Listening Test 2A – 9th grade

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A. Listen to the song and fill in the gaps.

In my blood
Help me, it's like the walls are caving in [CHORUS]

Sometimes I feel like (1)______________ It isn't in my blood

But I just can't It isn't in my blood

It isn't in my blood I'm looking through my phone again, feeling

(7)______________
Laying on the bathroom floor, feeling nothing
I'm overwhelmed and (2)______________, give me something Afraid to be alone again, I (8)______________ this

I could take to ease my mind slowly I'm trying to find a way to chill, can't (9)______________, oh

Just have a (3)______________ and you'll feel better Is there (10)______________who could…

Just take her (4)______________and you'll feel better [PRE-CHORUS]

Keep telling me that it gets better [CHORUS]

Does it ever?

[PRE-CHORUS]
Help me, it's like the walls are caving in
Sometimes I feel like (5)______________
No medicine is strong enough

Someone help me
I'm crawling in my (6)______________
In https://genius-com
Sometimes I feel like giving up
But I just can't

B. Listen to an interview to Shawn Mendes and say whether the statements are C (Correct) or I (Incorrect).
C I
1. The song “In my blood” is Shawn’s favourite from his last record.
2. The song is about fears and anxiety.
3. Shawn felt self-confident because he had done a similar song in the past.
4. There were 3000 people chasing Shawn in Toronto.
5. He wants to create timeless music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D18xORHTavY (adapted), accessed in November 2018

Good work! 

Inglês – 9.º ano – Ana Santos, Catarina Pedrosa, Clara Bugalhão

 Listening scripts
A.
Help me, it's like the walls are caving in Someone help me
Sometimes I feel like giving up I'm crawling in my skin
But I just can't Sometimes I feel like giving up
It isn't in my blood But I just can't

Laying on the bathroom floor, feeling nothing [CHORUS]

I'm overwhelmed and insecure, give me something It isn't in my blood
I could take to ease my mind slowly It isn't in my blood
Just have a drink and you'll feel better
Just take her home and you'll feel better I'm looking through my phone again, feeling anxious
Keep telling me that it gets better Afraid to be alone again, I hate this
Does it ever? I'm trying to find a way to chill, can't breathe, oh
Is there somebody who could…
[PRE-CHORUS]
[PRE-CHORUS]
Help me, it's like the walls are caving in
[CHORUS]
Sometimes I feel like giving up
No medicine is strong enough

B.
Interviewer: So, why “In my blood” for the first track of the record?
Shawn Mendes: Uhmm, I guess when you listen to a record, usually what happens is that there’s one, when you listen
to them all and you’re like “Oh, that’s obvious! That’s the single!” And for me, when I was listening to the record it was
really hard to tell what… there were a few that I really (you know) that I really felt strongly about… but “In my blood” had
this other extra layer which was with the concept of what it was about… Uhmm… You know, to overcome fears of
anxiety and… as a songwriter and as a person that was the most I’ve ever put into a record… So that was the thing…
And that I was definitely really scared because this is not… had nothing like I have done in the past, you know?
Interviewer: Right, so how are you doing with that right now?
Shawn Mendes: Good! I mean… I think that thing about anxiety is that it comes in phases and it’s different for
everybody and in the moment when I was having it I wrote a song about it and I’m great right now but I mean I’m really…
I’m super proud of that record.
Interviewer: What was the moment that you knew things were going to be different for you?
Shawn Mendes: Yeah! When I came down to Toronto and there was this meet up for the Viner’s, I remember we’re
going to the square and not really knowing what was going to happen but then… It’s the difference… When you see
three hundred thousand as a number and then you’re like “Wow, that’s amazing!” but you see three hundred people in
person chasing you that is a different feeling.
Interviewer (laughing): Yeah! (…) I know that in the past you said that you want to create more than just music that goes
away after a couple of months… You wanted to last and you wanted to make a difference. What do you mean by that?
Shawn Mendes: Yeah! I want to create stuff that breaks the boundaries of time and…
Interviewer: Oh, like it will be…
Shawn Mendes: Timeless. To create timeless music that affects people today the same as it would affect people twenty
to fifty years from now. Uhm, and at the same time, I’d also, I’m not just thinking on how to create music, I also want to
make a difference in the world, and I want to help and I want to, you know… use my voice and use music to take steps
forward and help people take steps forward.

Inglês – 9.º ano – Ana Santos, Catarina Pedrosa, Clara Bugalhão

 Answer key
A. (10 x 5% = 50%)
1. giving up | 2. insecure | 3. drink | 4. home | 5. giving up | 6. skin | 7. anxious | 8. hate | 9. breathe | 10. somebody

B. (5 x 10% = 50%)
1. Correct. | 2. Correct. | 3. Incorrect. (Shawn felt really scared because he hadn’t done anything similar in the past.) |
4. Incorrect. (There were 300 people chasing Shawn in Toronto.) | 5. Correct.

Inglês – 9.º ano – Ana Santos, Catarina Pedrosa, Clara Bugalhão