Céline Dion Returns to Paris: Fans Divided Over Concert Prices
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Céline Dion is coming back to Paris for a concert.
She will sing at a place called the Plenitude Arena.
Some tickets cost 500 euros. This is a lot of money.
One person says she does not want to pay this much.
She says she prefers to sing songs by Johnny Hallyday at home instead.
Johnny Hallyday was a very famous French singer.
The person calls the big excitement about the concert 'collective hysteria'.
This means many people are very excited at the same time.
In other news, Jean-Jacques Goldman ran in a race in Paris.
The race is called the Paris 20 km race.
He ran with his daughter. He is 75 years old.
People say he did very well for his age.
There is also news about a celebrity who makes jokes.
Someone said this celebrity makes the same jokes as normal people.
They said the jokes are 'not always very nice'.
Vocabulary15 words
- arena
- a big place where people watch shows or sports
- collective hysteria
- when many people feel very excited together
- confidences
- private things people tell each other
- singer
- a person who sings songs
- ticket
- a paper you need to go to a show
- performance
- how well someone does something
- famous
- known by many people
- race
- a competition to see who is fastest
- concert
- a show where music is played
- celebrity
- a famous person
- joke
- something funny you say
- refuse
- to say no to something
- prefer
- to like one thing more than another
- return
- coming back
- chic
- nice and stylish
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1. 500 euros 2. Johnny Hallyday 3. 75 years old
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Céline Dion is coming back to _____ for a concert.
She will sing at a place called the _____.
Some tickets cost _____ euros. This is a lot of money.
She says she prefers to sing songs by _____ at home instead.
The person calls the big excitement about the concert '_____'.
In other news, _____ ran in a race in Paris.
He ran with his daughter. He is _____ years old.
Someone said this celebrity makes the same _____ as normal people.
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