Behind the Music: Julian Lennon

Vocabulary:

Beatle seldom to scream with a heavy heart
Liverpool
to be hard on to shout how dare you
to be born to frequent recollection once in a blue moon
John Lennon tours countryside to get over there
Cynthia youngster shattered lives relationship
for the future to hold s.t. for s.o. silent to blend quietly in Dakota Building
Who's gonna be a little rocker... desperate to headmaster teenage
to preordain to creep along term half-brother
chaos of the road landing normal Sean
recording sessions to be in a good frame of mind to see less of firstborn
hangers-on to grow apart restauranteur to react
in tow (following him) to become involved with Roberto Bassaninni attention
entourage experimental father figure tough
nutty (= crazy, strange) Yoko Ono to depend on
drugs to look on helplessly on rare occasions
to be littered with to fall apart distant
psychedelic to divorce to be around
bodies traumatic to replace
kitchen breakup hardly
confusing abandonment awkward
never mind for...(x §ó¤£¥Î»¡) to block out to look on



Listening Comprehension Questions:

1. Julian was the 'first' what?
2. When was Julian born?
3. When did John first see Julian?
4. What kind of future did John decide for his son from the very beginning?
5. What problems were there, from wife Cynthia's point of view, when John was home?
6. What was hard for Julian? What was also hard for Julian?
7. Why did the house have to be quiet during part of the day?
8. What did Julian want to do for his father?
9. What was Julian unsure of when he did this?
10. What had happened by the time Julian was three?
11. What was one reason John and Cynthia were estranged?
12. What happened when Julian was five?
13. What reason does Julian give for remembering so little of the events of this time?
14. What happened when Julian enrolled in school?
15. What happened in 1970?
16. What was a positive side of this for Julian?
17. How often did Julian see his biological father?
18. How were relations between Julian and John Lennon?
19. How many years passed before Julian next saw his father?
20. How did this finally change?
21. When was John's second son, Sean, born?
22. What emotion does Julian seem to be feeling as he describes the relationship between John and Sean?




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