Alanis Morissette
King of Pain
Fill in the gaps:
There's a little black spot on the _____ today
It's the same old thing as ___________
There's a black hat caught in a high ____ top
There's a flag pole rag and the ______ won't
stop
I have stood here before inside the pouring
________
With the world turning circles running
'round my ___________
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end
this reign,
But it's my destiny to be the king of ______
Underline the correct word:
There's a _________ that's trapped in a high
cliff wall fossil/shark
That's my soul up there.
There's a dead _______ frozen in a waterfall
otter/salmon
That's my soul up there.
There's a blue _______beached by a
springtime's ebb whale/dolphin
That's my soul up there.
There's a butterfly trapped in a ________
web spider’s/fly’s
That's my soul up there.
Put the lines in order:
(…) I've stood here before inside the
pouring rain
(…) But it's my destiny to be the king of
pain...
(…) I guess I'm always hoping that you'll
end this reign,
(…) With the world turning circles running
'round my brain.
Underline the correct word:
There's a king on a ________ with his eyes
torn out chair/throne
There's a blind man looking for a ________
of doubt shadow/shallow
There's a rich man sleeping on a
_______bed golden/silver
There's a skeleton ________ on a crust of
bread chirping/choking
King of pain...
Fill in the gaps:
There's a red _______ torn by a huntsman's
pack
That's my soul up there.
There's a black-winged gull with a
________ back
That's my soul up there.
There's a little black _______ on the sun
today.
It's the same old _______ as yesterday,
Vocabulary:
a flag pole – a stick or a pillar where the flag
is waving
to reign – rule as king or a queen
a fossil - the hard remains of a prehistoric
animal or plant that are found inside a rock
a cliff - a high area of land with a very steep
side, especially one next to the sea.
ebb – the movement of the time out to sea
to choke – to have a severe difficulty of
breathing because of a constricted or
obstructed throat
a crust – the tough outer part of a loaf of
bread
a gull - a long-winged web-footed seabird
with a raucous call, typically having white
plumage with a grey or black mantle
Questions:
1) What environmental problems are
raised in the song?
2) Are these only environmental
problems or there are also some
social problems? What are they?
3) Why is it called “The King of Pain”?
4) Why does the author say that his/her
“soul is up there’? What does this
mean?
5) Should international community help
solving environmental problems?
Why/why not?
6) How are environmental problems
solved in your country?
7) What will be with our planet in the
future?