Reading

-Instruction-
Part 1: guess the music devices
• You will be given pictures of music
devices throughout the history

• Your task is to match the pictures with

the corresponding paragraphs that
- describe them best

• For each correct answer, your team will

get points
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1 8
A. Thomas Edison creates the ..... a device that records sound and changes the
audio and music industries. It worked through mechanical recording and
reproduction of sound by using vibration waveforms.

B. The earliest device that could record sound was the ..... , invented by
Music box Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville in 1857. It worked by transcribing
soundwaves as undulations through a traced line on either glass or smoke-
blacken paper.

C. The first ..... and music device was automatic, producing sound by placing
pins on a disc or a revolving cylinder. It became popular when the first factory
Phonograph opened in 1815 and the industry boomed. The cylinder may

Phonautograph
 1925 - 1972
A. The Regency TR-1 allowed people to take their music on the go. This
handheld, portable music device worked with AM broadcasts.

Turntables B. Flat disc records being played between 1898 and the late 1950s were
played at a speed of approximately 78 revolutions per minute, and this
nominal value was chosen as the industry standard.

C. These devices were released as a high-fidelity record player for consumers,

Transistor having a direct drive, high torque motor design. It was perfect for pushbutton
radio cueing and for radios.

vinyl record
*note: the general name for the devices
in this slide isn't mentioned in the pharagraphs
 1979 - 2001
A. Providing 5GB or 10 GB of songs, albums, and playlists, ...... was a big
hit. It allowed users to change music with ease. The ..... is undoubtedly one
of the world’s most widely-known portable music devices.

Discman B. (company) made portable music even more portable with the ...... , which
represented a synergy between the Phillips’ cassette tape and Nathaniel
Baldwin’s headphones. Portable compact disc players led to the decline of it,
which was discontinued in 2010.

C. The popular ..... was introduced in 1984 by (company). This (*word

hidden) player, the D-50, entertained many with its portability. Its remarkable
features include rechargable cells, various AC outputs and 2 RCA jacks.
Ipod

Walkman
 Additional activity for the
unlucky group
• --- Write one suitable word ---

• Answer: Walkman cassette players were very popular

during the 1980s, which led to "walkman" becoming an unofficial
• stereo(s) term for personal s..... of any producer or brand. 220 million
• - cassette-type Walkman were sold by the end of p..... in 2010;
• production including digital Walkman devices such as DAT, MiniDisc, CD
• - (originally Discman then renamed the CD Walkman) and m.....-
• memory(s) type media players , it has sold approximately 400 million at this
time. The Walkman brand has also been applied to transistor radio
• keep in mind that
Discman and Walkman
are two separated devices
 That is the end of
part 1
Moving on to part 2 featuring everyone's
favourite reading test from IELTS

P/S: the person who makes this slide likes the song
“What a wonderful world” (by Louis Armstrong) most.