Mambo # 5
Lou Bega
LISTENING
ACTIVITY
1.- Listen to Part "1" and decide
which is the last word in each line:
Corner, five, Rita, week, ride, Lord, cheap, wanna, it, sport, sweeter, trumpet.
Corner, five, Rita, week, ride, Lord, cheap, wanna, it, sport, sweeter, trumpet.
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Mambo number ......................
One, two, three, four, five, everybody in the car so come on let's. ......................
To the liquor store around the......................
The boys say they want some gin and juice but I really don't ......................
Beerbust like I had last......................
I must stay deep 'cause talk is......................
I like Angela, Pamela, Sandra and......................
And as I continue, you know they're getting......................
So what can I do? I really beg you my......................
To me flirting is just like a......................
Anything fly, it's all good let me dump......................
Please set it in the......................
One, two, three, four, five, everybody in the car so come on let's. ......................
To the liquor store around the......................
The boys say they want some gin and juice but I really don't ......................
Beerbust like I had last......................
I must stay deep 'cause talk is......................
I like Angela, Pamela, Sandra and......................
And as I continue, you know they're getting......................
So what can I do? I really beg you my......................
To me flirting is just like a......................
Anything fly, it's all good let me dump......................
Please set it in the......................
2.- Listen to Part "2" and complete
the blanks with the word that you hear.
A little bit of Monica in my ..............,
A little bit of Erica by my ...............
A little bit of Rita's all I ..............,
A little bit of Tina's all I ...............
A little bit of Sandra in the ..............,
A little bit of Mary all night ...............
A little bit of Jessica here I ..............,
A little bit of you makes me your ..............!!!!!!!!
Mambo number ...............
3.- Complete the blanks in the following verse with a preposition, then listen to Part 3 and check your answers:
A little bit of Erica by my ...............
A little bit of Rita's all I ..............,
A little bit of Tina's all I ...............
A little bit of Sandra in the ..............,
A little bit of Mary all night ...............
A little bit of Jessica here I ..............,
A little bit of you makes me your ..............!!!!!!!!
Mambo number ...............
3.- Complete the blanks in the following verse with a preposition, then listen to Part 3 and check your answers:
Jump ............ and ............ and move it all .............
Shake your head ............ the sound, put your hands ............ the ground.
Take one step left and one step right.
One to the front and one to the side.
Clap your hands once and clap your hands twice
And if it look ............ this then you're doing it right.
Shake your head ............ the sound, put your hands ............ the ground.
Take one step left and one step right.
One to the front and one to the side.
Clap your hands once and clap your hands twice
And if it look ............ this then you're doing it right.
4.-Listen to Part 4 and Match the halves:
I do all to fall in love
You and me gonna Cause you can't run Mambo |
and you can't hide.
number five.
with a girl like you. touch the sky. |
Somebody That I Used To Know
By Gotye ft Kimbra
1. Match the halves; fill the gaps with one of the following prepositions, and then translate the meaning of this verse.
Prepositions: for, like, of, in, on, at, about.
| 1) Now and then I think ____ 2) ____ when you said 3) Told myself that 4) But felt so lonely 5) But that was love and | a) you felt so happy you could die b) ______ your company c) it's an ache I still remember d) when we were together e) you were right ______ me |
2. Fill the gaps with the right words from this box:
addicted, end, friends, glad, resignation, sense, sadness,
|
You can get _______to a certain kind of ________
Like ________to the end, always the ______
So, when we found that we could not make _______
Well, you said that we would still be _______
But I'll admit that I was ______that it was over
3. Listen to this part. Then, guess and match the verbs and the meaning in this song.But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need, that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
| VerbsCut (me) off Make out Need Stoop (low) Collect Change Feel Guess | MeaningsNecesitar / To feel the necessity Distanciar, apartar a alguien / To separate from someone Hacer como que / To pretend Rebajarse (caer bajo) / To lower oneself Cambiar / To make a substitution Sentar (mal) / To experience an emotion Imaginar / To think or believe |
4. Listen to this part and make a list with all the verbs you find and the verb tenses (e.g. think- present simple)
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna live that way, reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
*Screwsomebodyover- hacer daño
*Wanna- wantto
5. Sing the song together
6. Notice the pronunciation of the following words:
rough
though
could
would
found
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