Listening Firefly - Ateens

I. Getting ready
- Have you seen a firefly?
- Do you know how the firefly is like?
- Have you tried to catch it?
II. Listening the song
Listen to the song and then find the words missing in the lines.
First tick  above the word and write it at the end. Example has been
done for you. Try to keep paying attention, if not,you cannot find them.

Firefly
A-teens

When I said go I never away (1)________

You ought to know the freaky we play (2)________
could you and learn how to forget ________
hear me as I'm out your name (3)________

Firefly back to me (0)_ come__

make the night as as day (4)________
I'll be looking out for you ________
tell me that lonely too (5)________
firefly come me on (6)________
follow you into the sun ________
that's the way it to be (7)________
firefly come back to me ________

You and me ________

we shared a (8)________
we were so close ________
like to the bee (9)________
And if you tell me how to make you understand ________
A in a major kind of way (10)________

Firefly come back to me ________

make the night as as day *________
I'll be looking out for you ________
tell me that lonely too *________
firefly come me on *________
follow you into the sun ________
that's the way it to be *________
firefly come back to me ________

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Fly firefly the sky (11)________

come and play with my desire ________
don't be long don't ask why ________
I can't another night (12)________

Vocabulary
• freaky: very strange and unusual
• look out for sb/sth: keep trying to find or meet sb
• lead sb on: deceive sb and make them believe sth, especially that
you love them or find them attractive
• desire: a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction
or enjoyment. Ex: a desire for fame
• mistery: anything that is kept secret or remains unexplain or
unknown. Ex: the mystery of nature

III. Post-listening
Game
Beside is a list of 1. Jubilee
10 words that 2. Mojo
appear in the 3. Nomad
letters at the 4. Rhino
bottom of the 5. Sleepwalker
page. Words can 6. Thor
be going up, 7. Ultron
down, left, right, 8. Venom
diagonal, 9. Wasp
backwards, 10. Wolv
diagonal erine
backwards, etc.

Jubilee: a special anniversary of an event, especially the 25th or 50th anniversary

Mojo: A magic charm, talisman, or spell
Nomad: a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the
seasons
Rhino: a large Asian or African animal with thick grey skin and a horn, or two horns, on its nose
Sleepwalker: someone who walks about in their sleep
Thor: The god of thunder, the weather, agriculture, and the home, the son of Odin and Freya
(Frigga). Thursday is named after him.
Ultron: Ultron is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics
Venom: toxin secreted by animals like snake or spider
Wasp: an insect with wings and yellow and black stripes across its body
Wolverine: musteline mammal of northern Eurasia

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Firefly

When I said go I never meant away like honey to the bee

You ought to know the freaky games we
play
could you forgive and learn how to forget
hear me as I'm calling out your name
Firefly come back to me
make the night as bright as day
I'll be looking out for you
tell me that you’re lonely too
firefly come lead me on
follow you into the sun
that's the way it ought to be
firefly come back to me
You and me
we shared a mystery
we were so close
Firefly MP3: http://www.emp3world.com/mp3/81927/Firefly/Firefly
And if you tell me how to make you
understand
I'm minor in a major kinda way
Firefly come back to me
make the night as bright as day
I'll be looking out for you
tell me that you’re lonely too
firefly come lead me on
follow you into the sun
that's the way it ought to be
firefly come back to me
Fly firefly through the sky
come and play with my desire
don't be long don't ask why
I can't wait another night

Useful Note for Teachers

Fireflies or Lightning Bugs are soft-bodied beetles in the Lampyridae Familybest
known for their glowing and flashing bioluminescence (emission of cold light by a living
organism as a result of a chemical reaction). Here in the Americas, the adult males are
the ones seen flying about and flashing as they watch for the answering flash or glow of
a sedentary female waiting on the ground below. Along with the bioluminescent larvae of
a few other beetle and fly species, the glowing, bioluminescent larvae of fireflies are

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known as Glow Worms. The females of some firefly species look very similar to the larvae
and are known as larviform females.
Firefly larvae are predatory and will capture and eat other invertebrates, including
snails and slugs. Some adult female fireflies (Photuris spp.) are predators of adult male
fireflies of other species. These predatory females will mimic the flashes of other firefly
species in order to lure in the unsuspecting males.
There are thousands of species of firefly, and they are found throughout much of
the World in both tropical and temperate areas. I captured this particular male firefly (or
luciérnaga as it is called in Spanish) above early one foggy evening in Alajuela, Costa
Rica. The glowing male firefly flew right in front of me, and I reached out and captured
him unharmed in my hand. I carefully took the captured firefly back to my hotel room
and put him in a plastic container so that I could photograph him.
Like other beetles, fireflies have two pairs of wings. The hindwings are used for
flight, while the forewings or elytra are hardened and function as protective wing covers.
This male firefly was extremely anxious to escape captivity and resume his search for a
female, and he kept flying around in the plastic container looking for a way out.
Fireflies are elongated in shape and their wing covers are often striped in varying
shades of black and brown. Although they have large eyes for good nocturnal vision,
their eyes are usually only visible from the side or from below because their head is
concealed beneath their red, pink, or orange-marked pronotum.
Occasionally, a firefly will stretch out its head and peek out from under its
pronotum, probably to glimpse what lies above it.
The last two or three abdominal segments on a male firefly are a pale yellowish to
whitish color, and it is here where the luciferase-catalyzed reaction occurs between
luciferin and oxygen to produce light. Although the most typical color for firefly light is a
luminous yellow-green, the various species of fireflies can also produce green, yellow,
orange, and red light. This particular male firefly's aerial light display was a double flash
of brilliant orange light. Unfortunately, he refused to flash for the camera while he was
trapped in the container, so I don't have any pictures of his orange bioluminescence.
For more information or pictures about firefly, see this:
http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/01/16/firefly/

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