CHAPTER ONE Reading Page 3.
The Phantom of the Opera.
The Paris Opera House was a huge building with seventeen floors.
of which seven were below the ground.
Underneath the building there was a strange,dark lake.
In the middle of this lake was an island and on that island.
one hundred years ago.
When he was born he was so ugly that his own mother made him wear a mask.
and forced him to leave home while still a child.
Years later he made a secret home for himself inside the Paris Opera House.
What a man he was!Strong enough to kill with his hands.
and yet he loved music and sang with a wonderful voice.
He used this voice to gain power over Christine.
a beautiful young singer at the Opera.
He often sang to herlate at night from behind a secret wall in her room.
She thought at first that he must be an angel.
The Phantom taught her how to sing.
and forced the Opera's two managers to give her better roles in their shows.
At first the managers were certain that he did not exist.
They said he was a joke.
Then one night when the Opera was crowded with people.
the huge glass chandelier fell from the roof,injuring a woman.
After that,it was not surprising that the managers obeyed the Phantom's wishes.
and gave Christine the main role.
But the Phantom wanted Christine for himself.
In the endhe kidnapped her from the stage,in front of the whole audience.
He took her down to his secret home on the lake.
Only one man was brave enough to follow.
He was Raoul a young man who loved Christine.
But the Phantom captured him and kept him in a prison.
which was slowly filling with water.
In the Phantom's house,Christine pulled off his mask.
She finally saw the real man,and his horrible face,with no nose and yellow eyes.
At first she was shocked at his appearance but then she felt very sorry for him.
She understood how lonely his life had been.
She gently kissed his face.
No woman had ever touched the Phantom before.
Christine's kiss made him cry with joy.
He released Raoul and told him to take Christine away to safety.
By now,a group of other people had reached the Phantom's house.
and burst in ready to kill him.
But at that moment the Phantom disappeared magically and was never seen again.
LISTENING page 6.
Taking notes about a person's career.
listen to the talk,and complete Debbie's notes below.
speaking page10.
A Tailc time,
Stress in nouns and verbs.
Some two syllable words,
(e.g.,conduct,contest,decrease,increase,export,import,object,record,transport).
are used both as nouns and verbs.
As nouns,the stress is on the firstsyllable.
As verbs the stress is on the second syllable.
Exercise A1,
nouns:conduct.
present contest,
record object.
transport,
verbs:conduct.
present contest,
record object.
transport,
Exercise A2.
Did the audience like the way she conducted the orchestra last night?
Yes,in fact they presente her with flowers after the concert.
I wish I'd been there.
To see her get a present?No,to hear her conducting.
Oh,you can hear her on the radio next week.
They recorded the whole thing.
Did they record the contest as well?
What contest?Nobody contested anything last night.
Oh,I thought there was going to be a singing contest.
I must have been mistaken.
MORE LANGUAGE INPUT(1) Reading.
The Grand Chandelier in the Shanghai Grand .
Theatre a You might know that The Blue Danube waltz.
is a very popular piece of music created by the famous Austrian composer.
Johann Strauss.
Many people all over the world have heard of this famous waltz and danced to it.
but have you ever heard of the crystal chandelier.
which is called'The Blue Danube'?
you step into the lobby of the new Shanghai Grand Theatre.
a huge and unusual crystal chandelier will immediately catch your eye.
This chandelier was designed and made in Austria.
It has three hundred lights and six panpipe like arms which support these lights.
The huge crystal chandelier is more than seven metreshigh.
and three metres wide.
Think how bright it is when it is switched on!
It lights up the lobby of the theatre and throws light ontoits floor.
which is as unusual as the chandelier itself.
It is decorated with patterns of piano keys in black and white.
and a very interesting painting of an ear and an eye.
People say that the appearance of the chandelier.
and the magical effects its light creates on the lobby.
make them think of The Blue Danube waltz!
Listing,The Sydney Opera House
you are going to hear a passage about the sydney opera house.
Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape.
Pay special affention to the numbers.
The magnificent Sydney Opera House stands alone on Benne long Point.
surrounded by the waters of Sydney harbour.
It was designed by the Danish architect jor Dtzon.
The building has four main auditoriums:
the Conert Hall with(1)___seats.
the Opera theatre with(2)____seats.
the Drama Theatre with(3)____seats and the Playhouse with 398 seats.
There are also(4)____restaurants,six bars.
and a multi storey undergroud car park which can park(5)___vehicles.
Reservations and prices?Here is sone information:
Premium $1160$132.
A Reserve (6)___.
B Reserve $840$95.
C Reserve (7)___.
D Reserve $38(with restricted view).
The prices given are in Australian dollars(ADS$).
A(8)___percent discount is offered to groups of more than ten persons.