The Free Dictionary defines the English idiom "to show true colors" as "to let others see what someone or something is really like." Somebody or something can reveal the true character.
| I | to show | my | true colors |
| You | your | ||
| He | her | ||
| She | his | ||
| It | its | ||
| We | our | ||
| They | their |
Listen to John
Legend perform "True Colors" for TED:
Target language: adjectives: -ed and –ing, be, delexical verbs, present simple, verbs in time clauses and if clauses
1.
bear
2.
call up
3.
know
4.
laugh
5.
lose
6.
make
7.
realize
8.
remember
9.
shine
10. show
11. take
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♪ You with the sad eyes ♪ ♪ Don't be discouraged ♪ ♪ Oh, I ____________________ ♪ ♪ It’s hard to ____________________ courage ♪
0:35
♪ In a world full of people ♪
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♪ You can ____________________ sight
of it all ♪
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♪ And the darkness inside you ♪
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♪ Can ____________________ you feel
so small ♪
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♪ But I see your true colors ♪
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♪ ____________________ through ♪
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♪ I see your true colors ♪
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♪ And that's why I love you ♪
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♪ So don't be afraid to let them ____________________
♪
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♪ Your true colors ♪
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♪ True colors are beautiful ♪
1:12
♪ Like a rainbow ♪
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♪ ____________________ me a smile,
then ♪
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♪ Don't be unhappy ♪ ♪ Can't ____________________
when ♪
1:31
♪ I last saw you ____________________
♪
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♪ If this world ____________________
you crazy ♪
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♪ And you've taken all you can ____________________
♪
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♪ You can ____________________ me ____________________ ♪
1:41
♪ Because you ____________________ I'll
be there ♪
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♪ And I'll see your true colors ♪
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♪ ____________________ through ♪
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♪ I see your true colors ♪
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♪ And that's why I love you ♪
1:54
♪ So don't be afraid to let them ____________________
♪
1:59
♪ Your true colors ♪
2:02
♪ True colors are beautiful ♪
2:09
♪ Like a rainbow ♪
2:29
♪ If this world ____________________
you crazy ♪
2:31
♪ And you've taken all you can ____________________
♪
2:33
♪ You can ____________________ me ____________________ ♪
2:36
♪ Because you ____________________ I'll
be there ♪
2:37
♪ And I'll see your true colors ♪
2:41
♪ ____________________ through ♪
2:43
♪ I see your true colors ♪
2:46
♪ And that's why I love you ♪
2:48
♪ So don't be afraid to let them ____________________
♪
2:54
♪ Your true colors ♪
2:56
♪ True colors are beautiful ♪
3:02
♪ Like a rainbow ♪
3:12
♪ So don't be afraid to let them ____________________
♪
3:17
♪ True colors ♪
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♪ True colors ♪
3:22
♪ True colors ♪ ♪ True colors are beautiful ♪
3:32
♪ Like a rainbow ♪ (Applause)
Discussion:
- Describe a positive or negative situation when something or someone revealed the true colors.
- What separates your casual acquaintances from your best friends?
- How do you and your friends know each other's true colors?