Mariah Carey

Hero

Pre-listening activities

1. Look at the photos: Do you know the singer? Have you ever heard this song?

2 - Find the meaning of these phrasals verbs.Match

PHRASAL VERBS	DEFINITIONS
a-Look inside	to start to exist, happen, or be available
b-Reach into	if the surface of something is torn away, it is violently pulled away from the thing that it is attached to
c-Melt away	if you cast aside bad feelings [e.g. doubts, inhibitions, prejudices], you get rid of them
d-Come along	to direct your eyes in order to see
e-Carry on	If a strong feeling melts away, you feel it less strongly and it disappears
f-Cast aside	Run into or up to
g-Tear away	to continue doing something

While-listening activities

1-Find the correct ending of each sentence 2-Unscramble the words in bold

3 - Re-write the lines in the right order:

4- Chorus

5- Write the words for the corresponding picture:

6 - Chorus

Post-listening activities:

1. Watch the video and sing the song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxkCOuQfPGU

2. Speaking:

1. What are the basic characteristics of a hero?

2. Do heroes necesarily have to sacrifice their lives?

3. Can you mention any heroes or heroic deeds from your culture?

4. Why did they become heroes? What did they do?

5. Can anyone become a hero? How?

By Karina Nicolosi

Chorus

And then a hero comes ganlo _____________

thiw the strength to carry on _____________

And you cast your saref aside ____________

And you know you can vevirus ___________

So when you feel like ohep is gone _________

Look disine you and be strong ____________

And you'll finally see the urtht____________

atth a hero lies in you___________________

Lord knows

___________are hard to follow

But don't let anyone

Tear them away

___________________________

There will be _______________

In
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You'll find the
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1-____________________________

2-____________________________

3-____________________________

4-____________________________

5-____________________________

6-____________________________

7-____________________________

8-____________________________

And the emptiness you felt

For you to hold

You can find love

When you face the world alone

Will disappear

It's a long road

No one reaches out a hand

If you search within yourself

a-There's a hero

b-You don't have to be afraid

c-There's an answer

d-And the sorrow that you know

If you reach into your soul

Will melt away

If you look inside your heart

Of what you are

Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1970 in the Huntington area of Long Island, New York.  Mariah's parents Alfred Roy Carey and Patricia Hickey divorced early on in her life, forcing her mother Patricia to support Mariah and her two older siblings, sister Alison and brother Morgan, on her own.  Mariah spent most of her childhood years alone as her mother was too busy with work trying to make ends meet.  To make matters worse, due to her Irish, Venezuelan, and African heritage Carey was subjected to racial discrimination while growing up.  To escape the pain and reality, Mariah Carey turned to music. 

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