great on a Sunday. It’s got great music – my dad
    often comes, too.

    There is never a day when I don’t speak to my mum or my


    dad. I talk to my brothers and sister, too. I have a lot of
    great people around me. I’m very lucky.’
    D000918

    Headway 5th edition Elementary • Student’s Book • Unit 3, pp.34–35 © Oxford University Press 2019 2

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