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B1.1·metal·3:39

Toxicity

System of a Down · 2001

Toxicity by System of a Down (2001) — 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

  • New, what do you own the world?
  • How do you own disorder, disorder?
  • Now somewhere between the sacred silence
  • Sacred silence and sleep

Sing it again — final chorus

  • New, what do you own the world?
  • How do you own disorder, disorder?
  • Now somewhere between the sacred silence
  • Sacred silence and sleep

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Conversion,version 7.0

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Eatingas a pastime activity

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

How do you owndisorder?

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Sacredand sleep

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

More wood for theirloud neighbors

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Eating seeds as aactivity

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

New, what do you own the world?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

How do you own disorder?

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Eating seeds as a pastime activity

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Now somewhere between the sacred silence

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Conversion, ? version 7.0

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

The ? of our city, of our city

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Now ? between the sacred silence

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

More ? for their fires, loud neighbors

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Eating seeds as a ? activity

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 "disorder" in the whole song?

"disorder"

Exercise 23

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

"sacred"

Exercise 24

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

  • Conversion, software version 7.0
  • Disorder, disorder, disorder
  • Somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep

Exercise 25

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

disordersacredsilencesomewhere

Exercise 26

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

disordersacredsilencesomewhere

Exercise 27

If you could ask System of a Down one question about "Toxicity", what would it be and why?

disordersacredsilencesomewhere

Exercise 28

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

disordersacredsilencesomewhere

Exercise 29

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

disordersacredsilencesomewhere

Exercise 30

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

disordersacredsilencesomewhere