Read and present doc 1- Who was Nanc

Unit 3 / Talk about the past.
Doc 1 – Nancy
Sinatra picture and
article from
Wikipedia.
Grammar in context / Listening Comprehension / Song study.
1/ Read and present doc 1- Who was Nancy Sinatra ?
She is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of Frank
Sinatra. She sang her most famous songs in the 1960s.
Select key info and report to the class.
2/ What is the link between Nancy Sinatra and the film Kill Bill ?
Quentin Tarantino decided to use one of her songs for the opening
scene of his film Kill Bill. So the song features in the soundtrack of the
film.
3/ Find the irregular forms for the following verbs :
Nancy Sinatra
(born June 8,
1940) is an
American singer
and actress. She is
the daughter of singer/actor Frank
Sinatra, and remains best known for her
1966 signature hit "These Boots Are
Made for Walkin'".
Other famous songs include her cover of
Cher's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me
Down)" (lyrics and music by Sonny
Bono), which features during the
opening sequence of Quentin
Tarantino's Kill Bill.
sing - sang - …sung
be was/were - …been
hit hit - …hit
make - made - …made
ride - rode - ridden
come - …came - come
wear - …wore - …worn
will - …would ( forme désactualisée, pr
exprimer le conditionel ou les habitudes du
passé)
ring - …rang - …rung
shoot - …shot- …shot
grow - …grew - …grown
4/ Listen to the song and complete with the correct verb form.
Nancy Sinatra
Bang Bang (My Baby …..... Me Down)
I …was five and he …was six
We …rode on horses made of sticks*
He wore black and I …wore white
He would always win the fight
Bang bang,
Bang bang,
Bang bang,
Bang bang,
he …shot me down
I …hit the ground
that awful sound
my baby …shot me down.
Seasons …came and changed the time
When I grew up, I called him mine
He would always laugh and say
"Remember when we used to play?"
Bang bang,
Bang bang,
Bang bang,
Bang bang,
I …shot you down
you …hit the ground
that …awful sound
I used to shoot you down.
Music played, and people …sang
Just for me, the church bells …rang
Now he's gone, I don't know why
And till this day, sometimes I cry
He …didn't even say goodbye
He didn't take the time to lie.
Bang bang,
Bang bang,
Bang bang,
Bang bang,
he shot me down
I …hit the ground
that …awful sound
my baby …shot me down...
GRAMMAR POINT !
Used to and would are both used for past habits.
But Would describes repeated actions
whereas used to can refer to both repeated actions and
states.
EX. Affirmative forms. / He would always win
the fight > action
She used to love him. > state of mind / feeling
They used to play.> action.
Q. Did he use to win?
Negative form / He didn't use to hit the
ground.
Correct version of Song Study
5/ How many characters are mentioned ? Underline in the text to justify your
answer.
There are two characters in this text : a boy and a girl. For example on line 1
« I » and « he » are personal pronouns that indicate that there are two kids
playing. Then the pronoun « we » is used on line 2, which indicates that they
have a close or intimate relationship.
6/ What is the song about ? Underline in the text to justify your answer.
First the song is about childhood memories because the first stanza deals with
kids games. For example on line 2 « horses made of sticks » are mentioned.
Then this song is also about heartache, sadness or love sickness since on line 20
she says “sometimes I cry”.
7/ What is described in Stanza n° 1 ?
Chidhood memories and kids rôle playing as Cowboys are described on line 2.
8/ What does the chorus correspond to ? What does it evoke ?
The chorus corresponds to the song they sang as they played Cowboys
especially « Bang Bang » which is an anaphora. « Bang bang » is repeated 4
times, it imitates the sound of gunshots but sounds like a song within a song.
It's a mise en abîme.
9/ What changes in stanza n°2 ? Do they have the same relationship ? Justify.
In stanza 2 we learn that they grew up, they're older because she tells us that
« season came and changed the time » on line 9 so we can guess that time
passed. She also states that she calls him « mine », which shows us that they
have a more intimate relationship. « Mine » means that he belongs to her so we
can suggest that they got married. Maybe they're lovers now. In my opinion
they are engaged.
10/ What's wrong in stanza n°3 ? Make suggestions.
Maybe he's gone.
Perhaps he left her.
In my opinion they broke up because he cheated on her.
11/ How does she feel in the last chorus ? Why ? Does it evoke the same
feelings as in the first chorus ? Why ?
In the last chorus she feels sad because he's gone. It doesn't evoke kids playing
Cowboys anymore but it echoes her suffering, her heartache. Her pain equals
the pain from a gunshot. It is as if she had been shot.
12/ would always + BV… / used to + BV : what do these idioms express ? What
time do they refer to ?
These idioms express habits or repeated actions in the past.
13/ Compare this song to the text by Sun-Mi Huang from TEST 1 & 2. What is
similar and what is different ?
This song is similar to the text by Sun-Mi Huang because it talks about a love.
But Nancy Sinatra's love experience ends badly whereas Sun-Mi Huang's love
story has a happy ending. In the song they fall in love because they grow up
together so their friendship becomes a love affair. On the other hand in the
text by Sun-Mi Huang, it's about love at first sight, they fall in love instantly
even though they didn't know each other.
14/ Is the singer really dead in the end ? What poetic form is used here ?
The singer isn't dead in the end, death is an hyperbole and a metaphor for her
heartache. It's an extreme image to show us that she feels deeply hurt.
VOCABULARY
a stanza : une strophe
a chorus : un refrain
a hook : un pont musical
Characters : personnages
there is + sg / there are + pl : il y a
close or intimate relationship : une relation
étroite ou intime.
To underline : souligner
an answer : une réponse
first : tout d'abord
childhood memories : souvenirs d'enfance
(sg. Childhood memory)
a horse made of sticks : un cheval de bois / a
rocking horse : un cheval à bascule
also : aussi
heartache : peines de cœur
sadness : tristesse
love sickness : mal-être amoureux.
Kids rôle playing as cowboys : des enfants qui
jouent aux cowboys
especially : plus précisément
an anaphora : une anaphore
gunshots : coups de feu
within : à l'intérieur de/ contenu par
to grow up : grandir, vieillir
to guess : deviner
to state that : affirmer que
which shows us that : ce qui nous montre
que...
to mean : signifier, vouloir dire
to be engaged : être fiancé
to echoe something : se faire l'écho de …
to equal : équivaloir à
as if she had been shot : comme si elle avait
était blessée par balle.
SUGGESTION MARKERS
I suppose that …
Maybe / Perhaps + S + V
In my opinion...
We can guess that … / We can say that ...
S + surely / probably + V
To JUSTIFY
use example from the text + introduce the
narrator's view.
As we can see on line …, « example »
The narrator states / says / tells us / explains
/ describes / talks about / sounds + adj / …
To LINK your ideas use LINK WORDS
(link : lien / to link : lier)
First … Then... In the end : Tout d'abord,...
Ensuite … Enfin...
because : pare que
since : car
whereas : tandis que
On the one hand … but on the other hand :
d'un côté, dans un sens … mais d'un autre
côté …
Even if / even though : même si
above all : surtout
yet : pourtant
both : tous les deux
so : donc
to conclude : pour conclure.