9 THE SHOW MUST GO ON

The Show Must Go On

(Queen, 1 991 )
Empty ___________.
spaces What are we ___________
living for?
Abandoned ______________.
places
score
I guess we know the ______________.
On and ______________,
on
anybody
does _________ looking
know what we are ___________ for?

hero
Another __________, crime
another mindless __________.
Behind the ______________,
curtain in the _____________,
pantomime
line
hold the ______________.
Does ___________
anybody want to take it ______________?
anymore

The ______________
show must go on,
show
the ______________ must go on.
heart
Inside my ______________ breaking
is ______________,
my ______________
makeup may be ______________,
flaking
smile
but my ______________ stays
still ______________ on.

happens
Whatever __________, chance
I'll leave it all to __________.
Another ___________,
heartache another failed ____________.
romace
on
On and ______________, The Show Must Go On
does ___________
anybody know what we are _________
living for? The Show Must Go On is a song by the English rock band
Queen, included on their 1991 album Innuendo. The song
I guess I'm __________,
learning I must be __________
warmer now. chronicles the effort of Freddie Mercury to continue to
tourning
I'll soon be __________ corner
round the ___________ now. perform despite approaching the end of his life; he was
______________
Ouside the dawn is ______________
breaking
dying from AIDS. Mercury was so ill, and could barely walk,
but inside in the ______________
dark that Brian May was worried about his being able to sing it.
free
I'm aching to be ______________.
I sat down with Freddie, and we decided what the theme should
The show
______________ must go on, be and wrote the first verse. I always felt it would be important
the ______________
show must go on.
because we were dealing with things that were hard to talk
Inside
______________ breaking
my heart is ______________,
about at the time, but in the world of music, you could do it.
(Brian May, 1994)
my ______________
makeup may be ______________,
flaking
smile
but my ______________ stays
still ______________ on. It was released as a single just six weeks before Mercury
died on 24 November 1991. Jim Hutton, Freddie's boy-
painted
My soul is __________ butterflies
like the wings of __________. friend who was with him for the last 6 years until his death,
Fairytales of ______________
yeserday mentions the lyric that refers to the use of makeup:
die
will grow but never ______________.
fly
I can ______________, friends
my ______________.
To me, the most autobiographical line was: "My makeup may be
flaking but my smile still stays on." That was true. No matter
show
how ill Freddie felt, he never grumbled to anyone or sought
The ______________ must go on, sympathy of any kind. It was his battle, no one else's, and he
the ______________
show must go on. always wore a brave face. (Jim Hutton, 1994)
grin
I'll face it with a ______________,
I'm ______________
never giving in. The song was first played live on 20 April 1992, during The
show
On with the ______________. Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, performed by the three
remaining members of Queen, with Elton John singing
top
I'll ______________ overkill
the bill, I'll ______________. lead vocals and Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi
I have to ____________
find the will to ___________
carry on. playing rhythm guitar. Canadian Celine Dion sang this
show
(On with the __________, show
on with the ___________.) song in her 2008–2009 Taking Chances Tour.
show
The ______________ must go on.
Vocabulary
9.1 . Listen to the song and complete the lyrics give in: ceder, renderse
with these words: hold the line: non colgues (o teléfono), aguanta
on and on: interminabelmente, sen parar
anybody friends overkill
overkill: superar, chegar ao límite, exaxerar
anymore grin painted
top the bill: encabezar o cartel
breaking happens pantomime
butterflies heart places
carry heartache romance THERE IS / THERE ARE
chance hero score
corner inside show There is (=There's) : hai (singular)
crime learning smile There are: hai (plural)
curtain line spaces There is not (=There isn't) : non hai (singular)
dark living stays There are not (=There aren't) : non hai (plural)
die looking top
find makeup turning There's a horse: Hai un cabalo.
flaking never warmer There are many cows: Hai moitas vacas.
fly on yesterday There isn't a swimming pool: Non hai piscina.
free outside There aren't any people: Non hai xente.
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 SOME and ANY
1 . The plural of A (AN) is SOME:
SOME : algúns, algunhas, uns, unhas (with words in plural)
some carrots some bottles
some cats some people

2. SOME can also be used with uncountable words in singular.

SOME : algo de, un pouco de (ou non se traduce)

QUEEN some wine

some chicken
some water
some meat
some love some money
QUEEN are a British rock band formed in London in
1970. Queen's earliest works were influenced by some salt: sal, algo de sal, un pouco de sal
go and buy some bread: vai mercar pan
progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the
band gradually ventured into more conventional and 3. ANY is used instead of SOME in negative sentences and
radio-friendly works. questions:
When asked about the name, Freddie Mercury I bought some books. Did you buy any books?
(whose real name was Farrokh Bulsara, born in I want some water. I don't want any water.
Zanzibar into an Indian family), explained,

I thought up the name Queen. It's a strong name, very

PRACTISE
A, AN, SOME or ANY
universal and immediate. It had a lot of visual potential and
was open to all sorts of interpretations. I was certainly aware 9.2. Complete these sentences with A, AN, SOME or ANY:
of gay connotations , but that was just one facet of it. 1. He bought __________
some honey.
2. I found __________
some stray dogs.
3. They took __________
a magazine from the shelf.
4. We bought __________
some books in the bookshop.
5. Have you found __________
a Swahili course?
6. Did they find __________
some Swahili courses?
7. The school doesn't offer __________
any sightseeing tours.
8. The boss didn't build __________
any huts.
9. There is __________
some beer.
1 0. There isn't __________
any rice.
11 . Are there __________
some cats?
1 2. Go and buy __________
some meat.
1 3. Go and buy __________
some tomato.
1 4. Go and buy __________
a bottle of wine.
The Spectrum
LGBT+ activism has fought for the rights of people
PRACTISE
THERE IS / THERE ARE
who fall outside of expected binary sex and gender
norms. LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender. In use since the 1990s, the term was
9.3. Choose the correct option:
used to replace the term gay. Activists believed
1. There is / are a beach in Cabo de Cruz.
that the term gay community did not accurately
2. There isn't / aren't a park in the town.
represent all those to whom it referred.
3. Is /Are there a house at the end of the street?
4. Is /Are there many houses in your village?
The acronym LGBT is intended to emphasize a
5. Is /Are there a river in town?
diversity of sexuality. It may be used to refer to
6. Is /Are there any rivers in the country?
anyone who is non-heterosexual. To recognize this
7. There isn't / aren't a lot of cows in the mountains.
inclusion, a variant adds the letter "I" for intersex
8. There is / are quite a lot of noise.
people (LGBTI). Some people use LGBTI+ to
9. There is / are enough things to do.
encompass spectrums of sexuality and gender.
1 0. There isn't /aren't any rubbish in the school.

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