1. Beautiful
Christina Aguilera
[Spoken]
Don't look at me
Every day is so wonderful
And suddenly, it's hard to breathe
Now and then, I get insecure
From all the fame, I'm so ashamed
I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring me down
So don't you bring me down today
To all your friends, you're delirious
So consumed in all your doom
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The piece is gone and the puzzle undone
That's the way it is
You are beautiful no matter what they say
Words won't bring you down
You are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words won't bring you down
Don't you bring me down today...
No matter what we do
(no matter what we do)
No matter what they say
(no matter what they say)
When the sun is shining through
Then the clouds won't stay
And everywhere we go
(everywhere we go)
The sun won't always shine
(sun won't always shine)
But tomorrow will find a way
All the other times
We are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes, words won't bring us down
We are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes, words can't bring us down
Don't you bring me down today
Don't you bring me down today
Don't you bring me down today

2. Beautiful
Christina Aguilera
[Spoken] Don't look at me
Every day is so w______________
And suddenly, it's hard to breathe
Now and then, I get i______________
From all the fame, I'm so ashamed
I am beautiful no matter what they s_______________
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single w____________
Yes, words can't bring me down
So don't you bring me down t_____________
To all your f______________, you're delirious
So consumed in all your doom
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The pieces gone let the puzzle undone
That's the w_____________ it is
You are beautiful no matter what they s_________________
Words can't bring you down
You are beautiful in every single w________________
Yes, words can't bring you down
Don't you bring me down t_________________
No matter what we d_______________
No matter what we s________________
When the sun is shining through
Then the clouds won't s_________________
And everywhere we go
The sun won't always s_________________
But tomorrow will find a way
All the other times
We are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes, words won't bring us d_____________
We are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring us d________________
Don't you bring me down today
Don't you bring me down today
Don't you bring me down today

3. Glossary:
Ashamed: adj. feeling guilty, anxious or awkward about something.
Doom: noun any very bad situation that cannot be avoided.
Emptiness: the noun from empty (=with nothing inside).
Delirious: adj. unable to think or speak clearly because of fever, excitement or
mental confusion.
Breathe: verb to take air into the lungs and let it out again.
Read the lyrics and find a phrase which means
I don’t care what they say
____________________________________________________________________________
Make me feel bad
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Things will sometimes go wrong but sooner or later they will improve
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Discuss the following questions in pairs:
- What is the song about?
- What examples of people that may feel different can you see in the music
video? Can you think of other examples of people who might have problems
because of being different?
- What are the words that give name to those situations (for example, the
extremely thing girl = anorexia)?
- Is it important for you how other people see you?
- Do you think our society is starting to accept people as they are?