As the previous video lesson (Video lesson#11: Shy) had some difficult vocabulary, I´ve chosen an easy song this time, called In the dark places.
This PJ Harvey´s song was released in 2011 in her album Let´s England shake and it talks about the history of England, concretely about the First World War. It describes a day in the life of the young soldiers lost in Europe´s fields with their guns, fighting other young soldiers without a reason that anyone could understand.
One of the things I like most about it is that it has a very simple vocabulary, with many words about nature like fields, mountains, forests or dirt. I´m sure that most of you already know these words, so I hope you just enjoy listening to this music and maybe discovering one of the most interesting British artists of the last decades.
As you know, follow these steps to follow the lesson:
1- Download the lyrics sheet, and go to page 1 where you will find the song´s lyrics with some missing words (gaps).
2- Click this video and listen to the song while you try to fill the gaps with the words that you hear. I recommend listening at least twice to the song.
3- Check your results going to page 2 where you will find the whole lyrics of the song.
4- Take a look at the vocabulary below to understand every word of the song.
5- Listen again to the song,
without reading the lyrics and try to understand most of it.
VOCABULARY
To get up:
to get out of bed, or to stand up.
Field:
an area of land used for growing crops or keeping animals.
Cross:
a symbol formed by two lines placed across each other.
Damned:
annoying, greatly disliked. The expression damn! It s commonly used to express
anger with someone or something.
Hellwards:
towards hell (the place where some people think bad people go when they
die)
Forest:
a large area of trees growing close together. Also known as woods
To pass
before: to pass in front of someone or something.
To reveal:
to tell someone a piece of secret information.
Hid: past
simple of the verb to hide (to go to a place where no one can see you)
Dirt:
any unclean substance such as mud, dust, etc, or just the soil in the ground.
Gun:
a weapon that you fire bullets out of.
Dark:
with no light or not much light.
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