Ejemplo de canción con actividades. STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT by FRANK SINATRA

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

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,

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

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

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,

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

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

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,

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

Something in your eyes was so inviting

Strangers in the night, two lonely people
little did we know, love was just a glance away,

6. 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.
   
   
7. 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

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,

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

Word	Verb	Adjectives	Meaning