Nivel 4 Merlo Prof. Walter Acosta

Hello everyone! Now we´re going to make a pause in our studies!
This lesson is a fun lesson! Let´s listen and sing along!

Complete the song with the missing words

THIS ____ __ __ MY PLAYGROUND

BY MADONNA

This ____ __ be my playground
This ____ __ be my childhood _____
This ____ __ __ the place I ran to
Whenever I ___ in need
Of a ______
Why did it have to end
And why do they ______ say

Don't look back
Keep your head held high
Don't ask them ___
Because ____ is short
And before you know
You're _______ old
And your heart is ________
Don't hold on to the past
Well that's too much to ask

(chorus)

No regrets
But I wish that you
Were here with __
Well then there's hope yet
I can see your face
In our ______ place
You're not just a memory
Say _______ to yesterday [the dream]
Those are words I'll never say [I'll never say]

This ____ __ __ my playground
This used to be our pride and joy
This used to be the place we ran to
That no one in the world could dare destroy

This ____ __ be our playground
This ____ __ __ our childhood dream
This ____ to be the place we ran to
I wish you were standing here with me

Vocabulary

Playground (n) = an area of land where children can play, especially at a school and that often has special equipment for playing on.

Childhood (n) = the part of your life when you are a child, infancy.

Look back (v) = to think about something that happened in the past.

Hold on to (v) = to keep something you have

Regret = (n) a feeling of sadness about something sad or wrong or about a mistake that you have
made, and a wish that it could have been different and better.

Wish (v) = want


TASK 1

Discuss

What´s the tone of the song? Sad or happy?
Is it about the present or the past?