Ordinary Things: Ocak 2015

20 Ocak 2015 Salı

Taste of Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTy7ugrSFz4

The World (Is Going Up in Flames)

This world
is going up in flames
and nobody
wanna take the blame
don't tell me
how to live my life
when you
never felt the pain

ooo ooo ooo

come on babe
they don't hear me cry
they don't hear me
they don't hear me cry
but what I gotta do

I can't turn my head away
Seeing all these things
The world
is burning up in flames
and nobody
wanna take the blame

you oh you
you oh you
me oh me

they don't hear me cry
they don't hear me

it's killing me
oh babe
come on babe

gotta be
a better world
gotta make it babe
gotta make it right

ooh

Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/tr/charles-bradley-world-going-flames-lyrics.html#ixzz3PPDnYGTS

19 Ocak 2015 Pazartesi

TEXT ANALYSIS

http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20150110-the-quietest-place-in-the-us

I hiked here to listen, not to look.(simple past tense. It is used to express experiences past actions)

Olympic National Park has dominated the thumb of Washington state’s “mitten” since 1938.(present perfect tense. It is used to describe what has been done) A Unesco Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site, it protects the hemisphere’s best and largest swathe of virgin temperate rainforest. Ferns and fungus bloom everywhere, even sideways on trunks, while moss and lichen layer Grinch beards along bigleaf maple branches thicker than most trees.(present tense. It is used to express precise details.)

But even more interesting to me was the soundscape.(Past continuous tense. It is used to express personal feelings and perspectives) Natural noises flow undisturbed by humans for quarter-hour stretches here.(present tense. It is used to express precise details.) In fact, the park ranks first among the last dozen places like this in the continental United States.(present tense. It is used to express precise details.) Nowhere in Europe does quiet – the undisturbed heartbeat of the land and its animals – still reign to such an extent.(Simple present tense. It is used to do a comparison) Activists are now pushing to make the Hoh the world’s first quiet zone, the sonic equivalent of a Dark Sky Reserve, by the park system’s centennial in 2016.(Present continuous tense. It is used to express future plans with reference to timetables or schedules)

-Expressive and informative are the most dominant tone of the text. The author generally show his or her opinions about that landscape. Moreover so much information is given to readers. Therefore informative is another dominant tone.

VIDEO TASK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfIAgVmaXTU

Exercises:
A)
In this section, you should correct and re-write the sentences given below.

1- Jesse thinks that Twilight is acceptable trilogy.
No, you are wrong. Jesse............................

2- Zibby tells that Jesse is flexible about book choice.
No, you are wrong. Zibby...........................

3- Jesse thinks that he is the only one who decides good and bad.
No, you are wrong. Jesse.............................

4- Jesse accepts that he is a snob.
No, you are wrong. Jesse.............................

5- Zibby loves reading classical books as Jesse does.
No, you are wrong. Zibby............................

B)
In this section, you are expected to decide which character said the sentence given below. Write Z or J.

1- ( ) That was snobby. You're a snob.

2- ( ) And it passed the time.And it's not Tolstoy, but it's also not television. And it made me happy.Now you.

3- ( ) It's also about developing taste.

4- ( ) This...is the worst book ever written in English.

5- ( ) How can you hate something if you've never read it? I mean, isn't that like what repressive regimes do? You want to burn books you don't like?

In this section, you are expected to choose the one of the alternatives that is correct.

1- What does Jesse think about Zibby's book choice?

a) He is okay with her choice.

b) He is really shocked.

c) Her book choice makes him really angry, and he goes crazy.

2- How does Zibby react Jesse's comments?

a) She is really ashamed.

b) His comments do not bother her.

c) She thinks that she has the right to decide which book she will buy.