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Young and Beautiful

Lana Del Rey · 2013

Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey (2013) — 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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  • Diamonds, brilliant and Bel Air now

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Diamonds,and Bel Air now

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Hotnights, mid-July

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Thedays, city lights

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Yourface and electric soul

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Please let memy man

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

All that faceme wanna party

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you and I were forever wild

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Dear Lord, when I get to Heaven

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Diamonds, brilliant, and Bel Air now

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The crazy days, city lights

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hot summer days, rock and roll

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Diamonds, ? and Bel Air now

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

The ? days, city lights

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Hot summer ? rock and roll

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Your ? face and electric soul

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Father, ? me if you can

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 "know" in the whole song?

"know"

Exercise 23

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

"beautiful"

Exercise 24

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

  • Channeling angels in the new age now
  • Dear Lord, when I get to Heaven
  • Diamonds, brilliant, and Bel Air now

Exercise 25

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

  • And all the ways I got to know
  • Hot summer nights, mid-July
  • Please let me bring my man

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

If you could ask Lana Del Rey one question about "Young and Beautiful", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 28

Rewrite the chorus of "Young and Beautiful" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i've
  • you'd
  • i'm
  • you'll
  • wanna
  • he's

Exercise 30

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

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