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Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines; December 31, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of music, earning the title "The Queen of Disco".

Summer is one of the most successful recording artists of the 1970s. She was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums hit number one on the Billboard charts. She also became the first female artist to have four number-one singles in a thirteen-month period. Summer's website states that she has sold more than 130 million records worldwide. In the year 2008, she recorded a new disc-“Crayons” where she experiments with Latin rhythms.

Did you know about her?

You are going to watch a video-clip of her famous song ‘She works hard for the money’. This song is the eleventh studio album by Donna Summer released in 1983. It was written by Donna Summer and Michael Omartian, and it is about a humiliated waitress who must go on working for a living.

After you watch, tick the words which are related:

---tiredness ---sacrifice ---stealing ---responsibility ---power ---children---hard-work ---injustice ---reward ---selling out ---housework ---humiliation---happiness ---patience ---revenge ---money ---dreams ---frustration---friends ---work-mates ---tips

Does Onetta have a dream? How many jobs has she got? Why does she work so hard?

Now listen to the song and do the exercises: Complete (there are extra words). Match. Put in order.She works hard for the moneyShe works hard for the money; So......................for it, honey.She works hard for the ......................So, you better treat her right.

Onetta there in the corner ...................,And she wonders where she................And it’s strange to herSome.......................seem to have everything.

Nine AM on... –real pretty,And she’s waiting... –her clientele.And she’s looking... –for the bellJust waiting for... –the hour hand

Twenty-eight years... –to need her there.And she’s seen... –have come and gone,Of the ones... –a lot of tearsThey really seem... –who come in,

--------That they care--------For little money just tips for pay.--------It’s a sacrifice working day to day--------But it’s worth it all to hear them say,

--------Already knows, these are the good times--------Already knows, she’s seen her bad times--------Not for a dollar bill--------She’ll never sell out, she never will.

Did you like the song? Who works hard for the money in your home? Mother?

Father? You?

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