1. Listen to the first part of the song and fill the blanks with the words you hear.
brighten
up, call, darkest, down, fall, helping,
right, troubled, wherever
|
When
you're ______(1)____ and ___(2)______
and you need a _____(3)____ hand
and nothing, oh nothing is going _(4)_______,
close your eyes and think of me
and soon I will be there
to __(5)_______even your ___(6)_____night.
and you need a _____(3)____ hand
and nothing, oh nothing is going _(4)_______,
close your eyes and think of me
and soon I will be there
to __(5)_______even your ___(6)_____night.
You
just call out my name
and you know ____(7)_______I am
I´ll come running, oh yeah baby, to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or __(8)_______-,
all you got to do is _____(9)_____
and I'll be there yeah yeah yeah
you've got a friend.
and you know ____(7)_______I am
I´ll come running, oh yeah baby, to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or __(8)_______-,
all you got to do is _____(9)_____
and I'll be there yeah yeah yeah
you've got a friend.
2. Before
listening to the second part try to match the following halves. Then, listen to it and check your answers:
| a.
If the sky b. should turn dark c. and that old north wind d. keep your head e. and call my name f. soon I'll be knocking g. You just call h. and you know i. I´ll come running, | 1.out
loud now 2.above you 3.should begin to blow, 4.together 5.upon your door. 6.and full of clouds 7.out my name 8.wherever I am 9.oh yes I will, to see you again. |
Ain´t it good to know
that you´ve got a friend
people can be so cold
they'll hurt you and desert you
well they'll take your soul if you let them
oh yeah don't you let them.
4. Watch the first video and try to answer the following questions :
Where was James Taylor born?
Who wrote this song?
When was it a great hit?
You can also use the information in this link
Source: http://www.isabelperez.com/songs/afriend.htm
1. Listen to the song and complete the gaps with the right words.
| 1st
part: know, lost, help, line, took, ever, train, same, pain, 2nd part: relax (x2), scared (x4), terrified (x2), easy (x2), do, fire (x2), blame (x2), nothing 3rd part: answer, clear, times, roads, understand, mind, scream,together |
__(1)____ a ride to the end of the __(2)____
Where no one __(3)____ goes.
Ended up on a broken __(4)____ with nobody I ___(5)___.
But the __(6)____ and the (longings) the _(7)____.
(Where the dying
Now I'm __(8)____ and I'm screaming for ____(9)__.)
2nd part
__(1)___, take it ___(2)__
For there is ___(3)___ that we can __(4)____.
____(5)__, take it ___(6)___
___(7)___ it on me or __(8)____ it on you.
It's as if I'm ___(9)___.
It's as if I'm _(10)_____.
It's as if I'm ___(11)___.
It's as if I'm playing with ___(12)___.
___(13)___.
It's as if I'm __(14)____.
Are you __(15)____?
Are we playing with __(16)____?
3rd part
Relax
There is an _(1)_____ to the darkest ___(2)___.
It's __(3)____ we don't __(4)____ but the last thing on my _(5)_____
Is to leave you.
I believe that we're in this _(6)_____.
Don't ___(7)___ - there are so many ___(8)___ left.
2. Listen to the song again and complete the following table with as many nouns, verbs and adjectives you can find in the text.
| Nouns | Verbs | Adjectives |
| ride | goes | broken |
3. Read the song and find a synonym for the following words:
| Word | Synonym in the song |
| Frightened | |
| Smashed | |
| Misplaced | |
| Desires | |
| Affliction | |
| Yell | |
| Accuse |
Source: http://www.isabelperez.com/songs/relax.htm
Listen to the song twice and then do the next exercise : http://lyricstraining.com/play/mika/kick_ass_we_are_young/Uxsilzhbvx#ibw
Homework :
1. Film yourselves singing along ( min 1 minute )- send by e-mail
2. Explain the meaning of " WE ARE RUNNING WITH BLOOD ON OUR KNEES"-post till Sunday , 27th Sept ,at noon.
3.Dramatise the song - group work if possible ( no more than 3 min)
3.
1. – Listen to the first paragraph and try to fill in the blanks with the correct verbal form.
I ___________(sleep) at all in days
It__ _____(be) so long since we _____ (talk)
And I _________(be) here many times
I just ______(not know) what I'__ ___(do) wrong
2. - Read the first paragraph carefully and try to answer the following questions:
- How does she feel?
- Who does the pronoun we refer to?
- What does the word here refer to?
make(x3) get feel care love What can I do to _____ you ____ me?
What can I do to _____ you ____?
What can I say to _____you _____ this?
What can I do to ____ you there?
3. - Could you summarize what’s the story about after reading the first paragraph and the chorus?
4.-Look for the answers to these questions watching the video on YouTube:
1.What nationality are the Corrs ?
2.What's the name of the album the song is from ?
Source:http://www.isabelperez.com/songs/whatcanido.htm
