learn english with a song - it's raining men
TRANSCRIPT
English with a song – It’s Raining Men
Agenda
1. listening task for each verse
2. vocab for each verse
3. vocab practice
4. grammar explained
5. grammar practice
Source:
The Weather Girls
It’s Raining Men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJBLAu1E
1st verse – who is the song for?
1st verse
Hi, hi we're your weather girlsAh-huhAnd have we got news for youYou better listenGet ready, all you lonely girlsAnd leave those umbrellas at homeAlright
2nd verse – what is going to happen tonight?
2nd verse
Humidity is rising (uh rising), barometer's getting low (oh low, girl)According to all sources (what sources now),
the street's the place to go (we better hurry up)'Cause tonight for the first time (first time)Just about half-past ten (half past ten)For the first time in historyIt's gonna start raining men (start raining men)
2nd verse
Humidity = water in the air
According to all sources = all sources say
Chorus – what is the singer going to do?
Chorus
It's raining men, hallelujah, it's raining men, amenI'm gonna go out to run and let myself getAbsolutely soaking wetIt's raining men, hallelujahIt's raining men, every specimenTall, blonde, dark and leanRough and tough and strong and mean
Chorus
soaking wet = totally wetspecimen = individuallean = thinrough = not smooth
tough = hard
mean = not nice
3rd verse – WHY is it raining men?
3rd verse
God bless Mother Nature, she's a single woman tooShe took off to heaven and she did what she had to doShe taught every angel to rearrange the skySo that each and every woman could find her perfect guyIt's Raining Men! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Men! Amen!It's Raining Men! Hallelujah!It's Raining Men! Amennnn!
3rd verse
a single woman = not married
to take off to a place = to escape somewhere
to rearrange = to arrange differently
4th verse – what should you do?
4th verse
I feel stormy weather moving in
About to beginHear the thunder
Don't you lose your headRip off the roof and stay in bed
4th verse
To move in = to start
About to do sth = sth will happen soonthunder = sound in a storm
lose your head = panica roof = the top of your house
To rip off = to remove
Vocabulary practice
Humidity = water in the air
According to all sources = all sourcessay
soaking wet = totally wetspecimen = individuallean = thinrough = not smooth
tough = hard
mean = not nice
a single woman = not married
to take off to a place = to escapesomewhere
to rearrange = to arrange differently
To move in = to start
About to do sth = sth will happen soonthunder = sound in a storm
lose your head = panica roof = the top of your house
To rip off = to remove
Vocabulary practice
According …………….. the weather forecast, it’sgoing to rain.
Vocabulary practice
After a swim in the pool, the kids were s…………….. wet.
Vocabulary practice
Don’t lose your …………….. ! It’s not the end of the world!
Vocabulary practice
A few seconds after we saw the lightning, we heard the ……………..
Vocabulary practice
I don’t like fatty ham; I prefer the …………….. one.
Vocabulary practice
The party is about …………….. start.
Vocabulary practice
John took …………….. on a holiday of some kind.
Grammar snack
For the first time in historyIt's gonna start raining men
is gonna = is going to
It is going to start raining men.
Going to – prediction based on present
evidence
Look at those black clouds – it’s going to rain.
Going to – prediction based on present
evidence
Watch out! You’re going to hit a tree!
Going to – prediction based on present
evidence
If you don’t start studying, you’re going to fail the test!
Exercises!
(Source: Raymond Murphy, Grammar in Use Intermediate)
Exercises!
(Source: Raymond Murphy, Grammar in Use Intermediate)
Exercises!
(Source: Raymond Murphy, Grammar in Use Intermediate)
Exercises!
(Source: Raymond Murphy, Grammar in Use Intermediate)
Grammar snack 2
I'm gonna go out to run and let myself getAbsolutely soaking wet
Going to – intention
I’m going to learn more to pass the test.
I’m going to make a lot of money one day.
I’m going to clean my shoes – they’re dirty.
Exercises!
(Source: Raymond Murphy, Grammar in Use Intermediate)
Exercises!
(Source: Raymond Murphy, Grammar in Use Intermediate)
Exercises!
(Source: Raymond Murphy, Grammar in Use Intermediate)
Exercises!
(Source: Raymond Murphy, Grammar in Use Intermediate)
What is the moral of the song?
Source of the song:
The Weather Girls
It’s Raining Men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJBLAu1E
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