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    The song "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles summarizes two news stories that inspired parts of the lyrics. The first story was about a wealthy heir who died in a car crash, which John Lennon adapted into the lines about blowing one's mind in a car. The second story counted thousands of potholes in a town that could fill a concert hall, which became lyrics about holes in Blackburn. The song blends these news items with surreal imagery and references to drug use, capturing a day in the life in late 1960s England.

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    The song "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles summarizes two news stories that inspired parts of the lyrics. The first story was about a wealthy heir who died in a car crash, which John Lennon adapted into the lines about blowing one's mind in a car. The second story counted thousands of potholes in a town that could fill a concert hall, which became lyrics about holes in Blackburn. The song blends these news items with surreal imagery and references to drug use, capturing a day in the life in late 1960s England.

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    The song "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles summarizes two news stories that inspired parts of the lyrics. The first story was about a wealthy heir who died in a car crash, which John Lennon adapted into the lines about blowing one's mind in a car. The second story counted thousands of potholes in a town that could fill a concert hall, which became lyrics about holes in Blackburn. The song blends these news items with surreal imagery and references to drug use, capturing a day in the life in late 1960s England.

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    A Day In The Life by

    The Beatles
    1.Choose the correct word:

    I read the news/blues today oh boy


    About a lucky man who aid/made the grave
    And though/beau the news was rather sad
    Well I just had to laugh
    I saw/draw the photograph.

    2.Put the verb in past:

    He ______(blow)his mind out in a car


    He didn't notice that the lights had ______(change)
    A crowd of people ______(stand) and ______(stare)
    They'd _____(saw) his face before
    Nobody ______(is) really sure
    If he was from the House of Lords.

    3.Choose the correct word:

    I saw a film today oh joy/boy


    The English Army had just won the war/floor
    A crowd/cloud of people turned away
    But I just had to look
    Having lead/read the book
    I'd love to turn you on.

    4.Put the lines in the correct order:

    A. Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,


    B. And looking up I noticed I was late.
    C. Dragged a comb across my head
    D. Woke up, fell out of bed,

    5.Match the sentences:

    Found my coat and I went into a dream.


    Made the bus and grabbed my hat
    Found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
    Somebody spoke in seconds flat

    6.Write the missing word:

    I read the news today oh .


    .. thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
    And though the holes were .. small
    They had to . them all
    Now they know how many holes it takes to ..
    the Albert Hall.
    I'd love to turn you on
    A Day In The Life by The Beatles
    I read the news today oh boy
    About a lucky man who made the grave
    And though the news was rather sad
    Well I just had to laugh
    I saw the photograph

    He blew his mind out in a car


    He didn't notice that the lights had changed
    A crowd of people stood and stared
    They'd seen his face before
    Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords.

    I saw a film today oh boy


    The English Army had just won the war
    A crowd of people turned away
    But I just had a look
    Having read the book, I'd love to turn you on...

    D. Woke up, fell out of bed,


    C. Dragged a comb across my head
    A. Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
    B. And looking up I noticed I was late.

    Found my coat and grabbed my hat


    Made the bus in seconds flat
    Found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
    And Somebody spoke and I went into a dream

    I heard the news today oh boy


    Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
    And though the holes were rather small
    They had to count them all
    Now they know how many holes it takes
    To fill the Albert Hall.
    I'd love to turn you on.

    About the song:


    The beginning of this song was based on two stories John Lennon read in the Daily Mail newspaper: Guinness heir Tara
    Browne dying when he smashed his lotus into a parked van, and an article in the UK Daily Express in early 1967 which told
    of how the Blackburn Roads Surveyor had counted 4000 holes in the roads of Blackburn and commented that the volume of
    material needed to fill them in was enough to fill the Albert Hall. Lennon took some liberties with the Tara Browne story - he
    changed it so he "Blew his mind out in the car."

    McCartney contributed the line "I'd love to turn you on." This was a drug reference, but the BBC banned it for the line about
    having a smoke and going into a dream, which they thought was about marijuana. The ban was finally lifted when author
    David Storey picked it as one of his Desert Island Discs.
    In 2004, McCartney did an interview with the Daily Mirror newspaper where he said he was doing cocaine around this time
    along with marijuana: "I'd been introduced to it, and at first it seemed OK, like anything that's new and stimulating. When
    you start working your way through it, you start thinking, 'This is not so cool and idea,' especially when you start getting
    those terrible comedowns."

    (http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=129)

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