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A2.2·rock·4:02

Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

John Mayer · 2006

Slow Dancing in a Burning Room by John Mayer (2006) — 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

  • We're going down
  • And you can see it too
  • We're going down
  • And you know that we're doomed

Echo the hook

  • Go cry about it, why don't you?
  • Go cry about it, why don't you?
  • Go cry about it, why don't you?
  • My dear, we're slow dancing in a burning room
we'redon'tthink

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

It's not alittle moment

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

This love that we've beenon

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

My dear, we're slowin a burning room

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

How dare you say it'sto me?

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

So youme feeling dirty

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't you think wehave learned somehow?

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

This love that we've been working on

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Nobody's gonna come and save you

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We're going down

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And you know that we're doomed

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You were the one I tried to draw

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

It's not a ? little moment

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

So I can ? you in my arms

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I was the one you ? dreamed of

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

You try to hit me just to ? me

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

My dear, we're slow ? in a burning room

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 "we're" in the whole song?

"we're"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 24

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

  • And you can see it too
  • And you know that we're doomed
  • It's not a silly little moment

Exercise 25

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

  • Go cry about it, why don't you?
  • It's not the storm before the calm
  • You'll be a bitch because you can

Exercise 26

Compare "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 28

Describe the mood of "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • we've→
  • can't→
  • gonna→
  • we're→
  • you're→

Exercise 30

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

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