今日主題：Rise of streaming 流式媒體的興起
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建議方法：
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍，直到寫出85%以上的字)
3. 最後check文稿，看哪聽不出來，單字沒背過，還是發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽，就能每天進步哦。
MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：喜歡的同學，幫忙推或按讚哦~~
http://static.iyuba.com/sounds/minutes/76.mp3
只有音檔怎夠，聽不懂地方，不用怕，康康幫你準備好中英文稿了：
中英文稿：
Hello, I’m Finn, welcome to 6 Minute English. With me in the studio today is Rob. Hello Rob.
大家好，我是Finn，歡迎收聽BBC6分鐘英語。今天我的搭檔是Rob。你好，Rob。
Hello Finn.
你好，Finn。
Rob – a question for you to begin with: how do you buy your music?
Rob，我要先問你一個問題：你怎麼購買音樂？
Good question. Well I buy my music on CD.
好問題。我通常購買音樂光碟。
On CD. Well today, in the programme we’re going to talk about the rise of what we call streaming – and look at the language of online music.
音樂光碟。好的，今天的節目中我們要討論流式媒體的興起，並談談線上音樂語言。
Yes, let’s define streaming first, shall we? Streaming is a way of watching or listening to media online – audio or video - where you don’t need to wait for it to finish downloading – it plays instantly.
首先我們來定義下流式媒體。它是一種聆聽或觀看線上媒體的方式。不管是音訊還是視頻，都可立即播放，不必等它完成下載。
And it’s becoming very popular. So, we have a question for you, Rob.
這種媒體正變得越來越流行。那麼Rob，我要再問你一個問題。
OK.
好的。
Which song was the most streamed song of 2012 in the UK, according to the music streaming service Spotify? a) Gotye – Somebody that I used to know, b) Carly Rae Jepsen – Call me maybe, c) David Guetta - Titanium
根據流媒體音樂服務提供者Spotify的排行，下面哪首歌曲是2012年英國最流的音樂？是Gotye的“Somebody that I used to know”，Carly Rae Jepsen的“Call me maybe”還是David Guetta的“Titanium”？
Ok well I’ll have to confess, as I’ve only heard of David Guetta, I shall go for him.
呃，我不得不承認我只知道David Guetta，所以我選C吧。
Ok well you’re showing your age there Rob. We’ll find out if you are right at the end of this programme. Now, Spotify – is one of the several streaming sites like Pandora and Deezer, and it has been in the news this week because it is now expanding its business into Asia and Latin America.
呵呵，這樣一選可是暴露了你的年齡。我們將在節目最後揭曉答案，看你的回答是否正確。首先，我們來談談Spotify。它和Pandora、Deezer類似，是一家流媒體網站。本周新聞對其進行了報導，因為它正在登陸亞洲和拉丁美洲市場。
Let’s hear from Spotify employee Jim Butcher explaining how the site works. Listen out for another word for a song.
接下來讓我們聽聽其員工Jim Butcher對該網站運作方式的解釋。注意聽其中的音樂術語。
So, whereas on an mp3 store where you have to buy each track or any album, you get access to 20 million songs. Let me just put in someone like The Rolling Stones, for instance.So, the most popular Rolling Stones track on Spotify: Paint it black. So I just played it, clicked the button and it’s instant. It’s as if you basically had millions and millions of songs downloaded to your computer already.
若在MP3商店購買音樂，你得先買下全部歌曲或每張專輯，然後才能訪問2000萬首歌曲。拿滾石樂隊來說吧。Spotify上該樂隊最受歡迎的歌曲是“Paint it black”。我只需按一下按鈕，它便可立即播放。就好像所有歌曲都已下載到了電腦裡一樣。
Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones. Are you a fan, Rob?
滾石樂隊的Paint it Black。Rob，你是他們的歌迷嗎？
I do like a bit of Stones now and again, definitely.
算是吧，恩，我確定我喜歡他們。
I do too. So, did we hear the other word for a song? Yes, a track is an individual song or part of a recording.
我也很喜歡。剛剛你聽到其他音樂術語了嗎？沒錯，track。它是一支單曲或一部分錄音。
And an album is, of course, a collection of songs or tracks released together. Streaming sites give you access to millions of songs and albums without needing to download or pay for them individually.
album就是專輯，即所發歌曲的集合。流式媒體網站允許用戶訪問數百萬首歌曲，無需下載，也不必付款。
They make money from adverts – advertisements; or from monthly subscriptions – some users pay a certain amount every month to get access to all the songs without adverts.
他們靠廣告或月度訂閱賺錢。有些用戶為了獲得所有歌曲而無插播廣告，會每月支付一定的費用。
And the bands make a small amount of money every time a song is clicked on.
每次按一下收聽歌曲，樂隊也可賺到少量的錢。
And in Sweden, where Spotify is based, there’s a lot of clicking happening: over 90% of digital music income is from streaming now. But Spotify is facing competition, as we will hear from BBC reporter Maddy Savage. Listen out for another phrase for audience.
Spotify總部設在瑞典，有很大的訪問量，超過90%的數位音樂收入都來自流式媒體。但它也面臨著競爭。請聽BBC記者Maddy Savage的報導，並聽出另一個修飾觀眾的短語。
Apple and Google are both preparing to launch streaming services, the French business Deezer is a growing international brand, and there are dozens of smaller companies attracting a rising user base, especially in the US, India and South Korea, although all of them face an ongoing battle with copyright issues and illegal piracy.
蘋果和谷歌正準備推出流媒體服務，法國Deezer正逐漸變成國際品牌。其他幾十家小公司（尤其在美國、印度和韓國）也正在吸引越來越多的用戶，儘管它們一直面臨著非法盜版與版權問題。
Well, the term they used there was user base, the number of users of their service.
記者剛剛用到了user base一詞，指接受服務的使用者數量。
Although Spotify has a user base of around 24 million, if Apple and Google launch –or start - streaming services, we can expect they’ll provide a lot of competition.
儘管Spotify的用戶數量已達2400萬，但若蘋果和谷歌推出流媒體服務，勢必會帶來很大競爭。
And for all the streaming sites – they face continuing or ongoing battles with two things – copyright issues and illegal piracy.
所有流媒體網站都面臨著兩場持久戰——版權問題及非法盜版。
That’s right Finn, streaming sites don’t always have agreements with the record labels – the companies who own and sell the music – which means there are often copyright issues.The other issue is piracy – which is illegally copying and selling music, or movies or software.
沒錯，流媒體網站並不能始終與唱片公司（擁有並出售音樂的公司）達成一致，因此引發了版權問題。另一個問題是盜版，即非法複製、銷售音樂、電影或軟體的行為。
But this rise of streaming and downloads is by no means the same everywhere – in Germany and Japan, for example, both technologically advanced countries, Rob can you tell me what percentage of people still buy music in physical format, like yourself, on CD?
但流媒體音樂並未在所有國家興起，比如德國和日本。兩國技術都很先進，但流媒體音樂卻沒那麼流行。Rob，你知道有多少德國人和日本人還像你那樣購買實體形式音樂嗎？
Probably something like 20% of people?
差不多20%？
Well, you’d be surprised that it’s actually three quarters of all music sales in Germany and Japan are in physical format. Anyway, let’s go right back to the beginning, which track was the most streamed track on Spotify last year? The answer is…
說出來你一定會驚訝，在德國和日本，實體形式音樂的銷售額可占四分之三。好了，還是回到最開始的問題。去年Spotify上最流的歌曲是什麼？答案是。。。
That must be Gotye? I know my music really.
應該是Gotye吧？
Gotye, yes. ’Somebody that I used to know’ was the most streamed track in 2012.Now, one more thing before we go. Let’s remind ourselves of the musical words and phrases from today.
沒錯，答案是Gotye。他的“Somebody that I used to know”排在2012年流音樂榜首。節目已接近尾聲，讓我們一起回顧下今天聽到的音樂術語。
streaming, track, monthly subscriptions, user base, ongoing battles, piracy, copyright issues, physical format.
streaming（流媒體）、 track（單曲）、 monthly subscriptions（按月訂閱）、 user base（用戶數量） 、ongoing battles（持久戰）、 piracy（盜版）、 copyright issues（版權問題）、physical format（實體形式）
Thank you Rob. Time to press stop on this programme. Please join us again soon for 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
謝謝你，Rob。本期節目到此結束，歡迎大家收聽下一期BBC6分鐘英語。
Bye.
再見~~
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