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UK Cathedral To Play Lennon’s “Imagine”A British cathedral will soon play John Lennon’s song “Imagine”. This is a very unusual event, considering the song contains anti-religious lyrics. The cathedral in Liverpool, John Lennon’s birthplace and hometown, has agreed to let its bell-ringers play the tune three times on May the 16th. The idea came from British artist Cleo Evans. She teamed up with the cultural festival organizer, FutureSonic, and they developed the concept with Liverpool Cathedral. The song is one of the best-known tunes in the world. It speaks of a world in which everyone is at peace because there is no religion. Lennon’s song starts, “Imagine there’s no heaven,” and continues, “and no religion too”. These words will not be sung on the 16th; just the tune will be heard.
People have mixed feelings about the idea of playing “Imagine” in one of Britain’s biggest cathedrals. A cathedral spokesman said: “Allowing “Imagine” to be [played] on our bells does not mean we agree with the song lyrics.” Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono loved the idea, saying it was "so beautiful, it made me choke up". The artist Cleo Evans agreed. She said: "Imagine is an incredibly gentle, philosophical and moving song which speaks strongly of the need for peace.” The FutureSonic festival director Drew Hemment was enthusiastic about using cathedral bells. He told reporters: “What we’re doing is twisting something that's already there; we're “hacking” the bells.” An online poll of “Church Times” readers found 64% were against the idea.
WARM-UPS1. IMAGINING: Walk around the class and talk to other students about imagining. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. IMAGINE: With your partner(s), talk about these lyrics from John Lennon’s song. Change partners and share your ideas.
4. … AND THE WORLD WILL LIVE AS ONE: Students A strongly believe we will all live in perfect harmony one day; Students B strongly believe there will always be things to divide us. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. IMAGINATION: How does imagination help these things? Tell your partner(s). Change partners share your ideas. Vote as a class on who has the biggest imagination.
6. RELIGION: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘religion’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one. combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING: Listen and fill in the gaps.A British cathedral will soon play John Lennon’s song “Imagine”. This is a __________________, considering the song contains anti-religious lyrics. The cathedral in Liverpool, John Lennon’s birthplace and hometown, has __________________ bell-ringers play the tune three times on May the 16th. The idea came from British artist Cleo Evans. She __________________ cultural festival organizer, FutureSonic, and they developed the concept with Liverpool Cathedral. The song __________________ -known tunes in the world. It speaks of a world in which __________________ because there is no religion. Lennon’s song starts, “Imagine there’s no heaven,” and continues, “and no religion too”. These words will not be sung on the 16th; just __________________. People have __________________ the idea of playing “Imagine” in one of Britain’s biggest cathedrals. A cathedral spokesman said: “Allowing “Imagine” to be [played] on our bells does __________________ with the song lyrics.” Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono loved the idea, saying it was "so beautiful, it __________________ ". The artist Cleo Evans agreed. She said: "Imagine is an incredibly gentle, philosophical and moving song which speaks strongly ____________________.” The FutureSonic festival director Drew Hemment was enthusiastic about using cathedral bells. He told reporters: “What we’re doing is twisting something __________________; we're “hacking” the bells.” An online poll of “Church Times” readers found 64% __________________. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘mixed’ and ‘feelings’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
STUDENT PEACE SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about peace in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
PEACE DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEA British cathedral will soon (1) ____ John Lennon’s song “Imagine”. This is a very unusual event, considering the song contains (2) ____religious lyrics. The cathedral in Liverpool, John Lennon’s birthplace and hometown, has agreed to let its bell-ringers play the tune three times on May the 16th. The idea came from British artist Cleo Evans. She teamed (3) ____ with the cultural festival organizer, FutureSonic, and they developed the (4) ____ with Liverpool Cathedral. The song is one of the best-known tunes in the world. It speaks of a world (5) ____ which everyone is at peace because there is no religion. Lennon’s song starts, “Imagine there’s no heaven,” and continues, “and no religion too”. These words will not be (6) ____ on the 16th; just the tune will be heard. People have (7) ____ feelings about the idea of playing “Imagine” in one of Britain’s biggest cathedrals. A cathedral spokesman said: “Allowing “Imagine” to be [played] on our bells does not (8) ____ we agree with the song lyrics.” Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono loved the idea, saying it was "so beautiful, it (9) ____ me choke up". The artist Cleo Evans agreed. She said: "Imagine is an incredibly gentle, philosophical and (10) ____ song which speaks strongly of the need for peace.” The FutureSonic festival director Drew Hemment was enthusiastic (11) ____ using cathedral bells. He told reporters: “What we’re doing is twisting something that's already there; we're “hacking” the bells.” An online poll (12) ____ “Church Times” readers found 64% were against the idea. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about peace for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about John Lennon. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. SONGS: Make a poster about your favourite song. Write the lyrics and explain what they mean. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. PEACE: Write a magazine article about peace. Include imaginary interviews with two people. One of them thinks peace will come to the world, the other thinks peace will never come. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to Yoko Ono. Ask her three questions about John Lennon and his song “Imagine”. Give her three ideas on how she could use the song to help bring world peace closer. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: UK cathedral to play Lennon’s “Imagine”A British cathedral will soon play John Lennon’s song “Imagine”. This is a very unusual event, considering the song contains anti-religious lyrics. The cathedral in Liverpool, John Lennon’s birthplace and hometown, has agreed to let its bell-ringers play the tune three times on May the 16th. The idea came from British artist Cleo Evans. She teamed up with the cultural festival organizer, FutureSonic, and they developed the concept with Liverpool Cathedral. The song is one of the best-known tunes in the world. It speaks of a world in which everyone is at peace because there is no religion. Lennon’s song starts, “Imagine there’s no heaven,” and continues, “and no religion too”. These words will not be sung on the 16th; just the tune will be heard. People have mixed feelings about the idea of playing “Imagine” in one of Britain’s biggest cathedrals. A cathedral spokesman said: “Allowing “Imagine” to be [played] on our bells does not mean we agree with the song lyrics.” Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono loved the idea, saying it was "so beautiful, it made me choke up". The artist Cleo Evans agreed. She said: "Imagine is an incredibly gentle, philosophical and moving song which speaks strongly of the need for peace.” The FutureSonic festival director Drew Hemment was enthusiastic about using cathedral bells. He told reporters: “What we’re doing is twisting something that's already there; we're “hacking” the bells.” An online poll of “Church Times” readers found 64% were against the idea. LANGUAGE WORK
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