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Audio clip from an interview with singer, songwriter and former Beatle John Lennon, conducted by National Public Radio in December 1980 (approximately 3 minutes). Full Transcript available here.

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Task 1 – Overview

Listen to the clip and decide which item below best summarizes Lennon’s statements in the listening passage.

Despite people in the 60s being naïve and dumb, they got the peace and freedom they cried for.

The 70s was vain and frivolous because everybody stayed in their rooms, played rock n’ roll, put make-up on and danced in discos.

The 60s didn’t provide the ‘answer’ to mankind’s problems, but after a vain and frivolous 1970s, maybe people are ready to be positive again.

The 60s gave mankind the answers we were looking for, but the 70s negated the happy peace of the 60s.

Task 2 – Detailed listening

Listen to the clip and decide which statements are True or False.

According to John Lennon…

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