UNIT 3

FACE THE MUSIC

Lead-in

1 Work in pairs. Make sure that you know the types of music in the box below.

LISTENING

2 Listen to ten pieces of music. Match each piece of music by its type in the table above.

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3 Make the list of musical trends and types that were not mentioned in Ex. 2. Tell what type of music is the most popular in your country at the moment.

4 Work in pairs. Talk about your favourite and least favourite types of music, pieces of music and performers. You can use the words below and ways of talking about likes and dislikes.

Example: I think opera is incredibly boring, but I love rap.

5 Complete the song with these words, then listen and check.

6 Choose the correct answer to the questions.

1	Who sang I will always love you?
					a	Whitney Houston
					b	Mariah Carey
					c	Gloria Gaynor
2	How did the guitarist Jimi Hendrix die?
					a	in a car crash
					b	a drugs overdose
					c	he was shot
3	Who wrote the song Nothing compares to U?
					a	Madonna
					b	Prince
					c	Sinead O’Connor
4	Who organized the Live Aid concert for Ethiopia in 1985?
					a	Bob Dylan
					b	Bob Geldof
					c	Bob Marley
5	When did Paul McCartney write Let it be?
					a	1970
					b	1960
					c	1980
6	Which group recorded God Save the Queen?
					a	Queen
					b	The Sex Pistols
					c	The Stranglers
7	Whose mother is Yoko Ono?
					a	Julian Lennon
					b	Cynthia Lennon
					c	Sean Lennon
8	Who thinks being the son of John Lennon was a disadvantage?
					a	Sean Lennon
					b	Julian Lennon
					c	Yoko Ono
9	Eric Clapton is particularly close to
					a	George Harrison.
					b	Elton John.
					c	Bob Dylan.
10	Eric Clapton’s hit song Tears in Heaven was written
					a	because his wife had left him.
					b	when he broke his drug addiction.
					c	after a tragic accident.

A	B
despite	hard up
professional	queer
talent	joke
entertain	profit
earn	amuse
poor	ugly
strange	celebrated
give up	in spite of
fun	specialist
famous	genius
beautiful	renounce

7 Match each word from column A with its synonym from column B. The example is given in bold.

READING