IN THE GHETTO By Elvis Presley Exercise: TENSES
As the snow ...... (FLY) on a In the ghetto cold and grey Chicago morning And his hunger ...... (BURN), A poor little baby child ...... (BE so he ...... (START) to roam BORN) the streets at night In the ghetto. And he ...... (LEARN) how to And his mama ...... (CRY) steal and he ...... (LEARN) ‘cause if there...... (BE) one how to fight thing she ...... (NEED) In the ghetto...... (BE) another hungry Then one night in desperation, mouth to feed The young man ...... (BREAK) In the ghetto. away. Ah, people ...... you He ...... (BUY) a gun and ...... (UNDERSTAND)? (STEAL) a car; A child ...... (NEED) your He ...... (TRY) to run, but he helping hand; ...... (GET) far, He ...... (GO) to be an angry And his mama ...... (CRY) young man some day As the crowd ...... (GATHER) Oh, ...... (TAKE) a look at you round an angry young man, and me, Face down in the street with a gun ...... (BE) we too blind to in his hand ...... (SEE)? In the ghetto...... we simply ...... And as a young man ...... (TURN) our heads (DIE) on a cold and grey Chicago And ...... (LOOK) the other morning, way? Another little baby child ...... Well the world ...... (TURN) and (BE BORN) a hungry little boy with a runny nose In the ghetto...... (PLAY) in the street and And his mama ...... (CRY) the cold wind ...... (BLOW),
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Discussion:
1.- Read The definition below
Ghetto , originally, a section of a city in which Jews lived; it has come to mean a section of a city where members of any racial group are segregated. In the early Middle Ages the segregation of Jews in separate streets or localities was voluntary. The first compulsory ghettos were in Spain and Portugal at the end of the 14th cent. The ghetto was typically walled, with gates that were closed at a certain hour each night, and all Jews had to be inside the gate at that hour or suffer penalties. The reason generally given for compulsory ghettos was that the faith of Christians would be weakened by the presence of Jews; the idea of Jewish segregation dates from the Lateran Councils of 1179 and 1215. Within the ghetto the inhabitants usually had autonomy, with their own courts of law, their own culture, and their own charitable, recreational, educational, and religious institutions.
2.- What do you think life in a ghetto is like?
3.- Are there ghettos in America/in our country?
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Answers to Discussion:
2.- What was life in a Ghetto like? Within the ghetto the inhabitants usually had autonomy, with their own courts of law, their own culture, and their own charitable, recreational, educational, and religious institutions. Economic activities, however, were restricted, and beyond the ghetto walls Jews were required to wear badges of identification. 3.- In the United States, African Americans, Chicanos, and immigrant groups have been forced to live in ghettos through economic and social forces rather than being required to do so by law.
IN THE GHETTO By Elvis Presley THE FULL LYRICS
As the snow flies on a cold and grey In the ghetto Chicago morning And his hunger burns, so he starts A poor little baby child is born to roam the streets at night In the ghetto. And he learns how to steal and he And his mama cries ‘cause if there’s learns how to fight one thing she doesn’t need In the ghetto. Is another hungry mouth to feed Then one night in desperation, In the ghetto. The young man breaks away. Ah, people don’t you understand He buys a gun and steals a car; A child needs your helping hand; He tries to run but he doesn’t get far, He’s going to be an angry young And his mama cries man some day As the crowd gathers round an Oh, take a look at you and me, angry young man, Are we too blind to see? Face down in the street with a gun Do we simply turn our heads in his hand And look the other way? In the ghetto. Well the world turns and a hungry And as a young man dies on a cold little boy with a runny nose and grey chicago morning, Plays in the street and the cold wind Another little baby child is born blows, In the ghetto. And his mama cries.....
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