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Austin

Dasha · 2023

Austin by Dasha (2023) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Did your boots stop workin'?
  • Did your truck break down? (Truck break down)
  • Did you burn through money?
  • Did your ex find out? (Ex find out)

Echo the hook

  • Drunk washed up in Austin
  • A hell of a bluff, you had me believin'
  • How many months did you plan on leavin'?
  • What happened? Bad habits?

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Satalone, all throughout the morn 'til I

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Did you burnmoney?

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Was theflowin'?

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

What's your(Alibi)

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Drunkup in Austin

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

WhatBad habits?

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Did you burn through money?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Just wish I knew what caused it

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Did the nerves come get you?

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And that's where you'll be forgotten

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

How many months did you plan on leavin'?

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Sat ? alone, all throughout the morn 'til I

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Where ? a will, then there's a way

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Did the ? come get you?

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

A ? of a bluff, you had me believin'

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Did your truck ? down? (Truck break down)

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "truck" in the whole song?

"truck"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "break" in the whole song?

"break"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Did your boots stop workin'?
  • I made my way back to LA
  • Where there's a will, then there's a way

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • Did you go back? Go batshit?
  • Did your truck break down? (Truck break down)
  • Just wish I knew what caused it

Exercise 26

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

truckbreakfindthere's

Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "Austin" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

truckbreakfindthere's

Exercise 28

Compare "Austin" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

truckbreakfindthere's

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's
  • i'd
  • you'd
  • weren't
  • i'll
  • there's

Exercise 30

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

truckbreakfindthere's