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Learning English through Song

Learning English through Song. 1-14-2014 14:00 PM 薏米英乐 漫谈 授课室 Today’s song: Greenday – 21 Guns. Greenday – 21 Guns. A 21 gun salute is the firing of cannons or other arms in honor of someone or an important celebration. 

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Learning English through Song

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  1. Learning English through Song 1-14-2014 14:00 PM 薏米英乐漫谈 授课室 Today’s song: Greenday – 21 Guns

  2. Greenday – 21 Guns • A 21 gun salute is the firing of cannons or other arms in honor of someone or an important celebration.  • For example, a 21 gun salute may be performed on the arrival or departure of the President of the United States. • The song makes a parallel between the inevitability found in war and the inevitability found in our lives. • For discussion: What do you think is worth fighting for? What do you think is not worth fighting for?

  3. Greenday – 21 Guns • Do you know what's worth fighting for?When it's not worth dying for?Does it take your breath away and you feel yourself suffocating?Does the pain weigh out the pride?And you look for a place to hide?Did someone break your heart inside,you're in ruinsOne, 21 GunsLay down your armsGive up the fightOne, 21 GunsThrow up your arms into the skyYou and I ...

  4. Greenday – 21 Guns • When you're at the end of the roadAnd you lost all sense of controlAnd your thoughts have taken their tollWhen your mind breaks the spirit of your soulYour faith walks on broken glass and the hangover doesn't passNothing's ever built to last, you're in ruinsOne, 21 GunsLay down your armsGive up the fightOne, 21 GunsThrow up your arms into the skyYou and I ...

  5. Greenday – 21 Guns • Did you try to live on your own?When you burned down the house and home?Did you stand too close to the fire?Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stoneWhen it's time to live and let dieAnd you can't get another trySomething inside this heart has died,you're in ruins

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