Inglés 2° B

READING AND COMPREHENSION

1         A)         Read and listen to the following song by Aerosmith

Livin' on the Edge by Aerosmith

There's somethin' wrong with the world today

I don't know what it is

Something's wrong with our eyes

We're seein' things in a different way

And God knows it ain't his

It sure ain't no surprise

Livin' on the edge

Livin' on the edge

Livin' on the edge

Livin' on the edge

There's somethin' wrong with the world today

The light bulb's gettin dim

There's meltdown in the sky

If you can judge a wise man

By the color of his skin

Then mister you're a better man than I

Livin' on the edge

You can't help yourself from fallin'

Livin' on the edge

You can't help yourself at all

Livin' on the edge

You can't stop yourself from fallin'

Livin' on the edge (everybody, everybody)

Tell me what you think about your situation

Complication, aggravation is getting to you

If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin'

Even if it wasn't would you still come crawlin'

Back again

I bet you would my friend

Again and again and again and again and again

Tell me what you think about your situation

Complication, aggravation is getting to you

If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin'

Even if it was would you still come crawlin'

Back again

I bet you would my friend

Again and again and again and again and again

Something right with the world today

And everybody knows it's wrong

But we can tell 'em no or we could let it go

But I'd would rather be a hanging on

Livin' on the edge

You can't help yourself from fallin'

Livin' on the edge

You can't help yourself at all

Livin' on the edge

You can't stop yourself from fallin'

Livin' on the edge (everybody, everybody)

Livin' on the edge

Livin' on the edge

Livin' on the edge

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Livin' on the edge

You can't help yourself from fallin'

Livin' on the edge

You can't help yourself at all

Livin' on the edge

You can't stop yourself from fallin'

Livin' on the edge

Livin' on the edge

You can't help yourself

You can't help yourself

Livin' on the edge

You can't help yourself at all

Livin' on the edge

You can't help yourself

You can't help yourself

Livin' on the edge

You can't help yourself

You can't help yourself

Livin' on the edge

You can't help yourself from fallin'

Livin' on the edge, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

2          B)      Answer the following questions

a      1)      What do you think the song is about?

b      2)      Can you compare the lyrics with what it is going on today?

c          C)       Read the following strophes again:

                                                     The light bulb's gettin dim

There's meltdown in the sky

If you can judge a wise man

By the color of his skin

Then mister you're a better man than I

1-       What do you understand?

2-      Do you believe that it is possible what is being said? Why/ why not? 

Something right with the world today

And everybody knows it's wrong

But we can tell 'em no or we could let it go

But I'd would rather be a hanging on

3-      Do you think that it is true what is stated in this strophe?

4-      What does I’d would rather be a hanging on mean? What does the author want to say?

5-      Re-read the chorus again. What does the underlined sentence make you remind you of? To what situation or situations can it be related to?

Tell me what you think about your situation

Complication, aggravation is getting to you

If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin'

Even if it wasn't would you still come crawlin'

Back again

I bet you would my friend

                             Again and again and again and again and again

6-      Watch the video on YouTube https://youtu.be/7nqcL0mjMjw Try to follow the lyrics with what it’s going on and reflex about it. Do we really take risks? Do we really live on the edge? Are we conscious of the consequences of our actions?