Here is a taste of Susan Boyle’s exceptional performance as a singer!  Listen to her great “I dreamed a dream.”

Here some questions to the songtext:

1) What is the opposite of: time gone by?

2) What does “life was worth living” mean?  a) la vita è stata proccupante, b) valeva la pena di vivere la vita?

3) Was she couragious then?

4) What happened with her dreams?

5) To weather a storm means?                              a) to survive a storm, b) to break down because of a storm?

To the answers:1) adesso, 2) valeva la pena di vivere la vita, 3) yes, she was unafraid, 4) they were wasted, 5) to survive a storm.