R EADI N G. a Read the article quickly and answer the questions

a Read the article quickly and answer the questions.

1 What danger does the article refer to?

2 Who is affected by the problem?

Pete Townshend, the legenda ry guitarist of the British ba nd The Who, has confessed on his website that he is suffering from a musicia n's nightmare: he is deaf. His hea ring loss has mea nt that he has been u nable to complete recordi ng sessions for a new Who a lbum. Townshend describes his heari ng trou ble as 'terrible' and he gives the reason for his deafness as the rock music he has helped to invent and promote.

Although the volumeat the group's explosive concerts in the 1960swas excessive, Townshend does not think this is the main cause of his hea ring loss. Instead he blames the earsplitting sounds emitted through studio headphones du ri ng yea rs of recording. Although he ca n still hea r speech, Townshend has to ta ke a 36-hour break between recording sessions to allow his ears to recover. This is what is delaying the release ofThe Who's first studio album for over 25 yea rs, and pla ns for a world tou r.

Musicians are pa rticula rly vul nerable to hea ring loss. Phil Collins, 54, has suffered a 60 per cent hea ring loss and the America n rapper Foxy Brown, 26, is to undergo an operation to

b Read the article again and mark the sentencesT (True) or F (False).

1 Townshend has had to stop recording the new

Who album. T

2 He thinks the cause of his deafness is the high volume of music in his concerts.

3 Townshend cannot hear conversations.

4 Phil Collins is also partially deaf.

5 Townshend warns music lovers not to use

MP3 players.

6 Doctors say that MP3 players should only be used for one hour a day.

7 Beethoven composed music even though he was deaf.

8 Townshend prefers writing music to performing.

c Underline five words you don't know. Try to guessthe meaning, then check with your dictionary.

3 PRO N U N CIATI ON ch and y

a Circle the word with a different sound.

b Write the words. They all contain -y.

restore her hea ring after going almost tota lly deaf.

1 /'snnfani/

2XmJ2.hony

However, it is not only the music makers who need to ta ke care. Townshend has also issued a wa rning to users of MP3 players that they should turn the volume down. Doctors saythat noise-induced hearing loss is caused when the delicate hair nerves of the ear suffer trauma from loud sound vibrations for long periods of time. Users of portable music players are advised to limit listening to one hour a day and keep the volume down, but research found that four out of ten young adults listened for longer.

Some consolation for musicians with hearing problems is that the German composer Beethoven continued writing music even when he went deaf. Unfortunately for Pete Townshend, it's playing music that he is most worried about. 'Music is my life. You can write it when you're deaf, but you ca n't hea r it or perform it'.

2 /'lmks/

3 /'no;)m/ 4 /'larfstatl/ 5 /'kAntri/

6 /sa1'ka1;)tnst/_

c Practise saying the words in a and b.

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