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Dialogue :

Almost live music

dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, have you seen the recent Abba ______?

Mark: Abba?　Weren't they ______?　I didn't know they were ______.

Jingjing: They put together ______.　It's ______.

Mark: Don't tell me it was just ______ from concerts they ______.

Jingjing: It's totally ______ from that.　Producers did collect a lot of ______ from ______ they did in the late 70s.　All that got used to ______.

Mark: Let me make sure ______: people are watching a concert that looks like ______, ______?

Jingjing: That's ______.

Mark: But what were the ______ members ______?

Jingjing: They could ______.

Mark: And ______, if the show is a success.

Jingjing: They could also ______ and attend their own concert.

Mark: That'd be fun.　If I ______, I'd bring friends to ______.

Jingjing: They ______, though.　All four Abba members spent ______ that got recorded by ______.

Mark: That's impressive.　But it still sounds like it was ______.

Jingjing: You can say that again.______ the concert last May, the project ______.

Mark: That's ______.　Which company did ______?

Jingjing: Industrial Light and Magic— ______?

Mark: Of course!

Jingjing: Get this, ______ were called Abbatars.

Mark: Oh, I get it, ______, but with Abba.　Ha ha.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, you didn't ______ about virtual concerts.

Mark: That's because ______.

Jingjing: Think about ______ a concert before a video of it ______.　I mean, the ______ is there.

Mark: Yeah, I've watched more concerts ______.　I suppose I wouldn't mind if the concert ______.

Jingjing: What if you went to a concert and found out ______?

Mark: That might be ___________.　But if I knew in advance, I'd still ______- to see a band I liked as a ______.

Jingjing: Did you like Abba?

Mark: They were ______.

Jingjing: People ______ around the world.

Mark: That's a pretty good deal ______.　Suppose I only had to ______, and only had to ______ —yep, good deal.

Jingjing: Millions of people ______.

Mark: So the Abba virtual tour was ______, ______.

Jingjing: Its ______.　And it's ______ for other artists.

Mark: I heard some are ______ the ______ world.

Jingjing: That's right.　Minecraft has ______.　There was a big performance ______ Fortnite as well.

Mark: You know what ______?

Jingjing: What's that?

Mark: ______ in the Metaverse.

Jingjing: I'm not sure I ______.

Mark: Well, you have someplace like Apple music.　When an artist is ______, the studio can also ______ so that you could virtually ______.

Jingjing: It'd be a way for rockers and pop singers to ______.

Mark: I'd buy ______, or a studio key, for some of ______.

Jingjing: I guess ______.

new words and phrases

big:

the long and short of <something>:

incognito:

put a lot into <something>:

a let down:

<something was> before my time:

shaping up that way:

catch <someone's> drift:

pick up a few extra bucks: