Monday, March 02, 2009

2n BAT: Night life in NY

Here you have a link to a video about New York night life I've found out in an interesting video website.
Listen to the interview and do the suggested activities.

http://www.videojug.com/interview/new-york-city-nightlife-2

New York City Nightlife

1) Choose the best option

What is special about going out in New York?
New York has so much (1) history / story, class and panache behind the (2) hole /whole city. I mean, if you just look at "Sex in the City," you can see how (3) funny / fun it is to go out because you have people from all over the city, from artists and writers, and in a Mecca of entertainment, you never know who you're going to (4)bump /run into or meet. New York is just very fast-paced and very (5) chic / cheek . So it's fun to go out in New York.


2) Cross out the extra added word.


What are the coolest nightspots in New York?
Nightspots in New York also change extremely fast. If you have thought L.A. changed fast, New York nightlife also changes very fast too. Hotspots have included "Bungalow 8", "Pink Elephant", "Stereo", “Bread” "Butter"; the list goes on and on so on.

3) Order the sentences
What's the best way to get into a New York hot spot?
It works similarly to LA in that they want to keep the people outside so that it seems like it's really exclusive.

The best way to get into a New York hot spot is to know someone.

If you are an attractive girl and you go up to the front of the line, your chances of getting in are high

It probably is, and it's very good to know the door people and to know the venue owner or promoter.

.If you are a guy, take out your wallet because you're probably going to be using it to get in.

4) Fill in the gaps with the correct word

Can I get into New York hot spot by paying off the doorman?
A lot of times if you …………………….(1)l out money and try to grease the doormen, they don't care who you know sometimes, they don't care about anything. They will only ……………………….(2) their people in, especially if the capacity of the …………………………(3). is really low. Then they know they can only let in 'x' ……………………(4).of people. They don't care. They're not going to let you in. Your best ………………………….(5) is just to go home.

2nd BAT About American History

In our book, we have read an article about the USA but I'm sure you don't know that much about the history of this powerful country.
Watch the video and listen to it carefully and write a short paragraph writing down as many historic events you can.