Lekcja #27 Belinda Carlisle – Leave a light on (1989)

Lekcja #27 Belinda Carlisle – Leave a light on (1989)

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Zadanie 1. Wysłuchaj piosenki z youtube jednocześnie czytając tekst. O czym mówią słowa?

Take my_____________________
Tell me what you are __________________
__________________
This is just the ______________________

_____________________ I have to go
It makes me ________________ like crying
I don’t know ______________ I’ll see you again

Darling leave a _________on for me
I’ll be there ____________ you close the door
To give you all the ______________ that you need
Darling leave a ___________ on for me
‘Cause when the _______________takes me away
You are still the__________that I ______________

I can’t _________________ I just don’t know
Just how ____________________ I have to go
But darling I’ll keep the____________________
Just leave a ____________________ on for me

Yes I know
What I’m asking is _________________
You _________________ go
Just get tired of ______________________
But if I lose your love
Torn out by my _______________________
That would be the one ________________of my life

Just like a _________________ lights up the dark
Baby that’s your heart

Zadanie 2. Uzupełnij luki w piosence słowami poniżej.

although, beginning, regret, breathe, hand, understand, before, when, light, air, world, key, spark, crazy, explain, desire, waiting, love, feeling, feel, far, could

Zadanie 3. Uzupełnij definicje słowami, które są wyróżnione (na grubo). Słowa mogą być w tekście piosenki, lub w komentarzach.

1._________________ make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts.
2._________________take air into the lungs and then expel it, especially as a regular physiological process.
3. __________________ a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it.
4.___________________ a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.
5. _________________________ a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over an occurrence or something that one has done or failed to do.
6.____________________ a small fiery particle thrown off from a fire, alight in ashes, or produced by striking together two hard surfaces such as stone or metal.
7._____________________ past of “can”; used to indicate possibility.
8. __________________ in spite of the fact that; even though.
9._________________ the point in time or space at which something begins.
10.___________________ To separate or remove something (from something else) by ripping or pulling it out forcefully.
11.__________________ mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour.
12. ____________ usually intense or unbridled sexual desire

Zadanie 4. Przeczytaj komentarze. Czy zgadzasz się z nimi?

  • The uplifting chorus can mask the meaning in this song, which is about a woman who is leaving her man because she needs time to find herself. She asks him to “leave a light on” for her, meaning to wait for her return, but that’s a lot to ask. The lyric was written by Ellen Shipley, who said in a Songfacts interview: “That was very specifically a feeling that I had about people going on their own way. Even though they love someone, it’s just time for them to find themselves. It’s pretty easy. In that story, she had to go find herself in order to come back and be with this person. Oftentimes people leave because they’re not done growing up. It was more important for her to find herself first, which is my feeling in life. And if you’re in a relationship and something feels wrong, if you break it down to not the guy or not the woman but in yourself, it usually has to do with finding yourself and coming into a relationship as a full authentic person. So, I tried to do that with the lyric.

About Belinda Carlisle

  1. Belinda Carlisle’s story is well known to some. That is the story of the ex-punk rocker, ex-cocaine addict, ex-lesbian lust icon and the ex-target of no fewer than 32 stalkers.
  2. …Belinda was a girl scout troop who got expelled after three days for placing cicadas in people’s sleeping bags
  3. …it was not until belinda turned 19, argued with duke and duke throwing all her clothes outside that belinda left home, claiming that one day she would be a star
  4. …wranglings over what the Go-Go’s stated were $1 million in unpaid royalties led to a lengthy legal dispute that finally was settled out of court, but not without leaving bitter feelings among the participants
  5. …they began to indulge a strange sense of humour. they would meet some businessman, get him drunk, take pictures of his and their private parts, and secretly place them in his pocket. ’so much the better if he was married,’ they would say
  6. …it was a case of too young and too much too soon. throw in egos and issues with royalties for song writing mixed with substance abuse and non-stop touring and you have a recipe for disaster. we simply imploded
  7. …we were getting ready for a concert in rio and it just didn’t feel right. i remember it real clearly because i started to cry. it wasn’t fun anymore. we were just sort of going through the motions, pretending to have all the fun on stage that we really did have in the beginning
  8. …i was so unhappy that i hated seeing new artists because i knew i couldn’t be one of them. i couldn’t share their freshness or excitement. i was sort of envious
  9. …it wasn’t until complete strangers wanted to kill her that made her worried. belinda had 32 stalkers, at once, after her and her husband that were considered dangerous. she began to feel like her private life was being invaded
  10. …i’m really fed up with whole media thing where you have to be 20 years old, a size 0, and blond with plastic tits

Zadanie 5. Uzupełnij definicje słowami, które są wyróżnione (na grubo).

    8. _________________a large homopterous insect with long transparent wings, found chiefly in warm countries. The male ones makes a loud, shrill droning noise by vibrating two membranes on its abdomen.
    9.___________________ engagement in a long, complicated dispute or argument.
    10.______________ allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of.
    11.________________ a sum paid to a patentee for the use of a patent or to an author or composer for each copy of a book sold or for each public performance of a work.
    12._______________________ collapse violently inwards.
    13.______________ a person who harasses or persecutes someone with unwanted and obsessive attention.
    14.____________________ a woman’s breast.
    15. ____________ usually intense or unbridled sexual desire

    Zadanie 6. Posłuchaj piosenki jeszcze raz zastanawiając się: o czym ona jest? Możesz teraz zauważyć, na ile twoje pierwsze wrażenie po odsłuchaniu piosenki były słuszne.

    Lekcja #26 I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys (1999)

    Lekcja #26 I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys (1999)

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    Zadanie 1. Wysłuchaj piosenki z youtube jednocześnie czytając tekst. O czym mówią słowa?

    You are my ______________
    The one _____________
    Believe when I ___________
    I want it that way

    But we are two ______________ apart
    Can’t ___________ to your _____________
    When you ____________
    That I want it that way

    CHORUS: _______ ____________ _______
    Ain’t nothin’ but a ______________
    ­­­­­­­­­___________ __________ ___________
    Ain’t nothin’ but a _________
    ___________ ________ ___________
    I never wanna ______________ you say
    I want it that way

    __________ I your fire?
    Your _________ desire
    Yes, I know it’s too ____________
    ____________ I want it that way

    CHORUS…

    Now I can see that we’ve __________ __________
    From the way that it ____________ to be, yeah
    No matter the _____________
    I want you to know
    That __________ down ___________ of me

    Zadanie 2. Uzupełnij luki w piosence słowami poniżej.

    inside, heartache, heart, Fire, desire, hear, Am, say, worlds, reach, fallen apart, distance, used, mistake, deep, Tell me why, late, one, But

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    The Nonsensical Lyrics

    • The first song that pops into most peoples’ heads when Backstreet Boys are mentioned is their biggest hit I Want It That Way. The song punctuated the success of the album Millennium, released in 1999, and was responsible for the band hitting their peak. However, a dubious fact related to this song is that the lyrics don’t make a lick of sense.
    • Many critics over the years have questioned the song’s lyrical meaning, mainly the line, “I want it that way.” Ben Westhoff dissected the song, writing that its lyrical content “makes zero sense”. For Westhoff, “Mainly, the meaning of ‘that’ is at issue.” While analyzing the lyrics, Westhoff perceived that, “None of the sentiments in the chorus seem to go with any of the other ones. Even worse, no further explanation is given for what ‘that’ is.” The critic assumed that in the song “someone simply doesn’t like it when his lover expresses preferences, never wanting to hear when his girlfriend says she wants things in particular ways”. He  also noted that “The phrase ‘I want it that way’ is similarly devoid of inherent meaning, but it’s used recurringly as a kind of conclusive phrase, always calling back to those first two lines, as the song gets gradually more despairing in nature.” He also found out that “The chorus would appear to be in direct opposition to the rest of the song.” He concluded that the song “is about a relationship that’s troubled by matters of emotional and/or physical distance, but that the singer feels strongly enough about to keep it going just the same…until the chorus, at which point he decides that it’s not worth the trouble. No, it doesn’t make sense, but it’s still stirring, beautiful in its own weird way, and undeniably unforgettable. And frankly, we wouldn’t want it any other way.”

    Zadanie 4. Uzupełnij definicje słowami, które są wyróżnione (na grubo). Słowa mogą być w tekście piosenki, lub w komentarzach.

    1. _______________ occur at intervals throughout (a period)
    2. ____________ an extremely small amount of sth abstract
    3. ___________ the point of highest activity, or achievement
    4. _______________ having a divided form or structure.
    5. ______________ a feeling or emotion.
    6. ______________ entirely lacking
    7. _____________ existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.
    8. _______________ in a recurring manner; repeatedly.
    9. _______________ (of evidence or argument) having or likely to have the effect of proving a case; decisive.
    10. ________________ arrive at a judgement or opinion by reasoning.
    11. ______________ causing excitement or strong emotion
    12. ______________ very strange; bizarre.
    13. _______________ used to emphasize that something cannot be denied or disputed.
    14. _________________ used to emphasize the truth of a statement, however unpleasant this may be; in an open, honest, and direct manner.
    15. ____________________ in a gradual way; slowly; by degrees.
    16. _______________ showing the loss of all hope.
    17. ____________ hesitating or doubting.

    Zadanie 5. Przeczytaj kolejne komentarze. 

    Dirty Pop: The Darkest Secrets of Boy Bands Revealed

    From New Kids on the Block to One Direction, we’re looking back on scandals hit boy bands endured during their reigns atop the charts. The catchy songs. The bold fashion statements. The poster-ready faces.

    Boy bands tend to have a squeaky-clean image when they first make their well-choreographed debut, eliciting the screams of millions of devoted fans. But many boy bands’ backstories harbor dark scandals, including lawsuits, in-fighting and substance abuse issues.

    YouTube documentary The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story pulled the curtain back on the deception his mega-group and others were the victims of, detailing the betrayal of their beloved-manager-turned-enemy Lou Pearlman, who died in prison in 2016. 

    Zadanie 6. Uzupełnij definicje słowami, które są wyróżnione (na grubo).

    1. _________________________ remain in existence; last.
    2. _________________________________ completely clean
    3. ______________ evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone.
    4. _____________ keep (a thought or feeling, typically a negative one) in one’s mind, especially secretly.
    5. ____________ a claim or dispute brought to a law court
    6. _____________ hidden conflict or competitiveness within an organization.
    7. _____________________ the action of deceiving someone.
    8. ___________________________ treachery, disloyalty
    9. _______________ persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them.

    Zadanie 7. Posłuchaj piosenki jeszcze raz zastanawiając się: o czym ona jest? Możesz teraz zauważyć, na ile twoje pierwsze wrażenie po odsłuchaniu piosenki były słuszne.

    Lekcja #25 Don’t you want me – The Human League (1981)

    Lekcja #25 Don’t you want me – The Human League (1981)

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    Zadanie 1. Wysłuchaj piosenki z youtube jednocześnie czytając tekst. O czym mówią słowa?

    You were workin’ as a ________in a _________bar
    When I met you
    I picked you out, I shook you up and turned you around
    Turned you into _____________________ new
    Now __________ years later on, you’ve got the world at your __________
    ________________ has been so easy for you
    But don’t forget, it’s ______________ who put you where you are now
    And I can put you _______________ too

    CHORUS:

    Don’t, don’t you _______________ me?
    You know I can’t believe it when I hear that you won’t _____________ me
    Don’t, don’t you ________________ me?
    You know I don’t believe you when you say that you don’t ________me
    It’s much too late to find
    You think you’ve changed your ______________
    You’d better change it back or we will ______________ be sorry

    Don’t you _______me, baby? Don’t you ________ me?

    I was working as a ______________ in a _________________ bar
    That much is _____________________
    But even then, I knew I’d find a much _________ place
    ________________ with or without you
    The____________ years we have had have been such good times
    I still love you
    But now, I think it’s time I live my__________________on my own
    I ______________ it’s just what I must do

    Zadanie 2. Uzupełnij luki w piosence słowami poniżej.

    Either, back down, life, five, waitress, true, both, want (x5), see, someone, feet, need, Success, me, better, guess, mind, cocktail

    Zadanie 3. Przeczytaj komentarze. Czy zgadzasz się z nimi?

    • I always think of the male character in the song as being someone like Andy Warhol – not necessarily a lover, but an impresario with a lot of cultural influence and self-importance, who “discovers” people and has the power to promote them to superstardom or tell everyone they’re washed up.
    • Secretly Horrifying Song Lyrics: It’s not innocent or melancholy at all; it’s vicious and angry! It turned my entire world upside down, and I’m worried that it’s going to ruin a fun, wistful pop song forever. As such, it MUST undergo a thorough, line-by-line analysis. If nothing else, this will help me pass on my disturbed feeling to you, the reader. When we’re done, I’ll give it an official rating on the Horrifying Scale and we’ll all assume the fetal position. “I picked you out, I shook you up and turned you around, turned you into someone new” Nope. He’s a dick. Five lines in, and he’s already a confirmed dick. He’s saying she was nothing before she met him, basically just a sex object, until he came along with his big savior complex and rescued her from the lesser men that make up the cocktail bar landscape. To be fair, men who go to cocktail bars to ogle the waitresses are definitely lesser in the eyes of God and Man. But wait, why was the narrator in the cocktail bar in the first place??? To pick up waitresses by promising to make them famous? New layers of creepy! It’s a “a nasty song about sexual power politics. Did you notice the part above where he seemed really, really dangerous? I don’t often use the phrase “intent on harm,” but it feels like this guy may be intent on harm.

    Zadanie 4. Uzupełnij definicje słowami, które są wyróżnione (na grubo). Słowa mogą być w tekście piosenki, lub w komentarzach.

    1. _____________________- give in, surrender
    2. changed your _____________- changed your original opinion, choice, or plan
    3. _________________ /ˈʌɪðə,ˈiːðə/ – used before the first of two (or occasionally more) given alternatives (the other being introduced by ‘or’).
    4. ____________________ an alcoholic drink consisting of a spirit or spirits mixed with other ingredients, such as fruit juice or cream.
    5. ___________________- estimate without sufficient information to be sure of being correct; calculate, hypothesize, postulate, predict, speculate
    6. ____________________- a woman whose job is to serve customers at their tables in a restaurant
    7. _____________- two people (or things) together
    8. ___________________- antonyms: false
    9. __________- if something that has changedchanges back, it returns to how it was originally
    10. _________________- a group people for mutual protection or cooperation (alliance, federation, union, association, corporation)
    11. ________________ stare at in a lecherous manner.
    12. ________________ a person who saves someone or something from danger or difficulty.
    13. _________________________ the state of being extremely famous and successful
    14. ___________________no longer effective or successful
    15. ______________ deliberately cruel or violent.
    16. ______________ relating to an unborn or unhatched offspring of a mammal, in particular an unborn human more than eight weeks after conception.
    17. jealous– feeling or showing an envious resentment of someone or their achievements, possessions, or perceived advantages.
    18. blackmail /ˈblakmeɪl/ – 1. force (sb) to do something by using threats or manipulating their feelings. 2. demand money or another benefit from (sb) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them.

    Zadanie 5. Posłuchaj piosenki jeszcze raz zastanawiając się: o czym ona jest? Możesz teraz zauważyć, na ile twoje pierwsze wrażenie po odsłuchaniu piosenki były słuszne.

    Lekcja #24 Beautiful Tango – Hindi Zahra (2010)

    Lekcja #24 Beautiful Tango – Hindi Zahra (2010)

    by | May 8, 2022 | Gotowa lekcja za darmo Analiza Piosenki

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    Zadanie 1. Wysłuchaj piosenki z youtube jednocześnie czytając tekst. O czym mówią słowa?

    Beautiful Tango, __________ me by the ___________
    Beautiful Tango,_______________ you make me dance
    How ______________ it can be if you make me dance?
    How_____________ will it last, baby if we dance?

    Come to the, come to the ______________ (2x)
    And baby let me _______________  you things
    Cause time is _______________  and we can loose,
    Baby come and dance we ____________ make it threw
    __________ we’ve got time, Yes we’ve got time

    Beautiful ______________, don’t want to know your name
    Beautiful stranger, just want to take your ___________
    How ______________it can be if you make me dance?
    How_________________ will it last, baby if we dance?

    Come to the _________  where the skin speaks
    A secret words in ____________
    Where the night____________ the lights of day

    For us to show some ____________

    So don’t go if you wanna know, Don’t go if you don’t know, don’t go (2x)

    Beautiful stranger, take me by the hand
    Make me dance all _______________
    I ___________ take the chance
    I love the way you ________________
    And the way you put your hands on my ______________
    Are moving while you take it _____________
    Makes me feel like I’m on a ___________ flow
    Cause we’ve got _________________
    And yes we’ve got time

    Beautiful stranger, I wanna loose my _________
    Beautiful stranger, in the depth of your ____________
    Beautiful stranger, oh oh oh oh
    I ________ (3x) your sweet music, sweet sweet sweet music, sweet music rising

    Zadanie 2. Uzupełnij luki w piosence słowami poniżej.

    running, until, hips, courage, move, sweet, show, take, long, world, stranger, place, Spanish, night, hand, Cause, turns out, wanna, slow, river, gonna, hand, mind, eyes, remember, time

    Zadanie 3. Przeczytaj komentarze. Czy zgadzasz się z nimi?

    “I dream the arrangements and vocals; the melodies tend to come of their own volition without any great effort on my part. I work instinctively, without putting anything down in writing.” – Hindi Zahra

    Zahra loves to tell stories—but only about her own lived experience—in her music. She has garnered comparisons to Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, and Patti Smith. With a little bit of blues, jazz, and unorthodox folk, Zahra has arranged her entire debut album herself. Zahra will be making waves during October’s CMJ festival in New York. We caught up with the up-and-coming artist on the influence of movie music, the steps for creating songs and why she chose to sing in English for most of her album.

    INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES: It’s a mix of different music, because I was born in Morocco and we are used to listening to a lot of different kinds of music—especially to cinema and TV, because we had a lot of Egyptian films, but also Indian films and also Hollywood films. Jazz, rock, Oriental, too. It’s Africa. We have all the African music. So, I really get focused on black music coming from America, Oriental music coming from Egypt and also from south Morocco; it’s the Desert Blues, what we call the “rock of the desert.”

    BEING HONORED BY COMPARISONS: The first one was Billie Holiday, but I thought that it was too much. First, because I heard a lot of Ella Fitzgerald more than Billie Holiday. Also, because the voice of Billie Holiday is tortured. It’s a voice that you can feel all of the things that she’s done to her body. So, I didn’t think we had the same voice, but I was very honored for that comparison. After the concert, people wanted to compare me to Janis Joplin, which I am so surprised about, because I don’t listen to Janis Joplin at all. And I don’t think I sound like her, but it’s the mystery of it. People hear something in my music. The most beautiful one was, I think, the “African Patti Smith.” It was when we played in London.

    Zadanie 4. Uzupełnij definicje słowami, które są wyróżnione (na grubo). Słowa mogą być w tekście piosenki, lub w komentarzach.

    1.____________________ gather or collect (something, especially information or approval).
    2.__________________ cause great mental suffering or anxiety to.
    3.____________________ the ability to do something that frightens one; bravery.
    4._____________________ a consideration or estimate of the similarities or dissimilarities between two things or people.
    5.___________________ of, from, or characteristic of Asia, especially East Asia.
    6.________________ a person’s hip joint.
    7.____________________ the faculty or power of using one’s will.
    8.____________________ without conscious thought; by natural instinct.
    9._______________ succeed in reaching a person who is ahead of one; talk to someone whom one has not seen for some time in order to find out what they have been doing.
    10._____________________ something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain.
    11.___________________ a waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically one covered with sand.

    Zadanie 5. Posłuchaj piosenki jeszcze raz zastanawiając się: o czym ona jest? Możesz teraz zauważyć, na ile twoje pierwsze wrażenie po odsłuchaniu piosenki były słuszne.

    Lekcja #23 Usa For Africa – We Are The World (1985)

    Lekcja #23 Usa For Africa – We Are The World (1985)

    by | May 8, 2022 | Gotowa lekcja za darmo Analiza Piosenki

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    Zadanie 1. Wysłuchaj piosenki z youtube jednocześnie czytając tekst. O czym mówią słowa?

    There comes a time

    When we heed a____________ call

    When the __________ must come ___________as one

    There are __________________dying

    Oh, and it’s time to _________ __ __________ to life

    The greatest________________ of all

     

    We can’t go on

    Pretending _______  ___ ________,

    That someone, somewhere soon make a ____________

    We’re all a part of God’s great big ___________

    And the __________, you know, _________ is all we need

     

    CHORUS: We are the ____________

                       We are the ___________

    We are the ones who make a ___________ day, so let’s start giving

    There’s a ___________ we’re making

    We’re saving our own lives

    It’s ___________  we’ll make a __________ day, just you and me

     

    Oh, send them your ____________

    So they know that someone ________________

    And their lives will be ________________  and free

    As ___________ has shown us by turning __________  to bread

    And so we all must _________ a helping ___________

    CHORUS…

    When you’re down and out, there seems no ___________at all

    But if you just ____________ there’s no way we can fall

    Well, well, well, well let us realize

    Oh, that a ____________ can only come

    When we stand ___________ as one, yeah, yeah, yeah

    Zadanie 2. Uzupełnij luki w piosence słowami poniżej.

    change (2x), certain, lend a (…) hand (2x), heart , day-by-day, truth, love, people , together (2x), gift, world (2x), choice, better, brighter, stronger, stones, children, hope, family, true, cares, God, believe

    Zadanie 3. Przeczytaj komentarze. Czy zgadzasz się z nimi?

      • Before the writing of “We Are the World”, American entertainer and social activist Harry Belafonte had thought for some time to have a song recorded by the most well-known artists in the music industry at the time. He planned to have the proceeds donated to a new organization called United Support of Artists for Africa (USA for Africa). The non-profit foundation would then feed and relieve starving people in Africa, specifically Ethiopia, where around one million people died during the country’s 1983–1985 famine (A widespread famine affected Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985. The worst famine to hit the country in a century, it left 1.2 million dead. 400,000 refugees left the country, and 2.5 million people were internally displaced. Almost 200,000 children were orphaned.)
      • Jackson revealed to Richie that he not only wanted to sing the song, but to participate in its writing as well. To begin with, “We Are the World” was to be written by Jackson, Richie, and Wonder. As Wonder had limited time to work on the project, due to writing songs from the film The Woman in Red, Jackson and Richie proceeded to write it themselves. They began creating the song at the Jackson family home. For a week, the two spent every night working on lyrics and melodies in Jackson’s bedroom. They knew that they wanted a song that would be easy to sing and memorable. The pair wanted to create an anthem. Jackson’s older sister La Toya watched the two work on the song, and later contended that Richie only wrote a few lines for the track. She stated that her younger brother wrote 99% of the lyrics, “but he’s never felt it necessary to say that”.
      • Humanitarian aid: Four months after the release of “We Are the World”, USA for Africa had taken in almost $10.8 million (equivalent to $25 million today). The majority of the money came from record sales within the US. Members of the public also donated money—almost $1.3 million within the same time period. In May 1985, USA for Africa officials estimated that they had sold between $45 million and $47 million worth of official merchandise around the world. Organizer Ken Kragen announced that they would not be distributing all of the money at once. Instead, he revealed that the foundation would be looking into finding a long-term solution for Africa’s problems. “We could go out and spend it all in one shot. Maybe we’d save some lives in the short term but it would be like putting a Band-Aid over a serious wound.” Kragen noted that experts had predicted that it would take at least 10 to 20 years to make a slight difference to Africa’s long-term problems.

    Zadanie 4. Uzupełnij definicje słowami, które są wyróżnione (na grubo). Słowa mogą być w tekście piosenki, lub w komentarzach.

    1.__________________pay attention to; take notice of.
    2._______________/ˈanθəm/ a musical setting of a religious text to be sung by a choir during a church service, especially in Anglican or Protestant Churches.
    3._____________ worth remembering or easily remembered, especially because of being special or unusual.
    4._________________ hymn, song of praise, chorale, psalm, paean
    5.______________ dry spell, dry period, lack of rain, shortage of water
    6.________________ unforgettable, catchy, haunting
    7._______________ pay attention to, take notice of
    8.________________ goods, wares, stock, commodities, produce, product
    9.________________ a child whose parents are dead.
    10.______________ a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
    11.________________ goods to be bought and sold; branded products used to promote a film, pop group, etc., or linked to a fictional character;
    12._____________________ a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
    13._____________________ the part played by a person or thing in bringing about a result or helping something to advance. “the major contribution of social scientists to the understanding of political life”
    14.________________________/wiːt/ a cereal which is the most important kind grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, pastry, etc.
    15.____________________/ˈflaʊə/ a powder obtained by grinding grain, typically wheat, and used to make bread, cakes, and pastry.
    16.__________________ during the course of a journey; on the way.
    17._____________________ goods carried on a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

    Zadanie 5. Posłuchaj piosenki jeszcze raz zastanawiając się: o czym ona jest? Możesz teraz zauważyć, na ile twoje pierwsze wrażenie po odsłuchaniu piosenki były słuszne.