Song Take me out to the ball game Language Turkish Translation by Merve Step 1 Get the song mp3 and print this worksheet. Review song in native language twice to understand general story, try to imagine a short movie in your mind. 1 Katie Casey | was baseball mad, Katie Casey beyzbol fanatiğiydi 2 Had the fever | and had it bad. (taraftar)ateşi vardı hem de fena şekilde 3 Just to root for | the home town crew, Yalnızca tezahurat yapmak için kendi şehrinin takımına 4 Ev'ry sou | Katie blew. Her kuruşunu Katie harcadı 5 On a Saturday | her young beau Bir Cumartesi onun genç erkek arkadaşı 6 Called to see | if | she'd like to go Aradı öğrenmek için eğer o istermiydi 7 To see a show, | but Miss Kate | said "No, Bir şov görmeyi fakat bayan Kate " Hayır" dedi 8 I'll tell you | what | you can do:" "Söyleyeceğim sana ne yapabileceğini" 9 (Chorus) (Koro) _____________________________________________________ 10 Take me out | to the ball game, Beni dışarı çıkar beyzbola 11 Take me out | with the crowd; Beni dışarı çıkar kalabalıkla 12 Buy me | some peanuts | and Cracker Jack, Satın al bana biraz fıstık ve Jelibon 13 I don't care | if I never get back. Umrumda değil eğer hiç geri dönmesem 14 Let me root, root, root | for the home team, İzin ver bana tezahurat,tezahurat edeyim şehrimin takımı için 15 If they don't win, | it's a shame. Eğer kazanmazlarsa yazık 16 For it's | one, two, three strikes, | you're out, Çünkü bir,iki,üç top kaçırma ve kaybedersin 17 At the old ball game. Eski top oyununda _____________________________________________________ 18 Katie Casey saw | all the games, Katie Casey gördü tüm oyunları 19 Knew the players | by their first names. Bilirdi tüm oyuncuları ilk adlarıyla 20 Told the umpire | he was wrong, Dedi hakeme yanılıyordu21 All along, | good and strong. Tamamiyle iyi ve güçlüce 22 When the score | was just two to two, Skor yalnızca iki iki iken 23 Katie Casey knew | what to do, Katie Casey biliyordu ne yapacağını 24 Just to cheer up | the boys she knew, Sadece neşelendirmek için çocukları tanıdığı 25 She made the gang | sing this song: Grubuna şu şarkıyı söyletti 26 (Repeat Chorus) (tekrar koro) Note: The underlined "grey" words are proper English nouns and should not be translated to native language. The underlined words are non-standard English. Here are some notes (by line number) about them: 1 mad -crazy is the more common term used for a sports fanatic today 2 the fever -almost addiction for something 2 bad -a strong affinity (exaggeration) 3 root -cheer for 4 ev'ry -poetic form of every 4 sou -not used today, one would say cent or penny 4 blew -spent 5 beau -boyfriend, girlfriend, sweetheart 12 Cracker Jack -Brand name of candy 13 never -used here as double negative, should say ever 16 strikes -baseball term for missed attempt to hit a ball 16 "out" -also the term for having missed three times... you lose your turn 20 umpire -official rule enforcer at game 25 gang -popular term for the group you are with Please feel free to post further questions at the original song posting on www.myeslfriends.com Step 2 Come to class and recite the English lyrics with your coach. Circle the words he/she says were not perfect. Sing the song 25 times carefully mimicking the circled words. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Step 3 Complete exercise 1 (below) filling in the missing words. Exercise 1. Fill in the blanks Katie Casey was ___________ mad, Had ________ and had it bad. Just to root for the home town _______ Ev'ry _________Katie blew. On a _________ her young ________ Called to see if she'd like to go To see ___ ________, but Miss Kate said "No, I'll tell you what you can do:" (Chorus)Take me out to the ________ game, Take me out with the __________ Buy me some ________ and ___________, I don't care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the _______ ________, If they don't win, it's a shame. For it's one, two, three __________ you're out, At the _____ _______ game. Katie Casey saw all the ________, Knew the ________ by their ________ names. Told the __________ he was wrong, All along, good and strong. When the _________ was just two to two, Katie Casey knew what to do, Just to cheer up the _______ she knew, She made _____ _________sing this song: Step 4 Record yourself reading the words and recircle the imperfect words (or class recital). Sing or speak the words with the mp3 another 25 times but pretend that you are in a movie performing the parts with real people. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Step 5 Complete exercise 2 (below) filling in the missing words with funny and crazy words. It must not make sense. Then read it a few times trying to imagine the new story. Exercise 2 Fill in new words (nouns + adjectives) Katie Casey was ___________ mad, Had ________ and had it bad. Just to root for the home town _______ Ev'ry _________Katie blew. On a _________ her young ________ Called to see if she'd like to go To see ___ ________, but Miss Kate said "No, I'll tell you what you can do:" (Chorus) Take me out to the ________ game, Take me out with the __________ Buy me some ________ and ___________, I don't care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the _______ ________, If they don't win, it's a shame. For it's one, two, three __________ you're out, At the _____ _______ game.Katie Casey saw all the ________, Knew the ________ by their ________ names. Told the __________ he was wrong, All along, good and strong. When the _________ was just two to two, Katie Casey knew what to do, Just to cheer up the _______ she knew, She made _____ _________sing this song: Step 6 Get the Q&A mp3 Come to class and recite the English questions and answers (below) with your coach. Circle the words he/she says were not perfect. Speak the song and Q&A's 25 times (with the mp3) carefully mimicking the circled words. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Questions and answers (remember to practice simo-speak) 1 Does Katie like baseball? Yes she does, she is mad about baseball. 2 What kind of fever did she have? A bad fever, for baseball. 3 What did she do for the home team? She would root or cheer for the home team. 4 What did she blow? She blew every cent she had. 5 On Saturday's what did her boyfriend want to do? He wanted to see a show. 8 What did she want him to do? She wanted him to take her out to the ball game. 12 What did she like to eat there? She liked peanuts and Cracker Jacks. What is Cracker Jacks? It's the brand name of a pop corn with camel candy coated treat. 13 What time did she want to come home by? She didn't care if she never came back. 15 What would happen if the team loses? It would be a shame, if they lose. 16 How many misses does a player get in baseball?A player can miss three times, then he's "out". What is the national sport of the USA? Baseball is considered the national sport of the US What song do they play at almost every game? They almost always play "Take me out to the ball game". Step 7 Recite (rehearse) questions and answers with a friend. Step 8 Come to class and participate in conversation about the song. Remember to have some opinions and ideas about why you liked this song. Karaoke ESL blog post for class recording, additional information and exercises: http://myeslfriends.com/wordpress/2010/04/22/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/Sample Audio Link http://www.publicdomain2ten.com/2009/09/ed-meeker-take-me-out-to-the-ball-game-mp3/MP3 Audio https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2E4MF3f5t4gNTM2ZmVhN2QtZDk1NC00ZjA5LTk1OTctOTk1Y2IzZmIwODRj&hl=en Wikipedia post http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Out_to_the_Ball_Game YouTube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb0Oop1nnvk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzq43kndW7U Funny Youtube Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2DgB2YzjAY Classes all Karaoke ESL classes http://www.wiziq.com/class/search.aspx?qry=kesl all by George http://www.wiziq.com/class/search.aspx?qry=machlan Home page links: http://myeslfriends.com/wordpress/category/kesl/www.myESLfriends.com Techniques Left Brain filters and Right Brain learning Speed (normal or faster) Simultaneous Repetition (song and simo-speak) Body Movements (expressions, hands-arms-etc., dance,pantomime) Passion (feel it, excitement, voice inflection...) Voice: song, whisper, yell, beat/cadence, sarcasm-funny Twext (subliminal messages) Smile (should be enjoyable) Story think about the word-movie (once upon a time...) Out LOUD... no benefit to system without using voice Play (not study) find someone to play together LET GO!!!! no rules, no pressure, allow right brain to do it's own thing