Detachment by Tony Kaye, American History X director.

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Looking for a Job [Country Style]: Can you fill in the gaps?

you can't talk to me like that b_____________
I don't c________ who you are
if you don't want to have to h________ your own dry wall
don't p__________ me too far

boomtown work ain't h____________ to come by
boomtown w______________s are
you might be the one r____________ the show but
that don't mean you're in c___________

I was looking for a job when I found this one
don't need the work like you need the work done
you look like you're under pressure
I was looking for a job when I met you

I'm s__________________ a room with two guys over at the motel 6 boss
sending every dime I make here home to my ex-w_____________
just d___________ two years and 28 days
with a little better a____________ I'd been in there for my life

so you see, b_______________ won't take much getting used to
neither will a barb wire j_____________ house wall
w____________ what you say to someone with nothing
it's almost like h____________ it all

I was looking for a job when I found this one
don't need the work like you need the work done
you look like you're under pressure
I was already looking for a job two weeks ago when I met you, remember?

SPOKEN:
you know what I really ought to get is a job like
you got, chief, you know, driving around
checking on guys like me. yelling from the window of
a pickup truck with the A/C cranked up and your clothes all
nice and clean yeah...that might be nice...on the other hand....
[Looking for a Job by Todd Snider]

Click on the player above (at right), listen to the recording and CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD in each of the pairs of italics. [copyright by eslHolidayLessons.com]


Buy Nothing Day is a great way of remainder / reminding yourself you don’t need to go shopping. In today’s world, most of us buy too much, too often. There is really no need for us to buy halve / half the stuff we purchase. In fact, make that three-quarters, or even nine-tenths. Shopping has become an addiction / addition for many people. Companies are experts / expertise at making us buy stuff. TV and Internet ads can even make us buy things we don’t really want. There is a well-known bumper sticker that says: “When the doing / going gets tough, the tough go shopping.” I would say only foolish people go shopping to low / reduce their stress. Anyway, Buy Nothing Day is a fantastic way to void / avoid crowded stores, save some money (for once) and spend time wisely / wisdom.
Lots of ideas / ideals on how to spend this day are on the www.buynothingday.org website. Here, you learn what / that you actually help save our planet by not going shopping. You consume less and this means we abusing / use fewer of Earth’s resources. We easily run out of money when we go shopping, but we can also run in / out of our planet’s animals, forests, water and a lot more. The website suggests you lock your credit card away for the day and give / keep your cash under the bed. You will not be / do alone. The website says: “Buy Nothing Day is the biggest 24-hour [campaign] against consumerism. People around the world will make a packed / pact to take a break from shopping as a personal / personalize experiment or public statement. And the best thing is, it’s free."

WRITING
Write about Buy Nothing Day for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.