Praying for time

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Listening Practice

• 2 separate moments
• Audio part  + Video part
• Total points = mark
• Retake means taking both parts again!

00:45

Earworms are experienced by:

1. most people
2. some people
3. a few people
4. musical people

01:57

Most earworms are composed of a:

1. timbre
2. string of harmonies
3. tune
4. texture

03:07

A story by Mark Twain is one piece of evidence that:

1. Only people in certain cultures are susceptible to earworms
2. Earworms existed before the advent of modern recording technology
3. Earworms are unimportant
4. Earworms can be cured

04:33

People are more likely to experience earworms when:

1. They've been exposed to a song recently and repeatedly
2. They've tried to ignore a song
3. They've never heard a song before
4. They've busy engaging in a strenuous task

Now listen again and see if visuals help or distract you!

When/if you listen to music with English lyrics, do you try to understand what you are listening to?

YES

NO

The music I listen to has no lyrics

I don't listen to music at all

I only listen to Dutch music

Now listen to this song!

While you are listening, think about answers to the following questions and write down notes where necessary:

- What is he singing about, according to you?

- In which decade was this written? - Why?

What kind of things is he singing about?

When do you think this song was written and why?

00:45

Who are the beggars and who are the choosers he refers to do you think?

01:19

What does he mean with the line, ...

And most of us are not sure
If we have too much but we'll take our chances
'Cause God's stopped keeping score

02:03

What is are 'the wounded skies' a metaphor for?

And the wounded skies above
Say it's much, too much, too late
Well, maybe we should all be praying for time

1. 9-11
2. global warming
3. nuclear bombs
4. jet-fighters

02:44

What does 'your television takes a stand' refer to?

This is the year of the guilty man
Your television takes a stand
And you find that what was over there is over here

1. GIRO 555 programmes
2. Celebrities asking for money
3. 24 news programmes
4. Both A and B

03:29

Why can't God come back for his children?

And you cling to the things they sold you
Did you cover your eyes when they told you
That he can't come back 'cause he has no children
To come back for?

1. He can't find them
2. They have lost their way
3. They got older
4. They are hiding from him.

04:17

It's hard to love, there's so much to hate
Hanging on to hope when there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above say it's much too late
So maybe we should all be praying for time

Is this a positive song or not?

Positive

Negative

These are the days of the open hand, They will not be the last
Look around now
These are the days of the beggars and the choosers
This is the year of the hungry man, whose place is in the past
Hand in hand with ignorance and legitimate excuses
The rich declare themselves poor and most of us are not sure
If we have too much but we'll take our chances
'Cause God's stopped keeping score

I guess somewhere along the way

He must have let us all out to play

Turned His back and all God's children crept out the back door
And it's hard to love
There's so much to hate
Hanging on to hope
When there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above
Say it's much, too much, too late
Well, maybe we should all be praying for time

These are the days of the empty hand
Oh, you hold on to what you can
And charity is a coat you wear twice a year
This is the year of the guilty man, your television takes a stand
And you find that what was over there is over here
So you scream from behind your door
Say what's mine is mine and not yours
I may have too much but I'll take my chances
'Cause God's stopped keeping score
And you cling to the things they sold you
Did you cover your eyes when they told you

That he can't come back 'cause he has no children

To come back for?

It's hard to love, there's so much to hate
Hanging on to hope
When there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above
Say it's much too late
So maybe we should all be praying for time

Use the links on Magister.me!

How does it work?

• I will play you part of a song.
• You have time to discuss what the real lyric is or what English speaking people think it is..
• Type your answer into Lesson Up
  
• I will then play/tell you the lyric and imagined lyric.
• 1 point if you guess the real lyric
• 2 points if you guess what most people thought it was!
  

Enter what Dutch you think you heard !

Enter what you think you heard!

'scuse me while I kiss the sky

Enter what you think you heard!

I got chills they're multiplyin'

I got shoes they're born to fly in

Enter what you think you heard!

My baby don't care