Listening Video N° 01

LISTENING

         Lic. Liz Rojas  

Paul McCartney

                                                                                                                                            

Born: 18 June 1942
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Best Known As: Singer and composer for The Beatles

He was a singer, songwriter and guitarist for The Beatles, the biggest rock band of the 1960s. Paul McCartney was first invited to join John Lennon's band The Quarrymen in 1957. Eventually George Harrison and Ringo Starr joined up as well, and the new band became The Beatles. Almost all of their songs were written by McCartney and Lennon, who produced dozens of classic songs ranging from "A Hard Day's Night" and "Yesterday" to "Let it Be" and "Hey, Jude." Paul McCartney released his first solo album in 1970. McCartney soon formed the band Wings. Paul McCartney continued to record and perform throughout the 1980s and '90s, and was awarded the MBE in 1997, making him Sir Paul McCartney. After Linda McCartney died of breast cancer in 1998, he became more publicly active in charitable causes. Paul McCartney married model and activist Heather Mills on 11 June 2002 at Castle Leslie at Glaslough in County Monaghan, Ireland. Their daughter Beatrice Milly was born in October 2003, but the couple separated in 2006; their divorce was finalized in 2008, with Mills getting a settlement of 24.3 million pounds. In May of 2011, a spokesman for McCartney said he was engaged to Nancy Shevell, a 51-year-old businesswoman from New York.

TASK:    Make a time of line of this famous person.

YESTERDAY

1. Complete the song using these words.

  seemed  used   had(x2) came said(x2)   was(x2)           Past Simple

 

looks   believe(x4)    need(x4)               Present Simple

All my troubles ……………….so far away
Now it…………. as though they're here to stay
Oh, I ………………… in yesterday

Suddenly
I'm not half the man I ………………. to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday …………. suddenly

Why she
………………… to go I don't know, she wouldn't say
I ……………….
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday
Love……….  such an easy game to play
Now I ………….. a place to hide away
Oh, I ………………. in yesterday

Why she
………….. to go I don't know, she wouldn't say
I ………..
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday
Love……….. such an easy game to play
Now I ……….. place to hide away
Oh, I ……………….. in yesterday