How to Discuss a Story. Бунеева И.М - 24 стр.

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10. How were the brother and sister listening to his music?
11. What happened with the flame of the single candle?
12. How did the room look when the shutters were open?
13. How did the young people recognize Beethoven?
14. What music did he play when they asked him to play some more?
15. Why did Beethoven promise to come again?
16. Why was the composer in a hurry to get home?

        DETAILED COMPREHENSION

     b. Listen to the story another time. Are these statements true or false?
         Give reasons
1.   What music did he compose that night?
2.   When Beethoven and his friend were taking a walk they heard someone
     playing Beethoven’s sonata in F.
3.   In the midst of the finale the girl began to cry because she couldn’t go to the
     concert at Cologne.
4.   Beethoven had no sooner entered the room than he saw the girl was blind.
5.   When the brother and sister lived in Bruhl a lady taught the girl to play the
     sonata in F.
6.   Beethoven played the beginning of his sonata in F and the young people
     understood who he was.
7.   The great composer played his Moonlight sonata for the first time for the
     poor shoemaker and his blind sister.

     c. Explain the words and expressions given in part I and reproduce the
        situations in which they were used

III.    SPEAKING

     a. Retell the story as close to the text as you can

   b. Talking points
1. Could you expect what the story was going to be about when you heard the
   title?
2. Do you know any other versions of the origin of this world famous music?
3. In this story Beethoven is depicted not only as a great composer but also as a
   human being. How did he feel when he entered the young people’s house?
   Why did he agree to give some lessons to the young girl? Don’t you think that
   the young people’s love and admiration helped him improvise the sonata?