Perhaps Love with John Denver & Domingo

Perhaps love is like a resting-place
A shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort
It is there to keep you warm
And in those times of trouble
When you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home

Perhaps love is like a window
Perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer
It wants to show you more
And even if you lose yourself
And don't know what to do
The memory of love will see you through

Oh, love to some is like a cloud
To some as strong as steel
For some a way of living
For some a way to feel
And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the ocean
Full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it's cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you

And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the ocean
Full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it's cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you

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John Denver (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997) was an American country music/folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician. On October 12, 1997, John Denver was killed when his aircraft he was piloting crashed just off the coast of California.

Genre: Folk, Pop, Country

One breakthrough for John Denver in America came in part thanks to the single "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998).

In 1979, Denver performed "Rhymes and Reasons" at the Music for UNICEF Concert. Royalties from the concert performances were donated to UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund).

John Denver was a supporter of charitable causes for the environment, the homeless, the poor, the hungry, and the African AIDS crisis.

He focus on humanitarian and sustainability causes, focusing extensively on conservation projects and helping to create the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.

Official website: http://www.johndenver.com/

Plácido Domingo, his full name is José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941), is a Spanish tenor. A tenor is the highest male voice within the modal register (the range most frequently use in speech and singing). He loves singing and once made the statement, "If music be the food of love", is "MUSIC IS THE VOICE OF HOPE!"

Official website: http://www.placidodomingo.com/196/intro.php

Perhaps Love (如果·愛) is also is a 2005 film directed by Peter Chan Meng Wen (陳明温) also known as Peter Chan Ho-Sun (陳可辛). .

love	noun	a quality or feeling of strong affection for
shelter	noun	something that covers or protects
exist	verb	to have actual being, be real
comfort	noun	something that makes a person comfortable
memory	noun	things learned and kept in the mind (remember)
perhaps	adverb	possibly but not certainly
conflict	noun	disagreement
Royalties	noun	a share of a product or profit
charitable	adjective	given for the needy
humanitarian	noun	a person working to help other people
sustainability	noun	To keep in existence; maintain

The Song "Foolish Games" by Jewel

Foolish Games by Jewel

You took your coat off and stood in the rain,
You're always crazy like that.
And I watched from my window,
Always felt I was outside looking in on you.
You're always the mysterious one with
Dark eyes and careless hair,
You were fashionably sensitive
But too cool to care.
You stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
Besides some comment on the weather.

Well in case you failed to notice,
In case you failed to see,
This is my heart bleeding before you,
This is me down on my knees, and...

These foolish games are tearing me apart,
And your thoughtless words are breaking my heart.
You're breaking my heart.

You're always brilliant in the morning,
Smoking your cigarettes and talking over coffee.
Your philosophies on art, Baroque moved you.
Do you love Mozart? And you'd speak of your loved ones
As I clumsily strummed my guitar.

Well excuse me! Guess I've mistaken you for somebody else,
Somebody who gave a damn,
Somebody more like myself.

These foolish games are tearing me, you're tearing me, you're tearing me apart,
And your thoughtless words are breaking my heart.
You're breaking my heart.

You took your coat off,
and stood in the rain,
You're always crazy like that.

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"Foolish Games" is a song by Jewel.

Released on May, 1997

Genre: Folk/Pop

Professionally known as Jewel, Jewel Kilcher born on May 23, 1974 in Payson, Utah, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet.

She grew up in Homer, Alaska. Her mother is of Irish descent and her father is of Swiss-German origin. The home she grew up in did not have indoor plumbing; it had a simple outhouse instead.

Jewel married Ty Murray on August 7, 2008 in the Bahamas after they had been together for 10 years. The couple now resides in Stephenville, Texas on a 2,200-acre (8.9 km2) ranch.

Jewel starred in the 1999 Ang Lee (李安) film “Ride with the Devil”.

She starred also as Dorothy in the 1995 "Dreams Come True" production of in "The Wizard of Oz"

Official website: http://www.jeweljk.com/

mysterious	adjective	strange, unknown, or difficult to understand
sensitive	adjective	aware of and understanding the feelings of other people
doorway	noun	the opening where a door is
comment	noun	saying or writing an opinion
thoughtless	adjective	not showing concern for the needs or feelings of other people
brilliant	adjective	very impressive or successful
tear apart	phrasal verb	to completely destroy (something) by tearing, to cause (someone) to feel confused, upset
philosophies	noun	a set of ideas about how to do something
Baroque	adjective	having many details or too many details
clumsily	adjective	moving or doing things in a very awkward way
strum	verb	to play by moving your fingers across the strings

Teenagers not getting good sleep

Story from BBC NEWS

By Anthony Baxter

Getting by on just a few hours, then catching up at the weekend - it's a tried and tested sleep habit for lots of people.

It's also something that doctors say isn't great for people's health and, for teenagers, could actually be quite damaging.

More and more young people aren't getting enough shut eye, and it's making them fat, grumpy and even unpopular.

That's according to top sleep expert Doctor Neil Stanley.

He's been talking to the BBC Two show Revealed as part of their investigation into how important sleep is for teenagers.

Kalan, 15, says sleep is something that gets in the way of more important things.

Because I'm young, I live for the weekend, so being in at the weekend sleeping is just rubbish
Kalan, 15

"Last week I went to bed about 3am and got up at 8am," he said.

"I'm probably texting, or I'll be on my phone. [I feel] like I'll be missing out on MSN and television programmes [if I went to bed early]."

Kalan gets around four to five hours sleep a night, and says that any more than that makes him feel rough.

"I've got my eight, nine hours sleep [before], and I've just become more tired and grouchy."

Doctors say texting, gaming, the internet and online messaging are some of the main reasons why more young people are staying up late.

They say people can get by on as little as four hours sleep, but for most people it can lead to serious problems.

Scientists have made links made between sleep deprivation and obesity and mental health problems.

Doctor Neil Stanley from Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital has been studying sleep for years.

"People see sleep as a time of doing nothing," he explained, "and yet your body is repairing, your mind is dealing with the emotion of the day, you're learning new things. All of these things happen, it's important stuff."

He says trying to catch up on missed hours at the weekend doesn't work.

"It's like eating burgers all week, then eating lettuces at the weekend, and saying you eat healthily. Your body really wants a good night's sleep every night."

Lazy teenagers

Research shows that teenagers' body clocks are different from adults and children, and that wanting to stay up late and then not being able to get up in the morning isn't just laziness.

It's something that's controlled by hormones and a chemical called melatonin.

The teenage sleep cycle is something that Doctor Paul Kelley, the head teacher of Monkseaton School in Whitley Bay, takes very seriously.

"Young people and adults have been at loggerheads about sleep for hundreds of years," he said, "and now that we understand the chemical and biological drive, then adults actually have to adjust to young people, and that's about time."

Students at the school took part in memory tests, and the results showed they had better concentration later in the day.

As a result Doctor Kelley has now asked his school governors to consider moving the start time for lessons to 11am so that his students get a lie-in.

"The real issue is sleep deprivation. Young people aren't having the chance to sleep as long as they could because they have to get up earlier than their body tells them to."

Tayler is one of the students who took part in the tests.

"I could sleep 'til 10am quite easily," he said, "but with my mum it's not an option."

He says the 11am start would be a good thing, not just because of the lie-in, but also because it might help with school work.

However, Britnay, who also took part in the tests, had a different view.

"If I get up later, it'll encourage me to stay up later," she said. "The school routine is getting up early, and finishing at 3pm."

Sleep's not sexy

Doctor Neil Stanley says sleep is just as important as diet and exercise, but it's not being promoted.

"Nobody is making sleep desirable or sexy," he explained. "It's not like David Beckham says, 'I play better football because I've had a good night's sleep', there's nobody selling that idea."

Although scientists still don't know exactly why it is we need to sleep, it's now known that the "eight hours a night rule" doesn't work for everyone.

The number of hours we need varies from between four and 10 hours a night.

Most people spend around a third of their lives in bed but 15-year-old Kalan says not needing as much sleep means he has more time to do the things he enjoys.

"Because I'm young, I live for the weekend, so being in at the weekend sleeping is just rubbish," he said. "When I get older I might change my ways and sleep a lot more."

grumpy	adj.	in bad mood: bad-tempered or sullen
rough	adj.	not calm, being harsh or violent, difficult to take or deal with
deprivation	n.	having little of something such as sleep
obesity	n.	increased body weight caused by too much fat.
hormones	n.	is a chemical that control cells in our body
melatonin	n.	is a hormone that helps you sleep
lie-in	n.	a long stay in bed in the morning
desirable	Adj.	Worth having or seeking