Stayin' Alive
Letra:
[English]
(upbeat disco music)
♪ Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk ♪
♪ I'm a woman's man, no time to talk ♪
♪ Music loud and the women warm ♪
♪ I've been kicked around since I was born ♪
♪ And now it's all right, it's okay ♪
♪ And you may look the other way ♪
♪ But we can try to understand ♪
♪ The New York Times' effect on man ♪
♪ Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother ♪
♪ You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' ♪
♪ And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Oh, when you walk ♪
♪ Well, now I get low and I get high ♪
♪ And if I can't get either, I really try ♪
♪ Got the wings of heaven on my shoes ♪
♪ I'm a dancin' man, and I just can't lose ♪
♪ You know, it's all right, it's okay ♪
♪ I'll live to see another day ♪
♪ We can try to understand ♪
♪ The New York Times' effect on man ♪
♪ Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother ♪
♪ You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' ♪
♪ And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Life going nowhere, somebody help me ♪
♪ Somebody help me, yeah ♪
♪ Life going nowhere, somebody help me, yeah ♪
♪ I'm stayin' alive ♪
♪ Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk ♪
♪ I'm a woman's man, no time to talk ♪
♪ Music loud and women warm ♪
♪ I've been kicked around since I was born ♪
♪ But now it's all right, that's okay ♪
♪ You may look the other way ♪
♪ We can try to understand ♪
♪ The New York Times' effect on man ♪
♪ Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother ♪
♪ You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' ♪
♪ And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive ♪
♪ Life going nowhere, somebody help me ♪
♪ Somebody help me, yeah ♪
♪ Life going nowhere, somebody help me, yeah ♪
♪ I'm stayin' alive ♪
♪ Life going nowhere, somebody help me ♪
♪ Somebody help me, yeah ♪
♪ Life going nowhere, somebody help me, yeah ♪
♪ I'm stayin' alive ♪
♪ Life going nowhere, somebody help me ♪
♪ Somebody help me, yeah ♪
Vocabulario en esta canción:
Vocabulario | Significados |
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walk /wɔːk/ A1 |
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talk /tɔːk/ A1 |
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music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1 |
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warm /wɔːrm/ A2 |
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kicked /kɪkt/ A2 |
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born /bɔːrn/ A2 |
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alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2 |
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city /ˈsɪti/ A1 |
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break /breɪk/ A2 |
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shaking /ˈʃeɪkɪŋ/ A2 |
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low /loʊ/ A1 |
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high /haɪ/ A1 |
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shoes /ʃuːz/ A1 |
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dancing /ˈdænsɪŋ/ A1 |
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lose /luːz/ A1 |
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life /laɪf/ A1 |
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help /help/ A1 |
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effect /ɪˈfekt/ B1 |
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Gramática:
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Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
➔ Verbo modal "can" para habilidad/posibilidad con "by + the way"
➔ "Can" indica la habilidad de saber algo basándose en la forma de caminar. "By the way" significa 'basado en' o 'a juzgar por'.
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I'm a woman's man, no time to talk
➔ Sustantivo posesivo ("woman's") y oraciones cortas usando elipsis.
➔ "Woman's man" implica que es atractivo para las mujeres, y "no time to talk" es una forma abreviada de decir 'I have no time to talk'. El apóstrofo indica posesión.
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I've been kicked around since I was born
➔ Pasiva en presente perfecto ("I've been kicked") con "since" indicando un punto de partida en el pasado.
➔ La pasiva en presente perfecto expresa una acción que comenzó en el pasado y continúa hasta el presente o tiene un resultado en el presente. "Since I was born" significa desde el momento del nacimiento.
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And now it's all right, it's okay
➔ Uso de "it" como sujeto ficticio, declaraciones generales de condición.
➔ "It" no se refiere a nada específico, sino que se usa para expresar un sentimiento general de bienestar o aceptación. "All right" y "okay" son sinónimos utilizados para enfatizar.
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But we can try to understand the New York Times' effect on man
➔ Verbo modal "can" para posibilidad/habilidad con infinitivo de propósito ("to understand").
➔ "Can" sugiere que es posible intentar entender algo. "To understand" especifica el propósito del intento.
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Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
➔ Construcción "Whether... or" para expresar posibilidades alternativas.
➔ La estructura "whether... or" presenta dos posibilidades, independientemente de cuál sea verdadera, la siguiente declaración se aplica. Enfatiza la universalidad de la declaración.
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Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
➔ Uso de gerundios (breakin', shakin') como sustantivos que modifican los verbos. Abreviado de breaking and shaking.
➔ Los gerundios "breakin'" y "shakin'" proporcionan una sensación de actividad e intensidad en curso. Describen el estado de la ciudad y la gente, respectivamente.
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