Musical Appreciation and Performing a Song

S 67

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2. You will come across the words in the left-hand column in the song you are about to listen to.

Match the words with their correct meanings on the right. Use a dictionary to help you if necessary.

gruel y y dry outside of bread

bill of fare (old-fashioned) y y beg

crust y y stomachache

cadge (slang) y y thin/watery congee

thrill y y large meal/feast

indigestion y y menu

banquet y y excitement

brood y y think about

Section B

Listen to the song “Food Glorious Food” sung by the hungry boys in the workhouse just before Oliver dares to ask for more (available at http://www.youtube.com) and work on the following questions in pairs or groups.

1. Many different dishes are mentioned in this song. Put each dish into the correct part of the restaurant menu.

The Glorious Restaurant

Main Courses

y pease pudding y saveloys y

Desserts y y

2. The song refers to three kinds of cooking methods. What are they? Can you think of two more?

(a) ____________________ (b) ____________________ (c) ___________________

(d) ____________________ (e) ____________________

3. What two things could the question “What’s next?” in the second verse refer to?

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4. The following adjectives are used to describe food in the song:

marvellous glorious wonderful heavenly magical

Add to these synonyms:

ex _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fa _ _ _ ous f _ _ _ _ _ _ ic in _ _ _ _ ible sen _ _ _ _ _ _ al su _ _ _ b mag _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5. The children in the workhouse suffer from hunger and malnutrition. Do you know of any places where children are in dire hunger in today’s world? Have you taken part in any activities related to hunger relief? What can you do to help?

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S 69 Learning Activity 3

Speaking, Listening and Reading Section A

Pre-listening: Discuss and work on the following with your partner or group members. When you have finished, share your views on some of the topics below with the class.

1. Many people in their lives have times when they feel unwanted and uncared for. Look at this list of people. In discussion with your partner, put them in order of importance to a person’s life.

y parents

y other close family

y people who can give us professional advice y normal friends

y a best friend

y people with whom we have fun y people we trust

y a soulmate/life partner/lover y religious advisors

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2. Talk to your partner about your views on love and fate. Is there one person intended for each of us? Or is love accidental?

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3. Discuss what we expect from our life partner, and what we are willing to commit ourselves in return.

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4. Make a list of some of the promises we make to loved ones and the words and images we use to express our feelings.

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Section B

Listen to the song “Where is love?” (available at http://www.youtube.com), read the song lyrics (available at http://sufface.net/links/oliver-themusical.shtml#wil), and answer the following questions.

1. The first lines should be understood as “Where is she, the one who I close my eyes to see”. What does the character in the song mean by someone you have to close your eyes to see?

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2. What does the song mean by “the sweet ‘hello’ that’s meant for only me”?

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S 70 3. Why might the loved one be hiding?

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4. Re-write the line, “The someone who I can mean something to”, in your own words.

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5. Write some more questions suitable for this song using wh-words.

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6. Do you like the song? Why/Why not?

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7. Share some favourite songs about looking for one’s true love with your classmates.

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Learning Activity 4

Speaking, Listening and Writing Section A

Pre-listening: Discuss and work on the following with your partner or group members.

1. You are going to listen to “I’d do anything”. Find out what the song is about from the Internet.

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2. What do you think the following words mean? Make your own choices and then compare them with your partner or group members until you are all fairly sure you are right. Underline the correct meaning.

(a) daffodil (a. an animal b. a flower c. a type of diamond)

(b) a will (a. a magic wish b. an old-fashioned type of transport c. a document saying what will happen to your belongings after death)

(e) Timbuktu (a. a make of car b. a place faraway in Africa c. a famous book)

3. What promises do you think the character in the song would ask his/her lover to make? Write down three questions that start with “Would you” (e.g. Would you buy me a crown?).

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S 71 Section B

Listen to the song “I’d do anything” (available at http://www.youtube.com), read the song lyrics (available at http://sufface.net/links/oliver-themusical.shtml#ida) and answer the following questions.

1. What do the questions Fagin asks tell us about what the characters do for a living?

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2. “Anything” and “everything” appear in many lines in the lyrics. Without looking at the lyrics, can you complete the exchange between Oliver and Bet below with “anything” or “everything”?

BET: Would you lace my shoe?

OLIVER: _____________!

BET: Paint your face bright blue?

OLIVER: _____________!

BET: Catch a kangaroo?

OLIVER: _____________!

BET: Go to Timbuctoo?

OLIVER: And back again!

I'd risk _____________

For one kiss –_____________ – Yes, I'd do _____________

3. Choose a well-known person or a character from fiction and write a sequence of rhyming questions for them. You might like to write to Spiderman, Garfield, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Winnie the Pooh or any other characters.

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Learning Activity 5 Performing a Song

Form groups of four or five people. Choose one of the songs from the musical Oliver!, discuss how to sing it. You can use a piano or the sound track which you sing along with, or you can sing without music. Be careful to pronounce words clearly and correctly. Use some simple props and gestures to add extra to your performance. Rehearse many times. Give your performance to the class and ask them for comments using the “Performance Feedback Form” your teacher gives you.

Part 5

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