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Winter Wonderland
Winter Wonderland
Winter Wonderland
Grammar Exercise
1. Fill the blanks with the words below. Some of the words will need to change
to its correct verb tense. Listen to the song and check to see if you are right.
Gone /walkx2 / go /listen/ build / is x2/ ring / face / say / sings / do
/conspire / made
Sleigh bells _______, are you _________,
In the lane, snow ___ glistening
A beautiful sight,
We're happy tonight.
_________ in a winter wonderland.
______ away is the bluebird,
Here to stay ___ a new bird
He ____ a love song,
As we ____along,
_________ in a winter wonderland.
In the meadow we can_____ a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll ____: Are you married?
We'll say: No man,
But you can ___ the job
When you're in town.
Later on, we'll ________,
As we dream by the fire
To ______unafraid,
The plans that we've _______,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
And pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman,
Until the other kids knock him down.
When it snows, ain't it thrilling,
Though your nose gets a chilling
We'll frolic and play, the Eskimo way,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Teaching points:
Vocabulary:
glisten v. if something glistens, it shines because it is wet or covered with oil.
meadow n. a field where grass and wild flowers grow
blue bird
Most of the country drives during an eastern North American summer will turn up
a few Eastern Bluebirds sitting on telephone wires or perched atop a nest box.
Parson Brown
"Parson Brown" is the term used to talk about a typical angelican
priest of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. "Parson Brown" is
not an actual person (though he might have been at some time),
but a figure of speech, like "John Doe" is an unidentified male and
"Charley" is a watchman. "Parson" by itself means minister.
The classic line from Winter Wonderland:
"In the meadow we can build a snowman
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say 'Are you married ?', We'll say 'No man,
For you can do the job when you're in town.'"
Sure, it sounds like some kind of sexual reference, but its not. It's
just a priest asking a couple if they are married. They reply that
they are not and that they will wait for him to "do the job" of
marrying them when he comes to their town.
Conspire v. to plan secretly
Frolic v. To move about or behave playfully