Підручник Англійська мова 8 клас - Калініна Л.В. - Генеза 2016 рік

Unit 3 Music to my Ears

3.3. At the Concert Hall

I. Now for it!

Look at the people at the concert halls and say what they feel. Say what you feel when you are at the concert.

Example: I think if the audience likes the music, they will express their feelings.

I personally usually do it. I clap my hands and dance. It’s normal.

II. Reading

Read the pages of teenagers’ diaries about their visits to the concerts and say what concerts they’ve been to.

…Yesterday my boyfriend Tom telephoned me and asked not to plan anything for the next day. He said he had bought two tickets for the concert, so I’ve got the opportunity to go to the concert!

The night of the concert came, and Tom dropped by to pick me up. My mother advised me to put on the appropriate clothing for the occasion so I put on tight black jeans and a silver jumper. It matched all right and I looked great in it. At least Tom thought so. We promised our parents to behave well and to be home on time.

We went to see the famous rock group of our city. They were great! The electric quality sounded all right and I liked the drums a lot. The special effects were marvellous. To tell the truth, I prefer this style of music to others. It’s very energetic and rhythmic. It makes you jump, and dance, and scream. It may be too loud sometimes and everybody around you looks a little bit crazy, but what’s wrong with that? It’s only for two hours and it gives you pleasure and energy for many days afterwards. It gives you spirit of joy and happiness, and I was happy! Unfortunately, I was unable to dance with all others because of my tight jeans, but I had fun.

I hope that when I am an old lady, I will still be able to understand and even share my grandchildren’s tastes in music. That’s why I’m enjoying myself now.

… My dreams had come true. I got the opportunity to go to a live concert and to listen to that enchanting music I had been dreaming about for such a long time. I’m grateful to my mum for inviting me. It was also the first time I was at the Albert Hall.

When we came, the orchestra was just beginning to come in. The violins, flutes and clarinets were tuning instruments.

A burst of applause was heard when the first violin came in. Mum asked me to look at stage. The orchestra sprang to their feet. The conductor walked in with a quick step and bowed from the conductor’s platform to right and left several times. All the eyes were turned to him.

Then the orchestra sat down again and the conductor spread his arms. Dead silence fell. The concert began.

I watched the conductor fascinated. I’d never heard or seen anything like that before. With the whole body he seemed to be drawing the music

out of his players. A wave of the arm and the harp joined in, a shake of the fist and the drums were heard. Sometimes he turned to the violins, and a thread of sounds as soft as silk was drawn out of them. It was so magnetic that I wished it would never end. I wanted to stay in that magic world of music for ever. I was so sorry when my mother asked me not to forget anything because it was the time to go home.

… This is the most memorable event of my stay in Ukraine. My friends asked me to join them for a weekend. When I asked them what we were going to do, they told me just to wait. They said it would be a surprise and it really was!

It was a real treat for me to listen to the orchestra of Ukrainian folk instruments, and see the extraordinary kobza, bandura, sopilka, buben, and tsymbaly. Their sound is still ringing in my heart. However, what struck me most was the trembita. I was told that it is traditionally played by shepherds in the Carpathian mountains, and that it is sometimes used on special occasions.

Incredible! I would never have thought that a concert of Ukrainian folk music would be so impressive and spectacular! Now I understand why Peter Tchaikovsky once wrote, ’There are happily gifted nations. I saw such a nation, a truly musical one. They are Ukrainians’.

It was a breathtaking experience and something I will take home and share with my students. It was a nice possibility of getting acquainted with Ukrainian music culture.

Across Cultures: Great Britain

Royal Albert Hall - a large 19 ^th century building in London where concerts take place.

III. Language Track

1. In the text, find and reproduce exclamatory sentences with correct intonation following the pattern. Say what feelings they express and practise them in your own sentences.

Pattern: Incredible! I think, it shows joy.

Incredible! I’ll listen to the harp!

1. Study the difference in meanings. In the diaries find and reproduce the sentences with them in context and make up your sentences by analogy.

2. Match the pictures of musical instruments to their names. In the text, find who had a possibility to hear them and at what concert. Say what musical instruments you can play or would like to learn to play.

Example: The girl who was at the rock concert enjoyed the sounding of electric guitars.

3. From the diaries, reproduce the sentences with the phrases which show the children’s attitude to the concerts they’ve been to. Say at what concert you experienced such feelings.

Example: The pop concert gives me much pleasure and energy. I personally feel the same at the rock concerts. They fill me with new life.

1. In the text, find the sentences with grammar structures in bold and interpret their meaning in context.

2. Complete the instruction:

If you want to report instructions, commands or regrets, use

3. Look at the pictures and say what the concert hall manager asked the speakers to do or not to do. Begin with «He asked».

Example: He asked men not to smoke in.

IV. Communication Track

1. Speaking

a) Speak about the concert you’ve recently been to using the star-plan.

What concert you’ve been to

b) In pairs, share your impressions of the concert you’ve both visited. Use the pattern. Pattern:

- I say , how do you like____________ ?

- It’s just_________ ! I enjoyed___

- Me too._________ was gorgeous and___

- Is it your first________ ?

- Exactly. I’ve heard the concerts on CD, but____

- When you go to a live concert______ , don’t you think so?

- I do. I’m just impressed by______ . The musicians established ________

- are beyond expectations! It’ll give me__________

- I also feel like________ . I’m so grateful to____

- Next time_________ and you?

- By all means.________ is always a pleasure.

c) In the whole class, dispute over the following question:

’It is believed that going to the concerts can develop your taste in music. How else can people do it?’

2. Listening

a) Before you listen

You are going to listen to the story ’Playing the Bagpipes’. Say:

✵ what bagpipes are;

✵ in what country this musical instrument is especially popular;

✵ what sounds this instrument produces.

b) While you listen

Listen to the story ’Playing the Bagpipes’ and complete the statements.

1. In his book «Three men in a Boat»______________________ .

2. At first the young man______________________________ .

3. His sister was very religious and she said________________ .

4. So, he began to play at night instead_________________ .

5. People, going home late___________________________ .

6. They would describe______________________________ .

7. Finally, the family found the place____________________ .

8. But sometimes a visitor would come to the house who____ .

9. If he was a man of strong mind,_____________________ .

10. But if a person was of average intellect_______________ .

c) After you listen

Give a piece of advice to the hero of a story. What musical instrument will you advise him to play. Why?

3. Writing

a) Before you write

✵ If you want to attract people’s attention to a concert, write a good concert programme.

✵ Choose any concert you’d like to go. Brainstorm with your friends how to write a concert programme successfully.

✵ Make a list of words/phrases you’ll use in this programme.

b) While you write

A Concert Programme

At Home: In your WB, write a programme for a concert you want your friends to go to.