Show must go on

Pre-listening activities:

1-Look at the photographs.

Do you know the band?/ Do you know the singer?/Where are they from? Look at the map of Uk

Have you ever heard the title of the song?/ What does the title of the song suggest? What do you think the author means with this title?

Discuss the information with your teacher.

2- Find the definitions that match the words/phrases

empty

abandoned

breaking

flaking

face it (with a grin)

never give in

to stay on

grin

top the bill

carry on

3- Now, put the words in exercise 2 in the right column. Look at the examples

 grin

  abandoned

While-listening activities

1-Listen to the first paragraph and match beginnings and endings

1-Empty spaces

2-Abandoned places

3-On and on, does anybody know

4-Another hero

5-Behind the curtain

6-Hold the line,does anybody

7-The show must

8-The show must

9-Inside my heart

10My make-up

11-But my smile

2-Now write the complete lines:

3- Listen and circle the right option

Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to luck - chance
Another headache/heartache, another failed romance
On and on, does anybody know what we are living for ?
I guess I'm burning/learning
I must be warmer now
I'll soon be turning

Round the corner/street now
Outside/Inside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free
The show must go on
The show must go on, yeah yeah
Ooh, inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on

Yeah yeah, whoa wo oh oh

4-Write in the missing words. The images may help.
My 
is painted like the
 
 
of butterflies,

 
 tales of yesterday, will 
but never die,

I can
   
, my
 
!

The Show must go on! Yeah!

The Show must go on!

I'll
 
 it with a
!

I'm never giving in! On with the show!

I'll top the
 
 !
I'll overkill! I have to
 
the will to carry on!
On with the,show
On with the show!

The Show must go on.

The show - the show must go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on

Queen were an English rock band. Formed in London in 1970 following the demise of the band Smile, Queen consisted of vocalist Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, bassist John Deacon and drummer Roger Taylor. The band became popular with audiences via their hit songs, live performances. Their 1985 Live Aid performance was voted the best live rock performance of all time industpoll.^[3]

• to leave a place, thing or person forever

• to continue to be in a place after the other people who were with you have left

• if you face a problem, or a problem faces you, you have to deal with it

• to be the most important actor in a show

• to accept that you have been defeated and agree to stop competing or fighting

• a wide smile

• to continue doing something

• without any real meaning

• to (cause something to) separate suddenly or violently into two or more pieces

• is breaking

• in the pantomime

• go on
  

• I guess we know the score

• what we are looking for...

• may be flaking

• go on, yeah

• still stays on

• another mindless crime

• what are we living for

• want to take it any more
  
  

Empty spaces ___________________________________________________________

Abandoned places _______________________________________________________

On and on, does anybody know ___________________________________________

Another hero_____________________________________________________________

Behind the curtain_______________________________________________________

Hold the line,does anybody ______________________________________________

The show must __________________________________________________________

The show must __________________________________________________________

Inside my heart __________________________________________________________

My make-up _____________________________________________________________

But my smile_____________________________________________________________

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