Real Girls are Beautiful
Source: moscow.usembassy.gov
Topic: Country Music
Sort Desciption: center of American country and western music. They worked on their music for five ... of American blue grass country music. We leave you now with that song, ...
Content Inside: Russian Group Plays American Country Russian Group Plays American Country Text “Country Music… by a Russian Group” Author Nancy Steinbach and Paul Thompson Activities Kevin McCaughey Source American Mosaic, Voice of America, March 13, 2003 Audio Special English, reduced speed Pre-Text Activity 1. Listening Short Take You’re going to read about a group of Russian musicians living in the US. First listen to this short take and supply the missing words. Natasha Borzilova says living and (1) __________ in the United States (2) __________ been difficult for the band members. They (3) __________ their families in Russia. And at times she (4) __________ just like to (5) __________ everyone in America to speak Russian. Sometimes the band (6) __________ just that during (7) __________ performances. They sing a Russian (8) __________ song to the (9) __________ of American blue grass country music. We (10) __________ you now with that song, “Porushka-Paranya.” _____________________________________________________________________ Country Music played by… a Russian Group Written by Nancy Steinbach and Paul Thompson American Mosaic, Voice of America, November 24, 2004 About 300 words. Listen to reduced speed audio (6:06) HOST: American music is very popular around the world. In almost any country you can find people who love jazz, blues, hip-hop, rap, blue grass and country and western music. Phoebe Zimmermann tells how one kind of American music affected six young people from Russia. ANNCR: The two women and four men are members of the band called Bering Strait. They were all born in the city of Obninsk, Russia. Natasha Borzilova is the band’s lead singer. She says the group members began playing country and western songs when they were children because they loved that kind of music. They became very good musicians. Listen to their recording of “Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart.” In the early nineteen-nineties, the members of Bering Strait v ...
