14. The performance was a great success / hit with the public and there were many curtain calls for the actors.
Ex. xxiv. p. 29a
Gilda said (that) bhe had gone to a very good concert at the Festival Hall a month before. She asked Mrs. Green if she knew that they called that hall "a concert hall".
Mrs. Green said she knew that,
Gilda remarked thai she had seen that name ("a music hall") several times and (had) heard it used in broadcasts too.
In Mrs. Green's opinion a music hall was aomcthing very different from a concert hall. Mrs. Green said if one wauled to hear a symphony orchestra playing good music, one went to a concert hall as a music hall waa / ia more like a theatre:
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the scats were / are arranged like those in a theatre, there was / is a stage with curtains like in the theatre, there was / is scenery on the stage. That was / is why they often used / use the name "Variety Theatre".
Gilda inquired what she would have seen if she had gone to a music hall.
Mrs. Green answered that there would have been popular music and singing and dancing. There would have been performances by acrobats and jugglers. The re might even have been performing animals.
To GiJda's mind music halls were / are currently not so popular. People preferred films and radio and television kept people at home more,
Mrs, Green agreed with Gilda saying that the most popular singers and comedians were / are seen and heard by milions of viewers and listeners in their own homes.
Ex. II, p– 304
1. Has he been working at his report since 10 o'clock? He hasn't been working at his report since 10 o'clock.
2– Have they been writing their lest for nearly two hours already? They haven't been writing their test for nearly two hours yet.
3' Has she been waiting long? She hasn't been waiting long.
4. Has his daughter been playing the piano since the morning? His daughter hasn't been playing the piano since the morning.
5. Have they been discussing this problem for rather a long time? They haven't been discussing this problem for rather a long time,
6. Has the child been sleeping too long? The child hasn't been sleeping too long.
7. Have Ann anil Roger been quarrelling for fifteen niinL (ilea? Ann and Roger haven't been quarrel ling for fifteen minutes.
8. Has shebeen dreaming of becoming an actress at I her life 7 She hasn't been dreaming of becoming an actress all her
life.
9. Have 1 been doing my lessons since 4 o'clock? I haven't been doing niy lessons since 4 o'clock.
Ex. III, p. 304
1. How long have you been waiting for nie?