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In my opinion, this song dealing with America is special, because it completely represents freedom. While listening to this song, everyone can imagine being (for example) with a motorbike on a highway, feeling the wind in his/her hair. The video and the melody contribute to this feeling, too.                                                                                                                                                                                                               James Brown presents America also as a country of adventures and happiness, which makes the listener curious of the bold American life. All in all, this song is very dynamic and inviting.

James Brown – Living in America

Superhighways – coast to coast – easy takin’ anywhere –
On the transcontinental overload
just slide behind the wheel.
How does it feel when there’s no destination that’s too far

And somewhere on the way
you might find out who you are.

Living in America – eye to eye – station to station.
Living in America – hand in hand – across the nation.
Living in America – got to have a celebration – rock my soul!

Smokestack – fatback – many miles of railroad track.
All-night radio keep on runnin’ through your rock’n’ roll soul.
All-night diners keep you awake
on a black coffee and a hard roll.
you might have to walk a fine line
you might take a hard line

But everybody’s workin’ overtime.

Living in America – eye to eye – station to station….

I live in America – I live in America – wait a minute –
you may not be lookin’ for the promised land

But you might find it anyway.
Under one of those old familiar names like;
New Orleans – New Orleans
Detroit City – Detroit City

Dallas – Dallas
Pittsburgh P. A. – Pittsburgh P. A.

New York City – New York City
Kansas City – Kansas City

Atlanta – Atlanta.
Chicago and L. A.

Living in America – hit me – living in America – Iiving in America.
I live in America – staying alive – we’ll make the prime.
I live in America – hey
I know what it means.

Living in America – hit me – eye to eye – station to station.
Living in America – so nice – would you better stop?
Living in America – I feel good!

I think it is difficult to evaluate your own presentation, but I try.

To be honest: I am glad that my presentation is done because I was absolutely nervous. I am sure that the audience has noticed that but I  hope not as intensively as I have.

I suppose, our digital presentation was not so easy to understand, because it dealed with an complex issue and was based on a difficult article. But in my eyes, we succeded in picking the most important aspects out of the article and in presenting them in the most comprehensible way we were able to. Maybe we could have had more graphics, but on balance I think that our presentation was gratifying.

However, I am not happy with regard to my way of presenting the issue. In my opinion, I looked too much at my notepad instead of the audience. This could have had to do with my excitement, because actually I knew the keywords. In addition, I could have been more self-confident during my presentation concerning gesture and pose, but I have to admit that I am not the “born presenter”.

Summed up, I am relatively satisfied with my presentation, even though it could have been better.

Most of all, is chosed the right prepositions.

But I had problems to detect the right preposition in connection with the noun “time”:

– He never comes on time

– In time we became friends

– At times* you behave like we weren’t friends

Helpful Web page , which explains the difference between on time and in time and at the end and in the end:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-prepositions-in-time-v-on-time.htm

*at times= gelegentlich, hin und wieder