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    The document is the lyrics to the song "Pastime Paradise" by Stevie Wonder. It contains a fill-in-the-blank exercise where the blanks must be filled with nouns derived from the word roots provided in brackets. The nouns all end in "tion" except for the word "Miscreation". The message of the song criticizes a materialistic and pleasure-seeking society and attacks behaviors the singer sees as sinful.

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    The document is the lyrics to the song "Pastime Paradise" by Stevie Wonder. It contains a fill-in-the-blank exercise where the blanks must be filled with nouns derived from the word roots provided in brackets. The nouns all end in "tion" except for the word "Miscreation". The message of the song criticizes a materialistic and pleasure-seeking society and attacks behaviors the singer sees as sinful.

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    The document is the lyrics to the song "Pastime Paradise" by Stevie Wonder. It contains a fill-in-the-blank exercise where the blanks must be filled with nouns derived from the word roots provided in brackets. The nouns all end in "tion" except for the word "Miscreation". The message of the song criticizes a materialistic and pleasure-seeking society and attacks behaviors the singer sees as sinful.

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    Past Time Paradise by Stevie Wonder

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    The document is the lyrics to the song "Pastime Paradise" by Stevie Wonder. It contains a fill-in-the-blank exercise where the blanks must be filled with nouns derived from the word roots provided in brackets. The nouns all end in "tion" except for the word "Miscreation". The message of the song criticizes a materialistic and pleasure-seeking society and attacks behaviors the singer sees as sinful.

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    TASK A: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word

    in brackets

    PASTIME PARADISE

    They've been spending most their lives


    Living in a pastime paradise
    They've been spending most their lives
    Living in a pastime paradise
    They've been wasting most their lives
    Glorifying days long gone behind
    They've been wasting most their days
    In remembrance of 1) _______________ oldest praise (ignore)
    Tell me who of them will come to be
    How many of them are you and me

    2) _______________________ (dissipate)

    Race 3) ___________________ (relate)

    4) _______________________ (consolatory)

    5) _______________________ (segregate)

    6) _______________________ (dispense)

    7) _______________________ (isolate)

    8) _______________________ (exploit)

    9) _______________________ (mutilate)

    10) ______________________ (mutate)

    11) _______________________ (create)

    12) _______________________ (confirm) .......to the evils of the world

    Sibel Taskin Simsek, 2013 Page 1


    They've been spending most their lives

    Living in a future paradise

    They've been spending most their lives

    Living in a future paradise

    They've been looking in their minds

    For the day that sorrow's gone from time

    They keep telling of the day

    When the Savior of love will come to stay

    Tell me who of them will come to be

    How many of them are you and me

    13) _______________________ (proclaim) of Race Relations

    14) _______________________ (consolatory)

    15) _______________________ (integrate)

    16) _______________________ (verify) of Revelations

    17) _______________________ (acclaim)World Salvation

    18) _______________________ (vibrate)

    19) _______________________ (simulate)

    20) _______________________ (confirm).......to the peace of the world

    They've been spending most their lives

    Living in a pastime paradise

    They've been spending most their lives

    Living in a pastime paradise

    Sibel Taskin Simsek, 2013 Page 2


    They've been spending most their lives

    Living in a future paradise

    They've been spending most their lives

    Living in a future paradise

    We've been spending too much of our lives

    Living in a pastime paradise

    Let's start living our lives

    Living for the future paradise

    Praise to our lives

    Living for the future paradise

    Shame to anyones lives

    Living in a pastime paradise

    TASK B:

    What is common in each word? Which one(s) is/are different from the others? What
    makes it different?

    TASK C:
    What do you think is the message of the song? Discuss with your partner.

    Sibel Taskin Simsek, 2013 Page 3


    FULL LYRICS:

    PASTIME PARADISE

    They've been spending most their lives


    Living in a pastime paradise
    They've been spending most their lives
    Living in a pastime paradise
    They've been wasting most their lives
    Glorifying days long gone behind
    They've been wasting most their days
    In remembrance of ignorance oldest praise
    Tell me who of them will come to be
    How many of them are you and me

    Dissipation - gradual disappearance / waste


    Race Relations - relationship between the members of different races
    Consolation - sth that makes so sad/ disappointed feel better
    Segregation
    Dispensation – special permission, esp from the Church, to do sth that is not usually allowed
    Isolation
    Exploitation
    Mutilation - the act of damaging sth severely, esp by violently removing a part
    Mutations - the way in which genes / organism change and produce permanent differences
    Miscreation
    Confirmation.......to the evils of the world

    They've been spending most their lives


    Living in a future paradise
    They've been spending most their lives
    Living in a future paradise
    They've been looking in their minds
    For the day that sorrow's gone from time
    They keep telling of the day
    When the Savior of love will come to stay
    Tell me who of them will come to be
    How many of them are you and me

    Sibel Taskin Simsek, 2013 Page 4


    Proclamation of Race Relations
    Consolation
    Integration
    Verification of Revelations – the act of making sth known that was secret, or a fact that is known
    Acclamation - public approval and praise
    World Salvation
    Vibrations
    Simulation
    Confirmation.......to the peace of the world

    They've been spending most their lives


    Living in a pastime paradise
    They've been spending most their lives
    Living in a pastime paradise
    They've been spending most their lives
    Living in a future paradise
    They've been spending most their lives
    Living in a future paradise
    We've been spending too much of our lives
    Living in a pastime paradise

    Let's start living our lives


    Living for the future paradise
    Praise to our lives
    Living for the future paradise
    Shame to anyones lives
    Living in a pastime paradise

    TASK B: all of them take “tion” suffix and they are all nouns. “Miscreation” is
    different. The prefix “Mis” makes the difference.

    TASK C: “The lyrics attack the materialistic and pleasure seeking society of the modern
    times. The song is said to have a religious tone due to its use of a choir and Hare
    Krishna chanters. Lyrics such as these represent behavior that Wonder finds as sin: "Tell
    me who of them will come to be. How many of them are you and me? Dissipation of race
    relations, consolation, segregation, dispensation, isolation, exploitation, mutilation,
    mutations, miscreation, confirmation to the evils of the world."

    Sibel Taskin Simsek, 2013 Page 5


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastime_Paradise

    Sibel Taskin Simsek, 2013 Page 6

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