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•REGGAETON
THE NEW URBAN SOUND
Today, young people in Latin Americp are new
type of musiccalled reggaetoK.Teenager'lov h w s06nd,/
but adults think it is bad for them. It's the same old story! Adults
didn't like rock music in the 1960s, but they listen to it today!
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is popular in Japan.
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Language focus
3 Match the words to make sentences about reggaeton.
Reggaeton wasn't popular in the US before Europe.
1 This music weren't difficult to understand.
2 The first stars was popular with adults in the 1960s.
3 The words to the songs were in Puerto Rico and Panama.
4 Rock music was Daddy Yankee and Master Joe.
5 Focus on you Write a dialogue about music you listened to last weekend. Use
the words in the box.
band singér rap rock song musician
good great terrible bad reggae
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Grammar
be: Past simple Past simple
Affitmåti+e>
l/he/she/it was wasn't l/you/he/ lived didn't live
we/you/they were weren't she/it/ went didn't go
we/you/they i had didn't have
Interrogative Short answers
Yes, l/he/she/it was. Interrogative
Was l/he/she/it?
No, i/heishe/it wasn't. Did l/you/he/she/it/we/you/theygo?
Yes, we/you/they were. Short answers
Were we/you/they? i-
No, we/you/tKeyweren't. Yes, l/you/he/she/it/we/you/theydid.
Rules p.68 No, l/ ou/he/she/it/we/ ou/the didn't.
Rules p.68
1 Robbie Smith is a music journalist. Write
questions about his day yesterday. Then 2 Complete the text about Sandra with the
look at his timetable and answer the correct form of the verbs.
questions. I had (have) a normal day
yesterday. In the morning
D'arjy Il (go) to a school
and 2 (talk) about
8 a.m. Breakfast interviewwithJay-Z at Café Le
road safety. In the afternoon
Bastille, Paris. 13 (work) in the police station.
10.30 a.m. Train station Gare du Nord, Paris.
14 (write) some emails and I
11.30 a.m. Train to London
5 (made) some phone calls. |6
1.30 p.m. Lunch with Jack Wilson of Music Magazine (finish) work at 5.30 p.m. 17 (not go
(La Tasca resturant) out) in the evening. 1 8 (relax) at home.
4 p.m. Visit The Rock radio station with Jack
6 p.m. The Clarendon Hotel
3 Write questions about Sandra.
8.30 p.m. Lady Gaga concert —02 Arena, London Where/Sandra Carroll/go yesterdaymorning?
Where did she go yesterday morning?
Robbie/be/in London/at 8 a.m. yesterday? 1 What/she/talk about?
Was RQVVie in London at & a.m. yesterday?
No. he wa€n't. He was in Paris.
I Who/be/Robbie with/at 8 a.m.? 2 What/she/do in the afternoon?
Reading
I Read the text. Are the sentences true or false? Correctthe false sentences.
Bono is a Britishsinger. false. Porto is an Irish singer.
1 Hes a member of the rock band IJ2.
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Writing
4 Complete the paragraph about Shakira. Use the information in exercise 3.
Shakira is a Colombian pop singer and gongwrLLer. She 1 born on 2
in Baranquilla, 3 Her first international hit was in 4 It 5
a song called 'Whenever,Wherever'. Her other hits include 6 and 'She Wolf'.
5 o?kbpdk! p,72
Exercises
Past simple
5 Complete the table.
Grammar
stay be: past simple
study 3 Complete the sentences with the correct
have 2 form of be.
give 3 In 2009 1 was in Mexico.
play 4
1 We very happy yesterday because it
buy 5 our birthday.
met 6 2 1can't find my books. They in my
drive 7 bag yesterday.
go 8 3 you at school yesterday?' 'No, I
3 Phil/study hard/for his English test. (X) 4 Write questions in the correct order. Then
write answers with information about you.
4 Andy/feel sick/so he/go/home. V) you/were/where/yesterday?
Where were you yesterday?
5 Rich/learn/to play any musical instruments.(x) I at my grandparent$' house.
1 you/when/born/were?
6 Sarah/come/to school this morning. (X)