Monday, November 24, 2008

Listening

“Pull Your Pants Up”

Pull Your Pants __! Pull Your Pants Up! Pull Your Pants Up _____!
Pull Your Pants Up! Pull Your Pants Up! Pull Your Pants Up, ____!
I'm the _____priest. I'm not here to Judge. 
This a ____ to the streets talking to my _____. 
From Gebeuds to Monkey jeans to what you want to ____,
 I'm just saying, “Man, I’m ____ of seeing your underwear
.” I think I speak on ______ of the _________ You look suspect. ______ is where you’re soon to be
. Behind bars it's a code for the ___ _______
. The word “saggin” ________ ________ is the "N" word. You walk the _____ with your pants way _____ low. 
I don't know! Looks to me you’re on the _____ _____. 
Some of y’all think it’s “gangster” to _____ your back. 
___ _______ ___ real men we _____feeling that. We don't understand, man, ______ it ______ us
. Can you make us understand why you show your _______?
 Cause if you stand up ______, I bet your pants ____. Might as ____ walk around with your pants off.
Be a ____ man. Stand up! Is ____ your underwear? Man, pull your pants up
. I'm a ______ man on my ____ trying to _____. 
How are you going to grind when your mind’s _______ your behind? 
I think It’s _____, but some of y’all think it's _____ Walking around showing your _______ to other _____
. It looks retarded, _________, and real ____. Yeah, you heard! But now it's hard to get a _____ _____.
What's up with it, ____? I'm just trying to ___ ____ _____. 
Put a ____ around your ______before your pants hit the _____. 
If you’re twenty and ______ and you still _____, 
man you’re grown and you're wrong you should _____ _____ A _______ to your race. where’s your ______at
? Come on man, pull up your pants and _____your pride _____. 
I'm not saying don't show your swagg with your ______ jeans. 
I'm just saying don't show your "eah!!" with your baggy ______.
Pull _____ up! What’s up with bro? Pull em up before your pants hit the floor
. Pull em up! What’s up with bro? Pull em up before your pants ____ the floor.
Pull Your Pants Up! Pull Your Pants Up! Pull Your Pants Up, Man. Pull Your Pants Up! Pull Your Pants Up! Pull Your Pants Up, Man.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Test is coming soon, but first let's enjoy some music.

As you know, we have a reading test on Tuesday, December 2nd, so I suggest you do some practicing before then.

But first, enjoy this:


Try to write the missing words. You should be able to download and listen to the MP3.
If the MP3 has a problem, try clicking below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbx6w5pf_FA


To listen to the Radio Story about people's opinion of low pants, click below. But the people speak very fast.

http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/115786



Click below and do more practice reading tests


http://www.geocities.com/yamataro670/readinglab.htm

Click on Quizzes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/

Friday, November 07, 2008

Coney Island "Old Timers"

Coney Island is in Brookyln. There is a beach and an old amusement park that will soon be gone. After you llisten to and read the story, think about some of these questions.

1. The “heyday” of a place is the time when it was most active and popular (highschool was my brother’s heyday). What was the heyday of Coney Island?
2. In the heyday of Coney Island, what were the names of the three amusement parks there?
3. Coney Island began to deteriorate after its heyday. What year and what event were the beginning of Coney Island’s slow descent?
4. What is Luna Park now? What is Steeplechase now?
5. What is the name of the producer of this report?
6. The chamber of commerce is an office that helps tourists with information about a place. What is the name of the manager of the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce?
7. Someone telephones the chamber of commerce. What do they want information about? Why is that strange?
8. How long has Kennedy had his job?
9. Is his office simple or fancy?
10. What are three things in his office?
11. Does he have a computer?
12. What can he hear from the office?
13. What kind of telephone is there?
14. What do people call and want to know about? Why?
15. What is an idiom for “urinate”?
16. What is the name of the roller coaster at Coney Island? Is it still there?
17. Who is Walter Williams?
18. How long is the ride on the Cyclone?
19. What are four different things some people do after they get off the Cyclone?
20. What are two examples of sweet food available at Coney Island?
21. Where has John Dorman worked since 1947?
22. What is the name of the Famous hot dog stand at Coney Island and when did it open?
23. What is another word for “hot dog”?
24. Who are the two Sols?
25. What is the history of the hotdog?
26. What is the name of a movie star Sol Seiderman has served?
27. When Nathan’s first opened, what was the price of a hot dog?