You’re going to watch Christina Aguilera’s video for Beautiful.

Task 1

Fill the following grid in while viewing the video. Tick () the details you can watch on the video.


Christina Aguilera is in the middle of the street
The atmosphere in the video is sad
A boy throws some fashion magazines in the fireplace
Two gay boys kiss
Some girls beat a girl up
A bald man dresses up as a woman
An anorexic girl lifts weights
Christina Aguilera breaks a mirror
The whole video is set in an empty room
There’s a feeling of hope in the end

Task 2
Two of the protagonists in this video are obsessed with their image.

The anorexic girl is the one who really reacts to

her previous condition.
How does she react?
Why is her act so symbolical?

How does the boy feel when he sees himself in

the mirror?

What’s the message of this video?

Listen to the song and complete the lyrics with the missing words.

Don't look at me

Every day is so __________________

And suddenly, it's ______________ to breathe
Now and then, I get __________________
From all the pain, I'm so ______________________

I am __________________ no matter what they say

_______________ can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every ________________ way
Yes, words can't bring me down, oh no
So don't you bring me down today

To all your __________________, you're delirious

So ____________________ in all your doom, ooh
Trying hard to _______________ the emptiness
The peace is gone left the _______________ undone
Is that the way it is?

_____________ are beautiful no matter what they say

Words can't bring you _____________, oh no
You are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring you down, oh no
So don't you bring me down ________________

No matter what we do (no matter what we do)

No matter what we say (no matter what we say)
We're the song inside the tune (yeah, oh yeah)
Full of beautiful mistakes
And everywhere we go (and everywhere we go)
The sun will always shine (sun will always shine)
But tomorrow we might awake on the other side

‘Cause we are beautiful no matter what they say

Yes, words won't bring us down, oh no
We are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring us down, oh no
So don't you bring me down today