BIOGRAPHY
Read the words from a short biography of a well-known musicion, composer and singer. Can you guess who is he?
entrance -вход
to be hanging around - слоняться неподалёку
appeal - призыв
road accident -авария
brain tumour - опухоль мозга
first appearance - первое появление
huge audience - огромное количество слушателей
honorary award - особое вознаграждение
to manage - управлять
to retire - отойти от дел
rumours of quarrels - слухи (молва) о ссоре
last performance - последнее представление
to be at the height - быть на высоте славы
massive media coverage - широкое освещение в прессе
Read the article and some facts from the biography. When PAST CONTINUOUS is used?
JOHN LENNON (1940-1980)
John Lennon was murdered just before 11 pm on the 8th of December 1980 outside his home in the Dakota apartment building in New York City. He had just got out of his car, and was walking to the entrance when a voice called " Mr. Lennon ". Lennon turned, and was short five times. The killer throw his gun down, and stood there smiling. " Do you know what you just did?" shouted a doorman. "I just shot John Lennon", the killer replied. Lennon was rushed to the hospital in a police patrol car, but it was too late. The killer was 25 year-old mark Chapman from Hawaii. Earlier the same evening he had asked Lennon for his autograph. In fact, he has been around outside the apartment building for several days. Chapman was a fan of the Beatles and Lennon, and has tried to imitate him in many ways. It is said that he even believed that he was John Lennon himself.
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Timeline of the Life of John Lennon
1956: John Lennon forms his first band, the Quarrymen.
July 6, 1957: John asks Paul McCartney to join the Quarrymen.
1958: What was the first song John Lennon wrote? “Hello Little Girl”.
July 1, 1958: George Harrison, a friend of Paul, joins the Quarrymen.
August 23, 1962: John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell.
February 1963: The Beatles record the Please Please Me album.
April 8, 1963: Julian Lennon is born to John and Cynthia.
February 1964: The Beatles begin their first American tour, playing on The Ed Sullivan Show.
April 1, 1965: John composes “Help!
August 15, 1965: The Beatles play to a crowd of over 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City.
August 29, 1966: The Beatles give their last concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
1966: Lennon writes “Strawberry Fields” during the filming of How I won the War.
November 9, 1966: John meets Yoko Ono.
June 1, 1967: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is released in Great Britain.
18, 1968: John and Yoko are arrested for possession of marijuana.
March 20, 1969: John and Yoko are married on Gibraltar.
March 25-31, 1969: John and Yoko stage a “bed-in” for peace at the Amsterdam Hilton to celebrate their marriage.
May 26-June 2, 1969: “Give Peace a Chance” is recorded.
December 26, 1970: John debuts his first album, Plastic Ono Band.
July 1, 1971: John records “Imagine”.
February 4, 1972: Senator Strom Thurmond tells John Mitchell that John should be deported because he consorts with radicals such as Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman.
March 1972: John begins a four-year fight against deportation..
November 28, 1974: John makes his final concert appearance at Madison Square Garden with Elton John.
January 1975: John and Yoko are reunited.
October 5, 1975: U.S. Court of Appeals overturns John’s deportation order.
October 9, 1975: Sean Ono Taro Lennon is born in New York City.
July 26, 1976: John’s application to remain in the United States as a permanent resident is approved.
November 17, 1980: Double Fantasy is released.
December 8, 1980: John Lennon is assassinated outside the Dakota.
January 1994: When was John Lennon inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? John is inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.
THE TASK
Try to sing this song in the PAST forms. You can find the word here:http://www.lyrics.uz/publ/b/the_beatles/the_night_before/142-1-0-1767
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