While – listening task

Make up sentences out of words:

a) to, difficult, it, count, is, moment, the, not, at;

b) it, first, develops, my, of, character, all;

c) me, to, it, what, helps, want, I, achieve;

d) a, travel, gives, and, it, chance, to, me.

Post – listening task

Choose 2 pictures out of 4 and compare which kind of sport is more interesting for you and why?

Аудиотекст 6

- Dj: Hello, Marion.

- Marion (M): Hi.

- Dj: Thank you for your comingto our studio. You`re the 1<sup>st</sup> Olympic Champion on our programm. All our listeners want to know how many medals you`ve won.

- M: It`s not difficult to countat the moment: three gold medals, and two bronze medals. But I have to win more in the next Olympic Games.

- Dj: We wish you luck. What do you do to win?

- M: It`s easy. You have to get up early at five or six in the morning and do exersices. Then there`s an hour`s break, and then training on the track and so on.

- Dj: Do you ever stop training?

- M: When I go to sleep.

- Dj: Do you have time to do other things, too?

- M: Of course, I do. Although my day is packed and I`m always busy, I read and listen to music, do the things around the house because I plan my day carefully. Just try to plan your day and you`ll see how much you can during the day.

- Dj: Yeas, it`s true. Planning helps a lot. Now, next, wha does sport do for you?

- M: Oh, a lot. First of all, it develops my character. I`ve become more organized. It helps me to achieve what I want. It gives me a chance to travel, to see the world and to make new friends.

- Dj: Right. And out of all that you`ve become famous and popular. You`re a champion.

- M: Yes, it`s great.

 

 

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Pre – listening task

1) Match the words with their transcriptions:

magazine              [΄mju:zik]

violin                    [΄mju:zikal]

orchestra              [΄siŋə]

musical                 [‚mægə΄zi:n]

music                    [‚vaiə΄lin]

concert                  [΄o:kistrə]

singer                      [΄kטnsət]

While - listening task

Find and correct the mistakes:

a) I`m a director for the music magazine “Sounds Cool”.

b) I go to a music school where I learn a guitar.

c) I`d like to play in a cinema.

d) I don`t think, and I don`t play any musical instrument.

e) I`ve been collecting cassettes since I was ten.

f) Every time a band or a group comes here, I buy a ticket.

Post – listening task

Do a survey of your classmates and note down their music preferences. Summarize your results in a diagram. We will have 2 groups. The 1^st group will tell us about music preferences of the 2^nd one, and vice versa. 

Аудиотекст 7

- Hello. I`m Derek, a reporter for the music magazine “Sounds Cool”. We`re doing a survey to find out about teenagers` music habits. Can I ask you some questions?

- Yes.

- Ok. The first question: how important is music for you?

- Very important. I love it. I listen to it. I play it. In fact, I go to a music school where I learn a violin. I practice two or three hours a day. It`s hard work but I need it for my future job. I`d like to play in an orchestra when I finish school.

- Music in my life. Mmm… Difficult to say. I don`t sing, and I don`t play any musical instrument either. But anyway, I love music. Rock. Rock. Rock. I listen to in every dat. I can listen to it when I`m having breakfast, on my way to school, when I`m doing my home work, when I`m working on my computer, when I`m having a shower. The first thing I hear in the morning is the music of my hi – fi. You see, music is my whole life. It goes everywhere with me.

- Music is great. I love it. I`ve been collecting CDs since I was ten. Now I`ve got 57. I got my first CD as a birthday present. There was my favourite band “Backstreet Boys”. I listen to them and sing with them. I wish I`ve been to their concert, but my mum said, “Stop that! Why don`t you listen to other bands? I`m tired of this one”. And she bought me another CD.

- I always go to concerts. Always. I never miss any pop concert in our town. Every time a band or a singer comes here, I buy a ticket. Listening to alive music is much better than listening to a CD.

- Thank you. And now let`s talk about the types of music you like to listen to…

 

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Pre – listening task

Write the musical instruments in the right column: guitar, drums, piano, flute, keyboards, bagpipe, violin, saxophone, clarinet, violoncello, triangle, trumpet and trombone.

The woodwind section	The string section	The percussion instruments	The brass section	The keyboard instruments

 

While – listening task

Find and correct the mistakes:

a) They had several successful tours to Great Britain;

b) It started when the speaker was at kindergarten;

c) The speaker asked his parents to buy him a violin;

d) The band started in 1877;

e) In 1985 the band got another soloist.

Post – listening task

You will be divided into four groups. Each group is going to find information about a particular group of musical instruments. The first group will be responsible for the woodwind section, the second one – for the string section, the third – for the percussion instruments, the fourth – for the brass section. Use the following plan: a) the staff of the group; b) role in the orchestra c) personal attitude to the group of the instruments.

Аудиотекст 8

- We`re talking to the leader of a local group called “Local Ass”. Hi, Sergey.

- Hi.

- Now, I know that your group is quite popular in Omsk, and you had several successful tours to the USA. You`re a Russian group, but you sing in English. It`s a bit strange, isn`t it?

- Well, it all started when I learned at school. I loves the “Beatles” and listened to their music all the time, and wanted to understand it. So, I learned more and more English. I asked my parents to buy me a guitar. So, I could play like the “Beatles”.

     - Did they?

- No. But my aunt did.

- And old were you then?

- I was fourteen. The boy next door was mad about the “Beatles, too.” And we dreamed about being in a band and…

- And your dream come true?

- Yeh. We started in 1977 when I was at University. There were three of us. We played at lots of parties.

- I know the year 1985 was important for you. Why was that?

- A lot of things happened that year. We got another guitarist, we started playing country and western music and we got a name: “Western Ass”. Western form country and western music, and also because we live in Western End. Western Siberia. In 1987 we got the first…

 

ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ 11

Pre – listening task

What is a true friend for you? (A spidergram; brain storming).

Listening task

Choose the correct answer according to the tape:

1. Nicole has known Barbara for…

a) 20 years   b) 12 years c) 12 years and 12 days

2. How did they meet?

a) Nicole doesn`t remember b) they met in the street

                  c) they met in the kindergarten

3. What`s Barbara like?

a) angry and greedy b) fun-loving and kind c) fun-loving and helpful

4. Barbara is kind of a punk because she wears:

a) black leaver jackets, silver chains, bright red hair

b) colourful clothes, black hair and high- heels

c) pink hair, jeans and T-shirts

4. Barbara is Nicole`s best friend because:

a) Barbara is very fun-loving and of the same age;

b) Barbara can keep a secret, understands a problem;

c) Barbara studies well.

3) Post – listening task

Look at the pictures and say if these two men can be true friends? Why / Why not?

Аудиотекст 9

I've known my best friend, Barbara, for my whole life, for 12 years to be exact. She was born a week later than me. She lives next door. So I don't     remember how and when we met for the first time because we were just little babies, but I remember that she came to my birthday party when I was three or four and gave me a Barbie doll. She said that the doll had her name, Barbie, and that was why she'd chosen it as a present for me.

Wher's she like? ...Barbara's fun-loving, easy­-going and kind. She's my only friend, who I can talk to about my deepest, darkest feelings. A while back, I was feeling very depressed, but because Barbara was there to listen, I could tell her all about it and once I'd got it all out, I felt so much better.

Barbara's kind of a punk. She always wears black leather jackets, silver chains, bright red hair and she always looks cool.

We do everything together: walk to school, listen to music, watch videos, go on the Internet, go out, go away on holiday, go shopping, even do some cooking together. We have our birthday parties together on the same day.

Barbara's my very best and true friend because she's someone who can keep a secret, who hears what I say and who understands problems. She is really very sweet. We've known each other all our lives, so we know each other inside out. So she can      tell what I'm feeling and she knows when it's right to talk and when it's right to listen. We can do everything together.

And she's the COMPLETE opposite of me. You know they say opposites attract. She's always there to talk to me, share secrets with me, laugh, play...      and just hang out with me.

 

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