The Rolling Stones Make a New Album

滾石樂團推出新專輯


Introduction

The Rolling Stones have a new album. It is called 'Foreign Tongues'. It comes out on July 10.

滾石樂團有一張新專輯,名稱為《Foreign Tongues》,將於 7 月 10 日發行。

Main Body

The band recorded some songs many years ago. They recorded other songs recently in London. The songs are about the USA and old blues music.

樂團在多年前錄製了一些歌曲,最近也在倫敦錄製了其他歌曲。這些歌曲的主題關於美國和古老的藍調音樂。

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are friends now. They do not fight like before. They are older and more calm. But Keith does not like new computers or AI music.

Mick Jagger 和 Keith Richards 現在是朋友,不再像以前那樣爭吵。他們年紀較大,也變得更沉穩。但 Keith 不喜歡新電腦或 AI 音樂。

Mick wants to travel and play music in many cities. Keith thinks traveling is too hard for his body. Now, they want to play in one city for a long time. They might stay in London, New York, or Paris.

Mick 想要前往許多城市旅行並演奏音樂。Keith 則認為旅行對他的身體來說太辛苦。現在,他們希望在一個城市停留較長時間。他們可能會留在倫敦、紐約或巴黎。

Conclusion

The band is making new music. They might stop traveling and play in only a few cities.

樂團正在創作新音樂。他們可能會停止旅行,僅在少數城市演出。

Vocabulary Learning

⚡️ The 'Change' Pattern

Look at how the story describes people changing over time. This is a key A2 skill: comparing now versus before.

The Logic: Now (Current state) \rightarrow Before (Past state)

Examples from the text:

  • Friendship: They are friends now \rightarrow they fought before.
  • Mood: They are more calm now \rightarrow they were less calm before.

🛠 Simple Tool: "More + Adjective"

To show someone has changed, use more + a describing word:

  • Older (old + er)
  • More calm (more + calm)

Quick Tip: If the word is short, add -er. If it is long or specific, use more.


📍 Place Choices

Notice the word "or". We use it to show a choice between different cities:

LondonNew YorkParis\text{London} \rightarrow \text{New York} \rightarrow \text{Paris}

The band is not in all these places; they must choose one.

Vocabulary Learning

album (n.)
A collection of songs recorded by a musician or band.
Example:I bought a new music album yesterday.
recorded (v.)
To store sound or music using special equipment.
Example:The singer recorded her voice in a studio.
recently (adv.)
A short time ago; not long ago.
Example:I recently started learning English.
calm (adj.)
Peaceful and not angry or excited.
Example:The teacher is very calm in the classroom.
Practice A2 words in a crossword