Regular – Wayne Newton: Up Close and Personal Show in Las Vegas

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  1. [responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=””]What entertains you? ?[/responsivevoice]
  2. [responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=””]What comes to your mind when Las Vegas is mentioned?[/responsivevoice]

Listening

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[responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=””]After the video: Did you get it? If not, please tell your teacher specifically which part you didn’t understand. Let’s review the video again 🙂[/responsivevoice]
  1. [responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=””]Where did the presenter meet Wayne Newton?[/responsivevoice]
  2. [responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=””]This town is kind of the ……… of entertainment?[/responsivevoice]
  3. [responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=””]How long was his break from entertainment?[/responsivevoice]
Key Words & Phrases
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  1. [responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=””]This town is kind of the Olympics of entertaining. It has embraced almost every kind of show.[/responsivevoice]
  2. [responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=””]We had the rare opportunity today to meet him at the Casa de Shenandoah.[/responsivevoice]
  3. [responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=””]Next time you come to Vegas, you have to check out Wayne’s new show, Up Close and Personal, to get all sorts of little stories, and anecdotes[/responsivevoice]
  4. [responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=””]You’re going back onstage?[/responsivevoice]
  1. [responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=””]Have you been to any kind of shows?[/responsivevoice]
  2. [responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=””]What TV shows are you interested in?  [/responsivevoice]
  3. [responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=””]Do you have a favourite entertainer, ie a comedian or singer like Wayne Newton?[/responsivevoice]
00:09 – [Presenter] After a five-year hiatus, Wayne Newton
00:12 has returned to the stage to perform some of his classics.
00:15 We had the rare opportunity today to meet him
00:18 at the Casa de Shenandoah.
00:20 – You’re going back onstage?
00:22 – As a matter of fact, I am back onstage.
00:24 I decided to write a new show.
00:27 And I decided to write a show that were kinda the preludes
00:32 to what Las Vegas has become.
00:41 It has embraced almost every kind of show
00:47 that you could embrace,
00:48 and where else in the world can you find that?
00:55 When I took about five years off,
00:59 I took it off to open this up to the public,
01:03 let them see what our regular day is like
01:07 before we get in the car and go to work.
01:11 And, it’s been a tremendous success,
01:15 thanks to people like you.
01:18 – Next time you come to Vegas,
01:19 you have to check out Wayne’s new show,
01:21 Up Close and Personal,
01:22 to get all sorts of little stories, and anecdotes
01:25 and ask him some questions too,
01:27 on the life of Las Vegas
01:29 and so many of the most amazing acts
01:35 and music, and entertainment, to our lives.
01:38 – [Wayne] Thank you. – It’s just real neat.