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Pre-reading questions:
- Do you like listening to songs by foreign artists?
- Do you use YouTube?
Vocabulary:
- superstar /SOO-per-stahr/
[noun] – an extremely famous actor, singer, musician, sports player, etc
Tiger Woods is a superstar in golf.
- over /OH-ver/
[preposition] – above or higher than something else, sometimes so that one thing covers the other
The little boy pulled the blanket over his head because he was so scared.
- name /neym/
[verb] – to give someone or something a name
Mr. Corden named their puppy “Spot”.
- premiere /pri-MEER/
[noun] – the first public performance of a play or any other type of entertainment
Today is the world premiere of “Mulan”!
- feel-good /feel-good/
[adjective] – causing happy and positive feelings about life
This feel-good song is something that I need to hear right now.
K-Pop superstars, BTS, breaks YouTube’s highest record for the most viewed music video with over 101.1 million views in 24 hours. This track named “Dynamite” is their first ever English song. It also broke another record for the biggest music video premiere on the app with over 3 million viewers watching at the same time. BTS told the press that “Dynamite” is a feel-good song to make people feel lighter in this time of coronavirus pandemic. The song has now won four awards in MTV Video Music Awards and reached #1 at the Billboard Hot 100.
True or False:
- K-Pop superstars, BTS, breaks YouTube records for the most viewed music video with 100 million views within 24 hours.
- Their latest single “Dynamite” is their first ever track written in English.
- “Dynamite” even garnered over 2 million viewers watching at the same time.
- The song was made to make people feel better during the coronavirus crisis.
- “Dynamite” won three awards at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Vocabulary Check:
[noun] – an extremely famous actor, singer, musician, sports player, etc
Tiger Woods is a superstar in golf.
[preposition] – above or higher than something else, sometimes so that one thing covers the other
The little boy pulled the blanket over his head because he was so scared.
[verb] – to give someone or something a name
Mr. Corden named their puppy “Spot”.
[noun] – the first public performance of a play or any other type of entertainment
Today is the world premiere of “Mulan”!
[adjective] – causing happy and positive feelings about life
This feel-good song is something that I need to hear right now.
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| superstar | over | name | premiere | feel-good |
- Have you watched the world _______ of the Spiderman movie?
- Michael Jordan is a basketball _______.
- What is that sign _______ the door?
- I like this bright, _______ song!
- Their daughter was _______ after their grandmother.