Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
The 20/20 Experience is the newest album by pop artist Justin Timberlake. It’s his first album since he went on a musical hiatus in 2006. The album incorporates many musical styles, including older and newer styles of soul music.
What does the title mean? When your doctor tells you you have “20/20” vision, she or he means that your vision is perfect. Maybe this means that JT thinks that after his time off he can now see perfectly? But does perfect vision mean perfect songs? Hear Greta tell Lily what she thinks of this comeback album in this music English lesson.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Greta: Lily, have you heard Justin Timberlake’s new album, The 20/20 Experience?
Lily: No, but I’ve seen the cover, and it looks very intriguing.
Greta: It’s a great cover, and I have to say I am a devout fan. I love JT. And this was my least favorite album that he’s ever made.
Lily: Oh.
Greta: And I feel very bad saying that, because I am a huge fan.
Lily: What’s so bad about it?
Greta: I feel like maybe it got too over-hyped, and maybe it was him trying to make this big comeback into the music scene. And he plays with a lot of different types of music. He’s got some neo-soul, and some older soul kind of inspired songs, and it just… I don’t know. It’s one of those things, I can’t put my finger on it. It doesn’t have whatever that magic was that was in his first two albums that made his fan base explode and turned him from this boy band into a legitimate artist. It just doesn’t have that thing.
Lily: It kinda sucks that his album isn’t that great.
Greta: It does. And I will be devoted to him forever. I will let this album go. It’s not a big deal, but I was disappointed.
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Discussion
Lily asks Greta if she’s heard the new Justin Timberlake album, The 20/20 Experience. Greta has heard it, and though she’s typically a devout member of JT’s fan base, she doesn’t think the album’s very good.
It’s hard for her to explain what’s not good about it, though. He tries out several different types of music, but it’s missing something. It’s missing that mysterious thing that makes an OK album a great one. Greta still plans to be a fan forever, though.
Have you heard the new JT album? What do you think? Have you ever been disappointed by a new album from one of your favorite artists?
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