learning to fly
Learning to Fly
Vocabulary
| vapor | across (2) | fly/flew/flown |
| warn | point (3) | in the distance |
| turn | turn back | flight of fancy |
| reel | field (2) | stand/stood/stood |
| sense | grubby | fatal attraction |
| fatal | attract | hold/held/held |
| way | escape | irresistible |
| grasp | planet | tongue-tied |
| twist | tongue | earth-bound |
| misfit | tip (2) | stretch (2) |
| wing | corner | think/thought/thought (2) |
| guide | fast (3) | dream (2) |
| laden | turn into | suspended (3) |
| sole | condition | ribbon (2) |
| circle | prayer | windswept |
| halo | grounded | animation |
| air | watering | distance (2) |
| heed | shadow | see/saw/seen |
| cloud | navigator | out of the corner of my eye |
| soul | threaten | blow/blew/blown |
| roof | sensation | right through |
| trail | intention | compared with |
| bliss | state of |
Video
Transcript
“Learning To Fly” by Pink Floyd
Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction holding me fast, how
Can I escape this irresistible grasp?
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted Just an earth-bound misfit, I
Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to guide my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone
A sole intention that’s learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
There’s no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, A state of bliss
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I . . .
Questions
1. In the beginning, a young man was watching TV in his bedroom. True or false?
2. Did he see a bird flying above him?
3. After that, the young man began walking around in a big city. Is this right or wrong?
4. Was he completely alone?
5. The young man dove into a lake and started to swim. Is this correct or incorrect?
6. What happened to him?
7. Was this a news report, documentary, skit, or music video?
A. I live on a farm. Yes or no? Do you have a garden? Do you have plants in your garden or home?
B. Do you see many airplanes, helicopters, hang gliders, para-gliders or other gliders in the sky?
C. I wish I could fly. Yes or no? Do your friends wish they could fly?
D. Do you have a drone? Do your friends have drones? Would you like to have a drone?
E. What might happen in the future?
