Ez az 1992-es dal óriási sláger volt, és a mai napig nagyon sokat lehet hallani, szinte nincs is, aki ne ismerné. Sokan azt gondolják, hogy az énekesnő, Linda Perry, “egyslágeres” (one hit wonder) előadó, pedig rengeteg dalt szerzett másoknak is. Például ő írta Pink Get the Party Started című számát, több slágert szerzett Gwen Stefaninak (What You Waiting For, Wonderful Life) és Christina Aguilerának is (Hurt, Candyman, Keeps Getting Better).
Hallgassuk meg most legnagyobb slágerét és tanuljunk meg néhány hasznos szót és 5 mondatot is – amelyeket te is jól tudsz használni a hétköznapokban.
Twenty-five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination
I realized quickly when I knew I should
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man
For whatever that means
And so I cry sometimes
When I’m lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What’s in my head
And I, I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs
What’s going on?
And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what’s going on?
Ooh, ooh ooh
And I try, oh my god do I try
I try all the time
In this institution
And I pray, oh my god do I pray
I pray every single day
For a revolution
And so I cry sometimes
When I’m lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What’s in my head
And I, I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs
What’s going on?
And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what’s going on?
Twenty-five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination
Jöjjön most az 5 mondat!
I realized quickly when/what/who/where … – Gyorsan rájöttem, hogy mikor/mi(t)/ki(t)/hol …
I wake in the morning and step outside. – Reggel felkelek és kilépek a lakásból (ez jól jöhet napi rutin leírásánál)
I scream from the top of my lung. – Torkom szakadtából ordítok. (Ezt mondjuk történetmesélésnél múlt időben jól lehet használni: I screamed from the top of my lung. – Torkom szakadtából ordítottam.
What’s going on? – Mi folyik itt?
I want to get out what’s in my head. – Meg akarok szabadulni a fejemben lévő gondolatoktól.
Now, listen to the song once again and fill in the gaps.
Twenty-five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great 1. __________ of hope
For a destination
I 2. _____________ when I knew I should
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man
For whatever that means
And so I cry sometimes
When I’m 3. ___________
Just to get it all out
What’s 4. ________
And I, I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream 5. ____________ of my lungs
What’s going on?
And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what’s going on?
Ooh, ooh ooh
And I try, oh my god do I try
I try all the time
In this institution
And I pray, oh my god do I pray
I pray 6. ____________
For a revolution
And so I cry sometimes
When I’m lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What’s in my head
And I, I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I 7. __________
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs
What’s going on?
And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what’s going on?
Twenty-five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination
Key:
1. big hill
2. realized quickly
3. lying in bed
4. in my head
5. from the top
6. every single day
7. step outside
Vocabulary
hope | remény |
destination | úticél |
peculiar | furcsa, különös |
to take a deep breath | mély levegőt venni |
to scream | ordítani, sikítani |
lung | tüdő |
to pray | imádkozni |
institution | intézet, létesítmény |
revolution | forradalom |




