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CDs

Learn English: Meaning of CDs

Date: Mar 06 2019

Themes: Hobbies, Music, Tech

Grammar: Imperative Form

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When many of us listen to music, it’s on our phones or computers. We use headphones to hear digital files on our laptops. We buy music on the internet from online stores. And the whole time we never touch an actual album.

It wasn’t that long ago when music fans had to go to a store to pick up CDs. We can still buy CDs now, but it’s not as popular as it used to be. CDs (or compact discs) are small, shiny, and round, and they can only be heard on a CD player with speakers. CDs have booklets that listeners can use to read the words in each song. It’s something fans can hold and look at while listening to their favorite musicians and bands.

Jessica doesn’t want her old CDs anymore, but Lily wants to keep them. Find out more in today’s English lesson about listening to music.

Dialog

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Jessica

Lily

Jessica: I’m trying to reorganize my office at home. I found stacks and stacks of CDs, and I don’t know what to do with them. I feel like they’re obsolete. I should just give them away to charity or something.

Lily: No! Give them to me, give them to me! I’m collecting them. They’re so old-school. It’s great!

Jessica: But what’s the point? Now we have digital music and MP3s. I guess they’re more tangible to have the CD. But I have an MP3 player in my car now.

Lily: But think of it… CDs are like the new vinyl record. It’s this cool thing that you have. You can see it in your hand. You can put it in the player. You can listen to the music. It’s not just bits on a computer. It’s more authentic. As opposed to if your computer crashes, then all of your music is gone.

Jessica: It is true. And something I will say I found was all of the booklets that come with the CDs have the lyrics in them, which is also really cool. Maybe I’ll hang onto those.

Lily: Do it. Or give them to me.

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Discussion

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Jessica found some old CDs and she isn’t sure what to do with them. She’s thinking of giving them away because she doesn’t listen to them anymore. Even if she wanted to listen to the CDs, she doesn’t own a CD player.

But not everyone thinks that CDs are obsolete. Lily thinks that Jessica should give the CDs to her because she collects them. Lily likes that she can hold CDs in her hand, and that they remind her of the past. Lily also points out that if Jessica’s computer crashes, she will lose all of her digital music.

Do you listen to CDs? What do you like or dislike about CDs?

Comments

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S&W

China

@julito See,CDs open your business mind.Why don’t u find a way for shoba to keep her mango from eating?You know crow so well and the older the wiser.hahaha

Shoba

Sri Lanka

Yes, S&W,

When the sunlight hits the CD, it splashes light all over the area. This irritates the crows/birds and scares them away.

Dear Julito,

You are so right about the crows. They are smarter than us and no matter what method I use they somehow find a way to peck my fruits.

ScienceBoy

Turkey

You are right S&W, we can buy CDc for the singers’ signitures. I haven’t thought about that ;-)

julito

Argentina

i deeply regret that i did away with my bakelite radio, RCA turntable, GELOSO (made in Italy) tape recorder . Vinyl records, cassettes , CDs, what are they if not collectibles , we can keep them to pass on to future generations or to sell the collectibles on ebay, if we need some money. I have a Sony CDs player , i am not using it anymore , if anyone is interested is free. Maybe Jessica would be , as she lacks of one.

Shoba found out that CDs could be a deterrent to crows , but we all know that crows are very smart, they will find a way to snatch away the mangoes from her fruit garden. Sorry dear Shoba jejejej

Jasonlongo

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The

I really am for Lily, it’s good to hold those old-school things, cuz one day that can be a throwback you know.

But in this new world CDs are… way too oooooold.

S&W

China

@scienceboy .yes We lived in digital age,but we can buy a CD and ask for signatures from famous celebities.

S&W

China

@shoba Dose a crow scare of CDs?

ScienceBoy

Turkey

I don’t own CDs. We live in a digital age. Yes Lily is right, CDs are more authentic and your laptop can crash and you may lose your mp3 files but not necessarily. Now there are cloud services that you can save your digital files on an online server and then you can access them anywhere using any smart device.

sara5785

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

No, i don’t listen to CDs. Actually I don’t have any CDs but I like to buy a CDs from Enrique. Unfortunately I can’t fint it here :(

Shoba

Sri Lanka

I used to listen to CDs once upon a time, but not anymore.

The thing I dislike most about CDs is that they easily get scratched or damaged. And they can save only limited data.

Now, most of my old CDs have become toys for my children, and the others are hanging in our garden to keep the crows at bay.

mojtaba

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I has a few tapes when I was so young and now I don’t have any ,I have a mp3 player and if just want listen music use of it and my car have a flash reader too ,so I don’t need any CD or tapes .but if I want have some music for ever burn them into DVD