Billie

Billie Eilish has told that she has Tourette Syndrome. She was interviewed by David Letterman.

 

Words

• A revelation is a surprising or interesting new fact.
• A neurological disorder is a problem or illness related to your nervous system.
• A twitch is a sudden, sharp movement.
• If someone jerked they suddenly made a sharp, quick motion.
• If someone has a tic, a part of their face or body keeps making small uncontrollable movements, for example because they have a nervous illness.
• If you wiggle something, it moves up and down or from side to side in small quick movements
• If you flex your muscles or parts of your body, you bend, move, or stretch them for a short time.
• If something is exhausting it it makes you very tired, either physically or mentally.

 

Assignment

1. Why did Billie and David start talking about Tourette Syndrome?
   a      Because they were talking about health stuff.
   b      Billie had a sudden tic during the interview.
   c       David asked Billie directly if she had any disorders.
   d      It just happened, there was no special reason.

 

2. When did Billie learn that she suffers from Tourette Syndrome?
   a      During the Covid pandemic.
   b      Just before the interview.
   c       She was never officially diagnosed.
   d      When she was 11.

 

3. Which tics does Billie mention? Choose all the correct items.
   a      Blinking with her eyes.
   b      Clicking her jaw.
   c       Flexing her arm muscles.
   d      Raising her eyebrow.
   e      Sniffing.
   f       Wiggling her ear back and forth.
   g       Wiggling her feet up and down.