L2 - Test 18

Đáp án L2 - Test 18

Interviewer: I’ve just come back from a short music course called Singing for Beginners. It was at Brownstoke College, which is just to the north of London.

A woman (1) called Lena Phipps runs these three-day courses for people with no previous experience of singing. Lena used to be an opera singer, but no longer appears on the stage. Nowadays she occasionally sings in jazz clubs, but spends most of her time (2) teaching. She was excellent!

There were only nine of us on the course I attended, five men and four women, and Lena never takes more than ten students on a course. This means that (3) everyone has lots of attention and plenty of opportunity to sing.

We were all very nervous at the (4) beginningbut every class begins with some exercises to help students (5) relax. These are followed by warm-up exercises to improve the quality of the voice.

During the three days, students (6) learned around twenty songs in a variety of different styles, depending on the interests of the class members. There are classical and (7) modernsongs, including pop songs. By the last day, everyone was confident enough to perform their favourite song on their own!

I would really recommend this course. Brownstoke College is an old (8) buildingsurrounded by a beautiful garden. Accommodation is very comfortable - the single and twin rooms are clean and (9) warm, and three meals a day are included in the cost; a cooked breakfast, lunch and an evening meal. The lunch is very good, and the salads can be recommended.

Courses begin on the last Tuesday of the (10) month, so the next one begins on the 24th of September and continues until Thursday the 26th of September. I would advise you to reserve a place early, because it’s certain to be very popular!