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12.1 Artistic ability
Exercise 4b
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Nobuyuki Tsujii was born blind, but he started playing on a toy piano at the age of just two. He began learning the piano two years later, and he gave his first big concert in Tokyo when he was twelve years old. He’s in his twenties now, but he has given concerts all over the world, and he has won many prizes and international competitions. He has written music for film and TV, too. He hasn’t seen the written music, but he has learnt to play some of the most difficult pieces of music in the world only through sound. His classical music fans have said this is amazing.
Exercise 5a
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In the present perfect, the stress is on the past participle in positive sentences, and on haven’t/hasn’t in negative sentences.
1 He’s given concerts ...
2 ... he hasn’t seen the written music ...
Exercise 5c
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1 He’s sold them all over the world.
2 He hasn’t opened a gallery in New York.
3 This hasn’t stopped her dream of dancing.
4 Thousands of people have watched her.
Exercise 7
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P I’ve always loved music. I don’t play an instrument, but I’ve always wanted to play in a band. I like pop music, rock and jazz, and since I was a child I’ve had a big music collection. In my free time I often go to rock concerts and I usually go to two or three music festivals a year. I haven’t been to a classical music concert before, but I’m going to my first one next week!
J My parents are artists, so I’ve had lots of drawing and painting lessons. I enjoy painting a lot and I often do it in my free time. I like going to art galleries, too. I also like writing – I’ve started writing two or three books, but I haven’t finished any of them!
A I had dance lessons at school, but I wasn’t very good, so I stopped going. But I’ve always wanted to dance, so I’ve started going to salsa classes. I love it! I also enjoy going to the theatre to see plays, and especially to see musicals. I live in a big city, so I’ve been to see all the big musicals – they’re fantastic!
Exercise 8b
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1 go to the cinema / go to the theatre
2 go to a music festival
3 go to a salsa class
4 go to art galleries
5 go to a rock concert / go to a classical music concert
6 go to the opera
7 see a film / see a movie
8 see a play
9 see a musical
10 play the guitar
11 play in a band
12 have music lessons
13 have painting lessons
14 have dance lessons
15 have drawing lessons
16 have singing lessons