Q: Perhaps the most famous clothing brand name in the world is Levi's.Levi Strauss & Co.is the producer of blue denim jeans.Here's how it happened. In the mid 1800s many people went to California to look for gold.A young German named Levi Strauss traveled to San Francisco to help his brother on business.He sold canvas to the workers for tents.But the workers said they needed pants more,because their pants were easy to wear out.Instead of selling his canvas for tent-making,he turned it into pants.These kinds of pants were very popular with workers.He was very happy and named the kind of pants"denims".And in 1853 he founded Levi Strauss & Co. Twenty years later the company began using a design with pockets.During the working,Strauss _ the process for putting metal rivets in the eans for strength. On May 20,1873,they received the U.S.Patent No.139,121 for the process and that date is now considered the official birthday of"blue jeans". Today the company still has its factories in San Francisco,California.Over 11,000 people work in them and bring in over $4 billion a year.

1. German
2. San Francisco
3. to help his brother's business
4. sold canvas for tents
5. yes
6. he workers needed pants
7. theirs were wearing out too quickly
8. tent canvas
9. denims
10. no
11. Twenty years later
12. mid 1800s
13. 1853
14. yes
15. May 20,1873
16. the birthday of blue jeans
17. 139,121
18. SanFrancisco
19. more than 11,000 people
20. perhaps

Numbered questions:
1. What nationality is Levi Strauss?
2. Where did he travel to?
3. Why?
4. How did he help?
5. Did that inspire him to start a business?
6. Howso?
7. Why did they need pants?
8. What did Levi craft his pants out of?
9. What did he call them?
10. Did they have pockets at that time?
11. When were they added?
12. Approximately when did Levi start making pants?
13. When did he found the company?
14. Is the design patented?
15. When did they get that?
16. What do they refer to that date as now?
17. What patent number did it get?
18. Where are the factories currently located?
19. How many people work there?
20. Is it the most famous clothing braND?

Q: My summer hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr3:-@ kids FTF. ILNY, it's gr8. Can you understand this sentence? If you can't, don't feel too bad; neither could the middle school teacher in England who received this as homework. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found on Internet or cell phones. To new comers, it can look like a completely foreign language. So, what is the translation of the sentence above? My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend, and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York. It's great. School teachers and parents say this new form of writing is harming the English language. Increasing spelling and grammatical mistakes can be seen in students' writing. They fear the language could become corrupted . "Everyone should just relax", say linguists . They believe Netspeak is in fact more of a good thing. David Crystal, from the University of Wales, argues that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use and the almost lost art of diary writing, has been picked up again. Geoffrey Nurberg, from Stanford University, agrees. "People get better at writing by writing," he says. "kids who are now doing text messaging, e-mails, and instant messages will write at least as well as, and possibly better than their parents." Linguist James says, for centuries, it is believed without exception that young people are harming the language. And you can _ that when today's teenagers become tomorrow's parents. They too will think this way. James argues that languages do not and cannot become corrupted. They simply change to meet the new needs. However, Netspeakers do agree that it is important to teach young people how to speak and write standard English. Cynthia McVey says, "I can understand Netspeak worries teachers and it's important that they get across to their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but learning to write proper English is a must for their future." Perhaps we should give teenagers a little more trust anyway. Erin, aged 12, says, "I wouldn't use text language in my homework. Texting is just for fun. "

1. Netspeak
2. David Crystal
3. Geoffrey Nurberg
4. that Netspeak and Internet create a new language
5. Yes
6. 12
7. like a completely foreign language

Numbered questions:
1. what cant they understand
2. who is from wales university
3. who is from stanford university
4. what did he agree on
5. did linguist james say anything
6. what is the age of erin
7. how does the the language look to people that are new

Q: CHAPTER XVI Old Man Coyote is Very Crafty.

Coyote has a crafty brain; His wits are sharp his ends to gain.

There is nothing in the world more true than that. Old Man Coyote has the craftiest brain of all the little people of the Green Forest or the Green Meadows. Sharp as are the wits of old Granny Fox, they are not quite so sharp as the wits of Old Man Coyote. If you want to fool him, you will have to get up very early in the morning, and then it is more than likely that you will be the one fooled, not he. There is very little going on around him that he doesn't know about. But once in a while something escapes him. The coming of Paddy the Beaver to the Green Forest was one of these things. He didn't know a thing about Paddy until Paddy had finished his dam and his house, and was cutting his supply of food for the winter.

You see, it was this way: When the Merry Little Breezes of Old Mother West Wind first heard what was going on in the Green Forest and hurried around over the Green Meadows and through the Green Forest to spread the news, as is their way, they took the greatest pains not to even hint it to Old Man Coyote because they were afraid that he would make trouble and perhaps drive Paddy away. The place that Paddy had chosen to build his dam was so deep in the Green Forest that Old Man Coyote seldom went that way. So it was that he knew nothing about Paddy, and Paddy knew nothing about him for some time.

1. yes
2. no
3. old Granny Fox
4. Old Man Coyote
5. get up very early in the morning
6. probably not
7. very little
8. once in a while
9. Paddy the Beaver
10. came to the Green Forest
11. when Paddy had finished his dam and his house
12. the Merry Little Breezes
13. they were afraid he would drive Paddy away
14. by making trouble
15. deep in the Green Forest
16. no
17. Old Man Coyote seldom went that way
18. cutting his supply of food for the winter
19. over the Green Meadows
20. to spread the news

Numbered questions:
1. Is coyote creative?
2. Is anyone more creative than him?
3. who is he compared to?
4. who is smarter?
5. how can you trick him?
6. will it work?
7. how often does something get past him?
8. when has it happened?
9. like who has done it?
10. what did he do?
11. when did coyote find out?
12. who didn't want him to find out?
13. why?
14. how?
15. where is Paddy's dam?
16. would it be easy for coyote to find?
17. why?
18. what else was Paddy doing while making the dam?
19. where did the Merry little Breezes travel?
20. why?