My 1,000
Ideas
e-Book

Breaking News English

HOME  |  HELP THIS SITE  |  000s MORE FREE LESSONS
 
My 1,000
Ideas
e-Book
 
 

HOW TO PLAY:

 1. Click this link to listen.

 2. Listen and choose the correct word in the grey box with the "up / down" arrows.

 3. Check your answers.

 4. Press the "refresh" button on your browser to play again.

   amongst      amount      breaking      emotional      famous      hardships      health      illnesses      lot      lyrics      lyrics      models      particular      report      skills      special      successful      superstar      therapy      therapy  
Doctors at Britain's world Cambridge University believe that hip-hop music can help people who are depressed or mentally ill. They call it 'hip-hop '. The doctors said that many of the (the words to the songs) in hip-hop music can reach out to people with problems. A team of doctors wrote a about this. The report is in a medical magazine called 'The Lancet Psychiatry'. The doctors said a of hip-hop music speaks of overcoming and big difficulties in life. In , hip-hop has lyrics about being poor, being unpopular, and about crime and drugs. These are all problems that can lead to depression and mental .

The report on hip-hop and mental says: "Hip-hop artists use their and talents not only to describe the world they see, but also as a means of free. There's often a message of hope in the lyrics, describing the place where they want to be - the cars they want to own, the they want to date." The doctors chose five hip-hop songs as part of the . One of them is the classic 1982 tune 'The Message' by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. Another is a track called 'Juicy' by The Notorious BIG. This has that tell people they can be even if others say they cannot be. BIG explains how teachers told him he would " to nothing" but then became a .

Back to the lesson page


E-mail this lesson to someone who would like to use it in classroom or study with it. 000's more free lessons.
MORE ACTIVITIES:
QUIZZES MORE QUIZZES PRINT READING SEAN'S OTHER SITES

Sentence Jumble

No letters

Gap-Fill

Word Order

Word Pairs

Grammar Gap-Fill

Articles Gap-Fill

Prepositions Gap-Fill

Consonants

Vowels

Missing Letters

Initals Only

Text Jumble - 15

Text Jumble - 24

No Spaces

 

26-Page Handout

Two-Page Mini-lesson.

 

LISTEN

MP3

Discussion Questions

 

DICTATION

10 Sentences

Spelling (12 Words)

Speed Reading
Activities

 

650+ Discussions (13,000+ Qs)

One-Minute Listening Lessons

Famous People Lessons

Holiday & Anniversary Lessons

Sean Banville on Twitter

My Blog

Free ESL Materials

Business English Materials

Lessons On All American Presidents

Lessons On Movies - Classic & New



Copyright © 2004-2014 by Sean Banville | Links | About | Privacy Policy