Tuesday 19 February 2013

Somebody that I used to know - Parody



MARK
Now and then we like to play one guitar together
And that's convenient since we only have the one

Tony sold our other instruments
To pay some gangsters but he's still in debt
And if they catch him he will surely be dismembered
Tony is addicted to wide array of narcotics
He claims they help him write but we're a cover band 
I'm not sure why we keep him in the band
Maybe it's because he drives the van 
The rest of us can only drive an automatic
TODD
This used to just be my guitar
Now Dave is banging on it like he's fucking Tito Puente
We look sad because we're starved
Tonight for dinner we're splitting a candy bar
We are the poorest band in the world
We have to act like we are camping, but we're really homeless
I don't even own this voice We had to borrow it from Peter Gabriel
Don't you know you gotta shock the monkey
MARK
Climbing up on Salsbury Hill
TODD
Sledge hammer
DOUG
OOMPA LOOMPA DOPATY DO
My feet are cold cus Tony sold my shoes
STASIA
I don't think that we should blame our problems all on Tony
Tony not the only dead beat in this band
I don't want to name any names
But Derek, Timothy, and Dave
Each have fooled around with me
I threw up this morning and I'm gonna have a band baby
TODD
You could've mentioned that before
How can we afford to put a kid through kindergarten.
MARK
Hey guys where did Tony go
You all know that Tony can't be left alone
TODD
Now he's got the camera
and If he sells it then we'll officially have nothing
Theres nothing Tony can't destroy
But none of us knows do the plinky noise
EVERYONE
The clinky noise
TODD
We need Tony
EVERYONE
To do the clinky noise
TODD
Somebody get Tony
EVERYONE
He does the clinky noise
TODD
And send us some money
EVERYONE
For the clinky noise
STASIA
My stomach feels funny

(via María González - 1st year ESO B)

Free film-related activities to do in class

Teaching materials:
Free film-related activities to do in class 
secondary-uppersecondary@macmillan.es




http://www.macmillanelt.es/fileadmin/files/online_files/Mailing/2013/ELT/e_toolkit_secundaria_films/e-toolking_secundaria_films.html

Wednesday 13 February 2013

What some people can do







Handlebars 
I can ride my bike with no handlebars 
No handlebars 
No handlebars 

I can ride my bike with no handlebars 
No handlebars 
No handlebars 

Look at me 
look at me 
hands in the air like it's good to be 
ALIVE 
and I'm a famous rapper 
even when the paths're all crookedy 
I can show you how to do-si-do 
I can show you how to scratch a record 
I can take apart the remote control 
And I can almost put it back together 
I can tie a knot in a cherry stem 
I can tell you about Leif Ericson 
I know all the words to "De Colores" 
And "I'm Proud to be an American" 
Me and my friend saw a platypus 
Me and my friend made a comic book 
And guess how long it took 
I can do anything that I want cause look 

I can keep rhythm with no metronome 
No metronome 
No metronome 

I can see your face on the telephone 
On the telephone 
On the telephone 

Look at me 
Look at me 
Just called to say that it's good to be 
ALIVE 
In such a small world 
All curled up with a book to read 
I can raise funds open up a thrift store 
I can make a living off a magazine 
I can design an engine sixty four 
Miles to a gallon of gasoline 
I can make new antibiotics 
I can make computers survive aquatic conditions 
I know how to run a business 
And I can make you wanna buy a product 
Movers shakers and producers 
Me and my friends understand the future 
I see the strings that control the systems 
I can do anything with no assistance 

I can change the nation with a microphone 
With a microphone 
With a microphone 

I can split on atom of a molecule 
Of a molecule 
Of a molecule 

Look at me 
Look at me 
Driving and I won't stop 
And it feels so good to be 
Alive and on top 
My reach is global 
My tower secure 
My cause is noble 
My power is pure 
I can hand out a million vaccinations 
Or let'em all die in exasperation 
Have'em all grilled leavin lacerations 
Have'em all killed by assassination 
I can make anybody go to prison 
Just because I don't like'em and 
I can do anything with no permission 
I have it all under my command 

I can guide a missile by satellite 
By satellite 
By satellite 
I can hit a target through a telescope 
Through a telescope 
Through a telescope 

I can end the planet in a holocaust 
In a holocaust 
In a holocaust 
In a holocaust 
In a holocaust 
In a holocaust 
In a holocaust 

I can ride my bike with no handlebars 
No handle bars 
No handlebars 

I can ride my bike with no handlebars 
No handlebars 
no handlebars

UK vs US Spelling



Phasal verbs with "TAKE":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk59VWV1HI8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Some phrasal verbs with "COME"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn1xv2vLk48&feature=youtube_gdata_player