Can music mend a broken heart

6 Minute English

语言学习

2022-12-01

6 分钟
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  • Sam: I'm Sam.

  • Neil: And I'm Neil.

  • There are a million songs about falling in love,

  • and just as many about being broken-hearted.

  • Do you remember the first time you fell in love, Sam?

  • Sam: Yes - I was fourteen

  • and it seemed like every word of every love song had been written just for me!

  • Neil: There's a strong connection between music and love -

  • as Shakespeare famously wrote,

  • 'If music be the food of love, play on'.

  • In this programme we'll be meeting a singer -

  • songwriter who used music to express her feelings of falling in love,

  • and later to mend her broken heart when the relationship ended.

  • And as usual, we'll be learning some new vocabulary as well.

  • Sam: But first I have a question for you, Neil.

  • Your mention of Shakespeare reminds me of Romeo and Juliet,

  • his famous lovers who fall in love despite their fighting families,

  • only to die tragically young.

  • But in which Italian city was Romeo and Juliet set? Was it:

  • a) Florence? b) Venice? or, c) Verona?