A Suggested Vocabulary List
1. Look through the song and find the phrasal verb in the song to these verbs: to continue, to carry on, to go on, to proceed, to prolong
Which form of the verb do we use with these verb (to+inf or -ing)?
2. Read the chunk to the verb ‘to smile’
and choose one that is used in the song.
- to smile at smb =to make your mouth curve upwards, in order to be friendly or because you are happy or amused – посміхатись до когось
- to smile about smth – посміхатись із-за чогось
- to smile to oneself – посміхатись до себе
- to smile with smb – посміхатись з кимось
- fortune/the gods smile on you = you have luck – доля тобі посміхається
3. What contractions can you find in the song?
4. Which words and phrases related to the topic ‘the weather’ can you find in the song? How can you translate them into your native language?
5. Find English equivalents in the song to these words and phrases:
зітхати, приносити радість, впадати в жалобу (перебувати в жалобі), заповзати, просвітити комусь шлях, “цар і бог”
Listening
Listen to the song and come up with the tasks given above, see if your answers were correct.
When you're smiling
When you're smiling
And the whole world smiles with you
And when you're laughing
Oh, when you're laughing
Mmm, man, the sun comes shining through
When you're crying
You bring on the rain
Stop your sighing
Won't you be happy again?
When you're smiling
Keep on smiling
And the whole world smiles with you
When you're laughing
You bring on the joy
Be happy, you've got to groove, my boy
When you're smiling
Keep on smiling
And the whole world smiles with you, oh!
'Cause I'm the sheik of Araby
(With your turban on)
Ooo, your love belongs to me
(With your turban on)
Well, at night when you're asleep
Baby, into your tent I'll creep
(With your turban on)
And the stars that shine above
(Jumpin' as a jaybird)
Will light our way to love
And you'll rule this crazy land with me
I'm the sheik-y man, that's who I be!
Key:
Check your answers here:
Before listening to the song:
1. "When You're Smiling" is a song by Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, and Joe Goodwin, famous by Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima
2. June 6, 1889 - July 31, 1943
3. The song is the official club anthem of English football club, Leicester City
In the film The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, Judith, played by Maggie Smith. sings the song to herself after a night of drinking.
In the Seinfeld episode "The Jimmy", Mel Torme dedicates the song to Kramer.
It has also been sung by Rachel Berry (Lea Michele), a character on the TV series Glee, in the episode "Mattress".
The version recorded by Louis Armstrong was featured in an advertisement for Apple's new iPhone 4 in 2010.
The Louis Prima version is featured in the video game Mafia 2 and the movie Find Me Guilty, directed by Sidney Lumet.
In the Nickelodeon TV series The Backyardigans, the song's tune is used in an episode titled "It's Great To Be A Ghost!".
At the end of the 1995 Woody Allen movie Mighty Aphrodite the Greek chorus sings a version of this song.
At the end of the "Everybody Loves Raymond" episode "Sweet Charity" (Season 7, Episode 16), Debra Barone (Patricia Heaton) sings the song in front of a group of unhappy hospital patients.
Vocabulary:
1. to keep on doing smth
2. to smile with smb
3. you're = you are, cause=because, smilin'=smiling, laughin'=laughing, shinin’=shining, cryin'=crying
4. to bring on the rain – приносити дощ, sun comes shinin’ – сонце виходить, посміхаючись
5. to sigh, to bring on the joy, to groove, to creep, to light smb’s way, sheik-y man=the sheik of Araby