History

• throughout history
• recent/modern/early/ancient/long/brief/75-year etc history 
• recorded history (=history since people wrote facts down)
• potted history (=very short)
• local/American/British etc history
• medical/employment/career etc history
• human history
• period in/of history
• the first time in history (=the first time that something has ever happened)
• change the course of history (=do something that has a lot of important effects)
• steeped in history (=closely connected with important events in history)
• history shows/tells (that)
• to make history - to do something important that will be recorded and remembered
• something will go down in history - used to say that something is important enough to be remembered and recorded
• history repeats itself -used to say that things often happen in the same way as they did before
• .. and the rest is history - used to say that everyone knows the rest of a story you have been telling
• that's (past/ancient) history - used to say that something is not important any more

Listening

Listen to the song and fill in the gap with the missing words.

History Repeating 

The word is about, there's something 1)________,
whatever may come, the world keeps 2)_________
They say the next big thing is here,
that the 3)______________'s near,
but to me it seems quite clear
that it's all just a little bit of 4) _________ repeating

The newspapers 5)_______ a new style is growing,
but it don't know if it's coming or going,
there is 6)_________, there is fad
some is good, some is bad
and the joke is rather sad,
that its all just a little bit of 7)________ repeating

.. and I've seen it before
.. and I'll see it again
.. yes I've seen it before
.. just little bits of 8)__________ repeating

Some people don't dance, if they don't know who's 9) ______________,
why ask your head, it's your hips that are swinging
life's for us to 10) __________
woman, man, girl and boy,
feel the pain, feel the joy
aside set the little bits of 11)_______ repeating

.. just little bits of 12)___________ repeating
.. and I've seen it before
.. and I'll see it 13)_________
.. yes I've seen it before
.. just little bits of 14)___________ repeating

After Listening:

• What is the main idea of the song?
• Do you agree with the author that history repeats itself?

Key: 1. evolving, 2. revolving, 3. revolution, 4,7, 8, 11, 12, 14.  history, 5. shout, 6. fashion, 9. singing, 10. enjoy, 13. again