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Life in the Fast Lane

Eagles · 1977

Life in the Fast Lane by Eagles (1977) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Life in the fast lane
  • Surely make you lose your mind
  • Life in the fast lane, yeah

Echo the hook

  • Life in the fast lane, uh-huh
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

He was aman, he was brutally handsome

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And she waspretty

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

He had areputation as a cruel dude

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Eager forhot for the game

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Theattraction, the drop of a name

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Outevening until it was light

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And she was terminally pretty

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Are you with me so far?

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

In the heart of the cold, cold city

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Life in the fast lane, yeah

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The coming attraction, the drop of a name

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

He was a ? man, he was brutally handsome

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

In the ? of the cold, cold city

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Life in the ? lane

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Life in the fast ? yeah

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

They ? outrageous parties, they paid heavenly bills

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 "life" in the whole song?

"life"

Exercise 23

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

"fast"

Exercise 24

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

  • And she was terminally pretty
  • Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst
  • They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavenly bills

Exercise 25

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

  • In the heart of the cold, cold city
  • Life in the fast lane, yeah
  • Surely make you lose your mind

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.

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

"Life in the Fast Lane" was released in 1977. 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 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • didn't→
  • we've→
  • haven't→
  • i'm→
  • gonna→
  • he's→

Exercise 30

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

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