Author: nagyi

Christmas Songs – lyrics included

 

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Music composed by Hugh Martin, lyrics by Ralph Blane

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your heart be light
From now on,
our troubles will be out of sight

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the Yule-tide gay,
From now on,
our troubles will be miles away.

Here we are as in olden days,
Happy golden days of yore.
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more.

Through the years
We all will be together,
If the Fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough.
And have yourself A merry little Christmas now.

Deck The Halls

Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Tis the season to be jolly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Don we now our gay apparel,
Fa la la, la la la, la la la.
Troll the ancient Yule tide carol,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

See the blazing Yule before us,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Strike the harp and join the chorus.
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Follow me in merry measure,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
While I tell of Yule tide treasure,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Fast away the old year passes,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Hail the new, ye lads and lasses,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Sing we joyous, all together,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Heedless of the wind and weather,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw him,
you would even say it glows.

All of the other reindeer
used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say:
“Rudolph with your nose so bright,
won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?”

Then all the reindeer loved him
as they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
you’ll go down in history!

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I’m telling you why

Santa claus is comin’ to town
Santa claus is comin’ to town
Santa claus is comin’ to town

He’s making a list
He’s checking it twice
He’s gonna find out
Who’s naughty or nice

Santa claus is comin’ to town
Santa claus is comin’ to town
Santa claus is comin’ to town

He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows when you’re awake
He knows if you’ve been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake

So you better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout

I’m telling you why

Santa claus is comin’ to town
Santa claus is comin’ to town
Santa claus is comin’ to town

The kids in girl and boyland
Will have a jubilee
They’re gonna build a toyland
All around the christmas tree

So you better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I’m telling you why

Santa claus (is comin’ to town)
Santa claus (is comin’ to town)
Santa claus is comin’
Santa claus is comin’
Santa claus is comin’
To town

Linkers / Connectors Cheat Sheet

LINKERS

Contrast

 

.     In spite of / Despite Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase.

.     Although / (Even) though Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a sentence.

.     However / Nevertheless / Still / Yet / Even so / On the contrary / In contrast. Introduce a new idea which marks a contrast with previously stated ideas. Introduced by a comma.

.     On the one hand … On the other hand. Links two contrasting ideas / paragraphs.

.     In contrast to / Contrary to. Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase.

.     Whereas Link two contrasting ideas. Not separated by commas.

 

Reason and cause

 

.     Because / As / Since / Seeing that Introduce a sentence. Subordinate sentences introduced by because always appear in final position.

.     Because of / On account of / Owing to / Due to. Introduce a noun phrase.

 

Purpose

 

.     In order to / So as to Introduce an infinitive of purpose.

.     In order that / So that Introduce a sentence.

 

Consequence

 

. Consequently / As a consequence / As a result / Therefore

. As a consequence of / As a result of Followed by a noun phrase.

.     So Introduces a sentence. No commas.

 

Addition

 

. Moreover / Furthermore / In addition / Besides / What’s more Used after a strong pause and separated from the sentences. They are introduced by a comma.

. As well as / In addition to / Besides Used to add one more piece of information. Followed by a noun phrase.

 

. Exemplification

 

      For example / For instance Introduces an example referring to previously stated ideas.

.     Such as Introduces an example referring to the last idea.

 

CONNECTORS

Contrast

 

. but / yet: followed by a noun phrase or a sentence.

‘The book is short but / yet interesting’

 

. in spite of / despite: It is placed at the beginning or in the middle of the sentence.

‘He arrived on time despite / in spite of getting up late’

 

although / though/ even though / in spite of the fact that: followed by a complete sentence. They can be placed at the beginning or in the middle of the sentence. If it is placed at the beginning we need to use a comma after the clause.

‘Although / though / even though / in spite of the fact that the pupils had not studied, they all passed their exams’.

 

. however, nevertheless, even so, on the one hand, on the other hand, on the contrary:

‘He was quite ill however/ nevertheless/ even so, he went to school’

 

. while, whereas

‘This film is very interesting, while/whereas that one is quite boring’

 

Reason and cause

 

. because, as since, seeing that:

‘Because / as / since / seeing that it’s late, we should go home’

 

. because of, on account of, owing to, due to:

‘Because of / on account of / owing to / due to the weather, we stayed at home’

 

. in order to, so as to, to:

‘She uses her video in order to / so as to / to record TV programmes’

 

Add information

 

. for example, for instance, such as:

‘Vegetables are a good source of vitamins: for example / for instance, oranges have vitamin C’

 

. moreover, furthermore, besides, in addition to:

‘In addition to soul music, she likes rap’

 

. apart from, except for:

‘Apart from English, she speaks French’.

 

Succession

 

. – First of all / Firstly / To begin with / First ….

– Second / Secondly / Then …

– Third / Thirdly / After that…

– The next stage …

– Finally / in short / to sum up / in conclusion / lastly / last but not least… 

 

Result

 

. As a result of:

‘As a result of his brave action, he was awarded a military medal.

 

Therefore, as a result, consequently, for this reason:

‘Consequently / for this reason, it always passes its annual road test’.

 

English contest 2017 entry task

Dear Contestants!

For the Engish Contest 2017 do a witty, charming and subtle translation of these lines from Adele’s ‘Hello’

Adele – “Hello”

Hello, it’s me

I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to meet
To go over everything
They say that time’s supposed to heal ya
But I ain’t done much healingHello, can you hear me?
I’m in California dreaming about who we used to be
When we were younger and free
I’ve forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet

There’s such a difference between us
And a million miles

Hello from the other side
I must have called a thousand times
To tell you I’m sorry for everything that I’ve done
But when I call you never seem to be home
Hello from the outside
At least I can say that I’ve tried
To tell you I’m sorry for breaking your heart
But it don’t matter. It clearly doesn’t tear you apart anymore