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Potenziamento
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Reading
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Abbina i generi musicali del riquadro alle persone.
pop
jazz
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folk
heavy metal
opera
punk rock
rap
Neil
I think this sort of music is great. Last year I was on holiday with
my parents in Italy. We were at the Arena in Verona, and I saw Aida
by Verdi. It was fantastic. Now I want to listen to something by
Puccini. My Music teacher says his music’s fantastic, too.
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Liam
This music comes from America, I think. I know New Orleans is
famous for it, and a typical instrument is the saxophone. Louis
Armstrong is famous for this music. My dad loves it. I know that
you can hear it in bars late at night, but I never go, of course.
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Sylvia
It’s a kind of rock music. The first bands to play this kind of music
were British bands in the 1970s. The most famous band was the Sex
Pistols. The music was noisy and fast. It wasn’t easy music to listen
to. Today it’s a bit different. There are some American groups like
Green Day. I think they’re very good.
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Tanya
I come from Dorset in England. There’s a group in my village who
sing this kind of music. The songs are all traditional songs from the
west of England. Some of them are very good. The group uses acoustic
guitars and flutes, but mostly voices.
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Leggi il testo. Quale dei ragazzi dell’es. 1 ascolta la musica di questa band?
Green Day is a rock band from California in the US. In the
1960s there were lots of rock groups in California. The
most famous group was the Beach Boys. Their music was
‘surf rock’ – music for the beach. Their song Surfing USA was
a big hit.
Green Day’s music is different. It is punk rock. Today Green
Day are famous. They are popular in the USA and in Europe too. But it wasn’t
always like that. At first they only had a small number of fans. But then they had
a lucky break. Their song Longview was on MTV. It was their first hit. In the 1990s
Green Day were often on MTV.
In 2004 they had a big hit with their album American Idiot. In 2006 one of the songs
from this album, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, was record of the year in the Grammy
Awards. The Grammy Awards are the equivalent of Oscars for pop music.
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Potenziamento
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There are three members of the group. They were all born in 1972.
Billie Joe Armstrong is the singer. He’s got five brothers and sisters. Billie’s dad was a
jazz musician and his mum was a waitress in a restaurant. Billie has a great voice, but
he can also play the piano, the guitar, the drums and the saxophone.
Mike Dirnt plays guitar. Dirnt isn’t Mike’s real surname – it’s Pritchard. Mike doesn’t
know his real parents; he was an adopted child. He had a hard life as a child, but
music was his passion. He plays guitar and bass guitar.
Tre Cool is Green Day’s drummer. His real name is Frank Edwin Wright. Tre Cool was
born in Germany. His father was a helicopter pilot with the US army.
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Writing
Rispondi alle domande. ES
Where is Green Day from?
What sort of music does Green Day play?
What was the group’s first hit?
When were the members of Green Day
born?
5 Who plays the saxophone?
6 Who doesn’t know his real parents?
7 Who was born in Germany?
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2
3
4
4
5
Dan
Shop
Dan
Shop
Dan
Shop
Dan
Shop
Scegli l’alternativa corretta. K
1
2
3
4
Where is Green Day popular?
a Africa
b India
c The USA
Which kind of music was popular in
California in the 1960s?
a jazz
b surf rock
c punk rock
When was Green Day’s first hit?
a in the 1960s
b in the 1980s
c in the 1990s
Which song was ‘record of the year’ in
2006?
a American Idiot
b Oscar
c Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Scrivi un dialogo, seguendo la traccia. ES
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(Chiedi se hanno questi pantaloni corti in verde.)
assistant (Chiedi che taglia ha.)
(Rispondi media.)
assistant (Rispondi di sì.)
(Chiedi quanto costano.)
assistant (Rispondi quindici sterline.)
(Di’ che va bene e chiedi di provare anche una camicia.)
assistant (Rispondi di sì e di’ che il camerino è laggiù.)
Scrivi una descrizione dei vestiti che stai
indossando oggi. ES
Example
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black trousers. I’m wearing my new
trainers, too. They’re blue and white.
They’re cool.
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