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WOULDN'T IT BE NICE

Song 6B - on November 19 you could listen to the song. Well, that's your pity :( However, if you bring it on November 26, I'll give you another chance.

Listen to the song. There is one extra word in each line. Cross it out:
- Wouldn't it be nice if we were (much - this is an extra word) older
- Then we wouldn't have to wait for so long
- And wouldn't it be nice to both live together
- In the kind of world where we really belong
- You know it's going to make it all that much better
- When we can say goodnight darling and stay together
- Wouldn't it be nice if we could always wake up
- In the early morning when the day is new
- And after having spent the whole day together
- Hold each other close the whole long night through
- Happy times together that we've been spending
- I wish that every little kiss was never-ending
- Wouldn't it be very nice
- Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might all come true
- Baby then there wouldn't be a single little thing we couldn't do
- Maybe we could be married
- And then we'd be really happy
- Wouldn't it be so nice
- You know it seems the more we talk about it together
- It only makes it much worse to live without it
- But let's talk about it now
- Wouldn't it be really nice
GLOSSARY:
- belong = to be part of
- the whole day = all the day
- hold = have something in your hand(s) / arms
- wish = to want something that can't happen now
- pray = ask God for something
- a single thing = one thing

IF Clauses

IF clauses use a conjunction IF which describes:

uncertain events and situations - we usually talk about uncertain events and situations which may or may not happen, which may or may not be true:
- Ask John if he's staying tonight. (He may or may not be staying)
- If I see Ann, I'll give her the book. (I may or may not see Ann)

conditions - we refer to a condition = something must happen first, so that something else can happen:
- If you get there before 8, we can / will catch the train.

if ... then - we emphasize that something depends on something else:
- If she can't come to us, then we'll have to go and see her.

Conditional Clauses

Let's speak about conditions. We usually divide conditional clauses into Zero, First, Second and Third Conditionals:

Zero Conditional - in this situations the thing which happens first ALWAYS causes another situation:
- Oil floats if you pour it on water.
- The plants get dry if you don't water them
The structure of Zero Conditional is:
- IF + present / present

First Conditional - something must happen first, so that something else can happen - we usually speak about REAL, POSSIBLE or PROBABLE SITUATIONS:
- If you study hard, you will pass the exams.
- I'll paint the room if I have enough time tomorrow.
The structure of First Conditional is:
- IF + present / WILL + infinitive

NOTE - the same structure is for TIME CLAUSES (with conjunctions WHEN, WHILE, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, UNTIL, AFTER, BEFORE etc.). Compare:
- If I see Ann, I'll tell her. (I may or may not see her, I don't know that.) - překlad: JESTLI ...
- When I see Ann, I'll tell her. (I will see her, the only thing I don't know is when) - překlad: AŽ ... (vyhýbejte se překladu KDYŽ)

Second Conditional - we usually speak about UNREAL, IMPOSSIBLE, IMPROBABLE or HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS now or in the future:
- If I knew her name, I would (I'd) tell you.
- She would be perfectly happy if she had a car.
- What would you do if you won some money?
- If I were you, I'd go there.
We can use 'WERE' for all persons.
překládáme KDYBY ...
The structure of Second Conditional is:
- IF + past / WOULD (COULD, SHOULD, MIGHT) + infinitive

English Week Competition:
- Read the text and write its summary:
  - "Every man wishes to be wise," observed that 18th century great; "and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning." What's the difference? Quite a bit, according to Doctor Johnson. "Cunning," he wrote, "differs from wisdom as twilight from open day. He that walks in the sunshine goes boldly forward by the nearest way . . . but the traveler in the dusk fears more as he sees less . . . he knows there may be danger, and therefore suspects he may never be safe."
  - What more can we add to Johnson's metaphoric distinction? Just this. Someone considered wise is notable for his or her great understanding of people and of situations and for unusual discernment and judgment in meeting with them. The adjective cunning suggests the inventive use of a sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing.
  - Then there are the nouns wisdom and cunning. Wisdom, of course, names a wise attitude or course of action and implies sense or judgment far above average. We've mentioned before that cunning has an ancestor in the Old English word for know; a person who possesses cunning knows how to incorporate ingenuity and subtlety in devising, inventing, or executing.

Mice! (procvičte si předložky)

Mice, mice - they're everywhere!
They're on the table and under my chair.
Mice, mice - at half past two
I saw one sitting in my shoe.
Mice, mice - running along
My garden wall, singing a song.
Mice, mice - just last week
I found them playing hide and seek.
Mice, mice - on Tuesday morning,
I saw one in my cupboard, yawning.
Mice, mice - beside my bed,
I felt one jump over my head!
Mice, mice - oh, why don't you
Go and live in North Peru?

Informace ke zkoušení slovní zásoby:

písemně / ústně - překlad slov, frází nebo vět (Č - A)
písemně /ústně - definice slova anglicky (např. bed = a piece of furniture for relaxing and sleeping
písemně / ústně - z definice v angličtině poznat o jaké slovo se jedná (např. a piece of furniture for relaxing and sleeping = bed)

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