quarta-feira, 6 de junho de 2012

June 2012 Newsletter


© Clever Pants 2011
www.clever-pants.com



Music Quotes.
This month’s quotes are all to do with music!


“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”

Aldous Huxley


“Music can change the world because it can change people.”

Bono

“When you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing.”

Bryan Ferry


“If music be the food of love, play on.”

William Shakespeare


“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”

Victor Hugo

Weather idioms!

 This month’s idioms are all related to weather. How many do you know?

.idiom (n): an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made.

  
A face like a wet weekend

If you have a face like a wet weekend, you look very unhappy.

"What happened to you today? You walked through the front door with a face like a wet weekend!"



Raining cats and dogs

If it's raining cats and dogs, it's raining very heavily.

"Let’s stay in and watch a film. It’s raining cats and dogs out there!"



Make hay while the sun shines

To take advantage of a good situation that might not last long.

“While you’re having all this good luck you should make hay while the sun shines!”



Face like thunder

If someone has a face like thunder, they look very angry.

"When Dad is really angry, he has a face like thunder!"



Fair-weather friend

Someone who acts as a friend when times are good, and is not there when you are in trouble, is called a fair-weather friend.

"I thought I could count on Bill, but I've discovered he's just a fair-weather friend."



Under the weather

If you are under the weather, you are not feeling very well.

“I’ve been a bit under the weather lately, but I’m doing fine now.”



A storm in a teacup

A problem or setback that is over-dramatised.

“Don’t worry about these problems you’re having. I’m sure it’s all just a storm in a teacup.”



Chasing rainbows

Someone who is chasing rainbows is trying to get something they will never obtain.

"People who go on these TV talent shows are just chasing rainbows."





The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun!


Here___________ the sun (doo doo doo doo)
Here comes the ____________, and I____________
It's all right
Little ___________, it's been a long cold
Lonely____________
Little darling, it feels like years since
it's _____________here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
Little darling,______________ the returning to
The ________________
Little darling, it seems like years since
it's been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly
_____________
Little darling, it seems like years since
it's been
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
It's all right

  Listen again and fill in the gaps
comes
been
winter
darling
smiles
faces
melting
sun
say
  
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 © Clever Pants 2011
See you in September!



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