What’s your soundtrack??

Reading: a-b-c-f page 71

I think that “what kind of music do you like?” is a good question to know information about character and lifestyle of people. According to psychologists, I retain that musical tastes can show some important aspects about somebody because every kind of music conveys particular and specific feelings and sensations. Therefore everyone chooses and loves a type of music on the basis of own character, political position and lifestyle. So I fit myself into the first category of the article: “upbeat and simple music”. In fact I love listening to pop and country music, according to this article I am cheerful, sociable and outgoing and I enjoy helping people.

Therefore I agree with the psychologists who think that personality clues are revealed in the music’s tempo and lyrics ; and I assent to the article about what it say about  people personalities.

 In fact, for example, one of my friends loves listening to energetic and rhythmic music as hip hop. As the article rightly says she is extrovert, romantic and she often speaks their mind without thinking; another friend, who is quite vain and intellectual, often listens to jazz music.

In conclusion I think that this article gives correct and true information through musical tastes, and I retain that music is very often the mirror of our personalities.

Reading e: read the article again and underline new words or phrases that you would like to learn , and compare with a partner.

Adverb: unnecessarily - adjective: unnecessary - noun: uselessness

Unnecessarily is an adverb used to say that something is useless. Example: My mother is unnecessarily fussy because I’m in love with him. / “People who like country and pop music try to avoid their lives unnecessarily complex.”

Adjective: Upbeat -synonymous: cheerful, offbeat, well being, optimistic.

Example: I saw a film with an upbeat ending.

 Adverb: remarkably – adjective: remarkable noun: remarkableness

Remarkably is an adverb used to say that something or somebody is extraordinary unusual. Examples: Mario is a man remarkable for his courage because he enjoys helping people. / “their research has shown that knowing another person’s musical tastes can provide remarkably accurate personality predictions.”

Phrase: “people with dramatic personalities, whose moods go up and down a lot, are attracted to opera, not influenced by it”.

 It is an expression used to say that a person is moody, changeable. –Adj: moodily noun: moodiness