Part 4. Language Study and Language Appreciation.
Listen to the following statements you have learned in the previous and present units.
Pay special attention to the parts in bold type. Learn to appreciate and use the language.
1. To pay for everything out of pocket.
The members paid for everything out of pocket, until they caught the attention of the StepSun Music Entertainment Company.
2. To spring up around.
StepSun is one of several independent record companies that have sprung up around America's hip-hop culture.
3. To give a different flavor to
So they're trying to give a different flavor to those type of images and the typical hip-hop group that's currently profitable now.
4. To show no signs of.
And with 50 to 60 new rap singles being released every week, this industry and American cultural phenomenon shows no signs of slowing down.
5. To stand in for.
They're Hollywood stunt people, they stand in for the stars.
6. To pay off.
The love the risks and the danger pays off.
7. To build up.
To make him come over there and in a rage and want to kill something...you have to build him up to that.
And building him up to that is a little bit artsy because obviously you're not being mean to him because he has to like you, but you have to get him emotionally high.
8. To work on a wire's edge.
And when we get him emotionally high, you're working on a wire's edge, take him too high, he will hurt you.
9. Be called for.
Cox is among about 50 stunt people who also make a living coordinating, choreographing and directing the often intricate stunts called for in today's movie and TV scripts.
10. Be charged with.
The coordinators is also charged with hiring the best stunt men and women for the scenes.
11. To feed on the response from.
I decided that I was most definitely happiest when I was in front of an audience doing my skills and just feeding on the response from them,
the applause after the show, people coming up and telling me how much they enjoyed my performances.
12. To land a contract.
I was accepted to clown college and spent my time during that 8-week program down there training with the Greatest Show on Earth and ultimately landed a contract performing with the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus on this season's tour.
13. To have a ball.
This is my first year on tour and I'm having a ball.