Milestones in a life Reading: Oprah’s road to success a) Read the biography of Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Winfrey is one of the most famous people in the US, and maybe even in the whole world. Her whole life has been special. When she was born in 1954, her mother was just a teenager. She chose a name from the Bible, Orpah, for her baby. But most people didn’t know how to spell this name and called her “Oprah”. She has been “Oprah” since early childhood. When Oprah was a child, she had to move around a lot. When she was living on her grandmother’s farm, there wasn’t even running water. Sometime later she lived with her mother, then she lived with her father. Even today, she has lots of different homes. As soon as Oprah was able to talk, she started to speak a lot – in church, at school, on stage. She was a very clever child; she was able to read at the age of three! When she was older, she got lots of different jobs on the radio and on TV. Oprah met Gayle King, another famous TV personality, when both were young women. They are still best friends. Oprah had a lot of unhappy relationships, but around 1986, she met Stedham Graham. They wanted to marry in 1992. They never did, but they are still together. Oprah has been very successful in her job. In 2003, she was the first black woman billionaire. But she also wants to help others: in 2007 she opened a school for poor children in South Africa and started teaching via satellite. Even Oprah’s fears are extraordinary: ever since she was little, she has had a fear of chewing gum. b) Read the text again and look at the milestones in Oprah’s life. Add the missing information. m35w3h Info A milestone at the side of the road shows you how close or far the nearest town is. But we also use the word “milestone” to talk about important events in someone’s life. i 6 5 10 15 20 20 2 Unit What a life! twenty Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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