Archiv für die Kategorie „Allgemein“
Statue of Liberty Rap
In diesem Rap geht es um die Freiheitsstatue aus der Sicht eines Einwanderers gesehen.
Hier ein Auszug:
Hey, Statue of Liberty,
funky lady with spiky hair,
do you really care about me?
Have you got a place for me,
a home, job, security?
You look at me as if to say,
Maybe, but it won’t be easy,
it’s up to you, not me,
to make your way.
Take That Rap
Ein verspielter Rap, wobei sich alles um das Wort ‘take’ dreht .
A playful rap, playing with the word ‘take”.
Hier ein Auszug:
Take that and that
and that and that,
take that!
Take a vacation,
take a dip,
take a flight,
take a trip.
Take a course,
take a test,
take an exam,
take a rest.
Take a bus,
take a plane,
take a walk,
take a train.
The IM Rap
IM steht für ‘instant messaging’ (SMS)’, kling aber fast genau wie ‘I am’ wenn ausgesprochen.
Descartes hat geschrieben, ‘Ich denke, deshalb bin ich.’
Vielleicht würde die Aktualisierung dieses Gedankens lauten: ‘Ich schreibe SMSs, deshalb bin ich.’
Hier ein Auszug:
I M,
I am,
IM,
I am,
I M,
I am,
IM,
I am,
IM,
that’s me,
instant messaging constantly.
SMS Blues rap
SMS-tippen kann krank und süchtig machen. Insofern ist es ein ernstes Problem, das auch als Thema in der Schule behandelt werden sollte. SMS Blues Rap wäre ein guter Einstieg in die Problematik.
Hier ein Auszug:
Texting is fun,
it’s hit and run,
I pick and choose
the messages
I can use.
Pick out the best,
ignore the rest,
that’s the way,
only 24 hours
in a day.
Friends?
They’re not far away,
right here on my display
Hey, you Man Rap
Ein Nachsinnen darüber, was es bedeutet ein ‘Human’ zu sein (ab Klasse 9).
Hier ein Auszug:
1
Hey you, man!
I said You Man!
Are you looking for a life,
a human life?
I mean a really human life?
2
Many roads lead to Rome,
lead you home,
the question is
what is home,
what is human?
Does anybody know?
Global Warning Rap
Der Rap beschreibt die verschiedenen Standpunkte zum Thema Erderwärmung. Geschrieben kurz vor der Internationalen Klimakonferenz in Kopenhagen, 2009.
Fifty States Rap
Zweckmäßiger Rap: damit die Schüler sich die Namen der 50 US-Bundesstaaten merken können.
Hier ein Auszug:
The USA has 50 states,
21 end with the letter ‘a’!
Say:
Alabama,
Alaska,
Arizona,
California!
Florida,
Georgia,
Indiana,
Iowa!
Louisiana,
Minnesota,
Montana,
Nebraska!
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
North Dakota,
South Dakota!
Nevada,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
Virginia!
And – last but not least - West Virginia!
Interview mit Kim Hasper, Stimme von ‘JD’ (Scrubs)
Der Schauspieler und Synchronsprecher Kim Hasper im Interview über das Synchronsprechen und insbesondere seine Rolle als die Stimme von Dr. John Dorian von der TV-Serie ‘Scrubs’.
Der Interviewer ist Paul Davenport, der das Können von Synchronsprechern wie Kim Hasper bewundert. Das Interview findet man auf der Startseite von Davenport-Stories unter der Rubrik ‘My Star Guest’.
Between a Rock and a hard Place
This is the true story of Aron Ralston, the young American mountaineer who was stuck fast in a canyon when, in a bizarre accident, a boulder fell on his hand.
Ralson weaves the breathtaking account of the five days he remained a captive of the rock into the story of what came before and led up to that fateful incident, interspersing the hour-by-hour account of his captivity with flashbacks about his life and career as a mountaineer and explorer.
Another brilliant strand of his story is his reconstruction of the reaction of his family and friends to the news that he was missing. He traces that reaction from initial shock to the selfless efforts made to find him.
But most of all, the story concentrates on the inner journey of a man overwhelmed by a seemingly superior power – the ninety kilograms of rock – and forced to experience the slow but sure loss of his physical strength. With very little water and almost no food, Ralson gradually succumbs to a trancelike state in which vivid hallucinations increasingly take over his mind. Although his will to survive is incredibly strong, he reaches a point where he realizes that he will soon die, and resigns himself to his fate.
What happens after that is the stuff of heroism, a mind-blowing story of what the human spirit is capable of achieving in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
Ralston, Aron, Between a Rock and a hard Place. New York, Atria Books, 2004.
Deutsche Version: Ralston, Aron, 127 Hours im Canyon. Berlin: Ullstein, 2005.
Extreme Sport Rap
Dieser Rap setzt sich mit der Frage auseinander, ob Extremsport sinnvoll ist.
Hier ein Auszug:
No risk, no fun,
so the saying goes,
Ha! What a dumb saying!
I get my kicks with my feet
on the ground,
safe and sound.
4000 feet high,
ten below zero,
freezing my ass off
on the side of a mountain
is not my idea of fun,
no way, man.
No ice axe,
no karabiner for me.
No thanks,
I’ll stay right here!
Does that make me a wimp?
I don’t think so,
do you?
