Monday's Assignment, May 2, 2016

Monday's Assignment

What do you do when you feel lonely? Have you ever dreamed of having a friend?



Here are your tasks:

1. Watch the video, and fill in the 10 blanks below. 

FILL IN THE BLANKS

COCKNEYS:
It's rather dull in town.
I think I'll take me to Paris.
Mmmmmm.

The missus wants to open up
The castle in Capri.
Mmmmmm.

Me doctor recommends a quiet summer by the sea.
Mmmm. Mmmm.
Wouldn't it be loverly?

ELIZA:
All I want is a room somewhere,
Far away from the cold night air,
With one enormous chair.
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?

Lots of chocolate for me to eat.
Lots of coal makin' lots of 'eat.
Warm face, warm 'ands, warm feet.
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?

Oh, so loverly sittin' absobloominlutely still.
I would never budge 'till spring
Crept over the windowsill.

Someone's 'ead restin' on my knee,
Warm an' tender as 'e can be,
Who takes good care of me.
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?
Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly.

1. room
2. Far
3. chair
4. chocolate
5. feet
6. still
7. spring
8. knee
9. tender
10. care

    1. Check your answers with 2 classmates.
    2. Sing the song by yourself and then together with a partner or two.

1. What differences in accent from Canadian English can you find in this song?

     1. Discuss your answers with a partner.
         1. Any additional syllables?

loverly; absobloominlutely(absolutely)
         2. Any vowel changes?

cold
         3. Any consonants changes?

restin; eat; ands; till; e
    2. Write down 10 things that happen when a person has a crush on someone or falls in love. How is it different in a different culture?