BAND AID

“Do they know it’s Christmas Time”

1. Listen to the song and fill in the gaps with the following words:

banish arms world for having dread

bitter doom instead snow gift flow glass time

It's Christmas time

And there's no need to be afraid
At Christmas time
We let in love and we _____________ shade
And in our _________ of plenty
You can spread a smile of joy
Throw your ____________ around the world
At Christmas time

But say a prayer - pray _______ the other ones

At Christmas time it's hard
But when you're ___________ fun
There's a world outside your window
And it's a world of __________ and fear
Where the only water flowing
Is the ____________ sting of tears
And the Christmas bells that ring there
Are the clanging chimes of ____________
Well, tonight thank God it's them
_____________ of you

And there won't be ___________ in Africa

This Christmas time
The greatest __________ they'll get this year is life
Oooh, where nothing ever grows
No rain no rivers __________
Do they know it's Christmas time at all
Here's to you , raise a ____________ for everyone
Here's to them , underneath that burning sun
Do they know it's Christmas __________ at all

Feed the world

Let them know it's Christmas time again
 2. Find the synonyms of:

a) throw out ____________________________

b) anxiety _____________________________
c) present __________________________
d) lift up _________________________
e) request ________________________
f) blazing ___________________________

3. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the appropriate words:

“The History of the Song”

Band Aid was a charity supergroup featuring leading British and Irish 1. _______ and
recording artists. It was founded 2. ______1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise
3.________ for anti-poverty efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's
Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. On 25 November 1984, the song 4.
________recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, and was released in the
UK four days later.
After Live Aid, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was re-released in late 1985 in a 5. _______
that included a special-edition 'picture disc' version. An added 6 __________, "One Year On"
(a statement from Geldof and Ure on the telephone) was available as a b-side. "One Year
On" can also be found in transcript form in a booklet 7.___________ was included in the
DVD set of Live Aid, the first disc of which features the BBC news report, as well 8. _______
the Band Aid video.

1. 1. actors 2. musicians 3. people

2. 1. on 2. at 3. in
3. 1. clothes 2. food 3. money
4. 1. were 2. was 3. is
5. 1. set 2. box 3. complete
6. 1. song 2. prize 3. bonus
7. 1. whose 2. where 3. which
8. 1. as 2. to 3. up