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g. What was her mother’s reaction to their music?
h. What are their plans for the next year?
I. Where have they been playing?
1. COMPLETE THE GAPS WITH WORDS FROM THE BOX BELOW:
Key:
Studying / cheerful / music / dream / solo / weddings / record / love / clubs / piano / boys / spend
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much longer playing the synthesizer or the guitar than _________ for my
4. solo
5. classes.
piano I have always dreamed of becoming a good performer, either as a band player or
6. playing
Love _____________. My parents wanted me to study classical __________, as a very good
7. Boys
should do, but from my teens on I followed my real __________, which is playing lighter
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9. music
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10. clubs
11. weddings
Fortunately, since I went to the university I’ve been able to fulfill part of my dream. I
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met three ___________ as crazy about music as me and we began playing in the garage of my

house. My mum was horrified at the idea of having to put with heavy metal or rock
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their sound.
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h. They want to record a CD.
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2. ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT:
a. How important is music for the author? Explain.
b. What has she always dreamt about?
c. What did her parents want him to study?
d. Did she follow her parents dream? Why? Why not?
e. What has happened at university?
f. How many people play with her?
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