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A Special Song For The Day of Peace: Imagine - JOHN LENNON

Here are the opposites to the words: WAR: PEACE HELL: HEAVEN EASY: HARD SISTERHOOD: BROTHERHOOD BEING SELFISH: BEING UNSELFISH DIVIDE: UNITE LIVE: DIE The meaning of the song is about imagining an ideal world without divisions between people and countries, where everyone lives in peace, equality and shares resources. John Lennon is called a dreamer because he imagines and hopes for such an ideal world which seems difficult to achieve in reality. An ideal world according to the song would be one without religions, countries, hunger, possessions, greed

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A Special Song For The Day of Peace: Imagine - JOHN LENNON

Here are the opposites to the words: WAR: PEACE HELL: HEAVEN EASY: HARD SISTERHOOD: BROTHERHOOD BEING SELFISH: BEING UNSELFISH DIVIDE: UNITE LIVE: DIE The meaning of the song is about imagining an ideal world without divisions between people and countries, where everyone lives in peace, equality and shares resources. John Lennon is called a dreamer because he imagines and hopes for such an ideal world which seems difficult to achieve in reality. An ideal world according to the song would be one without religions, countries, hunger, possessions, greed

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A SPECIAL SONG FOR THE DAY OF PEACE

John Lennon (9 October 1940-8 December 1980) was


an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to
worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The
Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and
critically acts in the history of popular music.

Listen to this song and complete carefully the gaps with these words. Then, read the lyrics and ask to
your teacher the meaning of every word that you don’t know. Finally, try to read/sing this song with its
right pronunciation.

Imagine – JOHN LENNON

Imagine there's no _______


It's ______ if you try
No hell below us
Above us only _____
Imagine all the _______
Living for today...
Imagine there's no ________
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no ________ too
Imagine all the _______
Living life in _______...

You may say I'm a _______


But I'm not the only _____
I hope ________ you'll join us
And the _______ will be as one

Imagine no _________
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or ________
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the ________
Sharing all the _______...

You may say I'm a ________


But I'm not the only _____
I hope _______ you'll join us
And the ______ will live as one

religion – sky – one² – hunger – dreamer² – countries – heaven – people³ – peace – easy – world³ – possessions –
someday²

- Now, find the opposites to the following words:


WAR: _______________

HELL: _______________

EASY: _______________

SISTERHOOD: ______________

BEING SELFISH: _________________

DIVIDE: _______________

LIVE: ________________

- Answer these questions:

 What do you think is the meaning of the song?

 Why John Lennon is a dreamer?

 What would an ideal world look like according to the song?

 Would you like living in such a world?

 What would people have to do to create such a world suggested by the song?

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