LISTENING CLASS

Brian Adams
Born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician and photographer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards for song writing, and was recently nominated for his fifth Golden Globe (2007) for his song writing in the film Bobby. A brilliant singer and photographer, Adams comes once again with a DVD - Live at the Budokan recorded at the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo, a masterpiece of a forever young artist, and while most of the tracks here will remind aficionados of one or even all of his former glories, the DVD will undoubtedly still find a place in our hearts. You will listen now to a song called Summer of 69, you are to fill in the gaps with simple past verbs only. Enjoy! Summer of 69 Bryan Adams

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I ________ my first real six string __________ it at the five and dime __________ it till my fingers BLED __________ the summer of '69 Me and some guys from school _______ a band and we ________ real hard Jimmy ______, Jody ___________ I should've known we'd never get far Oh when I look back now That summer __________ to last forever And if I had the choice Yeah, I'd always wanna be there Those ________ the best days of my life Ain't no use in complaining When you got a job to do ________ my evenings down at the drive-in And that's when I ________ you! yeah Standing on your mama's porch You ______ me that you'd wait forever And when you __________ my hand

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21. I ________ that it was now or never 22. Those were the best days of my life 23. Back in the summer of '69 24. Man we were killing time 25. We were young and reckless 26. We _______ to unwind 27. I guess nothing can last forever, forever 28. And now the times are changing 29. Look at everything that's come and gone 30. Sometimes when I play that old six string 31. I think about you wonder what ________ wrong REPEAT LINES 18 - 23 32. Hey, It was the summer of 69 33. Just me and my baby in 69 34. It was the summer
VOCABULARY AWARENESS SIX STRING EXPRESSION guitar or bass of six strings (instrument cords); FIVE AND DIME EXPRESSION stores of 5 and 10 cents household goods; PORCH NOUN The entrance of a house or a building; RECKLESS ADJECTIVE without caution, irresponsible; UNWIND VERB relax GRAMMAR POINT SIMPLE PAST! Fill in with the correct form of the verb. William Shakespeare ______ (be) born in Stratford, Avon on April 23, 1564. He ______ (go) to the local Stratford Grammar School, where he ____ (be) _______ (teach) by Master Walter Roche. Lessons _______ (begin) at six o'clock in the morning. His father _______(be) ________ (call) John Shakespeare. He _______ (send) William to the local grammar school in 1571, but when William ______ (be) only 14 years old his dad _______ (neg. have) money anymore, so William _______ (have) to leave school. Some historians say he ________ (work) in his father's shop. At the age of 19 William ________ (marry) Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a rich farmer near Stratford. Three years later Shakespeare _________ (go) to London. How he ______(live) there we do not know. In about 1587 he _______ (become) a member of one of the few theatrical companies that ______ (exist) in those days. Around 1590 he ________ (begin) to write plays. There ______ (be) no female actors in those days, all the female parts ______ (be) _______ (play) by boys. It is thought that he ________ (write) his first major play, Henry VI., Part One, in 1592. His most famous play _____ (be) Hamlet. Shakespeare _________ (continue) to write about 2 plays a year. He __________(return) to Stratford in 1612, where he _________ (live) the life of a country gentleman. He _______(die) of a fever on his birthday in 1616.

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LISTENING CLASS (TEACHERS PRE INTERMEDIATE LEVELS)

Brian Adams
Born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician and photographer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards for song writing, and was recently nominated for his fifth Golden Globe (2007) for his song writing in the film Bobby. A brilliant singer and photographer, Adams comes once again with a DVD - Live at the Budokan recorded at the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo, a masterpiece of a forever young artist, and while most of the tracks here will remind aficionados of one or even all of his former glories, the DVD will undoubtedly still find a place in our hearts. You will listen now to a song called Summer of 69, you are to fill in the gaps with simple past verbs only. Enjoy! Summer of 69 Bryan Adams

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I GOT my first real six string BOUGHT it at the five and dime PLAYED it till my fingers BLED WAS the summer of '69 Me and some guys from school HAD a band and we PLAYED real hard Jimmy QUIT, Jody GOT MARRIED I should've known we'd never get far Oh when I look back now That summer SEEMED to last forever And if I had the choice Yeah, I'd always wanna be there Those WERE the best days of my life Ain't no use in complaining When you got a job to do SPENT my evenings down at the drive-in And that's when I MET you! yeah Standing on your mama's porch You TOLD me that you'd wait forever And when you HELD my hand I KNEW that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life Back in the summer of '69 Rua Coronel Bordini, 1072 Moinhos de Vento Porto Alegre RS CEP 90.440-003 Telefone / Fax: (51) 3332 4002 www.dominiumingles.com.br

24. Man we were killing time 25. We were young and reckless 26. We NEEDED to unwind 27. I guess nothing can last forever, forever 28. And now the times are changing 29. Look at everything that's come and gone 30. Sometimes when I play that old six string 31. I think about you wonder what WENT wrong REPEAT LINES 18 - 23 32. Hey, It was the summer of 69 33. Just me and my baby in 69 34. It was the summer VOCABULARY AWARENESS SIX STRING EXPRESSION guitar or bass of six strings (instrument cords); FIVE AND DIME EXPRESSION stores of 5 and 10 cents household goods; PORCH NOUN The entrance of a house or a building; RECKLESS ADJECTIVE without caution, irresponsible; UNWIND VERB relax GRAMMAR POINT SIMPLE PAST! Fill in with the correct form of the verb. William Shakespeare WAS (be) born in Stratford, Avon on April 23, 1564. He WENT (go) to the local Stratford Grammar School, where he WAS (be) TAUGHT (teach) by Master Walter Roche. Lessons BEGAN (begin) at six o'clock in the morning. His father WAS (be) CALLED (call) John Shakespeare. He SENT (send) William to the local grammar school in 1571, but when William WAS (be) only 14 years old his dad DIDNT HAVE (neg. have) money anymore, so William HAD (have) to leave school. Some historians say he WORKED (work) in his father's shop. At the age of 19 William MARRIED (marry) Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a rich farmer near Stratford. Three years later Shakespeare WENT (go) to London. How he LIVED (live) there we do not know. In about 1587 he BECAME (become) a member of one of the few theatrical companies that EXISTED (exist) in those days. Around 1590 he BEGAN (begin) to write plays. There WERE (be) no female actors in those days, all the female parts WERE (be) PLAYED (play) by boys. People say that he WROTE (write) his first major play, Henry VI., Part One, in 1592. His most famous play WAS (be) Hamlet. Shakespeare CONTINUED (continue) to write about 2 plays a year. He RETURNED (return) to Stratford in 1612, where he LIVED (live) the life of a country gentleman. He DIED (die) of a fever on his birthday in 1616.

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