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Unit 11 Music
1 an album = a CD that has
several pieces of music on it
Arcade Fire have got a new
CD out – I think it’s their best
album so far.
2 a track = a song or piece of
music on an album/CD
I like most of the songs on
their new CD, but there are
one or two pretty bad tracks
too.
3 a soundtrack = the music that
is played during a film
I didn’t like the film much, but
there was some great music on
the soundtrack.
Unit 12 Travel
4 a (record) label = a company
that records and sells music
She’s just signed a deal for four
albums with a new label.
5 canned music = music played
in places like shopping malls
(muzak)
Everywhere you go in town,
you hear canned music – it
drives me crazy!
6 a cover (version) = a
performance or recording of
a song which was originally
written and recorded by
someone else
There have been millions of
covers of Elvis Presley songs.
7 a cover band = a band or
group that plays mostly, or
only, cover songs
There’s a cover band at the
club tonight – they play music
by The Beatles and The Rolling
Stones.
8 a composer = a person who
writes music
Mozart was one of the
greatest composers of all time.
9 a songwriter / singersongwriter
= a person who
writes / writes and sings songs
Who’s your favourite singersongwriter?
Mine’s Peter
Gabriel.
1 a journey = the act of travelling from one place
to another, especially in a car/bus/train/plane,
etc.
We drove from London to Rome – it was a long
journey but we enjoyed it.
2 a trip = a journey in which you go somewhere,
usually for a short time, and come back again
Last weekend we went on a trip to Paris.
3 a voyage = a long journey, especially by ship but
also by, for example, spacecraft
Their voyage to the moon and back took eight
days.
4 a tour = a journey made for pleasure, especially
as a holiday, visiting several different places in
an area
They’ve just come back from a walking tour
round the coast of Scotland.
5 an excursion = a short journey usually made for
pleasure, often by a group of people
Our school went on an excursion to Edinburgh
yesterday. But I didn’t go.
6 a cruise = a journey for pleasure on a large ship,
visiting several places
My mum’s dream is to go on a cruise around the
Mediterranean Sea.
7 backpacking = travelling (usually cheaply) with
your possessions in a backpack
When my daughter was 18, she went
backpacking in South America.
8 a stopover = a short stay that you make in a
place while you are on a longer journey to
somewhere else
We flew to Australia last year, and we had a
stopover for two days in Bangkok.
9 to commute = to travel from your home to
work and back, usually over a fairly long distance
He lives in Cambridge but he commutes to
London.
10 an expedition = an organised journey for a
particular purpose
Dad and I are going on a shopping expedition to
London tomorrow.
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