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    Ian Thorpe is an Australian Olympic swimmer who has dominated the 400m freestyle event and holds numerous world records. He has won 5 Olympic gold medals, more than any other Australian athlete. The musical "Phantom of the Opera" has become the longest running Broadway show at 18 years, surpassing "Cats" which previously held the record. It has also been financially successful, making over $3.2 billion worldwide, more than the movie Titanic. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber was excited to see it break this longevity record.

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    UNIT 7

    Lesson 1 Famous Record Holders


    1. Pre-reading

    The teacher has asked you to work on a project to make a “CLASS BOOK OF RECORDS”.
    a. Do you know any athletes who have won world records? Name some.
    b. Have you been to the theatre? Have you seen a theatrical play on TV?
    What have you seen / watched?

    Here are two extracts from a newspaper article that your teacher
    has brought to class. Read them and answer the TRUE / FALSE
    questions that follow:

    Ian the ‘Thorpedo’ ‘Phantom of the Opera’ success


    Ian James Thorpe, nicknamed ‘Thorpedo’, After eighteen years the Andrew Lloyd Web-
    has been an Olympic Gold Medal swimmer ber musical, ‘Phantom of the Opera’, has be-
    and one of the world’s best-ever middle-dis- come the longest running show in Broadway
    tance swimmers. history.
    Born October 13, 1982, Besides being the
    in Sydney, Australia, longest-running show
    Thorpe has complete- in Broadway history,
    ly dominated the 400 the ‘Phantom of the
    meter freestyle event Opera’ is also among
    since 1998, winning the most successful
    the event at the 2000 entertainment produc-
    Summer Olympic Games, the 2001 Fukuoka tions of any kind ever.
    World Championships and again in Athens. He Across the world,
    has also won both the 200m and 800m freestyle ‘Phantom’ has made
    (for which he holds the world record), and he is three point two billion dollars. You can compare
    one of the fastest 100m freestylers in the world. that to the Hollywood movie, Titanic, which has
    Thorpe has pushed Australian relay teams to made less than half of that figure.
    exceptional success, winning 4x100 and 4x200 ‘Phantom’ originally opened to mixed re-
    freestyle relay golds in Sydney. In total, Thorpe views here, but eighteen years later it is still
    has broken 22 world records so far. playing to packed audiences every night.
    Thorpe won the 200 and 400 meter freestyle For Andrew Lloyd Webber, last night’s record-
    races at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. breaking performance was a sweet moment.
    He has won five Olympic gold medals, more At a post-show party at the Waldorf Astoria,
    than any other Australian. where the British composer met his guests has
    said he was really excited by the production’s
    success and noted that ‘Phantom’ had taken the
    longest-running Broadway record from ‘Cats’ -
    another of his own musicals.

    74 Pupil’s Book • UNIT 7 - Share your Experiences • Lesson 1

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