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3 Read about Salma Hayek.
This is Salma Hayek. She's an actor. She's from Mexico, but her
name is Arabic. Her father's family is from Lebanon. Her mother is
Mexican. Her father is a businessman, and her mother is an opera
singer. She has one brother, Sarni Hayek. Salma Hayek's birthday is
September 2, 1966. She's a Virgo. She is short and very pretty. In
September 2007, Hayek became a mother. She and her husband have
a daughter. Her name is Valentina Paloma.
Salma Hayek's 2002 movie Frida is not an old movie, but it's
already a classic. It is the winner of two Academy Awards-for music
and for makeup. The movie is about the famous Mexican artist Frida
Kahlo. Hayek is Frida in the movie. Alfred Molina is her husband, the
artist Diego Rivera. Many of Hayek's friends are in the movie. The
acting is great. The colors, art. clothes, and music in Frida are beautiful.
Now answer the questions.
1. What does Sal ma Hayek do?-------------------
2. Is she from Lebanon? ______________________
3. Does Hayek have brothers and sisters?----------------
4. When is her birthday? _____________________
5. Howoldis she? _________________________
6. Is she tall? _________________________
7. How old is her daughter? ____________________
8. What is her daughter's first name?------------------
4 Compare Frida Kahlo and Salma Hayek. Complete the chart. Use the reading in Exercise 3.
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Occupation
Nationality
Nationality of father
Nationality of mother
Brothers and sisters
Birthday
artist
from Mexico
from Germany
from Mexico
3 sisters, no brothers
July 6, 1907
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