Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
When many of us listen to music, it’s on our phones or computers. We use headphones to hear digital files on our laptops. We buy music on the internet from online stores. And the whole time we never touch an actual album.
It wasn’t that long ago when music fans had to go to a store to pick up CDs. We can still buy CDs now, but it’s not as popular as it used to be. CDs (or compact discs) are small, shiny, and round, and they can only be heard on a CD player with speakers. CDs have booklets that listeners can use to read the words in each song. It’s something fans can hold and look at while listening to their favorite musicians and bands.
Jessica doesn’t want her old CDs anymore, but Lily wants to keep them. Find out more in today’s English lesson about listening to music.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Jessica: I’m trying to reorganize my office at home. I found stacks and stacks of CDs, and I don’t know what to do with them. I feel like they’re obsolete. I should just give them away to charity or something.
Lily: No! Give them to me, give them to me! I’m collecting them. They’re so old-school. It’s great!
Jessica: But what’s the point? Now we have digital music and MP3s. I guess they’re more tangible to have the CD. But I have an MP3 player in my car now.
Lily: But think of it… CDs are like the new vinyl record. It’s this cool thing that you have. You can see it in your hand. You can put it in the player. You can listen to the music. It’s not just bits on a computer. It’s more authentic. As opposed to if your computer crashes, then all of your music is gone.
Jessica: It is true. And something I will say I found was all of the booklets that come with the CDs have the lyrics in them, which is also really cool. Maybe I’ll hang onto those.
Lily: Do it. Or give them to me.
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Discussion
Jessica found some old CDs and she isn’t sure what to do with them. She’s thinking of giving them away because she doesn’t listen to them anymore. Even if she wanted to listen to the CDs, she doesn’t own a CD player.
But not everyone thinks that CDs are obsolete. Lily thinks that Jessica should give the CDs to her because she collects them. Lily likes that she can hold CDs in her hand, and that they remind her of the past. Lily also points out that if Jessica’s computer crashes, she will lose all of her digital music.
Do you listen to CDs? What do you like or dislike about CDs?
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