Autumn is beginning in Southern Spain.
This is a season with changing weather: hot or cold; sunny, cloudy or rainy...
Have you ever experienced "four seasons in one day" in your hometown?
ACTIVITY 1 - LISTENING:
Let's watch the video of a song talking about "4 seasons in 1 day" first!
Well, it's clear that it talks about weather, but does the song talk about any other topics?
ACTIVITY 2- LISTENING AND READING
Let's watch the song again in this subtitled video and read the lyrics carefully:
ACTIVITY 3 - WRITING or SPEAKING
What do you think now? Does it talk about anything else?
Is weather the most important topic of the song? Why or why not?
By the way, "4 Seasons in 1 day" is a 1992 song by an Australian group called Crowded House.
I hope you enjoyed the song! See you soon!
:)
Listen to all these Olympic songs and choose your favourite one! :)
1) Barcelona 1992:
Sarah Brightman and José Carreras: "Amigos Para Siempre" (Friends for Life)
Chorus
Amigos para siempre
Means you'll always be my friend
Amics per sempre
Means a love that cannot end
Friends for life
Not just a summer or a spring
Amigos para siempre
2) Atlanta 1996:
Gloria Stefan: "Reach"
3) Sydney 2000:
Magic Voices: "Australia"
4) Athens 2004
Giannis Kotsiras: "Pass the flame"
5) Beijing 2008
Sarah Brightman and Huan Liu: "You and Me"
6) London 2012
WRITING & SPEAKING Activity Think about your dream London 2012 official song!
Now it's your turn to become a lyrics writer! :)
1- What kind of official song would you like for London 2012?
__Slow and Classy __Catchy and rhythmic __Loud and wild
2- Who would be your favourite singer or singers for this song? .........................
1- BRAINSTORMING
Australia is a wonderful country! In fact, it is a big island and a continent at the same time. What do you know about Australia?
Write ten key words about Australia in your notebook:
1- ................ 2-......................... 3- ............................ ; 10- ....................................
2 - LISTENING ACTIVITY:
This Australian song was played during the TV broadcasting for the official National Day of Mourning for the victims of the February 7 2009 Victorian bushfires.
2.1- First time, listen to the song and read the lyrics of the song in the video.
You also have the lyrics here:
(Chorus)
We are one but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come
We share a dream and sing with one voice
I am
You are
We are Australian
I came from the dream time
from the dusty red soil plains
I am the ancient heart - the keeper of the flame
I stood upon the rocky shore
I watched the tall ships come
For forty thousand years
I'd been the first Australian
I came upon the prison ship
bound down by iron chains
I cleared the land, endured the lash and waited for the rains
I'm a settler
I'm a farmer's wife on a dry and barren run A convict then a free man
I became Australian
I'm the daughter of a digger
who sought the mother lode
The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road
I'm a child of the depression
I saw the good times come
I'm a bushy, I'm a battler
I am Australian
(Chorus)
I'm a teller of stories
I'm a singer of songs
I am Albert Namatjira
and I paint the ghostly gums
I am Clancy on his horse
I'm Ned Kelly on the run
I'm the one who waltzed Matilda
I am Australian
I'm the hot wind from the desert
I'm the black soil of the plains
I'm the mountains and the valleys
I'm the drought and flooding rains
I am the rock, I am the sky
The rivers when they run The spirit of this great land I am Australian
(Chorus)
We are one but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come
We share a dream
And sing with one voice
I am, you are, we are Australian.
2.2- The second time you watch the video, sing it! Karoke time! :)
3- WRITING ACTIVITY 3.1 - There are many characteristics and attributes of all-time Australian people and landscapes in this song.
Look up the following words of the song in a dictionary: the rocky shore - the prison ship- a settler - a convict- a free man - a digger - the long and dusty road- a bushy- a battler- a teller of stories- a singer of songs- the hot wind of the desert - the black soil of the plains - the drought and flooding rains - the spirit of this great land -
3.2 - Now look for all the verbs in the song and complete a chart with the three forms:Infinitive - Past Simple - Past Participle to be was/were been to come came come ........... ............. ..................
3.3- Have you learnt anything new about Australia? Well done!
Tell us about it adding a comment to this post! :)
