Here is my analysis of the statements with evidence from the text:
1. Rob has been a DJ at the club before.
- "Rob, the owner of the music store, is working one night as DJ in a nightclub."
2. Rob doesn't think that Barry's band will be good.
- No explicit evidence stated.
3. Barry and his band are very good.
- "Everything's brilliant." Implies the band is good.
4. The people in the club are not teenagers.
- No mention of teenagers at the club. Context implies it is a nightclub for adults.
5. Barry announces a name change for the band before they play
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1. Music is everywhere
Grammar
"k Indirect questions
aj Put t h e w o r d s in t h e c o r r e c t o r d e r t o
make indirect questions.
1 you/can / where/tell /
p o s t o f f i c e / m e / is / t h e
Can you tell me where the post office is?
2 y o u / m u c h / costs / d o / h o w /
this / k n o w
3 t e l l / us / starts / y o u / w h a t / film /
A n n e J a c o b s has an u n u s u a l job. S h e is
can / t h e / t i m e
r e s p o n s i b l e for c h o o s i n g t h e m u s i c t o play at
G l o b o G y m in L o n d o n . R e a d t h e i n t e r v i e w w i t h
4 y o u / can / him / t e s t / he / w h a t / her and match the questions with the replies.
mark / g o t / ask / in / t h e 1 W h a t kind o f music d o y o u play at t h e gym? TJ
2 W h a l l y p e o f music is p o p u l a r in t h e early
5 arrived / y o u / w h e n / k n o w / d o / mornings, f o r example?
they 3 W h a t d i d y o u play this m o r n i n g w h e n y o u
o p e n e d t h e gym?
4 W h a t d o p e o p l e like t o listen t o w h i l e t h e y
6 speak / k n o w / can / y o u / w h o / I /
exercise in t h e afternoons?
to / do
5 W h a t t i m e does it start g e t t i n g busy again?
6 A n d w h a t kind o f music can w e hear then?
7 y o u / t h e m / teacher / w i l l / be /
7 H o w many clients has t h e g y m g o t at t h e
t e l l / w h o / t h e / can
moment?
8 A n d h o w many c o m p l a i n t s have y o u had
8 is / y o u / name / w h a t / k n o w / d o / a b o u t t h e music y o u play?
his
a N o n e , incredibly. I guess I must be d o i n g
s o m e t h i n g right.
[~b~l W r i t e t h e i n d i r e c t q u e s t i o n s in b Well, that's usually our busiest t i m e , so s o m e t h i n g
E x e r c i s e l a as d i r e c t q u e s t i o n s . upbeat is g o o d t o get our clients m o v i n g and
ready f o r t h e w o r k i n g day.
1 Where is the post office?
c Let m e see. Yes, I remember. It was a c o l l e c t i o n
2 o f remixed songs by M a d o n n a , Girls A l o u d and
p e o p l e like t h a t .
3
d The g y m starts filling up a r o u n d 6 p m w i t h p e o p l e
4
d r o p p i n g in o n t h e i r way h o m e f r o m w o r k .
5 e Over 500, I think.
6 f All types. It depends o n t h e t i m e o f t h e day.
g A f t e r lunch is o u r quietest t i m e o f t h e day so w e
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usually play slower, m o r e relaxing music. Chill-out
8 music, f o r example.
h Rock's p r e t t y p o p u l a r in t h e early evening. It helps
p e o p l e get in t h e m o o d f o r a night o u t .
2. M a k e t h e q u e s t i o n s in Exercise l c i n d i r e c t questions. bj C o m p l e t e the sentences with the
w o r d s in t h e box.
1 Can y o u tell us what kind of music you play at the gym?
2 Can y o u tell us ? just far lot nearly
nothing better more a
3 Do y o u r e m e m b e r ?
4 Can y o u t e l l us ? 1 I find classical music m u c h more
5 Do you know ? relaxing t h a n any p o p music.
6 Can y o u t e l l us ' ? 2 Music these days is n o t as
7 Do you know ? imaginative as it was 20 years ago.
8 Can y o u t e l l us ? 3 I t h i n k t e c h n o is a more
exciting t h a n t h e dance music o f t h e
vocabulary 1970s.
4 C o u n t r y music is as
*k Making comparisons stronger
boring as folk music. I d o n ' t really
At t h e G l a s t o n b u r y m u s i c f e s t i v a l , J e n n y saw s e v e r a l
like either.
bands. Put t h e b a n d s s h e m e n t i o n s in o r d e r o f who
s h e liked m o s t . 5 The Beatles are better
t h a n Oasis. I d o n ' t k n o w h o w y o u
can c o m p a r e t h e m .
6 Bands' images are lot
m o r e i m p o r t a n t t h a n t h e i r music
these days. It's a shame.
7 Pop music is like as
g o o d as jazz.
8 The live version o f this song is even
t h a n t h e s t u d i o version.
Pronunciation
ic record (noun) vs. record
(verb)
'The White Stripes w e r e a bit b e t t e r t h a n Fatboy Slim, • CD4T23 Listen and mark the
b u t n o t much.' s t r e s s on t h e w o r d s in italics.
'Keane w e r e nearly as g o o d as Coldplay b u t n e i t h e r was 1 We export a l o t o f c o f f e e t o Europe.
as g o o d as Elvis Costello.'
2 Sugar is o u r biggest export.
A l t h o u g h Echo and the Bunnymen are a big influence
3 There's been an increase in car t h e f t
o n Coldplay, Coldplay w e r e far better. Echo and t h e
recently.
Bunnymen were a l o t b e t t e r t h a n t h e o t h e r 80s band
New Order.' 4 The graph shows t h a t t h e n u m b e r
o f university s t u d e n t s increases
'The Magic Numbers w e r e t h e best. They w e r e just
every year.
fantastic'
5 I'm sorry. I d i d n ' t mean t o insult you.
'Fat Boy Slim wasn't nearly as g o o d as I t h o u g h t he w o u l d
be. It was d e f i n i t e l y t h e w o r s t show.' 6 D o n ' t d o t h a t w i t h y o u r hand. It's
considered an insult here.
1 1'he Magic Numbers
7 W h a t a lovely present. Thank y o u .
8 We'd like t o present you with the
'student o f t h e m o n t h ' certificate.
• CD4 T23 L i s t e n again a n d repeat.
3. vocabulary
"ft Listening to music
W h a t are t h e w o r d s ? C o m p l e t e t h e sentences.
1 I love dance music - anything w i t h a g o o d 5 I haven't g o t a great voice so I t e n d n o t t o sing
beat (tabe) t o it. — I just (muh) along.
2 Most (scirly) these days are a bit 6 I used t o w o r k in a supermarket b u t t h a t
silly b u t occasionally y o w g e t a s o n g w r i t e r w i t h (kmauz) playing all day d r o v e m e
s o m e t h i n g t o say. crazy so I left.
3 Living in a small t o w n , w e d o n ' t get m u c h 7 We (decorred) o u r first CD in m y
(vile) music, a c o u p l e o f shows dad's garage in t h r e e days.
a year if we're lucky. 8 (unranmtliest) music is great t o
4 It's a great (neut). It's so easy t o play in t h e background w h e n you're w o r k i n g .
sing along t o .
C o m p l e t e t h e t e x t w i t h t h e w o r d s in t h e box. T h e r e are t w o y o u w o n ' t n e e d .
album track soundtrack tebel canned music cover cover band compose singer-songwriter
They say t h a t a change is as g o o d as a rest and this certainly seems t r u e f o r Ricky Valentine. W h e n he l e f t
Sony music t w o years ago t o sign f o r a small i n d e p e n d e n t record abel , many p e o p l e were p r e d i c t i n g
w e ' d heard t h e last f r o m h i m . But this is n o t t h e case. His f i r s t 2 f o r G o - G o records is simply
brilliant. Back from the Dead shows t h a t Valentine is n o t just a g r e a t 3 (we all knew t h a t
anyway) b u t t h a t he can 4 music o n a m u c h m o r e a m b i t i o u s level. This is n o t just a record
o f Valentine and his guitar. This is Valentine, his guitar and a f u l l orchestra. A t t i m e s y o u feel like you're
listening t o t h e 5 o f s o m e epic H o l l y w o o d p r o d u c t i o n . It's q u i t e amazing and q u i t e unlike
a n y t h i n g he's d o n e before. The o p e n i n g 6 w h i c h is a 7 o f U2's One is m i n d - b l o w i n g .
The rest o f t h e songs (all original c o m p o s i t i o n s ) d o n ' t d i s a p p o i n t . If y o u o n l y buy o n e CD this year, makes
sure it's this one.
Grammar
"k Embedded questions
C o m p l e t e the sentences with M a t c h the t w o parts of the sentences. T h e n add
the correct question word, who, q u e s t i o n m a r k s or full s t o p s .
when, why, where, what o r how. 1 It's easy t o h o w it w o r k s
1 I can't imagine ..who. t o l d h i m . 2 Can y o u t e l l they went
2 I've f o r g o t t e n her 3 W h o told you m e w h y he d i d t h a t
4 I'm t h i n k i n g a b o u t c o m e t o my p a r t y
b i r t h d a y is.
where I want k n o w w h e r e he w e n t
3 I wonder m u c h it
5 Why didn't you t o go o n holiday this
costs.
6 I don't know where year
4 He d i d n ' t say he 7 I don't understand see w h y he's so happy,
lives. 8 Do y o u where I live
5 I don't know she
d i d n ' t p h o n e t o say 'happy
birthday'.
6 I don't understand
she likes a b o u t h i m .
4. Q Literature in mind
R e a d this e x t r a c t f r o m High Fidelity by N i c k Hornby.
T h e s e s t a t e m e n t s are all t r u e . Find e v i d e n c e f o r e a c h
o n e in t h e text. T h e r e might be m o r e t h a n o n e t h i n g
for e a c h s t a t e m e n t .
1 Rob has been a DJ at t h e club before.
2 Rob doesn't t h i n k t h a t Barry's band will be g o o d .
3 Barry and his band are very g o o d .
4 T h e p e o p l e in t h e club are n o t teenagers.
Rob, the owner of the music store, is working 'We're not called Sonic Death Monkey any more,'
one night as DJ in a nightclub. Barry, who Barry says when he gets to the mike. 'We might be on
works in Rob's store, has a band which is going the edge of becoming the Futuristics, but we haven't
to play in public for the first time at the club. decided vet. Tonight, though, we're Backbeat. One
two three ... W E L L S H A K E I T U P B A B Y ...' A n d
Before the band come on, everything's brilliant. they launch into Twist and Shout, note perfect, and
It used to take a bit of time to w a r m people up, but everyone i n the place goes mad.
tonight they're 1 up for it straight away.
A n d Barry can sing.
[And] I haven't lost any of the old magic. One
They play Route 66 and Long Tall Sally and Money
sequence [of songs] has them begging for mercy. A n d
and Do You Love Me? and they 3 encore w i t h I n The
then it's time for the band.
M i d n i g h t H o u r and La Bamba. Every song, i n short,
I've been told to introduce them; Barry has even i s 4 naff and recognizable, and guaranteed to please a
written down what I ' m supposed to say: 'Ladies and crowd of thirtysomethings who think that hip-hop is
gentlemen, be afraid. Be very afraid. Here comes ... something their children do i n music and movement
S O N I C D E A T H M O N K E Y ! ' But [...] in the end classes. The crowd are so pleased, i n fact, that they
I just sort o f mumble the name of the group into 5 sit out the songs I have lined up for them to get
the microphone. them going again after Sonic Death Monkey have
frightened and confused them.
They're wearing suits and skinny ties, and when they
plug i n there's a terrible feedback 2 whine which for 'What was all that about?' I ask Barry when he comes
a moment I fear is their opening number. But Sonic up to the deck, sweaty and half-cut and pleased
Death Monkey are no longer what they once were. w i t h himself.
They are no longer, i n fact, Sonic Death Monkey.
'Was that all right?'
'It was better than what I was expecting.'
b j (Circle) t h e w o r d s o r p h r a s e s w h i c h are c l o s e s t in m e a n i n g t o t h e u n d e r l i n e d w o r d s in t h e text.
1 a t r y i n g t o leave b enthusiastic c cold
2 a an alcoholic drink b an electric shock c an unpleasant high sound
3 a play extra songs b play badly c play t h e same songs again
4 a unknown b badly sung c unfashionable
5 a d o n ' t like b d o n ' t dance t o c g o o u t s i d e t o sit d o w n
R e a d t h e t e x t again a n d a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s .
1 W h a t is ' t h e o l d magic' t h a t Rob says he hasn't lost?
2 W h y does Rob 'just s o r t o f m u m b l e t h e name o f t h e group' w h e n he
introduces t h e m ?
3 W h a t does t h e c r o w d t h i n k o f t h e songs Rob plays w h e n t h e band has finished?
4 W h a t , in y o u r o p i n i o n , does Rob feel a b o u t t h e evening at t h e club?