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This week's focus is on music documentaries!
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1 more than one documentary Share your favourites!
2 a music industry "secret"

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I think the documentary Homecoming
3 the length of the film about the megastar Beyoncé is well done.
4 a family member of a star However, in my opinion, 20 Feet from
Stardom is a more touching documentary
5 specific songs Emma because it's about female backup singers
6 the year the film came out from the 1960s to today who were - and
7 afamilytradition still are - underpaid and uncredited for
their work on the stage or in the recording
8 personal relationships between musicians
studio. But as the film shows, their part of
a song is often the most memorable - like
9 inequality the solo in the Rolling Stones song "Cimme
10 a personal connection to the subject of the film Shelter" and the chorus in David Bowie's
"Young Americans". lt's got me listening to
songs in a new way!
2 Choot" the correct answer.
I watched Echo in the Canyon because my
1 Since watching the documentary 20 Feet from
Stardom, Emma has ... .

a learned a lot about the Rolling Stones

ffi filmmaking teacher showed it in class. lt's
about bands that hit the big time with the
"California sound" in the mid-l-960s, such as
the Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and the
b learned the chorus of "Young Americans" Mark
Mamas & the Papas. Living in the same Los
c been listening to music differently Angeles neighbourhood of Laurel Canyon,
d started to listen to more music from the these musicians had close relationships
1960s with and influenced one another. The film
2 What does Mark explain? includes footage from recording sessions,
live performances and recent interviews.
a the popularity of the Beach Boys And guess who conducts the interviews?
b the importance of the "California sound" Jakob Dylan, Bob Dylan's sonl
c the scenery in Laurel Canyon
d the meaning of the film's title ln my family, we take turns choosing a film
3 What can we infer fromJason's last sentence?
a His parents dislike music from the 60s and
70s.
ffi
Jason
to watch together each week. My parents
recently chose Ihe Wrecking Crew.This
was the nickname for a group of 20 studio
musicians in Los Angeles in the 1960s and
b His parents had a different image of the 70s who were the musicians on many
bands. recordings by bands such as the Byrds and
c His parents were once in the music industry. the Mamas & the Papas. They also
improved songs with new arrangements
d The film didn't interest his parents.
and creative touches. The songs probably
4 What do you think is meant by the phrase wouldn't have become hits without them.
"rock's invisible heroes"? Until recently, very few people knew what
a Roadies aren't appreciated by the performers an impact they had on music. My parents
they work for. were surprised to have found out this
information about some of their favourite
b Roadies work harder than performers.
bands.
c Roadies don't appear on the stage.
d Audiences aren't aware of the contribution of I really loved Mlles to Go Before lSleep
roadies. Éffi (2016). lt's about roadies - the instrument

3 r¡na words in the text that mean: *'ffi technicians and sound and lighting
engineers which no rock tour could ever
1 without being named or getting recognition for Lynda manage without. The film calls them
"rock's invisible heroes". I can relate to
doing something (Emma)
that a bit, because l'm in my school's
2 part of a song that is repeated (Emma) audiovisual tech team. The film is only
35 minutes long, but it captures the
3 part of a film or video showing an event (Mark) excitement and exhaustion of life as
a roadie and has incredible interviews with
4 additions or details that improve something the men and women who do these tough
jobs and who clearly love the music.
0ason)
5 describes or reflects something (Lynda)

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c97 for "street medicine""
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d established street medicine in 15 countries street medieine.
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living coneliticns, iack of sl*ep and, cften,
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c are treated badly by the health care system problems are all very cümmon among the
d don't often use the health care services homeless. Bilt even in countries lil<e the UK where
: \Vhich statement below is true? everyone is lcgaily entitled to health care,
a Street medicine in Boston has cured 10,000 homeless peapie tend fiot to seek it out. For
cases of hepatitis C. aG many, daily survival is mrre important than
b As a result of street medicine, emergency anythins else. lf they're addicts or mentally iil,
room use by the homeless in one US state they might not notice symptorns of a health
has decreased by 80%. problem. Sthers worry that medical staff wiil lüok
c Hepatitis C is caused by liver failure. dcr,vn on thenl and treat them differently fron:
d At one time, 80% of patients in Pennsylvania's P5 üther patients.
emergency rooms were homeless. §treet medics may use a van or bus equipped as
- The writer of the text points out that street a rlinic or visit patients on foot, carrying supplies"
medicine.... On a typieai day, they do everything from physical
¡ is a waste of time exams anel biood tests to cleaning and bandaging
b saves most of the homeless in a city
rc wound$, treating chronic and acute ilinesses, and
elistributing and adn'¡inist*ninE medication" They
c does not solve the huge problem of treating
also refer people to a hospital or ciir"¡ic for further
the homeless
treatment, but cannot f*rce them to go, and too
d has been unsuccessful
few homeless people actualiy gc.
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successful outcomes can seem few and far
- f people are homeless, minor injuries .. , .
between. But in Boston, U§4, for instanee, where
street medicine serves m*re than I ü,CIüü
horneless peopie, it's cured 97% of those treated
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because of their
from dirty ar shared necdles. ln Pennsylvania,
: Vans or buses street medicine has led to an 80% drop in
- Street medics often have to clean and .,....., emergency-room visits by homefess pat¡ent§.
"These
and similar successes are just a dro¡: in the
I Homeless people who get referrals for more 45 ocean compared with the en*rmity cf the
proi:len'1. 8ut street nredicine saves lives every
: reatment
day, and many homeless patients say they are
I grateful for this seruice. Knowing som€onü cares
= nd words or expressions in the text that mean
gives them hope.
raving a right to (lines 15-20)

- cok for something (lines 15-20)

: severe (lines 26-31)

- r-esults (lines 35-40)

> a small amount of what's needed (lines 45-50)

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 Saturdays @ the Science Museum
1 ReaO the text and choose the correct answer.
APRIL.JUNE
I The T-Rex ... .
These free classes meet the first Saturday
a was descended from theropods of the month, 13:00-L7:00. Sign up soon
b is the common ancestor of today's birds before there's no room left!
c was a large theropod , Dinosaurs' Descendants - ApRrL
d is the ancestor of flightless birds Millions of years ago, small species of theropods,
2 A teenager was the first person ... . a dinosaur family that also includes the huge
T-Rex, evolved into flying creatures. They're the
a to explore bat caves in Mexico
ancestors of all birds, even flightless ones. The
b ever to enter Carlsbad Cavern ro largest, at 2.7 metres tall and weighing 150 kg, is
c to discover bats in Carlsbad Cavern the ostrich, native to Africa. With the biggest eyes
d to document Carlsbad Cavern of any land animal, this non-flier can spot predators
up to 3.5 km away. lts kick can even kill a lion! And
3 Prior to the year 2000, Cave of the Crystals ... . the smallest? That's New Zealand's kiwi. Though it
a had been filled with water 1s seems impossible, this chicken-size bird can outrun

b had been a dry underground cave a person! lt's also sometimes called an honorary
mammal. Find out why in April when you'll be able
c had only been known to a mining company to play an immersive computer game to experience
d had been 300 metres higher life as a flightless birdl
4 The deadly tsunami that h¡tJava and Sumatra ... .

a caused Krakatoa to erupt

o Hidden Wonders - MAY
With our amazing narrated VR technology, you'll be
b was brought about by Krakatoa
guided through some of the world's unique caves.
c resulted from a volcanic glacier Here are some examples:
d set off high waves worldwide .
Ride a boat through the magical Iimestone
zs Waitomo caves in New Zealand, which are lit up
2 Ans*er the questions. by thousands of glowworms.
i What do the ostrich and the New Zealand kiwi . Walk in the footsteps of Jim White, the 16-year-old
have in common? cowboy who in 1898 made the first recorded
explorations of Carlsbad Cavern in New Mexico,
30 USA. Look up, and you'll see hundreds of
2 How does an ostrich protect itselP thousands of bats!
. ln Chihuahua, Mexico, you can rappel 300 metres
i What is the effect of the glowworms in the below ground into Cave of the Crystals.
Waitomo caves? Discovered in 2000 when a mining company had
3s water drained from under a mounta¡n, the cave
contains crystals as large as 12 metres long and
-1 How was Australia affected by the Krakatoa
four metres wide.
e ru ption?

Volcanology - JUNE
5 What feature will the three classes share? Learn the science of volcanoes by making 3D
40 computer models of three famous eruptions. ln
1883, there was an explosive eruption of Krakatoa
3 rinA words or expressions in the text that mean: in lndonesia. Heard 3,500 km away in Australia, it
covered an 800,000-square-km area with ash and
- notice or see something (lines 10-15) set off tsunamis around the globe. A 37-metre-high
4s wave killed 36,000 people inJava and Sumatra. ln
2 follow the route of someone (lines 27-31) 2010, ash from Eyjafjallajókull, a volcano under
a glacier in lceland, rose 9 km high and spread far
3 removed a liquid (lines 32-37) and wide across Europe, stopping air traffic for
a week. For the past 30 years, Kilauea, on the Big
so lsland of Hawaii, has been erupting continuously,
4 movement of a Iiquid (lines 47-52) releasing a steady flow of lava that has destroyed
entire neighbourhoods.