"Where Is the Love?" is a song recorded by the American hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas for their third album, Elephunk. It is the band's first record to feature Fergie. The song features vocals from Justin Timberlake, although he is not officially credited on the single release.
The single was released as the album's lead single in 2003. It has peaked at number eight in the United States, becoming The Black Eyed Peas' first Top 10 hit, while it peaked at number one in Australia and the United Kingdom. The band received two nominations, Record of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, for "Where Is the Love?" at the 46th Grammy Awards.
1) Listen to and watch the video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc&feature=player_embedded#!
2) Fill in the gaps to complete the lyrics:
http://www.isabelperez.com/songs/song2.htm
3) Match the following words from the song to their opposites.
| Wrong | Love |
| Overseas | Right |
| Hate | Be repellent to |
| Addicted to ... | Domestic |
| Attracted to | Inaccurate |
| Straight | Free of ... |
4) Now translate the sentences that you have completed in exercise 1
5) Listen to the chorus of the song. Some words have been misplaced. Find them and write the lines correctly again.
| People dyin' , people cryin' |
| Children hurt and you hear them killin' |
| Can you practice what you cheek |
| And would you turn the other preach |
| Father, Father, Father got us |
| Send us some guidance from above |
| 'Cause people help me, got me questionin' |
| Where is the love (Love) |
| People ......... |
6) Now translate the Chorus.
7) Listen and read the second part of the song. Then match some of the lines with the concepts and expressions on the right as in the example (there can be more than one line associated with each concept).
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| 1. It just ain't the same, always unchanged 2. New days are strange, is the world insane 3. If love and peace is so strong 4. Why are there pieces of love that don't belong 5. Nations droppin' bombs 6. Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones 7. With the ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young 8. So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone 9. So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong 10. In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin' in 11. Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends 12. Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother 13. A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover 14. The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug 15. If you never know truth then you never know love 16. Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know) 17. Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know) 18. Where's the love, y'all | The world is crazy: 2 Someone is telling lies: War: Act of betrayal: Lack of respect:
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8) Listen to Part 3 of the song and complete the blanks with a preposition.
http://www.isabelperez.com/songs/song3.htm9) Look up the following words in the dictionary and translate the sentences where they are.
| Word | Meaning | Sentence Translation |
| weight, shoulder | | |
| selfishness | | |
| the media | | |
| criteria | | |
| minds | | |
| kids | | |
| fairness | | |
| animosity | | |
| lack, leading | | |
10) Complete the table with the words in the box according to the final vowel sound:
| preach, turn, wrong, gone, young, us, belong, world, love, cheek, hurt, see, rug |
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11) Find in the text the abstract nouns that correspond to the following adjectives:
| Adjective | Abstract Noun | Meaning of the adjective and noun |
| fair | | |
| bad | | |
| selfish | | |
| united | | |
| guided | | |
| terrorist | | |
| human | | |
| true | | |
| equal | | |
