The World of the BEATLES

Tasks: course 2 Two Beatles houses in Liverpool Jamie went on a class trip to Liverpool. When he came back, he wrote about it for the school magazine. Read the article.

The World of   THE BEATLES

Last week our class went on a trip to Liverpool. where John played the guitar and wrote some of Some of us visited Anfield Stadium. My group his first songs. went to see two houses … Not far away is 20 Forthlin Road, another very

If you are a Beatles fan (and there are millions ‘normal’ brick house where Paul McCartney of Beatles fans all over the world, aged from 10 lived with his parents and his younger brother

to 100), these two small houses in Liverpool are Michael. Paul was living here when his mother

. a ‘must see’. Built in the 1930s and 1950s, they died in 1956: Paul was only 16 years old. You don’t look special from the outside, but some can go and see most rooms in the house, and people have called them the two most important you can see Michael’s photos of the McCartney houses in the history of popular music. family on the walls. It’s amazing to think that The reason is that they are the houses where this is where John and Paul wrote many of their

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4 McCartney – lived when they were children. As the two houses are quite small, you can only

Number 251 Menlove Avenue is the house visit them in groups of fifteen people. For this ©201 where John Lennon lived when he was a boy. It reason, you have to book your tour online, or was his aunt’s, not his parents’ house, because you can call the National Trust on John lived with his aunt Mimi from the age of 0151 427 7231. You can’t just call at the house five. In fact he lived there until he was 22. and go inside. Each tour lasts about two and Many years later, John Lennon’s wife1 Yoko half hours and costs £20 for adults, or £6 for Ono bought the house and gave it to the children. You travel from one house to the other National Trust, an organization that runs houses in a minibus, and a guide2 explains everything that tourists can visit. “I wanted to preserve it and tells you stories about when John and Paul for Beatles fans all over the world,” she said were children. The guide is of course happy to when she bought it. Now you can visit lots of answer any questions you may have. The tours rooms in the house, like the kitchen where John run from Wednesday to Sunday, starting at ate his meals, the living room where he played 10 am, 11 am and 2.15 pm. games with his aunt, and, upstairs, the bedroom

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READING Two Beatles houses in Liverpool / 10 Now read the ten sentences and tick () the one right option: a), b), c), or d).

1 From the outside, the two houses look 6 The person who took the photos on the wall was

a) modern. a) Paul. b) special. b) Paul’s mum. c) normal. c) Paul’s brother. d) big. d) John Lennon.

2 Number 251 Menlove Avenue is the house 7 If you want to visit the two houses, you where John Lennon a) go in and pay at the door. a) was born. b) get tickets online or by phone. b) lived for 17 years. c) write to the National Trust. c) lived with his parents. d) can’t book before your visit. d) lived with his ex-wife Yoko Ono.

3 Today the house belongs to 8 Children pay £6

a) Yoko Ono. a) to visit one of the houses.

b) John’s aunt Mimi. b) for the trip in the minibus.

c) the city of Liverpool. c) for the houses without the minibus.

. d) the National Trust. d) for both houses and the minibus.

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b) three rooms. and their families. ©201 c) only the bedroom and kitchen. c) you go around in groups of 20 or more. d) rooms downstairs only. d) you get information about John and Paul from a brochure.

5 20 Forthlin Road is the house where 10 The tours are Paul McCartney lived a) at the weekends. a) alone. b) on workdays and not at the weekends. b) with his family. c) in the summer only. c) without his brother. d) five days a week. d) without his father.

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WORDS BIZ 4 KIDZ / 8 Mrs Fox tells her students about BIZ 4 KIDZ. She shows them the brochure below. Some of the words are missing. Fill in the correct words from the box – but you must put the letters into the correct order first.

COMTOETPIIN SSALPERESON MTOOT SFUCCSSEUL TKEA ARPT HDAR-WRGKOIN EXIMPERENT ELAEV

BIZ 4 KIDZ – a (1) for schools

All schools can (2) in BIZ 4 KIDZ. You only have to find enough

students who are interested.

Students must be (3) and have to find a (4)

for their projects.

If a project is (5), the students can win a weekend in London.

BIZ 4 KIDZ is a great way to help students with their jobs in the future when they

(6) school. If some students start a project where they sell things,

. they might like to work as a (7) later on. So BIZ 4 KIDZ helps you to

(8) with different kinds of jobs.

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4 You and your grandpa are at the tourist information centre in Liverpool. You would like some information

©201 about tickets for a football match. Help your grandpa to understand the woman in the tourist office. Tourist assistant: Good morning. How can I help you?

Grandpa: Frag doch bitte mal, ob es diese Woche noch Tickets für ein Fußballspiel in dem berühmten Stadion an der Anfield Road gibt.

You: Do you have any

Assistant: We only have tickets for the Liverpool U18s against Everton.

You: Es gibt

Grandpa: Das wäre doch super, sogar gegen Everton. Frage bitte mal, wann das Spiel ist.

You: That’s great.

Assistant: This Saturday, and it starts at 11.

You:

Grandpa: Kann man denn an diesem Tag auch eine Stadiontour buchen und das Museum besuchen?

You: Can we go on

Assistant: Yes, you can, at 8.40 in the morning.

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You:

Grandpa: Frage nach dem Preis der Eintrittskarten für das Spiel und für die Tour.

You:

Assistant: The tickets for the match are £12 for students under 16 and £24 for adults. The stadium tour on match days costs £15 for students and £20 for adults.

You:

Grandpa: Frage, ob wir die Tickets gleich hier kaufen können.

You:

Assistant: Yes of course. That’s £71 altogether.

Grandpa: Frage mal, wie man zum Stadion kommt.

You: How

Assistant: Take the number 17 bus from Queen Square bus station. It goes directly to the stadium.

You: Thanks a lot. Wir können

LANGUAGE How can we pay for it? / 6

. Your class wants to go on a class trip, so you need some money to pay for it. Look at the ideas in the box. What do you think of them? Write six sentences.

make cupcakes sell at school collect old computer games have a garage sale

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4 help old people in the neighbourhood have lots of fun go shopping for old people be happy ©201 organize a concert … wash some people’s cars …

Example: If we have garage sale, we will earn lots of money for our trip.

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