Here’s a listening exercise that tests your ability to understand different accents. This song is taken from the musical Billy Elliot, which I highly recommend you go and see! I haven’t given you the missing words this time, so you’re going to have to listen very carefully. Which English accent do you think is the most difficult to understand?
I can't really explain it,
I haven't got the _1_
It's a feeling that you can't _2_
I suppose it's like forgetting, losing who you are
And at the same time something makes you whole
It's like that there's a _3_ playing in your ear
And I'm listening, and I'm listening and then I disappear
And then I feel a change
Like a _4_ deep inside
Something bursting me wide open impossible to hide
And suddenly I'm flying, flying like a _5_.
Like electricity, electricity
Sparks inside of me
And I'm free I'm free
It's a bit like being _6_,
it's a bit like being scared
Confused and all mixed up and mad as hell
It's like when you've been _7_
And you're empty and you're full
I don't know what it is, it's hard to tell
It's like that there's a _8_ playing in your ear
But the music is impossible, impossible to hear
But then I feel it move me
Like a burning deep inside
Something bursting me wide open impossible to hide
And suddenly I'm flying, flying like a _9_
Like electricity, electricity
Sparks inside of me
And I'm free I'm free
Electricity, sparks inside of me
And I'm free, I'm free
I'm free. Free I'm free
Lesson by Caroline
