Lesson 3

Listening

1. Ask and answer the questions in pairs.

1. What type of music do you think the orchestra in the photo are playing? Do you think you would like the music? Classical music; ....
2. Do you think it is difficult to be a musician? Why? Yes, because it takes many hours of practice each day.
3. What skills do you think musicians need? Patience, musical ability.

2. Listen to a radio report about the Al Nour Wal Amal Chamber Orchestra. What is special about the orchestra?

The musicians are blind.

3. Listen again. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences.

1. This school for girls is in Cairo. T
2. Boys and girls can go to the school. F. Only girls can go to the school.
3. The students play music all day. F. The students play music in the afternoon.
4. The orchestra plays in different countries. T
5. Some of the musicians are blind. F. All of the musicians are blind.
6. The orchestra only plays Arabic music. F. The Orchestra plays Arabic and international music.
7. The musicians can read music with their hands. T
8. The musicians remember the music that they play. T

Life Skills

Try to help disabled people by remembering the problems that they can have. Tick the things that you think will help a disabled person.

1. Do not leave bags on the floor on public transport. T

2. Tell a blind person about objects on the street. T

3. Shout at a person if you think they can't hear you.

4. Ask a person in a wheelchair if they need help. T

Writing

7. Write a paragraph about a musician from Al Nour Wal Amal Chamber Orchestra in your notebook. Use your ideas from Exercise 6 and include the following information:

The Al Nour Wal Amal Chamber Orchestra is a school for blind girls in Cairo. Judy is one of the musicians. She is able to play the clarinet very well. She was born blind and started playing when she was eight. She likes playing in the orchestra because she loves meeting other people. Last year, she visited Oman and France with the orchestra. I would like to go to one of their concerts and I would recommend listening to them online or on the radio if you can.