sábado, 12 de enero de 2019

Chapter 8 (Second part) MANCHESTER

Louise may not like football, but she loves music and Manchester is a great for good music.
She says that it's one of the reasons she stayed in Manchester when she finished university.
There's something for all tastes, and a lot of famous musicians come from Manchester.
For example, there's Mick Huncknall, the singer from Simply Red, and Liam and Noel Gallagher from the enormously successful group, Oasis.
"Did you know that Mick Huncknall was bullied at school?"
Louise asked me, as we walked to a nightclub.(intimidar, bullied)
"The other kids were always tormenting him and hitting him."
"No, I didn't know.
Why did they bully him?" I asked.
"He says it was because he had red hair.
Some of the boys didn't like him because he had red hair.
Being bullied must have been awful!"
"So what happened?"
"Well, he says that he started to go to the park instead of going to school because the teachers didn't help him when he was bullied and because the lessons were difficult for him.
He didn't know that he was good at Art and Music, he only knew that he wasn't good at Maths and Biology.
Eventually, when he was 16, his art teacher told him he should go to art school.
He says that if he hadn't gone to art school, he would probably be in prison now!"
It was a Friday night and there was already a long queue outside Joop, the nightclub Louise wanted to go to on Peter Street.
I don't like waiting in queues, but the British queue for everything - and they always stand in tidy lines, not like the big groups of people in Spain.

"It's cold waiting here.
Why don't we go somewhere else?! I complained.
"Please, be patient," Louise told me.
"But it's starting to rain.
Why do you want to come to this club when there are so many in Manchester?"
"Because this club is fantastic," said Louise.
"And it's free.
You have to pay to get into a lot of clubs in Manchester and some of them are quite expensive."
The club was very small and quite dark and parts of it had carpet on the floor, which was sticky from where people had dropped their drinks.
(I will never understand why the British insist on putting carpets on the floor in places where people drink!)
But the dance floor was well lit (no carpet!), the DJ was brilliant and Louise was right - it was a fantastic club.
We both danced until 2.00 am, when it closed.
We decided to go home then because the next day was an important day for me - I was going to Old Traffor to see a football match.
Without Louise!
I walked, though the city centre, to get a tram to the Old Trafford stadium.
Before arriving in Manchester, most people don't realise that there are many beautiful old buildings here.
The Town Hall is from the early 1900s, and behind the small cathedral is the oldest free public library in England.
Libraries in Britain are wonderful places where you can find not only books, but also records, cassettes and videos.
Many libraries also have Internet nowadays.
At the stadium, I met David and Steve (two of Louise's friends who like football).
Today was an important match, the "Red Evils" (Manchester United) against their traditional "enemy", Liverpool, the two great teams from the north of England.
There were literally thousands of people there and most of them were United fans.
As the teams ran out onto the field, the announcer read the names of the players and there were loud cheers for many of the United team.
The biggest cheer was for David Becham.
People started singing, "Come on, you Reds" and United kicked off.
`Man United´ dominated possession of the ball in the first half, but by half time, there was still no score.
"I hope they score in the second half," David said.
He was excited and nervous.
"I think they will," said Steve.
"They're playing well and there are more than 40.000 people here who want them to win."
"How many people can this stadium hold?" I asked them.
"67.000," Steve told me.
"It's the biggest football stadium in Britain, you know."
"Manchester United are also the richest football club in the world," added David.
"They've got their own television station.
Look, you can see the cameras down there, next to the field.
They've got M.U.T.V. written on them.
I could feel the excitement in the stadium during the second half and when centre-foward Andy Cole scored with only five minutes to go before the end of the match, the crowd cheered and shouted, "United! United! United!"
I, of course, cheered and shouted as well.
The “Red Evils” had won and it was the perfect end to my visit to Manchester.



Summary:
In this part of the chapter, Antonio tell us how there's music for all tastes, and a lot of famous musicians come from Manchester. It was a Friday night and there was already a long queue outside Joop, the nightclub Louise wanted to go to on Peter Street.
He don't like waiting in queues, but the British queue for everything - and they always stand in tidy lines. They both danced until 2.00 am, when it closed.
They decided to go home then because the next day was an important day for Antonio - He was going to Old Traffor to see a football match. It was an important match, the "Red Evils" (Manchester United) against their traditional "enemy", Liverpool.


Questions 8

1.In Britain, what happens to famous people like pop stars, actors and football players?

2.What does Antonio say about queuing in Britain?

3.What is special about the libraries in Britain?

4.What shows that Manchester United are a very successful football club?





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