Workbook chapter 9

The Birth

Task 1        Is the sentence right or wrong?

                   If it is wrong, correct it.

a)   

I was the only one who was hit by the new song like a sun stroke.

b)  

Allie was as normal as a man could be.

c)  

His boom box was ridiculously over sized.

d)  

The tape he played was an original one.

e)  

The world was divided in what happened before and after the release of this hit.

f)  

The Sugar Hill Gang had destroyed what the cool boys were fooling around with when assembled in the park on Sundays.

g)   

It did not matter to us that it was played on people’s stereos.

h)

Allie had problems pronouncing some sounds and this destroyed much of the fun.   

i)

He was the priest holding court for his diciples.

j)

Looking back I have Allie to thank for my first lessons of hip hop.

Task 2       

How do you say the following sentences in English?

a) Jeg spiller football.

b) Jeg spiller ikke gitar.

c) Mine venner spiller heller ikke gitar.

d) Mange mennesker har begynt å spille golf.

e) Jeg vil mye heller spille piano.

Task 3       

Choose one of the lyrics from a rap record you like. Read the text to your group or in the class. Explain what it is about. Play the record.