LISTENING ACTIVITIY Empire State of Mind by Alicia Keys A.

Before listening to the song, read the lyrics quickly and tick (V) the pictures referred to. B.

B. Alicia`s song has some mistakes. Listen to it and correct all the mistakes:

Oooh oooh, New York (2x) Grew up in a village______________, That is famous as a place of theater______________ scenes Noise is always loud There are sirens all around And the roads____________ are mean If I could make it here I could make it everywhere___________________ That`s what they say Seeing my body_____________ in lights Or my name in marquees* found down on
Vocabulary marquees = telas com ttulos em neon Broadway pocketful = um bolso cheio de

Even if it ain`t all it seems I got a pocket ful* of dreams Baby, I`m from

Chorus New York, concrete jungle* where people______________ are made of There`s nothing you can`t do Now you`re in New York These streets will make you see__________ brand new Small___________ lights will inspire you Hear it for New York, New York, New York

On the avenue, there ain`t never a curfew* Women______________ work so hard Such a melting pot on the corner selling rock Preachers pray to men_______________ Hail a gypsy taxi_____________ Takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge Nobody________________ sleeps tonight with a hunger* For more than from an empty cooker________________ I`m going to make it by any means I got a pocketful of candies_______________ Baby, I`m from Chorus New York, concrete jungle where people____________ are made of There`s nothing you can`t do Now you`re in New York These streets will make you see____________ brand new Small__________ lights will inspire you Hear it for New York, New York, New York Chorus One hand in the air for the big town___________ Street lights, big dreams, all looking bad_______________

No place in the city____________ that can compare Put your lighters* in the sky______________ Everybody say yeah, yeah yeah Chorus New York, concrete jungle where people_____________ are made of There`s nothing you can`t do Now you`re in New York These streets will make you see ______________ brand new Small_____________ lights will inspire you Hear it for New York

C. Now, answer these questions: 1. Why is New York a special city? _______________________________________________________ 2. How do you travel to New York? ______________________________________________________ 3. Are you going to New York next summer? ______________________________________________

Vocabulary

concrete jungle = selva de cimento curfew = recolher obrigatrio hunger = fome lighters = isqueiros