понеділок, 27 липня 2009 р.

Africa


A friend of mine told me about this great video on YouTube - a choir singing "Africa" + imitating ... well, go and see yourself:)




AFRICA
I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in the 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation


I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say
"Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you!"

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti

I seek to cure what's deep inside
Frightened of this thing that I've become

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa, I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa, I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had



Essential vocabulary:
1. salvation - something that prevents or saves someone or something from danger, loss, or failure
2. to drag - to pull something along the ground, often because it is too heavy to carry
3. restless - unwilling to keep still or stay where you are, especially because you are nervous or bored
4. to long (for) - to want something very much, especially when it seems unlikely to happen soon
5. solitary - spending a lot of time alone, usually because you like being alone
6. to seek - formal to try to achieve or get something

Serengeti - is a large national park in Serengeti area, Tanzania. It is most famous for its annual migration of over one million white bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 200,000 zebra.

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