Shadowing Practice: Track 20b - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Recording 20b My taste in music is quite eclectic, and there isn't really one style of music that I like.
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I listen to everything from popular music to classical.
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Music plays a very important role in my life, and I listen to it almost constantly.
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I find that it helps to set or to change a mood.
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So I tend to choose my music according to who I'm with or what I'm doing.
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For example, if I'm driving long distances in my car, I prefer to play something stimulating to help keep me awake.
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But if I'm having a dinner party with friends, then I play something more relaxing.
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I think that music helps to inspire me when I'm working, although my colleagues find it distracting, so I tend to listen with headphones on,
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in that way I can escape into my own little world.
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When I was younger, I would definitely have said that I preferred live music.
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The atmosphere in a live concert can be electric.
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Nowadays, though, a lot of popular groups only perform at very large venues in front of audiences of 20 ,000 or more, and I don't really like that.
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I prefer the intimacy of listening to recorded music, and the sound quality is better as well.
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Music really enriches our lives.
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It can turn a boring, monotonous period of time into a magical experience, So I think it's essential to have music and,
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in fact, all of the arts in your life.
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