13 Language Practice Directions: After listening to the second Johnson and Rolón Give Voice to History Project archival audio oral history, answer the questions below. For a transcript of the interview, see the Addenda. 1. Line 17: “When we filed, we filed under two laws.” a. To whom does “we” refer in this sentence? ___________________________________ b. What does “file” mean in this sentence? Is it a verb or a noun? __________________ ____________________________________________________________________ c. What are other meanings of the word “file”? __________________________________ 2. What is a city ordinance? __________________________________________________________ 3. Can you think of a current example of a city ordinance? __________________________________ 4. Line 28: What are two other ways to say “blah, blah, blah, blah, blah”? _______________________ 5. What is an injunction? ____________________________________________________________ 6. Line 50: “We were basically asking him to jump the gun to…” What is the meaning of the idiom “jump the gun”? __________________________________________________________ 7. On lines 57–60: a. To whom does “he” refer? _______________________________________________ b. To whom does “I’m” refer? _______________________________________________ c. To whom does “You” refer? _______________________________________________ 8. Line 64: What is another phrase that means “in lieu of”? _________________________________ 9. Line 67: “He didn’t want to touch it with a ten-foot pole.” a. What is the meaning of the idiom “not touch something with a ten-foot pole”? ________________________________________________________________________ b. To whom does “he” refer? ________________________________________________ 10. On line 87, what does “window” mean? Is it the kind of window you look out of? ____________________________________________________________________________ Immigration reform activists with raised fists protest at the White House in Wash- ington, D.C., May 1, 2010. Photo by Shutterstock.com.