GREETINGS

ETERNAL FLAME

Eternal Flame was a number 1 in the UK and the US in 1989 for the American all-girl group The Bangles. It was a number 1 hit again for the British girl group Atomic Kitten in 2001. Now you can listen to it as many times as you want and you can sing it as you have the lyrics too. Enjoy!



This is the exercise we did in class. Click here to download or print.

UNCHAINED MELODY

This is the song we listened to in class, now you can listen to it as many times as you want. Pay attention to the way subject pronouns, object pronouns, possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns are used.
By the way, the song dates back to 1965, lyrics by Hy Zaret and melody by Alex North. It has more than 500 different versions but the most famous version is by Righteous Brothers, 1965.

OH PRETTY WOMAN

Oh Pretty Woman was originally a big hit for the Texan Roy Orbison in 1964 but was a hit again in 1990 when it provided the inspiration for the title of the film Pretty Woman, starring Julian Roberts and Richard Gere.

The lyrics tells the story of a man who sees a pretty woman walking by. He likes her very much and wonders if, as beautiful as she is, she is as lonely as he is. At the last minute, she turns back and joins him.

The title was inspired by Orbison's wife Claudette interrupting a conversation to announce she was going out; when Orbison asked if she was okay for cash, his co-writer Bill Dees said "A pretty woman never needs any money."




Click here to directly download the exercise

And here you can read the lyrics in English and in Spanish.

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SOMETHING STUPID

This is the song we listened to in class. Something Stupid was originally a hit for father and daughter duo Frank and Nancy Sinatra in 1967. Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman made a new recording of the song in 2001.



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WATERLOO SUNSET

This is the song we listened to in class. Waterloo Sunset is a song about the view of London over the River Thames in the evening, when millions of people are going home from work. It was a big hit for The Kinks in the mid 1960s.




Click here to directly download the exercises

And here you can read the lyrics in English and in Spanish.

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