songs teach you

By Juan David Rodríguez Lopera

Here you are going to find one recommended song. Strengthen your listening, practice your pronunciation and learn new vocabulary.

Birds

Hello Sucreños!!

Here you have another recommended song for this year. This time I bring you “Birds”, a song by Imagine Dragons which was released in an album called Origins on November 9th, 2018. The song is not very well-know, but it really has a very beautiful message which I’m sure you’ll understand and embrace for your own lives. This time, the section was created as an activity for our English Week, so you are warmly invited to listen to the song, to do the activities, and to learn as much as possible from it.

lyric

"Birds"
(By Imagine Dragons)

Two ________, one valve

Pumpin' the ________, we were the flood

We were the body and

Two lives, one ___________

Stickin' it out, lettin' you down

Makin' it __________

Seasons, they will change

Life will __________ you grow

Dreams will make you cry, cry, cry

Everything is ___________

Everything will slide

_____________ will never die, die, die

I know that

Ooh, birds fly in different ____________

Ooh, I hope to see you again

Sunsets, sunrises

Livin' the _____________, watchin' the leaves

Changin' the seasons

Some _____________ I think of you

Relivin' the past, wishin' it'd last

Wishin' and dreamin'

Seasons, they will _____________

___________ will make you grow

Death can make you hard, __________, hard

___________ is temporary

___________ will slide

Love will never die, die, die

I know that

Ooh, birds fly in different ____________

Ooh, I hope to see you again

Ooh, birds fly in different directions

Ooh, so fly high, so fly high

When the ____________ is lookin' down

Shinin' light up on your ground

I'm flyin' up to let you see

That the ____________ cast is me

I know that

Ooh, birds fly in different ____________

Ooh, I hope to see you again

Ooh, birds fly in different directions

Ooh, so fly high, so fly high

Source: azlyrics.com

ACTIVITIES

1. Fill in the blanks with the missing words you get from the song. Listen to the song twice. Relax! It’s not mandatory to get all of them.

2. Look for the meaning of, at least, 10 unknown words.

3. Make a crossword with the key words of the song (Use at least 10 key words).

4. Answer the following questions:

- What message does the song give you?

- How did you like the song? What is your opinion about it?

- What other songs would you like to find in this section?

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