Coco Chanel is a famous
fashion designer (1:b). She was born Gabrielle
Bonheur Chanel on August 19, 1883, in Saumur, France (1:a). Her
early years were anything but glamorous (3:a). At age 12, after her
mother’s death, Chanel was put in an orphanage by her father, who worked as a
peddler. She was raised by nuns who taught her how to sew (2:a)—a
skill that would lead to her life’s work (1:c).
Her nickname came from
another occupation entirely. During her brief career as a singer, Chanel
performed in clubs in Vichy and Moulins where she was called “Coco.”
Around the age of 20,
Chanel became involved with Etienne Balsan, who offered to help her start a
millinery business in Paris (2:b). She soon left him for one of his
wealthier friends, Arthur “Boy” Capel. Both men were instrumental in Chanel’s
first fashion venture.
Opening her first shop
on Paris’s Rue Cambon in 1910, Chanel started out selling hats (2:d). She
later added stores in Deauville and Biarritz and began making clothes
(3:a). Her first taste of clothing success came from a dress she fashioned out
of an old jersey on a chilly day. In response to the many people who asked
about where she got the dress, she offered to make one for them. “My fortune is
built on that old jersey that I’d put on because it was cold in Deauville,” she
once told author Paul Morand.
In the 1920s, Chanel
took her thriving business to new heights (2:c). She launched her first
perfume, Chanel No. 5, which was the first to feature a designer’s name.
Coco Chanel died on
January 10, 1971, at her apartment in the Hotel Ritz. She never married, having
once said “I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird.” Hundreds
crowded together at the Church of the Madeleine to bid farewell to the fashion
icon. In tribute, many of the mourners wore Chanel suits.
1. Show
the tenses that are used in your article!
Answer :
a. Simple
past
b. Simple
present
c. Past
future
2. Write
2 sentences in gerund / to + infinitive!
Answer:
a. To
infinitive in this sentence is “to sew”
b. To
infinitive in this sentence is “to help”
c. Gerund
in this sentence is “thriving business”
d. Gerund
in this sentence is “selling hats”
3. Use
2 personal pronouns or possessive pronouns or reflexive pronouns in the
article!
Answer:
a. Possessive
pronoun in this article is “her”
b. Personal
pronoun in this article is “she”
