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ANSWER KEY

LANA DEL REY | Draw My Life


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUKMW1SPQsU&t=184s

WARM UP

1. You are going to watch the singer Lana Del Rey's biography. With a partner, make predictions
about information you may find in an artist's biography. There is an example.

The artist's real name.


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LISTENING

1. Listen and watch the video. Tick the information you find in it. Then, compare it with a partner.

2. How much do you remember about Lana Del Rey's biography? Order the facts and then listen to
check.

( 6 ) She started to work with the producer David Kahne.


(3 ) After graduating, she spent a year living with her uncle and her aunt in Long Island.
(10 ) She got lots of critics saying Honeymoon was her best album.
(9 ) She won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Alternative Artist in 2012.
(1 ) She was born on June 21st 1985 in New York.
(11 ) Only a year after, she released her fifth album, keeping on the success of her previous works.
(5 ) In 2006 she took part in the Williamsburg Live Songwriting Competition.
(2 ) Since she was very little, she has always been a curious person with great interests.
(12 ) In January 2019, the singer confirmed the release of her new album.
(4 ) A year later, she moved to New York and started her studies in Philosophy at University.
(13 ) She said it'd have 11 songs.
(8 ) She decided to move to London.
(7 ) She finally went for the artistic name Lana del Rey.
TALKING POINT
1. With a partner, answer the questions:

A) What was her first contact with music? Her uncle taught her how to play the guitar.
B) What were her interests in the past? She spent some time as a volunteer helping
disadvantaged people, and she started to become interested in classic literature and cinema.
C) Where did she get inspiration for her nickname? It was inspired by the name of the actress
Lana Turner and the car Ford del Rey.
D) What was unusual about the video clip of the song "Video Games"? She recorded it herself
with a webcam.
E) What are the characteristics of her music? It mixes romantic and vintage elements with a
melancholic and mournful tone.
F) In what film one of her songs was part of the soundtrack? The Great Gatsby, in 2013.
G) In your opinion, what makes Lana Del Rey so famous?

GRAMMAR POINT: PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT?

1. Look at the highlighted sentences in the listening exercise. Write them in the correct place in
the chart.

a) Finished events in her life b) Unfinished events in her life

She decided to move to She has always been a curious


London. person with great interests.

We use the Past Simple to talk about a finished period of time in the past.
We use the Present Perfect to talk about an unfinished period from the past until now.

2. Are the sentences below in the Past Simple (PS) or in the Present Perfect (PP)?

a) She started to have guitar lessons with her uncle. PS


b) She has played the guitar for a long time. PP
c) They have lived in this town since 2000. PP
d) The artist recorded her main album in 2010. PS
e) The band has not been on tour for a long time. PP

3. Choose the correct verb form.

a) They didn't leave / haven't left the music academy last year.
b) I lived / I've lived in São Paulo for many years. Then I moved to Rio.
c) My husband was / has been in his job since March.
d) The band was / has been on tour for 3 months now.
e) I work in a recording company. I work / I've worked there for 10 years.
f) The artist wasn't / hasn't been performing last week.
g) I saw / have seen Lana Del Rey live in 2019.
h) Did you see / Have you seen the festival on TV last night?
i) How many countries were they / have they been so far?
SPEAKING

1. Complete the questions. Then ask and answer with a partner.

3 YEARS AGO:

What was your favorite kind of music? (be)


What artists did you like listening to? (like)
Did you go to any concert? Whose concert did you go to? (go)
What did you use to listen to your favorite music? (use)

TODAY

Who is your favorite artist? How long have you been a fan? (be)
Have you been to a concert recently? Which one? (be)
Has your favorite artist released any song / videoclip / album recently? (release)

SONG (COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITY)

Follow the instructions to do the song activity.

1. Work in pairs or in two groups;

2. Student A go to page 4, Student B go to page 5;

3. Look at the words in bold. Do you know their meanings?

4. Check the meanings of the words you don't know with your teacher or using a dictionary.

5. Students A and B take turns to explain the words through examples or definitions ONLY (You
cannot say the word as your partner or the other group have to guess);

6. When the lyrics are complete, listen to the song.


SUMMERTIME SADNESS - STUDENT A

Kiss me hard before you go


Summertime sadness
I 1 _____ wanted you to know
That baby, you the best

I got my red dress on tonight


Dancin' in the 2 ______, in the pale moonlight
Done my hair up real big, beauty 3 ______ style
High heels off, I'm feelin' alive

Oh, my God, I feel it in the 4 _____


Telephone wires above are sizzlin' like a snare
Honey, I'm on 5 _______, I feel it everywhere
Nothin' scares me anymore
(One, two, three, four)

chorus

I got that summertime, summertime sadness


Su-su-summertime, summertime sadness
Got that summertime, summertime sadness
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

I'm feelin' electric tonight


Cruisin' down the 6 ________, goin' about 99
Got my 7 ________ baby by my heavenly side
I know if I go, I'll die happy tonight
...

Think I'll miss you forever


Like the stars miss the sun in the morning 8 _____
Later's better than never
Even if you're gone, I'm gonna 9 _________
SUMMERTIME SADNESS - STUDENT B

Kiss me 1_______ before you go


Summertime sadness
I just wanted you to know
That baby, you the best

I got my red 2 ______ on tonight


Dancin' in the dark, in the pale moonlight
Done my 3 _______ up real big, beauty queen style
4 _____________ off, I'm feelin' alive

Oh, my God, I feel it in the air


Telephone wires above are sizzlin' like a snare
5 __________, I'm on fire, I feel it everywhere
Nothin' scares me anymore
(One, two, three, four)

chorus

I got that summertime, summertime sadness


Su-su-summertime, summertime sadness
Got that summertime, summertime sadness
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

I'm feelin' 6 __________ tonight


Cruisin' down the coast, goin' about 99
Got my bad baby by my heavenly side
I know if I go, I'll 7 _____ happy tonight
...

Think I'll 8 ________ you forever


Like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky
Later's 9 _______ than never
Even if you're gone, I'm gonna drive

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