Sunday Bloody Sunday, U2

I can't …............ the news today,

I can't close my eyes and make it go

….............

How long, how long must we sing this song?

How long? …............ we can be as one.

Broken bottles under children's feet,

Bodies strewn across a dead end …............,

But I won't heed the battle call,

It puts my back up, puts my back up against

the ….............

Sunday, bloody Sunday.

Sunday, bloody Sunday.

And the battle's just begun,

There's many lost, but tell me who has won?

The trenches dug within our …............,

And mothers, …............, brothers, sisters torn

apart.

Sunday, bloody Sunday.

Sunday, bloody Sunday.

How long, how long must we sing this song?

How long, Tonight we can be as one.

Tonight, tonight.

Sunday, bloody Sunday.

Sunday, bloody Sunday.

Wipe the …............ from your eyes,

Wipe your tears away,

Wipe your …............ shot eyes.

Sunday, bloody Sunday.

Sunday, bloody Sunday.

And it's true we are immune.

When fact is …............ and T.V. is reality,

And today the millions …............,

We eat and drink while tomorrow they die.

The real battle just begun.

To claim the victory Jesus won,

On a Sunday, bloody Sunday,

Sunday, bloody Sunday.

In 1983, with the release of "War" (U2's third

album) for the first time, the Irish band addressed

the long-standing "troubles" in Northern Ireland

with the song “Sunday, Bloody Sunday”. Fearful to

be

seen as taking one side over another, Bono (the

leader of the group) insisted on introducing the

song

during concerts by saying "This is NOT a rebel

song!", and wrapped himself in a white flag while

he sang it, to symbolize the song's call for peace

1. Listen carefully to the song and fill in the

blanks.

2. Match words and meanings:

1) strewn a) brutally separated

2) heed b) deep channels

3) up against the wall c) unaffected

4) torn apart d) pay attention to

5) wipe e) scattered

6) immune f) dry with a handkerchief

7) trenches g) in a desperate situation

3. Can the following expressions have more

than one meaning?

a. "the dead end streets"

b. "bloodshot eyes"

4. Find the lines in the song expressing the

following ideas:

a) I refuse to respond to calls for violence.

b) In this war there’s no winner

c) The enemies in this war are all Irish. They belong

to the same family.

d) You’ve cried for a long time. Your eyes are red.

It’s time to stop.

e) While we are unaware of any problems, some

people go on hunger strikes and die.

5. Fill in the blanks with the words derived

from the roots given between brackets.

1. In these lyrics, U2 condemns the (pity)

….............. terrorists.

2. They (obvious) …....................... show their

(disapprove) …......................... of the war.

3. The news they have heard was (shock)

…................... and (disgust) …..................

4. U2 denounces the (behave) ….................. of TV

(view) ….................... who watch (pain)…...........

images (passive) ….................

5. U2 stresses that individuals feel (power)

…............

6. U2 clearly hopes that the peace talks will begin

one day and that they will be (success)

…......................, that an (agree)

…............................. will be found.

7. The group’s harsh (criticise) …..................... of

the conflict is meant to arouse people's (conscious)

…........................... all over the world.

8. “Standing here in front of the Guildhall, looking

out over these (history) …................. walls, I see

a (peace) …................. city, a safe city, a

(hope) ….................. city full of young people that

should have a (peace) …................... and

(prosperity) …............. future.”

Bill Clinton, Dec 1995