Pollution Tom Lehrer from That was the Year that Was (1960) 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Time was, when an American about to go abroad would be warned by his friends, or the guidebooks, not to drink the water. But times have changed, and now a foreigner coming to this country might be offered the following advice: If you visit American city You will find it very pretty Just two things of which you must beware Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air Pollution, pollution, they got smog and sewage and mud Turn on your tap and get hot and cold running crud See the halibuts and the sturgeons Being wiped out by detergent Fish got to swim and birds got to fly But they don't last long if they try Pollution, pollution, you can use the latest toothpaste And then rinse your mouth with industrial waste Just go out for a breath of air And you'll be ready for Medicare The city streets are really quite a thrill If the hoods don't get you the monoxide will Pollution, pollution, wear a gas-mask and a veil Then you can breathe, long as you don't inhale Lots of things there that you can drink But stay away from the kitchen sink The breakfast garbage that you throw into the Bay They drink at lunch in San Jose So go to the city, see the crazy people there Like lambs to the slaughter They're drinking the water And breathing -- the air Pollution Tom Lehrer from That was the Year that Was (1960) 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Time was, when an American about to go abroad would be warned by his friends, or the guidebooks, not to drink the water. But times have changed, and now a foreigner coming to this country might be offered the following advice: In the blanks below, write the correct articles: A, THE or 0 [= no article] If you visit ______ American city You will find it very pretty Just two things of which you must beware Don't drink ______ water and don't breathe ______ air Pollution, pollution, they got ______ smog and ______ sewage and ______ mud Turn on your tap and get ______ hot and cold running crud See ______ halibuts and ______ sturgeons Being wiped out by ______ detergent ______ fish got to swim and ______ birds got to fly But they don't last long if they try Pollution, pollution, you can use ______ latest toothpaste And then rinse your mouth with ______ industrial waste Just go out for ______ breath ______ air And you'll be ready for Medicare ______ city streets are really quite ______ thrill If ______ hoods don't get you ______ monoxide will Pollution, pollution, wear ______ gas-mask and ______ veil Then you can breathe, long as you don't inhale ______ lots of things there that you can drink But stay away from ______ kitchen sink ______ breakfast garbage that you throw into ______ Bay They drink at ______ lunch in ______ San Jose So go to ______ city, see ______ crazy people there Like ______ lambs to ______ slaughter They're drinking ______ water And breathing -- ______ air GLOSSARY beware [verb] watch out for; be careful of smog [noun] heavy air pollution; smoke + fog = smog sewage [noun] liquid waste from toilets, sinks and sewers mud [noun] wet soft soil hot and cold running crud [phrase] a joke on "hot and cold running water" which refers to modern plumbing; crud is hard mud-like waste (crap + mud = crud) halibuts [noun] a kind of fish sturgeons [noun] another kind of fish; caviar comes from sturgeons wiped out [verb] killed completely; made extinct detergent [noun] washing soap last [verb] endure; continue to exist rinse [verb] wash with clear water industrial waste [phrase] waste produced by industry not households a breath of air [phrase] a rest or break outside thrill [noun] a bit of excitement hoods [noun; slang] gangsters; thugs monoxide [noun] carbon monoxide gas; CO gas-mask [noun] protective mask worn over a person's face veil [noun] scarf or cloth used to cover a person's face inhale [verb] breathe in Bay [proper noun] San Francisco Bay; this song was first sung in San Francisco, California San Jose [proper noun] a city across the Bay from San Francisco. lambs to the slaughter [phrase] people who are na땦e and thus easily led into a disaster without complaining; slaughter = killing