Работа с текстом "My favorite singer" 8 класс

My favorite singer

My favorite singer is Michael Jackson. I like his songs very much because they are full of energy and very melodic. I like to listen to his songs and do something. In the morning I turn on my cassette – player, listen to Michael Jackson and do my morning exercises. I also like his dance.

        I’d like to tell you a few words about Michael Jackson’s earlier days. There were ten children in Michael Jackson’s family. They lived in a small four – room house. Michael Jackson sang in public for the first time when he was five. Since that time he had always been in the public eye. Michaels’s father wanted all his five sons to be professional musicians. As the Jacksons 5 they became professionals when Michael was eight years old. They moved to Detroit and became the best – selling group of Motown records.

        When Michael started to sing in the “Jacksons 5” he was only 5 years old and he couldn’t understand a great deal of what was going on around him. People made a lot of decisions concerning his life and he didn’t take part in them.

          Michael loved to sing. He wasn’t forced into the business. He worked a lot and he did it because he enjoyed it and because it was natural for him.

          There were times when he came home from school and he only had time to put his books and get ready for the studio. He often sang until late at night, even if it was past his bedtime. There was a park across the street from the studio, and Michael looked at the kids playing games. And he just stared at them in wonder – he couldn’t imagine such freedom, such a carefree life.

            But he didn’t work in vain. He learned a lot. He had to struggle, he had to sacrifice a lot. Often he said about himself that he felt like an old soul, someone who had seen a lot and experienced a lot.

            We don’t know much about his personal life because Michael avoided publicity. He seemed to be full of contradictions. He was very shy and as he himself said, in the crowd he was afraid, on the stage he was safe. HE would sleep on the stage if he could. HE was well – known for his childish tastes. It’s not a secret that his favorite hero was Peter Pan. Michael was called “the child who never grew up.”

Assignments

1.                  Train the proper reading of unknown  words

2.                  Answer the questions

1 What role does music play in your life?

2 What kind of music do you like to listen to classical, popular,  rock or chamber music?

3 How often do you listen to music?

4 Do you like M. Jackson’s songs?

5 Who is your favorite composer?

6 What is your favorite orchestra or pop group?

7 What do you know about them?

8 Do you think a person really loves music if he enjoys all kinds of concerts equally?

9 Do you often go to music concerts?

10 Do you play a musical instrument? Are you good at playing it?

3.                  Ask questions to the text

4.                  Write down one of Jackson’s song,