See you at the Music Café! UNITS 7-8

Grammar, functions and vocabulary
UNIT 12
UNITS
7-8
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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Skills and Culture
Comprehension
1
Leggi le recensioni dei tre café e scrivi il
nome negli spazi.
1
Comprehension
3
is in the centre of
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.
is a good place to listen
5
The quality of the music at the
Hammersmith Reggae Yard is very good.
is a very small
6
The Hammersmith Reggae Yard is very
busy in the evenings.
London.
was once a post office.
2
3
has good inexpensive
food.
is a good place to go
with a big group of friends.
4
5
to jazz.
6
restaurant.
Vocabulary
2
UNITS 7-8
Comprehension
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
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?
Culture
All’incirca tre miliardi di persone hanno
guardato i dieci concerti di Live 8 il 2 luglio
2005.
5 Why is the Hammersmith Reggae Yard very
big?
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.
6 What are the names of three typical
Jamaican recipes?
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Skills and Culture
UNITS 7-8
Comprehension
14.00 Music Mania!
The popular radio music quiz
presented by Michael Meecham.
7
1
Skills • Listening
8
Comprehension
5
10 Ascolta ancora una volta e rispondi
anche tu alle domande del quiz. Scrivi a, b o
c negli spazi.
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
2
Armstrong
3 Which
Williams a
of his career?
4 What
Tchaikovsky?
Culture
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.
the composer of the
?
was the jazz trumpeter Louis
?
was the singer Robbie
of at the beginning
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
was the
was the
song Sk8er Boi?
?
I’d rather not. I can’t swim.
?
No, sorry, I’m waiting for a call.
7
?
Actually, I’m watching this programme.
born?
6
?
2
was the composer
5
6
Il disco più venduto del mondo è Candle in
the Wind di Elton John, la canzone cantata al
funerale della principessa Diana nel 1997.
9
Riascolta e completa le domande. P
1 Who
Emperor
5
Dictation
Comprehension
10
4
9 Take That
2 Tchaikovsky
6
3
11 Adesso ascolta la versione completa del
dialogo e controlla le tue risposte.
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
2
of the hit
8
?
Yes, of course. How much do you need?
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Skills and Culture
UNITS 7-8
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.
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
11
Scrivi un’e-mail a Steve (100–150 parole).
T
Includi le seguenti informazioni:
• 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
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