List of Suggested Vocabulary
- to know smth/smb like the back of one's hand - знати щось (когось) як своїх п'ять пальців
- to sit bу smth/ smb - сидіти поруч з кимось (чимось)
- to make smb complete - наповнити когось гармонією
- to get old/tired/... - старіти, втомлюватися, тощо
- why don't we do smth? - А чому б нам не ...?
- to come across smth/smb - випадково натрапити на когось (щось)
- pathway - стежка, дорога, шлях
Before Listening to the Song
Task 1. Find the word phrases that have the same equivalents in your native language.
e.g.: to feel the Earth beneath smb's feet - відчувати землю під ногами
Task 2. Find the phrases that have a completely different equivalent in your native language.
Listen to the song and focus on new words
I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete
Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?
Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?
Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go?
So why don't we go?
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?
After Listening
- What is the gist of the story illustated in the song?
- Why do you think the author of the song depicts a tree as one of the main characters of the song? Has a tree any symbolic meaning?
Key:
Tak 1:
simple things - звичайні (прості) речі
I need something to rely on - я потребую чогось, на що можу сподіватися
to have a minute - мати хвилинку (вільного часу)
the end of everything - кінець всьому
Task 2. To know smth like the back of one's hand - знати щось (когось) як своїх п'ять пальців
to walk across smth - прогулюватися по чомусь
to make smb complete - наповнити когось гармонією