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1) The article is about :

Ultimo ending its advertising contract

2) Complete the table where possible with the appropriate information about the principal actors in this news item :

Name Person /Company/ Line of product Age Profession/Line of business Relationship with Peaches

Peaches Geldof Person 21 Model

Miss Ultimo Line of product 18-25 Brand, lingerie peaches geldolf has been axed as the face and body of Miss Ultimo

Debenhams Company Retailing they are working with Ultimo to remove Peaches'visuals from all Miss Ultimo shops and windows throughout the UK"

Michelle Mone Person Founder of Ultimo An advertising contract binds Peaches with her company

Jonathan Coad Person Lawyer He is her lawyer

Storm Company modeling It's her model agency

Bob Geldof Person Rock singer Peaches'father

Max Drummey Person Rock musician her former husband

3) Indicate which town or country corresponds to each of these situations :

a) The principal problem related in the article : UK

b) Where Peaches is at the moment (according to the article) : Los Angeles (USA)

Detailed Comprehension

4) Find a synonym in the article for “underwear” : lingerie

5) True or false? Justify each time by quoting the text.

True False Justification

False a. Peaches has been working for Ultimo for over two years she has been working for Ultimo for less than a year "who was appointed ...may"

False b. Ultimo is unhappy because Peaches is not very hard working. her private life, and her drug problems harming the image of the brand.

"we have been in meetings.... terminate her contract... "Miss Ultimo is a brand.... aspire to"

False c. Ultimo only uses Peaches’ image in its shops and window displays also on their internet website "we are thus in the process of removing peaches from the website"

True d. Ultimo had no difficulty making its decision. it was not an easy decision "We've given this a lot of thought"

True e. Peaches’ representative disagrees with the accusations. "a lawyer for the model and socialite has denied the drugs of drug taking... drunk"

False f. The official explanation for Peaches’ inappropriate behaviour is that she was under medication. it is said she was drunk "saying Geldof was drunk"

False g. As a consequence, Peaches has lost her modelling contract. "Storm the model agency said it had no plans to drop geldof from its books"

6) Place the following events in Peaches’ life in the correct chronological order in the table be-low, indicating the approximate date and

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