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GLORIA BAÍLO PASCUAL

RAQUEL GRACIA ESCOSA

ROSA MARÍA GRACIA FERRÁNDEZ

NORBERTO LAGUÍA CASAUS

SEMINARIO PROVINCIAL DE INTERCAMBIO DE EXPERIENCIAS DE EDUCACIÓN PERMANENTE. CURSO 2006-2007.

EN HUESCA A 25/ MAYO/ 2007

INDEX

INTRODUCTION

Love Me Do

SONGS AND ACTIVITIES

CULTURE AND SOCIETY

When I’m sixty fourRevolutionGet backEleanor RigbyA hard day’s nightTaxmanStrawberry fields forever

VOCABULARY

Hello, goodbyeAll together nowRainAct naturallyHey Jude

GRAMMAR

All my Loving1

If I fellI me mineI saw her standing thereYou’re going to lose that girl

PRONUNCIATION

YesterdayThe inner LightDig itLady MadonnaGood Morning, Good Morning

HAPPENING

Michelle

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INTRODUCTION: YOUTHFUL BRITAIN

“Like much of post-war Europe, Britain had become economically dependent on the United States, thanks to the US Marshall Aid Programme; Britain was able to recover quickly from the war. Working people now had a better standard of living than ever before. There was enough work for everyone. Wages were about 30 per cent higher than in 1939 and prices had hardly risen at all.

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People had free time to enjoy themselves. At weekends many watched football matches in large new stadiums. In the evenings they could go to the cinema. They began to go away for holidays to low-cost “holiday camps”. In 1950, car production was twice what it had been in 1939, and by 1960 cars were owned not only by richer people but by many on a lower income. It seemed as if the sun shone on Britain. As one Prime Minister said: “You’ve never had it so good”, a remark that became famous. It was also the age of youth. Young people had more money in their pockets than ever before, now that wages for those just starting work improved. The result was that the young began to influence fashion, particularly in clothing and music. Nothing expressed the youthful “pop” culture of the sixties better than the Beatles whose music quickly became internationally known. It was no accident that the Beatles were working-class boys from Liverpool. They were real representatives of a popular culture.Young people began to express themselves in other ways. They questioned authority, and the culture in which they had been brought up. In particular they rebelled against the sexual rules of Christian society. Some young people started living together without getting married. In the early 1960s the number was small, perhaps only 6 per cent, but it grew to 20 per cent within twenty years.Improvements in birth control made this more open sexual behaviour possible. Divorce became much easier, and by 1975 one marriage in three ended in divorce, the highest rate in Europe. Older people were frightened by this development, and called the new youth culture the “permissive society”. Perhaps the clearest symbol of the permissive age was the mini skirt, a far shorter skirt than had ever been worn before” (McDowall, 2003:170-171)

SONGS AND ACTIVITIES

LOVE ME DO

Love, love me do.You know I love you,I’ll always be true,

So please love me doWo ho love me do

Love, love me do.3

You know I love you,I’ll always be true,


Someone to love,Somebody new.

Somebody to love,Someone like you.




So please love me doWo ho love me do.

TRIVIA:

It is an early John Lennon and Paul McCartney song, principally written by Paul in 1958-59 while playing truant from school.

CULTURE AND SOCIETY

WHEN I´M SIXTY FOUR

When I get older losing my hair,Many years from now

Will you still be sending me a Valentine?Birthday greetings, bottle of wine.

If I’d been out till quarter to threeWould you lock the door?

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Will you still need me, will you still feed meWhen I’m sixty-four.

You’ll be older too,And if you say the word I could stay with you.

I could be handy mending a fuseWhen your lights have gone

You can knit a sweater by the firesideSunday morning go for a ride.

Doing the garden, digging the weeds,Who could ask for more?


Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight,If it’s not too dear

We shall scrimp and saveGrandchildren on your knee

Vera, Chuck & Dave

Send me a postcard, drop me a lineStating point of view

Indicate precisely what you mean to sayYours sincerely, wasting away

Give me your answer, fill in a form,Mine for evermore,


TRIVIA:It’s a song by a young man to his lover, and is about his plans of growing old together with her. Although the theme is about ageing, it was one of the 1st songs Paul wrote, when he was sixteen.

ACTIVITIES

1. Saint Valentine’s Day: is on 14th February. History, traditions. Do you know other festivities in the Anglo-Saxon world?

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2. How do lovers express their love for each other nowadays?

3. Welfare State. When did it start? Where? Search for this information in the Internet and answer the question.

4. Discussion: Social security and health care, major conquest of human beings. Do you agree? Why?

5. Why some political parties want to destroy the Welfare State? Give reasons.

REVOLUTIONYou say you want a revolution

Well you knowWe all want to change the world

You tell me that it’s evolutionWell you know

We all want to change the worldBut when you talk about destruction

Don’t you know that you can count me outDon’t you know it’s gonna be alright

Alright Alright

You say you got a real solution

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Well you knowWe’d all love to see the planYou ask me for a contribution

Well you knowWe’re doing what we can

But when you want money for people with minds that hateAll I can tell you is brother you have to wait

Don’t you know it’s gonna be alrightAlright Alright

You say you’ll change the constitutionWell you know

We all want to change your headYou tell me it’s the institution

Well you knowYou better free your mind instead

But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman MaoYou ain’t going to make it with anyone anyhow

Don’t you know it’s gonna be alrightAlright Alright

TRIVIA:

It was inspired by the May 1968 uprising in France. The lyrics can be interpreted as a cautionary response to the radical left elements of the counter culture movement of the worldwide Civil Rights Movement.

ACTIVITIES

1. What happened in 1968 in France, Checoeslovaquia, Vietnam?

2. Discussion: Make love and not the war. 7

3. Talk about the human rights movement nowadays in the world.

4. If I could change the world, I’d... Write five sentences.

5. Internet search. Who was Mao?

GET BACKJo Jo was a man who thought he was a loner

But he knew it couldn’t last.Jo Jo left his home in Tucson, Arizona

For some California grass.Get back, get back

Get back to where you once belonged.Get back, get back

Get back to where you once belonged.Get back Jo Jo, Go home

Get back, get back,Back to where you once belonged.

Get back, get backBack to where you once belonged.

Get back Jo.

Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman

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But she was another manAll the girls around her say she’s got it coming

But she gets it while she canOh Get back, get back,

Get back to where you once belonged.Get back, get back

Get back to where you once belonged.Get back Loretta. Go home

Oh Get back, get backGet back to where you once belonged.

Get back, get backGet back to where you once belonged.

(Spoken) Get back LorettaYour mommy is waiting for you

Wearin’ her high-heel shoesand her low-neck sweaterGet back home, Loretta.

Get back, get back.Get back to where you once belonged. Get back

TRIVIA:

McCartney was inspired to satirise the “Rivers of Blood Speech” by British Cabinet Minister Enoch Powell, in which Powell use a reference in Virgil to the river Tiber foaming with blood to describe what he thought would happen if the tide of Commonwealth immigrants was not stemmed.

ACTIVITIES

1. Explain the meaning of Racism and Xenophobia with your own words.

2. Do you know what the Commonwealth is? Which countries belong to it?

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3. Discussion: Immigration is necessary for our country. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

4. Can you find the States of the USA that appear in the song in the map? Do you know how many States are in the USA?

5. What is a melting pot?

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ELEANOR RIGBYAh, look at all the lonely people!Ah, look at all the lonely people!

Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the churchWhere a wedding has been,

Lives in a dream,Waits at the window, wearing a faceThat she keeps in a jar by the door,

Who is it for?

All the lonely people, where do they all come from?All the lonely people, where do they all belong?

Father McKenzie, writing the words of a sermonThat no one will hear.No one comes near.

Look at him working, darning his socks in the nightWhen there’s nobody there, what does he care?


Ah, look at all the lonely people!Ah, look at all the lonely people!

Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buriedAlong with her name.

Nobody came.Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands

As he walks from the graveNo one was saved.


TRIVIA:

It was written by Paul McCartney. He developed the theme of loneliness of old age, morphing his song from the story of a young girl to that of an elderly woman whose loneliness is worse for having to clean up after happy couples.

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ACTIVITIES

1. Listen to the song. With what feeling would you associate it?

2. Find as many songs as possible that talk about loneliness and isolation: just three examples to start:

“Only the lonely” by Roy Orbison (1960)“All by myself” by Eric Carmen (1975)“I wanna dance with somebody (who

loves me)” by Whitney Houston (1987)

3. Discussion. Do you think we are alone nowadays?

4. Do you need to belong to a specific group in society to be important?

5. NGO´s are well known today. Do you know any of them? Would you become a member of one of them? Give reasons.

A HARD DAY´S NIGHT

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It’s been a hard day’s nightAnd I’ve been working like a dog

It’s been a hard day’s nightI should be sleeping like a logBut when I get home to youI find the things that you doWill make me feel all right.

You know I work all dayYou get you money to buy you thingsAnd it’s worth it just to hear you sayYou’re gonna give me everything.

So why on earth should I moan?‘cos when I get you alone

You know I’ll feel okay.

When I’m home everything seems to be rightWhen I’m home feeling you holding me tight, tight

Yeh



So why on earth should I moan?‘cos when I get you alone

You know I’ll feel okay.

When I’m home everything seems to be rightWhen I’m home feeling you holding me tight, tight

Yeh



You know I feel alrightYou know I feel alright.

ACTIVITIES

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1. What is the song about?

2. Internet search: When did the women liberation movement begin? In which countries did it start?

3. Woman is only to back men when they need it. Discuss it.

4. Who does the household chores in your house?

5. Do you think a woman can earn more money than a man?

TAXMANLet me tell you how it will be

There’s one for you, nineteen for me‘Cos I’m the taxman

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Yeah, I’m the taxman.

Should five per cent appear too small?Be thankful I don’t take it all

‘Cos I’m the taxmanYeah, I’m the taxman.

If you drive a car, I’ll tax the streetIf you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat

If you get too cold, I’ll tax the heatIf you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet. Taxman!


Don’t ask me what I want it for(Ah, ah Mr. Wilson)

If you don’t want to pay some more(Ah, ah Mr. Heath)


Now my advice for those who die. Taxman!Declare the pennies on your eyes. Taxman!


And you’re working for not one but me. Taxman!

TRIVIA:It was written by George Harrison (1966) based on a common personification of tax collection agencies such as the HM Customs and Excise, the Inland Revenue or the Internal Revenue Service. George performs the role of a taxman on the song in a tongue-in-check manner.

ACTIVITIES

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1. What does a constituency mean? Do you know how the voting system operates in Britain?

2. Internet Search: When did the Labour Party begin in Britain?

3. Internet Search: Who was Wilson? And Heath?

4. If you were rich would you render a lot of money to the State? Discuss it.

5. Internet search: HM Customs and Excise. Find the equivalent in Spanish.

STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER

Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields.Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about

Strawberry Fields Forever.

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Living is easy with eyes closedMisunderstanding all you see.

It’s getting hard to be someone but it all works outIt doesn’t matter much to me

Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields.Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about


No one I think is in my treeI mean it must be high or low.

That is you can’t you know tune inBut it’s all right, that is I think it’s not too bad.

Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going to Strawberry FieldsNothing is real and nothing to get hung about


Always, no, sometimes, think it’s me.But you know I know when it’s a dream.

I think, er, no, I mean, er, yes, but it’s all wrongThat is I think I disagree.

Let me take you down ‘cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields.Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.

Strawberry Fields Forever.Strawberry Fields Forever.Strawberry Fields Forever.

TRIVIA:

John Lennon began writing the song in late 66 while in Almeria (Spain) filming Richard Lester’s How I won the War.The theme of Nostalgia for his childhood in Liverpool is present in the song. Strawberry Fields is the name of a Salvation Army orphanage. The song’s style tone seems to have been influenced by his LSD experiences.

ACTIVITIES

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1. Find films where The Beatles appear. Name them.

2. What do you mean by nostalgia? Have you ever felt nostalgic? When did it happen?

3. Internet Search: Salvation Army.

4. LSD: Find the meaning for this acronym.

5. When did the Hippy Movement start? Can you relate it to any country?

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VOCABULARY

HELLO GOODBYE

You say yes, I say no.You say stop and I say go, go, go, oh no.

You say goodbye and I say helloHello, hello.

I don’t know why you say goodbye; I say hello.Hello, hello.

I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello.

I say high, you say low.You say why and I say I don’t know, oh no.

You say goodbye and I say hello.Hello, hello.

I don’t know why you say goodbye; I say hello.Hello, hello.

I don’t know why you say goodbye. I say hello.

Why why why why why why do you say goodbye goodbye, oh no?


I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say helloHello, hello.

I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello.

You say yes, I say no.You say stop and I say go go go, oh no.


I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello.Hello, hello.

I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say helloHello, hello.

I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello, hello.

TRIVIA:

It was the Christmas single for 1967, and topped the charts in Both America and Britain. It was written by Paul McCartney.

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ACTIVITIES

1. Fill in the gaps with the following words:Yes, No, Hello, Goodbye.

2. Find the equivalents of the words in exercise one in Spanish.

3. Which other words can you use to say hello? And goodbye?

4. Find the equivalents of these words into Spanish:

Good morning.Good afternoon.Good night.Goodbye.

5. Who is speaking? Write the letters in the correct pictures

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ALL TOGETHER NOW

One, two, three, fourCan I have a little more?

Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten I love you.

A, B, C, D.Can I bring my friend to tea?

E, F, G, H, I, J, I love you.

Sail the ship, jump the treeSkip the rope, look at me.

All together now (4)

Black, white, green, redCan I take my friend to bed?

Pink, brown, yellow, orange, blue I love you

All together now (4). All together now(4)

Sail the ship, jump the treeSkip the rope, look at me.

All together now (4). All together now (4) All together now (4)

TRIVIA:

John Lennon and Paul McCartney had no qualms about writing children’s song, and “All together now” typifies the kind of song sung in the school playground by girls in games with a skipping rope.Football fans in the UK have sung the song during football matches.

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ACTIVITIES

1. Fill in the gaps. (The words that we’ll leave out are: two, four, six, eight, nine, black, red, yellow)

2. Can you write one more paragraph of the song with the next 10 letters of the alphabet?

3. Write a word starting by each of these letters and spell it to your partner.

B E A T L E S

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4. Match the colours with the words:

White Sun

Blue Kiwi

Green Sky

Red Cloud

Yellow Strawberry.

5. Mixed Bingo (colours, alphabet and numbers)

RAIN

If the rain comes they run and hide their heads.They might as well be dead.

If the rain comes, if the rain comes.

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When the sun shines they slip into the shade(When the sun shines down.)

And sip their lemonade.(When the sun shines down.)

When the sun shines, when the sun shines.

Rain, I don’t mind.Shine, the weather’s fine.

I can show you that when it starts to rain,(When the rain comes down.)

Everything’s the same.(When the rain comes down.)

I can show you, I can show you.Rain, I don’t mind.

Shine, the weather’s fine.Can you hear me, that when it rains and shines,

(When it rains and shines.)It’s just a state of mind?

(When it rains and shines.)Can you hear me, can you hear me?

Sdaeh rieht edih dna nur yeht semoc niar eht fI.(Rain)Nair

(Rain)enihsnuS

TRIVIA:

It’s notable for being the 1st song to contain backwards vocals. Some claim that the song contains a hidden message in the last verse. However, when backwards one played can clearly hear: If the rain comes, they run and hide their heads. The song is from John Lennon and Paul McCartney (1966)

ACTIVITIES

1. Listen to the song. Write the verses of the second paragraph in order:

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(When the sun shines down)When the sun shines, when the sun shines(When the sun shines down)And sip their lemonade

2. Brainstorm. Write all the words you know related to the four Seasons:

SPRING SUMMER AUTUMNWINTERWhich one would you like? Why?

3. Five reasons why the Sun is important for you.

4. Complete this paragraph with words related to the weather: What will the weather be like next weekend?

It will be .......... and .......... in the

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South of England, but it’ll ……… in the North.

In the afternoon it will be ……… in the East

part of the country and …………

It will probably get ……… and ………

Hot Rain Cold Sunny Windy Cloudy Rainy

5. Does the weather affect your mood? Discussion.

ACT NATURALLY

They’re gonna put me in the moviesThey’re gonna make a big star out of me

We’ll make a film about a man that’s sad and lonely,And all I gotta do is act naturally.

Well I bet you I’m gonna be a big starMight win an Oscar, you can never tell.The movies gonna make me a big star,

‘cause I can play the part so well.

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Well I hope you’ll came and see me in the movies,Then I know that you will plainly see.

The biggest fool that ever hit the big time,And all I gotta do is act naturally.

We’ll make the scene about a man that’s sad and lonely,And begging down upon his bended knee

I’ll play the part, and I won’t need rehearsing,And I gotta do is act naturally.

Well I’ll bet you I’m gonna be a big starMight win an Oscar, you can never tell.The movies gonna make me a big star,

‘cause I can play the part so well.

Well I hope you’ll came and see me in the movies,Then I know that you will plainly see.

The biggest fool that ever hit the big time,And all I gotta do is act naturally.

TRIVIA:

It is not a song from The Beatles. The Beatles version is from 1965 and is sung by Ringo Starr. It was originally recorded by Buck Owens in 1963.

ACTIVITIES

1. Before listening to the song. Make a list in groups of all the words related to cinema that you know.

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2. Can you add all the new words that appear in the song to your list?

3. Find the words that refer to these definitions.

A famous performer in the world of entertainment (star)

The nickname for a gold statuette given as an Academy Award. (Oscar)

A practice or trial performance. (rehearsal)

Perform a fictional role in a play, film or television. (act)

4. The film of the song starts with a man that is sad and lonely. Can you continue the plot of the story?

5. Name five types of movies and an example of each. What is your favourite film? Why?

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6. Let’s play movies! In groups, think of five films and write each of them in a piece of paper. You will have to mime the titles of the other group and the rest of your group will have to guess the film.

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HEY JUDE

Hey Jude, don’t make it bad.Take a sad song and make it better.Remember to let her into your heart,Them you can start to make it better.

Hey Jude, don’t be afraid.You were made to go out and get her.

The minute you let her under your skin,Then you begin to make it better.

And anytime you feel the pain,Hey Jude, refrain; don’t carry the world upon your shoulders.

For well you know that it’s a fool who plays it coolBy making his world a little colder.Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da.

Hey Jude, don’t let me down.You have found her, now go and get her.

Remember to let her into your heart,Then you can start to make it better.

So let it out and let it in,Hey Jude, begin, you’re waiting for someone to perform with.

And don’t you know that it’s just you.Hey Jude, you’ll do. The

movement you need is on your shoulder.Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na. Yeh.

Hey Jude, don’t make it bad.Take a sad song and make it better.

Remember to let her under your skin,Then you’ll begin to make it

Better better better, better, better, better, ohYeh, Yeh, Yeh, Yeh, Yeh, Yeh, Yeh.

Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da.Hey Jude, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da.

Hey Jude.

TRIVIA:

It was written by Paul McCartney in 1968. It was written to comfort John Lennon’s son Julian when Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia Powell, were divorced.

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ACTIVITIES

1. What is the song about?

2. Find all the vocabulary related to feelings and emotions in the song.

3.Find a verse in the song which is related to the following words:

SufferStrengthRiskFearCrazy Disappoint.

4. Mime game. Take one card and mime the feeling that it says. Then your classmates will ask you why you feel like that and you will have to reason why.

5. What do you do when you feel...? HAPPY, ANGRY, SAD, TIRED, EXCITED.

GRAMMAR

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ALL MY LOVING

Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you; Tomorrow I’ll miss you,

Remember I’ll always be true.

And then while I’m away,I’ll write home everyday

And I’ll send all my loving to you.

I’ll pretend that I’m kissingThe lips I am missing,

And hope that my dreams will come true.

And then while I’m away,I’ll write home everyday,


All my loving, I will send to you,All my loving darling I’ll be true.

Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you;Tomorrow I’ll miss you,

Remember I’ll always be true.

And then while I’m away,I’ll write home everyday


All my loving I will send to youAll my loving darling, I’ll be true.

All my loving, all my loving, all my loving,I will send to you

TRIVIA:

It was the 1st of only a few occasions where Paul McCartney wrote the lyrics before the music, as it was allegedly conceived as a poem while the Beatle was shaving. It was written by Paul in 1963.

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1. Compare the sentence: “I will send you” with the sentence “I’ll kiss you”

2. Make four sentences where you express your plans and dreams for the future.

3. Transform this song into the negative form.

4. ‘This week I’ll go to the beach and I’ll find my friends there.’ Finish this story using the future.

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IF I FELL

If I fell in love with youWould you promise to be true?

And help me understand?

‘Cause I’ve been in love beforeAnd I found that love was more

Than just holding hands

If I give my heart to you,I must be sure

From the very start that youWould love me more than her.

If I trust in you , oh please, don’t run and hideIf I love you too, oh please, don’t hurt my pride like her.

‘Cause I couldn’t stand the painAnd I, would be sad if our new love was in vain.

So I hope you see that I,Would love to love you,

And that she will cryWhen she learns we are two.

‘Cause I couldn’t stand the pain.

And I would be sad if our new love was in vainSo I hope you see that IWould love to love youAnd that she will cry

When she learns we are twoIf I fell in love with you

TRIVIA:

The song is notable for its unusual structure, which includes an unrepeated introductory section followed by sequential verse sections. It was written by John Lennon with the help of Paul McCartney.

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ACTIVITIES

1. Underline the conditionals you find in the text.

2. Differentiate the first and the second conditional sentences.

3. Write the structure of the 2nd conditional form.

4. If I were rich....Write what would you do?

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I ME MINE

All through the day,I me mine, I me mine, I me mine.

All through the night,I me mine, I me mine, I me mine.

Now they’re frightened of leaving itEveryone’s weaving it,

Coming on strong all the time,All through the day,

I me mine.

I me me mine, I me me mine,I me me mine, I me me mine.

All I can hear,I me mine, I me mine, I me mine.

Even those tears,I me mine, I me mine, I me mine.

No one’s frightened of playing itEveryone’s saying it,

Flowing more freely than wine,All through the day,

I me mine.

I me me mine, I me me mine,I me me mine, I me me mine.

All I can hear,I me mine, I me mine, I me mine

Even those tears,I me mine, I me mine, I me mine.

No one’s frightened of playing itEveryone’s saying it,

Flowing more freely than wine,All trough your life,

I me mine.

TRIVIA:

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It is about the ego, the eternal problem. The set of pronouns which forms the song’s title is a conventional way of referring to the ego in a Hindu context. It was written by George Harrison in 1970

ACTIVITIES

1. Write a sentence with each pronoun.

2. Find the pronouns that appear in the

song.

3. Make up a paragraph with the pronouns of the second person singular

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I SAW HER STANDING THERE

Well, she was just seventeen,And you know what I mean,

And the way she looked was way beyond compare.So how could I dance with another, ooh?

And I saw her standing there.

Well she looked at me, and I, I could seeThat before too long I’d fall in love with her.

She wouldn’t dance with another, whoohWhen I saw her standin’ there.

Well, my heart went boomWhen I crossed that room

And I held her hand in mine.

Whoa, we danced through the night,And we held each other tight,

And before too long, I fell in love with her.Now I’ll never dance with another, whooh

When I saw her standing here, ahh

Well, my heart went boomWhen I crossed that room

And I held her hand in mine.

Oh, we danced through the nightAnd we held each other tight

And before too long I feel in love with herNow I’ll never dance with another, whooh

Since I saw her standing there

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Whoa, since I saw her standing thereYeah, well since I saw her standing there.

TRIVIA: The lyrics were written on a Liverpool Institute exercise book (1963).

ACTIVITIES

1. Write in four sentences about the best memories of your adolescence.

2. Underline all the past verb tenses you find in the song.

3. It was such a white beach, so white that..... Finish the story using the past simple.

4. Write the past tense of the following verbs:

Go Speak Come Write Read Tell

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YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE THAT GIRL

You’re going to lose that girl,You’re going to lose that girl.

If you don’t take her out tonight,She’s going to change her mind,And I will take her out tonight,

And I will treat her kind.


If you don’t treat her right my friend,You’re going to find her gone.

‘Cause I will treat her right, and thenYou’ll be the lonely one.


I’ll make a pointOf taking her away from you, yeah,

The way you treat her, what else can I do?


I’ll make a pointOf taking her away from you, yeah,

The way you treat her, what else can I do?

If you don’t take her out tonight,She’s going to change her mind,And I will take her out tonight,

And I will treat her kind.

You’re going to lose that girl,You’re going to lose that girl,You’re going to lose that girl.

TRIVIA:

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The lyric features the singer assuring a friend that if he does not take care of his girl, the singer will do it instead of him. It was written by John Lennon in 1965.

ACTIVITIES

1. Which different ways of expressing the future do you find in the song?

2. What are you going to do next weekend? Use the future forms.

3. Explain the difference between those two sentences:

I will travel to France next summer/ I´m going to travel to France next summer.

4. What does ‘cause mean? Do you know any other cases?

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PRONUNCIATION

YESTERDAY

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away,Now it looks as though there are to stay,

Oh I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly, I’m not half to man I used to be,There’s a shadow hanging over me.

Oh Yesterday came suddenly.

Why she had to go?I don’t know. She wouldn’t say.

I said something wrong,Now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play,Now I need a place to hide away,


Why she had to go I don’t know,She wouldn’t say.

I said something wrong now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play,Now I need a place to hide away,


TRIVIA:

It was written by Paul McCartney in a dream one night in his room at the Wimpole Street, home of his then girlfriend Jane Aster and her family. The song remains popular today with more than 3,000 recorded cover versions. Yesterday, however, has also been criticised for being mundane and mawkish.

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ACTIVITIES

1. Listen and complete the song with the following words (previously they have been taken out from the text):

PlayAwaySayStayYesterday

2. Look these words up (in a dictionary) and copy their meaning and their phonetic transcription. Try to find, at least, ten words with the same pronunciation.

3. In the song there are some words with the letter ‘Y’. How do you pronounce it?

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THE INNER LIGHT

Without going out of my doorI can know all things on Earth

Without looking out of my windowI could know the ways of Heaven.

The farther one travelsThe less one knows

The less one really knows.

Without going out of your doorYou can know all things on Earth

Without looking out of your windowYou could know the ways of Heaven

The farther one travelsThe less one knows

The less one really knows

Arrive without travellingSee all without looking

Do all without doing

TRIVIA:

It was written by George Harrison in 1968. The lyrics are a rendering of chapter 47 in the Laozi’s Dao De Jing, the foundational book of Daoism.

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ACTIVITIES

1. Which words have the same sound? Write them in the correct column.

Do door without window out know on your one all could looking you of

ʌ ɒ ʊ

2. Complete this song with the above words (they have been previously taken out from the text)

3. Find other words with the sound //

DIG IT

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Like a rolling stoneA like a rolling stone

Like the FBI and the CIAAnd the BBC

BB KingAnd Doris Day

Matt BusbyDig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it

Dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it.

(Nonsense is said at the end)

TRIVIA:

Is one of only a few songs to be created to all of the Beatles. It comes from a jam session in which John Lennon sings the main lyric with interjections from George Harrison, while Paul McCartney sings a baritone backup vocal of “dig it”

ACTIVITIES

1. Would you like learning the alphabet by heart?

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2. Pay attention to special phonetic symbols such as: // /ʧ/ / θ / / ʒ /

3. Spell your name, surname, village, city, job, diary objects…

4. Learn some abbreviations like: FBI, CIA, BBC, NHS, ABC, DIY, AIDS, EU, ID, CV, NU.

Can you find the equivalent in Spanish?

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LADY MADONNA

Lady Madonna, children at your feet.Wonder how you manage to make ends meet.Who finds the money? When you pay the rent?

Did you think that money was heaven sent?

Friday night arrives without a suitcase.Sunday morning creep in like a nun.

Monday’s child has learned to tie his bootlace.See how they run.

Lady Madonna, baby at your breast.Wonder how you manage to feed the rest

See how they run.

Lady Madonna, lying on the bed,Listen to the music playing in your head.

Tuesday afternoon is never ending.Wednesday morning papers didn’t come.

Thursday night you stockings needed mending.See how they run.

Lady Madonna, children at your feet.Wonder how you manage to make ends meet.

TRIVIA:

It was written by Paul McCartney in 1968. The words “Lady Madonna” can be used when referring to a woman that one is in love with but does not know personally. For example “She’s my Lady Madonna”.

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ACTIVITIES

1. Fill in the gaps with the words you get from the phonetic transcription given below:

/mi:t/ /fi:t/ / ‘peɪpə / / ‘ni:dɪd / /si:/ /rest/

/bed/ /brest/ /krp/ /rent/ /fi:d/ /ə’raɪvz/

/ʧɪldrən/ /lnd/ /hed/ / ‘nevə / /nait/ /endz/

2. Which words have the same sound? Write them in the correct column. Add others.

/i: / /e/ // /ə/

GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING

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Nothing to do to save his life call his wife inNothing to say but what a day, how’s your boy been

Nothing to do it’s up to you,I’ve got nothing to say but it’s OK

Good morning, good morning.

Going to work don’t want to go feeling low downHeading for home you start to roam then you’re in town

Everybody knows there’s nothing doingEverything is closed it’s like a ruin

Everyone you see is half asleepAnd you’re on your own, you’re in the street

Good morning, good morning.

After a while you start to smile; now you feel coolThen you decide to take a walk by the old school

Nothing has changed, it’s still the sameI’ve got nothing to say but it’s OK.

Good morning, good morning.People running round it’s five o’clock,Everywhere in town it’s getting dark,

Everyone you see is full of life,It’s time for tea and meets the wife.

Somebody needs to know the time, glad that I’m hereWatching the skirts you start to flirt now you’re in gear

Go to a show you hope she goesI’ve got nothing to say, but it’s OKGood morning, good morning………

TRIVIA:

It was written by John Lennon in 1967. Inspiration for the song came to Lennon from a television commercial for Kellogg’s Corn Flakes. The jingle went: “Good morning, good morning. The best to you each morning. Sunshine breakfast Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, Crisp and full of fun”.

ACTIVITIES

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1. Listen to the song and underline the correct words in the box.

Everything/ nothingNothing/ EverythingAnything /NothingEverybody/NobodyEverything/ NothingEveryone/SomeoneNothing/SomethingEveryone/AnyoneEverywhere/ NowhereSomebody/AnybodyEveryone/Someone.

2. Listen again and check.

3. Find synonyms and opposites of these words:

SYNONYM OPPOSITEEVERYBODYEVERYTHINGEVERYWHERE

4. Write sentences using anybody, anything, anywhere.

HAPPENING

MICHELLE

Michelle, ma belle.

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These are words that go together well,My Michelle.

Michelle, ma belle,Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble,

Très bien ensemble.

I love you, I love you, I love you.That’s all I want to say,

Until I find a way.I will say the only words

I know that you’ll understand.

Michelle, ma belle,Sont les mots que vont très bien ensemble,


I need you, I need you, I need you.I need you to make you see,Oh, what you mean to me.Until I do. I’m hoping youWill know what I mean.

I love you.I want you, I want you, I want you

I think you know by nowI’ll get to you somehow.

Until I do I’m telling you so,You’ll understand.

Michelle, ma belle,Sont les mots que vont très bien ensemble,


And I will say the only words I know thatYou’ll understand,

My Michelle.

TRIVIA:It was written by Paul McCartney in 1965. It has its origins in the popularity of French Left Bank culture during McCartney’s Liverpool days.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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BARKER, C. (2001): Boost your Vocabulary, Essex, Penguin, Penguin English Guides.

MCDOWALL, D. (2003): An Illustrated History of Britain, Essex, Longman.

WELLS, J.C. (2000): Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, Essex, Longman.

WEBSITES

http://en.wikipedia.org

http:// www.youtube.com(songs’ videos)

http:// www.delta.ro/beatles/pandi.html

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http://www.delta.ro/beatles/pandi.html

http://www.youtube.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/

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