1. You will listen to a song by Frank Sinatra.

The purpose of the listening is to find the meaning of some sentences of the song. 2. First, take a simple look at the lyrics to identify the vocabulary and context you already know. Then, listen to the audio above and read as you hear. Finally, answer the questions below the lyrics.

September song by Frank Sinatra. When I was a young man courting the girls I played me a waiting game If a maid refused me with tossing curls I'd let the old Earth make a couple of whirls While I plied her with tears in lieu of pearls And as time came around she came my way As time came around, she came When you meet with the young girls early in the Spring You court them in song and rhyme They answer with words and a clover ring But if you could examine the goods they bring They have little to offer but the songs they sing And the plentiful waste of time of day A plentiful waste of time Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December But the days grow short when you reach September When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame One hasn't got time for the waiting game Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few September, November And these few precious days I'll spend with you These precious days I'll spend with you

3. What does I played me means in line 2? 4. In line 4, a couple whirls does not follow its literal meaning, why? 5. What is the contrast between pearls and tears? 6. Spring is not precisely referred to the seasons of a year because 7. Explain clover ring. 8. Why does the singer says courting is a waste of time? 9. What do the months represent in the third paragraph? 10. If leaves furnish trees and fall in Autumn, why does it affect people? 11. spend the days in the last paragraph has two directions, explain what they are:

Answer key. 3. It means the person forces himself or cheats himself to play and wait. 4. A few days pass in which the person suffers because of the lovers disdain. 5. Since the loves despises the person, she rejects his gifts and only makes him cry. 6. It is the representation of the young man. 7. The relationship is seen by girls as a temporary issue. Clovers get wilt easily once cut off of grass. 8. Because he thinks girls get tired soon of men. 9. The youth and old age of men. 10. Men wear off in old ages as trees do. 11. 1. the author wants the girl he sings to in order to stay with him in his old age of his life. 2. Since Autumn and Winter are cold months, he wants to stay with his lady during cold, sad days.

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