THANK GOD IT'S CHRISTMAS - QUEEN

 

1.- Historia

"Thank God it's Christmas" es la única canción de Navidad del grupo británico QUEEN. Originalmente grabado en 1984, este tema fue compuesto por el guitarrista BRIAN MAY y el batería JOHN TAYLOR.

Fuente: https://the-music-history.blogspot.com/2009/06/christmas-song.html

 2.- Lyrics

Oh, my love

We've had our share of tears

Oh, my friends

We've had our hopes and fears

Oh, my friends

It's been a long hard year

But now it's Christmas

Yes, it's Christmas

Thank God it's Christmas

The moon and stars seem awful cold and bright

Let's hope the snow will make this Christmas right

My friend the world

Will share this special night

Because it's Christmas

Yes, it's Christmas

Thank God it's Christmas

For

One

Night

Thank God it's Christmas

Thank God it's Christmas

Thank God it's Christmas

Can it be Christmas?

Let it be Christmas

Every day

Oh, my love

We live in troubled days

Oh, my friend

We have the strangest ways

All my friends

On this one day of days

Thank God it's Christmas

Yes, it's Christmas

Thank God it's Christmas

For

One

Day

Thank God it's Christmas

Yes, it's Christmas

Thank God it's Christmas

Ooh, yeah

Thank God it's Christmas

Yes, yes, yes, yes it's Christmas

Thank God it's Christmas

For

One

Day

3.- Vocabulary

- God = Dios

- Tears = Lágrimas

- Fears = Miedos, temores

- Awful = Horrible

- Let = Permitir

- Troubled = Conflictivo, turbulento

4.- Grammar

a) Present Perfect Tense

- We've had our share of tears.

- It's been a long hard year.

b) Future Simple

- The snow will make this Christmas right.

- My friend the world will share this special night.

c) Simple Present

- We live in troubled days.

- We have the strangest ways.

5.- Videoclip

VAGUE EXPRESSIONS

 A menudo utilizamos palabras y expresiones que suenan menos directas o no muy exactas ni precisas.

Enumeramos algunas de ellas en el siguiente artículo.

1.- Cuando No Sabemos El Nombre De Algo

- What do you call it?

Tim has to have a test, what do you call it?

- Or something.

Look at that dog. It's a kind of poodle or something.

- Stuff

What kind of stuff do you use for painting?

- Thing

Fred, please bring me the thing to clean the windows.

2.- Para Sonar Menos Directo

- Sort of

There's sort of something I don't like about this place.

- Kind of

It's kind of expensive.

- Stuff

I have too much stuff to do.

- Thing

I forgot a lot of things yesterday.

- About

It's about eight o'clock.

- More or less

I've been working here for more or less 5 years.

3.- Para Nombrar Grupos o Categorías

- And things like that.

There are rings, earrings and things like that.

NOTA.- Otras expresiones de uso similar son:

- And that kind of thing.

- And stuff like that.

- And that type of thing.

- And that sort of thing.

4.- Vague Expressions Usados De Manera No Educada (Impolite)

En este caso se utilizan "Stuff", "Whatever", "Whenever", "Whoever" y "Whichever" de forma común.

- Dialog 1:

A: What did you do at school today?

B: Stuff!

- Dialog 2:

A: You spend too much time talking on the phone.

B: Whatever!