B1 - Unit 3 - Reading - Vocabulary

​Unit 3 - Reading

Vocabulary Self-study​

​Find words or phrases in the article that have these meanings.

​1. seen at the same time it is happening (e.g. music) (para 2): ..........

Music videos are a great way to tell a story about a song. In future, we’ll watch music videos in virtual reality and be a part of that story. We’ll also regularly watch live virtual reality concerts from our own homes. We’ll put on our headset just before the concert starts and be ready to go. Virtual reality concerts might not be common at the moment. However, a few bands are trying them out at a festival next month. If successful, these concerts are likely to become very popular.

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1. seen at the same time it is happening (e.g. music) (para 2): ..........

​2. happening often (para 2): ..........

Music videos are a great way to tell a story about a song. In future, we’ll watch music videos in virtual reality and be a part of that story. We’ll also regularly watch live virtual reality concerts from our own homes. We’ll put on our headset just before the concert starts and be ready to go. Virtual reality concerts might not be common at the moment. However, a few bands are trying them out at a festival next month. If successful, these concerts are likely to become very popular.

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2. happening often (para 2): ..........

​3. getting the result you want (para 2): ..........

Music videos are a great way to tell a story about a song. In future, we’ll watch music videos in virtual reality and be a part of that story. We’ll also regularly watch live virtual reality concerts from our own homes. We’ll put on our headset just before the concert starts and be ready to go. Virtual reality concerts might not be common at the moment. However, a few bands are trying them out at a festival next month. If successful, these concerts are likely to become very popular.

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3. getting the result you want (para 2): ..........

​4. without anything or anyone else coming in between (para 3): ..........

Musicians are always looking for new ways to connect with listeners of their music. New technology, known as a ‘block chain’, will allow musicians to share new songs directly with fans. The technology will also stop those people from sending the music to others. This means musicians will no longer lose money through file sharing. Some artists are going to try out this technology soon.

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4. without anything or anyone else coming in between (para 3): ..........

​5. make (para 4): ..........

Finally, we won’t only listen to music made by humans. It’ll be possible for a machine to learn how to write songs too. It won’t be able to do it alone though. It’ll need us to help it so it’ll be a team activity. Humans and machines will work together to produce, hopefully, great music.

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5. make (para 4): ..........

​6. say that something will happen before it happens (para 5): ..........

Of course, the great thing about the future is that none of us really knows what will happen. In the past, people predicted no more guitar bands, no more rock music and no more radio. But none of those things came true. What we do know about the future is that, with all these incredible developments in technology, music’s going to be exciting!

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6. say that something will happen before it happens (para 5): ..........

​7. a group of musicians (para 5): ..........

Of course, the great thing about the future is that none of us really knows what will happen. In the past, people predicted no more guitar bands, no more rock music and no more radio. But none of those things came true. What we do know about the future is that, with all these incredible developments in technology, music’s going to be exciting!

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7. a group of musicians (para 5): ..........

​8. so good that you can’t believe it (para 5): ..........

Of course, the great thing about the future is that none of us really knows what will happen. In the past, people predicted no more guitar bands, no more rock music and no more radio. But none of those things came true. What we do know about the future is that, with all these incredible developments in technology, music’s going to be exciting!

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8. so good that you can’t believe it (para 5): ..........