Lesson of the week -April 16th - Learning through Songs

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 Alone    -  Avril Lavigne

Uh uh, Uh uh oh
Uh uh, Uh uh oh

Hey man
Tell me what were you thinking?
What the hell were you saying?
Oh come on now
Stop and think about it
Hey now
Maybe you should just listen
Maybe you should stop talking for a second
Shut up
Listen to me

You're so obvious
You're so oblivious ( sem noção)
And now you wonder why you're the one alone
So don't apologize
And you don't even realize you screwed it up ( você estragou tudo) this time
Now you're the one alone

Uh uh, Uh uh oh
Uh uh, Uh uh oh

Hey bro
I'm just trying to let you know
You really think that you're special
Oh come on now
I've seen so much better ( tenho visto coisa melhor)
Hey there
Did you actually think that I cared?
Don't know if you want to go there
Oh come on now
Keep on, keep on dreaming

You're so obvious
You're so oblivious
And now you wonder why you're the one alone
So don't apologize
And you don't even realize you screwed it up this time
Now you're the one alone

If you, want to, be my-y-y-y
You know, You can't, play games
And you know what I mean 
I'm sorry
but you don't get my my-y-y-y-y ( lamento mas você não me conquistou)
I'm gone, you're still dreaming about me
Over and over and over and over again

You're so obvious
You're so oblivious
And now you wonder why you're the one alone (you're the one alone)
So don't apologize
And you don't even realize you screwed it up this time
Now you're the one alone (alone alone alone)

You're so obvious (obvious)
You're so oblivious (oblivious)
And now you wonder why you're the one alone (you're the one alone)
So don't apologize (apologize)
And you don't even realize you screwed it up this time
Now you're the one alone

Uh uh, Uh uh oh
Uh uh, Uh uh oh
Uh uh, Uh uh oh
Uh uh, Uh uh oh 

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Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?  - Bryan Adams

To really love a woman,
To understand her,
You've got to know her deep inside ... ( profundamente)
Hear every thought, (pensamento)
See every dream,
And give her wings (asas) when she wants to fly.
Then when you find yourself lying helpless( repousando desamparado) in her arms ...
You know you really love a woman

When you love a woman,
You tell her that she's really wanted.
When you love a woman,
You tell her that she's the one.
She needs somebody, to tell her that it's gonna last forever. (durar pra sempre)
So tell me have you ever really ... really, really ever loved a woman?

To really love a woman,
Let her hold you, (te agarrar,te abraçar)
Till you know how she needs to be touched. (ser tocada)
You've got to breathe her( Vc tem que respira-la), really taste her( verdadeiramente saborea-la)
Till you can feel her in your blood.
And when you can see your unborn children( filhos que ainda não nasceram) in her eyes ...
You know you really love a woman.

When you love a woman,
You tell her that she's really wanted.
When you love a woman,
You tell her that she's the one.
She needs somebody, to tell her that you´ll always be together.
So tell me have you ever really ... really, really ever loved a woman?

You've got to give her some faith, (dá-lhe alguma confiança)
Hold her tight( abraça forte,apertado), a little tenderness. (com um pouco de ternura)
You've got to treat her right.
She will be there for you taking good care of you ...
You really gotta love your woman.

And when you find yourself lying helpless in her arms,
You know you really love a woman.

When you love a woman,
You tell her that she's really wanted.
When you love a woman,
You tell her that she's the one.
She needs somebody, to tell her that it's gonna last forever.
So tell me have you ever really ... really, really ever loved a woman?
So tell me have you ever really ... really, really ever loved a woman?

So tell me have you ever really ... really, really ever loved a woman?

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Lesson of the week - April 9th - Elvis Presley

1. Well Daniele and Giovana.  In this lesson we will learn many things about  one of America’s most popular singers, Elvis Presley.

2. That song, “Hound Dog” was one of Elvis Presley’s most popular records.  It sold five million copies in nineteen fifty-six.  Music industry experts say more than one thousand million of Elvis’s recordings have sold throughout the world.  He was a success in many different kinds of music -- popular, country, religious, and rhythm and blues.

3. Elvis Presley won many awards from nations all over the world, yet he did not record in any language other than English.  He never performed outside the United States, except for three shows in Canada.  Yet, his recordings and films have been, and are still, enjoyed by people all over the world.

4. Elvis Aaron Presley was born in the southern town of Tupelo, Mississippi on January eighth, nineteen thirty-five.  His family was extremely poor.  During his childhood, he sang in church with his parents. 

5. He also listened to music that influenced his later singing, including country, rhythm and blues, and religious music.  Elvis and his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee when he was thirteen.

6. After high school, he had several jobs, including driving a truck.  In nineteen fifty-three, he made his first recording of this song, “My Happiness”:

7. Elvis Presley recorded the song at the Memphis Recording Service.  The story is that he paid four dollars to make a recording for his mother.  A woman who worked at the public recording studio had another job with a local independent record company called Sun Records.  She made a second recording of Elvis’s songs because she thought the owner of Sun Records should hear him sing.

8. The owner of Sun Records, Sam Phillips, had been looking for a white performer who could sing black rhythm and blues.  He suggested Elvis work with a guitar player and a bass player.  Several months later Mister Phillips agreed to have the group make a record.  It was released on July nineteenth, nineteen fifty-four.  One of the songs was “That’s All Right”:

9. The record sold well in Memphis, and was played a lot on local radio stations.  To let others hear Elvis, Sam Phillips organized a series of performances at country fairs in the area. 

10. One of the people who heard Elvis perform at these shows was Colonel Tom Parker.  Elvis signed an agreement that Colonel Parker would organize his appearances.

11. One of Elvis’ first new recordings became a huge hit, and led to his many appearances on television.  It was “Heartbreak Hotel”:

12. By the middle of the nineteen fifties, Elvis Presley was known around the world as the young man who moved his hips in a sexual way as he sang rock and roll music.  Many adults said he and his music were bad influences on young people.  Young women loved him.  Huge crowds attended his performances.

13. He made his first movie in nineteen fifty-six.  It was  “Love Me Tender.” The title song was a big hit.

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  Translate the sentences below to English according to the text.

1. Elvis ganhou muitos prêmios de nações de todo o mundo, porém ele não gravou em nenhuma língua a não ser Inglês

2. Ele foi um sucesso em muitos tipos diferentes de música e seus álbuns tem vendido por todo o mundo

3. Durante sua infância, Elvis cantava na igreja com seus pais. Após o colégio, ele teve vários empregos, incluindo dirigir um caminhão

4. Uma das primeiras gravações de Elvis tornou-se um imenso sucesso e levou à suas muitas aparições na TV

5. Em meados dos anos 50, Elvis era conhecido ao redor do mundo como o jovem que movia seus quadris de uma maneira sexual enquanto ele cantava rock and roll

 

 

 

Vocabulary

“Hound Dog” = cão de caça “That’s All Right”: = está tudo bem a lot = muito, bastante agreed = concordou agreement = acordo Also = também (no meio da frase) appearances = aparições As = enquanto attended = assistiam awards = prêmios bass player = baixista became = tornou-se By the middle of = Em meados de Childhood = infância crowds = multidões During = durante enjoyed = venerados except for = exceto por experts = especialistas fairs = feiras had been = tinha estado heard = ouviu (presente = “hear”) high school = colégio hips = quadris hit = sucesso huge = imenso jobs = empregos kinds of = tipos de known = conhecido

led to = conduziu a looking for = procurando moved to = mudaram-se para movie = filme nineteen fifty-six = 1956 other than = a não ser, exceto owner = dono paid = pagou (presente = “pay”) Parents = pais performed = apresentou-se played = tocado(a) Records = albuns released = lançado said = diziam (presente = “say”) Sang = cantou (presente = “sing”) several = diversos, vários should = deveria signed = assinou (presente = “sign”) sold = vendeu (presente = “sell”) still = ainda success = sucesso suggested = sugeriu tell about = falam sobre Tender = ternamente thought = achou (presente = “think”) throughout = por todo truck = caminhão was born = nasceu way = forma, maneira won = ganhou (presente = “win”)    60.  yet = porém

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