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Do you often listen to one type of music?

Admittedly, I do. I tend to listen to a certain genre or a singer at different periods and for an extended period of time. For instance, recently I’ve been listening to the soundtrack of my favorite British TV series, Downton Abbey. Last year I was into Spanish pop songs, particularly a singer called Alvaro Soler because his music is generally passionate, typically Spanish, and they also cheer me up whenever I feel down. Not to say however, that I always need cheering up! Haha.

• genre 类型；流派


• an extended period of time 很长一段时间


• TV series 电视剧


• pop songs 流行歌


• passionate 激情的


• cheer up 使振作起来

What music do you like?

I kinda like everything as long as it agrees with my mood and taste. As mentioned, I love the soundtracks of classic TV series or movies such as Downton Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, and Coco, and I also enjoy pop music from different eras and I also like to sing along with ‘em.

Language-wise, I prefer to listen to Chinese and Cantonese, but, I of course, love a lot of English music, and other than that, I also listen to Japanese, Spanish, and recently, Tibetan songs. I can’t say I fully understand songs in those languages, but it's the music itself that is a universal language, as are emotions. Well, I have to say, I can listen to almost the whole gamut of music.

• agree with my mood 符合我的心情


• eras 时期


• sing along with 和……一起唱


• -wise ……方面


• universal language 通用语言


• emotions 情绪


• the whole gamut of 全部的

What music do you dislike?

I’m not into tacky music, you know, the kind heard on Tiktok. The lyrics are meaningless and the tunes are lacking any taste, dirty lyrics and the like.

• tacky 俗气的


• lyrics 歌词


• meaningless 毫无意义的


• tunes 曲调


• lacking taste 缺乏品味

Which singer or musician would you like to see in person?

I’d be overjoyed to meet Alvaro Soler one day. He’s a young Spanish pop singer living in Barcelona, sometimes in Germany because his father is German.

Growing up in three cultures, namely Spanish, German, and Japanese, shaped his music into something exotic and his lyrics are quite inspirational. His most well-known song is El Mismo Sol, which means Under the Same Sun, and it has a very strong rhythm, you just can’t help but dance to it! Most of his songs take you to the sunny beaches of Barcelona or to old South American cities. It’s just so full of vigor, and passion and so full of life!

• overjoyed 非常开心


• shaped 塑造了


• inspirational 鼓舞人心的


• exotic 异国情调的


• well-known 知名的


• rhythm 节奏


• take you to 把你带到