ESL & ELT Song Activity:
First, select the video that best suits your training level (there are two options, the first video is more suitable for higher levels, the second one is better for lower levels).
After that, watch the video, listen to the song and complete the lyrics.
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“More Than a Woman” is a disco song by the British group Bee Gees. It was written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb for the soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. It became a regular feature of the group’s live sets from 1997 until Maurice Gibb’s death in 2003, and was often coupled with “Night Fever”.
The Bee Gees started to record it in from February to March 1977 in Le Château, Hérouville in France, continued it in Criteria Studios in Miami in April, and later in September, the song was finished in Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles.
The soundtrack includes two versions — one by the Bee Gees and the other by Tavares. Both versions are featured in the film as well. The song has been recorded and performed by various artists but in different forms. The Bee Gees did not release this song as a single (though in Italy it peaked at No. 4 in September 1978 and even peaked at #39 in Billboard Easy Listening Charts), yet it has remained a staple on radio and one of their best known songs. An abridged live version of the song performed by the Bee Gees in 1997 is available on both the DVD and CD versions of One Night Only.
The song has also been included on Bee Gees compilations such as Tales from the Brothers Gibb and Their Greatest Hits: The Record. The very first British pressings of Their Greatest Hits: The Record featured the song with a mastering fault, with the audio noticeably dipping to the right briefly during the first verse. This was corrected after several thousand copies had been distributed.
Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 American dance film directed by John Badham and starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, an emotionally immature young man whose weekends are spent visiting a local Brooklyn discotheque; Karen Lynn Gorney as Stephanie Mangano, his dance partner and eventual friend; and Donna Pescow as Annette, Tony’s former dance partner and would-be girlfriend. While in the disco, Tony is the king. His care-free youth and weekend dancing help him to temporarily forget the reality of his life: a dead-end job, clashes with his unsupportive and squabbling parents, racial tensions in the local community, and his associations with a gang of macho friends.
The Bee Gees were a pop music group that was formed in 1958. The group’s line-up consisted of brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. The trio were successful for most of their decades of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a rock act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as prominent performers of the disco music era in the late 1970s. The group sang recognisable three-part tight harmonies; Robin’s clear vibrato lead vocals were a hallmark of their earlier hits, while Barry’s R&B falsetto became their signature sound during the late 1970s and 1980s. They wrote all of their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists.
Musician includes Maurice Gibb (bass guitar); Dennis Bryson (drums); Alan Kendall, Barry Gibb (guitar); Blue Weaver (keyboards); Joe Lala (percussion); Albhy Galuten, Bee Gees, Karl Richardson (producers); Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb (vocals).
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Writing Skills. After that, summarize what the song is about.
Speaking Skills. Explain it using clear and simple structures and vocabulary.
♪♫♬ More than a Woman ♪♫♬
Oh, girl I’ve known you ________ ________
I’ve seen you growing _______
I never really _________ before
But ______ you take my ________ _________
_________ you’re in my _______
Part of ___________ I do
You got me ___________ day and night
Just trying to keep a ________ on you
Here in your ______ I found my ____________
My only ________ for _________
And if I _______ you now I think I would _______
Oh say you’ll ___________ be my _________
We can make it _________
We can take ________ just a __________ at a ________
________ _____ a _________
________ _____ a _________
________ _____ a _________
________ _____ a _________ to _____
_________ are stories _____ and ______
Of _______ so in _______ _______ you and me
And I can see _________
Let __________ _______ itself
____________ how I ______ for you
____________ about ______ people then
I know that in a ___________ _______
I’d _______ ____ _________ with you ______
This is the _______ way that we ________ _____
This is the ______ way to _____
And if I lose your ______ I know I _______ _____
Of _______ so in _______ _______ you and me
And I can see _________
Let __________ _______ itself
________ _____ a _________
________ _____ a _________
________ _____ a _________
________ _____ a _________ to _____
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