Complete these extracts with the expressions Andy used (from exercise 2). Then listen and check.

I have to say that for me (1) the mind bogglers when I have to think about (2) what on Earth could possess people to want to have that fate in life, to be famous, and it certainly make me realize that (3) it takes all thoughts to make a world.

I think that a lot of people who (6) walking down streets and complete strangers coming up to you and starting conversation unbelievable and horrific. I can not imagine who could possibly get any satisfaction out of that idea. So it is obviously I would really hate is the idea of being recognizable. And on top of that the prospect of media attention. I mean that is something that I think even the most seasoned and experienced celebrity will admit that is something they really really get very tired of indeed and you often see this in programs where they try to show what it ‘s like: people opening the doors, all those flashes, flash cameras going off all your face and journalists mobing each other to try to get to you. And I am sure it can actually be very very frightening if you simply just can’t get away from it. So what on earth is it that makes people want to be famous? I think that a lot of people who hanker after fame really don't care what they might be famous for – they just want to be famous. Fame is (7) an end in itself.

...I'm the kind of person, if I'm shopping, walking in the street, and I'm not even that keen when I (4) bump into smb I know. I know, because I do like to walk around and be a little bit lost in my own world reality, (5) lost in my own thoughts and it’s a bit of a shock when smb submisses ‘hello’ and I have a kind of sub me engaging into action in that way. So I mean the sort of walking down streets and complete strangers coming up to you and starting conversation.

They want to be the centre of attention, they crave adulation, they want to (8) rub shoulders with pop stars and film stars.

TASK 3 (Tracks 02, 04)

1. You will hear the first part of the interview with Daniel Pollack, a famous American pianist. For questions 1 – 4, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best reflects what you heard in the audio segment. (Track 02)

1. How much time did Daniel Pollack have to prepare for the international piano competition?

A two weeks

B two months +

C two years

D almost a year

2. What did Daniel Pollack learn when he arrived in Moscow for the competition?

A that he would have to withdraw from the competition +

B that he had prepared the wrong musical composition

C that he had been invited to tour all over the Soviet Union

D that he needed to learn only the Prokofiev 7- th Symphony

3. Who was the chairman of the international competition?

A Vladimir Horowits

B Sergei Rachmaninov

C Dmitriy Shostakovitch +

D Sviatoslav Richter

4. Who was the first American to record for the Soviet Melodia record label?

A Daniel Pollack +

B Van Cliburn

C Samuel Barber

D George Clooney

2. You will hear the second part of the interview with Daniel Pollack, a famous American pianist. For questions 5 – 8, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best reflects what you heard in the audio segment. (Track 04)

5. Where did both Pollack and Van Cliburn pursue their study of music?

A London School of Music

B Juilliard School of Music +

C Moscow School of Music

D New York School of Music

6. What did Russians call Daniel Polack?

A their musical grandchild +

B their brother

C their saviour

D American prodigy

7. Which one of the following behaviours does NOT describe what Russian audiences did when they heard Daniel Pollack perform?

A they threw flowers

B they applauded in unison

C they showered him with affection

D they invited him to become a Russian citizen +

8. How did Daniel Pollack travel to his concert venues in the former Soviet Union?

A by car

B by train +

C by plane

D on foot

TASK 4 (Track 12)

1. You will hear the song Happy Dance by Christine Lavin. Complete the sentences by writing the correct word or words (no more than two, in each case) based on the recording you have heard.

1. But no one dared utter that out loud.

When the preacher said, " __speak now – or forever hold your peace... "

2. We watch you try to make her happy, as the days and weeks and months and years rolled by

Then one morning you woke up to find that he had left and now you cry and you cry and you cry.

3. She's been an idiot. We never liked him and we never understood
why you fell for this selfish creature
When you are so sweet and kind and good. Behind your back we are doing the happy dance

Think of her as potato chips dipped in chocolate that crack.

4. But what a _stroke_ of luck! You are no longer stuck to the human equivalent of a spooky voodoo curse!

5. We never liked her and we never understood how you fell for a mental snow globe.

TASK 5 (Track 38)

1 Listen to the song Mary C. Brown and the Hollywood Sign and write down a paragraph gist of it.

This song is about the Hollywood sign, which is a sign of a dream. A lot of people thought about fame and wanted to achieve something, they didn’t succeed and made a suicide on the sign of popularity. Hollywood is a city of celebrities. This song means that behind all these popularity in Hollywood is a lot of tears and work to achieve the status.

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