8763 telephone by lady gaga

>> BEFORE LISTENING
Read the jokes and discuss them.
Do you find them funny? Why/why not?

#1 > Explain the meaning of these words
and phrases.
DIAL
HUNG UP
LINE
BUSY
VOICE MAIL
OPERATOR
HANDS FREE
TOUCH SCREEN
HANDSET
PHONE BOOTH

SIGNAL
PICK UP
HOLD

#2 > In pairs, brainstorm other words and phrases useful in telephone conversations.
#3 > Choose one of these situations and write a short telephone conversation.
a) You call your best friend to invite him/her to go to the cinema. Someone else answers
his/her cellphone.
b) You receive a call from an uknown phone number. You answer and explain they got the
wrong number.
c) Call your parents’ phone to let them know you will be staying at a friend’s house. You get
the Voice Mail and leave a message.

Listen to the song and complete the tasks for each part.
TASK #1 Complete the spaces with the correct verbs
[Lady Gaga]
Hello, hello, baby, you called?
I ……………………. (1) a thing
I ………………….. (2) no service
In the club, you say? say?
Wha-wha-what did you say, huh?
You're ………………… (3) up on me
Sorry I cannot hear you
I'm kinda busy, Kinda busy, Kinda busy
Sorry I cannot hear you I'm kinda busy
Just a second
It's my favorite song they're gonna ……………. (4)
And I cannot ……………. (5) you with a drink in my hand, eh?
You should've made some plans with me
You ………………. (6) that I was free
And now you won't stop calling me
I'm kinda busy
TASK #2 Number the lines in the correct order.
[Pre-Chorus:]
Stop callin' Stop callin'
…….. I don't wanna talk anymore
…….. I left my head and my heart on the dancefloor
Stop callin' Stop callin'
…….. I left my head and my heart on the dancefloor
…….. I don't wanna think anymore
TASK #3: Rearrange the words to form
the correct phrases
[Chorus:] (2X)

Stop telephonin' me (Stop telephonin' me)
I'm busy (I'm busy)
Stop telephonin' me (Stop telephonin' me)
(a) you call there’s home can but want all no
one
…………………………………………………………………
…..
(b) not you’re reach gonna telephone my and
…………………………………………………………………
…..
(c) club out in I’m bubb sipping and the that
…………………………………………………………………
……
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
TASK #4 Complete the spaces with ONE
word
[Beyonce]
Boy, the way you blowing up my …………. (7)
Won't make me leave no faster

Put my …………… (8) on faster
Leave my girls no faster
I should've left my phone at …………… (9)
'Cause this is a ………………. (10)
Calling like a collector
Sorry, I cannot ……………… (11)
[Lady Gaga]
Not that I don't ………………. (12) you
I'm just at a party
And I am sick and tired of my phone …………..

(13)

[Beyonce]
…………….. (14) I feel like I live in grand
central station
Tonight I'm not takin' no calls
'Cause I'll be ……………… (15)
Tonight I'm not takin' no calls
'Cause I'll be ……………… (16)
[Pre-Chorus x2] + [Chorus]
[x3]
My telephone


Ma ma ma telephone
'Cause I'm out in the club
And I'm sippin that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
(We're sorry, we're sorry
The number you have reached
Is not in service at this time
Please check the number, or try your call
again)

© DAE 2011


COMPLETE LYRICS ( taken from />"Telephone"
(feat. Beyonce)

[Lady Gaga]
Hello, hello, baby, you called?
I can't hear a thing
I have got no service
In the club, you say? say?
Wha-wha-what did you say, huh?
You're breakin' up on me
Sorry I cannot hear you
I'm kinda busy
Kinda busy
Kinda busy
Sorry I cannot hear you I'm kinda busy
Just a second
It's my favorite song they're gonna play
And I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh?
You should've made some plans with me
You knew that I was free
And now you won't stop calling me
I'm kinda busy
[Pre-Chorus:]
Stop callin'
Stop callin'
I don't wanna think anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dancefloor
Stop callin'
Stop callin'
I don't wanna talk anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dancefloor
[Chorus:]
Stop telephonin' me

(Stop telephonin' me)
I'm busy
(I'm busy)
Stop telephonin' me
(Stop telephonin' me)
Can call all you want but there's no one home
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
Out in the club
And I'm sipping that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
Call all you want, but there's no one home
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
Out in the club
And I'm sipping that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone

Put my coat on faster
Leave my girls no faster
I should've left my phone at home
'Cause this is a disaster
Calling like a collector
Sorry, I cannot answer
[Lady Gaga]
Not that I don't like you
I'm just at a party
And I am sick and tired of my phone r-ringing
[Beyonce]
Sometimes I feel like I live in grand central station
Tonight I'm not takin' no calls
'Cause I'll be dancin'

I'll be dancin'
I'll be dancin'
Tonight I'm not takin' no calls
'Cause I'll be dancin'
[Pre-Chorus x2]
[Chorus]
[x3]
My telephone
Ma ma ma telephone
'Cause I'm out in the club
And I'm sippin that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
(We're sorry, we're sorry
The number you have reached
Is not in service at this time
Please check the number, or try your call again)

[Beyonce]
Boy, the way you blowing up my phone
Won't make me leave no faster

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