Exercise 1. Listen to the song “The things you are to me”. What words did you catch? Write them down, please.
Exercise 2. Sing the song following the lyrics below.
If I held in my hand
Every grain of sand
Since time first began to be
Still, I could never count
Measure the amount
Of all the things you are to me
Every grain of sand
Since time first began to be
Still, I could never count
Measure the amount
Of all the things you are to me
If I could paint the sky
Hang it out to dry
I would want the sky to be
Oh, such a grand design
An everlasting sign
Of all the things you are to me
Hang it out to dry
I would want the sky to be
Oh, such a grand design
An everlasting sign
Of all the things you are to me
You are the sun
That comes on summer winds
You are the falling year
That autumn brings
You are the wonder and the mystery
In everything I see
The things you are to me
That comes on summer winds
You are the falling year
That autumn brings
You are the wonder and the mystery
In everything I see
The things you are to me
Sometimes I wake at night
And suddenly take fright
You might be just fantasy
But then you reach for me
And once again I see
All the things you are to me
And suddenly take fright
You might be just fantasy
But then you reach for me
And once again I see
All the things you are to me
You are the sun
That comes on summer winds
You are the falling year
That autumn brings
You are the wonder and the mystery
In everything I see
The things you are to me
That comes on summer winds
You are the falling year
That autumn brings
You are the wonder and the mystery
In everything I see
The things you are to me
You are the sun
That comes on summer winds
You are the falling year
That autumn brings
You are the wonder and the mystery
In everything I see
The things you are to me
All the things you are… to me
That comes on summer winds
You are the falling year
That autumn brings
You are the wonder and the mystery
In everything I see
The things you are to me
All the things you are… to me
Exercise 3. Practice smooth translation of the lyrics from French into English
If I held dans ma main
Every grain de sable
Depuis time first began être
Still, je ne pourrais jamais computer
Every grain de sable
Depuis time first began être
Still, je ne pourrais jamais computer
Mesure the amount
De toutes les choses que tu es pour moi
If I could paint le ciel
Hang it out sécher
Hang it out sécher
Je voudrais the sky to be
Oh, un si grand dessein
Un signe éternel
Oh, un si grand dessein
Un signe éternel
De toutes les choses que tu es pour moi
Tu es le soleil
That comes sur les vents d’été
You are the falling year
That autumn brings
Tu es la merveille et le mystère
Dans tout ce que je vois
Les choses que tu es pour moi
That comes sur les vents d’été
You are the falling year
That autumn brings
Tu es la merveille et le mystère
Dans tout ce que je vois
Les choses que tu es pour moi
Quelquefois I wake la nuit
And suddenly (je) prends peur
You might be juste de la fantaisie
But then tu m’atteins
Et encore une fois je vois
De toutes les choses que tu es pour moi
And suddenly (je) prends peur
You might be juste de la fantaisie
But then tu m’atteins
Et encore une fois je vois
De toutes les choses que tu es pour moi
Tu es le soleil
That comes sur les vents d’été
You are the falling year
That autumn brings
Tu es la merveille et le mystère
Dans tout ce que je vois
Les choses que tu es pour moi
That comes sur les vents d’été
You are the falling year
That autumn brings
Tu es la merveille et le mystère
Dans tout ce que je vois
Les choses que tu es pour moi
Tu es le soleil
That comes sur les vents d’été
You are the falling year
That l’automne brings
Tu es la merveille et le mystère
Dans tout ce que je vois
The things you are to me
Toutes les choses que tu es … pour moi
That comes sur les vents d’été
You are the falling year
That l’automne brings
Tu es la merveille et le mystère
Dans tout ce que je vois
The things you are to me
Toutes les choses que tu es … pour moi