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"The Logical Song" by Supertramp

When i was young
It seemed that life was so wonderful
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical
And all the birds in the trees
Well they´d be singing so happily
Oh joyfully, oh playfully watching me
But then they sent me away
To teach me how to be sensible
Logical, oh responsible ,practical
And they showed me a world
Where i could be so dependable
Oh clinical, oh intellectual, cynical

There are times when all the world´s asleep
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man
Won´t you please, please tell me what we´ve learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who i am

Now watch what you say
Or they´ll be calling you a radical
A liberal, oh fanatical, criminal
Oh won´t you sign up your name
We´d like to feel you´re
Acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!

At night when all the world´s asleep
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man
Won´t you please, please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who i am, who i am ,who i am.

 

Exercises

by Nines Picado y Pepa

Music link to Radio Blog

1.-  Write the words for the following phonetic transcriptions and then fill in the boxes.

/'sensbl/________________

/rIs'pektbl/ ______________

/rI s: 'p o n s b l /________________

/p r I : 'ze nt b l / ________________

/d I : p e n d bl / ________________

/v ed Z t b l / ________________

/ k' s e p t b l / ________________

2.-Find the word that matches the definitions:

…………………………….: someone you can be sure that they will always act consistently or sensibly.

…………………………….: a person who is able to do good decisions and judgements based on reason

…………………………….: Someone who is approved of by society and considered to be morally correct

…………………………….: A very sick or disabled person

…………………………….: someone who is good enough

…………………………….: people who behave properly and sensibly (without needing to be supervised).

…………………………….: Someone who looks fairly tidy or attractive

3.- Fill in the gaps with words ending in -al

When i was young
it seemed that life was so wonderful
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, ……………………
And all the birds in the trees
Well they´d be singing so happily
Oh joyfully, oh playfully watching me
But then they sent me away
To teach me how to be …………………………..
…………………, oh …………………………., …………………
And they showed me a world
where i could be so ………………………….
Oh ……………………, oh ……………………, …………………

There are times when all the world´s asleep
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man
Won´t you please, please tell me what we´ve learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who i am
Now watch what you say
Or they´ll be calling you a ……………………
A ……………………, oh ……………………, ……………………
Oh won´t you sign up your name
We´d like to feel you´re
…………………………. , …………………………., Oh ………………………. , a …………………………. !

At night when all the world´s asleep
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man
Won´t you please,please tell me what we´ve learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who i am, who i am ,who i am

4. In which column would you put the adjectives? Look at the examples

J

sensible

L

fanatical

 

 

 

 

- Dependable: someone you can be sure that they will always act consistently or sensible.

- Sensible: able to make good decisions and judgements based on reason

- Respectable: Someone who is approved of by society and consider to be morally correct

- Someone who looks fairly tidy or attractive

- A very sick or disabled person

- Acceptable: someone who is good enough

- Responsible: people who behave properly and sensibly (without needing to be supervised).

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