American English · C1 · Unit 15
Music
Music
By the end you can
- Describe how music affects you
- Compare styles of music and where they come from
- Understand a music review
Words and phrases
| American English | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| it gives me chills | it moves me deeply | That song? It gives me chills every time. |
| the lyrics | the words of a song | The lyrics are pure poetry. |
| has its roots in | comes originally from | Rock and roll has its roots in the blues. |
| catchy | easy to remember and hard to forget | It's catchy, but kind of shallow. |
| overrated | not as good as people say | Honestly, I think that album is overrated. |
| groundbreaking | very new and influential | It was a groundbreaking album. |
| stand the test of time | stay good for many years | Will it stand the test of time? |
| timeless | never feels old-fashioned | Motown is timeless. |
| hip-hop | music that started in New York in the 1970s, with rap and beats | Hip-hop started in the Bronx. |
| a one-hit wonder | an artist known for only one hit | They were a one-hit wonder in the '90s. |
| an earworm | a song that gets stuck in your head | That jingle is an earworm. I can't stop humming it. |
| the production | how a recording sounds (the studio work) | The production is too polished. |
Then talk it through
Arguing with friends about the best album ever made. In the app you have this conversation out loud or typed, with the unit's goals to tick off and corrections at the end.