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A2.1·funk·5:58

Living in America

James Brown · 1985

Living in America by James Brown (1985) — 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

Living in america
Living in america
Living in america, so nice with your best self
Living in america, oh, I feel good

Sing the opening verse

Superhighways, coast to coast, easy takin' anywhere
On the transcontinental overload
Just slide behind the wheel
How does it feel when there's no destination that's too far

americalivinglive

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Superhighways,to coast, easy takin' anywhere

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Andon the way

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Living in america, hand in hand,the nation

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

On acoffee and a hard roll

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

You may not befor the promised land

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Detroit citycity)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You might find out who you are

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You might have to walk a fine line

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But you might find it anyway

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Superhighways, coast to coast, easy takin' anywhere

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Just slide behind the wheel

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Superhighways, ? to coast, easy takin' anywhere

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Living in america, ? in hand, across the nation

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

You might take a ? line

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

But you might ? it anyway

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

New ? city (new york city)

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 "america" in the whole song?

"america"

Exercise 23

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

"living"

Exercise 24

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

Detroit city (detroit city)
On a black coffee and a hard roll
Superhighways, coast to coast, easy takin' anywhere

Exercise 25

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

But everybody's workin' overtime
On the transcontinental overload
Pittsburgh P. A (pittsburgh P.A.)

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "Living in America" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

there's→
that's→

Exercise 30

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

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