Okay! So, as we can see by their enthusiasm, some friends are probably getting together for the first time after the COVID-19!
get together
So toget together is a phrasal verb which in this context means:
MEET when people get together, they meet in order to do something, to discuss something or to spend time together, having arranged it before:
We must get together for a drink.
The whole family usually gets together at Christmas.
This is the only forum where East and West can get together.
He got together with some friends to plan a party for her.
get-together
MEETING But get-together [countable], can work as a noun, when it refers toa friendly, informal social meeting/gathering, often arranged for a particular purpose:
I look forward to our family get-togethers.
That was the lastget-together I had at my home.
Okay! After watching this video, a student said: “Teacher, too much trouble! Better get together only with your immediate family!” I guess she’s right! 😉
Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), was an American singer and jazz pianist. He recorded over one hundred songs that became hits on the pop charts. He also actedin films and on television and performed on Broadway. He was the first African-American man to host an American television series. He was the father of singer/songwriter Natalie Cole (1950-2015).
Do you know who was the composer?
Chaplin was! Smile is a song based on an instrumental theme used in the soundtrack for Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 movie Modern Times. Chaplin composed the music, inspired by Puccini‘s Tosca. John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the lyrics and title in 1954. In the lyrics, based on lines and themes from the film, the singer is telling the listener to cheer up and that there is always a bright tomorrow, just as long as they smile.
Okay! So smile and let’s work on it!
1. Circle the -ing verbs you hear in the poem
aching
giggling
helping
breaking
pouring
shining
moving
trying
stopping
crying
2.Choose the correct word
Smile though your heart/head is aching
Smile/Laugh even though it’s breaking
When there are fogs/clouds in the sky, you’ll survive/get by
If you smile through your panic/fear and sorrow/ grief
Smile and perhaps/maybe tomorrow
You’ll see the stars/sun come shining through for you
3. Fill in the missing words
Light up your
face with ____________
Hide every
trace of ____________
Although a _________
may be ever so _________
That’s the _________
you must _________ on trying
Smile, what’s
the _________ of crying?
You’ll _________
that _________ is still worthwhile
If you _________ smile
4. Find the synonym in the song
happiness
weeping
to continue
worthy
blues
to grin
5. Match the verbs to their definitions
a. to cry – b. to smile – c. to get by – d. to shine through – e. to light up – f. to hide
something is strong and easy to see
to not show an emotion
to weep; shed tears, with or without sound
to look happy
to make a happy or friendly expression in which the corners of your mouth curve up
to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty
6. Now look at this image! How would you say that in English?
In 1958, a self-described 42-year-old kid named Robert Paul Smith penned a little book titled How to Do Nothing with Nobody All Alone by Yourself (public library), a book of advice on how to make one’s own fun, supplied with nothing more than pencils, blades of grass, handkerchiefs, rubber bands, and broken umbrellas. These are things kids can do by themselves. There are no kits to build these things. There are no classes to learn these things, no teachers to teach them, they don’t need any help from their mother or their father or anybody.
With a wink — perhaps inadvertent — to the existential value of philosophy, Smith writes:
I understand some people get worried about kids who spend a lot of time all alone, by themselves. I do a little worrying about that, but I worry about something else even more; about kids who don’t know how to spend any time all alone, by themselves. It’s something you’re going to be doing a whole lot of, no matter what, for the rest of your lives. And I think it’s a good thing to do; you get to know yourself, and I think that’s the most important thing in the whole world.
That’s a really great question because alone and by oneself are very similar in meaning, but there is one key difference. So, let’s have a look at these words, what they mean, and how you can use them in everyday English. We’ll also look at the idiom, to go it alone.
Here are the example sentences. To get the details of this English lesson, you need to listen to this podcast. And make a careful noteof his comments! 😉
I was home alone.
I was home by myself.
Jack lives alone in Brooklyn.
Jack lives by himself in Brooklyn.
Jenny will be by herself for the first time when she moves from her parent’s house to her new apartment.
Jenny will be living alone for the first time when she moves from her parent’s house to her new apartment.
I fixed my computer by myself.
I baked this cake by myself. Do you like it?
I heard that Tommy built a computer by himself. He’s so clever!
My friend Lauren is good at sewing, and she even made her wedding dress by herself.
None of my friends wanted to go to the concert so I’m going to go it alone.
When Jack’s wife told him that she didn’t want to go hiking in the mountains, he decided to go it alone.
If you don’t want to go on the safari with me, I’m going to go it alone.
