Skills • Reading

See you at the Music Café!Would you like a night out in London with good food and great music? Our reviewer Jeremy Clark was in London last week to check out the hot spots of the big city. Read his reviews of his three favourite venues.

Rock Rendezvous – 16, Covent Garden Lane, London W1.

Rock Rendezvous is a small café in the centre of London. In fact it’s just ten minutes’ walk from Covent Garden. The music is great and very loud – so it’s difficult to have a conversation while you eat dinner. The food is surprisingly good – I recommend the traditional English sausages with mashed potatoes and gravy. And the puddings are delicious – try the sticky toffee pudding or the apple pie. It’s a good idea to book before you go there because there are only about fifteen tables!

All That Jazz – 332, Lancaster Square, Putney, SW14

Would you like to hear some really cool jazz – live? Well, All That Jazz is the place for you! You can hear and see live musicians every evening from 9.00 p.m. and the music finishes at 12.00 p.m. And that’s not all! You can try some specialities cooked by the café’s American chef, Louis Grey. He comes from New Orleans – he can cook really well, but he can also play the sax! Try his Gumbo (a thick, spicy, seafood soup), his Cajun Spiced Chicken and especially his Bread Pudding! The best! And the food isn’t very expensive, either. You can expect to spend about £20 per person.

Hammersmith Reggae Yard – 12, Kings Street, Hammersmith, W6.

Spend a relaxing evening at the Hammersmith Reggae Yard – chill out to the latest sounds from Jamaica. No live music here, but an excellent selection of recordings from the most exciting new reggae bands on an excellent sound system. You can come here with your friends too, because there are more than fifty tables. (The Yard was the old post office – it’s huge!) You can drink traditional Jamaican ginger beer, carrot juice or fruit punch and you can try a Beef Patty or other Jamaican dishes like Curry Chicken or Rice and Peas. But get there early! When I was there last night it was full at eight o’clock!

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Comprehension 1 Leggi le recensioni dei tre café e scrivi il

nome negli spazi.

1 is in the centre of London.

2 was once a post offi ce.

3 has good inexpensive food.

4 is a good place to go with a big group of friends.

5 is a good place to listen to jazz.

6 is a very small restaurant.

Vocabulary 2 Abbina le parole dal testo alle loro traduzioni

in italiano.

1 loud a impianto stereo

2 try b prenotare

3 book c rilassati

4 live d forte

5 seafood e zenzero

6 spiced f enorme

7 relaxing g dal vivo

8 chill out h frutti di mare

9 recordings i registrazioni

10 sound system j rilassante

11 huge k prova

12 ginger l con spezie

Culture All’incirca tre miliardi di persone hanno

guardato i dieci concerti di Live 8 il 2 luglio

2005.

Key (Legends of Music Quiz)

1 They were from Liverpool. 2 Yes, he was.

3 No, he wasn’t. (Mick Jagger was born in 1943.)

4 No, he wasn’t. John Lennon was a guitarist in

the Beatles. 5 Peter Gabriel was the lead singer

of Genesis. 6 No, he wasn’t. (Jimi Hendrix was a

guitarist.) 7 Jim Morrison was the lead singer of the

Doors. 8 Bruce Springsteen was born in the USA.

Comprehension 3 Vero o falso? Scrivi V o F negli spazi.

Correggi le frasi false. P

1 Rock Rendezvous is in Covent Garden.

2 Jeremy Clark likes the food at Rock Rendezvous.

3 You can only hear live music at All That Jazz at lunchtime.

4 The chef at All That Jazz is from the USA.

5 The quality of the music at the Hammersmith Reggae Yard is very good.

6 The Hammersmith Reggae Yard is very busy in the evenings.

Comprehension 4 Rispondi alle domande.

1 What’s the music like at the Rock Rendezvous?

2 What does Jeremy suggest you eat at the Rock Rendezvous?

3 What time do the musicians start playing at the All That Jazz café?

4 What’s special about the chef at the All That Jazz café?

5 Why is the Hammersmith Reggae Yard very big?

6 What are the names of three typical Jamaican recipes?

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Skills • ListeningComprehension

5 10 Sentirai una parte del programma Music Mania! Ascolta e metti un segno di spunta (✔) accanto ai nomi dei musicisti, cantanti e compositori che senti menzionare durante il programma.

1 Beethoven 9 Take That

2 Tchaikovsky 10 Coldplay

3 J.S.Bach 11 Oasis

4 Mozart 12 The Clash

5 Vivaldi 13 Avril Lavigne

6 Louis Armstrong 14 Beyoncé

7 Robbie Williams 15 Madonna

8 The Rolling Stones 16 Kylie Minogue

Comprehension 6 10 Riascolta e completa le domande. P

1 Who the composer of the Emperor ?

2 was the jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong ?

3 Which was the singer Robbie Williams a of at the beginning of his career?

4 What was the Tchaikovsky?

5 was the composer born?

6 was the of the hit song Sk8er Boi?

Comprehension 7 10 Ascolta ancora una volta e rispondi

anche tu alle domande del quiz. Scrivi a, b o c negli spazi.

1 2 3 4 5 6

8 11 Adesso ascolta la versione completa del dialogo e controlla le tue risposte.

Culture Il disco più venduto del mondo è Candle in

the Wind di Elton John, la canzone cantata al

funerale della principessa Diana nel 1997.

Dictation 9 12 Riesci a indovinare quali erano le

domande che hanno preceduto queste risposte? (Non scrivere le domande prima di ascoltare!) Ascolta e scrivi le domande per queste risposte.

1 ?

Yes, please. With milk and sugar, thanks.

2 ?

I’d rather not. I can’t swim.

3 ?

No, I can’t. But I can play the piano.

4 ?

I was out with my friends.

5 ?

He was born in New York.

6 ?

No, sorry, I’m waiting for a call.

7 ?

Actually, I’m watching this programme.

8 ?

Yes, of course. How much do you need?

14.00 Music Mania!The popular radio music quiz presented by Michael Meecham.

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Skills • Writing 10 Leggi l’e-mail che Steve ha scritto al suo

penfriend Ed, prima di andare a trovarlo a Londra. Sottolinea le alternative corrette nel messaggio.

11 Scrivi un’e-mail a Steve (100–150 parole). Includi le seguenti informazioni: T

• descrivi i tuoi hobby • parla delle cose che sai e non sai fare • invita Steve a una festa sabato sera • proponi di incontrarvi alla stazione

alle sei di sabato sera • proponi di andare a mangiare una

pizza prima della festa

Hi Ed,

Thanks for your email last week. It was really interesting! 1You got/You’ve got lots of hobbies. You play basketball and football and you go swimming every week and you can 2play/playing the guitar, too. Wow! I don’t know how you find the time! I usually have lots of homework every day. I 3go sometimes/sometimes go swimming but I can’t swim very well. In the evenings I like 4surfing/surf the Internet. And I can cook quite well too. I can cook Chinese, French and Italian food. I sometimes cook for my family at weekends.

I 5write/’m writing this email because 6I like/I’d like to accept your invitation to come and see you next weekend. I’m staying in London with friends at the moment, so I’m not far from you. Can you 7tell/to tell me the name of the station near your house? Let’s 8meet/to meet at the station at about twelve o’clock. Then we can go for a meal together.

See you soon,

Steve

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