THE LOGICAL SONG(BY SUPERTRAMP)

1) What are your feelings toward the three stages of life? Choose some adjectives from
the following boxes and put them into the columns.

confident joyful puzzled sad worried

hopeful happy uncertain unhappy anxious
wonderful cheerful unpleasant hopeless
magical glad desperate
CHILDHOOD TEENAGE ADULTHOOD______

Which stage do you prefer, childhood or growing up? Why?

2)Listen to the song and fill in the blanks.

When I was young
It seemed that life was so 1.-__________
A miracle, oh it was 2.-____________, magical
And all the 3.-________ in the trees
Well they'd be singing so 4.-____________
5.-___________, 6.-___________ watching me

But then they send me away

To teach me how to be 7.-_____________
Logical, responsible, practical
And then they showed me a world
Where I could be so 8.-____________
Clinical, intellectual, cynical

There are times when all the 9.-__________'s asleep

The questions run too deep for such a 10.-___________ mind
Won't you please, please tell me what we've 11.-__________?
I know it sounds 12.-_______ please tell me who I am

I said watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical

Liberal, fanatical, criminal?"
Won't you sign up your name? We'd like to feel you're
13.-___________, respectable, presentable, a 14.-_______________
Oh, ch-ch-check it out yeah

At night when all the 9.-___________'s asleep

The questions run so deep for such a 10.-____________ mind
Won't you please, please tell me what we've 11.-____________?
I know it sounds 12.-___________ but please tell me who I am
Who I am, who I am, who I am
'Coz I'm feeling so illogical
D-d-digital
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Unbelievable
B-b-bloody marvelous
3) Discuss these questions: a). What type of person wrote this song?b). Why did he/she write the song?c). What are
the stages mentioned in the song?d). What are the changes?How does he feel in each stage?
e). Is the person happy or unhappy about the changes?Why?f). Which line/lines impress you the most?
4)Match the meaning of the words
miracle a) used to describe someone whom can be trusted or relied on.
playfully b) having or showing good sense.
sensible c) interested in or able to deal with things of the mind.
Logical d) a good event that is unexpected or thought to be caused by God.
responsible e)capable of being relied on.
dependable f)in accordance with what seems reasonable or natural.
Intellectual g) done in fun, not seriously