Esistono testi delle canzoni per imparare l’inglese? Sì, certo! E sono utili perché ascoltare aiuta a memorizzare e memorizzare arricchisce il patrimonio linguistico. La canzone Africa dei Toto è un successo del 1981 ma che ancora oggi è usata come colonna sonora di tanti film e ha ispirato persino un’installazione sonora a energia solare nel deserto della Namibia, nel 2019. Diamo un’occhiata al vocabolario utilizzato in questo grande classico: mi raccomando, alza il volume al massimo mentre lo ascolti!
Testi delle canzoni per imparare l’inglese:
ascolta Africa dei Toto!
La musica internazionale salverà il tuo inglese: sia le hit del momento che i grandi classici come questo possono infatti aiutarti a capire le strutture grammaticali e il vocabolario inglese. In più, ascoltare musica anglofona migliora la comprensione orale, quindi è un modo alternativo per mantenerti in allenamento con la lingua anche quando non sei a scuola o al tuo corso di inglese.
Ecco il testo completo della canzone Africa dei Toto:
I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She’s coming in, 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say, “Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for you”
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She’s coming in, 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say, “Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for you”
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)
The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what’s right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what’s deep inside, frightened of this thing that I’ve become
As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what’s right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what’s deep inside, frightened of this thing that I’ve become
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)
Hurry boy, she’s waiting there for you
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
(I bless the rain)
I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rain)
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa (ah, gonna take the time)
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
(I bless the rain)
I bless the rains down in Africa (I bless the rain)
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa (ah, gonna take the time)
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)
Train your brain: mettiti alla prova con i testi delle canzoni per imparare l’inglese!
E ora facciamo un po’ di pratica! Vediamo quanto ne sai provando a indovinare il giusto significato delle parole della canzone.
1. Moonlit (adj.)
2. (to) Echo (v.)
3. (to) Drag (away) (v.)
4. (to) Hurry (v.)
5. Wild (adj.)
6. Restless (adj.)
a. growing in a natural environment; untamed or inhospitable
b. to go or move quickly
c. a sound that repeats or reverberates
d. the inability to relax due to excess emotion
e. to forcibly pull something or someone from a location
f. being touched by the light of the moon
SPOILER ALERT! Non sbirciare qua sotto se ancora non hai dato le TUE risposte.
Answers:
Moonlit (adj.)—being touched by the light of the moon
(to) Echo (v.)—a sound that repeats or reverberates
(to) Drag (away) (v.)—to forcibly pull something or someone from a location
(to) Hurry (v.)—to go or move quickly
Wild (adj.)—growing in a natural environment; untamed or inhospitable
Restless (adj.)—the inability to relax due to excess emotion
Moonlit (adj.)—being touched by the light of the moon
(to) Echo (v.)—a sound that repeats or reverberates
(to) Drag (away) (v.)—to forcibly pull something or someone from a location
(to) Hurry (v.)—to go or move quickly
Wild (adj.)—growing in a natural environment; untamed or inhospitable
Restless (adj.)—the inability to relax due to excess emotion
