We are the champions and more

1. 2n ESO
INTRODUCTION

2. THE MISTERIOUS STUDENT
• S/ HE is tall, short, intelligent, quiet…
• S/ HE is a person that….
• We think / know that s/he
• likes / loves…
• dislikes /hates…
• lives in…
• His / her hobbies are…
• S/HE is good at…

3. Portfolio cover

5. Personal pronouns B HOUR 2
• Subject pronouns only
• Personal & Possessive pronouns

6. What are his routines?

7. An example

9. We are the Champions
Task 1: Copy, translate and answer these questions
• Which group sang this song?
• When was it composed?
• What was the name of the album when it first appeared?
• Who wrote it?
• When do people always sing this song?

10. • "We Are the Champions" is a song by the British rock band Queen,
first released on their 1977 album News of the World.[1] Written by
lead singer Freddie Mercury, it is one of Queen's most popular songs,
and one of rock's most recognisable anthems.[2]
• The song was a worldwide success, reaching number two in the UK
Singles Chart, and number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United
States.[3][4] In 2009, "We Are the Champions" was inducted into
the Grammy Hall of Fame,[5] and was voted the world's favourite song
in a 2005 Sony Ericsson world music poll.[6] In 2011, a team of
scientific researchers concluded that the song was the catchiest in the
history of popular music.[7]
• "We Are the Champions" has become an anthem for victories
at sporting events,[2]including as official theme song for 1994 FIFA
World Cup.

11. What do you know about Freddie Mercury?
Task 2: Copy, translate and answer these questions
• Why did he leave Zanzibar at age 17?
• How do you pronounce Zanzibar? /ˌzænzɪˈbɑː/
• How old was he when he died?
• Was he born a Catholic?
• What did he die of?
• What did Freddie Mercury do together with Montserrat Caballé?

12. What does Ruth know / think about Queen /
Freddy Mercury?
• Gold stars for extra sentences

13. /ˌtænzəˈnɪə/

14. /æ/

15. Farrokh "Freddie" Mercury (born 5 September 1946, in Zanzibar – died 24
November 1991, in England) was a British singer, songwriter and record
producer, known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. At the age of 17,
Mercury and his family fled from Zanzibar for safety reasons due to the
1964 Zanzibar Revolution,in which thousands of Arabs and Indians were killed.
Mercury wrote 10 of the 17 songs on Queen's Greatest Hits album: "Bohemian
Rhapsody", "Seven Seas of Rhye", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Good
Old-Fashioned Lover Boy", "We Are the Champions", "Bicycle Race", "Don't
Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Play the Game".
He also performed outside the band. His second album, Barcelona, recorded
with Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé, combines elements of popular music
and opera. The album was a commercial success.
He died due to complications from AIDS, having confirmed the day before his
death that he had contracted the disease.

16. Farrokh "Freddie" Mercury (born 5 September 1946, in Zanzibar – died 24
November 1991, in England) was a British singer, songwriter and record
producer, known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. At the age of 17,
Mercury and his family left Zanzibar for safety reasons due to the
1964 Zanzibar Revolution, in which thousands of Arabs and Indians were
killed.
Mercury wrote 10 of the 17 songs on Queen's Greatest Hits album: "Bohemian
Rhapsody", "Seven Seas of Rhye", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Good
Old-Fashioned Lover Boy", "We Are the Champions", "Bicycle Race", "Don't
Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Play the Game".
He also performed outside the band. His second album, Barcelona, recorded
with Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé, combines elements of popular
music and opera. The album was a commercial success.
He died due to complications from AIDS, having confirmed the day before his
death that he had contracted the disease.

17. Before listening

18. Do you know your verbs?
Base form Simple past Past participle Meaning
kick
Pay
Do
Commit
Make
Have
Keep
Be
Come
Take
Consider
Bring

19. Do you know your verbs?
Base form Simple past Past participle Meaning
kick Kicked Kicked Colpejar
Pay Paid Paid Pagar
Do Did Done Fer
Commit Committed Committed Cometre
Make Made Made Fer
Have Had Had Tenir
Keep Kept Kept Guardar
Be Was Been Ser / estar
Come Came Come Anar
Take Took Taken Prendre
Consider Considered Considered Considerar
Bring Brought Brought Portar

20. First strophe
• I've paid my dues
Time after time.
I've done my sentence
but committed no crime.
And bad mistakes ‒
I've made a few.
I've had my share of sand kicked in
my face
but I've come through.
• (And I need just go on and on, and
on, and on)
• He pagado mis deudas,
una y otra vez,
he rezado mis oraciones,
pero no cometí ningún crimen,
y malas decisiones,
he tomado unas cuantas,
he tenido mi parte de arena tirada
a la cara,
pero he sobrevivido (come
through).
• Y solo necesito seguir y seguir y
seguir hacia adelante

21. Chorus
• We are the champions, my
friends,
And we'll keep on fighting 'til
the end.
We are the champions.
We are the champions.
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of
the world.
• Oficial video
Video to learn the song
• Somos los campeones, amigo,
y seguiremos peleando hasta el
final,
somos los campeones,
somos los campeones,
no es momento de perdedores,
porque somos los campeones
del mundo.

22. Things we have learnt this far
• Where was Freddie Mercury born?
• What did he die of?
• Is Zanzibar an island?
• Which song are we studying?
• What did Montserrat Caballe and Freddie
Mercury do together?
• Which International organization is
responsible for Culture in a Box?
• Name two objects that we use in art classes?
• Which two things can we use to stick to
pieces of paper together?
• Name two objects that we can use in
geography classes?
• In Zanzibar
• AIDS
• Yes, it is
• We are the Champions
• Sing Barcelona
• Unicef
• Paintbrushes and a compass
• Stapler and glue
• Globe and atlas

23. 2nd strophe
• I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You've brought me fame and
fortune
And everything that goes with it
I thank you all
• But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before
the whole human race
And I ain't going to lose
• He recibido mis aplausos
y apariciones en escena
me has traído fama y fortuna,
y todo lo que conlleva,
os lo agradezco a todos.
• Pero no ha sido un camino de
rosas
no ha sido un crucero de placer.
Lo considero un reto ante toda la
raza humana,
y no voy a perder.

24. Collocations
Curtain of roses Crucero de
placer
Bed Calls Aparición en
escena
Pleasure Cruise Camino de
rosas

26. After listening
Oficial video
Video to learn the song – translated

27. What do these phrases mean?
• I’ve paid my dues
• I’ve done my sentences
• I’ve committed no crime
• I’ve made a few (mistakes)
• I’ve had my share of sand.
• I’ve come through.
• He superado (algo)
• He pasado momentos duros
• He pagado mis deudas
• No he cometido ningún crimen
• He pagado por lo que he hecho
• He cometido algunos errores

28. How good is your memory?
Join the two halves in 1st and 2n strophe
• Had
• Paid
• Done
• Committed
• Made
• Come
• go
• on fighting ‘til the end
• No crime
• My dues
• A few mistakes
• My sentence
• My share of sand
• Through

29. Informal English in the song
•What do “‘ve”, “‘ll”, “‘cause”, “ain’t”, “ ‘s”
“’til” abbreviate?
•How many examples of informal English
can you see in this song?