II. Listening, страница 110, часть 2 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс учебник Демченко, Севрюкова

II. LISTENING

1. Read the words in the box and the title of the text and try to guess the name of the world-known composer. Then listen to check your guesses.

A conductor [kənˈdʌktə] is someone who directs the musicians of an orchestra or other musical group.

Deaf [def] means ‘not able to hear anything, or not able to hear very well.’

Despair [dɪˈspeə] is the feeling that a situation is so bad that nothing you can do will change it.

The deaf musician

2. Listen again and mark the statements as true or false.

1. He started losing hearing when he was a teenager and completely lost it at 23.

2. The maestro [ˈmaɪstrəʊ] composed some of his later pieces while playing the piano with his eyes close to the keys.

3. “I am deaf, but not dead. So I can conduct the orchestra on my own.”

4. The maestro was standing next to the conductor during the concert to help him with the tempo.

5. When the symphony ended, the maestro didn’t hear the applause until someone turned him around to the audience.

6. People say that “The Ninth Symphony” is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, but still it is not included into the United Nations World Heritage List.

7. The composer died just three years after the premiere of his last symphony, in 1827.

3. What other interesting facts do you know about the deaf musician? What about other well-known composers?

1. Прочитайте слова в рамке и заголовок текста и попытайтесь угадать имя всемирно известного композитора. Затем прослушайте, чтобы проверить свои догадки.

2. Прослушайте еще раз и отметьте, верны или неверны утверждения.

3. Какие еще интересные факты вы знаете о глухом музыканте? Что насчет других известных композиторов?

Ответ:

1. The deaf musician is Ludwig van Beethoven.

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3. About the deaf musician (Ludwig van Beethoven): He continued to compose his most celebrated works after he became deaf. To hear the music, he would saw the legs off his piano and press his ear to the floor to feel the vibrations. The "Ode to Joy" from his Ninth Symphony is the anthem of the European Union.

About other well-known composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy who began composing at age five. Johann Sebastian Bach came from a large family of musicians and had 20 children of his own. Frédéric Chopin was a Polish composer who wrote almost exclusively for the piano.

Перевод:

1. Глухой музыкант — это Людвиг ван Бетховен.

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3. О глухом музыканте (Людвиге ван Бетховене): Он продолжал создавать свои самые знаменитые произведения после того, как оглох. Чтобы слышать музыку, он отпиливал ножки у своего рояля и прижимал ухо к полу, чтобы чувствовать вибрации. «Ода к радости» из его Девятой симфонии является гимном Европейского Союза.

О других известных композиторах: Вольфганг Амадей Моцарт был вундеркиндом, который начал сочинять музыку в возрасте пяти лет. Иоганн Себастьян Бах происходил из большой семьи музыкантов и сам имел 20 детей. Фридерик Шопен был польским композитором, который писал произведения почти исключительно для фортепиано.