Blowin’ in the Wind ist einer der bekanntesten Folksongs. 2004 wurde der Song von der Musikzeitschrift Rolling Stone auf Platz 14 der 500 besten Songs aller Zeiten gewählt. Bob Dylan schrieb den Text. Die Melodie stammt von einem alten Gospel. Der Song galt als eine Hymne der Folk-Rock-Bewegung. Der Liedtext mit den rhetorischen Fragen wurde zu einer Anti-Kriegs-Hymne. Coverversionen gibt es von Peter, Paul & Mary, Joan Baez, Marlene Dietrich, Elvis Presley und Stevie Wonder.

Blowin’ In The Wind – Bob Dylan www.mittelschulvorbereitung.ch/englisch S205 How many ....................... must a man walk down

Before you .................. him a man?

How many seas must a ........................ dove sail dove = pigeon : Taube

Before she ......................... in the sand?

How many ....................... must the cannon balls fly Kanonenkugeln

Before they're ........................ banned? to ban : verbieten

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind

The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many ...................... can a mountain exist

Before it is washed to the ...............?

How many years can some ...................... exist

Before they're allowed to be .............?

How many times can a man turn his .................. (ab)wenden

And pretend that he just doesn't ...............? pretend : vorgeben, so tun als ob

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind

The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many times must a man ............... up

Before he can see the ................?

How many ................ must one man have

Before he can ................ people cry?

How many deaths will it ...............

'Till he ................. that too many people have died? til = until : bis

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.

The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Fill in MUCH (viel) or MANY (viele):

How..............times must I ring the bell? How ............... does this modern painting cost? How

.................. players are there in an football team? How ................. students are there in your

class? There isn’t ................ petrol left in the tank. I spend too................. money on DVDs.

How .......................... bread will we need? Don‘t eat too ................. sugar. He smokes

too........................ You watch too .................. videos. Have they got ........................friends?

How ..................... bottles (Flaschen) did you buy? ................ boys play ice hockey, but not

........................girls. How ...................... times can you reload (aufladen) this battery? How ..............

time will the reloading take? You work too ................ . You read too ................... novels (Romane).