only two agreed.

Anyway, I booked really good seats right at

Intermediate Student’s Book the front. It was an amazing experience! As I expected, the
audio scripts music was fantastic, as were the singers and dancers. I’m
going to go again, but I need to find someone else to go with
as my friends weren’t so impressed by it.

Unit 7 3.03 Lesson 7C, Exercise 2

“The Lost Generation” by Jonathan Reed
3.02 Lesson 7A, Exercises 7 and 8
1 I am part of a lost generation.
And I refuse to believe that
Last weekend I went to a gallery in London with my parents.
There was a big exhibition of modern art on that they I can change the world.
wanted to see. I really wasn’t particularly keen to go as I’m I realize this may be a shock, but
not a big fan of modern art, but I like to keep an open mind ‘Happiness comes from within’
and was prepared to revise my opinion. So I went along with
Is a lie, and
them. The artist, who’s already quite famous, had created
some sculptures using everyday objects from around her ‘Money will make me happy’
home. My parents loved it, but although one or two of the So in thirty years, I will tell my children
sculptures were quite interesting, I didn’t really understand They are not the most important thing in my life.
what the artist was trying to say. I’ll think of an excuse if my
My employer will know that
parents ask me again.
I have my priorities straight because
2
Work
Last summer I went to a music festival with a group of Is more important than
friends. It was the first time I’d been to a festival. I wasn’t
Family
planning on going but a friend had a spare ticket. Anyway, I
was really looking forward to it. Unfortunately, it rained most I tell you this:
of the time and the field we were camping in turned into a Once upon a time
sea of mud. I didn’t mind that really, but I thought the music Families stayed together
would be better. The bands weren’t particularly well known
But this will not be true in my era.
and the one band I was looking forward to seeing cancelled
at the last minute. Despite that, we’ve agreed to go again This is a quick fix society
next year. Experts tell me

3 Thirty years from now, I will be celebrating the tenth

anniversary of my divorce.
Last month I went to the theatre with my family. We saw a
I do not concede that
play called An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestly. We’re
studying the play at school. It’s a bit boring and I’d already I will live in a country of my own making.
seen it a couple of times on DVD, but mum convinced me In the future,
that it would be a good idea to see it again. Anyway, it was Environmental destruction will be the norm.
as bad as I’d feared. It was a local amateur theatre company
No longer can it be said that
and the acting was pretty awful. I suppose it didn’t do me
any harm though. Seeing a live performance at the theatre My peers and I care about this Earth.
has helped me to get to know the play a bit better. It will be evident that

4 My generation is apathetic and lethargic.

It is foolish to presume that
I hardly ever watch or listen to musicals – maybe about once
a year, if that. But last weekend I went to see Mamma Mia! There is hope.
in London. I’m a big ABBA fan and I’d been meaning to go And all of this will come true unless we reverse it.
and see it for ages. I asked lots of friends to come along, but

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3.04 Lesson 7C, Exercise 4 Speaker 3

And all of this will come true unless we reverse it. I went out for a meal with some friends last weekend. We
had Thai food because they wanted to try something
There is hope.
different – and for once, I agreed! And you know, it wasn’t
It is foolish to presume that too bad. A bit hot and spicy for me, but very tasty. I actually
My generation is apathetic and lethargic. enjoyed it. I might try Indian some time … perhaps.
It will be evident that Speaker 4
My peers and I care about this Earth.
We stayed three nights in a hotel in Paris. All I can say is
No longer can it be said that that at least the location was very good. As for the hotel
Environmental destruction will be the norm. itself … well, I suppose it’s just a place to sleep, isn’t it? Who
In the future, needs nice décor? Or polite staff?
I will live in a country of my own making. Speaker 5
I do not concede that My sister called round and gave me my birthday present. It
Thirty years from now, I will be celebrating the tenth was a jumper, which was … a surprise. She doesn’t usually
anniversary of my divorce. buy me clothes. It’s quite a colourful jumper – red, blue and
Experts tell me orange. Unusual. Well, anyway … it was very kind of her to
buy it for me.
This is a quick fix society
But this will not be true in my era.
3.06 Lesson 7C, Exercises 6 and 7
Families stayed together
Speaker 1
Once upon a time
I tell you this: If you take the time to listen carefully to the words of the best
rappers – people like Eminem and Jay-Z, and some of the
Family
female rappers too, like Lil’ Kim and Missy Elliott – then
Is more important than you’ll realise how good they are. It isn’t just poetry, it’s
Work fantastic poetry. In fact, I’d say that some of them are the
I have my priorities straight because best poems being written today. Seriously, that’s my opinion.
Now a lot of people say that young people are no longer
My employer will know that
interested in great poetry. But that’s wrong, isn’t it? A lot of
They are not the most important thing in my life. teenagers listen to rap music and rap can be great poetry –
So in thirty years, I will tell my children even though some people don’t look at it like that. So I’d say
‘Money will make me happy’ that in some ways, poetry is more popular than ever among
young people.
Is a lie, and
‘Happiness comes from within’ Speaker 2

I realize this may be a shock, but You know the poems I hate most? They’re the ones you get
I can change the world. in greetings cards – birthday cards, Mother’s Day cards, that
kind of thing. I mean, a poem has to be original, doesn’t it?
And I refuse to believe that
To be a good poem, it has to come from the writer’s heart
I am part of a lost generation. and contain some real emotion. It has to be about why the
poet loves a particular man or woman – or why the poet is
3.05 Lesson 7C, Exercise 5 feeling particularly sad. These poems in greetings cards are
all the same. ‘I hope your birthday is full of fun … er … You
Speaker 1
really are a wonderful son.’ That kind of rubbish. I suppose
I went to the gym last week. It was the first time in years! I people actually have to spend time writing them. Imagine
tried lifting some weights and could only manage about 120 doing that job! It would be so depressing, wouldn’t it?
kilos. I know that would be a lot for most people, but for me Writing rubbish every day.
… well, I was really surprised how little I can lift now.
Speaker 3
Speaker 2
We’ve been looking at some modern poetry at school, in our
I went to see Robbie Williams in concert last weekend English classes. Some of it is OK but to be honest, I’m not
… again! It was in Manchester. He played some of his old keen on most of it. I just don’t get it. I mean, half of it doesn’t
songs and some of the songs from his new album. It was even mean anything! Or at least, I can’t work out what it
OK … but even I had to admit that he wasn’t brilliant. Maybe means. It just seems like random words. Poetry didn’t use to
he wasn’t feeling good. be like that. In the past, it was always clear what the
meaning of the lines was. And usually, it rhymed too. For

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me, that’s what poetry should be like. That’s the skill of the 8
poet, isn’t it? If you don’t worry about meaning or rhyme,
[country and western]
then you can just write anything and call it a poem! ‘A leaf
on a tree … the sun shines … water flows … life goes on.’ 9
There, that’s a poem. Huh!
[classical]
Speaker 4
‘Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul, / 3.08 Lesson 7F
And sings the tune without the words, / And never stops at Granny graffiti
all.’ er … ‘And something something something heard, and
something is the storm’. Hang on … I can’t remember the The statue of Rocky outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art
rest. But it’s one of my favourites. It’s by Emily Dickinson. I is very popular with tourists, who often stop to take their
love her poems. In fact, most of the poems I like best are by photo in front of it without bothering to visit the museum
women. I think women make better poets than men – but itself. This irritated Jessie Hemmons, so last month the 24-
that’s just my personal opinion, of course! I don’t find it very year-old artist knitted a bright pink jacket and put it on the
easy to memorize poems. It takes me ages! But I enjoy statue of the boxer. She chose the colour because it attracts
doing it and I really like having a few poems that I know attention. On the front of the jacket, Jessie has knitted the
from memory. words ‘Go see the art’. Jessie hopes that her message will
result in more people visiting the gallery.
Speaker 5
This form of street art has become known as ‘yarn bombing’.
This is one I wrote last week. Ahem. ‘Black clouds fill the The craze is believed to have started in 2005, when Magda
sky. A child screams but nobody hears. A white dove sings Sayeg was working at Raye, her shop in Houston, Texas.
but cannot fly. I cry, but nobody sees my tears.’ Yeah. I One day she decided, just for fun, to knit a blue-and-pink
know … it’s a bit sad, isn’t it? Funny, really, because I cover for the shop’s door handle. She loved it, and –
wasn’t feeling down or anything when I wrote it. It’s often like unexpectedly – so did her customers. Pedestrians stopped
that … if I write a really sad poem, it doesn’t mean I’m on the pavement outside the shop to photograph it, and
feeling sad. You know, it’s a work of art, isn’t it? It’s not the even motorists slowed down to take a closer look. Their
truth. Like a singer can sing a really tragic song without reaction inspired Magda to make covers for other objects in
actually feeling those emotions for real. Most of my poems the street, such as a stop sign, a lamp post, a parking
are pretty black – about death, disease, that kind of thing. meter – and even an entire bus, which took a whole week to
I’m not sure why. I just like writing about those topics. I think complete! She decided to set up a group of knitters, which
they’re more powerful than happy topics. Who wants to read she called ‘Knitta Please’. Photos of their creations kept
about people feeling great? It’s boring. appearing on blogs and social networking sites and the
craze soon spread. There are now yarn bombing groups in
3.07 Lesson 7E, Exercise 1 dozens of countries and they have covered bus stops,
bicycle racks, benches, phone boxes and even fountains!
1 Like most types of street art, the works are temporary and
[heavy metal] begin to fall apart within a few weeks, so yarn bombers
photograph and film their works and upload them to the
2 internet, where everybody can see them.
[pop / rock] Some of the men who want to have their photos taken with
Rocky are disappointed when they see the jacket, but Jessie
3
is pleased that they react that way. She believes that most
[folk] street art is done by men and that yarn bombing is a more
feminine activity. But not everyone approves of the new form
4
of street art. Some people argue that if it is done without
[jazz] permission, then covering public objects in wool is
vandalism and littering. That may be true in the eyes of the
5
law, but the police appear to take a relatively relaxed
[blues] attitude to yarn bombers. They might interrupt them if they
see them at work in the street, but yarn bombers say the
6
police are more likely to find their activities amusing than
[hip-hop / rap] view them as criminal.

7 However, yarn bombing has landed Polish artist, Agata

Oleksiak, in serious trouble. Agata – or Olek, as she calls
[techno] herself – has been an active artist since 2003, and has
covered cars and diggers in wool, as well as a whole train in
her native city of Łódź. Her work has been shown in

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museums and galleries around the world. But when Olek about our academy, and hopefully some of you might find
knitted covers and attached them to sculptures in an what we do interesting and join our academy from next
underwater museum near Cancún, the Mexican authorities September!
were not very happy. Like Jessie Hemmons’s jacket, Olek’s Well, although I myself am a dance instructor, dance is not
covers had a political message: she wanted to draw the only performing art we teach at our academy. We try to
attention to endangered species such as the whale shark. help students to develop their talents and go after their
But the director of the museum claims that Olek may herself dreams in all of the performing arts, including drama and
have harmed the marine life that grows on the sculptures. music. We can offer you specialist classes in dance, singing,
Olek is puzzled by the reaction. She claims that her drama and fitness. We encourage our students to build on
message is a positive one and sees herself as a their strengths and we also give our students the opportunity
professional artist. She believes that her creations are as to take part in activities which help them get the confidence
good as the paintings you see in the world’s best art to work as part of a group or as solo artists.
galleries, and if anyone calls her work ‘yarn bombing’, she
The lessons are held by qualified teachers and
gets quite upset.
professionals from the performing arts industry, and many of
Whether you see yarn bombing as a bit of fun that brightens our teachers have worked as choreographers with famous
up drab cities, or as a form of high culture with a serious stars, such as Robbie Williams, Justin Bieber or Beyoncé,
message, it is a craze that is likely to continue. as well as appearing on TV shows and in theatre
performances in the West End. All of our students work on
3.09 Lesson 7G, Exercises 3 and 5 performance techniques in the autumn term, such as dance
styles in dance lessons, or mime or voice in the drama
Teacher So which of these shows do you think is most
lessons. We also teach students how to communicate
suitable? What about the magic show? My
through their body, focusing on body language and
sister loves magic.
expressing their emotions.
Student To be honest, I really can’t stand magic shows.
During the summer term our students work on their
Teacher So, what do you like? There’s a play at the performance, as all of them perform in the end-of-year
open-air theatre and there’s also a musical. show. The show takes place at the Auburn Theatre, where
Student Well, I enjoy musicals very much. And I think all students are awarded a certificate for completing their
they’re popular with people of all ages. So for course in our Annual Awards Ceremony. In addition to the
that reason, it’s a good choice for a theatre performance, we also put on another two
family outing. performances each term, which take place in the hall at
Teacher Yes, I agree. I’m really keen on musicals. In our academy.
fact, everyone in my family likes them. We all Anyway, I know this a lot of information for you now, =so if
like plays too. you'd like to find out more, please visit our website. If you
Student Personally, plays aren’t really my thing. I would like to arrange to come and see one of the classes
definitely prefer musicals. before you apply, please do send us an email.
Teacher OK. That’s fine. So when shall we go?
Student Well, how about next Saturday? Can we check
that everyone is free that evening?
Teacher OK, we can ask them.
Student I want everyone to go, because it’s my treat. I'm
definitely buying all the tickets.
Teacher Really? That could be expensive.
Student That’s OK. I haven’t spent much of the money I
brought with me.
Teacher OK. That’s very kind of you! Now, where’s the
musical on?
Student At the theatre in town. So we can go by bus.
Teacher Good idea. That won’t be expensive!

3.10 Exam Skills Trainer 4, Exercise 4

Good morning. First of all, let me introduce myself. My
name's Gillian Richardson, and I'm a dance instructor from
Gold Performance, which is a Performing Arts Academy
based in central London. Today, I've come to talk to you

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