Exercises

 

I.            Find in the text English equivalents for the following:

день без музыки; сочетание приятных звуков; завоевывать наши души; ассоциироваться с музыкой прошлого; полный энергии; повеселиться; поп-звезда; больше не существует; портить слух; в течение последних 30 лет; о вкусах не спорят; особенно среди молодежи.

 

II.         Find in the text Russian equivalents for the following:

all over the world; moods and emotions; transforms our feelings; however; a sense of happiness; in time to music; successful group of the seventies; European charts; people of all ages; not to everyone's taste; set new trends; computerized drum machines; extremely popular.

 

III.           III. Match the following words and phrases to make complete expressions from the text:

	musical		emotions
	folk		fun
	complex of		instruments
	have		all ages
	people of		music
	style of		our ears
	destroy		singing
combination of		from pop		star
breathtaking		pleasant		to classical music
international		new trends		in music
top		European		sounds
set		and full		in technology
use		pop		charts
range		the changes		of energy

 

IV.           Find the words in the text which have a similar meaning to these definitions. The first letter is given to help you:

1.    an object such as a piano, guitar, or drum that you use for playing music (I . . . . . . . . .)

2.    producing a pleasant sound(t . . . . . .)

3.    the way that someone writes or produces music or art (s . . . .)

4.    someone who sings, especially someone who sings well or as a job (s . . . . .)

5.    the main pattern of sounds in a piece of music, or the strongest sounds in this pattern (b . . .)

6.    enthusiasm and  determination (e . . . . .)

7.    to give a performance that people enjoy (e . . . . . . . .)

8.    a large group of musicians who play instruments such as trumpets and drums (и . . .)

9.    a song or piece of music (t . . .)

 

V.         Answer the following questions:

1.    Where can we hear music? 2. How do the specialists explain what music is? 3. How many kinds of music are there? What are they? 4. Is classical music always a complex of emotions? 5. What are the modern music styles? 6. What do you know about Abba? 7. Why does the older generation dislike heavy metal? 8. What changes in technology do many of the new bands use to develop their music?

 

X. a) Answer the following questions:

-         Do you play a musical instrument?

-         What instrument would you like to play?

-         What kind of instruments do you know?

b) Look at the list of musical instruments and check your answer.

a)    stringed (instruments that have strings);

b)   percussion instruments (instruments that we hit);

c)    wind instruments (instruments that we blow);

d)   keyboard instruments (instruments that have “keys”).

с) Give the Russian equivalents for the following instruments. Then  guess where some of the instruments come from:

balalaika		sitar
drums		pipes
harp		piano
school recorder		trumpet
violin		guitar
flute		saxophone

 

XI. a) Rewrite these direct questions as indirect questions. The beginning of each sentence is given to help you.

1        Where is Lima? Have you any idea _____________________________

2        Who is that woman over there? Would you mind telling me___________

3        What time does the film start? Can you tell me_________________

4        Where is the nearest bank? Could you tell me__________________

5        What time is it? Do you know _________________________________

b) Complete the indirect questions in this interview.

A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B:

Could you tell me your name? My name's Maria. I'd also like to know where (1) ___________________________ I come from Edessa. I see. Could you tell me where (2) ________________________ It's a small town near Thessaloniki. Right. Can you tell me what (3)__________________________ Yes, my father's a teacher and my mum's a lawyer. Thanks. Do you know what (4) _________________________ I'm thinking of becoming a nurse. I see. Can you tell me why (5) __________________________ Because I want to help people.

с) Put the words in these indirect questions in the correct order.

1. Athens? you ask how Can I far is it to

2. you me time this Could night? are at tell why you here of

3. are where Can me you going? you tell

4. you now? busy any I Have am idea how

 

XII. Translate the following sentences:

1.      Её голос звучал для меня музыкой. 2. Лиза была так испугана, что не могла издать ни звука. 3. Музыка - это искусство, которое меняет наши чувства и завоевывает наши души. 4. Море отражало яркий солнечный свет. 5. Классическая музыка ассоциируется с музыкой прошлого и доставляет нам удовольствие и чувство счастья. 6. Я умоляю тебя оставить меня в покое. 7. Умный человек только обогатится, если будет изучать литературу. 8. Поп музыка заставляет вас забыть о проблемах сегодняшней жизни. 9. К моему большому удовольствию наши гости прибыли вовремя. 10. Джо закричал от радости, когда услышал, что сдал экзамен.

 

Listening

The song “The miracle” by Queen

1.      This song is all about the various miracles in the world. Listen to the song and tick the words you hear from the box below. Which are not in the song (2)?

desert     star    child    Earth    nature    God    wonder     creation

 

2.      What miracle is the singer still waiting for? 

 

3.      The singer mentions “the miracles” listed below. Listen to the song again and number them in the order that you hear them.

Perfect harmony

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Taj Mahal

Sunday mornings

Jimi Hendrix

Mona Lisa

Test-tube babies

4.       Here is the end of the song. Complete it.

Well it's a miracle, it's a miracle, it's a miracle, it's a miracle 

The one _____ (the one _____) 

We're all waiting for (we're all waiting for) 

Is _____ on Earth (_____ on Earth) and an end to ____ (end to _____) 

It's a miracle we _____, the miracle, the miracle

Peace on _____ and _____ to war today

That _____ will come one day you'll see when we can all be _____…

Махачкала, 2019