ADELE

Adele is a twenty-year-old British singer

with a big voice and bigger attitude.
She has had huge success with her
songs Hometown Glory and Chasing
Pavements. But she is conventional*
in one way: she finds love isn’t easy!

PROFILE Adele on love

Born: Tottenham, London It’s Valentine’s Day on 14th February
Family: Adele was brought up by her mum. and to celebrate CLUB gives you
School: She attended the BRIT school, a theatre arts Adele’s views on life and love!
school where Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash and Leona
Lewis also went.
Adele on ... Love Songs
Career: She was signed to her label XL who heard
All my songs are a bit sad and full of drama because when
three songs on her MySpace page.
I’ve had my heart broken, or been dumped, I end up* feeling
Life: She has just moved out of her mum’s house sorry for myself and writing good songs. When I’m happy I
and bought a flat in London. haven’t got time to write songs.”
Music: CD: 19 YOU: Do you like love songs? Why/ why not?
Songs: Hometown Glory, Chasing Pavements ........................................................................................................................
Quote: “Money doesn’t matter to me – I’ve never had it.
It’s important to me that I give, because people always
helped me and my mum out when we needed it”.
Adele on ... Her First CRUSH
“Will Young1 was my first proper love. I was obsessed. So it
WEBSITE: was really embarrassing when I actually met Will. I’ve loved
www.adele.tv him since I was 14, and the first thing that came out my
mouth was, ‘I voted for you 5,000 times!’”
YOU: Who was your first love?
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Adele on ... Fame and Boys

“I started seeing a boy a couple of months ago. It was
really amazing, and then he turned around and told me he
couldn’t go on* with it - he couldn’t handle* the paparazzi2,
plus he was paranoid* that I was going to
write a song about him!”
YOU: Would you like to date
someone famous? Why / why not?
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1 Will Young won the first pop idol TV show in the UK in 2002.
Now he is a pop star and actor
8 CLUB JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2009 2 Paparazzi – photographers who follow celebrities everywhere
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Phrasal verbs / Vocabulary
for love and relationships MUSIC

“When l’m in
a relationship
l change!”
Adele on ... Relationships
“When I was with my ex-boyfriend I totally changed. If he
wanted to see me, I’d drop everything – I didn’t turn up* for
meetings or go to the studio. I became ignorant* and selfish.”
YOU: Do you behave differently when you
have a girlfriend or boyfriend? Why?
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Adele on ... Her Ideal Date

“If I could date anybody it would be Zac Efron from
High School Musical. He’s so gorgeous.”.
YOU: Who is your ideal date?
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Vocabulary: Love and relationships

Here are five informal terms used in English

to talk about love and relationships.
What do they mean?
• To have a crush on someone = _______________
• To fancy someone = _______________________
• To dump someone = _______________________
• To two-time someone = _____________________
• Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend = ____________________
Comprehension Check

Look back at the article. Read the

statements. Are they true or false?
TRUE FALSE
1. If Adele is heart-broken or has just been
dumped, she can’t write love songs.
2. When she was 14, Adele had a crush
on Will Young.
3. Adele got dumped because she fell in
love with a photographer.
4. Adele fancies Zac Efron.

* WORDWISE conventional (adj) traditional and

•
•
ordinary end up (phrasal verb) to do something in reaction to
•
something else go on (phrasal verb) continue handle (verb) •
•
cope with paranoid (adj) to be overly worried about something
• turn up (phrasal verb) arrive ignorant (adj) stupid•
THE ANSWERS ARE ON PAGE 15.
A JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2009 CLUB 9