Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Fun's "We are young"

You need a piece of paper to copy the answers to the activities. No need to copy the lyrics, just the anwers.

You also need headphones!

a) Watch this video, and listen to the song. Do you like the song? Can you guess what is it about?







b) Listen again and fill in the gaps with the words bellow:

just   fire     forget    across     time  got    sun   take     ago    home (x2)      straight      drinks     falling    burn     know      friends

Give me a second I,
I need to get my story (1)______________
My friends are in the bathroom getting higher than the Empire State
My lover, she’s waiting for me just (2)______________the bar
My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar, and
I know I gave it to you months (3)______________
I know you’re trying to (4)______________
But between the (5)______________and subtle things
The holes in my apologies, you know
I’m trying hard to (6)______________take it back
So if by the (7)______________the bar closes
And you feel like (8)______________down
I’ll carry you (9)______________

Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on (10)______________
We can (11)______________brighter than the (12)______________
(x2)


Now I (13)______________that I’m not
All that you (14)______________
I guess that I, I (15)______________ thought
Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart
But our (16)______________ are back
So let’s raise a toast
‘Cause I found someone to carry me (17) ______________

Tonight...


c) In the lyrics there are some phrasal verbs in bold, can you guess what they mean? Remember you can use the diccionary
1. take back
2. feel like
3. fall apart

 d) Find these expressions. What do you think they mean?
You obviously can not translate them word by word, you're going to have to use your imagination a bit.
1. "I need to get my story straight"
2.  "My seat's been taken"
3. "I'm trying hard"
4.  "I guess that..."
5.  "...find new ways..."
6. "...let's raise a toast"


Now, do you know Little Mix? This is their acoustic cover of the same song:






e) Which version  do you like more? Why?



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