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2 Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 3 Brainstorm Page 3 Most Downloaded Songs Page 3 / 4 Quiz This Week s Topic Page 4 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Words Page 5 True or False Page 5 Vocabulary Antonyms Page 5 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story --- Words Page 6 What Do You Think..? Page 6 Part 4 After Listening / Reading Q & A Page 7 A & Q Page 7 Part 5 Extra Stuff Extra English I Page 8 7 to Chinwag Page 8 Writing Activity Page 9 And Finally. Did You Know? Page 9 TV Links Page 10 The Answers Pages A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習

3 [ ] Apple Music Sliced..? [June 26 th 2015] PART 1 Warm Ups Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Lemon b) Apple c) Lime d) Orange My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Download Warm Up 3 Most Downloaded Songs on itunes What are the most downloaded songs on itunes ever? Read the list of songs on page 4 and put them into the correct place! Song Band Song Band 7.5m Imagine Dragons 4.1m Survivor 6.4m Journey 4.0m Demons Imagine Dragons 5.5m Awolnation 3.9m Snow Patrol 4.7m How to Save a Life The Fray 3.8m Queen 4.5m Nickleback 3.7m Linkin Park 4.3m Kings of Leon 3.6m The Fray

Who Pays the Lowest 12 Most Downloaded Songs Read the list of songs below and put them into the correct order of most downloaded via itunes.

Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the internet to help or GUESS! 1: What date will Apple launch its new music streaming service?

a: itunes+ b: Apple Bites c: Apple Music 3: Currently what is the world s biggest online music streaming service?

4 Who Pays the Lowest 12 Most Downloaded Songs Read the list of songs below and put them into the correct order of most downloaded via itunes. A Bohemian Rhapsody E Eye of the Tiger I Sail B Chasing Cars F How to Save a Life J Use Somebody C Demons G Radioactive K What I ve Done D Don t Stop Believin H Rockstar L You Found Me Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the internet to help or GUESS! 1: What date will Apple launch its new music streaming service? a: May 30 th b: June 30 th c: July 30 th 2: What will the new music streaming service be called? a: itunes+ b: Apple Bites c: Apple Music 3: Currently what is the world s biggest online music streaming service? a: Beatz b: Spotify c: Google Music Play 4: How many songs will be available to stream through Apple s music service? a: 37m b: 41m c: 45m 5: What is Beats 1? a: Apple s Live Radio Station b: Headphones c: Song title 6: What year was itunes first launched? a: 1999 b: 2000 c: 2001 E1: How many songs can be streamed on Spotify? a: 30m b: 35m c: 40m E2: Which country is Spotify based in? a: United States b: New Zealand c: Sweden E3: Which photo is of the band Imagine Dragons? a: b: c: END OF PART 1

5 PART 2 Before Listening Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Jumbled Sentences The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order. of Off Music that to through her be any it she Shake wold said allow The not singer available music Apple 2 Apple Backs Down in Royalties Row The final news Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ Apple Backs Down in Royalties Row Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 Apple Music launched on June 31 st [T] [F] 2 Spotify has a catalogue of 37million+ songs. [T] [F] 3 Taylor Swift had banned her songs from Apple Music. [T] [F] 4 Apple Music does not have any of The Beatles songs. [T] [F] 5 Apple Music will offer a three month free trial. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Antonyms An Antonym is a word with an opposite meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their antonyms on the right. All the antonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Sensationally 6 Shocking A Trivially F Supported 2 Originally 7 Free B Pacified G Charged 3 Angered 8 Importantly C Cease H Give-away 4 Protested 9 Charge D Suitable I Awkwardly 5 Unfair 10 Continue E Secondarily J Pleasant END OF PART 2

6 PART 3 Listening Listening / Reading Listening Apple Backs Down in Royalties Row Three Choices Help Listen / Read the news story and chose the correct word from the 3 choices. Remember to read the rest of the sentence that will help your understanding! Apple Backs Down in Royalties Row Apple, home to the iphone, ipad, 1: ifod/ipod/islip and itunes has sensationally changed its mind and agreed to pay musicians royalties when it launches its new music streaming service on June 2: 29 th /30 th /31 st. Originally Apple Music was offering anyone who signed-up to their new streaming service a free three-month trial. This also meant that Apple Music would not be paying musicians, writers, producers or performers any 3: money/cash/dollars for those three months of music streaming. 2 The decision by Apple Music to not pay musicians for use of their music angered many artists, including 4: Canadian/Mexican/American pop-star Taylor Swift. The Shake it Off singer said that she would not allow any of her music to be available through Apple Music. Miss Swift protested that Apple s decision was shocking and disappointing. Other protests were led by the Association of Independent Music who called Apple Music s decision not to pay 5: singers/artists/writers, unfair. 3 In response Eddy Cue, an Apple senior 6: vice/ex/pre president said that Apple Music had changed its mind and would pay musicians for any music used during the free three month trial period. Mr Cue wrote, Apple will always make sure that artists are paid. Apple Music will pay artist for streaming, even during customer s free trial period. We 7: hate/hear/love you taylorswift13. 4 Apple s new music streaming service will launch at the end of June and people who sign up to it will have a choice of 37 8: million/billion/trillion songs to listen to through their computers, smartphones, tablets or Bluetooth watch. Currently the most popular music streaming service is Spotify. The 9: Swedish/Finnish/Danish based service has around 30 million songs, but importantly does not have music by The Beatles, AC/DC, Radiohead, Garth Brooks, Tool or Taylor Swift. 5 The battle between Apple Music and Spotify will continue as each service adds thousands of new songs to its catalogue every day. Currently Spotify offers two price plans for music lovers. A free plan with commercials or an ad-free option that costs 10: 8.99/ 18.99/ per month. Apple Music will charge its customers between 8.99 and a month, depending on which music plan is chosen. [352 Words] END OF PART 3

7 PART 4 After Listening Post-Listening / Reading 1 A3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can t remember any answers, guess! Q1 What job does Eddy Cue have at Apple? Q2 How much does Spotify charge for its streaming service? Q3 How many different platforms can you listen to Apple Music on? Q4 Which American singer led protests against Apple Music? Q5 How many artists are not available on Spotify? Q6 How much are the two price plans offered by Apple Music? E1 What is Taylor Swift s Twitter account name? E2 How many different musicians are in the news story? Post-Reading 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! A1 Sweden.? A2 30 million.? A3 iphone.? A4 Free.? A5 A.I.M.? END OF PART 4

8 PART 5 Extra Stuff English Extra I Football Phrases & Words The English language has different types of words that use the word musical words or phrases. Examples: Hush Money = Money paid to bribe someone to remain quiet. Funny money = Fake money / not real. Match the money phrases with their correct meaning! Musical Word Phrases Meanings 1: Ring a bell A: Information you receive makes you feel happy 2: Chime in B: Someone who says the same thing again & again 3: Fit as a fiddle C: Similar things or everything of that kind. 4: Jazz something up D: To be in control of the situation. 5: All that jazz. E: You do something wrong or inappropriate. 6: Music to one s ears. F: Interrupt a conversation. 7: Face the music. G: To report an illegal activity. 8: Strike a false note. H: Small changes to improve something. 9: Strike the right note. I: Something that sounds/looks familiar. 10: Like a broken record. J: To accept unpleasant consequences. 11: Call the tune. K: Add something to make it more stylish 12: Fine tuning L: In excellent health 13: Blow the whistle M: Do something suitable or appropriate. 7 to Chinwag This Week s ENW Podcast ENW Podcast Topic Apple Backs Down in Royalties Row Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1 What did you think of this week s podcast topic when you first read it? 2 How many songs do you own (approx.) in your music catalogue? 3 What is your favourite song? Why? 4 How many songs have you downloaded? 5 What was the first song you ever bought? When? 6 Do you think music streaming services are a good idea? 7 What type / genre of music do you not like? Why?

9 Writing This Week Imagine you are going to have to delete all the music you own. BUT you are allowed to keep EIGHT songs forever. What EIGHT songs would you choose and why? END OF PART 5 And Finally X & Z A4 Did You Know? The End

10 Visual TV Links You Tube (USA) 1: [4:21] Radioactive Imagine Dragons BBC News (UK) 2: [2:35] Taylor Swift Forces Apple Climb Down Apple (USA) 3: [2:15] Apple Music Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Warm Up 1 Odd-1-Out D ORANGE A / B / C are all fruits that are usually green in colour! Warm Up 3 Most Downloaded Songs via itunes Song Band Song Band 7.5m Radioactive Imagine Dragons 4.1m Eye of the Tiger Survivor 6.4m Don t Stop Belivein Journey 4.0m Demons Imagine Dragons 5.5m Sail Awolnation 3.9m Chasing Cars Snow Patrol 4.7m How to Save a Life The Fray 3.8m Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 4.5m Rockstar Nickleback 3.7m What I ve Done Linkin Park 4.3m Use Somebody Kings of Leon 3.6m You Found Me The Fray A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 B 2 C 3 B 4 A 5 A 6 C E1 B E2 C E3 B Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences The Shake it Off singer said that she would not allow any of her music to be available through Apple Music. A2 True or False 1 F 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 T

11 Antonyms 1 I 2 E 3 B 4 F 5 D 6 J 7 G 8 A 9 H 10 C Answers Part 3 Listening 201 Apple Backs Down in Royalties Row 1 Apple, home to the iphone, ipad, 1: ipod and itunes has sensationally changed its mind and agreed to pay musicians royalties when it launches its new music streaming service on June 30 th. Originally Apple Music was offering anyone who signed up to their new streaming service a free three-month trial. This also meant that Apple Music would not be paying musicians, writers, producers or performers any money for those three months of music streaming. 2 The decision by Apple Music to not pay musicians for use of their music angered many artists, including American pop-star Taylor Swift. The Shake it Off singer said that she would not allow any of her music to be available through Apple Music. Miss Swift protested that Apple s decision was shocking and disappointing. Other protests were led by the Association of Independent Music who called Apple Music s decision not to pay writers, unfair. 3 In response Eddy Cue, an Apple senior vice president said that Apple Music had changed its mind and would pay musicians for any music used during the free three month trial period. Mr Cue wrote, Apple will always make sure that artists are paid. Apple Music will pay artist for streaming, even during customer s free trial period. We hear you taylorswift13. 4 Apple s new music streaming service will launch at the end of June and people who sign up to it will have a choice of 37 billion songs to listen to through their computers, smartphones, tablets or Bluetooth watch. Currently the most popular music streaming service is Spotify. The Swedish based service has around 30 million songs, but importantly does not have music by The Beatles, AC/DC, Radiohead, Garth Brooks, Tool or Taylor Swift. 5 The battle between Apple Music and Spotify will continue as each service adds thousands of new songs to its catalogue every day. Currently Spotify offers two price plans for music lovers. A free plan with commercials or an ad-free option that costs 8.99 per month. Apple Music will charge its customers between 8.99 and a month, depending on which music plan is chosen. [352 Words] Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading A3 Q & A 1 Senior Vice President 5 Six 2 Free / / Four E1 taylorswift13 4 Taylor Swift E2 Seven A & Q Example Questions A1 Which country is Spotify based in? A2 How many songs are in the Spotify catalogue? A3 What smartphone does Apple produce? A4 What is the most expensive monthly fee for Apple Music? A5 What is the abbreviation for American Independent Music?

English Extra 1 I 4 K 7 J 10 B 13 G 2 F 5 C 8 E 11 D 3 L 6 A 9 M 12 H And Finally X & Z A4 X: downloaded / Z: TV Extra Bit This Week s ENW Images Episode 201 MAIN PHOTO: http://www.mirror.co.

12 English Extra 1 I 4 K 7 J 10 B 13 G 2 F 5 C 8 E 11 D 3 L 6 A 9 M 12 H And Finally X & Z A4 X: downloaded / Z: TV Extra Bit This Week s ENW Images Episode 201 MAIN PHOTO: LINKS: linkin-par-photo html

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