SHAKIRA - HIPS DON'T LIE

A good way of learning English is with a bit of rythm. Try to do this activity with Shakira's song Hips don't lie.

SHAKIRA
HIPS DON’T LIE

Ladies up in here tonight

No fighting, no fighting

We got the refugees up in here

No fighting, no fighting Shakira, Shakira

I never really knew that she could dance like this

She makes a man wants to speak Spanish

Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa

Shakira, Shakira

Oh baby when you talk like that

You make a woman go mad

So be wise and keep on

Reading the signs of my body

And I`m on tonight You know my hips don`t lie

And I`m starting to feel it`s right

All the attraction, the tension

Don`t you see baby, this is perfection

Hey Girl, I can see your body moving

And it`s driving me crazy

And I didn`t have the slightest idea

Until I saw you dancing

And when you walk up on the dance floor

Nobody cannot ignore the way you move your body, girl

And everything so unexpected - the way you right and left it

So you can keep on shaking it

I never really knew that she could dance like this

She makes a man want to speak Spanish

Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa

Shakira, Shakira

Oh baby when you talk like that

You make a woman go mad

So be wise and keep on

Reading the signs of my body

And I`m on tonight

You know my hips don`t lie

And I am starting to feel you boy

Come on lets go, real slow

Don`t you see baby asi es perfecto

Oh I know I am on tonight my hips don`t lie

And I am starting to feel it`s right

All the attraction, the tension

Don`t you see baby, this is perfection

Shakira, ShakiraOh boy, I can see your body moving

Half animal, half man

I don`t, don`t really know what I`m doing

But you seem to have a plan

My will and self restraint

Have come to fail now, fail now

See, I am doing what I can, but I can`t so you kno

That`s a bit too hard to explain

Baila en la calle de noche Baila en la calle de día

Baila en la calle de nocheBaila en la calle de día

I never really knew that she could dance like this

She makes a man want to speak Spanish

Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa

Shakira, Shakira

Oh baby when you talk like that

You know you got me hypnotized

So be wise and keep on

Reading the signs of my body

Senorita, feel the conga, let me see you move like you come from Colombia

Mira en Barranquilla se baila así, say it!

Mira en Barranquilla se baila así

Yeah

She`s so sexy every man`s fantasy a refugee like me back with the Fugees from a 3rd world country

I go back like when `pac carried crates for Humpty Humpty

I need a whole club dizzy

Why the CIA wanna watch us? Colombians and Haitians

I ain`t guilty, it`s a musical transaction

No more do we snatch ropes

Refugees run the seas `cause we own our own boats

I`m on tonight, my hips don`t lie

And I`m starting to feel you boy

Come on let`s go, real slow Baby, like this is perfecto

Oh, you know I am on tonight and my hips don`t lie

And I am starting to feel it`s right

The attraction, the tension Baby, like this is perfection

No fighting No fighting



EXERCISES

A) Phonetics: Find in the song words which contain the following sound
- /ei/
- /ai/
- /ŋ/
- /i:/

B) Grammar: Can you find an example of the following tenses.
- Imperative:
- Present simple:
- Present continuous:
- Past simple:
- Modal verbs:

C) Vocabulary: Find words or expressions with the following meaning.
- Continue (phrasal verb):
- Being madly in love with somebody:
- Intelligent, clever:
- Catch, take, grab:
- Not to succeed doing something:

D) Can you guess some words used in informal American speech? Guess their meaning.



E) Do you know what acronyms are?. Find one in the song and try to guess what each letter means.

INTRODUCTION

Hello my name is Ana. I work as an English teacher. So I want this blog help my students to work with English at home.