Roads to You Lecture notes

1. Intermediate English WTUC, Nov. 2006 http://www.roadstoyou.com/home.htm

2. Greece United Kingdom Canada

3. Venezuela Korea Palestine

4. What do they have in common?

5. “ Music is the universal language of mankind ”

6. Listen/Watch and try to understand the message. Take note of key words and phrases.

7. Listen again and focus on the message. What is the news about?

11. 8. Dirani has performed around the world. He began to see how powerful his music was and how he could speak to anyone with no language barriers just by stroking the keys on the piano. 9. That experience inspired his "Roads to You" tour , concerts featuring over 40 musicians from different parts of the world, playing for peace. 10. And you use it as a reason to reach out and every culture has some form of music, and that's one of the few universal languages we can unite behind.

12. 11. It is about putting differences aside and working together for a great cause . 12. I do not know if it will teach people a specific idea but we are hoping to change their mind and to recognize when you have everything that's so different and yet when you put it together and make the same music and it is wonderful and we should celebrate every single culture in its own unique way.“ 13. And with the language and power of music, the musicians are not only able to keep their cultures alive, they also show the world the power of peace , respect and acceptance.

17. “ Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul.”