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This is a download from BBC Learning English.
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To find out more, visit our website.
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Hello, welcome to 6 Minute English.
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I'm Neil.
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And hello, I'm Rob.
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Today we're discussing music and the idea that songs are becoming faster.
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What music do you like, Rob?
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Oh, me.
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I like rock music.
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It has good vocals and it's loud.
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How about you, Neil?
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Well, I like anything and I prefer streaming my music actually.
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No old fashioned CDs to buy and load up.
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It's easier to play and you can play it anywhere.
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And streaming is where you listen or watch music or videos directly from the internet as a continuous stream.
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Did you know that some people believe
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that streaming music online is actually changing the songs people write and it might be leading to songs getting faster?
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Well, that's what we're discussing today.
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Let's hope it doesn't happen to this programme, otherwise we might become three-minute English.
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But before it does, let's get on with our question for everyone to answer.
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In 2017, Luis Fonzi's summer hit Despacito officially became the most streamed song of all time.
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Do you know approximately how many times it was streamed?
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Was it a 1.6 billion times, b 3.6 billion times, or c 4.6 billion times?
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I know the song was popular but 4.6 billion sounds too big so I'll go for A, 1.6 billion.
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OK, well we'll find out later in the programme.
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But now back to our discussion about how music producers are adapting their songs for modern technology.
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Researchers have found long instrumental introductions to pop songs have become almost extinct.
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Of course the aim of many pop songs is to be enjoyed by many, to be popular.
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But they also need to be a commercial success.
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They need to make money.
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Brendan Williams, a music producer and Professor of Music Technology, can explain what he thinks influences the songs.
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Here he is speaking on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme.
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I think that, you know, one of the things that's driving this, er, there are a number of things.
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They're all radio, er, they're all singles designed for radio playlists.
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Radio playlists are extremely important factors in judging the success of a track
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and obviously do feed into the kind of commercial success of a track.
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So, he mentions that radio playlists are important factors.
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A playlist is a list of songs that a radio station plans to play.
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And he says that radio playlists affect the commercial success of a song.
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By the way, he called a song a track – that's a recorded piece of music.
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And notice how he used the word driving, which means having a strong influence.
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So getting a song played on the radio is important
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and it has to be made in a way that will suit the radio station's playlist.
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Now, we know there are thousands of songs out there to listen to and plenty of ways to listen to them, so how can record companies get someone to listen to their particular song?
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Well, have a listen to Brendan Williams again to see what he thinks.
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But then there's the influence of streaming services like Spotify, where if a track isn't played for at least 30 seconds then it doesn't register a play. And Spotify...
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And if we don't hear the vocals then we might not carry on listening, is that the theory?
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Brendan Williams Absolutely yeah, that's the theory, is to get through, I guess to get into the meat of the song, to hear the lyrical content and get through to that first chorus.
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Well, it seems songs no longer have an intro, the instrumental piece of music that's played before the singing begins.
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In the old days, radio DJs, disc jockeys who played the records, loved to talk over that bit.
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Now we need to get to the lyrical content – that's the lyrics, or the words of the song, as soon as possible.
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So the theory, or idea, is to present listeners with vocals and a chorus more quickly as it will make them want to continue listening.
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That's because if a song isn't streamed for more than 30 seconds, it doesn't register a play.
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It doesn't get measured or recorded as a play.
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So it doesn't make money.
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So a song needs to hook the listener in quickly.
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In other words, it needs to attract their attention and be easy to remember.
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Another word for this is catchy.
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Do you have any favourite catchy songs, Rob?
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Oh, I do, I do.
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It's got to be Happy by Pharrell Williams.
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Very catchy song.
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Well, something that is always catchy in this programme is our quiz question.
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Earlier I mentioned that in 2017 Luis Fonzi's summer hit, Despacito, officially became the most streamed song of all time.
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Did you know approximately how many times it was streamed?
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Was it a 1.6 billion times, b 3.6 billion times, or c 4.6 billion times?
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And I went for a staggering 1.6 billion times.
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Well, it's not staggering enough, Rob.
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It was actually streamed 4.6 billion times.
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Amazing.
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That's a number that we can only dream of for this programme.
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Or is it?
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Well, Neil, shall we download to our memory some of the vocabulary we've learnt today?
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Streaming describes the activity of listening to or watching music, radio or videos directly from the internet as a continuous stream.
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Something that is a commercial success is popular and makes lots of money, like a new computer game or pop song.
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A good pop song, Rob.
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Not something annoying like Gangnam Style.
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Ah, well that was a huge commercial success because it was catchy, a word that describes something that attracts attention and is easy to remember.
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We also mentioned a playlist – that's a list of songs
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that a radio station plans to play –
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and we also used the same word – playlist – to
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describe a list of songs you compile yourself on a streaming service.
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We also heard the adjective driving, which in the context of our discussion means having a strong influence.
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And we mentioned the verb to register – if you register something, you record, count or measure it.
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Like every download of this programme is registered.
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But how do we download this programme, Rob?
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By going to our website at bbclearningenglish.com And we have an app too.
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Download it for free and stream all of our content.
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Bye for now.
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Bye.
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Prime impressioni: perché questo video è ottimo per parlare in inglese
Questo clip di "6 Minute English" è un materiale eccellente per esercitare la pronuncia e la fluidità. La conversazione tra Neil e Rob è naturale, con un tono colloquiale e espressioni comuni che si usano quotidianamente. Inoltre, affronta un argomento attuale (la musica e lo streaming) che stimola l'interesse, rendendo il learning più coinvolgente. Le interviste a Brendan Williams aggiungono variabilità nel tono e nella velocità, aiutando gli apprendisti a adattarsi a diversi stili di parlare. Un punto forte? Le spiegazioni chiare di termini come "streaming" o "playlist", che facilitano la comprensione senza dover ricorrere a glossari esterni.
Analisi del dialogo: frasi naturali da imitare
Ecco tre frasi chiave e perché sono un modello per la pronuncia inglese:
- "I like anything and I prefer streaming my music actually." La parola "actually" è pronunciata con una leggera enfasi sulla seconda sillaba, tipica del parlato spontaneo. La connessione tra "prefer streaming" è fluida, senza pause, insegnando come collegare le parole in modo naturale.
- "Radio playlists are extremely important factors in judging the success of a track." L'uso di "extremely important" è semplice ma efficace, e la pronuncia di "factors" con la "t" soft (quasi sorda) mostra come le consonanti finali si attenuano nel parlato. "Track" è un sinonimo di "song" molto usato, da memorizzare.
- "If a track isn't played for at least 30 seconds then it doesn't register a play." La struttura condizionale "if... then" è chiara e il ritmo è regolare, con una pausa dopo "seconds" che aiuta a capire la logica della frase. La parola "register" è usata in un contesto tecnologico, un esempio di lessico specifico ma utile.
Una routine di pratica: shadowing per migliorare la pronuncia
Per esercitarti con questo video, usa il metodo "shadowspeaks" (o "shadow speak"): ascolta una frase, pausa il video e ripeti immediatamente dopo, cercando di imitare il tono, l'intonazione e la velocità. Ecco come organizzare la routine:
- Scegli un passaggio di 30 secondi (es. la conversazione tra Neil e Rob sullo streaming).
- Ascolta attentamente, notando le pause e le connessioni tra le parole.
- Ripeti la frase subito dopo, registrando te stesso con un cellulare.
- Confronta la tua registrazione con il video: correggi la pronuncia di parole come "streaming" o "playlist" e la fluidità delle connessioni.
- Ripeti il processo per 5-10 volte finché la frase suona naturale.
Questo metodo, spesso consigliato su siti di shadowing, è perfetto per imparare l'inglese con i video e migliorare la pronuncia inglese in modo pratico. Ricorda: la chiave è la ripetizione costante!
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
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| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | was streamed · be enjoyed · be made |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | have found · we've learnt |
| Possibilità con “might / may” might/may + verbo — qualcosa di possibile ma non certo | might be · might become · might not carry |
| Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppo | the most streamed |
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.