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What happened at the Grammys?

The American music industry awards, the Grammys, have taken place in New York. Some artists wore white roses in support of the Time's Up campaign against sexual harassment.

Language challenge

The Grammy awards are named after an early machine that played music. What's its full name?

a) gramoplayer
b) gramophone
c) gramomatic

ነቲ ቪድዮ ብምዕዛብ ነቲ ስራሕ ዕመምዎ

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The story

The music industry's biggest awards - the Grammys - has taken place in New York, with many of the performers and audience wearing white roses in support of the Time's Up campaign against sexual harassment.

Vocabulary

crashes
attends a party without an invitation

grabs
succeeds in getting something that other people want

movements
groups of people who take action to achieve a shared aim

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Language challenge - answer

b) gramophone

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