by Dido

A) Get into groups and discuss the following questions

1. Do you have "off days"/ bad hair days (several unpleasant things that happen to somebody in
one day)? If so, how often? What are they like?
2. What do you do when you are "not in the mood"? ow do you behave?
3. Is there someone that helps you to !alm down? If so, do you !all that person when you feel
this way?
B) Vocabulary
1. "at!h the verbs with the meaning
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W&%D$#
'&()
(%D
*+&,D up
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/0ive, pass something1
/2e!ome !ompletely wet by being in li3uid1
/to infer, to form an opinion that sth is probably true be!ause of other information
you already know1
/(sk oneself1
/'th1 that prevents you from seeing through a transparent material or glass1
/"ake someone remember something1
2. *omplete the senten!es with the !orre!t forms of the verbs in the !hart above.
41 *ould you 55555555555me that gray book?
61 +eave it to 5555555555 all night in red wine
71 I 5555555555you that we are having an e8am ne8t week
91 I 5555555555 why you are here on a 'aturday night
:1 'team 555555555 the windows 555
C) istening
1. ;here are two versions of the song, but neither of them is right1 +isten to the first part of the song and de!ide
whi!h lines are in the song and whi!h are not1
"y tea<s gone old, I<m thinking why
I 0ot out of bed at four
;he morning rain !louds up my window
(nd I !an<t see at all
(nd even if I !ould it<d all be great
2ut your pi!ture on my wall
It reminds me that it<s not so sad
It<s not so sad
I drank too mu!h last night, got bills to pay
"y head =ust feels in pain
I missed the bus and there<ll be red today
I<m late for work again
(nd even if I<m there, they<ll all imply
;hat I might not pass the day
(nd then you !all me and it<s not so sad
It<s not so sad
"y tea<s gone !old, I<m wondering why
I 0ot out of bed at all
;he morning pain !louds up my window
(nd I !an<t see at all
(nd even if I !ould it<d all be grey
2ut your pi!ture on my door
It reminds me that it<s not so bad
It<s not so bad
I drank too mu!h last night, got bills to pay
"y head =ust feels insane
I missed the bus and there<ll be hell today
I<m late four work again
(nd even if I<m there, they<ll all imply
;hat I might not last the day
(nd then you !all me and it<s not so bad
It<s not so bad
2. (nswer the following 3uestions with the information given in the first part of the song
a) Why is the woman in a bad mood?
b) What is the weather like? Does it influen!e the woman<s mood?
c) What are the things that go wrong during her bad day?
d) Who is the person she is talking about? What is their relationship?
e) Why does she say that her !ollegues would know that she

3. %ow, before listening to the *horus try to reorder the words in the lines. ;hen listen and !he!k1
to and I you want thank
>or my the best life giving of me day
and oh with =ust to be you
having Is my best of the day life
555555555555555555555555555555555555
555555555555555555555555555555555555
555555555555555555555555555555555555
555555555555555555555555555555555555
!. +isten to the se!ond part of the song and !omplete the gaps with one of the following prepositions? at, down,
near, through
-ush the door, I<m home 55555 last
(nd I<m soaking 55555 and 55555
;hen you handed me a towel
(nd all I see is you
(nd even if my house falls 55555 now
I wouldn<t have a !lue
2e!ause you<re 55555 me
") #ollow up
1. Write a summary of the song1
;he lyri! is about 1111
2. Who do you thank in your life? Is there a spe!ial person who helps you to over!ome diffi!ult situations?
If so, write that person a letter thanking him/her for what he/she did or does for you1

3. #ole play the following situation
A .ou are the person in the song1 ;oday is not
your day and everything seems to be going
wrong1 *all your boyfriend / girlfriend to tell
him/her about all the problems you have had1
/ It<s not my 111
/ It<s 111
(,se the e8amples given in the lyri! of the
song)
B .ou are (<s friend1 e/she !alls you to tell
you about his/her bad hair day1 (sk 3uestions
to find out more information1;ry to !alm
him/her down1
/ What<s wrong?
/ Did you111?
/ Why don<t you111?

!. $ead the following poe%s about a person&s bad day and write one using your own e'perie
A Bad "ay
I overslept and missed my train,
slipped on the sidewalk in the pouring rain,
sprained my ankle,
skinned my knees,
broke my glasses,
lost my keys,
got stu!k in the elevator, it wouldn<t go,
ki!ked it twi!e and stubbed my toe, bought a pen
that didn<t write,
took it ba!k and had a fight,
went home angry,
lo!ked the door,
crawled into bed,
couldn't take any more.

(ore Bad uc)
;he bread was stale, it was four days old1
;he milk was sour1
;he !offee was !old1
;he butter was ran!id1
;he steak was tough1
;he servi!e was dreadful1
;he waiter was rough1
"y bill was huge1
is tip was small1
I<m sorry I went to that pla!e at all1