Part I: Pre-reading tasks
(Script for the recording)
. Is it easy to be hard, easy to be cold towards others? The
singer of the song you are about to hear thinks that too
many people are cruel and have no feelings. His particular
target is those who claim to care about large causes, the
poor and underprivileged, at the same time as they are
ready to ignore the needs of their friends. From the song, it
sounds as if he has one particular friend in mind, a friend----
perhaps a girl?----who seems to care more for social causes
than she does for him. But whatever the reason, he
complains that too many people find it all too “easy to be
cold, easy to say no.” Listen and see whether you agree
with him or not.
1. Listen to the recording two or three times and
then think over the following questions:
