Speed Metal

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

• into
• fabulous
• identify
• avoid

• labels
• revival
• tracks
• thrilled

• peak

2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

Sometimes, it’s hard to identify what kind of music you like when someone asks you. It’s easier to avoid the labels and just give examples of what you like. That’s what Sara does in the following conversation.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

John

Sara

John:  So you’re kind of into like more hard rock?

Sara:  I’m, I don’t think I’d say hard rock.

John:  Like speed metal?

Sara:  Um, no. More like Metallica.

John:  That’s good. That’s good stuff.

Sara:  Yeah, I really like Poison.

John:  Yeah.

Sara:  Yeah. They’re really coming back in a big way.

John:  When were they popular?

Sara:  They’re popular right now.

John:  No, they’re not.

Sara:  Oh, come on. Where have you been? At a Nora Jones concert?

John:  What’s one of their songs?

Sara:  Um, _Slippery When Wet.

John:  One of their new songs.

Sara:  Um, it’s called *_Poison Lives.

John:  How does it go?

Sara:  I don’t remember ‘cause I’ve only heard it once.

John:  But it’s good?

Sara:  Oh, it’s fabulous!