Task 2. Look through the words and phrases that may be new for you, make sure you understand what they mean.
- I can't stand… – я не можу витримати…
- pain - біль
- painful – болючий
- its tearing me down – це мене вбиває
- nasty things – жахливі речі
- this is my shelter – це мій прихисток
- to grow up – виростати
- Can we work it out? – Ми можемо з цим впоратись?
- please stop yelling – будь ласка припини верещати
- to run away – тікати
- to destroy – знищувати
- look pretty happy – виглядати досить-таки щасливими
- to pretend – прикидатися
- to split - розділяти
- it comes naturally - усе іде своїм ходом
- step-brother – зведений брат
- last name – прізвище
- to go back – повертатись
- to spill - проливати
Task 3. You may come across some slang** words or shortenings when listening to the song. Make sure that you know what each slang word refers to.
cuz = because
It ain't easy = it isn’t easy
Don't wanna go back = don’t want to go back
Cryin = crying
**Slang is used in informal English when talking to your English-speaking friends or people you know well. You'd better not use it when you write letters or in the communication with people you do not know well enough.
LISTENING
Listen to the song and underline the words and phrases that are new for you. See if you understand their meanings in the suggested context.
FAMILY PORTRAIT
Momma please stop crying, I can't stand the sound
Your pain is painful and its tearing me down
I hear glasses breaking as I sit up in my bed
I told dad you didn't mean those nasty things you
said
You fight about money, bout me and my brother
And this I come home to, this is my shelter
It ain't easy growing up in World War III
Never knowing what love could be, you'll see
I don't want love to destroy me like it has done
my family
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
leave
Daddy please stop yelling, I can't stand the sound
Make mama stop crying, cuz I need you around
My mama she loves you, no matter what she says
It’s true
I know that she hurts you, but remember I love
you, too
I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away
Don't wanna go back to that place, but don't have
no choice, no way
It ain't easy growing up in World War III
Never knowing what love could be, well I've seen
I don't want love to destroy me like it did my
family
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
leave
In our family portrait, we look pretty happy
Let's play pretend, let's act like it comes
naturally
I don't wanna have to split the holidays
I don't want two addresses
I don't want a step-brother anyways
And I don't want my mom to have to change her
last name
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
Let's play pretend, act like it goes naturally
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do
anything)
***
(2)
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
Let's play pretend act and like it comes so
naturally
(I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
Daddy don't leave
Daddy don't leave
Daddy don't leave
Turn around please
Remember that the night you left you took my
shining star?
Daddy don't leave
Daddy don't leave
Daddy don't leave
Don't leave us here alone
Mom will be nicer
I'll be so much better, I'll tell my brother
Oh, I won't spill the milk at dinner
I'll be so much better, I'll do everything right
I'll be your little girl forever
I'll go to sleep at night
Find the handout of the song in the attachment below.