WE ARE THE WORLD 25 FOR HAITI

WHAT is “We are the world 25 for Haiti”?

It is a remake of the song "we are the world", recorded 25 years after theoriginal one to raise money to helpreconstruction in Haiti after the 2010earthquake.

 

 

All credits of this exercise for Teacher Maria Elena Sabadine

Source: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4069 

EXERCISE ONE: WHAT DOES THE MESSAGE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO SAY?

READ THE FOLLOWING AND CHOOSE WHETHER THEY'RE RIGHT OR WRONG

 

1- it asks us to do more than just watch and to donate for Haiti truefalse

2- it says the original lyrics were by M Jackson alone truefalse

3- it says the original song was written by M Jackson and Lionel Ritchie truefalse

4- it says this video was made to remember M Jackson truefalse

5- it says this video was made to take action to help Haiti truefalse

6- it asks us to reach deep into our hearts and do something to help truefalse

7- it says you must donate big sums of money truefalse

8- it says this isn't a new version of the original song truefalse

9- it says 25 years have passed since the first version of the song was releasedtruefalse

 

EXERCISE TWO: LISTEN AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORDS TO FILL IN THE GAPS

 

[Justin Bieber]

There comecomes a timeWhen we heedneed a certain call[Nicole Scherzinger & Jennifer Hudson]When the world must come together as onewon

[Jennifer Hudson]

There are people dyingdoing

[Jennifer Nettles]

And it’s time to lend a hand to livelife

The greatest gift of all

[Josh Groban]We can’t go onPretending day by dayevery day[Tony Bennet]That someone, somehow will soon make a changemake changes

[Mary J Blige]

We are all a part ofGod’s great big familyAnd the truth, I knowyou know love is all we need[Chorus][Michael Jackson]We are the worldWe are the children[Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson]We are the ones who make a brightbrighterdaySo let’s start giving[Barbra Streisand]There’s a choice we’re makingWe’re saving our own lifelives

It’s true we’ll make a better day

Just you and me[Miley Cyrus]Well, send them your heartSo they’ll know that someone cares[Enrique Iglesias]So their cries  for helpfor helping

 will not bewill be in vain

[Nicole Scherzinger]We can’t let them sufferNo we cannot turn awayour way

[Jamie Foxx]

Right now they need a helpful handhelping hand[Wyclef Jean]Nou se mond laWe are the Children[Adam Levine]We are the ones who make a brighter daySo let's start giving[Pink]There’s a choice we’re makingWe’re saving ourour own lives[BeBe Winans]It’s true we make'll makea better dayJust you and me[Michael Jackson]When you’re down and outThere seems  no hopehope at all[Usher]But if you just believeThere’s no way we can fallfeel

[Celine Dion]

Well, well, well, well, let us realizeThat a change can only come[Fergie]When we stand together as one[Chorus - All]We are the worldWe are the childrenWe are the ones who make a brighter daySo let’s start giving[Nick Jonas]Got to start giving[All]There’s a choice we’re makingWe’re saving our own lives[Toni Braxton]It’s true we’ll make a better dayJust you and me[Mary Mary]We are the worldWe are the children[Tony Bennet]

it's for the childrenit's for any children

[Isaac Slade]We are the ones who make a brighter day[Toni Braxton]So let's start giving[Lil Wayne]There’s a choice we’re makingWe’re saving our own livesIt’s true we’ll make a better dayJust you and me[Chorus - All]We are the worldWe are the childrenWe are the ones who make a brighter daySo let’s start giving[Akon]There’s a choice we’re makingWe’re saving our own livesIt’s true we'll make a better dayJust you and me[T-Pain]We are the worldWe are the childrenWe are the ones who make a brighter daySo let’s start giving[Jamie Foxx imitating Ray Charles]Choice we're makingSaving our own livesIt’s true we’ll make a better dayJust you and me[LL Cool J, Will-I-Am, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz]1- We all need somebodysome that we can lean on2- When you wake up look around and see that your dream's gogone3- When the earth quakes we'll help youwe help you make it through the storm4- When the floor breaks a magic carpetmagic car to stand on5- We are the World unitunited by love so strong6- When the radio isn’t on you can hear the songssoul

7- A guided light on the dark roarroad you'rewalking on

8- A sign post to find the dream you thought has gonewas gone9- Someone to help you move the obstacles you stumbled on

10- someone that helps yousomeone to help you  rebuild after the rubble’s gone

11- We are the wordworld connected by a common bond12- Love the whole planet sing alongsing it logsing it along[Chorus - All][Kanye West]Everyday citizensEverybody pitching in[Singing - Children & Wyclef Jean]Nou se mond laNou se timoun yo[Will-I-Am]You and IYou and I[Kanye West]Uh, 12 days no waterWhats' your will to live?[Will-I-Am]We amplified the love we watching multiply[Kanye West]Feeling like the World's endWe can make the World win[Will-I-Am]Like Katrina, Africa, IndonesiaAnd now Haiti needs us, they need us, they need us[Chorus - All][Wyclef Jean]Haiti, Haiti, Ha, Ha, ha, ha, haHaiti, Haiti, Ha, Ha, ha, ha, haHaiti, Haiti, Ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha

 

EXERCISE THREE: THERE'S A PART OF THE SONG THAT IS RAPPED: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT IT

 

1- how many are the people singing?  345

2- what's the number of the line where the lyrics say that friends can help...

- to rebuild 

- to find a lost dream   

- to walk on a dark road 

- when you stumble on something, to remove those obstacles 

- to hear the music even when the radio isn't on 

 

 

 

 

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This is not A.J Hoge’s tip, I just recommend you practise a GLOBAL ENGLISH, and you could ask me for, what is this? You should listen to different accent, no matter if you have decided to practise (by Speaking) American, British or Australian, you should adapt to different accent (listening).

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The Climb - Miley Cirus, learning English through the song

The Climb - Miley Cirus

 Source: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1706

All the credits for teacher Zora Linda M. Miguez from Canadá.  Complete the song:

I can almost see it That dream I was dreaming butThat dream I’m dreaming butThis dream I’m dreaming butThere’s a voice inside my   heart  head  sayin, You’ll never reach it,Every step I’m making,Every step I was taking,Every step I’m taking,Every move I make feels Lost with no  My faith is shaking but I Got to keep tryingGot to keep flyingGot to be tryingGot to keep my head held high There’s always going to be another fountainmountaincountingI’m always going to want to make it move Always going to be an downhill battle,Always got to be an uphill battle,Always going to be an uphill battle,Sometimes I'm going to have to  lose  // move , Ain’t about how fast I get there,Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other sideAin’t about what’s calling on the other sideAin’t about what’s on the other sideIt’s the climb The struggles I’m facing, The planschancescans I’m taking Sometimes might knock me down but No I’m not breakingNo I’m breakingNo I’m not takingI may not know it But these are the  that I’m going to remember most yeahJust got to keep goingAnd I,I got to be strongI got to be wrongI have to be strongJust keep pushing on,was  / cause   / because There’s always going to be another mountain 

I’m always going to want to it to moveI’m always going to want to make it moveI’m always hoping to make it move

Always going to be an uphill battle,  you going to have to lose, Ain’t about how  fast // last  I get there, Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side It’s the There’s always going to be another mountain I’m always going to want to  it move Always going to be an uphill battle, Sometimes I'm going to have to lose, Ain’t about how fast I got there,Ain’t about how fast I get here,Ain’t about how fast I get there,Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side It’s the climb Keep on movingKeep on grovingKeep movingKeep climbing Keep the faith baby It isn't all aboutIt’s not aboutIt’s all aboutIt’s all about The climb Keep the pace  // faith // fate Keep your  Woaah

We are what we eat

Photo: AP

Scientis

ts are exploring the link between what kinds of bacteria live in our gut and what kinds of food we eat

Source: http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/Gut-Bacteria-We-Are-What-We-Eat-129523518.html

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.

The human digestive system is full of bacteria -- mostly good bacteria. These organisms help break down food so the body can use the nutrients. Scientists are exploring the link between what kinds of bacteria live in our gut and what kinds of food we eat.

Gary Wu from the University of Pennsylvania and other scientists did two studies. Mr. Wu says the studies looked for connections between the food that people ate and the kind of microbes living in their intestines.

GARY WU: "We collected stool samples to look at the types of bacteria in the gut of people who provided us information about what they ate."

He says people with one kind of diet had very different bacteria than people who ate a different diet.

GARY WU: "So, we found essentially that there are two major categories in which individuals could be classified by the bacteria in their gut: one associated with sort of a western-type diet, and another one associated with a more agrarian or fruit-vegetable type of diet."

In the second study, ten volunteers took part in a so-called controlled feeding experiment. They had to change their normal diet. Yet their digestive bacteria remained much the same. This suggests that the mix of bacteria is based on long-term dietary patterns, not what people ate in recent days.

Gary Wu thinks testing people's mix of intestinal bacteria might be a better way to measure their disease risk than asking about their diet. He says intestinal bacteria might even play a part in the development of disease. If so, this could lead scientists to new ways to help prevent diseases.

GARY WU: "It means that if you could switch the types of bacteria in your gut, perhaps you could influence the development of certain types of diseases -- perhaps the types of diseases associated with western or more industrialized nations. That's a little bit more speculative, but that's something that is certainly very much of interest in the field."

The two studies are in the journal Science. The research may add to understanding of how diet affects health.

Another recent study involving diet warned that obesity is increasing worldwide, but especially in the United States and Britain. The findings appeared in the Lancet medical journal.

Worldwide, experts say one and a half billion adults are overweight. Another half-billion are obese. At current rates, about half of all American adults could be obese by twenty-thirty. In Britain, obesity rates could reach forty-eight percent for men and forty-three percent for women.

Experts say the rise in obesity is likely to lead to an increase in cases of diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other conditions.

Obesity is also on the rise among children.

And that's the VOA Special English Health Report. I'm Steve Ember.

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Contributing: Art Chime

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