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Hotel California
The Eagles

1. Correct the lyrics by changing the words in bold into their opposites.

On a 1.bright desert highway, 2.warm wind in my “Please bring me my wine.”

hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew 3.light and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she 4.sat in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
this could be heaven or this could be hell
Then she 5.put out a candle and she showed me the
way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a 6.hideous place
Such a 6.hideous face
7.Little room at the Hotel California
Any time of year, you can find it here
Her mind is tiffany-twisted, she got the mercedes
bends
She got 8.a few pretty, pretty boys, that she calls
9.foes
How they dance in the courtyard, 10.sour summer
sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
So I called up the captain,
He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here since
1969.”
And still those voices are calling from 11.up close,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a 6.hideous place
Such a 6.hideous face
They livin it up at the Hotel California
What 12.an unpleasant surprise, bring your alibis
Mirrors on the 13.floor,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said, “We are all just 14.free men here, of
our own device”
And in the masters chambers,
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can’t kill the beast
First thing I remember, I was
15.
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
“Relax,” said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can 16.check in any time you like,
But you can never 17.arrive!

(Live version Video Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-qlORj0n2M)

2. Make sentences with such, so, or What a(n)…! to make comments about the pictures.
Answer Key

1. Dark
2. Cool
3. heavy
4. stood
5. Lit up
6. Lovely
7. Plenty of
8. A lot of
9. Friends
10. Sweet
11. Far away
12. A Nice
13. Ceiling
14. Prisoners
15. Last
16. Check out
17. leave
 3. Target Level: from beginner to intermediate
Answer Key & Procedures:

1) Use this exercise to explore the title and pre-teach “have a lot/nothing in common”
2) Draw students’ attention to the numbers in the lyrics. Ask them to imagine what the opposites
might be. For example, in number 1 (“You like the movies, 1”), possible answers would be, “I
hate the movies”, “I love the beach”, “I like TV”, etc. Then lead them to the box on the right and
ask them to find the opposite to “I like the movies”. Let students try out the next ones by
themselves, but let the beginners know some options can be too difficult and they should skip
them or go by elimination. Alternatively, pair them up for this task.

About the woman

a. ( ) I don't like cigarettes - 11

b. ( ) She makes the bed - 7
c. ( ) I go to bed early - 3
d. ( ) She likes it neat - 8
e. ( ) I like it quiet- 5
f. ( ) She's got the money - 10
g. ( ) I move slowly - 4
h. ( ) And I like T.V. - 1
i. ( ) I take 2 steps forward - 6
Show the video clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUJ1dJyaAgw&feature=channel) and ask
students to check their answers. Classcheck.

3) Take advantage of their problems in #2 to teach or recycle vocab. Have them practice it in pairs in
number 3.
4) Organize students in trios for them to discuss. Then ask groups to give feedback on something
interesting that was said.
5) If time allows, have students list as many opposites as they can. Then pair them up and have them
play “opposites”. If one says, “I’m tall”, the other has to say, “I’m short.” If one says “I love the
summer”, the other has to say, “I love the winter.”

TIP: THE VIDEO CLIP IS REALLY COOL!!!