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David Bowie ´this is not America´




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David Bowie 'This is not America'

 
I. Look at the information about David. Make questions:
 
1.                     His name is David Robert Jones.
2.                             He was born on 8 January 1947.
3.                                 He is 63.
4.                  He comes from Brixton, London, England.
5.    Yes, he can. He can play electric, acoustic, and twelve-string guitar, saxophone, piano, harpsichord, harmonica, synthesizer, Mellotron, Stylophone, xylophone, vibraphone, koto, drums, and percussion. 
 
II. Listen to the song and do the tasks:
 
Choose correct words:
 
A piece of you
The little peace in
Will
For is not america
 
Choose correct words:

Blossom fails to boom / bloom
This / These season see son
Promise not to stare /  stair
To / Too long
For this is not a miracle / miricle
Write in the missing words on the basis of these pictures:

There was a
A that blew so pure
For this could be the biggest  
And I could have
The faintest 
  melting
From the inside
Falcon spirals
to the ground
So bloody  
Tomorrows  

Choose correct words:
 
A piece of you
The little peace in
Will
For is not america

Write in the missing words on the basis of these pictures:

There was a
A that blew so pure
For this could be the biggest  
And I could have
The faintest 

This could be the biggest   
This could be a miracle
This could be etc
 

What is the answer ?

1.       This is a bird with pointed wings and a long tail which can be trained to hunt other birds and small animals.

2.       This is a model of a person made of snow, especially by children.

3.       This is the red liquid that is sent around the body by the heart, and carries oxygen and important substances to organs and tissue, and removes waste products.

4.       This is an unusual and mysterious event that is thought to have been caused by a god, or any very surprising and unexpected event.

5.       This is the area above the Earth, in which clouds, the sun, etc. can be seen.

6.       This is the surface of the Earth, the soil.

7.       This is freedom from war and violence, especially when people live and work together happily without disagreements.

8.       This is a part of something.

Sounds. Match words with sounds.
 

       little, die, fails, piece, in, sky, me, will, time, this, faintest, peace, idea    

 

/ai/

/ei/

/i:/

/i/

 

 

 

 
Wordsearch. Find those words: blow, bloom, could, die, fail, melt, promise, stare.
 

 

Crossword. Fill in the the white squares with letters by solving clues which lead to the answer (5,5).
 

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5
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9
10
 
 
1. Opposite of 'outside'.
2. To look for a long time with the eyes wide open.
3. To possess.
4. Synonym of 'slightest'.
5. These are usually grey or white mass in the sky, made of very small floating drops of water.
6. Past form of 'blow'.
7. Summer, autumn, winter or spring.
8. Yesterday, today, ... .
9. A part of something.
10. Clean and free from harmful substances.

            The answer is:    .