David Beckham

David Beckham was born May 2, 1975. David Beckham says that he has always wanted to become a football player. He played football at school and in 1991 he signed for Manchester United because he had always supported them and had always dreamed to play for them. He played for the United Youth team at first and in 1995 he established himself in the first team and soon became a top-scoring player.

In spite of his fame David is an incredibly private person. He talks only when he wants to talk choosing exactly whom he would like to talk to. He tries to live as normal a life as he can “with my camera up my backside 24 hours a day.”

Victoria Adams, better known to the public as the style conscious, Posh Spice, married the England football captain David Beckham in 1999. But it is said that their love affair began long before they actually met!

In 1999 Victoria and David bought a house in Hertfordshire which the press nicknamed "Beckingham Palace". The papers say that Victoria rules the Beckham household with an iron rod. But when David was asked if he was under Victoria's thumb, he answered, "It's a nice thumb to be under. It's a very beautiful thumb". As for Victoria, she says about her husband, I had never loved anyone until I met him and I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have him". So they seem to be quite happy about their marriage.

They are both very busy, they continue their careers, but family life remains top of their agendas. They grow a son names Brooklyn.

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Задание 1 Найдите в тексте следующие слова и словосочетания: утвердился в первой команде, стал результативным игроком, несмотря на славу, невероятно замкнутый человек, с камерой за спиной, стильная, любовная история, прозвала, правит... железной рукой, под... каблуком, на первом месте в их расписании.

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1. David Beckham always dreamed...

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4. The press nicknamed David and Victoria's house...

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