Beginning of the year A2

1. We Are the Champions

2. Why have I chosen this song?
• We are going to win!
• There are a lot of examples of verb in the past

3. Some information about the song

6. We Are the Champions is a song by the British rock
band Queen. It appeared on their 1977 album News of
the World. It was created by its singer Freddie Mercury.
It is one of Queen's most popular songs, and one of
rock's most recognisable hymns.
The song was immediately popular and in 2005 it was
voted the world's favourite song. In 2011, a team of
scientists concluded that the song was the most
memorable in the history of popular music.
We Are the Champions has become a hymn for victories
at sporting events.

7. We are the Champions
•Which group sang this song?
•When was it composed?
•What was the name of the album where it first
appeared?
•Who wrote it?
•When do people always sing this song?

8. What can we say about Freddie
Mercury?

9. 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 died due to complications from AIDS, having confirmed the day before his
death that he had contracted the disease.
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.
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.

10. 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.

11. What do you know about Freddie Mercury?
Task 2: Copy, translate and answer these questions
• Why did he leave Zanzibar /ˌzænzɪˈbɑː/ at age 17?
• 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. 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.

13. /ˌtænzəˈnɪə/

14. /æ/

15. Before listening

16. 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 (on) Kept (on) Kept (on) Seguir / continuar
Be was been Ser / estar
Come (through) Came (through) Come (through) sobrevivir
Take took taken Tomar / recibir
Consider considered considered considerar
Bring brought brought portar
Which of these verbs are regular or irregular?

17. 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 cumplido mi condena,
aunque no cometí ningún crimen,
y malas decisiones,
he tomado unas cuantas,
he recibido mi ración de arena a la
cara,
pero he sobrevivido (come
through).
• Y solo necesito seguir y seguir y
seguir adelante

18. 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
• Somos los campeones, amigos,
y seguiremos luchando hasta el
final,
somos los campeones,
somos los campeones,
no hay tiempo para perdedores,
porque somos los campeones
del mundo.

19. 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 aplausos y bises.
me habéis traído fama y fortuna,
y todo lo que eso incluye,
os lo agradezco a todos.
• Pero no ha sido un lecho de
rosas
no ha sido un crucero de placer.
Lo considero un desafío frente a
la humanidad
y no voy a perder.

20. Collocations
Curtain of roses Crucero de placer
Bed Calls Ovación
Pleasure Cruise Camino de rosas

21. After listening
Oficial video
We are the champions – translated

22. What do these phrases mean?
• I’ve paid my dues
• I’ve done my sentence
• 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 recibido mi ración de arena
• He pagado mis deudas
• No he cometido ningún crimen
• He pagado por lo que he hecho
• He cometido algunos errores

23. 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

24. 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?

25. What you will have to do next

26. A song I like Project
• Choose a song
• Tell us why you chose it
• Provide some information about the group who sings it and/or the
song
• Use a slide for every line + picture+translation
• Write a last slide with at least five words or expressions you have
learnt from the song.
• Play the song in the background as you show your presentation

27. I’ve paid my dues, time after time / He pagado mis deudas, una y otra vez

28. I’ve done my
sentence, but
committed no
crime.
He cumplido mi
pena, aunque no
cometiera
ningún crimen

29. And bad mistakes, I’ve made a few
Y errores graves, he cometido algunos