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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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你能學到什麼
這段影片能幫你提升兩項實用口語技能：一是聽懂日常對話中的連讀和省略，比如"it's easier"中的連讀；二是學會用自然的節奏討論音樂話題，像影片裡Neil和Rob那樣流暢交流"流媒體音樂"等現代詞彙。此外，還能掌握如何清晰表達觀點，比如解釋"為什麼歌曲變得更快"。
注意這些發音現象
影片中存在不少連讀和弱讀現象，比如"load up"連讀成/ləʊd ʌp/，"a number of"中的"a"弱讀為/ə/。還有"driving this"的連讀，以及"it doesn't register"中"doesn't"的弱讀。這些發音技巧能讓你的口語更地道，適合用影子跟讀（shadow speak）來練習。
像母語者一樣表達
模仿影片中說話者的節奏和重音很關鍵。比如"streaming music online"要重讀"streaming"和"online"，突出核心資訊；"commercial success"則重讀"commercial"，強調商業屬性。你可以用看影片學英語的方式，結合影子跟讀（英語影子跟讀）反覆練習。找一個合適的shadowing site，跟著音訊逐句模仿，注意語氣的起伏，比如Rob說到"3.6 billion"時的驚訝語氣。堅持練習，你的口語會越來越自然。
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
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| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | was streamed · be enjoyed · be made |
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | have found · we've learnt |
| 用 “might / may” 表可能 might/may + 動詞 — 有可能但不確定的事 | might be · might become · might not carry |
| 最高階 the -est / the most … — 一組中最高或最低的 | the most streamed |
什麼是跟讀法？
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。