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7 Leisure and entertainment

Starting off Listening | 1BSU

1 What do you enjoy doing in your free time? Choose 1 19 You are going to hear ten snippets of music.
which of these types of activities you prefer and Listen and match each with one of the types of music
give examples of specific activities you enjoy. Then in the box. Which of these types of music do you

compare your preferences with other students. enjoy listening to?
Activity types classical disco folk jazz Latin opera pop
t indoor t outdoor rap rock
t competitive sports or t non-competitive sports
games or games
2 What is it that you particularly like about the music
t lone activities t social activities (with you listen to? Exchange ideas with a partner.
other people)

t active: being creative or t passive: watching others 3 You will hear five short extracts in which people are
productive doing things talking about an aspect of music which is important
t using electronic t without technology of to them.
technology any kind
Before you listen, look at the photos and discuss what
the people are doing.
2 Discuss these questions.
Read through Tasks One and Two in Exercise 4. Can
How have people’s leisure activities changed over the you match the people listed in Task One (A–H) with any
last fi fty years? What can people of your generation do of the photos?
that your parents and grandparents couldn’t do?
Do you combine work or study with leisure? For 1
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example, do you listen to music, text friends, or spend
time on social networking sites while you are working
or studying?
How, when and where do you listen to music?

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