When
you're ______(1)____ and ___(2)______ and you need a _____(3)____ hand and nothing,
oh nothing is going _(4)_______, close your eyes and think of me and soon
I will be there to __(5)_______even your ___(6)_____night.
You
just call out my name and you know ____(7)_______I am I´ll come running,
oh yeah baby, to see you again. Winter, spring, summer or __(8)_______-,
all you got to do is _____(9)_____ and I'll be there yeah yeah yeah you've
got a friend.
2. Before
listening to the second part try to match the following halves. Then, listen to it and check your answers:
a.
If the sky b.should turn dark
c. and that old north wind d. keep your head e.
and call my name f. soon I'll be knocking g. You just
call h. and you know i. I´ll come running,
1.out
loud now 2.above
you 3.should
begin to blow, 4.together 5.upon
your door. 6.and
full of clouds 7.out
my name 8.wherever
I am 9.oh
yes I will, to see you again.
3.
Translate the following part and listen to the whole song again: Ain´t
it good to know that you´ve got a friend people can be so cold
they'll hurt you and desert you well they'll take your soul if you let them
oh yeah don't you let them. 4.
Watch the first video and try to answer the following questions : Where
was James Taylor born? Who wrote this song? When was it a great hit? You
can also use the information in this
link Source: http://www.isabelperez.com/songs/afriend.htm
1. Listen to the song and
complete the gaps with the right words.
1st
part
__(1)____ a ride to the end of the __(2)____
Where no one __(3)____
goes.
Ended up on a broken __(4)____ with nobody I ___(5)___.
But the __(6)____
and the (longings) the _(7)____.
(Where the dying
Now I'm __(8)____ and I'm
screaming for ____(9)__.) 2nd part
__(1)___,
take it ___(2)__
For there is ___(3)___ that we can __(4)____.
____(5)__, take
it ___(6)___
___(7)___ it on me or __(8)____ it on you.
It's as if I'm ___(9)___.
It's as if I'm _(10)_____.
It's as if I'm ___(11)___.
It's as if I'm playing with
___(12)___.
___(13)___.
It's as if I'm __(14)____.
Are you __(15)____?
Are we
playing with __(16)____? 3rd part
Relax
There is an _(1)_____ to the darkest ___(2)___.
It's __(3)____ we don't __(4)____ but
the last thing on my _(5)_____
Is to leave you.
I believe that we're in this
_(6)_____.
Don't ___(7)___ - there are so many ___(8)___ left.
2.
Listen to the song again and complete the following table with as many nouns,
verbs and adjectives you can find in the text.
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
ride
goes
broken
3.
Read the song and find a synonym for the following
words:
Homework : 1. Film yourselves singing along ( min 1 minute )- send by e-mail 2. Explain the meaning of " WE ARE RUNNING WITH BLOOD ON OUR KNEES"-post till Sunday , 27th Sept ,at noon. 3.Dramatise the song - group work if possible ( no more than 3 min) 3.
1.
– Listen to the first paragraph and try to fill in the blanks with the correct
verbal form. I ___________(sleep)
at all in days It__ _____(be) so long since we _____ (talk) And I _________(be)
here many times I just ______(not know) what I'__ ___(do) wrong
2. - Read the first paragraph carefully
and try to answer the following questions:
How
does she feel?
Who does the
pronoun we refer to?
What
does the word here refer to?
3.
– Listen to he chorus and try to fill in the blanks with the following words: make(x3)
get feel care love What
can I do to _____ you ____ me? What can I do to _____ you ____? What can
I say to _____you _____ this? What can I do to ____ you there?
3. - Could you summarize what’s the
story about after reading the first paragraph and the chorus? 4.-Look for the answers to these questions watching the video on YouTube: 1.What nationality are the Corrs ? 2.What's the name of the album the song is from ? Source:http://www.isabelperez.com/songs/whatcanido.htm Your homework;