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Question time: What is
the Elizabeth line? A new commuter
railway has opened in Great Britain.
Where does it start, where does it end,
and where does it stop in between?
Read more on page 2
One of the world’s largest
carbon sinks is just below our feet:
miles of fungi networks in the
ground help keep carbon out of the
atmosphere.
Read more on page 3
| Photo: Getty Images
MARINE LIFE • SCIENCE
A day at the spa – for
dolphins
Page 6
SOCIAL MEDIA • BUSINESS
Elon Musk backs out of
Twitter deal
AROUND THE US
A new use for the American
shopping mall
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The Tory leadership race
UK POLITICS The candidate chosen by Conservative Party members as
their next leader will automatically become the new prime minister.
Either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will be moving into 10 Downing Street in September.
| Photos: Getty Images
By Siobhan Bruns
1 PRESSURISED BYhis own
cabinet after several scandals,
like the gatherings that took
place at Downing Street during
the Covid-19 lockdowns, UK
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
said at the beginning of July that
he would resign as leader of the
Conservative Party once a new
leader was chosen.
2 On July 12, the Conservatives
began the process of electing a
new leader for their party. Because
the next general election is
scheduled for January 2025, the
new Tory leader will automatically
become prime minister of
the country.
3 In Britain, the leader of the
biggest party in Parliament
is prime minister and can be
changed mid-term without having
to call a general election.
4 Electing a new leader for the
Conservative Party works like
this: to enter the contest to be
party leader, a candidate needs to
be nominated by 20 Conservative
Members of Parliament (MPs) – a
proposer, a seconder and 18 supporters.
5 Once the group of candidates
is formed, all Conservative MPs
in Parliament begin voting in
rounds until there are only two
candidates left.
6 In the first round, candidates
with fewer than 30 votes drop
out of the race. In the following
rounds, the candidate who comes
last drops out.
7 Leaving fewer candidates after
each round means that MPs
must concentrate their votes on
those candidates left standing.
8 These rounds of voting continue
until the choice comes
down to just two candidates.
9 When there are only two leadership
candidates left, the vote
goes out to all the Conservative
Party members, of which there
are now about 200,000. The
candidates hold hustings everywhere
in the country to try to persuade
as many of those members
as possible to vote for them.
10 When this year’s race started,
there were six candidates standing
for leadership. After five
rounds, the two left were Liz
Truss and Rishi Sunak.
11 Rishi Sunak has been a Conservative
Party MP since 2015, but
he has a background in finance.
Before becoming a politician, he
worked for hedge funds and investment
banks. He has served
on different select committees
and in 2019, he became a member
of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s
cabinet when he was made Chief
Secretary to the Treasury. On July
5, 2022, Sunak resigned from his
post, saying he could no longer
support Johnson’s leadership.
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0 – 1 LEADERSHIP RACE “"li…d´SIp‘ h.: Rennen um
den Parteivorsitz (leadership Führung) — Conservative
“k´n"s‰…v´tIv‘ — party Partei — leader Partei
vorsitzende(r) — automatically “ÆO…t´"mœtIkli‘
automatisch — to pressurise “"preS´raIz‘ unter
Druck setzen — gathering “"gœD´rIN‘ Treffen — to
take place stattfinden — to resign “rI"zaIn‘ zurücktreten
— once sobald
2 – 3 process “"pr´Uses‘ Verfahren — to elect wählen
— general election “ÆdZen´r´l I"lekS´n‘ brit. Unterhauswahl
— to be scheduled for “"SedZu…ld‘ angesetzt
sein für — mid-term während der Amtszeit
— to call an election eine Wahl ansetzen
4 – 5 to enter a contest h.: bei einer Wahl antreten
— to nominate “"nÅmIneIt‘ vorschlagen — proposer
“pr´"p´Uz´‘ Vorschlagende(r) — seconder
“"sek´nd´‘ Befürworter(in) — supporter “s´"pO…t´‘
Unterstützer(in) — to vote abstimmen
6 - 7 vote Stimme — to drop out of ausscheiden
aus — to come last die wenigsten Stimmen haben
— to concentrate “"kÅns´ntreIt‘ konzentrieren — …
left standing die verbleibenden …
8 – 10 to continue “k´n"tInju…‘ weitergehen — the
choice comes down to … “tSOIs‘ nur noch … stehen
zur Wahl — husting Veranstaltung, bei der sich
ein(e) Kandidat(in) den Parteimitgliedern vorstellt
— to persuade “p´"sweId‘ überzeugen — to stand
for kandidieren für
11 background Hintergrund — finance
“"faInœns‘ Finanzwesen — politician “ÆpÅlI"tIS´n‘
Politiker(in) — hedge funds Hedgefonds — to
serve arbeiten — select committee “sIÆlekt k´"mIti‘
Sonderausschuss — Chief Secretary to the Treasury
“ÆtSi…f "sekr´t´ri; "treZ´ri‘ dritthöchster Posten im
brit. Finanz- und Wirtschaftsministerium

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August 2022 Read On
question time
What is the Elizabeth line?
language corner
Cat idioms
By Siobhan Bruns
1 THE ELIZABETHline is a
new 118 km long commuter railway
in south-east England which
serves London and the surrounding
area. It runs from Essex in the
east to Berkshire in the west. The
line travels underground in central
London, where it has ten new
stations.
2 The idea for the line first started
in the 1980s, but it was cancelled
in the 1990s. It was then
approved in the 2000s and work
on it started in 2009.
3 The long rail line is being
opened in three phases. The first
phase was in May 2022 and the
last one will be in May 2023.
4 The Elizabeth line is expected
to increase London’s train
capacity by ten per cent. Around
200 million passengers will travel
on it each year.
5 The line was initially called
Crossrail but was renamed the
Elizabeth line for Queen Elizabeth
II, who officially opened
the line in 2022 – her Platinum
Jubilee year.
By Siobhan Bruns
1 AUGUST 8is International
Cat Day. The yearly event was
started in 2002 by the International
Fund for Animal Welfare
as a way to raise awareness of
cats in order to help and protect
them.
2 There are lots of idioms in
English that use the word cat.
Here are some of them.
3 To let the cat out of the bag is
to reveal a secret.
When the cat’s away, the mice
will play means people will enjoy
themselves (and perhaps
misbehave) if the person in
charge is not there.
To put the cat among the pigeons
is to do or say something
that is likely to cause trouble.
If you play a game of cat and
mouse with someone, it means
you are toying with that person
and not acting in an open and
honest way.
If you’re wondering why someone
isn’t saying very much, you
can ask: Has the cat got your
tongue?
If you look like something the cat
dragged in, you look very bad indeed.
Curiosity killed the cat is what
one can say when someone else
wants to know something that is
none of their business.
Something that’s the cat’s pyjamas
is something wonderful (but
the expression is a little old-fashioned).
| Photos:
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August 8 is
International
Cat Day.
| Photo:
Getty Images
| Source: Crossrail 2022
0 – 3 (RAIL) LINE (Bahn)Linie; -strecke — commuter
railway Bahnstrecke, die die Innenstadt mit dem Umland
verbindet (c. Pendler[in]) — to serve bedienen — surrounding
area “s´"raUndIN‘ Umland — to run verlaufen
— Berkshire “"bA…kS´‘ — to cancel verwerfen — to approve
“´"pru…v‘ genehmigen
4 – 5 s.th. is expected to … es wird erwartet, dass etw. …
— to increase “In"kri…s‘ steigern — train capacity
“k´"pœs´ti‘ Transportkapazität — initially “I"nIS´li‘ zunächst
— to rename umbenennen — Platinum Jubilee
“"plœtn´m "dZu…bIli…‘ 70-jähriges Thronjubiläum
0 – 3 IDIOM “"Idi´m‘ Redewendung — International Fund for Animal Welfare
Tierschutzorganisation — to raise awareness of “´"we´n´s‘ das Bewusstsein
schärfen für — to protect “pr´"tekt‘ schützen — to reveal a secret “rI"vi…l
"si…kr´t‘ ein Geheimnis verraten — to misbehave “ÆmIsbI"heIv‘ sich schlecht
benehmen — person in charge “tSA…dZ‘ Aufsichtsperson — pigeon “"pIdZ´n‘
Taube — to be likely to do wahrscheinlich tun — to cause trouble “"trøb´l‘ für
Ärger sorgen — to toy with s.o. mit jdm. spielen — to act sich verhalten —
honest “"ÅnIst‘ ehrlich — tongue “tøN‘ Zunge — to drag s.th. in etw. hereinschleppen
— indeed wirklich — curiosity “ÆkjU´ri"Ås´ti‘ Neugier — to be none
of s.o.’s business jdn. nichts angehen — expression “Ik"spreS´n‘ Redewendung
— old-fashioned altmodisch
Continued from page 1
12 – 13 experience “Ik"spI´ri´ns‘ Erfahrung — Minister for
Women and Equalities “I"kwÅl´tIz‘ Frauen- und
Gleichstellungsminister(in) — Foreign Secretary “"fÅrIn‘
Außenminister(in) — although “O…l"D´U‘ obwohl — so far
bisher — it seems that … es scheint, dass … — policy differences
“"pÅl´si‘ programmatische Unterschiede — key
12 Liz Truss has been a Conservative
MP since 2010. She has more
experience working for prime
ministers. Truss was a member
of David Cameron and Theresa
May’s cabinets in different positions.
Under Prime Minister
Johnson, she has been Minister
for Women and Equalities since
2019 and Foreign Secretary since
2021. Truss has not resigned her
posts.
13 Although Sunak got more
votes than Truss in the MPs voting,
Truss begins the race with
more members saying they would
vote for her. So far, it seems that
there are not too many policy differences
between the two candidates.
But one key difference is
taxes.
14 While Sunak says it would be
irresponsible to cut taxes now,
Truss has said that she would cut
taxes to help businesses – and the
economy – grow. That difference
could be very important. With
the cost of living crisis in the UK,
what the candidates plan to do
about the economy will be at the
heart of the leadership contest.
15 However, more differences
and details of what each candidate
plans to do should he or
she become prime minister will
surely become clearer at the 12
hustings, and at least one television
debate, planned before the
final votes are counted.
16 The membership has until
September 5 to vote for the new
leader of the Tory party – and the
UK’s next prime minister.
entscheidend — tax Steuer
14 – 16 irresponsible “ÆIrI"spÅns´b´l‘ verantwortungslos —
to cut taxes Steuern senken — economy “I"kÅn´mi‘ Wirtschaft
— cost of living Lebenshaltungskosten — at the
heart of … im Zentrum des … — to count zählen — membership
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Read On August 2022
One of the world’s largest carbon
sinks is just below our feet
ECOLOGY Miles and miles of fungi networks below the ground help keep carbon
out of the atmosphere. mit Audiodatei und Übungsmaterial
By Franziska Lange
1 CARBON SINKis the term
for things that absorb carbon dioxide
so it stays out of the atmosphere.
Too much carbon dioxide
causes climate change, so anything
that pulls it out of our environment
can help against global
warming.
2 We know trees in a forest do
this, but now scientists are beginning
to understand that there are
some busy little helpers in the
forest soil, too: fungi. Fungi also
store carbon dioxide – a lot of it.
3 If fungi make you think of
your favourite pizza, you’re not
wrong, but the mushrooms we
see – and eat – are only the visible
parts of organisms in the soil. And
they’re a small part, too.
4 Fungi build networks of
filaments in the ground, which
are called mycelium. Around
the world, these filaments are
thought to be trillions of miles
long. It’s through these filaments
that some fungi species form sym­
We know trees in a forest are
carbon sinks. Now scientists are
beginning to understand that fungi
are, too.
The mushroom we see is the smallest part of the fungus, underground its mycelium is miles long.
Fungi build networks of filaments
underground. These networks help plants and trees
communicate about parasites and diseases, keep the soil healthy,
and allow fungi to take up carbon from plants so it doesn’t get
released into the atmosphere. | Photos: Getty Images
biotic relationships with plants
and trees. A symbiotic relationship
means at least one of those
things is helped by the other.
5 Fungi connect with the roots
of plants, forming mycorrhizal
networks, from the Greek mycofor
“of fungi” and rhiza for “root”.
These networks help plants and
trees communicate about parasites
and diseases. They also keep
the soil healthy, which helps
plants grow.
6 Fungi are sometimes called
the “coral reefs of the soil” because
they are so important for
3
biodiversity. But mycorrhizal
networks have another important
function: they allow fungi to
“trade” with plants.
7 The fungi give the plants
important nutrients that they
couldn’t get otherwise. And the
fungi get some of the carbon that
plants produce during photosynthesis.
Carbon is the basis of
many food webs.
8 By storing it in the soil, mycorrhizal
networks not only enrich
the soil, they also sequester
around five billion tonnes of carbon
dioxide each year – the emissions
of one billion cars in one
year.
9 That makes soil the secondbiggest
carbon sink in the world,
after oceans – but only if there are
enough fungi: forests with lots of
fungi store eight times as much
carbon as those without fungi.
10 However, pollution, logging
and farming are destroying these
fungi networks. More than 90
per cent of the Earth’s soil could
be degraded by 2050. This means
that the planet would lose most
of the little carbon helpers in
the soil. And losing those
fungi means speeding
up climate change.
11 To protect fungi,
the Society for the
Protection of Underground
Networks
(SPUN) plans to
collect 10,000 fungi
samples from all
around the world.
12 The scientists working
on the project want to
look at how nutrients flow in
the fungi networks and how this
changes under different conditions.
13 They will also make the first
map of fungi networks so they
can see which ecosystems are
most in danger and which fungi
species are able to store more carbon
or live in extreme weather.
These hardy species could then
be used where they’re needed.
14 It’s clear that many factors
have an effect on the climate, but
protecting fungi is a natural solution
that could drastically reduce
carbon emissions.
15 As Jeremy Grantham, who
funds the SPUN project, says,
“Just below our feet lies an invaluable
ally in mitigating climate
change.”
0 CARBON SINK “"kA…b´n‘ Kohlenstoffsenke — ecology
“i…"kÅl´dZi‘ Ökologie — fungus, pl. fungi “"føNg´s; "føNgaI‘ Pilz —
network h.: Geflecht — ground Boden; Erde — atmosphere
“"œtm´sfI´‘
1 – 2 term Ausdruck — to absorb “´b"zO…b‘ aufnehmen; h.: binden
— carbon dioxide “daI"ÅksaId‘ Kohlendioxid — to cause
“kO…z‘ verursachen — climate change “"klaIm´t‘ Klimawandel —
environment “In"vaIr´nm´nt‘ Umwelt — global warming Erderwärmung
— scientist “"saI´ntIst‘ Wissenschaftler(in) — soil Boden;
Erde — to store speichern
3 – 4 visible “"vIzIb´l‘ sichtbar — to build h.: bilden — filament
“"fIl´m´nt‘ Faser; h.: Faden — mycelium “maI"si…li´m‘ Myzel —
trillion “"trIlj´n‘ Billion — species “"spi…Si…z‘ Art — symbiotic relationship
“ÆsImbaI"ÅtIk; rI"leIS´nSIp‘ Symbiose
5 – 6 to connect with s.th. “k´"nekt‘ sich mit etw. verbinden —
root Wurzel — mycorrhizal network “maIk´U"raIz´l‘ Mykorrhiza
— to communicate “k´m"ju…nIkeIt‘ kommunizieren — parasite
“"pœr´saIt‘ — disease “dI"zi…z‘ Krankheit — coral reef “"kÅr´lÆri…f‘
Korallenriff — biodiversity “ÆbaI´UdaI"v‰…s´ti‘ Artenvielfalt —
function “"føNkS´n‘ h.: Zweck — to allow s.th. to do “´"laU‘ etw.
erlauben zu tun — to trade handeln
7 – 8 nutrient “"nju…tri´nt‘ Nährstoff — otherwise “"øD´waIz‘ ansonsten
— photosynthesis “Æf´Ut´U"sInT´sIs‘ Fotosynthese —
food web Nahrungsnetz — to enrich “In"rItS‘ anreichern — to
sequester “sI"kwest´‘ abspalten und binden — billion “"bIli´n‘
Milliarde — emissions “I"mIS´nz‘
9 – 10 pollution “p´"lu…S´n‘ Umweltverschmutzung — logging
“"lÅgIN‘ Abholzung — to destroy “dI"strOI‘ zerstören — to be degraded
h.: den Nährwert verlieren
11 – 13 to protect “pr´"tekt‘ schützen — society “s´"saI´ti‘ Gesellschaft
— sample Probe — to flow fließen — condition
“k´n"dIS´n‘ Bedingung — hardy widerstandsfähig
14 – 15 natural solution “s´"lu…S´n‘ naturnahe Lösung — drastically
“"drœstIk´li‘ — to fund finanzieren — invaluable
“In"vœlju´b´l‘ unschätzbar wichtig — ally “"œlaI‘ Verbündete(r)
— to mitigate “"mItIgeIt‘ abmildern

4 August 2022 Read On
The Isle of Eigg:
an ecotourist’s dream
TOURISM A trip to Eigg off the Scottish coast is like travelling
to a wet’n’windy version of Utopia. mit Audiodatei
By John Bilstein
1 EIGG FORMSpart of the
Small Isles on the Inner Hebrides
just off the Scottish coast. People
have lived on the island for
at least 8,000 years, but staying
there has never been better. Wet
and windy it may be, but it is also
a place of innovation and natural
diversity that make it one of a
kind.
2 Eigg only covers around 45
square kilometres but typically
hosts over 10,000 tourists a year.
Whether you’re into birdwatching,
botany, whale watching, sailing,
archaeology or farming, Eigg
has plenty on offer for explorers
young and old.
3 Eigg’s economy is run by the
Heritage Trust, which manages
culturally attractive places for
their owners. For over 20 years
now, the island has been a successful
experiment in sustainable
living and autonomy.
4 For example, over 90 per cent
of Eigg’s electricity is now generated
from renewables using
solar and wind energy as well as
hydropower. This has helped to
reduce the community’s carbon
footprint, offsetting the diesel
fuel used to get supplies to
Eigg by boat. The plan is to
become totally carbon neutral
by 2030.
5 Eigg has achieved
a high degree of independence,
not
only in terms of
energy production
but also
politically. Most
decisions concerning
the island are taken
at local level and not in Edinburgh,
the seat of Scotland’s
own parliament.
6 A 2019 report in the magazine
National Geographic named Eigg
a “People’s Republic” because
it became the first communityowned
island in Scotland. In
1997, the remaining islanders
decided to buy Eigg from its last
owner, a German artist called
Marlin Eckhard.
7 Eigg’s islanders like to do
their own thing, but visitors are
welcome. The ferries from Arisaig
and Mallaig on the Scottish
mainland not only import supplies
but also tourists. Many come
to watch eagles soaring above
Eigg’s spectacular central mountain,
called An Sgurr, or to spot
0 – 1 ISLE “"aIl‘ (kleine) Insel — Eigg “eg‘ — ecotourist “"i…k´UÆ--‘
Ökotourist(in) — off vor — coast Küste — to form part of s.th. Teil von etw.
sein — Inner Hebrides “"hebrIdi…z‘ Innere Hebriden — natural diversity
“ÆnœtS´r´l daI"v‰…s´ti‘ Naturvielfalt — one of a kind einzigartig
2 to cover sich erstrecken über — typically “"tIpIk´li‘ normalerweise — to
host “h´Ust‘ empfangen — whether “"weD´‘ ob — to be into s.th. (coll) sich für
etw. interessieren — botany “"bÅt´ni‘ Botanik — whale “"weIl‘ Wal — sailing
Segeln — archaeology “ÆA…ki"Ål´dZi‘ — to have plenty on offer einiges zu bieten
haben — explorer Entdecker(in)
3 economy “I"kÅn´mi‘ Wirtschaft — to run leiten — Heritage Trust
“"herItIdZ‘ brit. Stiftung für Denkmalschutz — to manage verwalten — owner
Eigentümer(in) — successful “s´k"sesf´l‘ erfolgreich — autonomy “O…"tÅn´mi‘
Unabhängigkeit
4 to generate “"dZen´reIt‘ erzeugen — renewables “rI"nju…´b´lz‘ erneuerbare
Energien — hydropower “"haIdr´UpaU´‘ Wasserkraft — community Gemeinde
— carbon footprint “"kA…b´n‘ CO 2 -Fußabdruck — to offset kompensieren
— fuel “"fju´l‘ Kraftstoff — supplies “s´"plaIz‘ Versorgungsgüter
— carbon neutral “"nju…tr´l‘ CO 2 -neutral
5 to achieve “´"tSi…v‘ erreichen — degree “dI"gri…‘ Maß — independence
“ÆIndI"pend´ns‘ Unabhängigkeit — in terms of in Bezug auf — decision “dI"sIZ´n‘
Entscheidung — concerning … “k´n"s‰…nIN‘ die … betreffen — at local level
auf lokaler Ebene — Edinburgh “"edInb´r´‘ — seat Sitz
6 – 7 community-owned … … in Gemeinschaftsbesitz — the remaining …
die verbliebenen … — islander Inselbewohner(in) — ferry Fähre — mainland
Festland — eagle Adler — to soar “sO…‘ dahinschweben — spectacular
“spek"tœkj´l´‘ — to spot entdecken — minke whale “"mINki‘ Minkwal — basking
shark Riesenhai — regularly “"regj´l´li‘ regelmäßig — adrenaline rush
“´"dren´lIn‘ Adrenalinkick
8 arrival Besucher(in) — ancient “"eInS´nt‘ alt — craft Handwerk — felt
making Filzherstellung — basket weaving Korbflechten — deeply sehr — remarkable
“rI"mA…k´b´l‘ bemerkenswert — structure “"strøkS´‘ Bauwerk —
Stone Age Steinzeit
9 – 10 hiking Wandern — to cater to s.o. “"keIt´‘ jds. Bedürfnisse erfüllen —
connoisseur “ÆkÅn´"s‰…‘ Genießer(in) — with deep pockets (fig) mit dickem
Geldbeutel — aboard an Bord — yacht “jÅt‘ — fine dining ausgezeichnetes
Essen — foodie (coll) Feinschmecker(in) — to be big on s.th. (coll) etw. sehr
mögen; h.: viel von etw. haben — to do well to … gut daran tun, zu … — community
spirit Gemeinschaftssinn
Isle of Eigg
minke whales
and basking
sharks, which
visit the island
regularly. Those looking
for an adrenaline rush also
have a good chance of seeing orcas
in action.
8 Some arrivals from the mainland
want to learn more about
ancient crafts like felt making or
Across
crossword puzzle: The Isle of Eigg • Solution on page 8
All the answers for this crossword are in the article on this page. If you put the letters
in the orange squares in the correct order, you can find the answer below.
1 Someone who visits a
person or place
3 A person who travels to
new places
6 The study of plants
7 Working on a farm
8 A sport that uses boats
with sails
9 The capital of Scotland
12 Paddling in a light, narrow
canoe
14 Staying in a tent
7
Down
2 Belonging or relating to
Scotland or its people
4 The main part of a country,
not the islands around it
5 Going for long walks in the
countryside
10 A perfect place where
everyone is happy
3
5 6
9 10
A person who wants to visit places of natural
beauty in a way that helps local people and does
not damage the environment: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
basket weaving. Others are deeply
interested in Eigg’s remarkable
archaeology, which includes
structures going all the way back
to the Stone Age.
9 Most tourists are the camping,
hiking and kayaking type, but
Eigg also caters to rich connoisseurs.
Visitors with deep pockets
can travel out to sea aboard the
16-metre sailing yacht Selkie,
1 2
14
12
13
8
which was designed for Arctic
expeditions. Some of these trips
include fine dining, but real foodies
can always try out Lageorna,
the island’s 4-star restaurant.
10 The little Isle of Eigg is big on
innovation and diversity. Those
who travel there would do well
to take some of that community
spirit back home with them.
11 See 13 Down
13 (Together with 11 Down)
Looking for very large sea
mammals that breathe air
through a hole on the top
of their heads
11
4
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America’s first permanent
English settlement threatened
by climate change
Jamestown
AMERICAN HISTORY • CLIMATE CHANGE Floods and
rising sea levels could destroy the former colony of Jamestown, Virginia.
mit Audiodatei und Übungsmaterial
American English
By Jessica Stuart
Jamestown, Virginia, is one of the most
important historical sites in the United States. Its
many artifacts are in danger if flooding on the
island continues.
1 THE ISLAND of Jamestown,
Virginia, is an important part
of American history. In 1607, a
group of 104 people from England
sailed there and made it
their new home, creating the first
permanent English settlement in
North America and naming it after
their king, James I.
2 Over the years, the settlement
survived disease, famine,
and war, but today it may have
met its match: Climate change
may finally put an end to the settlement.
The National Trust for
Historic Preservation has added
Jamestown to the list of the most
endangered historical places in
the U.S.
3 Early settlers chose Jamestown
for its location, according
to the U.S. National Park Service.
While Jamestown is now an island,
it used to be a peninsula,
surrounded on three sides by water.
4 The water protected the settlement
from attacks, let friendly
ships safely pass through to deliver
supplies, and made it easier
for settlers to communicate with
the outside world. James Horn,
the president of the Jamestown
Rediscovery Foundation, told the
BBC that that water has now become
“the most destructive part
of Jamestown.”
5 Sea levels in the area have
been rising, and rainstorms have
become more frequent. Horn said
that there are “multiple challenges”
at Jamestown, and that they
all have something to do with
climate change. “Essentially,” he
says, “we can’t get rid of the water.”
Already, the surrounding
James River has eroded
away the western part of the
settlement. Archaeologist
Sean Romo told the Washington
Post that some areas of
the island, which may have
contained historic artifacts,
are also now under water.
6 If Jamestown is lost,
the U.S. will not only lose
a part of its history, it will
also lose a way to study that
history. During the winter
of 1609–1610, Jamestown
settlers lived through what
was known as the “Starving
Time.” According to the
National Park Service, there
was little to eat and settlers
were too afraid to leave the
settlement to look for food,
as they thought they would
be killed by Native Americans.
7 By early 1610, 80 to 90 percent
of the settlers had died. It wasn’t
until 2013 that researchers were
able to prove how some survivors
made it through the winter: They
ate their already-dead neighbors.
Archaeologists had found
the bones of a teenage girl on the
island who had been cut up and
eaten.
8 Digs continue on the island to
this day, but the work is at risk.
Katherine Malone-France, the
chief preservation officer at the
National Trust for Historic Preservation,
told the BBC that there
is a “five-year window” to deal
with Jamestown’s water problems
before it becomes too hard
to fight climate change there.
Barges full of granite blocks arrive to reinforce
the sea wall protecting the island. | Photos:
Getty Images
9 Luckily, some work has already
begun. Jamestown Rediscovery
has raised $2 million to reinforce
a 121-year-old sea wall on
the island. The sea wall is made
of blocks that could fall out after
years of being hit by river water.
10 More help is needed, though.
Michael Lavin, the director of
collections and conservation for
Jamestown Rediscovery, told the
Washington Post that the landscape
must be changed so that
Jamestown can deal better with
climate change.
11 Roads on the island need to
be higher, and Jamestown also
needs a modern drainage system
(the one it has is from the 1950s).
He expects this to cost “tens of
millions” of dollars. It’s a small
price to pay to hold on to a piece
of American history.
0 – 1 PERMANENT “"p‰…m´n´nt‘ — settlement “"set´lm´nt‘ Siedlung
— to threaten “"Tret´n‘ bedrohen — climate change
“"klaIm´t‘ Klimawandel — flood “flød‘ Überschwemmung — rising
sea level Anstieg des Meeresspiegels — to destroy “dI"strOI‘
zerstören — former ehemalig — Virginia “v´"dZInj´‘ — to sail
segeln — to create “kri"eIt‘ h.: gründen
2 to survive “s´"vaIv‘ überleben — disease “dI"zi…z‘ Krankheit
— famine “"fœmIn‘ Hunger(snot) — to meet one’s match (fig)
seinen Meister finden — to put an end to s.th. etw. ein Ende bereiten
— trust h.: Stiftung — historic preservation “hI"stÅrIk;
Æprez´"veIS´n‘ Denkmalschutz (p. Erhalt) — endangered
“In"deIndZ´d‘ gefährdet
3 settler Siedler(in)— according to … “´"kO…dIN‘ laut … —
U.S. National Park Service Nationalparkdienst der USA — s.th.
used to be … etw. war früher einmal … — peninsula “p´"nInsj´l´‘
Halbinsel — surrounded “s´"raUndId‘ umgeben
4 to protect “pr´"tekt‘ schützen — to pass through passieren
— to deliver “dI"lIv´‘ liefern — supplies “s´"plaIz‘ Versorgungsgüter
— to communicate “k´"mju…nIkeIt‘ kommunizieren — rediscovery
“Æri…dI"skøv´ri‘ Wiederentdeckung(s-) — foundation
“faUn"deIS´n‘ Stiftung — destructive “dI"strøktIv‘ zerstörerisch
5 rainstorm Starkregen — frequent “"fri…kw´nt‘ häufig —
multiple “"møltIp´l‘ eine ganze Reihe von — challenge “"tSœlIndZ‘
Herausforderung — essentially “I"senS´li‘ im Wesentlichen — to
get rid of s.th. etw. loswerden — to erode away “I"r´Ud‘ abtragen
— archaeologist “ÆA…ki"Ål´dZIst‘ Archäologe(-in) — to contain
“k´n"teIn‘ enthalten — artifact “"A…tIfœkt‘ Gegenstand
6 – 7 Starving Time “"stA…vIN‘ Hungerzeit (to starve verhungern)
— Native American “"neItIv‘ amerikanische(r) Ureinwohner(in)
— researcher “rI"s‰…tS´‘ Forscher(in) — to prove “pru…v‘ beweisen
— survivor “s´"vaIv´‘ Überlebende(r) — to make it through s.th.
etw. durchstehen — to cut up zerstückeln
8 dig Ausgrabung — to continue “k´n"tInju…‘ weitergehen —
to this day bis heute — at risk in Gefahr — chief preservation
officer Leiter(in) des Ressorts (für) Denkmalpflege — to deal
with s.th. sich mit etw. befassen
9 luckily “"løkIli‘ glücklicherweise — to raise “reIz‘ (Geld)
beschaffen — to reinforce “Æri…In"fO…s‘ h.: verstärken und unterfüttern
— sea wall h.: Ufermauer — to hit treffen; h.: umspülen
10 – 11 though “D´U‘ jedoch — director of collections and conservation
“dI"rekt´; k´"lekS´nz; ÆkÅns´"veIS´n‘ Leiter(in) des Bereichs
Sammlungen und Erhalt — landscape Landschaft —
drainage system “"dreInIdZ‘ Kanalisation — to expect s.th. to …
“Ik"spekt‘ erwarten, dass etw. voraussichtlich … — tens of millions
zig Millionen — to hold on to s.th. h.: etw. bewahren

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A day at the spa – for dolphins
Dolphins in the Red Sea have been observed rubbing themselves against corals. Researchers think they may do so to soothe their skin.
MARINE LIFE • SCIENCE Dolphins may be rubbing themselves
against corals to treat skin conditions, a study says.
mit Audiodatei und Übungsmaterial
By Siobhan Bruns
1 IT SEEMS humans aren’t the
only species that likes to have a
good skin treatment. Dolphins
have been observed (and filmed)
queueing up, like people at a
popular spa, to swim over corals
so they can rub different parts
of their bodies against them. Researchers
think dolphins may be
doing so because it helps their
skin.
2 Angela Ziltener is a wildlife
biologist at the University of Zurich
who has been swimming
with bottlenose dolphins in the
northern Red Sea near Egypt for
many years. Being with the dolphins
for such a long time has
meant she has gained their trust,
becoming an “adopted member
of the pod”, as she puts it.
3 Because they think of Ziltener
as one of them, the dolphins
act naturally around her, doing
things they would normally do
when only dolphins are around.
This means Ziltener can observe
behaviours that other humans
cannot. One behaviour in particular
interested the biologist.
4 She saw the dolphins brushing
up against certain types
of coral and sponge again and
again, as if on purpose. If there
is more than one dolphin doing
this in the same place, they don’t
fight each other to rub against the
coral, but wait their turn and then
go, Ziltener says.
5 It was often after having a nap
that the dolphins would perform
the coral rubbing behaviour,
Ziltener said: “It’s almost like
they are showering, cleaning
themselves … [after they] get up
for the day”.
| Photo: Getty Images
6 And it seems the behaviour is
something the dolphins are keen
to teach their young: calves under
one year old have been observed
watching adults brush themselves
against the coral.
7 Ziltener also noticed that the
dolphins don’t rub themselves
against just any old coral. “It was
clear that the dolphins knew exactly
which coral they wanted to
use. I thought: ‘there must be a
reason’”, Ziltener said.
8 Like humans, dolphins sometimes
suffer from irritated skin.
Ziltener wondered if the corals
and sponges that the dolphins
were rubbing themselves against
had medicinal properties which
helped relieve skin problems.
9 She and other researchers
took pieces from the coral and
sponges the dolphins went to and
analysed them. They published
what they found in a report in
iScience.
10 The researchers found that
there were 17 compounds in
those corals and sponges. Ten of
the compounds had antibacterial
properties or antimicrobial activity,
which may be helpful for irritated
skin.
11 When corals and sponges are
rubbed, they release mucus. The
researchers think it’s possible that
the dolphins rub against those
corals and sponges on purpose so
that they can swim through that
mucus to soothe their skin.
12 However, they can’t prove that
is the case. To do that, they would
have to take skin samples from
the dolphins. Not only would that
not be possible because of regulations
which protect the dolphins,
but if Ziltener took samples from
the dolphins, she might lose the
pod’s trust.
13 “So far in this publication, we
just can show the link between
the [corals and sponges] and the
dolphins”, Ziltener said. But the
team will continue studying the
behaviour.
14 They plan to research how the
coral rubbing behaviour differs
in dolphins of different sexes and
ages, and which parts of the body
dolphins rub the most.
15 But one thing the study has
proven is just how important it is
to protect and conserve our endangered
coral reef systems. We
know many different types of marine
life depend on coral reefs to
survive. Now we know they perhaps
help dolphins to live more
comfortable – and surely, happier
– lives.
0 DOLPHIN “"dÅlfIn‘ Delfin — marine life Meereslebewesen — to rub o.s.
against s.th. sich an etw. reiben — to treat behandeln — skin condition
“k´n"dIS´n‘ Hauterkrankung — study Studie
1 it seems … es scheint, dass … — human “"hju…m´n‘ Mensch — species
“"spi…Si…z‘ — treatment Behandlung — to observe “´b"z‰…v‘ beobachten — to
queue up “kju…‘ Schlange stehen — researcher “rI"s‰…tS´‘ Forscher(in)
2 wildlife biologist “baI"Ål´dZIst‘ Wildtierbiologe(-in) — Zurich “"zU´rIk‘
— bottlenose dolphin Großer Tümmler — Red Sea Rotes Meer — Egypt “"i…
dZIpt‘ Ägypten — to gain s.o.’s trust jds. Vertrauen gewinnen — pod kleine
Schule — to put it es ausdrücken
3 – 4 to act naturally “"nœtS´r´li‘ sich natürlich verhalten — to be around in
der Nähe sein — behaviour “bI"heIvj´‘ Verhalten(sweise) — in particular
“p´"tIkj´l´‘ im Besonderen — to brush up against s.th. sich an etw. reiben —
certain “"s‰…t´n‘ bestimmte(r, s) — sponge “spøndZ‘ Schwamm — on purpose
“"p‰…p´s‘ mit Absicht — to wait one’s turn warten, bis man an der Reihe ist
5 – 8 to have a nap ein Nickerchen machen — to perform ausführen — to be
keen to do s.th. etw. gern tun wollen — calf “kA…f‘ Kalb — any old … jede x-
beliebige … — to suffer from s.th. “"søf´‘ an etw. leiden — irritated “"iriteItId‘
gereizt — medicinal “m´"dIsIn´l‘ heilend — property “"prÅp´ti‘ Eigenschaft —
to relieve “rI"li…v‘ lindern
9 – 11 to publish veröffentlichen — report Bericht — compound “"kÅmpaUnd‘
(chemische) Verbindung — antibacterial “Æœntibœk"tI´ri´l‘ antibakteriell —
antimicrobial “ÆœntimaI"kr´Ubi´l‘ antimikrobiell — activity Wirkung — to release
freisetzen — mucus “"mju…k´s‘ Schleim — soothe “su…D‘ lindern
12 – 13 to prove “pru…v‘ beweisen — s.th. is the case etw. ist der Fall — sample
Probe — regulation “Æregj´"leIS´n‘ Vorschrift — to protect schützen — so far
bisher — publication “ÆpøblI"keIS´n‘ Veröffentlichung — link Verbindung — to
continue doing s.th. “k´n"tInju…‘ etw. weiter tun
14 – 15 to research erforschen — to differ sich unterscheiden — sex Geschlecht
— to conserve “k´n"s‰…v‘ bewahren — endangered “In"deIndZ´d‘ gefährdet —
to depend on s.th. auf etw. angewiesen sein — to survive “s´"vaIv‘ überleben
news photos
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope sends out
its first full-color images
The Webb telescope will allow astronomers to learn about planetary nebulae like
this one, known as the Southern Ring Nebula. Dying stars expel clouds of gas and dust.
The star in the center of these images is approximately 2,500 light-years away from
Earth. It has been sending out rings of gas and dust in all directions for thousands of
years. | Photos: Getty Images

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Elon Musk backs out of Twitter deal
SOCIAL MEDIA • BUSINESS Musk offered $44 billion for the social
media platform, but now the entrepreneur says he won’t buy it.
| Photo: Getty Images
By Siobhan Bruns
1 AT THEend of March, Elon
Musk tweeted: “Given that Twitter
serves as the de facto public
town square, failing to adhere to
free speech principles fundamentally
undermines democracy.
What should be done?” Then he
tweeted: “Is a new platform needed?”
2 It seems Musk decided that
a new platform was not needed,
but that the old one needed
new management. Because a
few weeks after he posted those
tweets, the entrepreneur behind
Tesla, SpaceX and PayPal offered
to buy most of Twitter’s stock
shares so he could control the
company.
3 At the end of June, Twitter’s
board had approved Musk’s bid
for ownership, but Musk began
saying he wouldn’t buy Twitter
until he found out exactly how
many spam and fake accounts
there were on the social media
platform.
4 Musk said that Twitter was
not being honest about the real
number, writing: “You’ve probably
read about … the number of
fake and spam users on the system
[being] less than 5 per cent
as Twitter claims, which I think is
probably not most people’s experience
when using Twitter”.
5 Insisting he had never been
given the real number of fake accounts,
Musk took back his offer
to buy the company last month.
6 However, it was too late in
the day for Musk to simply walk
away. At the very least he must
pay a $1 billion fee. But it may be
much more than that – Twitter is
suing Musk for breaking the deal.
0 TO BACK out of a deal sich aus einem Geschäft zurückziehen
— billion “"bIli´n‘ Milliarde — entrepreneur “ÆÅntr´pr´"n‰…‘
Unternehmer(in)
1 given that … angesichts der Tatsache, dass … — to serve
as dienen als — public town square (fig) öffentl. Marktplatz —
to fail to do nicht tun — to adhere to s.th. “´d"hI´‘ etw. einhalten
— free speech Redefreiheit — principle “"prIns´p´l‘ Grundsatz
— fundamentally “Æfønd´"ment´li‘ grundlegend — to undermine
untergraben — democracy “dI"mÅkr´si‘
2 – 3 it seems … es scheint, dass … — management Leitung —
stock share Aktie — to control führen — board Vorstand — to
approve s.th. “´"prU…v‘ etw. zustimmen — bid for ownership
Übernahmeangebot
4 – 6 honest “"ÅnIst‘ ehrlich — to claim behaupten — experience
“Ik"spI´ri´ns‘ Erfahrung — to insist “-"-‘ fest behaupten —
too late in the day (fig) zu spät — to walk away (fig) sich zurückziehen
— at the very least allerwenigstens — fee “fi…‘
Gebühr; h.: Strafe — to sue verklagen
A new use for the American shopping mall
AROUND THE US The big spaces where
people once shopped are being repurposed for
health care, housing and education.
mit Audiodatei und Übungsmaterial
American English
By Jessica Stuart
1 ACCORDING TOthe New
York Times, over 12,000 retail
stores closed in 2020 in the U.S.
Many of them were in malls.
Rather than go to the mall, more
and more customers are shopping
online or going to cheaper
discount stores.
2 Big department stores like
Sears and JCPenney were once
used by malls as “anchors” to
draw customers inside. But many
of those big stores have left or
even declared bankruptcy. Green
Street, a real estate analytics firm,
says this has left U.S. malls with
around 750 empty department
store “anchor” spaces.
0 – 1 SHOPPING MALL “mO…l‘ Einkaufszentrum — once
früher; sobald — to repurpose “Æri"p‰…p´s‘ umnutzen —
health care “"helTke´‘ Gesundheitsversorgung — housing
Wohnungen — education “ÆedZU"keIS´n‘ Bildung — according
to “´"kO…dIN‘ laut — retail store Einzelhandelsgeschäft
— rather than “"rA…D´‘ anstatt — discount store Discounter
2 department store Kaufhaus — Sears “sI´z‘ — anchor
“"œNk´‘ Anker; h.: namhaftes, an prominenter Stelle
in einem Einkaufszentrum angesiedeltes Kaufhaus — to
draw locken — to declare bankruptcy “dI"kle´ ÆbœNkr´psi‘
Konkurs anmelden — real estate analytics firm “"rI´l
IsteIt œn´ÆlItIks‘ Immobilienanalyseunternehmen
3 – 4 solution “s´"lu…S´n‘ Lösung — medical clinic
“"medIk´l ÆklInIk‘ medizinische Klinik — to move ziehen
— Rochester “"rÅtSIst´‘ — 350,000-square-foot
ca. 32.516 m 2 groß — health care center Medizinisches
Versorgungszentrum — to be up and running (fig) in Betrieb
sein — to provide “pr´"vaId‘ anbieten — hip/knee
3 Now, some malls may have
found a solution to their problems:
fewer stores, more doctors.
Hospitals and medical clinics are
moving into the empty anchor
spaces.
4 A mall in Rochester, New
York, for example, has filled a
closed Sears department store
with a 350,000-square-foot
health care center. Once it’s up
and running, the center will be
able to provide services like hip
and knee replacement surgeries.
5 One mall near Boston, Massachusetts,
has had a large medical
center inside it for some time
now. Brigham and Women’s Hospital
moved there in 2009, and
the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
plans to open there later this year.
The mall’s general manager said
that the mall lets hospitals come
where their patients are, and that
the hospital in turn brings an “almost
Disney-like” flow of people
to the mall every day.
6 Shuba Srinivasan, a professor
of management and marketing at
Boston University, says that the
hospitals can help the struggling
retail stores. Even if people mostly
shop online, they’ll still need
medical care – and if they’re already
at the mall for that medical
replacement surgery “rI"pleIsm´nt Æs‰…dZ´ri‘ OP zum Einsetzen
eines künstlichen Hüft-/Kniegelenks (r. Ersatz)
5 – 7 Brigham “"brIg´m‘ — cancer “"kœns´‘ Krebs — general
manager Geschäftsführer(in) — patient “"peIS´nt‘ —
in turn im Gegenzug — flow Strom — struggling
“"strøglIN‘ ums Überleben kämpfend
8 recently “"ri…s´ntli‘ vor Kurzem — to turn s.th. into
s.th. etw. in etw. umwandeln — affordable “´"fO…d´b´l‘ bezahlbar
— low-income … … mit niedrigem Einkommen
— senior citizens “"si…ni´ ÆsItIz´nz‘ ältere Menschen — game
developer “dI"vel´p´‘ Spieleentwickler — headquarters
Hauptsitz — Idaho “"aId´h´U‘ — prepa ratory academy
“prI"pœr´t´ri aÆkœd´mi‘ Privatschule, die Schü ler(innen)
aufs College vorbereitet — grade Klassenstufe
9 so far bisher — to survive “s´"vaIv‘ überleben — to
rethink überdenken; h.: umgestalten — study Studie —
to publish veröffentlichen
The last
Sears
department
store on Long
Island, located
inside the
Sunrise Mall,
closed in
October 2021.
| Photo: Getty
Images
care, then they may just decide to
do a little shopping inside.
7 While some malls are opening
their doors to medical centers,
others are finding different uses
for their empty spaces.
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8 The state of New York recently
turned a closed mall into affordable
housing for low-income senior
citizens. In North Carolina,
the game developer Epic Games
bought a mall, which it plans to
turn into its global headquarters.
And in Idaho, the Alturas Preparatory
Academy, a school for
children in grades 6–12, has taken
over an empty Sears store inside a
mall.
9 American shopping malls
have so far shown that they can
survive if they just rethink their
spaces. Good news for them: a
study was published last year
about the number of people going
to malls in the U.S. Visitor numbers,
it said, were five percent
higher than they were before the
pandemic.
• Die Sprachzeitung •
www.sprachzeitungen.de

8
August 2022
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The September issue is out on August 30.
#NunTok
SOCIAL MEDIA Nuns have already won
millions of followers with their videos on the
social media platform TikTok.
By Franziska Lange
1 A POPULAR video on TikTok
shows a woman jumping out of a
kitchen cupboard to scare another
woman. Everyone has a good
laugh about it. Sounds like the
usual TikTok prank video? Not really,
because the pranksters here
are nuns.
2 Nuns are usually thought of
as strict and serious older women,
but the nuns of #NunTok like
having a bit of light-hearted fun.
They take part in challenges, post
videos of themselves lip-syncing
to popular songs, dance, laugh
and joke. One group in particular
The videos give the nuns the
chance to give others a glimpse
into their daily lives.
| Images: TikTok
has become an internet sensation
because of their videos: the
Daughters of St Paul, a convent in
Boston.
3 In one video, the Daughters
of St Paul take part in the “This or
That” challenge, where one option
is presented on the left side
of the screen, the other on the
right. By moving to the left or the
right, the nuns show their preferences
for the choices they are
given.
4 Set to the 80s hip-hop song
“It’s Tricky” by Run-DMC, the
nuns move – or dance – towards
either morning prayer or evening
prayer, Advent or Lent, St Peter
or St Paul (they all go for St Paul,
natch).
5 In another video, a nun talks
about swear words that can be
used in convent life. Her favourites
are “dagnabit”, “profanity”
and, in really bad situations, “Oh,
swear words!”
6 Technology makes it possible
for them to reach more people,
but at first, many of the nuns were
afraid that users would be mean
or make fun of them. But even
users who aren’t religious love
the social media nuns. One user
wrote, “I’m not religious in any
form but this brought comfort in
such a strange way to me.” And
another one posted, “I love your
videos so much!”
7 However, the nuns do have
some religious fans, too. And
those users think there’s a chance
to get some help from on high:
they post comments asking the
nuns to pray for them. Sister Lisa
Trainingsheft Cartoon & Co.
sprachzeitungen.de
from Arizona says she has prayed
“for every single one of the commenters
by name. Sometimes I
don’t know their name, … but the
Lord knows.”
8 The videos also give the
nuns the chance to give others a
glimpse into their daily lives; offering
a peek into a world that
most users know very little about.
They talk about special holiday
meals and post day-in-the-life
montages. And it seems many
people are interested in learning
about the nuns – they now have
millions of followers. Some fans
are even coming to visit the nuns.
9 The nuns may have a more direct
line to heaven, but the videos
show they also have their feet on
the ground. Nuns can make jokes
and pull pranks just
like other people –
they may just have to
say a few Hail Marys
more at the end of the
day.
Cartoon interpretation: www.sprachzeitungen.de
0 – 1 NUN Nonne — to scare s.o. “ske´‘ jdn. erschrecken
— to have a good laugh about s.th. sich über etw. köstlich
amüsieren — prank … Scherz(-) … — prankster
Witzbold
2 strict streng — serious “"sI´rI´s‘ ernst — lighthearted
“ÆlaIt"hA…tId‘ fröhlich und unbeschwert — to take
part in s.th. an etw. teilnehmen — to lip-sync “"lIpsINk‘
lippensynchron singen — in particular “p´"tIkj´l´‘ insbesondere
— convent “"kÅnv´nt‘ Kloster
3 – 4 to present “prI"zent‘ h.: darstellen — preference
“"pref´r´ns‘ Präferenz — choice “tSOIs‘ (Aus)Wahl; Möglichkeit
— set to … zu den Klängen von … — either … or
… “"eID´‘ entweder … oder …— morning prayer “"preI´‘
Morgengebet — Lent Fastenzeit — natch (coll) natürlich;
was denn sonst!
5 – 6 swear word “swe´‘ Schimpfwort — dagnabit
“"dœgn´ÆbIt‘ (Fantasiewort anstelle von damn, „verdammt“)
— profanity “pr´"fœn´ti‘ Profanität — to reach
“ri…tS‘ erreichen — to be religious “rI"lIdZ´s‘ gläubig sein
— to bring comfort “"kømf´t‘ h.: für Freude sorgen
7 – 8 from on high von höherer Stelle — comment
“"kÅm´nt‘ Kommentar — for every single one … für
jede(n) einzelne(n) … — the Lord der Herr — glimpse
“glImps‘ Einblick — daily life Alltag — peek kurzer Blick
— day-in-the-life montage “mÅn"tA…Z‘ Videomontage, die
einen typischen Tag darstellt — it seems … es scheint,
dass …
9 a direct line “daI"rekt‘ (fig) ein direkter Draht —
heaven “"hev´n‘ der Himmel — to have o.’s feet on the
ground “graUnd‘ (fig) mit beiden Beinen im Leben stehen
— to pull a prank einen Streich spielen — Hail Mary
“heIl‘ Ave Maria (Gebet)
Solutions to the crossword on page 4
Across: 1 visitor, 3 explorer, 6 botany, 7 farming, 8 sailing,
9 Edinburgh, 12 kayaking, 14 camping
Down: 2 Scottish, 4 mainland, 5 hiking, 10 utopia, 11 watching,
13 whale • Solution: ECOTOURIST
| Cartoon: Cagle Cartoons