Flex 3-2

What Makes a Hit Song?

paragraph 2 ​

Vocabulary

divide A - Aを分ける

divide A into B - AをBに分ける

participant - 参加者

extra - 追加の、さらなる

random - 無作為の、任意の

prior to A - Aの前に

related to A - Aに関係がある

unrelated to A - Aとは関係がない

​review question!

Multiple Choice

According to paragraph 1, a song becomes a hit because _______________

• beautiful melodies make people happy

• it has good lyrics

• listeners care about what other people think

​open textbook to page 48!

an ​online study

​How do people choose music?

​

​

​___ unknown songs
to
________ teenagers

​gave...

Multiple Choice

Researchers gave a list of (a)____ unknown songs to (b)____ teenagers.

• (a)48 (b)14,000

• (a)14,000 (b)48

• (a)14 (b)14,000

​Researchers gave a list of 48 unknown songs to 14,000 teenagers.

​They divided the participants...

Multiple Choice

Researchers divided the participants into _____ groups.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

​Researchers divided the participants into two groups.

​The first group saw...

_______ and ___________

Multiple Choice

The first group saw ______________________ .

• the prices and the number of downloads

• song titles and lyrics

• song titles and band names

​The first group saw song titles and band names.

​The second group saw...

_______, ___________,
and also ______________ !!

something extra!!

Multiple Choice

The second group saw song titles, band names, and also ______________________ .

• the number of downloads

• lyrics

• the release date

​The second group saw song titles, band names, and the number of downloads.

​The second group saw song titles, band names, and the number of downloads.

​real? fake?

Fill in the Blanks

They used r

numbers to show how many people downloaded the songs.

(first letter is already given! start your answer from the second letter.)

​Researchers used random numbers to show how many people downloaded the songs.

​downloads

​downloads

​quality and download number:
...unrelated!!

Word Cloud

What do you think happened? (Which songs did the participants like?)

​good job!!