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Listening and Reading: Lithium by Evanescence




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Listening and Reading: Lithium

By Evanescence

                                                      
Watch the video and do the following exercises.

 
Which words can you hear in the Chorus?


Lithium, don't want to  block  lock me up inside.
Lithium, don't want to   forget  forgive how it feels  without.  within..
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my   sorry  sorrow.


Oh, but God    good, I want to  get   let it go.


Match the beginning and the end of the following lines
Come to bed, don't.                             A   make me sleep alone
Couldn't hide the emptiness                 B   to say you love me
Never wanted it.                                 C   to be so cold
Just didn't drink enough.                    D   wrong with me
I can't hold,                                       E   on to me
Wonder what's                                   F   you let it show

 

Chorus

Choose the words that you can hear.
I don't want to let it   me down this .
my will to .
Here in the I know .
break until I let it go.
Let go.

 

Unscramble the following lines.

And in the end I guess I had to fall.

Wonder what's wrong with me

I can't hold on to me,

Anything is better than to be alone.

Darling, I forgive you after all.

Always find my place among the ashes.

 

Tick the extra words (one in each line).

Lithium,  you don't want to lock me up inside.
Lithium, don't want to forget about how it feels without...
Lithium, to .stay in love with you.
I'm gonna to let it go.

 

A Bit of Science

 

Read a short text about Lithium and decide whether the statements are true or false.

Lithium (Greek: ‘lithos’: stone) was discovered by Arfvedson in 1817. Lithium is the lightest of all metals, with a density only about half that of water.

Lithium is silvery in appearance, it reacts with water and imparts a beautiful crimson colour to a flame, but when the metal burns strongly, the flame is a dazzling white.

It does not occur freely in nature; combined, it is found in small units in nearly all rocks and in many mineral springs

It is often used for making batteries as it has a high electrochemical potential. It is also used in special glasses and ceramics. Its compounds are used in air conditioning and industrial drying systems. Other lithium compounds are used in dry cells and storage batteries. Lithium carbide is used for the treatment of mental illness conditions, e.g. depression.

The metal is priced at about $300/lb.

Lithium has been known for about 200 years.                  

Lithium is a lighter than iron.                                              

Its name comes from a dead language.                              

It is beautifully red.                                                            

You never find lithium compounds in water.                      

It is widely used in different industrial products.          

It has never been used for curing people.                         

A kilo of lithium costs about USD300.