Name: ______Date: ______/______/______
SONG STEP I I 1 2 3 Lucky | Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
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American singer and songwriter Jason Mraz started his musical career playing at coffee shops in San Diego, California. He reached commercial success in 2005, with the release of Mr. A-Z, his second album. International success came in 2008, with the hit I’m Yours, which is the main track of his third studio album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. Lucky, featuring singer Colbie Caillat, is also in Mraz’s third album. He came to know Caillat through MySpace, a social networking website that was popular among musicians who wanted to break into the industry. Mraz said in an interview that Lucky “was written back and forth with Colbie Caillat over e-mail”. The song won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Sources: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=11685; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_(Jason_Mraz_and_Colbie_Caillat_song); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Mraz
Pre-Listening 1. Do you consider yourself to be a lucky person? Why (not)? Write about things you have or that happened to you which make you think you are (un) lucky.
2. Work in small groups. Share your ideas from Activity 1 with your classmates.
3. The words on the left column will help you understand the lyrics of Lucky. Try to match them to the definitions on the right. a. whisper [ ] a gentle wind b. hard [ ] difficult c. sail [ ] travel across an area of water in a boat d. breeze [ ] turn around very quickly e. spin [ ] something you say in a very quiet voice
4. Now use the words in Activity 3 to complete the sentences. Pay attention to verb and noun forms. a. It is always ______to say goodbye to someone you love. b. A small boat ______through shark-infested waters off the coast of South Africa yesterday. c. Alice could lie on her bed and watch the ceiling fan ______above her head for hours. d. Jake’s brown hair kept blowing in the cool afternoon ______as he was riding his bike. e. The students who were cheating during the final exams kept talking in ______, so that the teacher couldn’t hear them.
6 PHOTOCOPIABLE LUCKY | JASON MRAZ & COLBIE CAILLAT
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While Listening 5. Listen to the song Lucky. Complete the lyrics with the words in the second column – not all the words will be used.
Lucky Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Do you (a) ______me? I’m talking to you closed ocean Across the water hear open Across the deep blue (b) ______Under the (c) ______sky listen to sea Oh my, baby I’m trying
Boy I hear you in my (d) ______dreams prayers I feel your (e) ______across the sea easy voice I keep you with me in my heart You make it easier when life gets (f) ______hard whisper
Lucky I’m in love with my best friend back home Lucky to have been (g) ______I have been Lucky to be coming (h) ______again doing where
They don’t (i) ______how long it takes hug love Waiting for a (j) ______like this kiss person Every time we say goodbye I wish we had one more (k) ______know promise I’ll wait for you, I (l) ______you I will learn tell
[Chorus] Lucky I’m in love with my best friend back someday Lucky to have been (m) ______I have been Lucky to be coming (n) ______again doing somehow Lucky we’re in love in every way home where Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed Lucky to be coming home (o) ______
be together rose And so I’m (p) ______through the sea To an island where we’ll (q) ______flower sailing You’ll hear the (r) ______fill the air meet song I’ll put a (s) ______in your hair music traveling
Though the (t) ______, through the trees Move so (u) ______, you’re all I see breezes smoothly As the world keeps (v) ______round pretty turning You hold me right here right now spinning wind [Chorus]
PHOTOCOPIABLE 7 LUCKY | JASON MRAZ & COLBIE CAILLAT
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After Listening 6. Now that you have listened to the song, what kind of luck are the song narrators talking about? Did you mention it in your notes in Activity 1?
7. What are two themes of the song? Check . [ ] a. Arguments between best friends. [ ] b. The importance of friendship in hard times. [ ] c. The good fortune of being in love with a friend. [ ] d. The difficulties of sailing across the sea. [ ] e. Long-distance love relationships. [ ] f. Different types of good luck and their consequences.
8. Work in small groups. Discuss the questions. a. Do you think that falling in love with someone who loves you back is a matter of luck? Why (not)? b. Have you ever fallen in love with a friend? If you feel comfortable, talk about how it happened. c. Some people believe it is easier to date someone who is already your friend. Do you agree? Why (not)? d. What is your opinion about long-distance relationships?
9. Read an imaginary e-mail message sent from the male narrator of the song to the female narrator. Then, write her reply on a separate sheet of paper.
To: [email protected] Subject: Miss u
My dear love, I arrived at Santorini yesterday. It is a wonderful place, just as we imagined. The sea is deep blue and the sun shines so brightly in the sky. My heart is gloomy, though… and you know why. It is hard to enjoy the island while you’re not by my side. I’ll be counting the minutes till you arrive. I wanna share all this beauty with my best friend, the love of my life. I’ll be waiting for you at the airport tomorrow, at 10. You’re lucky to be traveling to Santorini by plane. The ferryboat journey was smooth, but long – it took me 7 hours to get here from Athens! I talked to you in my thoughts, so that time would go by faster <3. Well, I hope you have a safe and smooth journey. Sleep well, my love! Yours, Romeo
8 PHOTOCOPIABLE Name: ______Date: ______/______/______
SONG STEP I I I 1 2 3 Rise | Katy Perry
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Katy Perry’s Rise was released in July 2016, as a theme song for the coverage of the 2016 Olympics by NBC, an American TV network. At the time it was released, Perry stated that “This is a song that’s been brewing inside me for years, that has finally come to the surface”. In an interview to Mashable, she added that the song is “…a little bit like the story of the phoenix, about overcoming… rising up again and finding that inner strength again and again, that’s a lifelong theme for me.”
Pre-Listening 1. Work in pairs. The word “rise”, the title of Katy Perry’s song, has several meanings as a verb. Look some of them up in a dictionary.
2. Analyze the meanings you listed in Activity 1. Which do you think is most likely to be the meaning of “rise” in the song? Check .
3. Read the sentences. Match the underlined words to their meaning. a. Daniel was the archetype of the bully: strongly-built, authoritarian and arrogant. b. Although Gabrielle injured her leg two months before the Olympics, she never lost faith in her ability to get a medal. c. The stadium was in a complete state of mayhem and madness after the fight between the supporters of the two teams. d. After all the difficulties to find sponsorship, our basketball team is finally thriving and participating in the state championship. e. After intense physical activity, athletes’ veins might pop out, but the blood flow continues to be the same.
[ ] blood vessels [ ] a state of wild and chaotic activity [ ] a very typical example of a certain person or thing [ ] complete trust or confidence in someone or something, or a spiritual conviction [ ] growing or develop well or vigorously
PHOTOCOPIABLE 9 RISE | KATY PERRY
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While Listening 4. Listen to the song Rise. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.
Rise Katy Perry
1 I won’t just (a) ______30 And you will not negotiate
2 Oh, you will see me thrive 31 Just (m) ______it, just fight it
3 Can’t (b) ______my story 32 And be transformed
4 I’m beyond the archetype
5 I won’t just conform 33 Cause when, when the fire’s at my feet again
6 No (c) ______how you shake my core 34 And the (n) ______all start circling
7 Cause my roots, they run deep, oh 35 They’re whispering, “you’re out of time” 36 But still, I rise
8 Oh ye of so little faith 37 This is no mistake, no (o) ______
9 Don’t doubt it, don’t doubt it 38 When you think the final (p) ______is in, think again
10 (d) ______is in my veins 39 Don’t be surprised, I will still rise
11 I know it, I know it
12 And I will not (e) ______40 Don’t doubt it, don’t doubt it
13 I’ll fight it, I’ll fight it 41 Oh oh, oh oh
14 I will (f) ______42 You know it, you know it 43 Still (q) ______15 When, when the fire’s at my (g) ______again 44 Just fight it, just fight it 16 And the vultures all start circling 45 Don’t be surprised, I will still rise 17 They’re whispering, “you’re out of (h) ______. “
18 But still, I rise
19 This is no (i) ______, no accident
20 When you think the final nail is in, think again accident • angels • chaos • faith • feet • fight 21 Don’t be surprised, I will still rise matter • mistake • nail • negotiate • rise • survive time • transform • victory • vultures • write 22 I must stay conscious
23 Through the madness and (j) ______
24 So I call on my (k) ______
25 They say
26 Oh ye of so little (l) ______
27 Don’t doubt it, don’t doubt it
28 Victory is in your veins
29 You know it, you know it
10 PHOTOCOPIABLE RISE | KATY PERRY
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After Listening 5. Now that you have listened to the song Rise, check your predictions for the meaning of the word in the song, which you discussed in Activity 2.
6. What is the main theme of the song? [ ] a. human resilience [ ] c. dreams vs. reality [ ] b. unrequited love [ ] d. religious belief
7. Check the best meaning for the following lines from the song.
[ ] I’m not a typical person. a. “I’m beyond the archetype” [ ] I’m not a hero.
[ ] I’m a very healthy person. b. “Victory is in my veins” [ ] I’m a successful, winning person. c. “Cause when, when the fire’s [ ] Because when I recover my strength. at my feet again” [ ] Because when I am on fire again.
[ ] I will fly away and escape. d. “I will still rise” [ ] I will face the challenges.
8. In the following lines of the song Rise, the words in bold have a figurative meaning. What do you think the lines mean? Work in pairs. a. “No matter how you shake my core” b. “Cause my roots they run deep” c. “And the vultures all start circling” d. “When you think the final nail is in”
9. Work in pairs. Read the initial lines of two poems with the word “rise” in its title. One of them is considered to be an inspiration for the song. Which one is it?
[ ] Still I Rise [ ] The Hours Rise Up Putting Off Stars And It Is Maya Angelou E. E. Cummings You may write me down in history dawn With your bitter, twisted lies, into the street of the sky light walks scattering poems You may trod me in the very dirt on earth a candle is But still, like dust, I'll rise. extinguished the city Does my sassiness upset you? wakes Why are you beset with gloom? with a song upon her 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells mouth having death in her eyes Pumping in my living room.
10. Work in small groups. Discuss the following questions. a. Can you find in the song words related to the world of sports? Circle all of them. b. Do you think the song was an appropriate choice for the news coverage of the Rio Olympics? Why (not)? c. Think of a challenging situation you faced in your life. How did you deal with it? Did the practice of sports help you in anyway?
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