A: Fill in the blanks as you listen to the song                                   Desert     Rose                                   Sting/ Brand New Day (1999)                  I dream of --------- I dream of gardens in the ---------  --------- I wake in --------- I dream of ------- as time runs through my ------ I dream of ---------- Those dreams are tied to a --------- that will never ------- And in the flames Her --------- play in the shape of a man’s --------- This desert -------- Each of her veils, a secret ---------- This -------- flower No --------  ---------- ever tortured me more than this And as she turns This way she ------- in the logic of all my --------- This fire -------- I -------- that nothing’s as it seems I dream of ---------- I dream of ---------- in the desert sand I ---------- in pain I dream of ---------- as time runs through -------- ---- I dream of -------- I lift my --------- to empty skies --------- I close my eyes, this rare ------------ Is the ---------  ------------ of her love I dream of -------- I dream of gardens in the ----------- ---------- I wake of pain I dream of ------- as time runs through -------- ------- ---------- desert -------- Each of her veils, a secret ----------- This desert ---------- No sweet --------- ever --------- me more than this ----------- desert --------- This -------- of Eden ---------- us all This desert flower, this -------- ----------- Is the sweet ---------- of the fall? B. Comprehension questions that is related to the lyrics 1. What comes your mind when you see the title? 2. Is title suitable to the lyric? 3. Is it possible that a rose could grow up in the desert? Why or why not? 4. He wakes in pain what reasons might be? 5. What is intoxicating him? 6. What does he realize? 7. Why does he resemble his dear to a desert rose? C.  True and false questions. Circle the right answer 1. He claim his dear by saying desert rose.              T - F 2. Any kind of plant can grew up in desert.                 T - F 3.  He resembles his dear to a desert rose.              T - F 4. She prejudices men with her attractiveness.         T  - F  5. Everything is, as it seems.                                         T – F 6. He lost his dear.                                                           T – F 7. He lifts his gaze in a cloudy sky.                                T – F 8. He suffers very much because of her love.             T – F 9. The sweet is intoxication of love.                               T - F