Learn English with Songs – Smells like teen spirit by Nirvana

Hello, hello!

Who is a Nirvana fan? You will LOVE this lesson.

Just follow steps 1, 2 and 3 below:

1. Read the lyrics
2. Understand the vocabulary
3. Sing along to improve your pronunciation

Lyrics

Load up on guns and bring your friends
It’s fun to lose and to pretend
She’s over bored and self assured
Oh no, I know a dirty word

Hello, hello, hello, how low? (x3)
Hello, hello, hello!

With the lights out, it’s less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yay! (x3)

I’m worst at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little group has always been
And always will until the end

Hello, hello, hello, how low? (x3)
Hello, hello, hello!

With the lights out, it’s less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yay! (x3)

And I forget just why I taste
Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard, it was hard to find
Oh, well, whatever, never mind

Hello, hello, hello, how low? (x3)
Hello, hello, hello!

With the lights out, it’s less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido

Vocabulary

Load up – to put something necessary into a machine or device so that it can be used.

Pretend – to act as if something is true when it is not true.

Bored – not having or showing any interest in anything.

Self-assured – having or showing confidence in yourself and your abilities.

Entertain – to perform for (an audience) : to provide amusement for (someone) by singing, acting, etc.

Contagious- – capable of being easily spread to others : causing other people to feel or act a similar way.

Mulatto – a person with one black and one white parent.

Albino – a person or animal born with a medical condition that results in very pale skin, white hair, and pink eyes.

Libido – a person’s desire to have sex.

Gift – a special ability.

Blessed – having a sacred nature.

Never mind – used to tell someone not to worry about something.

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