Read the Learn this! box. Complete it with the words below. Use the article to help you

Word Skills

1. VOCABULARY Work in pairs. Listen to the musical excerpts. Match the excerpts (1-9) with the musical genres below.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Nghe trích đoạn văn nghệ. Ghép các đoạn trích (1-9) với các thể loại âm nhạc dưới đây)

Musical genres

blues          classical          country and western

folk          heavy metal hiphop / rap          jazz          pop / rock techno

1. heavy metal

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2. Read the article. What is unusual about John Cage’s most famous composition?

(Đọc bài viết. Điều gì là bất thường về sáng tác nổi tiếng nhất của John Cage?)

Most composers want their music to contain something different - a distinctive melody or rhythm, or an unusual harmony which no one has thought of before. But has anyone gone further than composer John Cage in the search for originality?

In 1951, John Cage wanted to find somewhere he could experience complete silence. He went inside a special soundproof room and expected to hear nothing, but instead heard two sounds, one high-pitched and one low-pitched. Later, ihe sound engineer explained that the first was the sound of his nervous system and the second was the sound of his blood circulating. Cage realised that nowhere is completely silent - you can always hear something. A year later, he composed his most famous piece: 4’33” (four minutes and thirty-three seconds’). In this piece, the performer walks on stage and then ... nothing happens. He or she does not play anything at all. Everybody in the audience listens to nothing for exactly four minutes and 33 seconds. Then the performer bows and everyone applauds!

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3. Complete the table with indefinite pronouns from the article.

(Hoàn thành bảng với các đại từ không xác định từ bài báo)

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LOOK OUT!

We use indefinite pronouns with some- when we make offers and requests, even though they are questions.

Would you like something to eat?

Can I talk to somebody about this job?

5. Read the Look out! box. Complete the dialogue with the correct indefinite pronouns.

(Đọc Look out. Hoàn thành cuộc đối thoại với các đại từ bất định chính xác)

Amelia. Are you doing (1) _____________ this weekend?

Jake. No, I’m not.

Amelia. Would you like to do (2) _____________ together, then? How about the cinema?

Jake. Not the cinema. There's (3) _____________ I want to see. Let’s go (4) _____________ different for a change. We could see some live music.

Amelia. Is there (5) _____________ in town that has live music?

Jake. Yes — the Oxygen Arena. I can find the programme online. Wait a moment ...

Amelia. Is (6) _____________ good playing?

Jake. There's (7) _____________ well-known, I’m afraid. But this band might be OK — Purple Dawn. They play hip hop.

Amelia. I'll ask James. He knows (8) _____________ about hip hop.

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6. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss what kinds of musical genres you enjoy listening to.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Thảo luận về những thể loại âm nhạc mà bạn thích nghe)

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