22 octubre 2007

SHAKIRA - HIPS DON'T LIE

A good way of learning English is with a bit of rythm. Try to do this activity with Shakira's song Hips don't lie.





SHAKIRA
HIPS DON’T LIE




Ladies up in here tonight
No fighting, no fighting
We got the refugees up in here
No fighting, no fighting Shakira, Shakira
I never really knew that she could dance like this
She makes a man wants to speak Spanish
Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa
Shakira, Shakira
Oh baby when you talk like that
You make a woman go mad
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my body


And I`m on tonight You know my hips don`t lie
And I`m starting to feel it`s right
All the attraction, the tension
Don`t you see baby, this is perfection
Hey Girl, I can see your body moving
And it`s driving me crazy
And I didn`t have the slightest idea
Until I saw you dancing
And when you walk up on the dance floor
Nobody cannot ignore the way you move your body, girl
And everything so unexpected - the way you right and left it
So you can keep on shaking it


I never really knew that she could dance like this
She makes a man want to speak Spanish
Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa
Shakira, Shakira
Oh baby when you talk like that
You make a woman go mad
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my body
And I`m on tonight
You know my hips don`t lie
And I am starting to feel you boy
Come on lets go, real slow
Don`t you see baby asi es perfecto
Oh I know I am on tonight my hips don`t lie
And I am starting to feel it`s right
All the attraction, the tension
Don`t you see baby, this is perfection
Shakira, ShakiraOh boy, I can see your body moving
Half animal, half man
I don`t, don`t really know what I`m doing
But you seem to have a plan
My will and self restraint
Have come to fail now, fail now
See, I am doing what I can, but I can`t so you kno
That`s a bit too hard to explain
Baila en la calle de noche Baila en la calle de día
Baila en la calle de nocheBaila en la calle de día
I never really knew that she could dance like this
She makes a man want to speak Spanish
Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa
Shakira, Shakira


Oh baby when you talk like that
You know you got me hypnotized
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my body
Senorita, feel the conga, let me see you move like you come from Colombia
Mira en Barranquilla se baila así, say it!
Mira en Barranquilla se baila así
Yeah



She`s so sexy every man`s fantasy a refugee like me back with the Fugees from a 3rd world country
I go back like when `pac carried crates for Humpty Humpty
I need a whole club dizzy
Why the CIA wanna watch us? Colombians and Haitians
I ain`t guilty, it`s a musical transaction
No more do we snatch ropes
Refugees run the seas `cause we own our own boats
I`m on tonight, my hips don`t lie
And I`m starting to feel you boy
Come on let`s go, real slow Baby, like this is perfecto
Oh, you know I am on tonight and my hips don`t lie
And I am starting to feel it`s right
The attraction, the tension Baby, like this is perfection
No fighting No fighting



EXERCISES

A) Phonetics: Find in the song words which contain the following sound
- /ei/
- /ai/
- /ŋ/
- /i:/

B) Grammar: Can you find an example of the following tenses.
- Imperative:
- Present simple:
- Present continuous:
- Past simple:
- Modal verbs:




C) Vocabulary: Find words or expressions with the following meaning.
- Continue (phrasal verb):
- Being madly in love with somebody:
- Intelligent, clever:
- Catch, take, grab:
- Not to succeed doing something:




D) Can you guess some words used in informal American speech? Guess their meaning.



E) Do you know what acronyms are?. Find one in the song and try to guess what each letter means.

09 octubre 2007

INTRODUCTION


Hello my name is Ana. I work as an English teacher. So I want this blog help my students to work with English at home.