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Street artists
3b

Read and listen

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1 32 Read and listen. Which two
European capital cities did Helen visit?
Last summer, I visited Paris and London. I saw the River
Seine and the River Thames. I visited the Eiffel Tower
and the London Eye. But I liked the street artists the most.
One afternoon in Paris we visited Notre Dame Cathedral.
When we walked out of the cathedral, it was dark and
some people were watching a performance in the
square. A very talented street performer was dancing
and juggling with fire! He was giving his performance
when two policemen arrived. But they didn’t want to stop
him. They joined the audience and enjoyed the show.
It was spectacular.
Guess In London, there were many street artists too. The most
What? unusual performers were the living statues in Trafalgar
Square. These people dress up as statues and they
Before he was famous, don’t move. Well, they usually stay still. When I was
Justin Bieber played looking at one living statue, he moved his arm and
music in the street and touched me. I jumped, but it was funny!
earned money because he
wanted to help his mum.

2 Read the text again and decide if the sentences 3 Read the definitions of some words from
are T (True), F (False) or ? (Doesn’t say). the text. Complete the words. Write the
answers in your notebook.
1 Helen went to Paris and London last

summer. 1 s r (amazing)
2 The juggler in Paris spoke to 2 c l (large church)
the policemen. 3 s e (figure)
3 The policemen stopped the juggler. 4 p r (artist)
4 There weren’t many street artists 5 s y s l (not move)
in London. 6 d s up ( put on clothes for
5 A living statue made Helen jump. a special reason)
6 Helen spoke to the living statue. 7 s w (public performance)

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