Read the dialogue and match 12 of the phrases/sentences A-M with gaps 29-40. Among the phrases/sentences there is one that does not fit any of the gaps.


Peter: This man here, the busker, street musician, whatever you want to call him, as far as I'm concerned he serves no purpose at all except to irritate people who are trying to get on with their shopping or get from A to B.

Jane: Oh, I think that’s a bit hard, actually. I mean, to be perfectly honest I rarely give money to buskers, but it seems to me that they do brighten up the streets and underground stations.

Peter: Well, possibly. ___ (29) what they're playing really.

Jane: (laughs) Yeah. Er, this picture here, the orchestra. Now that ___ (30) has a social role. People go along because they enjoy playing but they also want to meet their mates ...

Peter: … and have a few drinks afterwards.

Jane: ___ (31) . And I suppose it's uplifting for people who listen to it too.

Peter: Oh, very much so, very much so.

Jane: And this is folk music I guess.

Peter: Yes, traditional. Ethnic folk music. Chinese, in this case, ___ (32) .

Jane: Yeah.

Peter: This has a sort of social role too – at weddings and parties and things ___ (33) .

Jane: And a brass band.

Peter: Well, the same sort of thing as the orchestra, really. ___ (34) . More of a social role with people getting together to have a good time and enjoy themselves really.

Jane: Mm. Yeah. And then pop ... Well, some pop is certainly political. In the late 60s and early 70s quite a lot of it had a political flavour to it though it's probably less so now.

Peter: Well, that's probably true but, as I see it, pop doesn't have much to recommend it. ___ (35) , classical music ... to my mind this is the most spiritual form of music and because of that the best.

Jane: Hmm. I think that's a view that quite a few people hold but in my opinion some pop music is spiritual. I mean pop in the sort of broadest sense of the word here, so you know pop, rock, country, ___ (36) , but some of that can actually have a spiritual effect on people.

Peter: ___ (37) !

Jane: No. ___ (38). And not just at concerts either, you know, when there's a lot of mass feeling generated. But I do think some pop music can be spiritually uplifting even if you're just, you know, sitting at home listening to the CD player or driving in the car or whatever.

Peter: Well, ___ (39) , I really can't agree I don't see how you can compare Beethoven and the Beatles.

Jane: Oh well, in that case I think we're going to have a bit of a problem then. I mean, we seem to agree on some things but on the question of classical music or pop music. I think ___ (40) .

Peter: Yeah. I guess so.


A Now

B Exactly

C definitely

D whatever

E like that

F It depends

G No, I'm serious

H Depending on

I You are joking

J by the look of it

K Perhaps more so

L with all due respect

M we’ll just have to agree to differ