NOTE: IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE TEXT, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE IT BETTER I RECOMMEND THESE EXERCISES.
THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF EXERCISES:
1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT: THESE ARE EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE READING COMPREHENSION, WORKING WITH VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS.
2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION: EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.
1.1 TRUE/FALSE: Look at the article and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or False (F):
a. A Scottish singer will sing on a Japanese New Year singing show.
b. The show is on Japanese TV once a decade, when the year ends in 10.
c. The show is a singing competition between men and women.
d. The Scottish singer will sing a traditional folk song from Scotland.
e. Susan Boyle appeared in the hit musical ‘Les Miserables’.
f. A Susan Boyle song was the most watched YouTube video of 2009.
g. Susan Boyle can’t quite believe how successful she has been this year.
h. Susan Boyle is very rich but still lives in her family home in Scotland.
1.2 SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. sensation ............... a. appear
2. boost .................... b. backing
3. perform ................. c. premiere
4. bonus ................... d. headed
5. debut ................... e. phenomenon
6. shot ..................... f. stunned
7. topped ................. g. extra
8. amazed ................ h. rose
9. absolutely ............. i. increase
10. support ............... j. totally
1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one option is possible):
1. singing .............................. a. live
2. boost ................................ b. number one
3. perform ............................. c. to fame
4. the Japanese version of her ..... d. by its success
5. The album reached ............... e. her popularity
6. Susan Boyle shot .................. f. everyone enough
7. the most watched ................ g. go to her head
8. she was amazed .................. h. sensation
9. I can't thank ....................... i. debut album
10. let the success ................... j. video of 2009
1.4 GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text:
BONUS - BOOST - UNUSUAL - REACHED - APPEAR - POPULAR - LIVE - YEARLY
Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle will ____________ on a popular Japanese TV show on New Year’s Eve. This is set to ____________ her popularity in the Far East. The singer is set to sing on the traditional singing competition ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’. This ____________ contest divides popular singers into teams of men and women. It is the most ____________ New Year programme on TV and is watched by millions. It is ____________ for non-Japanese artists to perform. A news source said: "Susan has been practicing a Japanese folk song called ‘Wings To Fly’, which she is hoping to perform ____________ for the first time.” The tune was a ____________ track on the Japanese version of her debut album ‘I Dreamed A Dream’. The album ____________ number one in Japan’s music charts.
Susan Boyle ____________ to fame after appearing on a British show called ‘Britain’s Got Talent’. She sang ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ from the musical ‘Les Miserables’. The YouTube ____________ of her performance became the most watched video of 2009. She released her first CD in November 2009 and it quickly ____________ the album charts in many countries around the world. In Britain, it is outselling albums by Lady Gaga and Kings of Leon. Ms Boyle said she was ____________ by its success: "The album being so well received is humbling and I'm so ____________. It's been an ____________ brilliant year and I can't thank everyone enough for the ____________ I've been given." Susan has not let the success go to her head. She still lives in the family home in Scotland she has lived in for ____________.
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