Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics were a "New Wave" band from London. The band was formed by the singer Annie Lennox and the composer David A. Stewart around 1980. They were very successful and managed to sell seventy-five million records all over the world, apart from receiving lots of awards.

 Listen to the song and complete the lyrics:

 Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to 1.____________?
I 2. _________the world
And the seven 3. _________
Everybody's looking for something.
Some of them want to 4. ____________ you
Some of them want to get used by you.
Some of them want to 5. ___________ you
Some of them want to be abused.
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to 6. ____________?
I 7. _____________ the world
And the seven 8._____________

Everybody's looking for something.
(Hold your head up Keep your head up)
(Hold your head up Keep your head up)
(Hold your head up Keep your head up)
(Hold your head up Keep your head up)
Some of them want to 9. __________ you
Some of them want to get used by you.
Some of them want to 10. __________ you
Some of them want to be abused.
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to 11. ____________?
I 12. ________ the world
And the seven 13. ___________

Everybody's looking for something.
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to 14. ___________?
I 15. _____________ the world
And the seven 16. ___________
Everybody's looking for something.
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to 17. _____________?
I 18. ____________ the world
And the seven19. ___________

Now, find three different examples of Passive Voice in the lyrics:

1. ___________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________

Answer the following questions (write complete sentences using Passive Voice):

1. Where and When was the band formed?
2. Who was the band formed by?  

MARK TWAIN

Mark Twain, who lived from 1835 to 1910, is one of America´s most famous authors. He wrote many books, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain´s own life was interesting enough to be a book.

Twain was born in the state of Missouri, near the Mississippi River. He came from a poor family. His father died when he was twelve, so he had to leave school. While he was still a boy, he worked as a riverboat pilot. He steered boats up and down the long Mississippi River.

The Civil War, which started in 1861, made traveling on the Mississippi impossible. Twain then went west to Nevada. There he worked on a newspaper. In 1864 he went to California to find gold. Twain did not have much luck as a gold miner. He left California to travel in Europe. Twain wrote a book about his trips around Europe.

But the most important influence on Twain and his books was the Mississippi River. When Twain finally settled down, he lived in a house with a porch that looked like the deck of a riverboat. Huckleberry Finn, Twain's greatest book, is about the adventures of a boy on the Mississippi River. Another of Twain's books is called Life on the Mississippi.

In fact, even the name Mark Twain comes from the Mississippi. Mark Twain's real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. On the river Samuel Clemens often heard the boatmen shout Mark twain! This meant the water was twelve feet deep. When Samuel Clemens began to write he chose for himself the name Mark Twain.

Source: All about the USA, a cultural reader

QUESTIONS

VOCABULARY


Complete the definitions. Choose the correct answer:

1.-  People who write books are called...:

       a. states                b. trips                c. authors

2.- The covered entrance area attached to a house is the...:

       a. boat                 b. porch                c. luck

3.- Someone who looks for coal or gold in the ground is a ...:

       a. miner                b. boatman            c. pilot

4.- The floor of a sip is called the...:

       a. house                b. deck                c. river

5.- The action of driving a ship or car is...:

       a. steering              b. traveling          c. shouting

6.- A person who gives directions to help steer a boat is a ...:

       a. pilot                   b. boy                  c. Samuel Clemens

7.- When you stop moving from place to place, you ...:

       a. leave                 b. come from         c. settle down

8.- Another word for trip is ...:

       a. Influence            b. riverboat            c. journey

COMPREHENSION

Choose the best answer:

1.- Mark Twain is ...:

      a. the name os a riverboat.
      b. one of America's most famous authors.
      c. the real name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

2.- Mark Twain ...:

      a. left school to be a writer.
      b. was born in Nevada.
      c. worked at many different.

3.- The greatest influence on Mark Twain and his books was ...:

      a. his poor family.
      b. his porch.
      c. the Mississippi River.

Number the sentences 1 through 10 to show the correct order.

____  He left school when his father died.

____ Then he went west to Nevada.

____ In 1864 he went to California to find gold.

____ He wrote Huckleberry Finn.

____ Mark Twain was born in Missouri in 1835.

____ He left California to travel in Europe.

____ There he worked on a newspaper.

____ He worked as a riverboat pilot.

____ Mark Twain died in 1910.

____ He wrote a book about his trips around Europe.