Journalist Lourdes Maldonado Appears on TV Show 'El Grand Prix'
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Lourdes Maldonado is a Spanish journalist. She was a special guest on the TV show 'El Grand Prix'.
In the show, she talked about her husband. He is also a journalist.
She also talked about an illness. She has had it since she was a child.
Another guest was Mario Vaquerizo. He is a famous presenter in Spain.
Lourdes and Mario were padrinos, or special helpers, for two towns.
The towns are called Muros and Blanca.
In the show, teams from small towns play games. They want to win points.
Muros and Blanca played for a place in the semifinals.
The semifinals are the games before the final.
This was the last qualifying round for the Grand Prix.
Only some towns can go to the semifinals.
Many people in Spain watch this TV show.
Vocabulary15 words
- journalist
- a person who writes news
- husband
- a woman's married man
- illness
- a health problem
- presenter
- a person who leads a TV show
- padrinos
- special helpers for a team
- semifinals
- games before the final game
- qualifying
- trying to get a place in the next round
- guest
- a person invited to a show
- TV show
- a program on television
- team
- a group that plays together
- points
- numbers you win in a game
- town
- a small city
- famous
- known by many people
- special
- not normal; important
- child
- a young person
Quiz
Answer key
1. Journalist 2. Muros and Blanca 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
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Lourdes Maldonado is a Spanish _____. She was a special guest on the TV show 'El Grand Prix'.
In the show, she talked about her _____. He is also a journalist.
She also talked about an _____. She has had it since she was a child.
Another guest was Mario Vaquerizo. He is a famous _____ in Spain.
Lourdes and Mario were _____, or special helpers, for two towns.
The towns are called Muros and Blanca.
Muros and Blanca played for a place in the _____.
This was the last _____ round for the Grand Prix.
Only some towns can go to the semifinals.
Many people in Spain watch this _____.