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Lyrics & Translation

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Unit 17 my house was

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robbed

hey did you have a good weekend no not

really oh I'm sorry to hear that what

happened during the

weekend my house was robbed

your house was robbed what do you

mean I mean I was not there and someone

came and took everything from my

house someone took everything from your

house that's

terrible

terrible yes I think so

how did they break

anything yes they broke a window to get

in did they take your

television yes they took the

television oh did they take the DVD

player yes they took the DVD

player

ah did they take your

laptop yes they took the

laptop did they take your clothes yes

they no they did not take my

clothes oh that's because your clothes

are old and out of

fashion do you really think my clothes

are

oldfashioned yes I do they're very

old oh this is

terrible first my house gets robbed and

now my clothes are

oldfashioned did you tell the police

that your house was

robbed yes I told the

police what did they

say they didn't say much they just took

a

report did you have a good

weekend no not really

I'm sorry to hear that what

happened during the

weekend my house was

robbed did they break

anything yes they broke a window to get

in did they take your

television yeah yes they took the

television did you tell the police that

your house was

robbed yes I told the

police what did they

say they didn't say much they just took

a

report

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
robbed rɒbd A2	verb - to steal from someone or something, often using force or threat
terrible ˈtɛrəbəl A1	adjective - very bad or serious
break breɪk A1	verb - to separate into pieces, often suddenly or forcibly
window ˈwɪndoʊ A1	noun - an opening in a wall or vehicle, typically filled with glass to allow light and air to enter
television ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən A1	noun - a device for receiving television signals and displaying them on a screen
laptop ˈlæptɒp A1	noun - a small, portable computer
clothes kloʊz A1	noun - items worn to cover the body
old-fashioned oʊld ˈfæʃənd A2	adjective - out of date or no longer in style
police pəˈliːs A1	noun - a government department responsible for maintaining public order and safety
report rɪˈpɔrt A1	noun - a document or statement giving information about something verb - to give a formal account of something
weekend ˈwiːkˌɛnd A1	noun - the period from Saturday to Sunday
fashion ˈfæʃən A1	noun - a popular or latest style of clothing, hair, etc.

Key Grammar Structures

• Your house was robbed?

  ➔ Past Simple Passive Voice

  ➔ The sentence uses the passive voice to emphasize the action done *to* the house, rather than who did it. 'Was robbed' is formed with 'to be' + past participle ('robbed').

• I mean I was not there and someone came and took everything from my house.

  ➔ Past Continuous/Simple with 'and'

  ➔ The sentence combines a statement of absence ('I was not there' - past continuous implying a state) with a sequence of actions ('someone came and took'). The 'and' connects these actions in a chronological order.

• Did they take your laptop?

  ➔ Yes/No Question with 'Did'

  ➔ This is a typical yes/no question in the past simple. It's formed by inverting the auxiliary verb 'did' and the subject ('they'), followed by the base form of the verb ('take').

• Oh, that's because your clothes are old and out of fashion.

  ➔ Present Simple to express a general truth/opinion, conjunction 'because'

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple ('are') to state a reason or opinion. 'Because' introduces the cause of the speaker's statement. The adjectives 'old' and 'out of fashion' describe the clothes.