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B1.1·edm · house·2:44

The Business

Tiësto · 2020

The Business by Tiësto (2020) — 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

  • (Ooh, yeah, yeah)
  • Dreams we have don't ever fall away
  • We can't leave 'em if we stay the same
  • And I can't do this for another day

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Ooh, yeah, yeah
let'sbusinessnight

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

We've had amillion nights just like this

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Mamadon't worry 'bout me

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Mykeep telling me to leave this

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Back andback and forth with the bullshit

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

It's been asince I had your attention

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

We can't'em if we stay the same

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause I'm about to let my heart speak

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Dreams we have don't ever fall away

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Let's get down, let's get down to business

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Mama please don't worry 'bout me

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

So it might hurt to hear this

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Let's get down, ? get down to business

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Mama ? don't worry 'bout me

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

My ? keep telling me to leave this

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

It's been a ? since I had your attention

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Dreams we have ? ever fall away

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

How many times do you hear the word "let's" in the whole song?

"let's"

Exercise 21

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

"business"

Exercise 22

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

  • And I can't do this for another day
  • Mama please don't worry 'bout me
  • So it might hurt to hear this

Exercise 23

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

let'sbusinessnightmillion

Exercise 24

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

let'sbusinessnightmillion

Exercise 25

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

let'sbusinessnightmillion

Exercise 26

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • let's→
  • we've→
  • don't→
  • i'm→
  • it's→
  • can't→

Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "The Business", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 28

"The Business" was released in 2020. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

let'sbusinessnightmillion

Exercise 29

If you could ask Tiësto one question about "The Business", what would it be and why?

let'sbusinessnightmillion

Exercise 30

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

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