A Womans Worth

By Alicia Keys

Discussion questions
1. How do you show a person you love that he or she is worthy? Is giving money or expensive gifts the way to do it?
2. Is love related to money in any way? Do you know anyone who is married to a man or a woman because of his/her
money rather (gold-digger)?
3. What happens when you are not shown that you are valued or loved? Does this jeopardize your relationship?

Vocabulary
Note on Worth
. The quality that renders something desirable, useful, or valuable: the worth of higher education.
. Quality that commands esteem or respect; merit: a person of great worth.
. Equal in value to something specified: worth its weight in gold.
. Deserving of; meriting: a proposal not worth consideration.
. having a value of: the fire destroyed property worth $200 million
. worthy of; meriting or justifying: if a job is worth doing, it's not worth crying over spilt milk

A) Match the words with their meanings

a. To look for or discover a meaning that is not openly stated.

1. Dough b. (informal) Money.
2. Bluff c. An attempt to trick sb by making them believe that you will do sth when you
3. Rough really have no intention of doing it, or that you know sth when you do not, in fact,
5. To take sth / sb for granted know it.
6. To read between the lines d. To be so used to sb/sth that you do not recognize the value any more and do not
show that you are grateful.
e. Difficult; not gentle or careful; violent.
B) Complete the following sentences using the words above
1. Im sick and tired of my husband ________ me _____________.
2. _________________ Id say Roberts having a lot of problems.
3. I cant lend you any. I have no _________.
4. He said he would resign if he didnt get more money, but it was only a __________.
5. Dont be too angry with her Shes had a very ________ time lately.

Listening
A) Complete the following sentences using the pictures. Listen to the lyrics and compare.

You could buy me __________,

You could buy me __________,
Take me on a cruise around the _________.
Baby, you know Im worth it.
Dinner lit by _________,
Run my bubble _________,
Make love tenderly to last, to last.
Cause baby you know Im worth it.

B) Put the following words in order. Listen and chech.

Wanna please, wanna keep, / woman/ your / wanna / right / treat
worth / dough / that you know / Not just / she is / but to show / your time.
to refuse / You will / if you / to put her / lose / choose / first.
a man / her worth./ She will / find / who / knows / if she can
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
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Chorus

Cause a real man knows a real woman when he sees her.

And a real woman knows a real man aint afraid to please her.
And a real woman knows a real man always comes first.
And a real man just cant deny a womans worth.

C) Match the sentences in column A with the ones in column B. Listen and check.

1. If you treat me fairy, a. Ill hold you down when shit gets rough cause baby I know youre worth it.
2. If you never play me, promise not to b. Ill give you all my goods, treat you like a real woman should. Baby I know
bluff, youre worth it.

D) Complete the following sentences with the word below. Listen and check.

true smile mile passions

She walks the __________, makes you __________all the while being __________.
Dont take for granted the ______________ that she has for you.
You will lose if you choose to refuse to put her first.
She will if she can find a man who knows her worth.

Chorus

E) Listen to the song and complete the following paragraph.

 No need to __________________ spelled out for you (spelled out for you)
Just hear this song cause you _________________ when you value (better value) a womans worth!

Chorus

F) Follow up

Role-play

A B
You are the singer. You dated B for over a year but things
didnt work out between you so you decided to break up
with him. You think he took you for granted and didnt show
you how much he loved you. To make matters worse, he
splurged money on DVDs and expensive appliances and
didnt buy you anything (not even for your anniversary).
You stubbornly admit that you were not very good to him
either. He calls you to see if you can get back together.
Useful language:
- If you had / hadnt..., I would (not) have.
- I might have been .
- You forgot.
- If I were you, I would.
- If you ., I will
You are As ex-boyfriend. You dated her over a year but
she decided to break up with you. She thinks you took her
for granted and says you splurged money on unnecessary
things and didnt buy her any presents. She wasnt exactly
Ms. Perfect herself. You believe that she was a
materialistic girl who only cared about money and that she
didnt treat you any good either. You considered talking to
her to see if you could work things out and she agreed to
meet you.
Useful language:
- You are so
- If you had / hadnt..., I would (not) have.
- You didnt.
- Lets ., Shall we?
- I promise to.
 Vocabulary:

Bob: British Slang;

Money, coinage,
currency. Dough
(American)
"Tommy made a few bob
selling cut n shuts to
some old lady."
Fiver:
n. Informal
1. A five-dollar bill.
2. Chiefly British A
five-pound note.

Beholden:
Adjective
indebted; obliged: I
am beholden to you

A Woman's Worth - Visitor's Poem

by Kimberly Renee' Rawls
(Athens, AL, USA)

A womans worth is determined by

how much she values herself.
If her thoughts of herself are dwindling,
then the same will be true of her wealth.
I recognize that I am a treasure
bearing rubies, diamonds, and gold.
My treasure has not been found yet,
and its whereabouts will remain untold.
One day someone shall find me and
Vocabulary:
a fortunate man he will be.
He will open the lock and finally release
Dwindling: becoming
all the beauty of his woman to be.
gradually less until
With confidence I will
little remains.
shine like the diamonds
Whereabouts: the
that once were hidden inside.
place, esp. the
My wealth will be more than rubies,
approximate place,
for no price can be put on my life.
where a person or
Like gold Ill be tried in the fire,
thing is.
and Ill come out as pure as can be.
Reminiscent: serving
And that day shall be reminiscent
to bring to mind.
as the era in my life,
when a treasure was found in me.