This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. There’s the Bonus Question, Ollia’s “Happy Moment”, “Listeners Corner”, and The Sound Kitchen mailbag. All that, and the new quiz question, too. Just click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy!
Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You’ll hear the winner’s names announced and the week’s quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you’ve grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.
Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your musical requests, so get them in! Send your musical requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!
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Another idea for your students: Br Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that’s how I worked on my French, reading books which were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it’s a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald’s free books, click here.
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This week’s quiz: On 16 July, I asked you a question about an article written by our trusty RFI sports reporter, Paul Myers, about the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.
On 14 July there was a very important match. The two teams playing were competing for a place in the semi-final as well as automatic qualification for next year’s World Cup, in Australia and New Zealand. You were to refer to Paul’s article “Women's Africa Cup of Nations: South Africa, Nigeria and Botswana into quarters”, and send in the answer to this question: Which two country’s teams played on 14 July, who won, and what was the final score?
The answer is: Nigeria and Cameroon. Nigeria won; the final score was Nigeria 1, Cameroon 0. Sorry Cameroon – and congratulations Nigeria!
In addition to the quiz question, there was the Bonus Question: What did you think about last night as you were falling asleep?
The winners are: Abu Saleh from Rangpur, Bangladesh - who is also the winner of the Bonus Question. Abu said he was thinking about a book he had just read, written by the famous Bangladeshi writer Humayun Ahmed.
Also on the list of lucky winners this week are RFI Listeners Club members Vladimir Gudzenko from Moskovskaya oblast in Russia; Tapan Basak, who’s the president of the Xylophone Radio Listeners Club in West Bengal, India, and Shaon Hossain, the president of the Rangdhanu Betar Shrota Shongo Club in Rajbari, Bangladesh.
Last but certainly not least, there’s RFI English listener Jimmy Johnson, who’s a member of the Radio Zeater Club and lives in Lagos, Nigeria.
Congratulations winners!
Here’s the music you heard on this week’s program: “Complaint” from Danses Grecques by Mikis Theodorakis; “Sabre Dance” from Gayane Suite No. 3 by Aram Khachaturian, performed by Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children’s Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer; the Prelude from the Lute Suite No. 4 in E by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by guitarist John Williams; “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, and "Reach Out" written and performed by Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine.
Do you have a musical request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr
This week’s question ... you have to listen to the show to participate. After you’ve listened to the show, refer to Amanda Morrow’s article “French businesses put on notice as threat of power rationing looms” to help you with the answer.
You have until 26 September to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 1 October podcast. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.
Send your answers to:
english.service@rfi.fr
or
Susan Owensby
RFI – The Sound Kitchen
80, rue Camille Desmoulins
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France
or
By text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country’s international access code, or “ + ”, then 33 6 31 12 96 82. Don’t forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.
To find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize, click here.
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