E31 Communication workshops – listening comprehension A Song

Listening: In the year 2525 (by Zager and Evans)

Listen carefully to the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQfxi8V5FA 

Listen again and do the following exercises:

1.Which years are mentioned: 2029, 3535, 4545, 5555, 6565, 7575, 8585, 9595

2. Listen again. Which of these things are predicted? (page 61 Listening, exercise 2)

Think about the song:

 Can you make a connection between the situation nowadays and the prediction from the song?

What do you think about the predictions of some futurologists?

Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future and explain why?

If you want to check the answers, here are the lyrics of the song:

In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find

In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
Everything you think, do, or say
Is in the pill you took today

In the year 4545
Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to do
Nobody's gonna look at you

In the year 5555
Your arms are hanging limp at your sides
Your legs not nothing to do
Some machine is doing that for you

In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long black tube

In the year 7510
If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then
Maybe he'll look around himself and say
Guess it's time for the Judgement day

In the year 8510
God's gonna shake his…