TASK A: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word

in brackets

PASTIME PARADISE

They've been spending most their lives

Living in a pastime paradise
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a pastime paradise
They've been wasting most their lives
Glorifying days long gone behind
They've been wasting most their days
In remembrance of 1) _______________ oldest praise (ignore)
Tell me who of them will come to be
How many of them are you and me

2) _______________________ (dissipate)

Race 3) ___________________ (relate)

4) _______________________ (consolatory)

5) _______________________ (segregate)

6) _______________________ (dispense)

7) _______________________ (isolate)

8) _______________________ (exploit)

9) _______________________ (mutilate)

10) ______________________ (mutate)

11) _______________________ (create)

12) _______________________ (confirm) .......to the evils of the world

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They've been spending most their lives

Living in a future paradise

They've been spending most their lives

Living in a future paradise

They've been looking in their minds

For the day that sorrow's gone from time

They keep telling of the day

When the Savior of love will come to stay

Tell me who of them will come to be

How many of them are you and me

13) _______________________ (proclaim) of Race Relations

14) _______________________ (consolatory)

15) _______________________ (integrate)

16) _______________________ (verify) of Revelations

17) _______________________ (acclaim)World Salvation

18) _______________________ (vibrate)

19) _______________________ (simulate)

20) _______________________ (confirm).......to the peace of the world

They've been spending most their lives

Living in a pastime paradise

They've been spending most their lives

Living in a pastime paradise

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They've been spending most their lives

Living in a future paradise

They've been spending most their lives

Living in a future paradise

We've been spending too much of our lives

Living in a pastime paradise

Let's start living our lives

Living for the future paradise

Praise to our lives

Living for the future paradise

Shame to anyones lives

Living in a pastime paradise

TASK B:

What is common in each word? Which one(s) is/are different from the others? What
makes it different?

TASK C:
What do you think is the message of the song? Discuss with your partner.

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FULL LYRICS:

PASTIME PARADISE

They've been spending most their lives

Living in a pastime paradise
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a pastime paradise
They've been wasting most their lives
Glorifying days long gone behind
They've been wasting most their days
In remembrance of ignorance oldest praise
Tell me who of them will come to be
How many of them are you and me

Dissipation - gradual disappearance / waste

Race Relations - relationship between the members of different races
Consolation - sth that makes so sad/ disappointed feel better
Segregation
Dispensation – special permission, esp from the Church, to do sth that is not usually allowed
Isolation
Exploitation
Mutilation - the act of damaging sth severely, esp by violently removing a part
Mutations - the way in which genes / organism change and produce permanent differences
Miscreation
Confirmation.......to the evils of the world

They've been spending most their lives

Living in a future paradise
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a future paradise
They've been looking in their minds
For the day that sorrow's gone from time
They keep telling of the day
When the Savior of love will come to stay
Tell me who of them will come to be
How many of them are you and me

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Proclamation of Race Relations
Consolation
Integration
Verification of Revelations – the act of making sth known that was secret, or a fact that is known
Acclamation - public approval and praise
World Salvation
Vibrations
Simulation
Confirmation.......to the peace of the world

They've been spending most their lives

Living in a pastime paradise
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a pastime paradise
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a future paradise
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a future paradise
We've been spending too much of our lives
Living in a pastime paradise

Let's start living our lives

Living for the future paradise
Praise to our lives
Living for the future paradise
Shame to anyones lives
Living in a pastime paradise

TASK B: all of them take “tion” suffix and they are all nouns. “Miscreation” is
different. The prefix “Mis” makes the difference.

TASK C: “The lyrics attack the materialistic and pleasure seeking society of the modern
times. The song is said to have a religious tone due to its use of a choir and Hare
Krishna chanters. Lyrics such as these represent behavior that Wonder finds as sin: "Tell
me who of them will come to be. How many of them are you and me? Dissipation of race
relations, consolation, segregation, dispensation, isolation, exploitation, mutilation,
mutations, miscreation, confirmation to the evils of the world."

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastime_Paradise

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