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Lazaretto

Jack White · 2014

Lazaretto by Jack White (2014) — 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

  • Como en madera y yeso
  • Como en madera y yeso
  • And even God herself has fewer plans than me
  • But she never helps me out with my scams for free, though
nothingtimecomo

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Myare blue and connected

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

But I diglike the best of 'em

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

When I sayI say everything

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Makingof people I used to know

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Thrown down to themade feral for nothing

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Theyblow down the prison

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When I say nothing, I say everything

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They threw me down in a lazaretto

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Any way that I can, oh

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

This is how I'm gonna do it

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And like the dough, I don't fall down

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

My ? are blue and connected

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Como en ? y yeso

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Born ? bored rotten

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Thrown down to the ? made feral for nothing

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

This is how I'm ? do it

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 "nothing" in the whole song?

"nothing"

Exercise 23

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

"time"

Exercise 24

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

  • Any way that I can, oh
  • My veins are blue and connected
  • They threw me down in a lazaretto

Exercise 25

"Lazaretto" was released in 2014. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "Lazaretto" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • gonna→
  • wanna→
  • they're→
  • don't→
  • that's→

Exercise 29

If you could ask Jack White one question about "Lazaretto", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Lazaretto" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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