Lesson 61

LESSON 61 Wednesday, 15th of June 2022
HOW WERE YOUR

WEEKS?
WHAT ARE YOUR
PLANS FOR THE
SUMMER?
Today’s agenda
• Review Listening
• Can you imagine the world without music?
PART 2 You will hear a woman
called Angela Thomas, who
works for a wildlife
organisation, talking about
the spectacled bear.
For questions 9 – 18,
complete the sentences
with a word or short
phrase
Angela says that it was the (9) ___________ of the spectacled
bear that first interested her.
Angela mentions that the bear’s markings can be found on
its (10)_____________ as well as its eyes and cheeks.
Angela is pleased by evidence that spectacled bears have been
seen in (11) __________ areas of Argentina.
Angela says the bears usually live in (12)___________ , though
they can also be found in other places.
Spectacled bears behave differently from other types of bear
during (13) ________________ , which Angela finds surprising.
Angela is upset that (14) ____________ are the biggest danger
to spectacled bears.
Angela says that spectacled bears usually eat (15)
___________ and tree bark.
Bears climb trees and make a (16) _____________ , which
fascinated Angela.
When bears eat meat, they much prefer (17)__________
although they do eat other creatures.
One man has produced an amusing (18) __________ about the
time he spent studying the bears.
ANSWER KEY - PART 2
9 (great) name 14 (the/some) human(s)
10 chest 15 berries
11 northern 16 (a) platform
12 forests 17 (small/little) mice
13 (the) winter 18 (funny) diary
PART 4
You will hear part of a radio interview with a woman called Rachel Reed, who works in
a commercial art gallery, a shop which sells works of art. For questions 24 – 30,
choose the best answer (A, B or C).
24. What does Rachel say about her job title?
A) It makes her feel more important than she is.
B) It gives people the wrong idea about her work.
C) It is appropriate for most of the work she does.
25. What is the most common reason for the gallery not exhibiting
an artist’s work?
A) The subject matter is unsuitable.
B) It is not of a high enough quality.
C) The gallery manager doesn’t like it.
26. When can phone calls from artists be difficult for Rachel?
A) when their work doesn’t sell

B) when they don’t receive payments
C) when their work is not accepted
27. Why does Rachel include a commentary in the catalogue?

A) It gives background information about the artist.
B) It encourages people to buy paintings over the phone.
C) It tells people what experts think of the work.
28. What does Rachel say about administrative work?
A) She is able to leave a lot of it to others.

B) She would like to have an assistant to help with it.
C) She finds it hard to get it all organised.
29. What is Rachel’s role in the service the gallery offers to large companies?
A) making initial contacts
B) responding to enquiries
C) promoting a certain type of art
30. What does Rachel find most enjoyable about her job?
A) meeting interesting people
B) the fact that it’s unpredictable
C) being close to works of art
ANSWER KEY – PART 4
24 C 28 A
25 B 29 A
26 C 30 B
27 A
CAN YOU
IMAGINE THE
WORLD
WITHOUT
MUSIC?
Discuss
• What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?
• Do you prefer going to live concerts or watching concerts
online/on TV?
• Do you play or have you ever wanted to play an instrument?
• How often do you listen to music? Is music just a pastime for
you, or more than that?
Calming
Distracting
Read the Energising
adjectives. Entertaining
Entrancing
Do you Moving
know any Relaxing
Saddening
of them? Unsettling
Uplifting
Match the words with the meanings: calming, distracting,
energizing, entertaining, entrancing, moving, relaxing,
saddening, unsettling, uplifting.
Making someone feel more relaxed and less emotional
Calming
Causing worry or anxiety
Making someone feel full of energy or enthusiasm
Making someone feel better
Making someone feel emotional
Preventing someone from concentrating on something
Pleasant and making someone feel less stressed
Funny and enjoyable
Making someone feel sad
Beautiful or impressive in a way that it takes all of someone’s attention and they can’t stop listening to or watching it
Choose the most suitable adjectives in these
sentences.
One of the documentary's many unsettling/calming images is of a child playing with
his father's gun.
People love charming and energizing/uplifting love stories with happy endings.
Everyone went silent when the room filled with the distracting/entrancing music.
The actors could feel that it was a deeply moving/relaxing experience for the
audience.
Taking long, deep breaths can have a calming/unsettling effect and reduce stress.
“Music is a language that doesn’t
Read the speak in particular words. It speaks
in emotions.” Keith Richards
quote
below and Do you agree with the quote?
How does music make you feel?
answer the
questions. What kind of music do you find (a)
calming, (b) energising, (c)
entertaining?
WATCH THE https://www.youtube
FOLLOWING .com/watch?v=yFck
VIDEO WsYqvnk
Now, answer the following questions
• Who are the people in the video?
• Where are they?
• What are they talking about?
• Watch the video again and write down four effects that
music has, according to the speakers.
Discuss the following questions
• Can you imagine the world without music?
• What role does music play in your life?
• Does any particular piece of music bring back memories of
certain events, experiences or periods in your life to you?
• What emotions may, watching a live concert in a concert
hall, evoke in people, compared to watching it at home
alone?

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LESSON 61 Wednesday, 15th of June 2022

HOW WERE YOUR

A) when their work doesn’t sell

27. Why does Rachel include a commentary in the catalogue?

A) She is able to leave a lot of it to others.

Causing worry or anxiety

Making someone feel full of energy or enthusiasm

Making someone feel better

Making someone feel emotional

Preventing someone from concentrating on something

Pleasant and making someone feel less stressed

Funny and enjoyable

Making someone feel sad

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