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The Beatles (Advanced Program) · Spotlight English: Advanced

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Spotlight Advanced.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Colin Lowther and I'm Alice Irasari. Spotlight uses a
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  Speaker 2: special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people
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  Speaker 2: to understand no matter where in the world they live.
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  Speaker 1: In many ways, it all started with them. Generations of
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  Speaker 1: children grew up dreaming of being just like them. They
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  Speaker 1: wanted to play music just like they did. They wanted
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  Speaker 1: to be rich and famous. They wanted to travel the
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  Speaker 1: world singing to excited fans, and they wanted to do
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  Speaker 1: it with their friends just like they did. They wanted
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  Speaker 1: to be like four teenage boys from Liverpool, England who
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  Speaker 1: grew up to change the world.
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  Speaker 2: On today's Spotlight, we look at the music group the Beatles.
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  Speaker 2: We examined their great success. We discussed their cultural impact
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  Speaker 2: around the world. We will talk about their influence on
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  Speaker 2: other musicians. We explore a sound that will be remembered
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  Speaker 2: for generations to come.
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  Speaker 1: Rock and roll is a popular form of music that
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  Speaker 1: was formed in the United States. Many songs are fast
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  Speaker 1: and repeat key phrases. Some of the first rock and
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  Speaker 1: roll musicians to gain success were Bill Haley and the Comets,
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  Speaker 1: Buddy Holly and the Crickets, and Elvis Presley.
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  Speaker 2: John Lennon, one of the founding members of the Beatles.
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  Speaker 1: Said, nothing really affected me until I heard l If
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  Speaker 1: there had not been Elvis, there would not have been
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  Speaker 1: the Beatles. John Lennon's first band was called the quarry Men.
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  Speaker 1: He invited his friends Paul McCartney and George Harrison to join.
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  Speaker 1: Over the next few years, the band played their music
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  Speaker 1: around Liverpool and Hamburg. A few other musicians joined and
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  Speaker 1: then left the band.
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  Speaker 2: Ringo's Star became their fourth and final member. He played
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  Speaker 2: an instrument called drums. These were round instruments with thin
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  Speaker 2: plastic stretched over them. Ringo hit the drums with sticks.
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  Speaker 2: John and Paul did most of the singing for the band.
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  Speaker 2: John also played an instrument called a guitar that had
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  Speaker 2: six strings. He played it with his fingers or with
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  Speaker 2: a pick. A pick is a small plastic tool shaped
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  Speaker 2: like a triangle. George also played guitar and sang sometimes
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  Speaker 2: besides singing. Paul played an instrument called the bass guitar.
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  Speaker 2: It only had four strings and made low notes. He
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  Speaker 2: played it with a pick.
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  Speaker 1: They decided on a new name, the Beatles. It was
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  Speaker 1: spelled b E A T L E S. It was
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  Speaker 1: connected to the word beat. Beat was another word for
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  Speaker 1: what Ringo played on the drums. The musicians had to
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  Speaker 1: play consistently with the drummers beat. The Insect Beatle is
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  Speaker 1: spelled b E E T l E. During the band's
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  Speaker 1: early years, other people sometimes misspelled their name like the insect.
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  Speaker 2: Brian Epstein saw the group play and offered to manage them.
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  Speaker 2: He thought they could become successful. He thought that many
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  Speaker 2: people would like their music. He was able to get
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  Speaker 2: them a contract with a recording company. A recording company
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  Speaker 2: is a business that makes and sells music. The band
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  Speaker 2: started recording songs in professional studios. One of their songs,
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  Speaker 2: called love Me Doo, became successful in the United Kingdom.
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  Speaker 2: Epstein traveled to the United States. He got them a
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  Speaker 2: spot on the popular TV program The Ed Sullivan Show.
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  Speaker 2: By the time the Beatles performed on The Ed Sullivan Show,
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  Speaker 2: many people in the United States had heard their music.
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  Speaker 2: They wanted to see them in person. No one was
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  Speaker 2: excited when the Beatles played on the show. Over seventy
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  Speaker 2: million people watched it. Ed Sullivan said, I.
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  Speaker 3: Have never seen anything compared to the wild behavior in
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  Speaker 3: uncontrolled excitement they caused. The streets outside our studio were
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  Speaker 3: filled with people. They screamed, yelled, and stopped traffic. It
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  Speaker 3: was impossible to describe. There has never been anything like
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  Speaker 3: it in shoe business.
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  Speaker 1: The Beatles began playing shows all over the world. They
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  Speaker 1: recorded more of their music. Many of their songs became
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  Speaker 1: very popular, including Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night,
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  Speaker 1: and We Can Work It Out. They were always in
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  Speaker 1: demand and for interviews and shows. Their pictures appeared on
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  Speaker 1: the covers of many magazines. They traveled all the time.
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  Speaker 1: Fans chased them whenever they spotted a band member At
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  Speaker 1: their shows, it was difficult to hear their music over
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  Speaker 1: the audience shouting so loudly slowly. The Beatles were tired
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  Speaker 1: of being away from home, traveling endlessly and dealing with
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  Speaker 1: very intense fans became too exhausting. They decided to focus
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  Speaker 1: on making recordings in the studio. They stopped playing in
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  Speaker 1: front of people.
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  Speaker 2: This extra time allowed the Beatles to experiment on studio albums.
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  Speaker 2: An album is a collection of songs that are recorded
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  Speaker 2: and released together in a single group. The Beatles next
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  Speaker 2: two albums, Revolver and Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts, club band
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  Speaker 2: are considered two of the most influential albums ever recorded.
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  Speaker 2: The Beatles began using the studio to invent recording styles
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  Speaker 2: never tried in popular music. Many of their new songs
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  Speaker 2: were impossible to play at a live concert. These songs
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  Speaker 2: had too many parts to recreate outside of the studio.
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  Speaker 2: The words in their songs also became more thought provoking.
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  Speaker 2: They spoke about important issues in society. These albums were
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  Speaker 2: very successful. It was the first time that music writers
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  Speaker 2: considered rock and roll great art. Other popular musicians of
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  Speaker 2: the time, like the Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, and The Birds,
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  Speaker 2: copied the beatles new recording methods.
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  Speaker 1: The Beatles even influenced fashion. If they wore one kind
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  Speaker 1: of clothes, everyone wanted them. When they grew their hair long,
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  Speaker 1: fans and other musicians grew theirs too. When John Lennon
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  Speaker 1: spoke in interviews about his political beliefs, many listeners changed
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  Speaker 1: their minds. They were the first band to make videos
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  Speaker 1: for their songs. They even made two films to advertise
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  Speaker 1: their music.
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  Speaker 2: The Beatles recorded twelve albums in the studio, but they
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  Speaker 2: decided to end their band after only seven years together.
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  Speaker 2: All four members wanted to release albums with their own songs.
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  Speaker 2: There was not enough room on a Beatles album for
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  Speaker 2: all four members songs. They had tried to release a
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  Speaker 2: double album with twice as many songs, but there was
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  Speaker 2: still not enough room. Also, the world's passion for the
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  Speaker 2: Beatles was too much for its members. Each was known
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  Speaker 2: more for being a Beatle than for being a musician.
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  Speaker 1: It was time for the Beatles to go their separate ways.
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  Speaker 1: Despite their enormous, unmatched success, the Beatles broke up. Their
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  Speaker 1: fans begged them to stay together, but it was over.
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  Speaker 2: However, they were not done. Each member began writing and
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  Speaker 2: recording albums on their own. Some of them were very successful.
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  Speaker 2: They each continued playing shows around the world. They inspired
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  Speaker 2: future generations of musicians. Every band was influenced by the Beatles.
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  Speaker 1: The Beatles were the first rock band to become globally successful.
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  Speaker 1: Solo artists like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry had achieved
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  Speaker 1: success before the Beatles, but there had never been a
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  Speaker 1: band as famous as the Beatles. For the first time,
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  Speaker 1: people grew up wanting to play in a band. They
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  Speaker 1: wanted to write their own songs like the Beatles. Followers
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  Speaker 1: liked the fact that the Beatles were friends from the
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  Speaker 1: same hard working town. They did not seem mean or prideful.
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  Speaker 1: They played fun, exciting music. They had the courage to
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  Speaker 1: take chances with their music. They did not repeat the
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  Speaker 1: same style that had already worked for them. They changed
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  Speaker 1: rock and roll from simple dance music to more creative music.
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  Speaker 1: Famous singer David Bowie said, the Beatles opened the door
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  Speaker 1: for everybody else.
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  Speaker 2: Only two of the Beatles are still alive as of
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  Speaker 2: this writing. They are Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. They
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  Speaker 2: each continue to make music. When they play a show,
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  Speaker 2: many fans come to hear them. Some are new followers,
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  Speaker 2: others have cheered for them since those seven short years
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  Speaker 2: when four boys from Liverpool changed the world.
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  Speaker 1: Have you ever heard any Beatles songs? If so, which
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  Speaker 1: are your favorites? Have you ever dreamed of being in
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  Speaker 1: a successful band? Have you ever played an instrument? You
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  Speaker 2: The writer of this program was Peter Anderson. The producer
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  Speaker 2: was Michiyo Osaki. The voices you heard were from the
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  Speaker 2: United Kingdom and the United States. All quotes were adapted
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  Speaker 2: for this program and voiced by Spotlight. No AI or
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  Speaker 2: artificial intelligence was used in this program. Spotlight programs are written, voiced,
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  Speaker 2: and produced by real people for real people, no matter
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  Speaker 2: where in the world they live. This program is called
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  Speaker 2: The Beatles.
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  Speaker 1: We hope you can join us again for the next
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  Speaker 1: Spotlight program. Goodbye,