Introduction to this blog

This blog's objective is to help the reader improve his oral and written comprehension of English while listening to some of The Beatles' songs. Thus, the reader can learn while he enjoys good music.
Have fun!

Second Activity: Hey Jude

In this activity, you must understand the lyrics of The Beatles' song Hey Jude, which you can listen here:

Read the lyrics as you listen to the song and answer the questions:

Hey Jude, don't make it bad
take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better

Hey Jude, don't be afraid
You were made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin
The you begin to make it better

And anytime you feel the pain
Hey Jude refrain
don't carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it's a fool
who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
Na na na na na
na na na na

Hey Jude don't let me down
You have found her, now go and get her
Remember to let her into your heart
then you can start to make it better

So let it out and let it in
Hey Jude begin
You're waiting for someone to perform with
And don't you know that it's just you
Hey Jude, you'll do
The movement you need is on your shoulder
Na na na na na
na na na na yeah

Hey Jude
Hey Jude, don't make it bad
take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her under your skin
Then you can begin to make it better
Better, better, better, better, better, oh 

QUESTIONS

What is he supposed to do here to make things better?

What should he do when he feels the pain?

What does: don't carry the world upon your shoulder' mean?

Does the writer want to be disappointed?Which two things does he tell Jude to do?
What could ' the movement you need is on your shoulder' mean?

   

First activity: Penny Lane

 For our first activity we'll be using a Beatles' song to challenge our oral comprehension of English: 

Listen to the original song here  :

 

 and fill the gaps:

In Penny Lane there is a showing
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say hello.

On the corner is a banker with a motorcar
The little children laugh at him behind his back
And the banker never wears a
In the rain, very

Penny Lane is in my and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile

In Lane is a with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a of the
He likes to keep his fire engine clean
It's a machine

is in my ears and in my eyes
Full of and
In summer, meanwhile back

Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway.

In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim
And the fireman in
the pouring rain, strange

Penny is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the suburban
I sit, and meanwhile back

Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the suburban skies
Penny Lane

And when you've done it, you can find the lyrics here:

LYRICS