No Scrubs - Link Words

What is a scrub? One of the best songs to be used in teaching slang words.

Insert these link words where necessary: But If also but

A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fly and is
____ known as a buster
always talkin' about what he wants
and just sits on his broke ass
so (no)
I don't want your number
no I don't wanna give you mine
and no I don't wanna meet you nowhere
no I don't want none of your time and no
Chorus:
I don't want no scrub
a scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
hanging out the passenger side
of his best friend's ride
trying to holler at me
I don't want no scrub
a scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
hanging out the passenger side
of his best friend's ride
trying to holler at me
___ a scrub's checkin' me
___ his game is kinda weak
and i know that he cannot approach me
cuz I'm lookin' like class and he's looking like trash
can't get wit' a deadbeat ass
So (no)
I don't want your number
no I don't wanna give you mine
and no I don't wanna meet you nowhere
no I don't want none of your time (so no)
Chorus
__ you don't have a car and youre walking
Oh yes son I'm talking to you
__ you live at home wit' your momma
Oh yes son I'm talking to you
__ you have a shorty ___ you don't show love
Oh yes son I'm talking to you
Wanna get with me with no money
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When the teacher is a bit drunk and wants to blow off steam he can take a guitar and just belt it out like in the video below, ... just to make a complete idiot of himself. And wait, ain't this song about a loser ESL (EFL) teacher? Just get the irony:

"hanging out the passenger side
of his best friend's ride
trying to holler at me"
+
Wanna get with me with no money

Funeral Sounds - Post One

Have you ever wanted to make a list of the songs you'd like to be played at your funeral party? If not, you'd better not be following this Label called "Funeral Sounds". FS is all about the works of art I consider appropriate to be played or performed during or after my funeral. These sounds are represented by my favourite music videos taken from youtube and other major portals. Some of these songs have actually been used by me in teaching EFL students.

Post 1 - The Metro

I'm a great lover of subways (or underground). Maybe it's because we don't have metro here in my hometown. I've used it for like 20 times in my whole life and, every single time I used it I was singing this song! I swear!

Oops! I was actually singing this one, it's one of the rare cases when the cover version is way too better than the original. And being performed by crazy guys of Armenian extraction is an added bonus.

EFL Activity: fill in the spaces using the right preposition: along, for, in, on, over, through, to, with

I'm alone, sitting ____ my broken glass
My four walls follow me _______ my past
I was __ a Paris train
I emerged __ London rain
And you waiting there swimming _______ apologies
I remember searching ___ the perfect words
I was hoping you might change your mind
I remember the soldier standing next __ me
Riding __ the Metro
I was smiling as you took my hand
Saw the mood we spoke __ France
You were passed as shallow word
It isn't passed there's still a hurt
You were passed as shallow word
It isn't passed there's still a hurt
I can see you now smiling as I pulled away..
sorry
I remember the letter wrinkled __ my hand
"'Ill love you always" filled my eyes
I remember the night we walked _____ the Seine
Riding __ the Metro
I remember a feeling coming ____ me
The soldier turned, then walked away
F**k you ___ loving me
Riding __ the Metro

SURPRISING HONESTY AT FUNERAL

Task: Read the text. Substitute the Russian words in red for those coming below the article. Memorize the highlighted words. Retell the story in the presence of your grandparents.

 

Family and friends at the funeral of George Ramsbottom in Honley, West Yorkshire, were потрясённый when his brother, Frank, stood up in the church and told everyone that his brother would not be missed.

Describing his brother as самый подлый (ничтожный) he had ever met, he went on перечислять all the people who would be glad to know that George had died, and gave the причины why.

He claimed that George was a liar, a cheat, a бабник and a drunk. "He owed money to half the people in the village; he had ruined a number of marriages; and he was often крайне, очень rude без особых на то причин.. No one will be sad that he has gone." said Frank Ramsbottom.

Mr Ramsbottom's unexpected speech was followed by мертвецкая тишина. Eventually Margaret Dudley, the minister in charge of the service, stood to say, "Let us give thanks for George's life with our final song." She then sang on her own while everyone else stood in silence. The service ended shortly afterwards. 

to list, the meanest man, reasons, stunned, womanizer, incredibly, complete silence, for no good reason

 

Tricky Question: How would you translate the word "minister" into Russian [as is used in the article]? 

Discussion

In your country:

1. When someone dies, what happens to their body?

a. It is buried. b.It is cremated. c. Something else

2. Where do funeral ceremonies take place?

a. In a church b. At a shrine c. Somewhere else

3. Who usually attends funerals?

a. Only men b. Men and women c. Anyone

4. What colour do people wear to signify death?

a. Black b.White c. A different color

5. What do people usually do at funerals?

a. Cry openly and express strong emotions. b. Keep their emotions under control. c. Try not to cry, but cry quietly if they cannot help it.

When you die, would you prefer to be buried or cremated?

Discuss the questions below:

1. Was Frank Ramsbottom right to make the speech?

2. "You should never speak ill of the dead." Do you agree ?

3. Can you bury someone in their garden in your country?

4. Can you scatter their ashes wherever you like?

5. How would you feel if your next-door neighbors buried their grandmother in their back garden?