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Вставьте фразы в пропуски , фразы ниже текста. Всем сачтья и здоровья , кто поможет! Musician Bob Geldof wanted to make a difference and not just in the world of pop music. Stuart Maconie tells us how he did it. The day after seeing a TV report about a famine in Ethiopia, pop singer Bob Geldof noticed that his wife had stuck a note on the fridge door. It read, 'Ethiopia: everyone who visits this house from today onwards will be asked to contribute £5 for famine relief.' 1____The problem was that he didn't think his own band would be able to raise enough money if they recorded a song on their own. He asked another musician friend, Midge Ure, to help him write the music and lyrics and they then recruited forty-five of the most popular Irish and British musicians of the early eighties. Each musician in the group, which came to be known as Band Aid, sang a line of the song 'Do they know it's Christmas?' 2____ The success of the song probably had more to do with the status of the performers than the quality of the music but its release had an immediate effect on the British public. The BBC played it once an hour. All the TV programmes on before Top of the Pops finished early so the Band Aid video could be shown. The singer who was number one at the time told people to buy the Band Aid single instead of his own record. Geldof and Ure had hoped to make £70,000.3____ Even then not everyone was convinced that it had been such a good idea. 4____The journalist who had filed the report which had inspired Geldol's wife was very suspicious of the performers' motives. But when he returned to Ethiopia and saw eight huge planes with the Band Aid logo at the airport, he was impressed. 5____The food and supplies were held up because the local trucking companies would not move the goods or allow anyone else to move them. Geldof realised he had to do something to protest about this so he set about organising the Live Aid concert. Geldof not only managed to get the truck drivers to cooperate, he also started a new trend that continued over the next three decades. 6____There had been 'benefit concerts' before. The difference was that pop stars were now expressing opinions about world events. Doubts are often raised about the contribution these concerts make. Some even argue that they have a negative impact. 7____These include fame and celebrity but surely, it can never be a bad thing to try and raise money for those in need. A What is far clearer is the benefit they have for the musicians themselves. B They ended up making over a thousand times that much. C It was recorded in just under twenty-four hours in a studio in London. D It was this that gave Geldof the idea of recording a song for the African famine. E In fact it was difficulties with transporting the aid once in Africa that led to the next phase of the effort and the famous Live Aid concert itself. F The result was one of the biggest-selling singles of all time. G There were criticisms of Geldof and Ure's choice of musicians and the lyrics of the song and doubts about whether the money raised would reach its target. H Live Aid was not the first concert aimed at raising money for charity

Answer 1

Ответ:

1) D

2) F

3) G

4) B

5) E

6) H

7) A

Answer 2

Musician Bob Geldof wanted to make a difference and not just in the world of pop music. Stuart Maconie tells us how he did it. The day after seeing a TV report about a famine in Ethiopia, pop singer Bob Geldof noticed that his wife had stuck a note on the fridge door. It read, 'Ethiopia: everyone who visits this house from today onwards will be asked to contribute £5 for famine relief.'

1. C It was recorded in just under twenty-four hours in a studio in London. The problem was that he didn't think his own band would be able to raise enough money if they recorded a song on their own. He asked another musician friend, Midge Ure, to help him write the music and lyrics, and they then recruited forty-five of the most popular Irish and British musicians of the early eighties. Each musician in the group, which came to be known as Band Aid, sang a line of the song 'Do they know it's Christmas?'

2. F The result was one of the biggest-selling singles of all time. The success of the song probably had more to do with the status of the performers than the quality of the music, but its release had an immediate effect on the British public. The BBC played it once an hour. All the TV programmes on before Top of the Pops finished early so the Band Aid video could be shown. The singer who was number one at the time told people to buy the Band Aid single instead of his own record. Geldof and Ure had hoped to make £70,000.

3. B They ended up making over a thousand times that much. Even then, not everyone was convinced that it had been such a good idea.

4. G There were criticisms of Geldof and Ure's choice of musicians and the lyrics of the song and doubts about whether the money raised would reach... The journalist who had filed the report which had inspired Geldof's wife was very suspicious of the performers' motives. But when he returned to Ethiopia and saw eight huge planes with the Band Aid logo at the airport, he was impressed.

5. E In fact, it was difficulties with transporting the aid once in Africa that led to the next phase of the effort and the famous Live Aid concert itself. The food and supplies were held up because the local trucking companies would not move the goods or allow anyone else to move them. Geldof realized he had to do something to protest about this, so he set about organizing the Live Aid concert. Geldof not only managed to get the truck drivers to cooperate, he also started a new trend that continued over the next three decades.

6. A What is far clearer is the benefit they have for the musicians themselves. There had been 'benefit concerts' before. The difference was that pop stars were now expressing opinions about world events. Doubts are often raised about the contribution these concerts make. Some even argue that they have a negative impact.

7. D In They include fame and celebrity, but surely, it can never be a bad thing to try and raise money for those in need. These include fame and celebrity, but surely, it can never be a bad thing to try and raise money for those in need.