I. Choose correct words:
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" is a song by English alternative rock band The Verve, and is based on music an Andrew Loog Oldham adaptation of a Rolling Stones song, "The Last Time." It is the track on The Verve's third album Urban Hymns (1997). It was on 16 June 1997 as the first from the album, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart. The song's momentum built slowly in the United States throughout the latter months of 1997, ultimately leading to a CD single release on 3 March 1998, helping the song to number twelve on the Billboard famous for the legal controversy surrounding plagiarism charges. It was the 79th best selling single in the United States in 1998. Rolling Stone ranked "Bitter Sweet Symphony" as the 382nd best song of time. Hot 100. The song also
II. Listen to the song and do the tasks:
Write in missing words:
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this
to make ends meet
You're a slave to then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever down
You know the one that takes you to the
where all the veins yeah,
Put in corect order (from 1 to 8):
CHORUS
But I'm a million different people
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
I can change, I can change
I can't change my mold
from one day to the next
No, no, no, no, no
No change, I can change
Choose correct words:
Well I never pay /pray
But tonight I'm on my knees /needs yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the plain /pain in me, yeah
I let the melodyshy /shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing / seeing to me now
CHORUS
I can't change (x2)
Write in missing words:
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this
to make ends meet
You're a slave to then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever down
You know the one that takes you to the
where all the veins yeah,
CHORUS (x2)
III. Pronunciation: Put these words in correct column: slave, road, end, veins, cleanse, change, knee, melody, ever, yeah.
IV. Wordsearch: Find these words: bittersweet, slave, mold, recognize,shine, cleanse, sounds, million, different.
V. Crossword.
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The clues:
1. Past participle form of 'be'.
2. Tubes that carry blood to the heart from the other parts of the body.
3. Opposite of 'the same, similar'.
4. The night of the present day.
5. To send out or reflect light.
6. Not 'there'.
7. A person who is legally owned by someone else and has to work for them.
8. The passage through the mouth and throat that carries air to the lungs.
9. A tune, often forming part of a larger piece of music.
10. To make sth completely clean or sb or sth morally clean or pure.
11. To attempt to do sth. |
The answer is : .
VI. Sum-up. Each student has to say one word which (s)he remebers from the song (you may ask your students to create sentences with those words to make sure that they know their meanings).
