Elisabetta Canalis Talks About Life as a Single Woman
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Elisabetta Canalis is an Italian TV star. She says she is an eternal single woman.
Canalis was married for 10 years. Now she and her husband live apart. She says they still love each other. She says it was more honest to live separately.
Canalis is also famous for her friendship with Maddalena Corvaglia. People wrote stories about their friendship. Canalis says the stories are not true.
She says nothing bad happened between her and Corvaglia. She wants to tell people the truth.
Canalis did not give many details about her separation. She only said the decision was honest and calm.
Vocabulary10 words
- eternal
- forever; never stopping
- honest
- telling the truth
- truth
- what really happened; not a lie
- separately
- apart; not together
- friendship
- being friends with someone
- rumours
- things people say that may not be true
- personality
- a famous person on TV
- decision
- a choice someone makes
- married
- being a husband and wife
- apart
- not in the same place
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1. 10 years 2. The stories about it are not true 3. True
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Elisabetta Canalis is an Italian TV star. She says she is an _____ single woman.
Canalis was married for _____ years. Now she and her husband live apart. She says they still love each other. She says it was more _____ to live separately.
Canalis is also famous for her friendship with Maddalena _____. People wrote stories about their friendship. Canalis says the stories are not true.
She says nothing bad happened between her and Corvaglia. She wants to tell people the _____.
Canalis did not give many details about her _____. She only said the decision was honest and calm.
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