Page 38 - IP3Y 001 Listening Success BT10

A. Listen and answer the following question. Note taking

1. Which picture best represents the sporting event Who :
mentioned in the dialogue?

a b c d

B. Listen again and answer the following questions. What :

2. What is the main topic of discussion?
two people discussing several famous singers

two people discussing the most popular opera singer

two people discussing their favorite types of music
two people discussing their favorite biographies
Why :
3. Which performer sang at the World Cup in 1990?
Josh Groban

Luciano Pavarotti
Dame Nellie Melba

Louis Armstrong

4. What was Dame Nellie Melba known for? Details :
bringing opera from a very elegant place out on the field

beautiful tone and perfect singing techniques
being one of the first black vocalists to work with white

singers
a good example of a vocal personality outside the

conventional voice categories

5. Which country was Louis Armstrong a citizen of?

Australia
USA
Italy

France

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