Songs of the Week: Billy Joel: Honesty Foreigner: White Lie

Three songs of the week this week The first of which is Honesty a song by American singer songwritter Billy Joel from his 1978 album 52nd St

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The second song of the week is White Lie from the American/British Supergroup Foreigner's 1995 CD Mr Moonlight

Lyrics: Foreigner:White Lie
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On-Line Resources: Chapter 11 - Honestly Speaking

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Audio Files: Chapter 11: Lesson B

Please find below links to the audio files for Chapter 11: Lesson B from the text "Who Do You Trust"

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Workbook: Chapter 11: Lesson B

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Extra Listening: Chapter 11 - Honestly Speaking

For extra listening practice try the follwing exercises from Randall's Cyber Listening Lab. The Listening Episode and Quiz are entitled Personal Problemsand level is "Difficult"

Personal Problems

Audio Files: Chapter 11: Lesson A

Please find below links to the audio files for Chapter 11: Lesson A from the text "To Tell The Truth".

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Workbook: Chapter 11: Lesson A

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Song of the Week: Malvina Reynold: Little Boxes

Little Boxes, is a song written by American folk singer Malvina Reynolds in 1962 that, as the cititaion in Wikipedia noes: “… lampoons the development of suburbia and what many consider its bourgeois conformist values”. The song’s best-known version of the song is the one by Pete Seeger and the song is thought to have been “inspired” by Daly City in California. More recently, the song has been featured in the television comedy series Weeds. While the first season used Reynolds’ own recording of the song, the second had a different versions every week including ones by: Elvis Costello, Death Cabbie for Cutie, Regina Spektor, The Submarines, Jenny Lewis and Englebert Humperdink

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Video: Pete Segger: Little Boxes
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On-Line Resources: Chapter 9 - Social Issues

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Audio Files: Chapter 9: Lesson B

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Workbook: Chapter 9: Lesson B

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Extra Listening: Chapter 9 - Social Issues

For extra listening practice try the follwing exercises from Randall's Cyber Listening Lab. The Listening Episode and Quiz are entitled Street Market and level is "Medium"

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Audio Files: Chapter 9: Lesson A

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Workbook: Chapter 9: Lesson A

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Song of the Week: Joe South / Inner Circle: Games People Play

This week's song of the week is Games People Play - a song written by singer Joe South. Besides South's recordings, other artists have also recorded the song, including Jerry Lee Lewis, Tesla (on their album Bust a Nut), The Georgia Satellites (on their album In the Land of Salvation and Sin) and Bill Haley & His Comets. In Singapore around 1969, an instrumental version showed up on a single by The White Crane Orchestra. The reggae band Inner Circle also released a cover version, which was quite popular in Europe for a while in the mid-90s. In 2006, it was covered by Jools Holland on his album Moving Out to the Country with guest vocalist Marc Almond [Wikipedia]

Lyrics: Games People Play
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On-Line Resources: Chapter 8 - Sports & Hobbies

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