Hotel California by The Eagles

A) Translate the following questions into English

 ¿Cómo estaba el clima?
 ¿En dónde transcurre la canción?
 ¿Qué estaba haciendo el protagonista de la canción?
 ¿Para qué fue al hotel?

B) Listen to the first part of the song. Are the questions above answered?

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair

Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air (marihuana)
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light (reluciente)
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim (borroso/a)
I had to stop for the night

C) Put the verbs in brackets in past simple. Listen and check.

There she ____________ (stand) in the doorway;

I ___________ (hear) the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
"This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"
Then she _____________ (light) up a candle and she ______________(show) me the way.
There _____________ (be) voices down the corridor,
I ______________ (think) I heard them say...

D) Put the words in order. Listen and check.

Hotel to the California welcome ______________________________

place a lovely such (x2) ______________________________
lovely a face such ______________________________
at room plenty of the Hotel California ______________________________
year time of any (x2) ______________________________
it can here you find ______________________________

E) Read and listen to the description of a woman. What is she like?

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends

She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

F) Put the following words in the right place: night – called - voices – bring - wake – since

So I _________________up the Captain, Just to hear them say...

"Please _____________ me my wine"
He said, "We haven't had that spirit here Chorus
_____________nineteen sixty nine" They livin' it up at the Hotel California
And still those ___________are calling from far What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
away, Bring your alibis
____________ you up in the middle of the
____________

G) Listen to the following stanza. What do you think of the hotel? Would you spend a night here?

Mirrors on the ceiling,

The pink champagne on ice
And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device" (estrategia, artilugio)
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast (festín, banquete)
They stab it with their steely knives, (cuchillos de acero)
But they just can't kill the beast

H) Could he check out? Will he be back?

Last thing I remember, I was 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 check-out any time you like, but you can
never leave! "