Janis Joplin Mercedes Benz
Janis Joplin Mercedes Benz
Janis Joplin Mercedes Benz
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz? 4, 1970) was an American singer and
songwriter from Port Arthur, Texas. She was
an icon of the late 1960s as the lead
My friends all drive …………………………… ,
(=main) singer of Big Brother and the
Holding Company, and later as a solo artist.
I must make amends. Especially taken with (=fond of) the blues,
she gravitated to (=liked) folk and jazz.
Janis broke with local social traditions during
………………… hard all my lifetime, the tense (=nervous) days of racial
integration (black ands whites equal),
standing up for (=figting for) the rights of
No help from ………………………………………
I must ……………………………………,
Everybody!
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends,
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
That’s it!
VOCABULARY
make amends
to do something good to show that you are sorry about something you have
done:
She tried to make amends by inviting him out to dinner.
I wanted to make amends for the worry I've caused you.
1. "I spent thirty pounds in the pub last night." "That just
…………………………… what an idiot you are!"
8.I've only been working here two days, but it seems like
…………………………………………
9. They suspected that she'd killed him but they could never actually
……………………………………… that it was her.
14. You can pay for the carpet on ………………………………………… (= when the seller
brings it to your house).
SOLUTIONS
Task 1.
Task 2.
1. "I spent thirty pounds in the pub last night." "That just proves what an
idiot you are!"
6. I hope you will be there tomorrow. You won't let me down, will you?
8. I've only been working here two days, but it seems like a lifetime.
9. They suspected that she'd killed him but they could never actually
prove that it was her.
10. We played Poker in the bar. Whoever lost bought the next round.
12. When he was sent to prison, he really felt he let his parents down.
14. You can pay for the carpet on delivery (= when the seller brings it to
your house).