Aprendiendo con canciones

                                                                 SAILING                                             (Elementary)

Rod Stewart

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOt3oQ_k008

I am sailing, I am sailing
home again across the sea.
I am sailing, stormy waters
to be near you, to be free

I am flying, I am flying
like a bird across the sky.
I am flying, passing high clouds
to be with you, to be free

Can you hear me, can you hear me  (X 2)
through the dark night, far away?
I am dying, forever crying
to be with you, who can say?

We are sailing, we are sailing
home again across the sea
We are sailing stormy waters
to be near you, to be free

Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free
Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free
Oh Lord.

Vocabulary Cry: llorar Fly: volar Forever: por siempre. Hear: oir High: alto Lord: Señor. Sail: navegar. Stormy: tormentosa/o. Through: através.

Exercises

1)    Are these sentences true or false? Why?

a.   He´s sailing in a calm sea.

b.   He´s flying and the sky is cloudy.

c.   He´s dying to see a woman.

d.   He wants to be near God to be free.

2)  Turn these sentences into the third person and write the 
interrogative and negative

a.   I am sailing stormy waters.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

b.   I am flying like a bird.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

c.   I am dying to be with you.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

d.   We are sailing home again.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

KEYS

1)   Are these sentences true or false? Why?

a.    He´s sailing in a calm sea. F   He´s sailing stormy waters.

b.    He´s flying and the sky is cloudy. T

c.    He´s dying to see a woman. F  He´s dying to see God.

d.    He wants to be near God to be free. T

2)   Turn these sentences into the third person and write the 
interrogative and negative

a.    I am sailing stormy waters.

He´s sailing stormy waters.

Is he sailing stormy waters?

He isn´t sailing stormy waters.

b.    I am flying like a bird.

He´s flying like a bird.

Is he flying like a bird?

He´s not flying like a bird.

c.    I am dying to be with you.

He´s dying to be with Him.

Is he dying to be with Him?

He isn´t dying to be with Him.

d.    We are sailing home again.

They are sailing home again.

Are they sailing home again?

They aren´t sailing home again.

          I DON´T WANNA MISS A THING         (Pre intermediate)

                                                               Aerosmith       

                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkK8g6FMEXE

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you’re far away and dreaming.
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever.
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure.

CHORUS
Don’t wanna close my eyes
I don’t wanna fall asleep
‘Cause I’d miss you baby
And I don’t wanna miss a thing
‘Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I´d still miss you baby
And I don´t wanna miss a thing.

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I’m wondering what you’re dreaming
Wondering if it’s me you’re seeing
Then I kiss your eyes
And thank God we’re together
I just wanna stay with you in this moment forever
Forever and ever.

[CHORUS]

I don’t wanna  miss one smile
I don’t wanna miss one kiss
I just wanna be with you
Right here with you, just like this.
I just wanna hold you close
And feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment

For all the rest of time.

Vocabulary

Awake: not in a state of sleep.

Beat: hit repeatedly

Breathe: draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs.

Lie: be oneself in a horizontal position.

Surrender: give oneself.

Treasure: value, hold as a treasure.

                        

Exercises

1) Read a student´s retelling and correct it

The singer could stay awake to hear her breathing and watch her smile while she is dreaming. However, it would be a waste of time to remain like this forever.

In spite of dreaming of her, he´d miss her anyway. As he is next to her, feeling her heart beating, he wonders what she is dreaming of. Then he kisses her and thanks God he can´t see what is in her dreams. He would like to lie beside her for good.

2) Find two meanings for each of these words

Spend:………………………………………………………………………

Close: ………………………………………………………………………

Miss: ……………………………………………………………………….

Lie: …………………………………………………………………………

Beat: ……………………………………………………………………….

Hold: ………………………………………………………………………

Wonder: ……………………………………………………………………

KEYS

1) Read a student´s retelling and correct it

The singer could stay awake to hear her breathing and watch her smile while she is dreaming. However, it would be a waste of time to He could remain like this forever.

In spite of dreaming of her, he´d miss her anyway. As he is next to her, feeling her heart beating, he wonders what she is dreaming of. Then he kisses her and thanks God he can´t see what is in her dreams they are together. He would like to lie beside her for good.

2) Find two meanings for each of these words

Spend: 1- Pass time. 2- Pay money in buying or hiring things.

Close: 1- Near. 2- Shut.

Miss: 1- Feel the absence of. 2- Fail to notice, hear, understand, reach.

Lie: 1- Be in a horizontal position. 2- Not to tell the truth.

Beat: 1- Pulsate (of the heart). 2- Strike repeatedly.

Hold: 1- Hug. 2- Keep in a certain position.

Wonder: 1- Ask oneself. 2- Marvel

                            LOCKED AWAY           (Upper intermediate)

Adam Levine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GUm5g8SG4o

CHORUS

If I got locked away
And we lost it all today
Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same?
If I showed you my flaws
If I couldn't be strong
Tell me honestly, would you still love me the same?

Right about now
If a judge for life me, would you stay by my side?
Or is you gonna say goodbye?
Can you tell me right now?

If I couldn't buy you the fancy things in life
Shawty, would it be alright?
Come on show me that you know

Now tell me would you really ride for me?
Baby, tell me would you die for me?
Would you spend your whole life with me?
Would you be there to always hold me down?
Tell me would you really cry for me?
Baby, don’t lie to me
If I didn't have anything
I wanna know would you stick around?

[CHORUS]

Let's get it
All I want is somebody real who don't need much
A girl I know that I can trust
To be 'ere when money low
If I did not have nothing else to give but love
Would that even be enough?
Gotta need to know

Now tell me would you really ride for me?
Baby, tell me would you die for me?
Would you spend your whole life with me?
Would you be there to always hold me down?
Tell me would you really cry for me?
Baby, don't lie to me
If I didn't have anything
I wanna know would you stick around?

[CHORUS]

Tell me, tell me, would you want me?
Tell me, tell me, would you call me?
If you knew I wasn't balling
'Cause I need a girl who's always by my side
Tell me, tell me, do you need me?
Tell me, tell me, do you love me?
Or is you just trying to play me?
'Cause I need a girl to hold me down for life

[CHORUS] X 2 

Vocabulary Ball: party   Flaw: defect         Shawty: little girl Exercises

1)   Write five sentences saying what the girl would do if 

different things happened to him

a. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

b. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

c.  ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

d. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

e. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2)   Write five of his wishes

a.   ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

b.   ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

c.   ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

d.   ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

e.   ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3)   Unfortunately, life isn´t always as we dream and things changed

a.    He was caught stealing and he got locked away. She left him.

If……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

She wishes he ..………………………………………………………………………………………….......

b.    He started gambling and lost everything. She fell for another man.

If ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

He wishes………………………………………………………………………………………………………

c.    He showed his darkest side. He was a violent man. She ran away.

If …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

She wishes ……………………………………………………………………………………………………

d.    He was accused of killing a man and was sentenced for life. She said goodbye after some months.

If ...............................................................................................................................

He wishes ………..……………………………………………………………………………………..….

e.    He lost his job and had to lead an austere life. She met another man who bought her whatever she wanted.

If …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

He wishes………………………………………………………………………………………………………

KEYS

1)    Write five sentences saying what the girl would do if

       different things happened to him

a.  If he got locked away, she´d still love him.

b.  If he lost it all today, she´d still love him.

c.  If he showed her his flaws, she´d love him all the same.

d.  If he couldn´t be strong, she´d love him all the same.

e.  If he were sentenced for life, she´d stay by his side. / She wouldn´t say goodbye.

2)   Write five of his wishes

a.    I wish you really rode for me.

b.    I wish you died for me.

c.    I wish you spent your whole life with me.

d.    I wish you were there to hold me down.

e.    I wish you cried for me.

3)   Unfortunately, life isn´t always as we dream and things changed

a.    He was caught stealing and he got locked away. She left him.

If he hadn´t stolen anything, he wouldn´t have got locked.

She wishes he had never stolen anything.

b.    He started gambling and lost everything. She fell for another man.

If he hadn´t started gambling, he wouldn´t have lost everything.

He wishes he had never started gambling.

c.    He showed his darkest side. He was a violent man. She ran away.

If he hadn´t been violent, she would have never run away.

She wishes she had seen it before.

d.    He was accused of killing a man and was sentenced for life. She said goodbye after some months.

If he hadn´t been sentenced for life, she would have waited for him.

He wishes it had never happened.

e.    He lost his job and had to lead an austere life. She met another man who bought her whatever she wanted.

If he hadn´t lost his job, he would have bought her everything she wanted.

He wishes he hadn´t lost his job.

                              LEMON TREE                    (Elementary)

                                              Fool´s garden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCDIt50hRDs

I'm sitting here in the boring room

It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon

I'm wasting my time

I got nothing to do

I'm hanging around

I'm waiting for you

But nothing ever happens and I wonder

I'm driving around in my car

I'm driving too fast

I'm driving too far

I'd like to change my point of view

I feel so lonely

I'm waiting for you

But nothing ever happens and I wonder

CHORUS

I wonder how

I wonder why

Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue, blue sky

And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree

I'm turning my head up and down

I'm turning, turning, turning, turning, turning around

And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree

I'm sitting here

I miss the power

I'd like to go out taking a shower

But there's a heavy cloud inside my head

I feel so tired

Put myself into bed

Well, nothing ever happens and I wonder

Isolation is not good for me

Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree

I'm stepping around in the desert of joy

Baby, anyhow I'll get another toy

And everything will happen and you wonder

[CHORUS]

And I wonder, wonder

I wonder how

I wonder why

Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue, blue sky

And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that I can see

Is just a yellow lemon-tree

Vocabulary

Anyhow: de cualquier modo

Boring: aburrido

Hang around: merodear

Isolation: aislamiento

Lonely: solo, solitario

Miss: extrañar

Step: paso

Turn up/ down: mover hacia arriba/ abajo

Waste: desperdiciar

Wonder: preguntarse

Exercises

1) Put the sentences in order

(………) It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon

(………)I'm sitting here in the boring room
(………) I got nothing to do

(………)But nothing ever happens and I wonder
(………) I’m hanging around

(………)I'm wasting my time
(………) I’m waiting for you

(………) I’m driving around in my car
(………) I’d like to change my point of view

(………)I'm driving too fast
(………) I’m driving too far
(………) I feel so lonely
(………) But nothing ever happens and I wonder

(………)I'm waiting for you

CHORUS
(………)I wonder how
(………)I wonder why

(………)I'm turning my head up and down
(………)And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
(………)I'm turning turning, turning, turning, turning around
(………)And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree

(………)Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue, blue sky

(………)I'm sitting here

(………)I'd like to go out taking a shower
(………) I miss the power
(………) I feel so tired
(………) Put myself into bed

(………)But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
(………) Well, nothing ever happens and I wonder

(………) Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree

(………)Isolation is not good for me

(………)I'm stepping around in the desert of joy
(………)Baby, anyhow I'll get another toy
(………)And everything will happen and you wonder

2) What can you?

a.    Waste:

b.    Hang:

c.    Wait:

d.    Wonder:

e.    Drive:

f.    Change:

g.    Feel:

h.    Turn up / down:

i.      Miss:

j.     Get:

                                  KEYS

1) Put the sentences in order

(  2   ) It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon

(  1   ) I'm sitting here in the boring room
(  4  ) I got nothing to do

(  7  ) But nothing ever happens and I wonder
(  5  ) I’m hanging around

(  3  ) I'm wasting my time
(  6  ) I’m waiting for you

(  1  ) I’m driving around in my car
(  4  ) I’d like to change my point of view

(  2  ) I'm driving too fast
(  3  ) I’m driving too far
(  5  ) I feel so lonely
(  7  ) But nothing ever happens and I wonder

(  6  )I'm waiting for you

CHORUS
(  1  ) I wonder how
(  2  ) I wonder why

(  5  ) I'm turning my head up and down
(  4  ) And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
(  6  ) I'm turning turning, turning, turning, turning around
(  7  ) And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree

(  3  ) Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue, blue sky

(  1  ) I'm sitting here

(  3  ) I'd like to go out taking a shower
(  2  ) I miss the power
(  5  ) I feel so tired
(  6  ) Put myself into bed

(  4  ) But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
(  7  ) Well, nothing ever happens and I wonder

(  2  ) Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree

(  1  ) Isolation is not good for me

(  2  ) Baby, anyhow I'll get another toy
(  1  ) I'm stepping around in the desert of joy
(  3  ) And everything will happen and you wonder

2) What can you?

a.    Waste: time, money, energy

b.    Hang: a bag, clothes, a man

c.    Wait: a minute, for a bus, for an opportunity

d.    Wonder: when sb is coming, if sth happened

e.    Drive: a car, sb crazy

f.    Change: a situation, a result, an appointment

g.    Feel: happiness, loneliness, tiredness

h.    Turn up / down: the tv, the music

i.      Miss: a train, a person

j.     Get: a present, a letter

                 ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE                (Pre intermediate)

                                            Counting crows

                                 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUypt2nvorM

So she said, "What's the problem, baby?"

What's the problem? I don't know

Well, maybe I'm in love

I think about it every time

I think about it

I can't stop thinking about it

How much longer will it take to cure this?

Just to cure it because I can't ignore it

If it's love, makes me wanna turn around and face me

But I don't know nothing about love

Come on, come on

Turn a little faster

Come on, come on

The world will follow after

Come on, come on

Because everybody's after love

So I said I'm a snowball running

Running down into the spring that's coming

All this love melting under blue skies

Belting out sunlight

Shimmering love

Well, baby, I surrender

To the strawberry ice cream

Never ever end all this love

Well, I didn't mean to do it

There's no escaping your love

These lines of lightning

Mean we're never alone,

Never alone, no, no

Come on, come on

Move a little closer

Come on, come on

I want to hear you whisper

Come on, come on

Settle down inside my love

Come on, come on

Jump a little higher

Come on, come on

If you feel a little lighter

Come on, come on

We were once upon a time in love

We're accidentally in love

Accidentally in love …

I'm In Love, I'm in Love,

I'm in Love, I'm in Love,

I'm in Love, I'm in Love,

Accidentally in love …

Come on, come on

Spin a little tighter

Come on, come on

And the world's a little brighter

Come on, come on

Just get yourself inside her love

I'm in love!

Vocabulary

Belting out: irradiando

Face: enfrentar

Lightning: relámpago

Melt: derretir

Settle down: rstablecer

Shimmering: brillante

Spin: girar

Sunlight: sol

Whisper: susurrar

Exercises

1) Listen to the song. Write words and make up the story

2) Find comparatives. Write their adjectives and superlatives

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative

KEYS 

   Find comparatives. Write their adjectives and superlative

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
Long	Longer (than)	The longest
Fast	Faster (than)	The fastest
Close	Closer (than)	The closest
High	Higher (than)	The highest
Light	Lighter (than)	The lightest
Tight	Tighter (than)	The tightest
Bright	Brighter (than)	The brightest

                   

                  BIG GIRLS DON´T CRY               (Intermediate)

     Fergie

                                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agrXgrAgQ0U

The smell of your skin lingers on me now
you’re probably on your flight back to your home town
I need some shelter of my own protection, baby
to be with myself and center clarity, peace, serenity.

CHORUS
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this is nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightening out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses the blanket
But I´ve got to get to move on with my life
It´s time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry

The path that I'm walking
I must go alone
I must take the baby steps till I'm full grown
Fairy tales don't always have a happy ending, do they?
And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay

[CHORUS]

Like the little school mate in the school yard
We'll play jacks and uno cards
I’ll be your best friend and you'll be my valentine.
Yes, you can hold my hand if you want to
´cause I wanna hold yours,  too
We´ll be playmates and lovers and share our secret worlds
But it´s time for me to go home
It´s getting late, dark outside
I need to be with myself and center clarity, peace, serenity.

[CHORUS]

Vocabulary

Blanket: bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

Fairy: small, human in form, playful, having magical powers

Foresee: predict

Hold: take

Jacks and uno cards: games with cards

Linger: remain present

Mate: a fellow member of a team

Move on: continue; go ahead

Path: way

School yard: playground

Shelter: a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

Straighten out: put things in order

Tale: story

1) Answer

a.    What is the main topic of the song?                                                                  

..............................................................................................................................

b.    Why does she want to be alone?            

..............................................................................................................................

c.    Will she or won´t she miss him?

..............................................................................................................................

d.    Who does she compare herself with?

..............................................................................................................................

e.    How does she see her future if she doesn´t do it?

..............................................................................................................................

f.    What will their relationship be like?

..............................................................................................................................

2) Say the same in other words

a.    The smell of your skin lingers on me.

..............................................................................................................................

b.    You´re probably on your flight back to your home town.

..............................................................................................................................

c.    I need some shelter of my own protection.

..............................................................................................................................

d.    I hope you know that this is nothing to do with you.

..............................................................................................................................

e.    I’m gonna miss you like a child misses the blanket.

..............................................................................................................................

f.    I must take the baby steps till I’m full grown.

..............................................................................................................................

g.    I foresee the dark ahead if I stay.

..............................................................................................................................

h.    You can hold my hand if you want to, ´cause I want to hold yours, too.

..............................................................................................................................

i.      It´s time for me to go home.

..............................................................................................................................

                                  KEYS

) Answer

a.   What is the main topic of the song?

The girl has just broken up with her boyfriend to be alone.                            

b.  Why does she want to be alone?            

She needs to be alone to put her life in order.

c.   Will she or won´t she miss him?

She´ll miss him a lot.

d.  Who does she compare herself with?

She compares herself with a child.

e.   How does she see her future if she doesn´t do it?

She can see it dark.

f.   What will their relationship be like?

They will be close friends.

2) Say the same in other words

a.   The smell of your skin lingers on me.

I can still smell your skin on me.

b.  You´re probably on your flight back to your home town.

You may be travelling back to your hometown now.

c.   I need some shelter of my own protection.

I need to feel protected by myself.

d.  I hope you know that this is nothing to do with you.

I hope you understand that this is something personal.

e.   I’m gonna miss you like a child misses the blanket.

I´m gonna miss you a lot.

f.   I must take the baby steps till I’m full grown.

I must grow up little by little.

g.   I foresee the dark ahead if I stay.

If I stay, I will have no future.

h.  You can hold my hand if you want to, ´cause I want to hold yours, too.

We can go on supporting each other.

i.    It´s time for me to go home.

I have to go home now.