Helping Charities: We are the World

Watch the VIDEO and IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH with the ACTIVITIES:

“We Are the World” is a song and charity single originally recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
The 25th Anniversary recording features over 80 artists and performers.It was recorded on February 1st, 2010, in the same studio as the original 25 years earlier.
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record = grabar

JAMIE FOXX:

Proud = orgulloso................................Background = origen

Share = compartir...............................Commitment = compromiso

Award = premio..................................Rubble = escombros

Surrounded =rodeado..........................Reach deep = llegar hasta el fondo.

Dazzling = deslumbrante.....................No matter = no importa

Array = selección................................Simulcast = emisión simultánea

SONG:

Pretend = fingir..................................................change = cambio / cambiar

Somehow = de alguna forma...............................stand together = permanecer unidos.

Choice = elección...............................................lean on = apoyarse

Own = propio.....................................................storm = tormenta

Care = preocuparse, cuidar.................................sign post = señal.

cries for help = gritos de socorro..........................dream = sueño

in vain = en vano..............................................stumble = tropezar

turn away = darse la vuelta , dar la espalda.........rubble = escombros

down and out = deprimido..................................bond = unión, lazo

seem = parecer...................................................citizens = ciudadanos

hope = esperanza................................................pitch in = ponerse a trabajar

realize = darse cuenta........................................will = voluntad

LIONEL RITCHIE:

Fellowmen = prójimo

Desperate need = necesidad desesperada

..........................LISTENING COMPREHENSION, click on the links:

.....................................1. Listen to the SONG and fill in the GAPS

.....................................2. Test your listening: Listen to Jamie Fox and Lionel Ritchie, then SING along

.....................................3. Only for 2º BACHARELATO: Reported Speech exercise