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A Personal Hero Section Task : Get Ready Writing a story extract about a personal hero Sometimes , the most ordinary people can have an extraordinary effect on our lives . In this section , you will read a short story about a young girl's childhood hero . Then you will write part of a story about a personal hero of yours . A music store is where we buy records and CDs , but it is not a place that we usually associate with heroes and acts of heroism . However , this ordinary setting is where the story "Music Lady" takes place . 1 With a partner , discuss the following : & How often do you go to a music store ? & What do you usually do in a music store ? @ What qualities or skills do you think the salespeople should have ? 2 Look at the pictures on this page and on page 45 . In what ways are music stores today similar to those of the past ? In what ways are they different ? 3 Which of the items listed below would you find in ... ? M music stores todav ? music stores of the past Some items may be relevant to both . 4 Read the following adapted extracts from the story "Music Lady . " Why do you think this ordinary setting was "not ordinary" to the narrator ? & It wasn't an ordinary record store , then or now . It had listening booths and rows of wooden bins filled with record covers of musicians and instruments . $ That ' s where Mrs . Smith , the music lady , worked — where the music gave me ideas for the poetry I wanted to write . @ The people , who were all grownups , walked through the aisles between the record bins and looked through the records . fl The soundproof listening booths created individual worlds of musical magic through the glass doors . compact discs headphones jazz collections mini-disc player music posters phonograph rap music collections record albums recording tapes soundproof listening booths speakers turntable CDs and DVDs in a popular music store today Records in wooden bins in a music store of the past
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