7/27/2019 Ironic - Alanis Morissette

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"Ironic" by Alanis Morisette

An old man turned ninety-eight

He ______________________ 1 and died the next day

It's a black fly in your Chardonnay

It's a death row pardon ______________________ 2

And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your ______________________ 3

It's a free ride when you've ______________________ 4

It's the good advice that you just didn't take

Who would've thought... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly

He ______________________ 5 and kissed his kids goodbye

He waited his whole damn life to take that flight

And as the plane ______________________ 6 he thought

"Well isn't this nice..."

And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain …

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you

When you think everything's okay and everything's going right

And life has a funny way of helping you out when

 You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up

In your face

A ____________________ 7 when you're already late

A ____________________ 8 on your cigarette break

It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is _________________ 9

It's meeting the man of my dreams

And then meeting ______________________ 10

And isn't it ironic...don't you think

A little too ironic...and, yeah, I really do think...

It's like rain …

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you

Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out

Helping you out

"Ironic" by Alanis Morisette KEY 

GLOSSARY

ironic : interesting, strange or funny because ofbeing very different from what you wouldusually expect [ + that ] It is ironic that although many items are now cheaper tomake, fewer people can afford to buy them.

death row : MAINLY US on death row in prison

and waiting to be killed as punishmentit figures ( ALSO that figures ) used to say that

you are not surprised by sth unpleasant thathas happened "Dad, Sadie spilled her milk all over the floor." "It figures." 

sneak : go somewhere secretly, or to takesb or sth somewhere secretly I managed tosneak in through the back door while shewasn't looking. Jan hasn't got a ticket but Ithought we might sneak her in. I thought I'd sneak up on him (= move close to himwithout him seeing) and give him a surprise.

Read the song and try to

match gaps 1-10 with aphrase a-j. Then listenand check your answers.

a.

b

.

c.

d

.

e.

f.

g

.

h

.

i.

already paid

won the lottery

crashed down

his beautiful wife

no-smoking sign

packed his

suitcase

wedding day

traffic jam

a knife

two minutes too

late

Ironic was written and first recorded by the Canadian singer Alanis Morissette in 1995. It was nominated for aGrammy in the category “Record of the Year” and in 1996 won the MTV Award for “Best Female Video”.

GLOSSARY

ironic : interesting, strange or funny because ofbeing very different from what you wouldusually expect [ + that ] It is ironic that although many items are now cheaper to

make, fewer people can afford to buy them.death row : MAINLY US on death row in prison

and waiting to be killed as punishmentit figures ( ALSO that figures ) used to say that

you are not surprised by sth unpleasant thathas happened "Dad, Sadie spilled her milk all over the floor." "It figures." 

sneak : go somewhere secretly, or to takesb or sth somewhere secretly I managed tosneak in through the back door while shewasn't looking. Jan hasn't got a ticket but Ithought we might sneak her in. I thought I'd sneak up on him (= move close to himwithout him seeing) and give him a surprise.

Read the song and try tomatch gaps 1-10 with aphrase a-j. Then listenand check your answers.

a.

b

.

c.

d

.e.

f.

g

.

h

.

already paid

won the lottery

crashed down

his beautiful wife

no-smoking sign

packed hissuitcase

wedding day

traffic jam

a knife

two minutes too

late

7/27/2019 Ironic - Alanis Morissette

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An old man turned ninety-eight

He won the lottery 1 and died the next day

It's a black fly in your Chardonnay

It's a death row pardon two minutes too late 2

And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding day 3

It's a free ride when you've already paid 4

It's the good advice that you just didn't take

Who would've thought... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly

He packed his suitcase 5 and kissed his kids goodbye

He waited his whole damn life to take that flight

And as the plane crashed down 6 he thought

"Well isn't this nice..."And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain …

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you

When you think everything's okay and everything's going right

And life has a funny way of helping you out when

 You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up

In your face

A traffic jam 7 when you're already late

A no-smoking sign 8 on your cigarette break

It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife 9

It's meeting the man of my dreams

And then meeting his beautiful wife 10

And isn't it ironic...don't you think

A little too ironic...and, yeah, I really do think...

It's like rain …

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you

Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out

Helping you out

Ironic was written and first recorded by the Canadian singer Alanis Morissette in 1995. It was nominated for aGrammy in the category “Record of the Year” and in 1996 won the MTV Award for “Best Female Video”.