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Pobierz plik z darmową lekcją w PDF: Patsy Cline – Back in Baby’s Arms (1969)

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

CHORUS:  I’m back in baby’s arms

How I __________________ those lovin’ arms

I’m back _____________________ I belong

Back in baby’s arms

 

Don’t ___________________ why we quarreled

We never did __________________

___________we found out how it hurts

I bet we never quarrel ______________

CHORUS: I’m back…

Thought I didn’t ___________________his love

‘Til he took it __________________

Now I’m back __________________ I belong

And in my baby’s arms I’m gonna _________________

Zadanie 2. Uzupełnij luki w piosence słowami poniżej.

stay, missed, where (2x), before, anymore, since, need, away, know

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• Patsy Cline’s personal life (1932–1963)

                  In 1953, Patsy married Gerald E. Cline, thus picking up [1]the last name she would keep for the rest of her life. Gerald, however, she chose not to keep. Encyclopedia Virginia reveals that she had an affair with Bill Peer, but she broke things off with him and separated from her husband in 1955. By 1957 she’d divorced the latter in time to marry her new beau[2], a linotype operator named Charles Allen Dick. (Needless to say, she passed on adopting that last name for professional reasons.)

                  After Patsy and Charles wed[3], she found herself back to scraping[4] by, performing small local gigs as her new husband served a stint[5] in the army, stationed at Ft. Bragg in North Carolina. As Patsy had a baby to care for (the first of two kids she and Charles would have), she was unable to go on tour. Once Charles’ enlistment was up, though, the couple relocated to Nashville where her star once again began to shine

• Patsy Cline’s tragic death

  Early in the morning on March 5, 1963, Patsy and two fellow Opry stars, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins, were flying back to Nashville from a Kansas City benefit concert. The small plane they flew in was piloted by Randy Hughes, who was himself an Opry session guitarist and the son-in-law of Copas as well as being Patsy’s manager. Shortly after taking off from a refueling [6]stop, Hughes lost control of his Piper PA-24 Comanche due to poor visibility and the plane crashed outside of Camden, Tennessee. There were no survivors.

                  There was a memorial service in Nashville for all four performers lost in the crash, where the Wilmington Star News relates that June Carter was in tears and fans paid tribute with floral arrangements shaped like musical instruments, cowboy hats, and boots. After this service, Patsy’s remains were returned to her hometown of Winchester for burial.

Things You Should Never Do After a Fight With Your Partner

         It’s completely normal — and healthy — for couples to argue. You’re two separate people, and you’re going to have different opinions sometimes. You might have heard of some of those classic techniques for how to fight fair, like only using statement starting with “I” or trying not to call names.

                But what you might not realize is that how you act after a fight can be as important to your relationship as what you say in the heat of the moment. Here are some reactions to avoid, whether you’re totally over it or still working on that whole forgive-and-forget thing.

1.Don’t disrespect your partner’s need for space.

“In a fight, when one partner is overwhelmed, they may not be able to process their thoughts,” Dr. Megan Flemming, clinical psychologist and certified sex therapist, tells Woman’s Dat. “Which is why it’s important to respect when someone says ‘I need a break.'” It can be natural to feel anxious if your partner needs some time to cool off and collect their thoughts — if this happens, take a few deep breaths and think about how’d you want to be treated if the roles were reversed. “Understand that it’s not personal,” says Dr. Flemming.

2. Don’t have an all-or-nothing mentality.

After a heated argument with your partner, try to keep an open mind. In the midst of a fight, it can be easy to slip into black-or-white thinking. Dr. Flemming says using terms like “you always” or never” will never solve an argument, so it’s important to take a step back once things have cooled off to consider the argument from your partner’s point of view.

3.Don’t give them the cold shoulder.

If you need some space after a fight, that’s completely fine, as long as you tell them. “One of the biggest mistakes people make after an argument is stonewalling[7],” Rachel A. Sussman, a licensed psychotherapist and relationship expert in New York City, tells Woman’s Day. If you brush your partner off or ignore them, they may think you’re punishing them, which may make them hold back on telling you how they feel in the future. Instead, say, “My emotions don’t recede as quickly as yours, but give me 24 hours and I’m sure things will be fine. If not, we can discuss more.”

4. Don’t keep their words in your arsenal.

You know the saying, “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”? Whatever your partner says during a fight should stay there. “List-makers never tell their partners what bothers them in the moment,” =Michelle Golland, PsyD, a clinical psychologist in Los Angeles, tells Woman’s Dat. So if they say something during the fight that bugs[8] you, tell them their words are frustrating you. If their fighting words annoy you the next day, give yourself some breathing room instead of approaching them again so soon. Bringing up an argument too often can lead to talking in circles, not a resolution.

5. Don’t just say, “I’m sorry” if they’re still hurt.

That says, “I’m sick of this. Leave me alone. I want to do something else,” Laurie Puhn, a couples mediator and author of Fight Less, Love More, tells Woman’s Day. “What you want to say is, ‘I’m sorry for…’ and explain what you’re talking about. The second part of the apology is, ‘In the future, I will…’ and fill in the blank with how you won’t make the mistake again.”

6. Don’t make excuses for why you fought.

There are a million things on which you could blame[9] an argument: a bad day at work, a headache, a restless night. In fact, a University of California Berkeley study found that couples who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to fight. Still, passing the blame isn’t fair to your or your partner. “Fights are about information,” Dr. Golland says. “If you’re angry, sad or hurt, that’s information your husband needs to know.” The next time you have a bad day at work, send a warning text before you get home, Dr. Golland suggests. That way, they know that you may be more irritable[10].

How Much Space Is TOO Much Space In a Relationship?

 

There are some phrases that can send a chill down your spine when you hear them from your partner—and if “We need to talk” is as bad as it gets, “I need some space” isn’t far behind. But the truth is, space isn’t a bad thing, even in a romantic relationship. It may make you feel a little panicky[11] if your partner says that they need some breathing room, but space can be a positive force in a relationship. In fact, it can be a great thing.

What Is Personal Space in a Relationship?

Personal space in a relationship means you’re taking time to put yourself first and do things that are just for you—choices that will make you feel great about yourself, putting you in a better mindset[12] to take care of your relationship.

The trick is to get the balance right. If your partner says they need space in your relationship, something has gone a little wrong—either with the partnership or just in their own life. So, whether you’ve been together for two months or 20 years, you need to take it seriously. The good news is that it’s an easy enough problem to fix—as long as you can balance giving them space with making sure that you don’t drift apart[13]. If you do it right, you may find that having a little distance makes you feel more grateful for each other and, ultimately[14], brings you closer together.

So how much space is too much? Here’s what you need to consider.

Why Do They Need Space?

The first thing to do is talk to your partner about why they need space. Even if you feel defensive or strange about it, remember that it’s a totally normal, reasonable request for them to make—so make sure that you question it with genuine curiosity rather than getting defensive[15]. It may be that they’re really stressed at work, or feel like they haven’t had enough time with their friends, or maybe they’re just feeling claustrophobic. When you understand what the root of the problem is, it will be easier to know how much space to give—and how to give it.

How Much Space Do They Want?

Once you talk to your partner about why they need space, try to get them to explain how you can give that to them. If they want more time to go to the gym or pursue[16] a hobby, that’s an easy one to negotiate—you can find out how many times a week they want to do that. If they want something more nebulous[17], like “more alone time,” you may need to ask them to be a little more specific about how you can help them with that.

In general, you should do your best to make it happen—within reason. If they’re saying they want to go travel the world for six months and leave you with two kids at home, you obviously have the right to put your foot down. But, in most cases, you should be able to find a compromise. If it doesn’t feel like a huge shift in your lives or something that will draw a wedge [18]between you, it’s probably OK.

How Can You Check In While Still Giving Them Space?

How do you make sure you give your partner enough space without feeling like you’re drifting away from each other? The key is to make sure that you check in regularly. Space between you doesn’t have to feel like distance between you—if you do it right. So tell your partner that you’re sorry that they’re struggling and you want to be able to give them the space they need but suggest that you check in every Sunday or every other week. It’s just a chance to touch base, see how things are progressing[19], and if your partner is feeling any better.

It’s also an opportunity to air any concerns you have and talk about how it’s affecting the relationship—positively or negatively. Even if your partner needs space, you still have your own needs that should be considered, so explain that you’ll feel better if you two can stay connected that way. Communication is key.

 

[1]take hold of and lift or move someone or something.

[2]a boyfriend or male admirer.

[3]get married to

[4]draw or move (something) along or over something else, making a harsh noise.

[5]a person’s fixed or allotted period of work.

[6]supply (a vehicle) with more fuel.

[7] delay or obstruct (a request, process, or person) by refusing to answer questions or by being evasive.

“she has also stonewalled queries about her love life”

[8] annoy or bother (someone).

[9] feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong.

[10] having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed.

[11] feeling or characterized by uncontrollable fear or anxiety.

[12] the established set of attitudes held by someone.

[13] (of two or more people) gradually become less intimate or friendly.

[14] finally; in the end.

[15] very anxious to challenge or avoid criticism.

“he was very defensive about that side of his life”

[16] follow or chase (someone or something).

[17] indistinct, indefinite, unclear, vague

[18] a piece of wood, metal, etc. having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them.

[19] develop towards an improved or more advanced condition.

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

1._____________________ have a heated argument or disagreement.

2. ___________________ an idea or opinion produced by thinking, or occurring suddenly in the mind; careful consideration or attention.
3. _____________________ a small adhesive piece of paper stuck to something to show that an amount of money has been paid, in particular a postage stamp.

4.___________________ to learn by study, observation, or search : discover.

5. ______________________ be the property of.
6. ____________________ used to express certainty; be certain, be sure, be convinced, be confident

7.__________________- a lover or spouse (often as a form of address). “my ____________ left me for another guy”, Similar: darling, sweetheart, dearest, dear, honey

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Pobierz plik z darmową lekcją w PDF: How Far I’ll Go – Auli’i Cravalho (Moana 2016)

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

I’ve been staring at the ________ of the water
‘Long as I can ___________________
Never ____________ knowing why
I wish I could be the ______________ daughter
But I come back to the _________________
No matter how _______________ I try
Every turn I take
Every _____________ I track
Every ___________________ I make
Every _____________ leads back
To the place I know where I cannot go
Where I ______________ to be

See the line where the _____________ meets the sea?
It calls me
And no one __________________
How far it goes
If the _________ in my sail on the sea stays behind me
One day I’ll know
If I go, there’s_____________ no telling how far I’ll go
I know everybody on this island
Seems so __________ on this island
Everything is by ________________
I know everybody on this island
Has a _____________ on this island
So maybe I can ________________with mine
I can lead with ________________
I can make us _______________
I’ll be ________________ if I play along
But the _____________inside sings a different song
What is ______________ with me?

See the light as it shines on the sea?
It’s _________________
But no one _______________
How deep it goes
And it seems like it’s calling out to me
So __________________ find me
And let me know
What’s _____________ that line?
Will I _______________ that line?
And the line where the ____________ meets the sea
It calls me
And no one ___________
How far it goes
If the wind in my sail on the sea stays behind me
One day I’ll know
How far I’ll go

Zadanie 2. Uzupełnij luki w piosence słowami poniżej.

edge, wind, happy, design, role, voice, really, hard, trail, road, long, pride, strong, wrong, blinding, come, cross, remember, perfect, water, sky (2x), path, knows (3x), just, roll, satisfied, beyond,

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• This song is about being yourself and proving that you could do anything no matter what you are.
  This is Alessias biggest hit and I see why. Moana has become an inspirational movie for both kids and teens. You could go far by your goals or your achievements to make something bigger than the whole world.
• Miranda’s lyrics are reminiscent of The Little Mermaid, particularly when Ariel sings about wanting to live in the real world instead of under the sea. She wants to follow her dreams by traveling somewhere far away.
• The film tells the story of Moana, the strong-willed daughter of a chief of a Polynesian village, who is chosen by the ocean itself to reunite a mystical relic with the goddess Te Fiti. When a blight strikes her island, Moana sets sail in search of Maui, a legendary demigod, in the hope of returning the relic to Te Fiti and saving her people. The plot is original, but takes inspiration from Polynesian myths.
• Moana continues a tradition of Disney princess movies that perpetuate gender stereotypes. The movie contains the usual Electral undercurrent, with Moana seeking to prove her independence to her overprotective father. Moana’s partner in her adventures, Maui, is overtly hypermasculine, a trait epitomized by a phallic fishhook that is critical to his identity. Maui’s struggles with shapeshifting also reflect male anxieties about performing masculinity. Maui violates the Mother Island, first by entering her cave and then by using his fishhook to rob her of her fertility. The repercussions of this act are the basis of the plot: the Mother Island abandons her form as a nurturing, youthful female (Te Fiti) focused on creation to become a vengeful lava monster (Te Ka). ¯ At the end, Moana successfully urges Te Ka to get in touch with her true self, a brave but simple act ¯ that is sufficient to bring back Te Fiti, a passive, smiling green goddess. The association of youthful, fertile females with good and witch-like infertile females with evil implies that women’s worth and well-being are dependent upon their procreative function. Stereotypical gender tropes that also include female abuse of power and a narrow conception of masculinity merit analysis in order to further progress in recognizing and addressing patterns of gender hegemony in popular Disney films.

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

1.______________ ___________ determined to do as one wants even if other people advise against it.
2.___________ an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical interest.
3.___________ a being with partial or lesser divine status, such as a minor deity, the offspring of a god and a mortal, or a mortal raised to divine rank.
4._____________ seeking to harm someone in return for a perceived injury.
5._______________ the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward.
6.______________ an unintended consequence of an event or action, especially an unwelcome one.
7._____________ be a perfect example of.
8._______________ relating to or resembling a phallus
9.__________________ the ability of an imaginary person or creature to change itself into a different shape or form:
10._____________ able to conceive young or produce seed.
11.______________ make (something) continue indefinitely.
12.__________________ an underlying feeling or influence, especially one that is contrary to the prevailing atmosphere and is not expressed openly.
13. In neo-Freudian psychology __________ complex is a girl’s psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

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Pobierz plik z darmową lekcją w PDF: Simple Minds – Don’t You (1985) 

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

Hey, hey, hey, hey, ooh woh

Won’t you come see about me?
I’ll be ________________, dancing you know it baby

Tell me your troubles and _______________
Giving me everything inside and____________ and
Love’s strange so ____________ in the dark
Think of the ________________things that we were working on

Slow change may pull us apart
When the light gets into your ______________, baby

CHORUS: Don’t you, _____________ about me
Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t
Don’t you,____________ about me

Will you stand ______________me?
Look my way, never love me
____________ keeps falling, __________ keeps falling
Down, down, down

Will you ______________ me?
Call my name or walk on by
_________keeps falling, ____________ keeps falling
Down, down, down, down

Hey, hey, hey, hey, ooh woh

Don’t you try and __________________
It’s my feeling we’ll win in the end
I won’t harm you or touch your __________________
Vanity and security

Don’t you forget about me
I’ll be ___________, dancing you know it baby
Going to take you apart
I’ll put us back_______________ at heart, baby

CHORUS:

As you walk on by
Will you ______________my name?
As you walk on by
Will you_____________ my name?
When you walk away

Or will you walk away?
Will you walk on by?
Come on, call my name
Will you _______________ my name?

Zadanie 2. Uzupełnij luki w piosence słowami poniżej.

recognize, tender, alone, doubts, out, above, real, heart, forget, rain (2x), pretend, defenses, together, call

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• This was featured in the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club. In The Breakfast Club, five high school students with very different personalities spend a Saturday together in detention and find some common ground. The question is, will they remember their time together and act any differently around each other when they return to school and face peer pressure to act their roles. Some dialog in the film when they bring this up gave Keith Forsey the idea for the title.
• Im pretty sure it is about people that went out in high school, but loose touch during college, lives, etc. He doesn’t want to fit that stereotype.
• I remember all the people I went to school with for many years and learned to know at parties/clubs etc. Today it is impossible to greet any of them when you suddenly meet them at the street years later. We all just walk on by. I rejoice at these really obnoxious moments, because then I know that love is the greatest thing and what most of us all seek to find in our life. Love.
• i guess its about this couple that broke up and the guy is wondering what’s gonna happen later if they see each other again and if they’ll remember each other?

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

• _________________behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not; bluff, fake, simulate, play-act
• _________________excessive pride in or admiration of one’s own appearance or achievements.
• __________________ the state of being free from danger or threat (synonyms: certainty, safe future, assured future, safety)
• __________________a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction; uncertainty, unsureness, indecision, hesitation
• __________________military measures or resources for protecting a country; protection,guarding; security, fortification, cover, shelter
• __________________showing gentleness, kindness, and affection (caring, kind, soft-hearted, compassionate, sympathetic, warm)
• ___________________ (of two or more people or things) separated by a specified distance in time or space; away from each other, distant from each other
• ____________________- physical injury, hurt, pain, suffering, trauma
• _________________To disconnect the parts of something; disassemble something; To dissect or analyze something in an effort to understand it

11.___________________ antonyms of below

12. __________________ lonely, isolated, solitary, deserted, abandoned, forsaken

13.____________________ the punishment of being kept in school after hours.

14._____________________ feel or show great joy or delight.

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