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A Design For Life

  • Sung by:   Manic Street Preachers
  • Music:       James Dean Bradfield/Sean Moore 
  • Lyrics:        Nicky Wire

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Pedagogic Ideas by Bibi Baxter 2006

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THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE

  • Title:               A Design for Life
  • Sung by:         Manic Street Preachers
  • Music:             James Dean Bradfield/Sean Moore 
  • Lyrics:             Nicky Wire
  • Exercise:          1
  • Level:               Pre-intermediate +
  • Activity:           Jigsaw
  • Practice:          Sequencing

INSTRUCTIONS:

  • Instruct students to lay out  the prompts so they can be read easily.
  • Instruct them to put the prompts in order, as they listen to the song. ( Play the song as many times as necessary at a suitable speed, according to ability.)
 
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A DESIGN FOR LIFE 
Sung by Manic Street Preachers
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  A design for life (x4)

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A design for life (x4)
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A design for life (x4)
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And we are not allowed to spend 
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And we are not allowed to spend 
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And we are not allowed to spend 
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As we are told that this is the end 
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As we are told that this is the end 
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As we are told that this is the end
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I wish I had a bottle
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I wish I had a bottle 
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Libraries gave us power 
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Right here in my dirty face to wear the scars
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Right here in my pretty face to wear the scars 
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Then work came and made us free 
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To show from where I came 
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To show from where I came 
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We don't talk about love, 
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We don't talk about love,
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We don't talk about love, 
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We only want to get drunk 
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We only want to get drunk 
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We only want to get drunk 
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What price now for a shallow piece of dignity 
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(Check your order of lyrics with exercise 3)

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Pedagogic Ideas by Bibi Baxter 2006

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  • Exercise:  2

  • Level          Intermediate +

  • Activity:      Internet Research

INSTRUCTIONS:

  • Ask students to find out about the group's background (using the internet) 
  • Names & ages of group members?
  • Origins:  Town in which they lived? 
  • How did they meet?
  • How were they first introduced to music?
  • How were they inspired?  
  • What sort of background did each one have? difficult? poor? rich? good?
  • Who disappeared?  Why?

  • Exercise:  3

  • Level         Intermediate +

  • Activity:     Mini-Discussions

  • Practice:    Comprehension

  • Functions:  Making conversation, Speculating, Giving an opinion

  • Subjects:   Depression, despair, self-loathing, the pretensions required for keeping up a public image, sex & the pop scene (groupies, etc.), sex v love

Instructions: 

  • Pre-teach, or provide, suitable vocabulary

  • Explain that the lyrics seem to describe the composer's feelings and regrets after his band became famous. (Did he expect fame to be different?)

  • Dictate, write on the board, or play the relevant section, then ask the question (s), as appropriate.

  • Students can work in pairs, groups, or mill.

  • Allow 3-5 minutes (or longer if appropriate) discussion per question, then continue to the next section. 

 
A DESIGN FOR LIFE 
Manic Street Preachers
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Libraries gave us power (In what way?)
Then work came and made us free (How?)
What price now for a shallow piece of dignity (What does he mean?)
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I wish I had a bottle
Right here in my dirty face to wear the scars
To show from where I came 
(What does he want people to know?)
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We don't talk about love, (When?)
We only want to get drunk  (Who does he mean by 'we'?)
And we are not allowed to spend (What?)

As we are told that this is the end (Of what?)
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A design for life (x4)
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I wish I had a bottle
Right here in my pretty face to wear the scars
To show from where I came (What does he mean?)
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We don't talk about love, (When?)
We only want to get drunk  (Who does he mean by 'we'?)
And we are not allowed to spend (What?)
As we are told that this is the end (Of what?)
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A design for life (x4)

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We don't talk about love, (When?)
We only want to get drunk  (who does he mean by 'we'?)
And we are not allowed to spend (What?)
As we are told that this is the end (Of what?)
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A design for life (x4)

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