Michelle Obama on empowerment

6 Minute English

语言学习

2018-12-27

6 分钟
PDF

单集文稿 ...

  • This is a download from BBC Learning English.

  • To find out more, visit our website.

  • Hello, this is Six Minute English and I'm Rob.

  • And I'm Dan.

  • Now Dan, do you know who Michelle Obama is?

  • Yeah, maybe the most famous woman in the world?

  • Former First Lady, which means she was the wife of the president of the United States of America.

  • That is correct.

  • She's just published her autobiography and has been talking in the UK about her life.

  • Before we find out more, here is this week's question.

  • When did the title First Lady first become used for the wife of the US president?

  • Was it in the 18th century, be 19th century or see 20th century?

  • Any ideas, Dan?

  • This could be a trick question.

  • The first US presidents were in the 18th century and they had wives,

  • but I think the actual term may only have been introduced much later.

  • So I'm going to take a wild guess and say the 20th century.

  • Okay, well, I'll have the answer later in the program.

  • Michelle Obama's visit to the UK was covered on BBC News.

  • According to this report, where did she visit that she had visited before?