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WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER (The Police)

 You consider me the young apprentice

caught between the Scilla and Charibdes,

hypnotized by you if I should linger

staring at the ring around your finger.

I have only come here seeking knowledge,

things they would not teach me of in college.

I can see that destiny you sold

turned into a shining band of gold.

I'll be wrapped around your finger (bis)

Mephistopheles is not your name

but I know that you're up to just the same.

I will listen hard to your tuition,

you will see it comes to its fruition.

I'll be wrapped around your finger (bis)

Devil and the deep blue sea behind me

vanish in the air you'll never find me.

I will turn your face to alabaster

when you find your servant is your master

and you'll be wrapped around my finger (bis)

 

QUESTIONS.

1. Who is the young apprentice looking for?

2. What kind of knowledge is he interested in?

3. The expression "wrapped around your finger", what does it refer to?

4. Who is Mephistopheles?

5. Give your opinion about selling your soul to the devil. (60 words)

6. Put the following sentences into the passive:

   a. Things they would not teach me of in college.

   b. I will listen hard to your tuition.

   c. I will turn your face to alabaster.

   d. I can see that destiny you sold.

7. Vocabulary:

   Linger:                                                                                     Stare:

   College:                                                                                  Wrap:

   Tuition:                                                                                   Fruition: