STRANGERS
IN THE NIGHT by FRANK SINATRA
Pre-listening
activity:
1.
Match these words from the song with their synonyms, for example: 1-F
1.
glance
a. attrative
2.
chance
b. affectionate
3.
through
c. well
4.
inviting
d. finished
5.
warm
e. possibility
6.
right
f. look
While
listening activities:
2.
Listen to the song and fill the gaps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF09jJlJCU0
Strangers
in the _________, exchanging glances
Wondering in the night; what were the chances?
We'd be sharing _______ before the night was through
Wondering in the night; what were the chances?
We'd be sharing _______ before the night was through
Something
in your _______ was so inviting
Something in your _______ was so exciting
Something in my ________ told me I must have you
Strangers in the night, two ________ people
We were _________ in the night
Up to the moment when we said our ______ hello,
Something in your _______ was so exciting
Something in my ________ told me I must have you
Strangers in the night, two ________ people
We were _________ in the night
Up to the moment when we said our ______ hello,
Little
did we know Love was just a glance away,
a
_______embracing dance away
And
ever since that night, we've been together
Lovers at first sight , in love forever
It turned out so ______for strangers in the night
Lovers at first sight , in love forever
It turned out so ______for strangers in the night
3.
Listening for specific words and phrases: in each section of the
song, there are 4 underlined words/phrases. 3 of the words/phrases
are correct, 1 is not. As you listen, circle the incorrect one, and
write the correct word/phrase. For example, in section 1, “which”
is not correct. It should be “what”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHuko5BCFzA
Strangers
in the night, exchanging glances
Wondering in the night; which were the chances?
We'd be sharing love before the night was through
Wondering in the night; which were the chances?
We'd be sharing love before the night was through
Something
in your eyes was so inviting
Something in your smile was so exciting
Something in your heart told me I must have you
Strangers in the night, two lonely people
We were strangers in the night
After the moment when we said our first hello,
Something in your smile was so exciting
Something in your heart told me I must have you
Strangers in the night, two lonely people
We were strangers in the night
After the moment when we said our first hello,
Little
did we know love was just a glance away,
a
warm embracing dance away
And ever
since that night, we are together
Lovers at first sight, in love forever
It turned out so right for strangers in the night
Lovers at first sight, in love forever
It turned out so right for strangers in the night
Post
listening activities
4.
Words ending in “ing”. Look at all the words in “ing” in the
song (except something). Some are present participles, and some are
adjectives. Decide on their correct word class (categoría
gramatical) and translate them into Spanish. For example,
“exchanging” is a present participle, and it means
“intercambiando”
Word
|
Verb
|
Adjectives
|
Meaning
|
5.
Could you put the lines of the song in order and rewrite it?
Something
in my heart told me I must have you
We'd
be sharing love before the night was through
We were strangers in the night
We were strangers in the night
Wondering
in the night; what were the chances?
Something in your smile was so exciting
And ever since that night, we've been together
Up to the moment when we said our first hello,
Something in your smile was so exciting
And ever since that night, we've been together
Up to the moment when we said our first hello,
a
warm embracing dance away
Strangers in the night, exchanging glances
Lovers at first sight, in love forever
It turned out so right for strangers in the night
Strangers in the night, exchanging glances
Lovers at first sight, in love forever
It turned out so right for strangers in the night
Something
in your eyes was so inviting
Strangers
in the night, two lonely people
little did we know, love was just a glance away,
little did we know, love was just a glance away,
- Write the song again but using phonetic symbols. Use this link to do it: http://lingorado.com/ipa/es/ and then, try to sing it just reading them.
- Translate its lyrics.
KEY
ANSWERS
1.1f;
2e; 3d; 4a; 5b; 6c.
2.
Night,; love; eyes; smile; heart; lonely; strangers; first; warm;
right
3.“which”
shoud be “what”; “your heart” should be “my heart”;
“after” should be “up to”; “we are” should be “we've
been”
4.
Present participle: exchanging (intercambiando) ; wondering
(preguntandonos) ; sharing (compartiendo)
Adjectives:
exciting (emocionante); inviting (tentador/sugerente); embracing
(abarazado)
5.
6-3-8-2-5-12-9-11-1-13-14-4-7-10
6.
ˈstreɪnʤəz ɪn ðə naɪt, ɪksˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ˈglɑːnsɪz
ˈwʌndərɪŋ ɪn ðə naɪt; wɒt wɜː ðə ˈʧɑːnsɪz?
wiːd biː ˈʃeərɪŋ lʌv bɪˈfɔː ðə naɪt wɒz θruː
ˈsʌmθɪŋ ɪn jɔːr aɪz wɒz səʊ ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ
ˈsʌmθɪŋ ɪn jɔː smaɪl wɒz səʊ ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ
ˈsʌmθɪŋ ɪn maɪ hɑːt təʊld miː aɪ mʌst hæv juː
ˈstreɪnʤəz ɪn ðə naɪt, tuː ˈləʊnli ˈpiːpl
wiː wɜː ˈstreɪnʤəz ɪn ðə naɪt
ʌp tuː ðə ˈməʊmənt wɛn wiː sɛd ˈaʊə fɜːst hɛˈləʊ,
ˈlɪtl dɪd wiː nəʊ lʌv wɒz ʤʌst ə glɑːns əˈweɪ,
ə wɔːm ɪmˈbreɪsɪŋ dɑːns əˈweɪ
ænd ˈɛvə sɪns ðæt naɪt, wiːv biːn təˈgɛðə
ˈlʌvəz æt fɜːst saɪt, ɪn lʌv fəˈrɛvə
ɪt tɜːnd aʊt səʊ raɪt fɔː ˈstreɪnʤəz ɪn ðə naɪt
7.
Extraños
en la noche intercambiando miradas
Preguntándonos
en la noche cuáles eran las posibilidades
de
que estuviéramos compartiendo el amor antes que la noche acabara
Algo
en tus ojos era tan atrayente
Algo
en tu sonrisa era tan excitante
Algo
en mi corazón me dijo que debía tenerte
Extraños
en la noche, dos personas solas
Éramos
extraños en la noche
Desde
ese momento en que nos saludamos por primera vez
No
sabíamos que el amor estaba tan sólo a una mirada
a
un baile apretado
Y
desde la noche que hemos estado juntos
enamorados
a primera vista, enamorados para siempre
resultó
tan bien para unos extraños en la noche
Strangers
in the night, exchanging glances
Wondering in the night; what were the chances?
We'd be sharing love before the night was through
Wondering in the night; what were the chances?
We'd be sharing love before the night was through
Something
in your eyes was so inviting
Something in your smile was so exciting
Something in my heart told me I must have you
Strangers in the night, two lonely people
We were strangers in the night
Up to the moment when we said our first hello,
Something in your smile was so exciting
Something in my heart told me I must have you
Strangers in the night, two lonely people
We were strangers in the night
Up to the moment when we said our first hello,
little
did we know, love was just a glance away,
a
warm embracing dance away
And
ever since that night, we've been together
Lovers at first sight, in love forever
It turned out so right for strangers in the night
Lovers at first sight, in love forever
It turned out so right for strangers in the night
