Question

V° to their
ears?
4 Choose the correct answer.
1. Joshua Bell felt strange while he was performing because .....
a. people didn't like his music
b. people left him coins
c people weren't paying attention to him
d. people gave him money without listening to him
2. The writer thinks ....
a. Bell's music is too tricky
b. Bell's clothing was inappropriate
c. the underground was the wrong place for the experiment
d. people should appreciate good music wherever they hear it
Joshua Bell in concert
5 Decide if the following sentences are true or false.
Find evidence in the text to justify your answers.
1. Bell played simple music in the underground station.
2. Only 27 people stopped to listen to him.
3. Joshua Bell is not used to people ignoring him.
The young man was wearing jeans, a T-shirt and a baseball 25 How did the maestro feel? "At the beginning. I was just
cap. He chose a spot in the underground station in
concentrating on playing the music. I wasn't really watching
Washington D.C., opened his violin case, carefully took out what was happening around me," he said, adding. "It was a
his instrument and began to play. Just another out-of-work strange feeling, that people were actually ignoring me.
5 musician trying to earn some extra cash at a busy
At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if
underground station? Not exactly. The violin was a 30 someone's cell phone goes off. But here, my expectations
Stradivarius, valued at about $3.5 million, and the young quickly diminished," said Bell He even began to feel
man was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented violinists in grateful if someone just left him a dollar bill and not a coin
the world, who earns about $1,000 a minute for a
Of course the question is: what would have happened if
10 performance. So what was going
people had realised who the violin
on?
For 43 minutes, Bell played some
35 player really was? Would the same
This was all part of an experiment
of the most tricky musical pieces
people still have walked on or would
that was organised by a reporter
ever written for the violin. Of the
they have appreciated the music and
from the Washington Post. Would
1,097 passers-by, only seven
stopped to listen? Perhaps more
15 people appreciate Bell's talent even
people stopped for longer than
importantly, should it really make a
one minute to listen.
if they didn't recognise him? The
+ difference whether they know who is
experiment was filmed and the
playing or not? After all, good music is
results were very interesting. For
good music, isn't it?
43 minutes, Bell played some of the most tricky musical
20 pieces ever written for the violin. Of the 1,097 passers-by,
only seven people stopped for longer than one minute to
listen. Surprisingly, only 27 people gave him money. So, how
Bell may have made only $32. but busking (playing
much did this outstanding musician get for his 43-minute
music or performing in public places) is big business
performance? Thirty-two dollars!
Buskers have reported making up to $70 an hour.
TIP SYNONYMS
6 Find words or expressions in the text that mean:
1. location (lines 1-11)
2. happening lines 1-11)
3. complicated (lines 12-24)
4. excellent (lines 12-24)
5. rings (lines 25-32)
When looking for a synonym, first identify
CONTRAST
given. Find a synonym which is the same
7. Over to You Were you surprised by the
reactions of the people in the underground station?
Why or why not?
55
False Friends
actually (line 28) means realmente not actualmente
part of speech of the word you have been
of speech in the text. Then substitute the wa
for the synonym in the text and check if the
sentence has still got a similar meaning​

Answer 1

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