Summer blues by Eddie Cochran

Summer blues by Eddie Cochran

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(1938 –1960) an American musician. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody", and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s.

Cochran was involved with music from an early age, playing in the school band and teaching himself to play blues guitar. His first success came when he performed the song "Twenty Flight Rock" in the film The Girl Can't Help It.

Cochran died at age 21 after a road accident, while travelling in a taxi.

 

Pay attention to the following words and word combinations

I’m gonna = I’m going to

Raise a holler = shout loudly

My baby = my girlfriend

No dice = it’s not possible

You gotta = you have got to

Ain’t = isn’t

Mom = mother

Pop = father

You didn’t work a lick = didn’t work at all

Vacation = holiday

Congressman = US politician

 

Listen to the song for the first time and try to understand what it is about

Listen to the song again and fill the gaps with the words from the box

baby boss car  congressman dollar  money vacation  wonder

I'm gonna raise a fuss, i'm gonna raise a holler
About a workin' all summer, just to try to earn a _____
Every time I call my _____, and try to get a date
My boss says, "No dice son, you gotta work late"

Sometimes I _____  what I'm gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Well my mom and pop told me, "Son you gotta make some _____,
If you want to use the ____, to go ridin' next Sunday"
Well I didn't go to work,told the _____ I was sick
"Well you can't use the car, cause you didn't work a lick"

Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine ______
I'm gonna take my problem, to the United Nations

Well I called my _____ and he said “Whoa”
"I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote"

Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

 

Make up your own sentences with the words from the previous exercise

Choose the right variant

The singer of this song…

Ø Is rich / is not very rich

Ø Is happy / is unhappy

Ø Feels calm / feels angry

Ø Has been working hard / is unemployed

Ø Has a girlfriend / doesn’t have a girlfriend

Ø Has a friendly boss / has a difficult boss

Ø Has to work overtime / finishes work early

Ø Has understanding parents / has parents who are not sympathetic

Ø Has parents who lend him their car / has parents who won’t lend him their car

Ø Gets very ill and misses work / pretends to be ill to miss work

Ø Is planning to go on holiday / is planning to work through the summer

Ø Gets help from a politician / doesn’t get any help from a politician

Ø Thinks he will continue being unhappy / thinks things will get better soon

 

Summer blues by Eddie Cochran

I'm gonna raise a fuss, i'm gonna raise a holler
About a workin' all summer, just to try to earn a dollar
Every time I call my baby, and try to get a date
My boss says, "No dice son, you gotta work late"

Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Well my mom and pop told me, "Son you gotta make some money,
If you want to use the car, to go ridin' next Sunday"
Well I didn't go to work,told the boss I was sick
"Well you can't use the car, cause you didn't work a lick"

Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
I'm gonna take my problem, to the United Nations

Well I called my congressman and he said “Whoa”
"I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote"

Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

 

How about you? by Francis Albert Sinatra

Complete the sentences

He likes… He loves… He’s mad about… I like I love I’m mad about

Ø Gershwin tune Ø moonlight Ø New York in July Ø potato chips Ø river trips Ø Shakespeare plays Ø sunlight Ø Tv shows

Answer the questions

What do you like?

What does your friend (your mother, your neighbour) love?

What are you mad about?

What is your friend (your mother, your neighbour) mad about?

 

Complete the sentences

Now and then I think of when we________ together

Like when you ________ you felt so happy you could die

I told myself that you were right for me

But felt so lonely in your _____________

But that was __________ and it´s an ache I still remember

 

Unscramble the words

But you didn’t have to cut me off

Make out like it never happened and that we were (tihonng)_________

I don’t even need your love,

But you treat me like a (stgarnre)________ and that feels so rough

No, you didn’t have to stoop so low

Have your (fneidrs) ___________ collect your records

And then your (ecganh)________ your number

I guess that I don’t need that though

Now you´re somebody that I (deus) ________ to know

Now you´re somebody that I used to (wonk) ________

Now you´re somebody that I used to know

 

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over

But had me believing it was (yawlsa) __________ something that I´d done

And I don’t wanna (lvie)________ that way

(grnadie)________into every word you say

You said that you could let it go

And I wouldn’t catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know –oh-oh

 

Across

A place to keep food cold

Furniture for your feet

A very big bird

A long, fancy car

A kind of sofa

11. Another way to say "mean" or "unkind"

Down

Opposite of cheap

Cheese pasta fast food

Very strange or unusual

7. Ten, hundred, thousand, _________

9. This song is not serious, it is _______.

Glossary

2.  __________ = noun from humid

3.  __________ = an instrument for measuring air pressure which shows when the weather will change

4. __________ =the people, books, etc. that you get information from

5. __________ =a single example of something, especially an animal or plant

6. __________ =slim

7. __________ =not gentle, violent

8. __________ (PV) = to play against somebody / something, e.g. in a game / competition

9. __________ (PV) = take off violently

Listen and check

 

I say a little prayer

The moment I wake up
Before I put on my makeup
I say a little prayer for you
While combing my hair, now
And wondering what dress to wear, now
I say a little prayer for you

Forever, forever you'll stay in my heart
And I will love you
Forever and ever we never will part
Oh, how I'll love you
Together, together, that's how it must be
To live without you
Would only
be heartbreak for me

I run for the bus, dear
While riding I think of us, dear
I say a little prayer for you
At work, I just take time
And all through my coffee break-time
I say a little prayer for you

Forever, forever you'll stay in my heart
And I will love you
Forever and ever we never will part
Oh, how I'll love you
Together, together, that's how it must be
To live without you
Would only be heartbreak for me

I say a little prayer for you
I say a little prayer for you

Forever, forever you'll stay in my heart
And I will love you
Forever and ever we never will part
Oh, how I'll love you
Together, together, that's how it must be
To live without you
Would only be heartbreak for me

My darling, believe me
For me there is no one
But you....
Please, love me too
I am in love with you
Answer my prayer
Say you love me too
Why don't you answer my prayer?
You know, every day I say a little prayer

Грамматика

Эта песня как нельзя лучше подходит для практики выражения used to в английском языке. О том, что означает это выражение, как его правильно употреблять и как переводить на русский язык, вы можете прочитать в одноименной статье, адрес которой указан выше. Вот каким смыслом будут обладать присутствующие в песне предложения:

· This used to be my playground… — Когда-то это была моя детская площадка…

· This used to be my childhood dream… — Когда-то это было моей детской мечтой…

· This used to be the place I ran to… — Когда-то это было местом, куда я бежала…

· This used to be my pride and joy… — Когда-то это было наша гордость и радость…

· This used to be our great escape… — Когда-то это было наше великое спасение…

· This used to be our secret place… — Когда-то это было наше тайное место…

В тексте этой песни также можно увидеть условные предложения с глаголом wish, с помощью которых мы выражаем сожаление, разочарование или грусть. Предложения с I wish имеют определенные особенности употребления и перевода на русский язык, с которыми вы можете ознакомиться в статье «Предложения с I wish». В наших примерах в придаточных предложениях после I wish использованы времена Past Simple и Past Continuous. Это значит, что речь идет о действиях и событиях настоящего времени, что мы и будем отражать в переводе предложений.

· But I wish that you were here with me… — Жаль, что ты здесь не со мной…

· I wish you were standing here with me… — Жаль, что ты не стоишь здесь рядом со мной…

Предложения – Don’t look back; Don’t ask them why; Don’t hold on to the past; Keep your head high; Live and learn; – представляют собой примеры употребления повелительного наклонения в английском языке. Чтобы его образовать, мы берем простой инфинитив глагола, если нужно утверждение (Look! – Смотри!, Open the door. – Открой дверь), и инфинитив в сочетании со вспомогательным глаголом don’t, если нужно отрицание (как в наших примерах из песни).

Посмотрите на следующее предложение: That no one in the world could dare destroy. Оно имеет такой перевод: …(место), которое никто в мире не мог осмелиться уничтожить. Глагол dare обладает значением «осмелиться, посметь сделать что-то». Но его особенность в том, что он может быть не только простым смысловым глаголом, но и глаголом модальным. О модальном dare можно почитать в статье «Модальный глагол DARE».

Пришло время закрепить усвоенный грамматический и лексический материал с помощью маленького теста. Выберите в каждом предложении правильный вариант.

1. Where are we now? There … be a city here.

had to
was
used to
stayed

2. I wish I … a little bit taller.

has been
am
was
had been

3. I resigned two years ago, and I’ve had a great time and I have no …

wishes
regrets
attempts
reasons

4. … a minute when I’m ready.

Stay
Continue
Hold on
Keep

5. How many houses were … by this hurricane?

destroyed
suffered
disappeared
broken

 

 

Грамматика

Есть ли в этой песне какие-либо грамматические моменты, на которые следует обратить внимание? Конечно, есть. И их мы сейчас упомянем.

Прежде всего, перечитайте название песни. Английский вариант – It must have been love – имеет следующий аналог в русском языке: Должно быть, то была любовь. В названии песни мы встречаем не только модальный глагол must, но и перфектный инфинитив — have been. Из описания употребления модального глагола must вспоминаем, что этот модальный глагол в сочетании с перфектным инфинитивом выражает предположение, близкое к уверенности, что действие или состояние (а у нас речь идет о состоянии) имело место в прошлом. И переводится такое сочетание с помощью слов «должно быть, вероятно, скорее всего».

В тексте песни присутствуют глаголы в форме повелительного наклонения: lay a whisper, leave the winter, touch me. Мы знаем, что повелительное наклонение в английском языке передается инфинитивом глагола в форме второго лица.

Время Past Simple используется наравне с временем Present Simple. Первое описывает события, которые уже свершились в прошлом, а второе демонстрирует результат, который мы имеем сейчас. Например:

· I lost it – Я потеряла ее, we touched – мы прикасались, It was all that I wanted – Это было все, что я хотела;

· I wake up, I close my eye, I dream away, It is over, the water flows, the wind blows… — Эти фразы не нуждаются в переводе, неизвестная лексика представлена выше.

И, наконец, в тексте песни есть определенные временные формы и конструкции, представленные в единственном экземпляре. Скажем несколько слов и о них:

1. …the time had run out – …время закончилось (Past Perfect)

2. Make believing we’re together – Представляя, что мы вместе (Gerund)

3. I’m sheltered = I am sheltered – Меня защищает (твое сердце) (Passive Voice)

4. I’ve turned to…= I have turned to… — Я превратилась… (Present Perfect)

5. I’m living without – Я живу без… (обхожусь без) (Present Continuous)

Насколько полезной оказалась для вас композиция «It must have been love»? Давайте проверим это с помощью небольшого теста, закрепляющего лексический и грамматический материал.

1. The trees … the house from wind.

Cover
Defends
Shelter
Move

2. … this book instead of that one!

Took
Takes
Taking
Take

3. She lives in a world of …

Hopes
Changes
Make-believe
Tears

4. Radioactive water… into the Pacific ocean.

Runs
Flows
Goes
Comes

5. Why … you … ? Say it loud!

Have … whispered
Did … whisper
Are … whispering
Will…whisper

 

 

Alice Merton - No roots

PUT THE VERSES IN RIGHT ORDER

…..'Cause I've got memories and travel like gypsies in the night
…..I built a home and wait for someone to tear it down
…..'Cause I've got memories and travel like gypsies in the night
…..I like digging holes and hiding things inside them
…..Then pack it up in boxes, head for the next town running
…..When I'll grow old I hope I won't forget to find them

And a thousand times I've seen this road,
A thousand times

PUT THE WORDS IN RIGHT ORDER
I've rootsgroundnever got home no, my was but on the.…………………………………………………

I've rootsgroundnever got home no, my was but on the………………………………………….............
got I've roots no uuuhuuuh uh uh…………………………………………………………………………..............
rootsI've no got……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

MEMORIES, GUESSING, WISHFUL,CHANGES, NUMBERS, DIFFERENT, GYPSIES*2, STANDING, SAME

I like …………… still, boy that's just a ………………. plan
Ask me where I come from, I'll say a ……………. land
But I've got …………………….. and travel like ………………….. in the night

I can't get the …………………., and play the …………………. game
It's just the place that ………………, the rest is still the ………………..
But I've got memories and travel like ……………….. in the night

And a thousand times I've seen this road,
A thousand times

PUT THE WORDS IN RIGHT ORDER
I've rootsgroundnever got home no, my was but on the.……………………………………………………………

I've rootsgroundnever got home no, my was but on the…………………………………………………………
got I've roots no uuuhuuuh uh uh………………………………………………………………………………………
rootsI've no got………………………………………………………………………………………………

 

WRITE THE VERBS
I like _ _ _ _ _ _ _  holes,
_ _ _ _ _ _  things inside them
When I'll grow old

I won't  _ _ _ _ _ _ to ­­­_ _ _ _ them   
I like _ _ _ _ _ _ _  holes,
_ _ _ _ _ _  things inside them
When I'll grow old

I won't  _ _ _ _ _ _ to ­­­_ _ _ _ them

 

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