Учим английский с The Beatles: Yesterday
THE BEATLES
Yesterday
ex. 1 Read the lyrics to the song "Yesterday"
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Suddenly there's a shadow hanging over me
I'm not half the man I used to be
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
Why she had to go?
I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
ex. 2 Explain the meaning of these expressions and make your own sentences with them
trouble
far away
they are here to stay
something wrong
to long for something
to hide away
ex. 3 Continue these sentences with "as though/as if"
ex. 3 Continue these sentences with "as though/as if"
- She looked as though...
- They told me nothing as though...
- I sit there as if...
- It seemed as though...
- The woman continued reading as if...
- The doctor closed the door as if...
- The mother was drinking her coffee as though...
ex. 4 Explain the phrase "she wouldn't say" and make your own similar sentences
ex. 5 Without looking at the lyrics try to remember the missing words:
- Yesterday, all my troubles __ so far away
- Now, it __ as though they're here to stay
- Oh, I __ in yesterday
- Suddenly, I'm not half the man I __ to be
- There's a shadow __ over me
- Oh, yesterday __ suddenly
- Why she __ to go, I don't know, she wouldn't say
- I __ something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
- Yesterday, __ was such an easy game to play
- Now, I __ a place to hide away
- Oh, I believe __ yesterday.
ex. 6 What do you know about the Beatles? Watch the video and answer the questions:
- Were John and Paul different or alike?
- Characterize John. Why did boys admire him? Why did girls like him?
- Characterize Paul. What was he better at than John?
- What was Paul brave enough to say to John?
- What was the most important decision the narrator refers to?