Misha and Karl get hip on top

Misha: I'm down with the roof-top scene. No street noise, cool clean air, and a surreal view of the Bangkok skyline. But couldn't they play some better music?

Karl: Roof-tops are actually the hippest places to be. They're hot! All the cool cats are chillin' up top these days listening to hip-hop. There's a new roof-top bar called Hip Hop on Top.

Misha: Once again, hip-hop music ruins a cool atmosphere. When are people going to recognise that hip-hop isn't so hip?

Karl: There are lots of fresh beats and rhymes in hip-hop today. I think you're not hip enough to appreciate it.

Misha: If hip-hop music is hip, then so is a bowl of noodles. Everybody's eating it.

1. What are Misha and Karl arguing about in regard to hip-hop music?

a. Whether it rhymes or not.

b. Whether it is music or not.

c. Whether Misha is a good hip-hop DJ.

d. Whether it is hip or not.

2. What does it mean to be "down" with something?

a. That you must lower your head to enter somewhere.

b. That you are short.

c. That you have something filled with feathers.

d. That you agree with or accept something.

3. What's a "cool cat"?

a. A cold drink.

b. A comfortable feline.

c. A fashionable, relaxed person.

d. A flexible person.

4. What are you doing if you are "chillin"?

a. Turning down the air-con.

b. Relaxing comfortably.

c. Serving white wine.

d. Ordering ice.

5. Choose the group of words to describe how Misha and Karl use "hip"?

a. Roof, bar, restaurant.

b. Leg, joint, bone.

c. Modern, cool, quality.

d. Music, dance, DJ.

Answers          1.d, 2.d, 3.c, 4.b, 5.c

By Joe Serrani