TCHAIKOVSKY'S HOUSE (INTERMEDIATE B1)

READING: TCHAIKOVSKY'S HOUSE

A

Tchaikovsky was from Russia. He was a composer of classical music.

B

A: 3 (his bedroom)  
B :2 (sitting room)
C : 1 (the garden)

D

1 Maidonovo: the village where Tchaikovsky rented a small house after leaving Moscow; it was too full of tourists and visitors and this is why he later moved to the house in Klin.




2 The Pathétique symphony: he wrote it in the house in Klin.

3 Alexei: he was Tchaikovsky's servant and lived on the ground floor of the house.

4 Lilies of the valley: Tchaikovsky's brother planted thousands of lilies in the garden after Tchaikovsky's death as Tchaikovsky adored flowers, particularly lilies of the valley.

5 Doroshenko: he was an anarchist who lived in Tchaikovsky's house after the Bolshevik Revolution. People say he shot at a painting in one of the bedrooms.

6 The International Tchaikovsky Competition: the winner goes to Klin, plays on Tchaikovsky's piano, and plants a tree in his garden.

E

1 tidy 
2 remain
3 overlooking    
4 hanging
5 turn into
6 plain
7 property   
8 bookcase