"Only Teardrops"

"ONLY  TEARDROPS"

Do you know this young woman ?

??

Her name is Emmelie de Forest
...
She is the singer representing Denmark and

 the WINNER of the

Eurovision Song Contest 2013

celebrated in Malmö (Sweden)
with the song "Only Teardrops".

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This is the video-clip of her song:

Do you like it?

"Only Teardrops"

The sky is red tonight
We’re on the edge tonight
No shooting star to guide us

Eye for an eye, why tear each other apart?
Please tell me why, why do we make it so hard?
Look at us now, we only got ourselves to blame
It’s such a shame

How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules between us?
Only teardrops

How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right between us?
Only teardrops

So come and face me now
Here on the stage tonight
Let’s leave the past behind us

Eye for an eye, why tear each other apart?
Please tell me why, why do we make it so hard?
Look at us now, we only got ourselves to blame
It’s such a shame

Tell me
How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules between us?
Only teardrops

How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right between us?
Only teardrops

(Tell me now) What’s gone between us has come between us
Only teardrops
(Tell me now) What’s gone between us has come between us

How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules between us?
Only teardrops

How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right between us?
Only teardrops, only teardrops

Only teardrops
Only teardrops

How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules between us?
Only teardrops

How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right between us?
Only teardrops

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        Now, Have a look at the lyrics of the song "Only Teardrops" 

to complete the following ...

TASKS.-

*Revising Synonyms, Antonyms and Definitions (in English):

 Read the lyrics of the song and look for...

a) a line where you can find a pair of Antonyms (a word and its antonym):
......................................................................................................................
b) an adjective that is an Antonym for "uncomplicated, gentle, painless, relaxed or friendly":
.............................
c) a verb that is a Synonym for "battle, conflict or struggle":
.............................
d) a word whose meaning/definition is:
"a drop of liquid that comes from your eyes especially when you cry":
............................

SELF-CORRECTION.-

* You can use the following dictionaries to check your answers:

For a), b) and c) you can use the Thesaurus.

For d) you can use Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary.

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Congratulations to Denmark for winning this European competition,

and Congratulations to three of my students

(Patricia Reinoso, Sukaina Ait & Hanan Lahsen)

who guessed right the winner of this year's Eurovision Song Contest!!
 

Patricia Reinoso

 

Sukaina Ait

Hanan Lahsen

Well done, girls!!

Could you also foretell the future??

;-)

EUROVISION 2013

 

EUROVISION

2013

 

 

Next Saturday, 18th of May 2013,

the European Song Contest Grand Final

will take place in Malmo (Sweden).

 

39 Countries compete this year

but only 26 can take part in the Final.

 

As you know,
Only one song can win the Final...

... So tell us ...
We would like to know your opinion!
 

What is your favourite song

in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest ?

 

Watch the following video

and vote for your favourite song

from all of the 39 countries in this year's contest.

 

 

 

 

 

 You have all the 39 songs from the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest
on the following list:

 

SWEDEN - Robin Stjernberg - "You"
NORWAY - Margaret Berger - "I Feed You My Love"
UKRAINE - Zlata Ognevich - "Gravity"
ITALY - Marco Mengoni- "L'essenziale"
ISRAEL - Moran Mazor - "Rak bishvilo" (Only For Him)
SERBIA - Moje 3 - "Ljubav je svuda"
DENMARK - Emmelie de Forest - "Only Teardrops"
GERMANY - Cascada - "Glorious"
GREECE - Koza Mostra & Agathonas Iakovidis - "Alcohol Is Free"
CROATIA - Klapa sa mora - "Mižerja"
AUSTRIA - Natalia Kelly - "Shine"
UNITED KINGDOM - Bonnie Tyler - "Believe in Me"
SWITZERLAND - Takasa - "You and Me"
MONTENEGRO - Whoo see Feat. Nina Zizic - "Igranka"
AZERBAIJAN - Farid Mammadov - "Hold Me"
BELGIUM - Roberto Bellarosa - "Love Kills"
RUSSIA - Dina Garipova - "What If"
BULGARIA - Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov - "Samo shampioni" (Само шампиони)
FYR MACEDONIA - Esma Redzepova Vlatko Lozano - "Pred da se razdeni" (Пред да се раздени)
SAN MARINO - Valentina Monetta - "Crisalide"
FINLAND - Krista Siegfrids - "Marry Me"
SPAIN - ESDM - "Contigo hasta el final"
MOLDOVA - Aliona Moon - "O mie" (A thousand)
BELARUS - Alyona Lanskaya - "Solayoh"
SLOVENIA - Hannah - "Straight Into Love"
GEORGIA - Nodi Tatishvili & Sophie Gelovani - "Waterfall"
THE NETHERLANDS - Anouk - "Birds"
ARMENIA - Dorians - "Lonely Planet"
FRANCE - Amandine Bourgeois - "L'enfer et moi"
CYPRUS - Despina Olympiou - "An Me Thimase" (Αν Με Θυμάσαι)
HUNGARY - ByeAlex - "Kedvesem"
ALBANIA - Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko - "Identitet"
LATVIA - PeR - "Here we go"
IRELAND - Ryan Dolan - "Only Love Survives"
LITHUANIA - Andrius Pojavis - "Something"
MALTA - Gianluca Bezzina - "Tomorrow"
ICELAND - Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson -"Ég á líf"
ESTTONIA - Birgit Õigemeel - "Et uus saaks alguse"
ROMANIA - Cezar - "It's My Life"

 

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Good luck to you !

&

Good luck to all of the finalists !

 

 

FURTHER  INFORMATION.-

You can read more about

the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest

using the following links:

in English or in Spanish.