The progress check book

4. Read and match the sentences and the texts.
e.g. 1C
A To achieve success in studying.
B Classical music is not special; it is for everybody.
C Teenagers should be taught to listen to classical music.
D Most teenagers would not mind listening to classical music.
E Classical music helps understand your friends better.
F Your friends might not understand your love to classical music.
G Many teenagers don’t like classical music because they didn’t listen to it in the childhood.

1) Any pop song is usually under five minutes and makes people want to dance. A piece of classical music lasts more than 20 minutes and needs ability to listen carefully. Teenagers are not taught to think with their own brains. If popular media often broadcast any classical music, most teenagers would find it interesting.

2) I think a lot of teenagers didn’t get a chance in school or at home to listen to classical music. Classical music is an emotional thing. When people listen to music, they often think about things which happened in the past. But for teenagers it is not a popular genre.
3) When I went with my mum to see the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner, I was very excited. From that day on I began to listen to other operas by Wagner and then moved on to many other pieces of classical music. Then I wanted to tell about my “discovery” to all my friends. I told them it was the best thing in the world and invited them to go to a concert with me. But they didn’t want to.
4) Most of young people think classical music is for special people. Why? What special thing are they going to find in listening to classical music? I’d like to tell them to just listen to it and not try to find something special in it. And when they do it, they will enjoy it!
5) Classical music isn’t usually a teen’s favourite genre of music. But it’s not their least favourite either. Most teens would be fine with listening to some Mozart in their parents’ car on the way to school. They’re not going to cry to stop the radio.
6) I’m not a fan of classical music (I prefer punk), but I have a friend who only listens to Mozart or Beethoven. He plays the piano, but it’s just his taste in music. I understand him because I can create a story in my head with classical music more easily than with any other genre of music. It’s great for relaxing, trying to fall asleep, and much more.
7) Though I prefer such genres as Rap, Hip-Hop and Tropical House, it’s nice to listen to peaceful piano music now and again. It’s also great when I’m studying. It helps me a lot.

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