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Say if the statements are true or false.

1. Elvis Presley came from a very rich family.
2. He was born on 8 July 1935 in Mississippi.
3. He went to tennis club every Sunday.
4. When he was 13, his mother bought him a guitar.
5. His family left Mississippi and moved to the other country.
6. In 1954 he went to a recording studio called Sun Records.
7. He wanted to make a record for his mother’s birthday.
8. Elvis was his manager’s dream – “a white boy with a black voice”.
9. Many American parents liked Elvis because he was too sexy.
10.  In 1958 Elvis joined the American army and went to Canada.
11. When he returned to the USA, pop music was not the same.
12. He was a very lonely man.

Make up word-combinations with the words below.

1. to love                         a) a guitar
2. to go to                        b) the army
3. to make                       c) music
4. to buy                          d) a record
5. to join                          e) church
6. to become                    f) depressed

Say if the statements are true or false.

13. Elvis Presley came from a very rich family.
14. He was born on 8 July 1935 in Mississippi.
15. He went to tennis club every Sunday.
16. When he was 13, his mother bought him a guitar.
17. His family left Mississippi and moved to the other country.
18. In 1954 he went to a recording studio called Sun Records.
19. He wanted to make a record for his mother’s birthday.
20. Elvis was his manager’s dream – “a white boy with a black voice”.
21. Many American parents liked Elvis because he was too sexy.
22.  In 1958 Elvis joined the American army and went to Canada.
23. When he returned to the USA, pop music was not the same.
24. He was a very lonely man.

Make up word-combinations with the words below.

7. to love                         a) a guitar
8. to go to                        b) the army
9. to make                       c) music
10. to buy                          d) a record
11. to join                          e) church
12. to become                    f) depressed

                   The  King  of  Rock’n’roll

     Elvis Presley came from a very poor family. He was born on 8 January 1935 in Mississippi.

     Elvis loved music. He went to church every Sunday and sang in the choir. When he was 13, his mother bought him a guitar. Elvis wanted a bicycle, but it was too expensive. In the same year Elvis and his family left Mississippi. They moved to Memphis, Tennessee.

     One day in 1954 he went to a recording studio called Sun Records. He wanted to make a record for his mother’s birthday. The secretary at the studio, Marion Keisker, heard Elvis and she told her boss, Sam Phillips.

     Elvis was Sam Phillips’ dream – “a white boy with a black voice”.

     Phillips became Elvis’s manager and Elvis made his first single – “That’s all Right, Mama”. When disc jockeys played it on their radio stations, American teenagers went wild. Many American parents didn’t like Elvis. He was too sexy.

     In 1955, Elvis appeared on TV in New York. The following year he went to Hollywood and made his first film “Love Me Tender”. In the next two years he had many hit records – “Blue Suede Shoes”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “Teddy Bear”.

     In 1958, Elvis joined the American army and went to Germany. When he returned to the United States in the early 60s, pop music was not the same. British groups like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were the new stars.

     Elvis was a millionaire, but he was a very lonely man. In his last years he became fat and depressed. He died of a heart attack on 16 August 1977 in his mansion at Graceland, Memphis.

     But for millions of fans, Elvis is still the king.

Vocabulary:   suede - замшевий

                      mansion - великий особняк