English Courtney Love Quiz Try to find the right answers to the questions below. Page 30 in TOPIC will help you! 1. How old is Courtney Love? a) 40 b) 45 c) 50 d) 55 2. What happened to her husband? a) he left her b) he moved to Europe c) he died of an illness d) he killed himself 3. What does she say about her health? a) she feels fine b) she is very tired c) she still does drugs d) she feels bad 4. What is she preparing for the reunion of her band? a) new songs b) old songs c) rap songs d) pop songs 5. What is “Sons of Anarchy”? a) the title of a song b) a TV show c) her new movie d) her band’s name 6. What does Courtney Love say about her daughter? a) they still fight a lot b) their relationship is c) she never sees her quite good d) she does not have a daughter Match the Names! Read the descriptions below and match them with the different names. Page 30 in TOPIC will help you! 1. Frances 2. Kurt Cobain 3. Dave Grohl 4. Nirvana A This is Courtney Love’s old rock band. They were very famous in the 1990s and plan to reunite soon. B He was Courtney Love’s husband and the singer of the famous band Nirvana. He, like Courtney, had a drug problem and took his own life in 1994. C She is Courtney’s daughter. Their relationship used to be bad, but now they have left their problems behind. D He used to be one of Kurt Cobain’s band mates, together with Krist Novoselic. His current band is called the Foo Fighters. www.lehrerservice.at 5. Hole E This was the name of Kurt Cobain’s band. After he died, they split up. Ein Englischbeitrag zur Zeitschrift TOPIC, Ausgabe Oktober 2014, Seite 30, Blatt 1 von 2 Redaktion: Roberta Hofer © JUNGÖSTERREICH Zeitschriftenverlag, Innsbruck English Listening Exercise Listen to the audio file at youtube.com/watch?v=y0H6S_7vXaQ and do the task below. Tip: Before you listen read the text and task carefully. It will help you find the right answers. For Once in Your Life You will hear Courtney Love sing her song “For Once in Your Life”. Listen carefully and try to find the missing parts of the lyrics below. Fill in the correct words! You just don't love me and I just don't ______________________ Oh, I never said I would play fair Something so ______________________ and so rare There is no cure, there's not a prayer, a prayer Look what I can do I am the only perfect choice You've met your match, I've lost my ______________________ And when you're gone it gets so ______________________ I swear I'm too ______________________ to be this old, this old Look what I can do Oh, I've been cheated You know what's pure and you know what's right But, I'm forever Oh, just do the right thing for once Yes, I've crawled on ______________________ to grasp at straws Stuttering, staggering through And I've pierced the last hole in my arm To gouge out the ______________________ of you And your staggering, stuttering greed And your never ending need And your terrible, awful deeds And your lack of truth in these things You know the whole ______________________ is rigged You'll always quit, you always did To the most delusional stare And all that I have is out and laid bare, and laid bare Look what I can do, what can I do Oh, I've been cheated Covered in diamonds and covered in filth But I'm still breathing Oh, please stick around and I'll build you a ______________________ I’ll build you a ______________________ I know that I’m a hungry, lost girl But please stick around and I'll build you a ______________________ www.lehrerservice.at Ein Englischbeitrag zur Zeitschrift TOPIC, Ausgabe Oktober 2014, Seite 30, Blatt 2 von 2 Redaktion: Roberta Hofer © JUNGÖSTERREICH Zeitschriftenverlag, Innsbruck