1 VOCABULARY Work in pairs. Listen to the musical excerpts. Match the excerpts (1-9) with the musical genres below.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Nghe trích đoạn nhạc. Ghép các đoạn trích (1-9) với các thể loại âm nhạc dưới đây.)

Musical genres

2 Read the article. What is unusual about John Cage's most famous composition?

(Đọc bài viết. Điều gì là bất thường về sáng tác nổi tiếng nhất của John Cage?)

Experimental music by John Cage

Most composers want their music to contain something different - a distinctive melody or rhythm, or an unusual harmony which no one has thought of before. But has anyone gone further than composer John Cage in the search for originality?

In 1951, John Cage wanted to find somewhere he could experience complete silence. He went inside a special soundproof room and expected to hear nothing, but instead heard two sounds, one high-pitched and one low-pitched. Later, the sound engineer explained that the first was the sound of his nervous system and the second was the sound of his blood circulating. Cage realised that nowhere is completely silent - you can always hear something. A year later, he composed his most famous piece: 4'33" ('four minutes and thirty-three seconds"). In this piece, the performer walks on stage and then... nothing happens. He or she does not play anything at all. Everybody in the audience listens to nothing for exactly four minutes and 33 seconds. Then the performer bows and everyone applauds!

3 Complete the table with indefinite pronouns from the article.

(Hoàn thành bảng với các đại từ không xác định từ bài báo.)

4 Read the Learn this! box. Complete it with the words below. Use the article to help you.

(Đọc khung LEARN THIS! Hoàn thành nó với những từ dưới đây. Sử dụng bài báo để giúp bạn.)

LEARN THIS! Indefinite pronouns

a We use indefinite pronouns beginning with some- in ¹___________ sentences. We use pronouns beginning with any- in ²___________ sentences and ³___________

b Indefinite pronouns take a ⁴___________ verb form.

Nobody lives in that house.

c But if we refer back to everyone or everybody, we treat them as ⁵___________.

Everyone is here, aren't they?

LOOK OUT!

We use indefinite pronouns with some-when we make offers and requests, even though they are questions.

Would you like something to eat?

Can I talk to somebody about this job?

(LOOK OUT!

Chúng ta sử dụng đại từ bất định với some-khi chúng ta đưa ra lời đề nghị và yêu cầu, mặc dù chúng là câu hỏi.

Bạn muốn ăn gì đó không?

Tôi có thể nói chuyện với ai đó về công việc này không?)

5 Read the Look out! box. Complete the dialogue with the correct indefinite pronouns.

(Đọc khung LOOK OUT. Hoàn thành cuộc đối thoại với các đại từ bất định chính xác.)

Amelia: Are you doing ¹____________ this weekend?

Jake: No, I'm not.

Amelia: Would you like to do ²____________ together, then? How about the cinema?

Jake: Not the cinema. There's ³____________ I want to see. Let's go ⁴____________ different for a change. We could see some live music.

Amelia: Is there ⁵____________ in town that has live music?

Jake: Yes - the Oxygen Arena. I can find the programme online. Wait a moment...

Amelia: Is ⁶____________ good playing?

Jake: There's ⁷____________ well-known, I'm afraid. But this band might be OK-Purple Dawn. They play hip hop.

Amelia: I'll ask James. He knows ⁸____________ about hip hop.

6 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss what kinds of musical genres you enjoy listening to.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Thảo luận về những thể loại âm nhạc mà bạn thích nghe.)