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B1.1·country·3:20

Good News

Shaboozey · 2024

Good News by Shaboozey (2024) — 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

  • I need some good news
  • Sittin' here, sippin' on cold truth
  • Nobody knows what I'm goin' through
  • But the devil wouldn't walk in my shoes

Sing the opening verse

  • Keep on bluffin', but I just can't win
  • Drown my sorrows, but they learned to swim
  • Now, what a hell of a year it's been
  • Head in bottle, but my heart in a cage

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Keep onbut I just can't win

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Head inbut my heart in a cage

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Sittin' here,on cold truth

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Wishtold me

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Loveknockin', but I just ain't home

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

All I really need is agood news

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Keep on bluffin', but I just can't win

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I need some good news

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Love keeps knockin', but I just ain't home

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Yeah, It's gettin' harder to act my age

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Sittin' here, sippin' on cold truth

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Now, what a ? of a year it's been

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Yeah, It's ? harder to act my age

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Nobody ? what I'm goin' through

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Love ? knockin', but I just ain't home

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Wish someone ? me

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 "need" in the whole song?

"need"

Exercise 23

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

"good"

Exercise 24

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

  • Is a little good news
  • Keep on bluffin', but I just can't win
  • Still stuck singin' these blues

Exercise 25

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

  • Drown my sorrows, but they learned to swim
  • Nobody knows what I'm goin' through
  • Sittin' here, sippin' on cold truth

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's
  • can't
  • i'm
  • wouldn't
  • i've
  • you're

Exercise 30

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Good News" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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