Listen again. What word is omitted twice?

Bus stop, wet day, she's there I say

Please share my umbrella

Bus stop, bus go, she stays love grows

Under my umbrella

All that summer we enjoyed it

Wind and rain and shine

That umbrella we employed it

By August she was mine

 

{Refrain}

Every morning I _________ see her waiting at the stop

Sometimes she'd shop and she __________ show me what she bought

All the people stared as if we were both quite insane

Someday my name and hers are going to be the same

 

That's the way the whole thing started

Silly, but it's true

Thinking of a sweet romance

Beginning in a queue

Came the sun, the ice was melting

No more sheltering, now

Nice to think that that umbrella

Led me to a vow

 

{Refrain}

Repeat the 1^st verse

 

EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD)

by SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

Грамматика: условные предложения

Level: intermediate

Лексика: природные объекты, антонимы

♫ CD track 3

Teacher’s notes

1. Tell the students that they are going to listen to a song based on a (Peruvian) melody called El Condor Pasa (Flight Of The Condor). Ask them to write out more ‘nature’ words (animals, places, objects) while listening. Play the song. Possible answers: sparrow, snail, swan, ground, forest, the earth…

2. Now, let them practice ex. 1. Check the answers.

3. Do ex. 2. Play the song again.

4. Tel the group that this piece has another English name, which is not a literal translation. Ask them to guess it (If I Could).

5. Ask a question (it might be written on the board), ‘If you could chose how would you rather call it? Would you remain this name or give another one?’ While answering elicit the structure (If I could chose) I’d rather call it / I would call it… (you may also write it as a prompt).

6. Follow up. Explain to the students a construction of the lyrics. And ask them to write their own text using opposites and I’d rather structure.

Lyrics and answers

Ex. 1. 1) nail, 2) forest, 3) hammer, 4) sparrow, 5) snail, 6) street

Ex. 2. Forest – street, sparrow – snail, hammer – nail.

Ex. 3.

I'd rather be a sparrow¹ than a snail²
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather be a hammer³ than a nail⁴
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world it's saddest sound
Its saddest sound

I'd rather be a forest⁵ than a street⁶
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD)

by SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

Forest, sparrow, nail, street, hammer, snail, forest

1. Write the words from the box.

 

a)_______ b)_______ c)_______ d)_______ e)_____ f)_______

 

Match the words which are thought to be the opposites.

forest snail

sparrow nail

hammer street