Katy Perry – Roar

Katy Perry – Roar

 

Listen to the song and learn a few useful idioms.

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath

Scared to rock the boat and make a mess

So I sat quietly, agreed politely

I guess I forgot I had a choice

I let you push me pastthebreaking point

I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything

 

You held me down, but I got up (hey!)

Already brushing off thedust

You hear my voice, your hear that sound

Like thunder, gonna shake the ground

You held me down, but I got up

Get ready ’cause I had enough

I see it all, I see it now

 

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter

Dancing through the fire

‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar

Louder, louder than a lion

‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar!

 

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

You’re gonna hear me roar!

 

Now I’mfloating like a butterfly

Stinginglike a bee I earned mystripes

I went from zero, to my own hero

 

You held me down, but I got up (hey!)

Already brushing off the dust

You hear my voice, your hear that sound

Like thunder, gonna shake the ground

You held me down, but I got up

Get ready’cause I’ve had enough

I see it all, I see it now

 

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter

Dancing through the fire

‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar

Louder, louder than a lion

‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar!

 

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

You’re gonna hear me roar!

 

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

You’re gonna hear me roar!

 

Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar!

 

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter

Dancing through the fire

‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar

Louder, louder than a lion

‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar!

 

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

You’re gonna hear me roar!

 

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

You’re gonna hear me roar!

Match the definitions with the expressions.

1.to bite your tongue	a. to do something badly or spoil something
2.to hold your breath	b. the power, right, or liberty to choose
3.to rock the boat	c. to wait for something to happen, often feeling anxious
4.to make a mess	d. to be tired of something
5.to have a choice	e. the stage at which your control over yourself or a situation is lost
6.breaking point	f. to support or represent a particular idea or set of ideas:
7.to stand for something	g. to stop yourself from saying something that you would really like to say
8.to fall for something	h. to do or say something that will upset people or cause problems
9.to hold somebody down	i. to prepare, to make oneself prepared
10.to have enough	j. to keep someone or something in a particular place or position and to stop him, her, or it from moving
11.to get ready	k. to be tricked into believing something that is not true

Key

1. g.

2. c.

3. h.

4. a.

5. b.

6. e.

7. f.

8. k.

9. j.

10. d.

11. i.