Mumford & Sons (1)

Meet the Gentlemen of the Road

If you haven’t heard Mumford & Sons, get online now, and they will blow your mind. Check out the songs “The Cave” or “I Will Wait.” Done? Maybe now you have an idea of how an infectious sound can spring a young British band to amazing heights. The group earned two 2013 Grammy awards, and in 2012 their album Babel had the second highest new album sales. But Mumford’s four unrelated members offer more than that; they invite you to join them.

The Mumford Family Tree
They make fans feel at home and strive to make their music accessible online, keep ticket prices low and tour as much as possible. “We’re pretty intent on touring for the rest of our lives, really,” claims Marcus Mumford, and they've already traveled around the U.S. 10 times. Their variety of locations also lets them grow the Mumford family tree, ranging from outdoor festival audiences of thousands upon thousands to smaller gatherings at indoor clubs. That’s probably why throngs of American teens and British Prime Minister David Cameron, who requested they perform at the White House, name them their favorite band.

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Marcus Mumford says that his band intends to tour as much as possible, maybe for the rest of their lives.

So they intend to go on tour a lot. When bands, orchestras, actors and dancers go on tour, they go from place to place, putting on shows in front of live audiences.

Right. But if you’re a tourist, you don’t go on tour; you go on a tour. When you go on a tour or take a tour, you visit a place.

You could take a tour of a museum, art gallery, city or country. Whenever you go somewhere new and you want to learn more about the place, you can take a tour.

And how do you take a tour? You can either find a tour guide who will show you around. Or if you’re adventurous, you might buy a travel guide or guidebook and explore on your own.

So remember, a tour guide is a person, a travel guide is a book.

And both can be useful when you go on a tour.

go on tour 指巡迴演出
- Mumford & Sons have already gone on tour around the U.S.10 times.
go on a tour 指有專人導覽
- You can go on a tour of the art museum.
tour guide 導遊
travel guide = guide book 旅遊指南書

Language Lab
blow one's mind [idiom]讓人嚇一跳、很驚訝
- The movie's special effects will blow your mind.
這部電影的特效會讓你震撼
- The circus performance really blew the audience's mind.
這個馬戲團的表演，讓觀眾嘆為觀止。

infectious adj.傳染的、具傳染性的；有感染力的
- This highly infectious disease was finally controlled.
這個具高度傳染性的疾病，終於被控制住了
- The patient is infectious and is already isolated.
這名病患具傳染性，已經被隔離了
infectious adj. 有感染力的
- Kelly's optimism is infectious.
Kelly 的樂觀非常具有感染力

intent adj.下定決心的、一心想要的
showing concentration or great attention
intent on/upon (something): giving all of your attention and effort to a specific task or goal
- Peter is intent on winning the championship.
Peter一心一意想要得到冠軍
- Sherry is intent on opening her own business.
Sherry下定決心，要擁有自己的事業

throng n.一大群人
a large group of people — often + of
- Throng of fans gathered outside the stadium to see their favorite players.
一大群的粉絲聚集在體育館外面，要看他們最喜愛的球員
throng v.蜂擁、擁向
1 to go to (a place) in a large group or in large numbers
2 to gather in a crowd or in great numbers — + around or to
- Loyal customers thronged to the store to buy the latest version of the iPad.
忠實的顧客湧向店裡，要買最新版的iPad

Review Skit
Hey… what are you doing?
I’m practicing the banjo.
What for?
I want to join Mumford & Sons.
Mumford & Sons.
What’s that?
Huh? You haven’t heard of Mumford & Sons?
No.
Well, get online and check them out.
Their songs will blow your mind.
Why? What’s so special about Bedford and Friends?
No. It’s Mumford & Sons.
They are a young British band with an infectious sound.
They’ve reached amazing heights.
Amazing heights, huh?
Yes! Six Grammy nominations.
Whoa! That is impressive.
They make fans feel at home and make their music accessible online.
Do they ever tour?
Oh, yes.
They are intent on touring.
Their audiences range from thousands upon thousands to small gatherings.
Oh.
And they keep ticket prices low, too.
They want people to join them.
Wow! That’s really great.
Yeah. That’s why I’m practicing.
I want to join Mumford & Sons.
They don’t want you to join their band.
They don’t?
No. They want you to join their audience.
Oh. Then I guess I can stop practicing.
Good.

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