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EDITORIAL | February 2014
It’s the right time
to write
Writing in a foreign language can be a stressful
business. This month, as part of our ongoing
cooperation with the British Council, we offer
you the chance to test your writing skills by
Inez Sharp, editor-in-chief
taking one of the excellent tests from IELTS
(the International English Language Testing System). Using authentic tasks, you
can practise writing letters, reports and essays. Encouraged? Then take part in
our exclusive competition. You could win the chance to take an IELTS test —
worth more than €200. Find out more on page 14.
A creative-writing class was
asked to write a short essay
containing the following elements:
religion, royalty, sex
and mystery. The prize-winning
essay read: “‘My God!’ said
the queen. ‘I’m pregnant.’”
A creative-writing class was
asked to write a short essay
containing the following elements:
religion, royalty, sex
and mystery. The prize-winning
essay read: “‘My God!’ said
the queen. ‘I’m pregnant.’”
A creative-writing class was
asked to write a short essay
containing the following elements:
religion, royalty, sex
and mystery. The prize-winning
essay read: “‘My God!’ said
the queen. ‘I’m pregnant.’”
Picture an island far, far away. What can you see? White sands, blue seas
and tall palm trees swaying in the tropical breeze? Atiu, one of the Cook Islands,
offers everything that a visitor to the South Pacific would expect — and much
more. There are ancient religious sites, called marae, fossilized caves, a surprising
variety of rare birds and an unusual local drink. Join journalist Jim Eagles
on a journey to this little-known corner of the world in our article entitled “What
to do on Atiu”. The trip starts on page 30.
The British are famous for their love of sweets. To get a taste of just
how much we like sugar, join us on a visit to a traditional sweet shop. The Oldest
Sweet Shop in England is where you will find every kind of toffee, mint,
liquorice and gum. Andrew Marshall visited the shop in the Yorkshire village of
Pateley Bridge. On pages 22–23, he tells us what’s on offer there and why
northern England is the heartland of British confectionery.
ENGLISCH LERNEN IST EIN WITZ?
Ja, mit diesem Spiel, in dem die Spieler Witze,
Reime, Zungenbrecher und lustige Zitate zum
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round these:
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humbugs
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CONTENTS | February 2014
London goes Gehry
Architect Frank Gehry has big plans for the British
capital with his Battersea Power Station project.
24 30
An island paradise
Join us for a cultural tour of the small, fascinating
island of Atiu in the Cook Islands of the South Pacific.
6 People
Names and faces from around the world
8 A Day in My Life
A mineworker from Australia
10 World View
What’s news and what’s hot
13 Britain Today
Colin Beaven on using the word “like”
22 Food
Sweets from northern England
28 I Ask Myself
Amy Argetsinger on pop star Miley Cyrus
40 History
Muhammad Ali, world champion 50 years ago
42 Press Gallery
A look at the English-language media
44 Arts
Films, apps, books, culture and a short story
66 The Lighter Side
Jokes and cartoons
67 American Life
Ginger Kuenzel enters small-town politics
68 Feedback & Impressum
Your letters to Spotlight — and our responses
36 Around Oz
Peter Flynn on beer in Australia
38 Debate
Should prostitution be considered a crime?
People in Montreal have their say
69 Next Month
What’s coming next month in Spotlight
70 My Life in English
Author Bastian Sick on learning English from
American TV and the songs of Frank Sinatra
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52 Travel Talk
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57 The Grammar Page
The present continuous: talking about the future
58 Peggy’s Place: The Soap
The latest from a London pub
59 English at Work
Ken Taylor answers your questions
60 Spoken English
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61 Word Builder
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62 Perfectionists Only!
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PEOPLE | Names and Faces
The actress
Who exactly is…
Mariel
Hemingway?
In the news
Dame Edna Everage is touring in
the UK this month — for the last time.
Barry Humphries, one of Australia’s
greatest comedy stars, created the
role of Dame Edna almost 60 years
ago. As he turns 80 this month,
though, Humphries is retiring from
show business. Dame Edna’s purple
hair, flamboyant clothing and special
catchphrase, “Hello, possums!”, will
soon be part of entertainment history.
addiction [E(dIkS&n]
catchphrase [(kÄtSfreIz]
censorship [(sensESIp]
chariot race [(tSÄriEt reIs]
curse [k§:s]
direct [daI&(rekt]
encounter [In(kaUntE]
flamboyant [flÄm(bOIEnt]
move on from sth. [)mu:v (Qn frEm]
mummy [(mVmi]
open up [)EUpEn (Vp]
possum [)pQsEm]
price: come at a ~ [praIs]
suicide [(su:IsaId]
X-ray [(eksreI]
Starring as a teenager with
Woody Allen in the film Manhattan,
Mariel Hemingway
won an Oscar nomination. She has
written books about healthy, balanced
living; she has two beautiful
daughters; and she’s the granddaughter
of writer Ernest Hemingway.
Mariel Hemingway opened up
about her family history for the 2013
documentary film Running from
Crazy. The Hemingway family’s brilliant
creativity has come at a price,
though: in the film, she talks about
addiction, mental illness and suicide.
Seven members of Hemingway’s
family, including her grandfather and
her sister, Margaux, killed themselves.
It was a bit like the Kennedy family,
she says in the film. “The Kennedys
had these horrible tragedies, and we
were sort of the other American family
that had this horrible curse.” Now
she is trying to change things.
Speaking to Salon, Hemingway
described her own fight with depression
and how changes to her lifestyle
helped her survive. She also explained
the motivation behind the documentary:
“Once you start to tell the story
of your life, you get to move on from
that story.”
Although she still acts occasionally,
Hemingway is putting a greater focus
on creating a wellness business with
her partner, Bobby Williams. Last
year, the couple brought out a self-help
book called Running with Nature:
Stepping into the Life You Were Meant
to Live. Hemingway’s daughters share
the family’s legendary creativity. Dree,
26, is an actress and Langley, 24, is an
artist. Both women have also worked
as models.
Sucht
Slogan, Redewendung
Zensur
Wagenrennen
Fluch
hier: Regie führen
Begegnung
extravagant
etw. hinter sich lassen
hier: Mumie
sich öffnen
Beutelratte, Opossum
einen Preis haben
Selbstmord
Röntgenaufnahme
Keanu Reeves recently had an interesting
encounter with censorship.
When the Canadian actor went to
China to direct his first film, Man of Tai
Chi, he was not
allowed to portray
any underground
fighting
or dishonest police
officers in
mainland China.
“So we had to go
to Hong Kong,”
he said, speaking
on the TV show George Stroumboulopoulos
Tonight. Reeves stayed
positive, however. “That opened up
the story,” he said. “For me, that
wasn’t, like, a bad experience.”
The Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen lived more than 3,000
years ago. He became pharaoh at the age of nine or ten and was
dead at 19. Ever since King Tut’s mummy was
discovered in 1922, people have wondered
how he died. British researchers
may have found an answer: after examining
X-rays and working with carcrash
investigators, they believe that
the pharaoh crashed in a chariot
race. There are other theories, but
Chris Naunton of the British team
told the Daily Mail that the research
was “a big step forward in terms of
understanding what happened at
the end of Tutankhamen’s life”.
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Out of the ordinary
About ten million people in South Africa do not have a job. While
studying for a PhD in Cape Town, Shikoh Gitau from Kenya
found a way to help. She developed an app called “Ummeli” that
asks users to answer 12 questions, then creates a CV which they can
send to potential employers from their mobile phones. The BBC
reports that nearly 300,000 people have used the app — and about
20 per cent of them have found work. Gitau herself has landed a
good job, too: she is working for Google, developing a version of
the app to be used in Nairobi.
Ganpat Jadhav owes his life to a stranger. In 2003, Jadhav’s
heartbeat became irregular. Sometimes, he passed out. Doctors in
Mumbai said that he needed a pacemaker, which costs about €3,000
in India. As a farmworker, Jadhav earned less than €10 a month. But
charities in the US and the UK are beginning to reuse pacemakers,
and Jadhav received one of these free from the US. “I don’t care who
has used this pacemaker before me,” he told the BBC.
The classic film Mary Poppins was released 50 years ago. Now finally,
the little girl who played Jane Banks has seen the movie — at the
age of 58. Karen Dotrice remembers having a wonderful time
making the film, but she
has never seen it completely.
Dotrice told The
Age that she went to the
premiere in London, but
had to leave early because
she had school the
next day. She recently
watched Mary Poppins
from beginning to end
for the first time. Her reaction?
“It’s actually
quite a good film. I recommend
it. It’s not bad,
really.”
billion [(bIljEn]
CEO (chief executive officer)
[)si: i: (EU]
co-founder [)kEU (faUndE]
CV (curriculum vitae) [)si: (vi:]
delete [di(li:t]
pacemaker [(peIs)meIkE]
pass out [)pA:s (aUt]
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)
[)pi: eItS (di:]
reuse [)ri:(ju:z]
scripted TV series
[)skrIptId ti: (vi: )sIEri:z]
sketch [sketS]
Karen Dotrice: a long
wait to see a good film
Milliarde(n)
Geschäftsführer(in)
Mitbegründer(in)
Lebenslauf
löschen
Herzschrittmacher
bewusstlos werden
Promotion
wiederverwenden
TV-Serie (mit Drehbuch)
skizzieren, zeichnen
Texts by RITA FORBES
The newcomer
• Name: Evan Spiegel
• Age: 23
• Background: he grew up in Los Angeles and
studied product design at Stanford University.
• Co-founder and CEO of: the photo-messaging app
Snapchat, in which the photos are automatically —
and permanently — deleted after a few seconds.
• Said no to: an offer from Facebook to buy Snapchat
for $3 billion.
• Snapchat is: very popular, especially among
18- to 29-year-olds. More than 350 million pictures
are sent through the app every day.
Happy birthday!
In 1987, Matt Groening, a comic-strip artist, was invited
to a meeting to discuss making short cartoons for a new
television show. While waiting for the meeting to begin, he
sketched some characters based on his own family. “My father’s
name is Homer,” he later explained to Smithsonian
magazine. “My mother’s name is Margaret. I have a sister
Lisa and another sister Maggie, so I drew all of them.”
That sketch grew into The Simpsons, the longestrunning
scripted TV series in US history. The show has a
firm place in pop culture. Homer’s familiar “Doh!” has even
been added to the Oxford Dictionary of English.
Groening, born in Portland, Oregon, remembers his
childhood as “idyllic”, but boring. Family was important.
His father, Homer, grew up on a Mennonite
farm in the Midwest. Asked what his father
and Homer Simpson had in
common, Groening
said: “Only the
love of ice cream.”
The artist has
three children of his
own, including a
son by the name
of Homer. Groening
will turn 60 on
15 February — but
has kept his playful
imagination.
Matt Groening and
two close friends

A DAY IN MY LIFE | Australia
Keeping
it real
Ein australischer Bergarbeiter beweist,
dass auch harte Arbeit Spaß machen kann.
JULIE COLLINS berichtet.
My name is Jason Linke. I’m 38 years old, and
I’m a mineworker in an open-cut coalmine. We
mine thermal coal. On a usual day, I’ll get up at
4 a.m., have breakfast and go to work at around 5. First,
I’ll have a chat with the guys and ask them how they’re
doing. Then we’ll start work at 6.
We have a shift meeting for the first 15 minutes every
day. No matter what shift you are on — morning, afternoon
or night — a meeting is held to find out things that
have gone wrong in the pit, any problems or accidents
from the day before.
Every single day, I do a pre-start inspection of my vehicle.
That consists of checking tyres, oils, radiator and
looking for damage — maybe from the shift before — so
I don’t get pinged for it. Then we jump in troop carriers,
probably about 10 of us in each, and go down into the pit.
It’s about 150 metres deep. We mine
around 12 seams on the way
down.
On the job:
mineworker
Jason Linke
mine [maIn]
mineworker [(maIn)w§:kE]
open-cut coalmine
[)EUpEn kVt (kEUlmaIn]
pit [pIt]
pre-start inspection
[)pri: stA:t In(spekS&n]
radiator [(reIdieItE]
seam [si:m]
thermal coal [(T§:m&l kEUl]
troop carrier [(tru:p )kÄriE]
fördern, abbauen
Bergarbeiter(in)
Kohletagebau
Grube
Funktionsprüfung vor
dem Start
Kühler
(Bergbau) Flöz
Kraftwerkskohle
Mannschaftswagen
Big trucks:
what more does
a man want?

INFO TO GO
Fotos: Caterpillar; Julie Collins; iStock
I drive Caterpillar 785 D trucks. I also operate a Tiger
845G, which is a dozer with rubber wheels, and recently, I
started training on a Caterpillar D11R, which is a fully
tracked bulldozer. We also carry coal in smaller vehicles to
the ROM, the “run of mine”, where the coal gets processed.
When we are moving around in the mine, we use
something called “positive communication”. If a truck
comes within 50 metres of you for any reason, its driver
must say: “Truck 810, I’m coming into your area.” You
have to reply before he can keep going.
Once you’re loaded, you drive from your digger to the
dump. You tip off, dump, or if you’re on the coal run, you’ll
go to the ROM. Then you’ll go to the dump, where there’ll
be a dozer that will clear away your overburden. Afterwards,
you’ll drive back to the digger and do the same thing.
It’s a circle — you drive around in circles. One “trip”
would be from the digger to the dump and back to the
digger. You might do that trip 20 times a day. Or, if you’re
on a short run, you could do it up to 60 times a day. I
think my record for a short run was 97 trips in one night.
It gets quite boring, and you get tired. Red Bull is a good
friend. No-Doz is good for staying awake, too. So is music.
After five hours of driving, we have a half-hour crib
break, before going back to work for two more hours.
Then that’s pretty much it.
When the day is done, I go home to my wife, who’s a
photographer, and to my three children. We have dinner
together and enjoy some family time. If I have the energy,
I’ll go to the gym for an hour. But I’m quite slack with that.
The structure of the work never really changes. The
night shift is hard. If I get home at 6 in the morning, I don’t
really feel like doing anything. You’re extremely tired. You
come home, you sleep, you get up. Rarely do you see your
family at all — especially on a night shift.
You go to work to earn money. You earn money to
come home to your family and enjoy that time. Hopefully,
I will stay in this job until I’m ready to retire. I love the
work. I like the people I work with. I love getting to drive
big “toy” trucks, which is absolutely excellent.
crib break [(krIb breIk] Aus.
digger [(dIgE]
dozer [(dEUzE] ifml.
dump [dVmp]
fully tracked bulldozer
[)fUli trÄkt (bUl)dEUzE]
gym [dZIm]
No-Doz [nEU (dEUz]
(doze [dEUz]
overburden
[(EUvE)b§:d&n]
run of mine (ROM)
[)rVn Ev (maIn]
tip off [tIp (Qf] ifml.
kurze Snack-Pause während
der Arbeitszeit
Bagger
hier: Rad-Dozer
Abraumhalde; abladen
Raupen-Bulldozer
Fitnessstudio
(Markenname) Coffeintabletten
dösen, schlummern)
Abraum
Förderkohle
hier: auskippen, ausschütten
get pinged
If you get pinged [pINd] for a certain thing, you are
blamed or held responsible for something that has
gone wrong. A ping is a short, high ringing sound, like
the noise made when a small stone hits metal. In the
text, Jason Linke says that he inspects his truck very
carefully to make sure that he doesn’t get in trouble for
any damage caused by the person who drove the vehicle
before him. Try using the expression in the following
sentences:
a) He risks ____________ for not keeping to his budget.
b) You have to arrive punctually. You can ____________
for being late.
that’s it
Linke says he works for five hours, then takes a halfhour
break, before working for two more hours. Then
his working day is over. “That’s pretty much it,” he says.
Here, the expression means “that’s the end” or “there
is no more”. It is used in this way in other everyday situations;
for example, if you’re sitting in the cinema
watching a film that ends at an unexpected point in the
story. Disappointed, you might ask: “Is that it?”
Is the expression used correctly in the following
sentences?
a) Is there no more milk in the fridge? That can’t be it,
surely?
b) I’ve done all the housework now. I think that’s it.
slack
Jason Linke says he is “slack” when it comes to going to
the gym, meaning he is not strict with himself about it.
He also uses the present simple form to mean it’s a
habit, unlike the continuous form “be slacking”, which
would mean that the action is more recent. The word
“slack” is related to the Latin laxus — also seen in lax and
relax — and means “loose”. From this, we get the informal
word “slacker”: someone who is lazy or not doing
his or her share of the work. Use forms of “slack” to
complete the sentences below:
a) My brother is such a __________.
b) Your work isn’t very accurate this
week. You ___________.
c) I __________ about tidying
up. I only ever do it if I
have to.
lax [lÄks]
nachlässig, lasch, lax
Answers: get pinged: a) getting pinged; b) get pinged
that’s it: yes, both (a) and (b) are correct
slack: a) slacker; b) ’re slacking / ’ve been slacking; c) ’m slack
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WORLD VIEW | News in Brief
Time to party:
at the Twilight
Parade in Sydney
AUSTRALIA Why celebrate the new year
just once, when you can do it twice? The Year of the Horse
begins at the end of January, and Sydney is home to one
of the biggest Chinese New Year parties outside of Asia.
Australia has a large Chinese population, with Chinatowns
in major cities across the country. Many Chinese
immigrants arrived in the 19th century, and immigration
has continued into modern times. From 24 January to
9 February, the city of Sydney will celebrate the Chinese
New Year. Some 80 events give people of all cultural backgrounds
the chance to experience Chinese traditions.
It’s a good month to celebrate...
Chinese New Year in Sydney
The Twilight Parade, on 2 February, is one of the highlights.
More than 3,000 performers will march from the
town hall to Chinatown in a procession filled with light,
colour and dance. For authentic food and great shopping,
Belmore Park turns into an Asian market from 24 to 26
January, complete with music and cultural performances.
The festival closes with a large dose of excitement: two days
of traditional dragon-boat races in Darling Harbour, starting
on 8 February.
For more information about the various events and
their locations, see www.sydneychinesenewyear.com
axe [Äks]
body [(bQdi]
commissioner [kE(mIS&nE]
decent [(di:s&nt]
Axt
hier: Leiche
Kommissar
anständig
dose [dEUs]
dragon boat [(drÄgEn )bEUt]
grab [grÄb]
town hall [)taUn (hO:l]
Dosis; hier: Portion
Drachenboot
packen
Rathaus
Doing the right thing
for police dogs
BRITAIN Matt Rogers, a police officer in
England’s East Midlands region, remembers the time
when he was attacked by a man with an axe. Rossi,
his partner, saved his life by jumping up and grabbing
the weapon in his mouth. “He looks after me,”
Rogers told The Telegraph newspaper.
Rossi is a police dog. He’s lucky to work in Nottinghamshire,
because the county police there recently
announced that they were starting Britain’s first pension
plan for dogs.
The Nottinghamshire police currently employ
26 dogs, half of which are trained to find bodies,
paper money and drugs.
“We look after the people who work for us who
have been police officers and staff,” said police and
crime commissioner Paddy Tipping. “They get
a decent retirement, and I think it’s important
that the same is done for dogs.”
Each dog’s “pension” will last for three years
and is designed with health in mind. When Rossi
retires, he will get up to £500 a year to pay for
his medical costs.
Fotos: A1PIX, Alamy; Corbis; PR
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Money for those
fine dogs that serve

Flying towards the future
NEW ZEALAND Sometime soon, you might
look up in the sky and see something strange flying by — not a bird
or a plane, but a person wearing a jetpack.
For years, companies have been competing to produce the first
commercially viable jetpack. Christchurch, New Zealand, is home to
one of the most promising versions. Powered by a gasoline engine,
the Martin Jetpack can go as fast as 80 kilometres per hour and fly
to heights of more than 2,000 metres, the makers say.
Glenn Martin, 53, began secretly developing this aircraft in 1981.
“Like a lot of my generation, I believed we’d be having holidays on
the moon by now or going to work in our flying cars,” he told The
Wall Street Journal. “Unfortunately, that never happened.”
Soon, though, Martin Aircraft Co. Ltd. plans to begin selling its
machines. The “First Responder Jetpack” should be available later
this year. It is designed for use in emergency situations, such as
earthquakes. By next year, the company hopes to make its jetpack
available to private individuals for about NZ$ 150,000 (€90,400).
Ready to fly?
A jetpack from
New Zealand
colonial master [kE)lEUniEl (mA:stE]
developmental benefit
[divelEp)ment&l (benIfIt]
earthquake [(§:TkweIk]
first responder [)f§:st ri(spQndE]
gasoline engine [)gÄsEli:n (endZIn] N. Am.
Kolonialherr
entwicklungspolitischer
Nutzen
Erdbeben
Ersthelfer
Benzinmotor
jetpack [(dZetpÄk]
lasting [(lA:stIN]
legacy [(legEsi]
reparations [)repE(reIS&nz]
sue [sju:]
viable [(vaIEb&l]
Raketenrucksack
nachhaltig, anhaltend
Erbe, Last
Entschädigung
(ver)klagen
funktionsfähig, marktfähig
Say sorry and pay
CARIBBEAN Fifteen Caribbean nations
are asking for more than just an apology from their former
colonial masters. They expect to be paid reparations,
too. The reason, said Ralph Gonsalves, prime minister
of St Vincent and the Grenadines, is the lasting damage
to their economies due to slavery.
“The awful legacy of these crimes against humanity
— a legacy which exists today in our Caribbean —
ought to be repaired for the developmental benefit of
our Caribbean societies and all our peoples,” Gonsalves
told the UN late last year.
The decision to sue was taken by the Caribbean
Community (Caricom), an organization
that represents the 15 former colonies, most
of which were once under British rule.
Leigh Day, the London law firm that
won reparations for Kenyans tortured in the
1950s by British colonials, plans to represent
the Caribbean nations before the International
Court of Justice in the Hague. The
sum of money they hope to be paid has not
been named. Caricom has made it known,
however, that slave owners in the 19th century
were given £20 million for their losses
after slavery was made illegal. According to
The Guardian, that amount would be equivalent
to £16.5 billion today.
Europe may help the Caribbean
island of St Vincent and others
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at the wheel [Ät DE (wi:&l]
break room [(breIk ru:m]
commercial driver [kE)m§:S&l (draIvE]
compromise [(kQmprEmaIz]
counselling [(kaUns&lIN]
custardy [US (kVst&rdi]
(custard
drink-driver [)drINk (draIvE] UK
fed up: be ~ [)fed (Vp] ifml.
item [(aItEm]
Jell-O [US (dZel oU]
perp = perpetrator [p§:p] N. Am. ifml.
rate [reIt]
saga [(sA:gE]
set: sth. looks ~ to continue [set]
sober [(sEUbE]
spank [spÄNk]
How hitting hurts
am Steuer
Pausenraum
Berufsfahrer(in)
gefährden
Beratung, Therapie
Wortspiel mit „custody“ = Haft
Vanillesauce, Eiercreme)
alkoholisierte(r) Autofahrer(in)
die Nase voll haben
Gegenstand, Artikel
Markenname für Götterspeise
Täter(in); hier: Dieb(in)
einschätzen, bewerten
hier: Geschichte
etw. wird sich aller Voraussicht nach
fortsetzen
nüchtern
den Hintern versohlen
UNITED STATES A new study has identified
another reason not to hit your kids: spanking can hurt their ability
to learn words.
After collecting data from 1,500 families for 10 years, the researchers
from Columbia University found that 60 percent of the
mothers and 40 percent of the fathers had spanked their three-yearolds.
Half of the mothers and a third
of the fathers had spanked their children
at the age of five, too. When the
group turned nine, the parents were
asked to rate how aggressive the kids
were. The children were then also
given a vocabulary test.
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WORLD VIEW | News in Brief
INDIA It’s hard to imagine a more dangerous
scenario than a crowded bus speeding down a highway with
a drink-driver at the wheel. In India, however, this is common.
The Guardian reports that 134,000 people died in India
in traffic accidents in 2010. Harman Singh Sidhu, president
of a road-safety organization, says that drink-driving among
commercial drivers is an alarming part of the problem. Bus
operators give drugs or alcohol to drivers so that they will
cover their routes faster. “To maximize profits, they compromise the
safety of drivers, passengers and other road users,” he said.
Can yoga help? The State Road Transportation Corporation in Karnataka,
a state in India’s south-west, hopes it can. The corporation has
begun sending problem bus drivers to a 40-day rehabilitation programme
in Bangalore, the capital city. In addition to yoga, they attend
counselling sessions and talks about health. In a year and a half, 155
men have taken part in the programme. It is thought that 60 per cent
of them remained sober afterwards. Sadly, no other Indian states have
shown any intention of using similar programmes. The Guardian writes
that the huge number of deaths on the road “looks set to continue”.
Driving problem:
drugs and alcohol
12
Yoga for the road
Spanking:
not a smart
option
WHAT’S HOT
Food crime
UNITED STATES
You place your yogurt in the fridge
at work. Then you return hours later
to get it because you’re hungry —
but it’s gone. What can you do?
National Public Radio (NPR) recently
reported on a 39-year-old
Pennsylvania man who lost his food
to an unknown perp. The item taken
was a container of strawberry Jell-O
that he had placed in the fridge in
his company’s break room. Because
it was not the first time that his food
had been stolen, the victim took an
unusual step: He called the police
and reported the crime.
“I think he was fed up,” said Sergeant
Pete Nickischer of the Upper
Macungie Township police.
The story was also reported —
not without humor — on local TV.
One viewer sent in a suggestion for
how the saga might end: “When
they find the perp, they’ll put him in
custardy.”
Cold crime:
is your food
safe?
Some of the study results were to be expected. The children
who had been spanked twice a week at the age of five, for example,
were more aggressive by age nine than those who had been hit less
frequently. Then came a surprise finding: The children who’d been
spanked by their fathers twice a week did worse on the vocabulary
test than those who’d never been spanked at all.
“Only a few studies have looked at the cognitive effects
of spanking,” Professor Michael MacKenzie told
the Los Angeles Times. “We are still trying to learn if
spanking has a direct effect on early brain development,
or if families that spank more are less likely to
read to their kids and use more complex language.”
By RITA FORBES and CLAUDINE WEBER-HOF
Fotos: Alamy, Photodisc; StockByte

“
“Like”
has replaced
the word
“say”
”
Britain Today | COLIN BEAVEN
Like is everywhere
— like it or not!
Ein kleines Wörtchen ist seit einiger Zeit in aller Munde und nimmt den
Platz von anderen Wörtern ein – Sprache einmal ganz modern.
Foto: iStock
Words can be full of surprises.
Even a word you’ve known
for a very long time can
suddenly transform itself and turn up
one day with a completely new meaning.
Like the word “like”.
Even before the days of Facebook,
“like” was so overused it was rather
unhelpful. “Heavens above!” some
might say. “If you already feel like
that about the word ‘like’, how do
you cope with the word ‘love’?”
The trouble is that “like” has so
many different meanings and uses.
All in all, the more you hear it, the
more you realize it’s not a word you
particularly... like.
It’s often a verb, but not if you’re
making comparisons. For example,
perhaps you buy a scented candle to
go with dinner on Valentine’s Day.
You buy it because it’s supposed to
smell like caramel and vanilla. When
you light it, you discover it smells like
cars and vans.
Then, so often people say “like”
just to fill up their sentences. As my
adore [E(dO:]
anbeten, verehren
ask sb. out [A:sk (aUt]
jmdn. zu einem
Rendezvous einladen
beloved [bi(lVvId]
Geliebte(r)
cope with [(kEUp wID]
mit etw. zurechtkommen
disgusting [dIs(gVstIN] ekelhaft, widerlich (➝ p. 61)
Heavens above! [)hev&nz E(bVv] Gütiger Himmel!
like [laIk] ifml.
hier: na ja, irgendwie
meaninglessly [(mi:nINlEsli] ohne Bedeutung
obsessed [Eb(sest]
besessen
reported speech [ri)pO:tId (spi:tS] indirekte Rede
scented candle [)sentId (kÄnd&l] Duftkerze
security chief [sI(kjUErEti )tSi:f] Sicherheitschef(in)
supposed: be ~ to [sE(pEUst] hier: sollen
traffic fumes [(trÄfIk fju:mz] Verkehrsabgase
trick: play a ~ on sb. [trIk] jmdm. einen Streich spielen
unambiguous [)VnÄm(bIgjuEs] unzweideutig
vague [veIg]
vage, ungenau
dictionary explains it, “like” is “sometimes
used meaninglessly”. If you ask
your Valentine what she thinks of the
scented candle, she might say: “The
one that smells like traffic fumes? It’s,
like, disgusting.”
That’s confusing; you can say
“like” when you’re talking about
something you don’t like. So it’s definitely
not a word to use when it’s
time to write a message in a Valentine’s
card.
These cards are generally anonymous,
but they’re still supposed to
make your feelings clear. “Like” is,
therefore, much too vague. A message
like this is unlikely to impress your
beloved when she opens her card on
14 February:
“Of all the people I adore,
It’s you I like the best.
I’ve never felt like this before.
I’m almost, like, obsessed.”
There’s nothing for it; we need the
word “love”. For all its faults, it’s still
elegant, and next to “like”, it almost
starts to look clear and unambiguous.
On top of all
this, you find that
the word “like” has
played a trick on
you and has come
to replace the word
“say”.
If you want to
see how this works
in practice, try listening
to young
people phoning
their friends to tell
them about the
conversation they’ve
just had. You can’t
help overhearing.
Here, I quote from
one young woman who was recently
talking nearby: “He was like: ‘Have
you got any plans for Valentine’s Day,
then?’ And I was like: ‘Seriously? Are
you trying to ask me out?’ And he
was like: ‘Well, what would you say
if I was?’”
Think back for a moment to that
classic old Beatles song “She Loves
You”. Remember this line? “She said
she loves you, and you know that
can’t be bad...”
That was written in the 1960s.
Fifty years later, this is what they’d
have written instead: “She was like: ‘I
love him.’” It wouldn’t have got to
number one.
Still, this is the way young people
talk these days, so it’s something we
have to live with, even if it does make
reported speech unbelievably boring.
I just feel sorry for Britain’s security
chiefs. They have to read through
transcripts of the phone calls their
spies have been listening to — spies
who no longer use the word “say”.
Here’s an example: “He was like:
‘Have you got any plans for Valentine’s
Day, then?’ And she was like: ‘Seriously?
Are you trying to ask me out?’
And he was like: ‘Well, what would
you say if I was, Frau Merkel?’”
Colin Beaven is a freelance writer who lives
and works in Southampton on the south
coast of England.
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LANGUAGE | IELTS Test
Putting pen
to paper
Im Rahmen des IELTS-Sprachtests müssen drei schriftliche
Aufgaben bearbeitet werden: das Schreiben eines Briefes, das
Analysieren einer Grafik und das Verfassen eines Aufsatzes.
JOANNA WESTCOMBE gibt nützliche Tipps.
Writing is probably something you do every day. How much writing do you
do in English, though? If your goal is a job or a university place in an
English-speaking country, you will need to make sure that your written English
is of a good standard. At the top of your to-do list will certainly be preparing for
and taking either the General Training or Academic module of the IELTS (International
English Language Testing System) test. This is the international passport for
people wanting to work or study abroad.
Last year (Spotlight 2/13 and 9/13), we introduced IELTS and presented an exclusive
reading and listening test. This month, we are cooperating again with IELTS and
the British Council to bring you a writing test from both the Academic and the General
Training modules, covering everyday skills such as letter writing, as well as the
essay- and report-writing skills required for academic and working life.
We are also very pleased to be running a special competition this month. Thanks
to the British Council, we are offering one lucky Spotlight reader a free IELTS test
place worth €210. (See page 21.) Even if you have no plans to take an IELTS test,
read on and get writing. When it comes to improving your skills, you just can’t lose.
THE BRITISH COUNCIL
The British Council is the UK’s leading cultural-relations organization. It works in the fields
of the arts, education and society in more than 100 countries worldwide. In addition to the
IELTS test, the British Council offers resources for teachers and learners of English. It has been
in Germany since 1959, initiating projects and holding events across the country. The British
Council offers the IELTS test up to 36 times a year in 14 test locations around Germany as well
as in Austria and Switzerland. For more information, visit www.britishcouncil.de or .at or .ch
IELTS
IELTS is jointly managed by the British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge English
Language Assessment. IELTS results are recognized by more than 8,000 educational institutions,
government agencies and professional organizations in more than 135 countries. These include
3,000 institutions and programmes in the US, as well as all UK universities and colleges. In Germany,
as more courses are offered in English, the number of institutions recognizing IELTS results
continues to grow. http://takeielts.britishcouncil.org
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What’s in the test?
The IELTS writing test takes 60 minutes and consists of
two tasks. For the first task, you have to write about 150
words. In the General Training module (the non-academic
version) of the test, you have to write a letter. In the Academic
module, you have to describe, explain or summarize
a chart, diagram, graph or table. The second task of both
papers is a 250-word essay.
How can we help?
If you are planning to take IELTS, the best thing you can
do is visit the British Council website (see page 14) and
follow its advice on how to practise and prepare for the
test. On this and the following pages, we focus on three
writing tasks in the IELTS format — a letter, a description
of a graph and an essay. Each time, we present the task,
offer a model answer (written by a native speaker) and give
tips based on that answer. Working through the sections
will help you to improve your writing skills in English,
whether you are taking the test or not. So why not try the
tasks, starting with the letter below?
Fotos: iStock; plainpicture
Writing everyday letters
In the first task of the IELTS General Training module, you
are presented with a problem (see box below) and have to
write a letter explaining your point of view or asking for
something to be done — exactly the sort of reason why you
might write a letter. (20 minutes; at least 150 words)
You have a problem with a neighbour.
Write a letter to your neighbour. In your letter:
• describe the problem
• say how long it has been a problem
• explain what action you want your neighbour
to take.
Begin your letter as follows:
Dear ........,
• The first sentence of the model letter on the right
explains the reason for writing: I am writing to...
• The rest of the first paragraph describes the problem.
The second paragraph combines the rest of the
required information in a logical form.
• Concrete, relevant examples are given, using lan -
guage specific to the situation (especially verbs here):
lean over · drop · block · leak · damage · injure
• Good synonyms have been found for the word
“problem” in the question: nuisance · danger
• A range of structures links ideas logically:
not just ... but also · I have ... before, but ·
such a ... that · it would ... if you
• The writer gets his message across clearly, but
politely: I urge you to · I think you should ·
an alternative ... would be · I hope...
• The letter format is appropriate: Dear Mr Jackson ·
Yours sincerely
Tips
Model letter
Dear Mr Jackson,
I am writing to you to see what can
be done about the large tree at the
front of your house. The tree leans
over my side of the fence that divides
our properties. It is not just a
nuisance, but also a danger. It drops
a large amount of debris on my roof,
and these leaves and twigs block the
downpipes. During the last heavy
rainfall, my house leaked as a result.
My worst fear is that in a storm the
tree might fall down, damaging my
house and possibly injuring my family.
The tree has been a problem for more
than ten years, and I have talked to
you about it before, but the tree has
now reached such a height that I
urge you to take action immediately.
I think you should have the tree
removed. An alternative course of
action would be to prune the tree to
fence level, but I think it would die
anyway if you did this.
I hope the problem can be resolved
soon.
Yours sincerely,
Joel Baker
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LANGUAGE | IELTS Test
Describing a graph
In the first writing task of the Academic module,
you have to write a short report about a graph, table,
chart or diagram — a typical task in business or academic
contexts, especially if you are preparing for
a presentation. (20 minutes; at least 150 words)
The graph on the right shows the proportion of four
different materials that were recycled from 1982 to
2010 in a particular country.
Summarize the information by
selecting and reporting the main
features, and make comparisons
where relevant.
Model report
The chart shows the percentages of
paper and cardboard, glass containers,
aluminium cans and plastics that were
recycled in one country between 1982
and 2010.
In 1982, about 65 per cent of paper and
cardboard was recycled. This figure
fluctuated before rising steeply to
reach a peak of 80 per cent in 1994.
From then on, however, it decreased
steadily to a level of 70 per cent in
2010. In 1982, half of all glass
containers were recycled;
after dipping to a low of
40 per cent in 1990, the
glass-recycling rate gradually
increased to 60 per
cent by 2010.
Aluminium cans were first
recycled in 1986, starting at
about 5 per cent, but this
figure climbed rapidly over
25 years, and by 2010 it had
reached 45 per cent. Recycling
of plastics, on the other hand,
was not introduced until 1990 and, although
the growth in this category
was also constant, it was very slow,
rising from about 2 per cent to around
8 per cent during this period.
Overall, the proportion of paper and
cardboard that was recycled was the
highest of the four classes of material,
but this category experienced a decline
after 1994, whereas there was a
continuing upward trend in the recycling
of the other materials.
Fotos: Hemera; iStock
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• The statement in the instructions has been rephrased to make one sentence
that introduces the graph: The chart shows the percentages of...
• The information is divided into paragraphs. Paper and cardboard are
grouped together, and aluminium is contrasted with plastic. The focus is on
general trends. This is supported by specific data from the chart: starting
at about... · a peak of... · a level of... · a low of... · around 8 per cent
• The trends are described using a range of verbs and suitable adverbs:
rise steeply · decrease steadily · dip · gradually increase · climb rapidly
• Time phrases are precise and varied: in 1994 · from then on · by 2010 ·
over 25 years · not until 1990 · during this period · after 1994
• The graph uses historical data, so the past tense is the main verb form, but
the gerund also has its place: before rising · after dipping
• A range of phrases is used to compare and contrast:
however · on the other hand · but · although · whereas
Tips
Top five writing-test tips
1. Read the task: this tells you exactly what and how much you need to write
to complete the task.
2. Plan your work: follow the correct format (letter, essay, etc.).
Decide what information and examples to include.
Separate ideas into paragraphs in a logical order.
3. Show what you know: use a range of vocabulary and phrases in a style
suitable to the task. Try not to repeat words from the test question — find
synonyms instead. Use accurate grammar, including different verb tenses,
conditional forms and other structures.
4. Make it stick together: use pronouns, linking words and signalling
phrases to organize and connect your ideas.
5. Check and check again: always make sure that you have followed points
1–4 accurately.
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LANGUAGE | IELTS Test
Essay writing
In both the General Training and the Academic module of
the IELTS test, the second task is to write an essay. This
shows your skills in giving and supporting your opinion in
English on any topic, whether in writing or in speaking.
Below, we show a question and a model answer from the
General Training module.
(40 minutes; at least 250 words)
It is generally accepted that exercise is good for children and teenagers.
Therefore, physical education and sport should be compulsory for all students in all schools.
What do you think?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Model essay
Exercise is important throughout life
for all age groups in order to maintain
both physical health and mental wellbeing.
Making sports instruction and
physical education mandatory for all
able-bodied school pupils is a good
idea, because it establishes beneficial
exercise habits and enhances other
aspects of their lives.
well). It is only by training hard, staying
focused and exercising self-control
that we attain success. We learn a lot
about competition, but sport teaches
us restraint, too: we need to keep a
cool head under intense pressure in
order to have a chance of winning. To
be calm and composed under pressure
is an enormous advantage at exam time.
Firstly, sport is a great source of lessons
for life. It teaches us to take
nothing for granted and to treat others
with respect. The smug individual or
overconfident team is always vulnerable
and may be beaten by an opponent with
less obvious skill but more tenacity
and determination. Sport teaches us
how to behave, or how not to behave,
in defeat. Maintaining composure in the
face of disappointment is a life skill
well worth mastering, as is the ability
to recover quickly after setbacks.
Sport also teaches us concentration,
discipline and a good work ethic (essential
for academic achievement as
Above all, team sports teach us how
to work together. Being a “team player”
is rated very highly by employers.
Knowing how to interact and cooperate
with others prepares us not only for
the workplace but for the rest of our
social lives.
To conclude, sport definitely has a
place in the school curriculum,
because pupils will become fit and
active, improve their attitude to study
and learn many important life skills.
For these reasons, all pupils who are
physically able should be required to
participate in physical education in
addition to academic subjects.
Fotos: British Council; Fuse; plainpicture
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continued from page 18
• The essay on page 18 is of the type
“for” or “against”. The writer’s
position is clearly stated in the
introductory paragraph. The statement
in the instructions has been
re phrased, using synonyms and a
different sentence structure.
• In the main part of the essay, there
are three paragraphs of between
two and five sentences, with one
idea per paragraph. Each idea is
expressed generally in one sentence,
then developed with specific
examples. Here, the focus is on
sporting skills that are transferable
to academic and working life.
• The paragraphs are connected with
linking words: Firstly · also ·
Above all · To conclude
• The writer’s opinion is supported by
a range of abstract nouns:
respect · tenacity · determination ·
composure · concentration ·
discipline...
• Positive-sounding words and
phrases “sell” the writer’s point of
view: beneficial · enhance · essential
· it is only by · an enormous
advantage · definitely
• In a concluding paragraph, the
ideas are summarized, and the
writer’s point of view is repeated
in a general statement.
Tips
Tips for checking
When you have finished writing, remember that you haven’t yet finished
the task. Whether you are writing to a neighbour, or for an examiner,
it is always important to check your written work. Here are our tips:
• Give yourself several minutes to check your work.
• Know your own typical mistakes.
• Check your spelling first: try working backwards from the last word —
you are checking spelling, not meaning.
• Check the verb tenses, agreements (such as third person “s”), singular
and plural forms.
• Check that sentences and paragraphs work logically together:
check linking words (“however”; “despite”), and reference words
(“this” or “here” or pronouns).
• Check for repetition. Find synonyms, or use pronouns where you can.
Write on!
In trying out the IELTS tasks over the last few pages, you have given
your writing skills a workout. At www.spotlight-online.de/downloads you
can find an essay question and model answer from the Academic test.
Why not make a note of its useful language for your own writing? We’re
sure this will help you the next time you put pen to paper in English.
Competition
How to take part
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FOOD | Sweets
Sweet
memories
A
treat for
everyone:
English sweets
Im Zeitalter von Supermarkt & Co.
haben es traditionelle Süßwarenläden
schwer; dennoch gibt es
noch Kunden, die die süße
Vielfalt der Fachgeschäfte
schätzen. Von ANDREW
MARSHALL.
Astone house in the village
of Pateley Bridge in England’s
Yorkshire Dales is
home to a very unusual shop. The
wooden shelves along the walls of its
interior are filled with large glass jars.
They contain creamy brown toffees,
black-and-white striped humbugs,
dark-red brandy balls and green-and-pink
sour apples.
The Oldest Sweet Shop in England — the
claim has been verified by Guinness World Records
— opened its doors in 1827. Confectioner Keith Tor -
doff, who now runs the place with the help of his wife
Gloria, son Alexander and Alexander’s partner, Kirsty, explains
that the business started out as a general store. Originally,
it sold milk, bread, eggs, tobacco and sweets, then
later switched exclusively to confectionery.
Tordoff bought the shop 16 years ago. He is proud of
the variety of sweets on offer — 200 kinds in all. Although
the Tordoffs don’t make any of the confectionery themselves,
they do test every sweet that they sell. “We all take
samples home and try
them first in a tasting session
before we sell them in
the shop,” he says. “This
helps us to know what we
are talking about.”
Keith Tordoff likes the
retro flair of his business.
“We have all the old
favourites,” he explains.
“Not long ago, we bought
some dusted milk teeth,
A happy place: the Tordoffs’ shop which are difficult to find,
and we
have some
Sherbet Fountains
in their original
paper wrapping. These
days, people like to collect them.” For the Tordoffs, the
style of the shop is important, too. “We run the shop the
way it has always been done. Our only concessions to the
modern age are the electric lights, and the cash register was
converted to decimal currency in the early 1970s.”
Fifty years ago, most towns and villages in Britain had
a sweet shop. It was where schoolchildren would exchange
a few pence of their pocket money for the sticky delight
of gobstoppers and pear drops, while elderly aunts
bought elegant rolls of Parma Violets. Today, the Tordoffs’
shop is a rarity. The recession, supermarket shopping and
cash register [(kÄS )redZIstE]
concession [kEn(seS&n]
confectioner [kEn(fekS&nE]
dusted milk teeth [)dVstId (mIlk ti:T]
gobstopper [(gQb)stQpE] UK ifml.
jar [dZA:]
Sherbet Fountain [)S§:bEt (faUntIn]
sticky [(stIki]
Registrierkasse
Zugeständnis
Konditor(in),
Zuckerbäcker(in)
Süßigkeiten in Gebissform
Dauerlutscher
Behälter, Gefäß
Brausepulver mit Lakritzstange
in Tubenform
klebrig
Fotos: Alamy; A. Marshall; iStock
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FIVE TRADITIONAL
SWEETS
an increasingly health-conscious public have sent traditional
sweet shops into meltdown. Perhaps it’s not a coincidence,
though, that Yorkshire is home to The Oldest Sweet Shop in
England. The region has been connected to sugar and the confectionery
industry for hundreds of years.
When the Crusaders returned from the Middle East in the
11th and 12th centuries, they brought with them the first liquo -
rice plants. The sandy soil around the town of Pontefract proved to
be the perfect environment for them, and the plant was cultivated by
local monks. At first, the “sweet root” was probably used mainly as
medicine. It was thought to help cure many illnesses, including
colds and liver disease. Later, it was produced on an industrial
scale and delivered to the many local sweet manufacturers.
Liquorice is no longer grown in the area today, but
Pontefract cakes and liquorice root are still popular with locals
— and both are sold at The Oldest Sweet Shop in England.
Yorkshire’s love of sugary foods may also have its origins in
the Industrial Revolution, which began around 1760, at about
the same time as the arrival of cheap sugar from the British colonies
in the West Indies. In 1842, George Bassett founded the confectionery
company Bassett’s in Sheffield, South Yorkshire; Liquorice Allsorts were
created by Bassett’s in 1899. Later, Lion Confectionery in the West
Yorkshire town of Cleckheaton began making another famous
candy: Midget Gems.
Today, Yorkshire’s confectionery industry has pretty much
been swallowed by big food conglomerates, but the local taste
for sweets has stayed. For Tordoff’s wife, Gloria, it’s the feelgood
factor that helps to keep the business going. “The wonderful
thing about working in a sweet shop is that everyone is
always in a happy mood,” she says, opening a jar of pear drops.
It may also help that confectionery is such an inexpensive delight:
Yorkshire people have a reputation for being careful with money.
Keith Tordoff explains: “We have a local lad who bought a giant gobstopper
when he was 14 years of age, and now he’s 22.” The young man
regularly enjoys a taste of the gobstopper. “Then he washes it and puts
it back in the fridge,” adds the shop owner. “Even by penny-pinching
Yorkshire standards, that’s excellent value.”
by accident [baI (ÄksIdEnt]
coincidence [kEU(InsIdEns]
conglomerate [kEn(glQmErEt]
Crusader [kru:(seIdE]
excellent value [)eksElEnt (vÄlju:]
industrial scale [In)dVstriEl (skeI&l]
isoamyl acetate [aisEU)Äm&l (ÄsEteIt]
lad [lÄd] ifml.
Liquorice Allsorts [)lIkErIS (O:lsO:ts]
liquorice plant [(lIkErIS plA:nt]
liver [(lIvE]
mauve [mEUv]
meltdown: send sb. / sth. into ~ [(meltdaUn]
Midget Gem [(mIdZIt dZem]
pear [peE]
penny-pinching [(peni )pIntSIN]
soil [sOI&l]
aus Versehen, zufällig
Zufall
Großkonzern
Kreuzritter
preiswert
industrieller Maßstab
(chem.) Essigsäurepentylester
Junge, Typ
Lakritzkonfekt
Süßholz
Leber
malvenfarben
jmdn. / etw. in den Ruin treiben
kleiner runder Weingummibonbon
Birne
knauserig
(Erd)Boden
Humbugs have been around
for more than 150 years. They
are the hard, peppermintflavoured
sweets that were first
mentioned by writer Elizabeth
Gaskell (1810–65) in her book
Sylvia’s Lovers.
Pear drops are also a hard sweet.
Traditionally, the drops were half
yellow and half pink. Today, the
colours are separated. No pears
are used in their production.
The flavour — a cross between
banana and pear — comes from
a chemical called isoamyl acetate,
also known as pear oil.
Liquorice Allsorts are brightly coloured, soft
liquorice sweets. The idea of selling a variety
of liquorice under the name
Allsorts happened by accident. In
1899, Charlie Thompson, a
young salesman working for a
company called Bassett’s,
dropped a selection of sweets
that he was showing to a customer.
The resulting mix was so
pleasing that Bassett’s decided to market
it under the name Liquorice Allsorts.
Pontefract cakes, small,
soft liquorice discs, are the
oldest sweets on this list.
They were first made in
the Yorkshire town of
Pontefract and are traditionally
stamped with an
image of Pontefract Castle.
Parma Violets were first sold in the 1930s. The
small, mauve sweets have a highly perfumed
flavour.
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ARCHITECTURE | Frank Gehry
Expect
the
unexpected
Stararchitekt Frank Gehry übernimmt mit Sir Norman Foster ein Milliardenprojekt, bei dem aus
einem verfallenen Londoner Gebäudekomplex 3.500 Wohnungen, Läden und Büros entstehen.
OLIVER WAINWRIGHT berichtet.
It will be absolutely amazing and
extraordinary,” says Rob Tincknell,
head of the Battersea Power
Station Development Company. “It
really is so exciting that we will have
Frank Gehry’s first building in London
right next to the power station.
It will become another icon, so you’ll
have two icons set side by side. What
could be better than that?”
It was announced last week that
Gehry will be joining Norman Foster
in the next phase of the £8 billion
Malaysian-backed plan to change
South London’s old cathedral of
power into a shining wonder world
of 3,500 flats, shops and offices.
Gehry will be responsible for five
apartment buildings, including the
main attraction, named “The
Flower”, which, says Tincknell, “will
give Frank the opportunity to flex his
design muscles as far as they go”.
24 Spotlight 2|14
Tincknell is speaking in excited
tones, like someone who has just won
the biggest real-estate prize imaginable:
not the protected historic brick
power station, but the promise that a
Gehry building will one day be built
next door.
“His style of architecture is completely
unique,” he continues. “Other
architects might design buildings of
different styles, and do it differently
each time, but Frank’s buildings are a
continuous interpretation of his idea
of fluidity. It’s just fantastic.”
billion [(bIljEn]
Milliarde(n)
brick [brIk] Ziegelstein, Backstein (➝ p. 61)
flex one’s muscles [)fleks wVnz (mVs&lz] seine Muskeln spielen lassen
fluidity [flu(IdEti]
hier: fließende Formen
icon [(aIkQn]
Symbol, Wahrzeichen
real estate [(rIEl I)steIt] N. Am.
Immobilien
A CLOSER LOOK
Battersea Power Station was built in the 1930s, but it stopped generating
power in 1983. With its four tall chimneys and attractive art deco design,
it has since become a symbol of London. Said to be the largest brick building
in Europe, it was sold to Malaysian property investors in 2012. They
have begun work on the structure and the surrounding area.
Fotos: Alamy; Getty Images; Huber; laif

A very busy man:
Frank Gehry in his
Los Angeles offices
The 84-year-old Canadian architect
Gehry has a reputation of
being the top magician of iconic
forms, bringing with him the
promise of headlines, tourists and
minor economic miracles. The
billowing metallic exterior of his
Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,
completed in 1997, is widely described
as the project that saved
this post-industrial town and
even came with its own term,
“the Bilbao effect”, introducing
an era of similar projects in
countless other places.
Gehry has become a global brand. He is the king of the
crumple, whose dramatic creations of metal and glass can
be found the world over. There is the 76-storey skyscraper
in Manhattan — “New York by Gehry” — which hangs
like a silk scarf, blowing in the wind. There are playfullooking
university buildings in Massachusetts and Ohio and
a dancing apartment block in Prague. On Saadiyat Island
in Abu Dhabi, work is under way on what will one day be
the mother of all Guggenheims, a 30,000-square-metre museum
formed from
a mix of cones and
towers.
“He now comes packaged as ‘Gehry’ with quotes on,”
says the famous critic Charles Jencks, a close friend who
has known Gehry since he started out in 1970s’ Los Angeles.
“He has become part of the Establishment, but he
began on the outside, kicking against the fence. He’s like
the Woody Allen of architecture: he loves railing against
the world and doesn’t want to be liked by anybody — but
at the same time,
he wants to be
loved and accepted
by everybody.”
In a world of
competing “starchitects”,
whose ce -
lebrity reputations
shine more brightly
than their buildings,
none is more
starry than Gehry.
His website carries
a note that he cannot
respond to
autograph requests
because of the huge
number received. He has appeared on television’s The
Simpsons, designing Springfield opera house in the shape
of a scrunched-up envelope. For Lady Gaga, he made a
hat like a laundry bag that had been attacked by a Rott -
weiler; and Mark Zuckerberg has asked him to design the
new Facebook mega-campus.
Then there’s the Hollywood connection: actor Brad
Pitt has become his apprentice. Gehry has worked with
him on various projects, from a doomed scheme for Hove
on England’s south coast, which would have resulted in
the waterfront being desecrated with four 120-metre towers
shaped like crumpled Victorian dresses, to a low-cost
house in post-hurricane New Orleans (see Spotlight 9/09,
page 22). “I’ve got a few men I respect very much, and one
would be Frank Gehry,” Pitt told Vanity Fair. “He said to
me, ‘If you know where it’s going, it’s not worth doing.’
That’s become like a mantra for me.”
A great success: the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain
New directions:
Gehry’s design for
the Guggenheim
in Abu Dhabi
apprentice [E(prentIs]
autograph [(O:tEgrA:f]
billowing [(bIlEUIN]
cone [kEUn]
crumple [(krVmp&l]
desecrate [(desIkreIt]
doomed [du:md]
laundry bag [(lO:ndri bÄg]
rail against [(reI&l E)genst]
scrunch up [skrVntS (Vp]
starry [(stA:ri]
storey [(stO:ri]
Lehrling
Autogramm
hier: wellenförmig
Kegel
Krumpeln, Zerdrücken
entweihen; hier: verschandeln
gescheitert
Wäschebeutel
über jmdn./etw. schimpfen
zerknüllen
hier: berühmt
Stockwerk
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25

ARCHITECTURE | Frank Gehry
Former US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton went as far as using
Gehry’s architecture as a metaphor
for where the world should be going.
“We need a new architecture for this
new world; more Frank Gehry than
formal Greek,” she told the audience
at the Council on Foreign Relations.
“Some of his work at first might appear
haphazard, but in fact, it’s highly
intentional and sophisticated. Where
once a few strong columns could
hold up the weight of the world,
today we need a dynamic mix of materials
and structures.”
So how did this Everyman —
who dresses in T-shirts and loose
trousers to meet company chiefs —
end up being so popular with the
global elite? An initial answer can be
found on the corner of a street in
Santa Monica, California, where
Gehry built his first project in 1978:
a house for himself, which appears
both to attack and swallow a simple
beige bungalow.
Wrapping the existing building in
a cocktail of metal, wood and chainlink
fencing, through which angular
Where it all started: the house Gehry built for himself in Santa Monica, California
glass structures seem to explode, it
was his manifesto. The neighbours
hated it so much that one of them
regularly brought his dog to defecate
on the garden path.
The building burst on to the scene
when boring mirror-glass modernism
was in vogue, standing out against
California’s conservative architectural
culture of anonymous office blocks.
Gehry’s street-style mix of cheap industrial
materials was a refreshing
development. His house attracted
crowds of young architects and critics.
It became his laboratory and showroom.
As critic Beatriz Colomina said,
it is “the house that built Gehry”.
“He developed an incredible skill
at making very sophisticated work
with cheap materials,” says Jencks,
describing how Gehry would do “the
kind of B-movie jobs, like malls and
parking lots, that no other architect
would touch.”
The Walt Disney
Concert Hall
in Los Angeles
angular [(ÄNgjUlE]
B-movie [(bi: )mu:vi]
chain-link fencing [)tSeIn lINk (fensIN]
defecate [(defEkeIt]
haphazard [hÄp(hÄzEd]
manifesto [)mÄnI(festEU]
sophisticated [sE(fIstIkeItId]
eckig, kantig, winklig
hier: Billigproduktion
Maschendrahtzaun
sein Geschäft verrichten
willkürlich, planlos, zufällig
öffentliche Erklärung
durchdacht, ausgeklügelt
In Barcelona:
Gehry’s playful
Fish sculpture
Fotos: A1PIX; alamy; F1 online; laif
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City highlight:
Prague’s dancing
building
When it was finished, neighbours discovered that the
building’s concave polished steel surfaces focused the sunlight
into their apartments, leading to extremely high airconditioning
bills. There was also the danger of blinding
passing drivers. Gehry’s office had to sand down the problematic
areas of the exterior to prevent the glare.
Having done battle with the Walkie-Scorchie
“fryscraper” by Rafael Viñoly — who, somewhat ominously,
is also responsible for the Battersea Power Station
master plan — London, at least, should be ready for whatever
Gehry decides to throw at it.
© Guardian News & Media 2013
A CLOSER LOOK
Jencks suggests that a key work was Gehry’s Fish sculpture
in Barcelona, created to jazz up the base of a boring
hotel tower in the Olympic port in 1992. This was the first
time the architect employed computer-modelling software,
borrowed from the aerospace industry.
A curved steel skeleton covered with a shimmering
golden lattice, the Fish was designed using Catia, a
computer-aided three-dimensional interactive application
that has since become one of the basics for architectural
practices working with complex geometries. It has even
generated a completely separate branch of the office, now
formalized as Gehry Technologies. Modelling tools of this
kind also allowed the complex curves of Bilbao to be created
and linked up directly with the manufacturing
process — a breakthrough at the time.
Such innovative technology has its problems, however.
Costing two and a half times the original budget, Gehry’s
Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles,
launched in 1987 and finally completed in 2003, was the
subject of more than 10,000 requests for information from
the contractor to the architect, resulting in a legal dispute
that ended in an expensive settlement.
Walkie-Scorchie and “fryscraper” are popular names
for the skyscraper being built in central London at 20
Fenchurch Street. Originally called the “Walkie-Talkie”
building because of its unusual shape, its new names
came about when sunlight shining off of the mirrorlike
exterior caused parts of a car parked nearby to
melt. The building’s architect, Rafael Viñoly, has said
that he is working on the problem.
contractor [kEn(trÄktE]
glare [gleE]
jazz sth. up [dZÄz (Vp]
lattice [(lÄtIs]
legal dispute [(li:g&l dI)spju:t]
ominously [(QmInEsli]
sand down [sÄnd (daUn]
scorch [skO:tS]
settlement [(set&lmEnt]
Bauunternehmer(in)
grelles Licht
etw. aufpeppen
Gitternetz
Rechtsstreit
unheilverheißend
anschmirgeln
verschmoren, versengen
(jur.) Vergleich, Regelung
A shining design:
London’s “fryscraper”

AMY ARGETSINGER | I Ask Myself
What is wrong with
pop star Miley Cyrus?
Um im Showbusiness zu bestehen, greifen Stars immer tiefer in die
Trickkiste und landen dabei auch mal unter der Gürtellinie.
“
By shocking
everyone,
she has made
herself a star
”
Miley Cyrus, whose songs are
topping the charts in the
United States this year, isn’t
much of a singer. Her songs aren’t
anything special either. While she has
a bright-eyed charisma, she’s not particularly
pretty. And she doesn’t even
manage to compensate, as so many
less-than-great singers do, with dynamic
dance movements. She’s just a
passable dancer, as good as you would
be if your job had required you to
take a few dance classes.
In short, for an entertainer, she’s
not really all that entertaining. This is
why I feel the need to defend Miley
Cyrus. It’s very fashionable in the US
these days to bash her. After she did
a lurid song-and-dance routine on an
MTV awards show last year, there has
been much debate and concern about
the 21-year-old star. Is she corrupting
our youth? Is she out of control?
Cyrus, wearing practically nothing,
waggled her tongue suggestively,
caressed herself and fellow performers
with an oversized foam finger, and
provocatively shook her rear end in a
dance move known as “twerking.”
Many adult viewers were shocked.
Just a few years ago, Cyrus was the
star of a children’s show. How could
she do this to her innocent young
fans? Others insisted the performance
was so bad that it was a career-ender.
“What’s wrong with her?” everyone
seemed to be asking. Forget, for
a second, that no one was asking the
same question of Robin Thicke, the
older male pop idol who joined Miley
Cyrus on the stage, performing in a
routine they had obviously planned
together. His morals were not questioned,
and no, that’s not fair.
As far as I’m concerned, Miley
Cyrus triumphed that night. Millions
of people watched her, fascinated.
The next morning, millions more
were talking about her. That’s what is
seen as success in today’s pop music
scene — just as it was for Britney
Spears a decade ago, Madonna 30
years ago, or even the shock rockers
of the 1970s — like the demonicmakeup-wearing
group Kiss. In a
crowded celebrity marketplace, the
most important thing is to stand out.
With every year
bash sb. [bÄS]
that goes by, it’s harder
to do that: we’re no
longer shocked by caress [kE(res]
punk rockers calling
for anarchy or by rappers
boasting of crim-
[(kA:mpEnseIt]
curse [k§:s]
inal records. Cyrus
foam [foUm]
succeeded in dominating
the conversa-
lurid [(lUrEd]
tion, though. In one smear [smI&r]
of her recent videos,
she is basically naked,
straddling a wrecking
ball as it swings on a
chain. You can hardly
boast of sth. [(boUst Ev]
brazenly [(breIz&nli]
compensate (for) sth.
corrupt sb. [kE(rVpt]
rear end [)rI&r (end] ifml.
straddle sth. [(strÄd&l]
studded [(stVdId]
waggle [(wÄg&l]
wrecking ball [(rekIN bO:l]
Amy Argetsinger is a co-author of “The Reliable Source,” a column in The Washington Post about personalities.
remember the tune of the song when
it’s over, but you remember the pictures.
By shocking everyone, she has
made herself a star.
Now, my feelings towards Miley
Cyrus aren’t all warm. Last September,
she appeared on the cover of Rolling
Stone magazine in another brazenly
sexual pose. She was sticking out her
tongue, her heavy eye makeup
smeared, her ears studded with multiple
rings, her arms barely covering her
naked chest. In the interview inside the
magazine, she cursed a lot and talked
openly about her drug use. A week or
so later, my husband and I learned
that the baby we were about to have
is a girl. We immediately thought
back to the Miley Cyrus cover.
“Is this a terrible world to be raising
a girl in?” my husband asked.
Maybe, I replied. But for our daughter,
Miley Cyrus will be a figure of the
distant past. Who knows what kind
of world we’ll be living in by the time
our child’s generation is on the covers
of magazines?
jmdn. scharf kritisieren
mit etw. prahlen
schamlos
streicheln
etw. wettmachen
jmdn. verderben
fluchen
Schaumstoff
grell, reißerisch
Hinterteil
verschmieren
mit gespreizten Beinen
auf etw. sitzen
hier: gepierct
wackeln, hin und
her bewegen
Abrissbirne
Foto: PR
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TRAVEL | Cook Islands
What to do on

Atiu
Auf der winzigen Insel Atiu, die zu den
Cookinseln gehört, gibt es weit mehr zu
entdecken, als man sich vorstellen kann.
JIM EAGLES berichtet.
The tropical night has fallen, thick and
black. As I start down the narrow jungle
track, I’m swallowed up in the hot, moist
smell of rainforest, with its flowery perfume and
the aroma of wet vegetation. From the darkness
on either side come the sounds of the jungle. I
feel a little bit nervous, but fortunately, the cheerful
lights and happy laughs of my destination are
just ahead through the trees.
At the end of the path is a small hut, open to
the jungle on three sides, where a dozen men are
sitting around a plastic bucket. They seem delighted
to see me and quickly make room. A
young man sitting beside the bucket dips in a
small coconut-shell cup and then takes it out. It’s
filled with an orange liquid. He pours some back
before holding out the cup.
This is my first visit to a tumunu, a type of
drinking club found only on Atiu, so I agree to
try a small portion. I take the shell in one hand,
breathe in the aroma of the liquid, which is fruity,
then quickly drink it down. One of the men asks
me if the taste reminds me of anything. I suggest
that I may need to have some more before I can
really say what I think about it.
The others nod to show their approval and
pass the cup round. When I get the chance to
drink again, I concentrate more on how it tastes.
It’s sweet with a slight hint of orange. I can’t say
that it tastes like anything too familiar, but it does
have something in common with a light beer.
Apparently, the church here still strongly opposes
tumunu. But the local chief of police sitting
next to me says that the drinking clubs are quite
a good thing for the islanders and that strict rules
have to be followed. “People who drink at the tumunu
have to behave and mustn’t cause trouble
at home afterwards, otherwise they’ll be banned
from coming,” he says, smiling. “It has a very
good effect on behaviour.” Naturally — who
would want to miss out on the fun?
Atiu impressions: Taungaroro Beach; a local ukulele
player; clouds over the sea; and cloth being dyed
Fotos: Corbis; Mauritius; Getty Images
approval [E(pru:v&l]
Atiu [(Ätju:]
ban: ~ sb. from doing sth. [bÄn]
coconut shell [(kEUkEnVt Sel]
delighted [di(laItId]
dip in [dIp (In]
hint [hInt]
jungle [(dZVNg&l]
moist [mOIst]
pass sth. round [)pA:s (raUnd]
pour [pO:]
Zustimmung
jmdm. etw. verbieten
Kokosschale
erfreut
eintauchen
hier: Spur
Dschungel
feucht
etw. herumreichen
gießen
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TRAVEL | Cook Islands
At the ancient marae: Ina Mokoroa explains the history
The history of this beer dates back nearly 200 years to
when the first European missionaries arrived in the South
Pacific. They quickly threw out the old religion and
banned the traditional Polynesian narcotic drink of kava,
too. Maybe because they felt a bit bad about this, the missionaries
gave the islanders oranges. Then visiting whalers
showed the Atiuans how to use the citrus fruit and a few
other ingredients to make a sort of beer.
As you might expect,
the missionaries
were
against the
orange beer
as well. By this
time, though, the
Atiuans were no
longer in a cooperative
mood. They took
their beer and went
into the forest to
drink. Today, the tradition
lives on in a
half-dozen tumunu.
The one I’m visiting,
known as Tamariki te
po nui — “the big night
boys” — is generally
thought to be the best.
Blowing a conch
shell to welcome
visitors
The tumunu is also a great
meeting place. On my first visit,
I sit next to Ina Mokoroa, the
Cook Islands’ government secretary
for Atiu, who talks enthusiastically
about a project to
restore three marae (see Spotlight
12/13). These traditional holy
places were abandoned after the
arrival of the missionaries. The
next day, he takes me to one of
them, Moko Ero Marae, where
a flat area the size of a football
field with stone walls and enclosures
on it has been carved out
of the jungle. I’m fascinated by
a row of stone pillars made of
stalagmites from the many caves
on the island.
THE ISLAND OF ATIU
Atiu is one of the 15 small Cook Islands, a nation in the South
Pacific located halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand. Atiu
is 187 kilometres north-east of Rarotonga, the main island and
national capital, and has a population of around 600.
In some places on Atiu, you can walk through the ancient
coral reefs, called makatea, and explore caves that were once
situated underwater. Quite different from many of the other
islands in the Pacific, Atiu has kept much of its forest. That is
one reason why it has more species of bird than any of the
other Cook Islands.
Atiu’s ancient name is Enuamanu, which some say means
“island of birds”. Others, however, interpret the name as “island
of animals”, meaning that when the first Polynesian settlers arrived
here some 1,500 years ago, there were no other human
inhabitants.
Originally, the villages were on the coast. Following the arrival
of English missionaries in 1823, the people moved to the
centre of the island, where the churches had been built.
abandon [E(bÄndEn] verlassen
carve out of sth.
aus etw. (heraus)hauen
[kA:v (aUt Ev]
cave [keIv] Höhle (➝ p. 61)
coral reef [)kQrEl (ri:f] Korallenriff
enclosure [In(klEUZE] Einfriedung
government secretary Minister(in)
[)gVv&nmEnt (sekrEtEri]
ingredient [In(gri:diEnt] Zutat
marae [mE(rVI]
(maori) soziales und
religiöses Zentrum
narcotic [nA:(kQtIk] betäubend
pillar [(pIlE]
Säule
whaler [(weI&lE]
Walfänger
Out at the tumunu:
nothing fancy, just
companionship and the
local drink
Fotos: Corbis; J. Eagles; Getty Images
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Part of island life: the church still has a strong influence on those who live here
“What do you think those were used for?” asks Ina
Mokoroa. I have no idea. “They were execution stones. Captured
warriors were brought here, their heads were placed
on top of the pillar, then — boom — they were crushed
with a rock.” Next he points to several stones lying in a lot
of charcoal: “Umu stones used in cooking.” Did that mean
the prisoners were executed and then cooked? “We don’t
like to think about it,” he answers, “but probably.”
Further into the marae is a raised area, framed by big
blocks of coral, which is too holy to enter. Pointing to a
stone about 50 centimetres high sitting in the middle of
the raised area, Ina Mokoroa tells me: “That is the head of
their god.” Lying nearby is an enormous stalagmite, which
must be five metres long and at least one metre around at
its base. “That was the body of the god.” How did the ancient
Atiu people carry a monster like that from a cave?
“We don’t know,” he says. “It is very, very heavy. A few
years ago, they tried to lift it back up into place with a
12-tonne digger, but they couldn’t move it. Our ancestors
must have been very strong.”
The next day, I meet Birdman George, whose nickname
comes from his work to save highly endangered
species, such as the kakerori and the kura. So warmly does
George Mateariki feel towards his birds that, if he takes
you for one of his walks in the forest, he starts making kissing
noises. “Come on,” he calls. “I know your nest is there.
Come out and say ‘hello’.” But the birds he’s
after, the kura, are feeling coy.
There’s no shortage of others. There are Pacific
wood pigeons eating ripe berries. A longtailed
cuckoo from New Zealand drops in.
Then a kura arrives, its red plumage making a
big statement, and returns Birdman George’s
kiss. Kura were once common in Atiu, but their
bright feathers were in demand to provide
headdresses for chiefs, and they were wiped out.
However, they did survive on nearby Rimatara
in French Polynesia. In 2007, a group of people
from Atiu went there and were allowed to bring
back 27 birds. Today, there are thought to be
around a hundred on the island.
Next, we wander down
to a small lake to see frigate
birds, white-tailed tropicbirds
and grey ducks.
On the way, Birdman
George stops near some
trees and begins making
kissing noises again. He
explains that he’s calling the
kakerori and promises me
they’ll be here when we pass this spot
on the way back. Afterwards, there are
two kakerori just where he said they
would be. I’m pleased, but George surprises me by telling
the birds off. “You can get closer than that,” he says. “Sit
on that branch. Oh, you’re not being very nice today.”
ancestor [(ÄnsestE]
berry [(beri]
branch [brA:ntS]
charcoal [(tSA:kEUl]
chief [tSi:f]
coy [kOI]
crush [krVS]
cuckoo [(kUku:]
digger [(dIgE]
drop in [drQp (In]
endangered [In(deIndZEd]
frigate bird [(frIgEt b§:d]
grey duck (Pacific black duck)
[)greI (dVk]
headdress [(heddres]
nickname [(nIkneIm]
Pacific wood pigeon
[pE)sIfIk (wUd )pIdZEn]
plumage [(plu:mIdZ]
ripe [raIp]
shortage [(SO:tIdZ]
tell off [)tel (Qf] ifml.
warrior [(wQriE]
wipe out [waIp (aUt]
A carving
on an old
stone grave
Vorfahr
Beere
Ast
Holzkohle
Stammesführer
scheu, neckisch
zerquetschen, zermalmen
Kuckuck
Bagger
vorbeikommen
vom Aussterben bedroht
Fregattvogel
Augenbrauenente
Kopfschmuck
Spitzname
Pazifische Ringeltaube
Federkleid
reif
Mangel
jmdn. ausschimpfen
Krieger
ausrotten
George Mateariki, “Birdman George”, with a kakerori

TRAVEL | Cook Islands
These birds represent another inspiring success
story. Found only on Rarotonga, where the
administrative capital of the Cook Islands is located,
they were almost wiped out by rats, until
in 1989, a pest-control programme began and
numbers went up dramatically. In addition, 30
were released on Atiu, where they have done well.
We see more birds as we walk back to Birdman
George’s truck: a Mangaia kingfisher, a Pacific
golden plover and, the final triumph, the
rare Atiu swiftlet or kopeka, which nests only in
two caves on the island. The next day, I visit the
famous Anatakitaki Caves and see many more of
these birds: some 500 of them live there.
That evening, with a few cups of bush beer
under his belt, George Mateariki is excited about our success.
“The kakerori didn’t behave very well, but we saw
them,” he said. “It was a good day, wasn’t it?” I say that I
agree, and we drink to that.
I soon learn that bush beer isn’t the only special drink
that can be enjoyed on the island. There’s also very good
coffee. Like the oranges that go into the beer, coffee was
introduced by the missionaries, but the industry did well
only briefly. When Juergen Manske-Eimke arrived here
from Germany about 30 years ago, the plantations had
long been abandoned. Today, his company, Atiu Coffee,
manages 39 hectares and also works together with small,
independent growers. For 250 hours, the organic handpicked
beans are dried in the island’s hot sun. Before they
are roasted, the beans are stored for at least half a year to
let the flavours develop. The result is 4.5 tonnes of coffee
that is sold online to people around the world.
On my last night on Atiu, I go back to the tumunu
with Dr Roger Malcolm, a New Zealand physicist who,
with his Atiuan wife, Kura, built the island’s first tourist
accommodation, Atiu Villas. That’s where I’m staying. For
Friendly faces: girls growing up in a village on Atiu
more than 20 years, Roger has managed an often lonely
and frustrating campaign to attract tourists to Atiu. I think
he deserves a drink. But Roger, ever the careful scientist,
warns that it’s unwise to have more than five cups — “or
you may regret it in the morning”.
I’m pretty sure we had six or seven cups, but I can’t say
there are any bad effects the next day. As we pack, I feel
fine.
belt: have under one’s ~ [belt]
briefly [(bri:fli]
ever [(evE]
grower [(grEUE]
kingfisher [(kIN)fISE]
Pacific golden plover
[pE)sIfIk )gEUldEn (plVvE]
pest control [(pest kEn)trEUl]
physicist [(fIzIsIst]
plantation [plA:n(teIS&n]
roast [rEUst]
swiftlet [(swIftlEt]
im Bauch, intus haben
kurz
hier: ganz
Anbauer, Erzeuger
Königsfischer
Pazifischer
Goldregenpfeifer
Schädlingsbekämpfung
Physiker(in)
Plantage
rösten
Salangane (Vogel aus der
Familie der Segler)
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The Anatakitaki Caves; fossilized coral on the coast

Visitors come and go, but the cultural traditions of Atiu remain the same
At the airport, who should be there to check in our
bags, but the young man who was serving the bush beer
the night before. “Kia orana,” I greet him. “How’s your
head this morning?” His eyes look a bit red, and he smiles,
clearly a bit embarrassed.
embarrassed [Im(bÄrEst]
verlegen
Behind him is the manager of the airport, Natua, the
head of the tumunu, who looks a lot more energetic. “Kia
orana,” I say. A man of few words, he smiles and gets on
with his job. But as we leave the terminal to walk to the
plane, he says farewell to us: “Haere ra. Come again soon.
We’ll see you at Tamariki te po nui.”
I’d like that.
The rare and
colourful
kura
IF YOU GO...
Fotos: Corbis; Getty Images; G. McCormack; Karte: Nic Murphy
Getting there
Several airlines, including Air New Zealand, Qantas and
Emirates, fly from Europe to the South Pacific with a stop
on the way. There are flights into Rarotonga, the Cook Islands’
capital, with Air New Zealand (from Auckland), with
Virgin Australia (from Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney)
and with Air Tahiti (from Papeete). Air Rarotonga flies between
Rarotonga and Atiu every day except Sundays.
0
0
AUSTRALIA
1400 km
150 km
Palmerston
(southern group)
Solomon
Islands
Vanuatu
New
Caledonia
New Zealand
Aitutaki
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
Takutea
Avarua
Manuae
Mitiaro
Atiu
Tuvalu
Tokelau
Cook
Islands
Samoa
(northern group)
Fiji Niue Tahiti
Tonga Cook Islands
(southern group)
Kermadec Islands
Chatham Islands
Mauke
Mangaia
Where to stay
Atiu Villas has small houses for guests, plus a central
restaurant and bar. The owners are happy to organize visits
to local tumunu. See www.atiuvillas.com
About visiting Atiu
When we left Atiu, my wife and I were given a certificate,
documenting the fact that while we were there, we were
the only tourists on the island.
Atiu is not on the main tourist trail, though it does get
about 1,200 visitors a year, mainly from Germany, the
United States and New Zealand. That is only a tiny proportion
of the 130,000 tourists who arrive in the Cook Islands
every year, mainly visiting Rarotonga and Aitutaki, the two
most visited islands in the group.
The Cook Islands’ government recently opened a tourist
information office on Atiu. The number of places to stay
and tourist operators have increased, and there is a good
network of roads and walking tracks to places of interest,
including historic sites and beaches.
For more information on Atiu Coffee,
see www.atiu-coffee.com/en/coffee-order.php
More information
See http://cookislands.travel/atiu or www.atiu.info
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PETER FLYNN | Around Oz
We’re drinking less beer
Bier ist zwar das australische Nationalgetränk, doch es ist
teuer. Jetzt besinnen sich die Australier darauf, dass auch
ihre Weine nicht zu verachten sind.
We Australians like to think of
ourselves as a nation of beer
drinkers, but consumption
has been declining for years. Recent
figures from the Bureau of Statistics
show that the amount of beer drunk
last year was the lowest since 1947.
Back in those times, there were
only a handful of beers to choose
from, and pubs closed at six in the
evening. The only women in pubs
were the barmaids. Beer brands rarely
crossed state borders, and it was not
until the mid-1960s that closing
times were extended to 10 p.m. across
the whole country.
Over the next 20 years, the brewing
industry consolidated into just
two major producers, who controlled
95 per cent of the market fairly
evenly between each other. Then suddenly,
drinkers were able to buy
brands that had previously been sold
only in individual states.
The early 1980s was probably the
golden age for sellers of beer. I was
lucky enough to be working as a marketing
consultant to one of the two
big brewers as well as the hotel industry
generally.
The introduction of bloodalcohol
limits for driving a car —
and random breath testing by police
— put an end to those times. The
sales volume of beer from the keg was
suddenly dwarfed by the amount of
beer sold in bottles and cans to be
drunk at home.
Today, the two big brewers have
been taken over by global giants SAB
Miller, based in London, and Japan’s
Kirin Corporation. The biggest
Australian-owned brewery is 150-
year-old Coopers in South Australia,
which supplies about five per cent of
the domestic market. It’s the only big
producer to expand its sales and market
share in recent years.
The fact is that Coopers has always
made quality beer and has sold it at a
premium price. The Australian beer
market is worth more than A$ 10 billion
(€7 billion) a year, so privately
owned Coopers Brewing is probably
worth about A$ 500 million.
The other big growth area in Australia
has been the number of boutique
or craft breweries. When I was
researching their likely market impact
for my clients in the mid-1980s,
there were only
seven micro-
“
Beer costs
almost twice
as much as
in Europe
”
breweries in the country; today, there
are more than 150. I correctly forecast
back then that they had the potential
to grab two per cent of national sales.
They may produce low volumes, but
all charge premium prices.
In fact, the profit margins for
brewers in Australia are among the
highest in the world. So are our
prices: as much as double those in the
UK, Europe and America. The manufacturers,
though, like to blame government
taxes. These are high, but
not the main reason for high prices.
Typical Australian bottled beer
from major supermarkets costs the
equivalent of A$ 6 (€4) a litre. Tap
beer from the keg at pubs and clubs
sells for anything from A$ 5 to 10 for
a half-litre. Little wonder, then, that
wine does so well on the alcohol market,
making up 38 per cent of the
total alcohol consumed, compared to
41 per cent for beer. There’s plenty of
excellent Australian wine — red and
white — which is available for less
than A$ 20 a bottle.
Sure, beer is still the national
drink, but the value is in the grape.
brewing industry [(bru:IN )IndEstri]
charge [tSA:dZ]
consolidate [kEn(sQlIdeIt]
craft brewery [)krA:ft (bru:Eri]
domestic market
[dE)mestIk (mA:kIt]
dwarf [dwO:f]
evenly [(i:v&nli]
from the keg [)frEm DE (keg]
grab sth. [grÄb]
low volume [)lEU (vQlju:m]
profit margin [(prQfIt )mA:dZIn]
random [(rÄndEm]
tap beer [(tÄp bIE]
Peter Flynn is a public-relations consultant and social commentator who lives in Perth, Western Australia.
Brauindustrie
hier: verlangen
(sich) zusammenschließen
Wirtshaus-, Kleinbrauerei
Inlandsmarkt
in den Schatten stellen
gleichmäßig
vom Fass
sich etw. schnappen
geringe Menge
Gewinnspanne
willkürlich
gezapftes Bier
Foto: Alamy
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DEBATE | Canada
The problem
with prostitution
In Kanada entfacht das älteste Gewerbe der Welt heiße Diskussionen:
Überwiegen die Vor- oder Nachteile einer Legalisierung?
They say prostitution
is the world’s oldest
profession. It may
be its most controversial,
too. In Canada, prostitution
is currently the subject
of a great deal of
debate, with the Supreme
Court ready to decide
later this year whether or
not this well-established
commercial activity
should be legalized.
Under current laws, prostitution has an unusual legal
status. Being a prostitute is not illegal. However, nearly all
aspects of the job have been criminalized; for example,
running a brothel or working in one, the buying of sexual
acts, living off money earned through prostitution and
communicating in public for the purpose of prostitution.
Supporters of legalization, led by an Ontario dominatrix
called Terri-Jean Bedford, think the current law puts
prostitutes in danger by forcing them to work on the
streets. Bedford says that a change in the law would make
the activity safer and working conditions better. Organized
crime could be removed from this sector, giving sex workers
control of their own lives.
On the other side of the debate are a number of
women’s groups, some of which are campaigning against
In danger: a prostitute on the streets
brothel [(brQT&l]
cite [saIt]
criminalize [(krImIn&laIz]
decline [di(klaIn]
dominatrix [)dQmI(neItrIks]
human trafficking [)hju:mEn (trÄfIkIN]
live off sth. [(lIv Qf]
sentence sb. to life imprisonment
[)sentEns tE )laIf Im(prIz&nmEnt]
serial killer [(sIEriEl )kIlE]
sexual act [)sekSuEl (Äkt]
Supreme Court [su)pri:m (kO:t] N. Am.
virtual [(v§:tSuEl]
well-established [)wel I(stÄblISt]
Bordell
anführen, nennen
illegal machen, unter
Strafe stellen
zurückgehen
Domina
Menschenhandel
von etw. leben
jmdn. zu einer lebenslangen
Haftstrafe
verurteilen
Serienmörder(in)
sexuelle Handlung
Oberster Gerichtshof
hier: wirklich, faktisch
gut eingeführt
human trafficking. A book called Invisible Chains, which
came out in 2010, has detailed the problem, citing government
estimates that sex traffickers within the country
earn an average of C$ 280,000 (€195,000) each year from
a single victim under their control.
Opponents of legalization point to Germany, often
called “Europe’s biggest brothel”, as an example of how
things could go wrong. Since prostitution became legal in
this country in 2002, a rise in the number of sex workers
has led to a massive fall in prices as well as “flat-rate” deals
offered by brothels. This means that men can get all the
sex they want for a single low payment. There have also
been cases of women becoming virtual sex slaves after having
come to Germany in search of a better life.
Many opponents of legalization would like to follow
the example of Sweden, where it is illegal to buy sexual
services, but not to sell them. Women in the trade are
given help with housing, job training and education. As a
result, street prostitution has greatly declined.
Another example is New Zealand, where legalization
was introduced in 2003. There has been no increase in the
number of brothels, and instead of using their resources
to stop prostitution, the police can now focus on fighting
the trafficking of people within the sex trade.
A further aspect of this complex debate is the story of
Canadian pig farmer Robert Pickton. He was a serial killer
who hunted prostitutes in downtown Vancouver. Sentenced
to life imprisonment in 2007, Pickton claims to
have killed 49 women. The case acts as a powerful argument
for legalization, as it would contribute to the protection
of women in the trade. If legalization is to work,
however, policymakers will need to ensure that they learn
from the experiences of other countries.
For legalization: Ontario campaigner Terri-Jean Bedford
Fotos: Corbis; Getty Images; L. Mallinder
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Lorraine Mallinder asked people in Montreal, Canada:
Should prostitution be legalized?
Listen to Paul, Sharron, Gina and JC Laurence
Paul Dougall, 47,
teacher
Sharron Thomas, 29,
shop manager
Gina Stewart, 70,
shopworker
JC Laurence, 43,
cook
Victor Fandrey, 49,
technician
Eliane Legault-Roi, 29,
social activist
Svetlana Ivanova, 33,
student
Martin Dufresne, 67,
translator
abuse [E(bju:z]
consent [kEn(sent]
exploitation [)eksplOI(teIS&n]
hooker [(hUkE] N. Am. ifml.
no matter what [)nEU )mÄtE (wQt]
missbrauchen
zustimmen
Ausbeutung
Prostituierte(r)
in jedem Fall
pimp [pImp]
put sth. to better use
[)pUt tE )betE (ju:s]
translator [trÄns(leItE]
you might as well [ju )maIt Ez (wel]
Zuhälter(in)
etw. besser verwenden
Übersetzer(in)
du könntest ebenso gut
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HISTORY | 50 Years Ago
Boxing champion
1975: Ali fights
Frazier in
the Philippines
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali war nicht nur Weltmeister im Schwergewichtsboxen,
er machte auch als Kriegsgegner und Menschenrechtler
von sich reden. Ein Bericht von MIKE PILEWSKI.
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ain’t got [eInt (gA:t] ifml.
dazed [deIzd]
defeat [di(fi:t]
donate [(doUneIt]
float [floUt]
insult [In(sVlt]
punch [pVntS]
quarrel [(kwA:rEl]
reigning [(reInIN]
reputation [)repjE(teIS&n]
sting [stIN]
theft [Teft]
whup sb. [wUp] N. Am. ifml.
hier: nicht haben
benommen
besiegen
spenden, schenken
schweben
beleidigen
Schlag
Streit
hier: amtierend
Ruf
stechen
Diebstahl
jmdm. eine reinhauen,
jmdn. verdreschen
Fifty years
ago, in February
1964,
Muhammad Ali
became the
world heavyweight
boxing champion.
The greatest fight of his career was,
however, only one of many fights in his life — for justice,
for equality, for what he believed in, and for his health.
The man known today as Muhammad Ali was born in
Louisville, Kentucky, on January 17, 1942. Cassius Marcellus
Clay, as he was called then, was not only the name
of his father, but also that of a well-known anti-slavery
politician from Kentucky in the 19th century.
At the age of 12, Cassius got his start in boxing when
his bicycle was stolen. He reported the theft to a local policeman,
Joe E. Martin, telling him he wanted to “whup”
the thief. Martin, who was also a boxing coach, suggested
that Clay learn how to box first. For six years, he trained
and fought, winning six state titles and three national titles.
He even earned a gold medal at the 1960 Olympic
Games in Rome.
Although Cassius Clay was a national hero, his skin
color prevented him from being treated as such; a
restaurant in Kentucky refused to serve him.
In his 1975 autobiography, he wrote that
this made him so angry he threw his
medal in the Ohio River (though it was
later said he lost the medal instead).
Clay moved to a black neighborhood
in Miami and began his professional
career. For three years,
he defeated one boxer
after another — 19 in all
— with 15 knockout
wins and no losses. This
brought him to the top
of professional boxing.
He also earned a reputation
for arrogance and insulting
his opponents.
On February 25, 1964,
Clay was to fight heavyweight
champion Sonny Liston in Miami Beach. Clay told
reporters that his opponent “smells like a bear. After I beat
him, I’m going to donate him to the zoo.” Then he explained
his strategy: “I’ll float like a butterfly, sting like a
bee. Your hands can’t hit what your eyes can’t see.”
Clay was indeed able to move quickly out of the way
whenever Liston tried to hit him, and he got in some
punches when Liston wasn’t expecting them. After six
rounds, Liston was too dazed to continue fighting, and
22-year-old Clay became the youngest boxer to take the
title from a reigning heavyweight champion. “I must be
the greatest,” Clay said after the fight.
He had some other news as well: he had joined the
Nation of Islam, a black-power organization. One of
the Nation’s teachings was to get rid of the family
names that slave owners had given African-Americans.
So Cassius Clay took a new name: Muhammad Ali.
Three years later, his political views gained him
further attention when he
refused to join the army
and fight in Vietnam.
“I ain’t got no quarrel
with the Viet
Cong,” he told the
press. For his
protest, Ali’s title
was taken away,
as were his boxing
license and
his passport.
“The greatest”:
Ali in the 1970s
Fotos: action press; Sports Illustrated

In Zaire: Ali makes
a comeback in 1974
He was supposed to spend five years in prison. However,
the case went to the US Supreme Court, which in 1971
supported Ali in an 8–0 decision.
Back in the ring, Ali attempted to regain the title of
heavyweight champion by fighting “Smokin’ Joe” Frazier
at New York’s Madison Square Garden in what was called
“the fight of the century.” Both men were undefeated; the
prize money of $2.5 million each was a record sum. After
15 brutal rounds, Frazier won. Two years later, Ali met defeat
a second time, when Ken Norton broke his jaw.
In 1974, Ali made his comeback — first against Frazier,
then against a new champion, George Foreman, in Kinshasa,
Zaire. Ali’s insults, once full of hate, had now become
poetry. Before the match against Foreman, Ali said, “I done
wrestled with an alligator. I done tussled with a whale;
handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail. Only last
week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a
brick; I’m so mean I make medicine sick!”
In Zaire, Ali tried an unconventional strategy — lying
against the ropes and letting his opponent hit him long
enough to become tired. Foreman
did in fact lose strength, and Ali came
back, hitting him harder and harder,
and finally knocking him out.
The following year, Ali fought Joe
Frazier one more time, in Manila, in
one of the toughest matches ever. Ali
won, but only narrowly. In later matches, it became clear
that he was losing strength. He began to suffer from
Parkinson’s disease, thought to have been caused in part
by all the blows to his head. Ali retired from boxing in
1981. The disease was diagnosed in 1984.
In spite of his once controversial politics, Ali has been
a goodwill ambassador for the US government, the United
Nations, and the Olympics. His story was told in the 2001
film Ali, in which he was played by Will Smith.
The former boxer is still alive, though greatly weakened
by his illness. In 1997, he helped to establish the Muhammad
Ali Parkinson Center, which provides the latest treatment,
in Phoenix, Arizona, where he now lives.
brick [brIk]
done wrestled [)dVn (res&ld]
N. Am. slang = have wrestled
handcuff [(hÄndkVf]
hospitalize [(hA:spIt&laIz]
Ziegelstein
ringen
in Handschellen legen
krankenhausreif schlagen
jaw [dZO:]
mean [mi:n] N. Am.
Supreme Court [su)pri:m (kO:rt] US
tussle [(tVs&l]
whale [weI&l]
Kiefer
böse, gemein
Oberster Gerichtshof
raufen
Wal
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PRESS GALLERY | Comment
Hard times: too few jobs
are available for
educated young people
Learning,
but not
earning
Die Arbeitssituation der jungen Generation ist allgemein nicht rosig; selbst mit
Hochschulbildung haben es Berufsanfänger auch nicht leicht.
Growing up is always tough, and it is tougher than
ever in a recession that eats away at decent jobs.
Not many of the million or so 16- to 24-year-olds
who don’t go to college and don’t have a job are wilfully
idle. But it’s hard to get a job when you’ve had no experience,
and harder still when you don’t have the right qualifications.
Both can be the unavoidable consequence of
being young. So nearly one in five young people is unemployed.
The difficulties of the underqualified are compounded
when the latest data from the Student Loans
company, which monitors graduate incomes, shows that
each year since the recession, new graduates are taking
lower-paid jobs than those who graduated the year before
Ausbildungsplatz, Lehrstelle
Pflege- und Betreuungs-
aufholen
verschlimmern
anständig, ordentlich
etw. annagen, wegfressen
Wirtschaftswissenschaftler(in)
untätig, faul
gering qualifiziert
bekanntlich, notorisch
neuartig, neu
fortdauern
schätzen
Einzelhandels-
Spektrum, Skala
Mangel
etw. angehen
absichtlich
apprenticeship [E(prentIsSIp]
care [keE]
catch up [kÄtS (Vp]
compound [kEm(paUnd]
decent [(di:s&nt]
eat away at sth. [)i:t E(weI Et]
economist [i(kQnEmIst]
idle [(aId&l]
low-skilled [)lEU (skIld]
notoriously [nEU(tO:riEsli]
novel [(nQv&l]
persist [pE(sIst]
reckon [(rekEn]
retail [(ri:teI&l]
scale [skeI&l]
shortage [(SO:tIdZ]
tackle sth. [(tÄk&l]
wilfully [(wIlf&li]
42 Spotlight 2|14
and half of new graduates have taken non-graduate jobs,
shrinking everyone else’s options even further. ...
There are two crises going on here, and it’s not clear
whether they’ll persist through economic recovery. The
first is that the number of graduates is rising but the number
of graduate-level jobs is still below the level it had
reached in the year before the crash. Nearly half of those
who [have] graduated since 2008 are working in the notoriously
low-paid retail and care sectors. ... But economists
reckon it could take at least 15 years, about a third
of a working life, for those who left university during the
recession years to catch up.
All the same, graduates are still more likely to be working
— nearly nine out of 10 have jobs
— than non-graduates. At the other
end of the scale, very nearly half of
those who left school at 16 without five
good GCSEs have no job at all. ...
It’s hardly a novel insight to suggest
that at the core of the problem is the
hole that opens up at the feet of too
many 16-year-olds when they leave
school. ...
A long-term solution means tackling
the shortage of quality apprenticeships,
the decline of manufacturing
and the growth of a huge low-skilled
service sector. But the system has failed
a generation of young people. They deserve
better.
© Guardian News & Media 2013
Fotos: Alamy; iStock

INFO TO GO
graduate, GCSE
A university graduate [(grædZuEt] is someone who
has received a first degree — a bachelor’s degree, for
example — after completing a course of study at a
university or college and passing the final exams. On
graduation day, a large ceremony is held at which the
graduates, dressed in cap and gown, receive a certificate
as proof of their degree.
In order to pursue a course of higher education,
individuals first need to fulfil the entrance requirements
of their chosen university or college. This normally
means having to pass A-level (advanced-level)
exams with good grades in at least three subjects.
“A levels” (corresponding to Abitur or Matura) are usually
taken at the age of 18. They
are the step after GCSE
(General Certificate
of Secondary Education)
exams, which, like Mittlere
Reife, are taken at about the
age of 16. Pupils may leave school
after gaining their GCSEs.
IN THE HEADLINES The Economist
Listen to more news
items in Replay
This headline appeared above an article about Europe’s
new economic migrants: people from Portugal, Italy, Ireland,
Greece and Spain. The economies of these countries
are known collectively, and not very nicely, by their first
letters: PIGS. The article observes that more migrants are
now arriving in Britain from these countries than from
Eastern Europe and that “the British either have not noticed
this or do not mind it”. The British English expression
“pigs can fly” or “pigs might fly” is used ironically when
someone finds a story hard to believe.
gown [gaUn]
pursue [pE(sju:]
Talar
hier: einschlagen
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ARTS | What’s New
| Comedy
Paris for lovers?
Duncan and
Broadbent in
Le Week-End
A last chance?
When Nick (Jim Broadbent) and Meg (Lindsay
Duncan) catch the Eurostar to Paris, they have
high hopes for Le Week-End: three days of
good food and beautiful architecture should put a spark
back into 30 years of marriage. But watching them on the
train, as Nick looks for his keys and Meg tries to read her
book, it’s clear that it might take more than a bit of fun to
bring them closer together again and help them appreciate
what they once loved: Paris and each other.
Directed by Roger Michell (of Notting Hill fame), with
a screenplay by writer Hanif Kureishi, Le Week-End is a
| Drama
In Kill Your Darlings, film-maker John Krokidas takes a
look at the pre-fame Beat generation, starting with Allen Ginsberg
(Daniel Radcliffe) as a young student
in New York, where he meets the
beautiful Lucien Carr (Dane DeHaan)
and experiments with drink and drugs.
William Burroughs (Ben Foster) and
then Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston) join
the group. But Carr’s older lover is determined
not to let Carr go. The film
does an excellent job of showing how
relationships make rebellion, before rebellion
becomes art. Starts 30 January.
appreciate [E(pri:SieIt]
directed by [daI&(rektId baI]
in the making [In DE (meIkIN]
participant [pA:(tIsIpEnt]
plantation [plA:n(teIS&n]
publishing [(pVblISIN]
Beat boys: DeHaan and Radcliffe
schätzen; hier: genießen
unter der Regie von
im Werden, im Entstehen
Beteiligte(r)
Plantage
hier: im Verlagswesen, als
Verleger(in)
sad and often very funny exploration of all the things that
keep couples together while at the same time pulling them
apart. Nick chooses the weekend to tell his wife that he’s
lost his job. Meg reveals that she wants a new start. Then
they meet an old college friend, Morgan (a wonderful Jeff
Goldblum), living a glamorous life in Paris with a successful
publishing career and a new young wife. Is this what
they need to make things different — or just a different
kind of illusion? It’s up to Nick and Meg to decide. Although
it’s not an easy process, watching them struggle
with it is an absolute delight. Starts 30 January.
| Drama
The Butler is the story of Cecil
Gaines, an African American who moves
from a childhood on a plantation to a
job as the White House butler, serving
eight presidents. In the background is
the bigger story of race politics in the US
over the past 70 years. While Gaines and
his wife, Gloria (Oprah Winfrey), are the
(mostly) silent observers of history in
the making, their sons are active participants:
one dies in Vietnam, the other
pull apart [pUl E(pA:t]
reveal [ri(vi:&l]
screenplay [(skri:npleI]
silent [(saIlEnt]
snapshot [(snÄpSQt]
spark [spA:k]
tension [(tenS&n]
Race politics in
the US
joins the civil-rights movement. The attitudes and tension
in the Gaines’ home are like a series of snapshots of African-
American history. Available in Germany from 27 February.
auseinanderreißen, trennen
offenbaren
Drehbuch
schweigend, stumm
Schnappschuss
Schwung, Funke
Spannungen
Fotos: Jeff Wall/Courtesy Pinakothek der Moderne; PR
44 Spotlight 2|14

| Encyclopaedia
| Stories
In March 2012, the Encyclopaedia Britannica announced
that it would stop publishing a print edition and concentrate
on its online version. Downloadable either in a free
“light” form or in a full form with a subscription, the app is a
faster, more fun (and much lighter) version of the original.
There are three main sections: the A–Z reference, Top Articles
and This Day. The A–Z is structured like the print edition. You
can type in a term or look through the index. The Top Articles
section offers dozens of free entries (useful if you have the
light version), and This Day is a reference tool for checking important
dates. The app is available for both Android and Apple
devices. An annual subscription to the full version costs €15.99
for Android and €18.99 for Apple.
The Florida Department of Education and the University of
South Florida have collaborated to create readings of famous
stories to be used in US schools. The stories are also available
to the general public as free podcasts.
Beautifully narrated, each
one comes with a free PDF of
the text that can be printed
out. The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn by
Mark Twain, for example,
comes in 44 podcasts — 43
chapters and an “author’s
note” with background
material from Twain on
the story. Download the
podcast in iTunes or go
to http://etc.usf.edu
/lit2go to read the text
and listen to it at the
same time.
Classic stories: listen for free
Encyclopaedia
Britannica:
your questions
answered
| Exhibition
Canadian artist Jeff Wall is described as a photographer.
His large photo transparencies have an almost
three-dimensional quality, however, while his use of
media, such as famous paintings, books and films,
have encouraged critics to call him an installation
artist. Munich was one of the
Jeff Wall:
a classic image
first German cities to show and
collect work by Wall, and it
continues that tradition with
the exhibition Jeff Wall in
München, now showing at the
Pinakothek der Moderne. Featured
are 20 works from the
1980s and 90s, including Wall’s
famous reinterpretation of
Rodin’s The Thinker. For more
details and information on the
exhibition catalogue, which
presents an artist who combines
art theory with visually exciting
work, go to www.pinakothek.de
annual [(ÄnjuEl]
both ... and... [(bEUT )Änd]
narrate [nE(reIt]
Jahres-, jährlich
sowohl ... als auch...
erzählen
photo transparency [(fEUtEU trÄns)pÄrEnsi]
subscription [sEb(skrIpS&n]
Diapositiv
Abonnement,
Mitgliedsbeitrag
Reviews by EVE LUCAS
2|14 Spotlight
45

ARTS | Short Story and Books
No sense of direction
Douglas hält seine Frau gerne klein und unwissend. Doch genau das bricht ihm auf einer
Bergtour das Genick. VANESSA CLARK erzählt.
Valerie has no sense of direction,” Douglas had said
to friends at a dinner party. “She couldn’t read a
map if her life depended on it, could you, love? Do
you remember that time when we were driving to Scotland
and you had the map upside down? We nearly ended up
in Cornwall!” The other husbands around the dinner table
had laughed politely, but Valerie could feel the embarrassment
in the smiles of the wives. They felt sorry for her —
not because she couldn’t read a map, but because her husband
was such a chauvinist. He must be a real pig to put
his wife down in front of other people like that. She could
feel them thinking: “Why does she put up with it?”
So, why did she put up with it? Well, Douglas wasn’t
so bad. He had a lot of good points, too. He worked hard;
he earned good money; he was an active father with their
two sons, and he took care of his elderly father. He liked
being the “man of the house”. His manliness was both his
strength and his weakness. He just wasn’t very good with
women. It wasn’t his fault. He had been brought up with
three brothers and had gone to a boys’ school.
It wasn’t entirely true that Valerie couldn’t read a map.
Of course she could. But when Douglas was leaning over
her, breathing down her neck, her confidence failed, and
she made mistakes. It was the same with driving the car,
booking holidays and dealing with their bank accounts.
It was easier to let Douglas take charge. He did it all so
competently and enjoyed
doing it, so
why should she
mind? The only thing
she wished was that he
wouldn’t laugh at
her in front of
other people. It
was so humiliating.
This week, they had been preparing for their walking
holiday in the Welsh mountains. Douglas had bought
complicated camping equipment, ropes and a high-tech
survival kit from the outdoor shop in town. He was very
pleased with the hiking maps that he’d downloaded on to
his smartphone and a new first-aid app. “You have to be
prepared for all eventualities in the mountains,” he’d said.
“You can die out there if you don’t take care.”
Valerie wouldn’t have chosen February as the ideal time
for a walking holiday. It was cold, icy cold, with a bitter
wind that promised snow. They had chosen (or rather,
Douglas had chosen) one of the more remote paths in the
Snowdonia National Park.
Douglas had led the way up the mountain, following
the map on his smartphone. There were very few other
walkers on the path. Who else would go hiking in this
weather? As Valerie had walked a few yards behind her
husband on the narrow, winding path, she had felt cold
and lonely. He had turned back and called to her, waving
his phone, but she couldn’t hear him. The wind was whipping
away his words. “What did you say?”
“I said that they must have designed these
phones for women like you. It doesn’t matter
which way I hold it, the map always turns
itself the right way up on screen. Not even
you could get lost!” And he had laughed
at his own joke.
A lot happened in the next few hours
— a dramatic fall, cries for help
from below, then
darkness until
the arrival of a
walker the next
morning who
could send for a
both ... and... [bEUT (Änd]
breathe down: ~ sb.’s neck
[(bri:D )daUn]
chauvinist [(SEUvEnIst]
elderly [(eldEli]
embarrassment [Im(bÄrEsmEnt]
entirely [In(taIEli]
first aid [)f§:st (eId]
get lost [get (lQst]
humiliating [hju(mIlieItIN]
laugh at sb. [(lA:f Et]
sowohl ... als auch...
hier: jmdm. über die Schulter
gucken
Macho, Sexist
ältlich, betagt
Verlegenheit
vollständig, komplett
Erste Hilfe
sich verirren
demütigend
jmdn. auslachen, verhöhnen
manliness [(mÄnlinEs]
mind sth. [maInd]
put sb. down [pUt (daUn]
put up with sth. [pUt (Vp wID]
remote [ri(mEUt]
sense of direction [)sens Ev daI&(rekS&n]
take charge [teIk (tSA:dZ]
upside down [)VpsaId (daUn]
whip [wIp]
winding [(waIndIN]
Männlichkeit
etw. gegen etw. haben
jmdn. herabsetzen,
demütigen
sich etw. gefallen lassen
abgelegen
Orientierungssinn
die Leitung übernehmen
verkehrt herum
peitschen
kurvenreich
Fotos: iStock
46 Spotlight 2|14

Short Story
rescue team. For Valerie, however, it was a time of sitting
and waiting.
Perhaps she could have set off alone to find help — but
she didn’t have a sense of direction, did she? Perhaps she
could have used the map to find her way — but she
couldn’t read a map, could she? And anyway, the maps
were on Douglas’s phone at the bottom of the rocks. Perhaps
she could have used some of Douglas’s climbing
equipment to try to help him back up — but he had never
shown her how to use it. Perhaps she could have set off
one of his emergency flares — but they were in his rucksack,
now lying underneath his broken body.
“I couldn’t do anything,” Valerie explained to a friend
later, when she was back at home. “I just sat there,
wrapped in one of those aluminium thermal blankets, ate
some bars of chocolate and read a book by the light of my
head torch, until someone found us.”
“Chocolate and a book?” asked her friend with a surprised
look. “Wasn’t that lucky that you had something to
do during the wait?”
“Yes, wasn’t it?” answered Valerie. “Well, you have to
be well prepared for all eventualities in the mountains, you
know. Douglas taught me that.”
Biography
“The stars are not wanted now: put out every one” wrote the
English poet W. H. Auden in sorrow over the death of a friend.
It’s a line from Funeral Blues that many of us first heard in the
film Four Weddings and a Funeral. In his mini-monograph entitled
What W. H. Auden Can Do for You, the Scottish
writer Alexander McCall Smith examines this and many other
examples of the way
Auden’s poetry has put
“universal human experience”
into words, making
the ordinary special
and the special understandable.
If you don’t
(or do) know the writings
of W. H. Auden,
you’ll find that McCall
Smith brings him into
sharp but loving focus,
with chapters on the
poet’s passions and language
that will just leave
you wanting more.
Princeton, ISBN 978-0-
691-14473-3, €15.75.
Easy reader
To the outside world, it seems as if
Tobias James is a successful businessman.
For five years, since he
started his own company, things
have gone extremely well. Recently,
however, investors have
been complaining that James has
made a number of bad decisions
and that they have lost money. So
when he is found murdered in the
toilets of a popular London bar,
there are plenty of suspects — not just furious investors, but
also a bitter lover and an angry wife. In the murder mystery
Death Wasn’t the Deal, detectives Roberta Nettles and
Oscar Peters chase the many suspects they have identified and
uncover a web of intrigue and lies. This B1 easy reader has
translated words on every page, language exercises on every
second page and a nine-page final test. It also comes with
an audio CD. Compact Verlag,
ISBN 978-3-8174-8968-8, €7.99.
emergency flare [i(m§:dZEnsi fleE]
entitle [In(taIt&l]
head torch [(hed tO:tS] UK
lie [laI]
Notsignal, Notfackel
betiteln, benennen
Stirnlampe
Lüge
set off [set (Qf]
sorrow [(sQrEU]
suspect [(sVspekt]
wrap [rÄp]
sich auf den Weg machen
Trauer
Verdächtige(r)
einwickeln
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LANGUAGE | Vocabulary
Winter vegetables
Which vegetables are in season in winter? ANNA HOCHSIEDER presents language to talk about
an important source of vitamins at this cold time of year.
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1. sweet potato
2. parsnip [(pA:snIp]
3. pumpkin
4. beetroot [(bi:tru:t] (UK),
beet (US)
5. marrow [(mÄrEU] (UK)
6. cabbage [(kÄbIdZ]
7. cauliflower [(kQli)flaUE]
8. fennel
9. chicory [(tSIkEri] (UK),
endive [(endaIv] (US)
10. celeriac [sE(leriÄk]
11. turnip
12. celery
13. chard
14. leek
15. Brussels sprouts
[)brVs&lz (spraUts]
Comfort food
In the cold season, a healthy diet rich in vitamins and
minerals is particularly important. There is a larger
choice of vegetables available at this time of year than
many people think. Winter greens, such as Brussels
sprouts, cabbage and chard, are at their best now. You
will also find plenty of root vegetables in the shops; for
example, parsnips, turnips and sweet potatoes.
Many of the vegetables we think of as winter varieties
are not actually grown in winter. Some, such as cabbage,
are hardy and can tolerate below-zero temperatures;
others are harvested in autumn. Pumpkin, for example,
is a tender plant, which means that it cannot survive frost.
It is harvested in September and October, but will keep
for several months if stored in a cool, dry place.
While most winter vegetables are best cooked, a few,
like celery and chicory, are typically eaten raw. Others can
be preserved in vinegar or salt for later use. This process
is called pickling. Before the invention of the refrigerator,
pickled vegetables were an important source of nutrients
in winter. Sauerkraut is a well-known example.
Illustration: Bernhard Förth
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Practice
Now try some exercises to practise talking about winter vegetables.
1. Which vegetables are described below? You can find them all on the opposite page.
a) It’s large and heavy, with a hard, orange skin, and it’s a symbol of Halloween: _______________.
b) It’s a long, green vegetable that looks like a much larger version of what’s known as a courgette in the UK or zucchini
in the US: _______________.
c) They’re little green balls that grow on long, thick stalks and look like very small cabbages: _______________.
d) It’s a root vegetable with a slightly pink or orange skin and is sometimes confused with the yam: _______________.
e) It’s a light-green vegetable that can be eaten raw or cooked and which produces sweet-tasting seeds: _______________.
2. Which one doesn’t belong? Underline
one vegetable in each group (a–c) that is
different from the others.
a) Brussels sprouts | cabbage | chard | fennel
b) beetroot | leek | parsnip | turnip
c) cauliflower | celery | pumpkin | sauerkraut
3. Underline the correct verb in the sentences below.
a) Please finish the chicory, darling. It won’t hold / keep.
b) How do you normally hold / store your tomatoes? Do you
put them in the fridge?
c) You have to harvest / pickle marrow before the
first frost.
d) We used to buy all our vegetables, but now we try to grow /
pick our own.
4. Match the sentence halves below to complete the definitions.
a) Hardy plants
b) Tender plants
c) Raw vegetables
d) Pickled vegetables
a ➯
b ➯
c ➯
d ➯
1. often taste slightly sour.
2. can live outside in winter.
3. need protection from the cold.
4. have not been cooked.
5. Complete the sentences below with four words from the box.
nutrients | refrigerator | shops | source | vinegar
a) I try to feed my family a healthy diet that is rich in _______________.
b) Sauerkraut is a great _______________ of vitamin C.
c) Beetroot can be preserved in _______________ for use in winter.
d) Sweet potatoes should not be stored in the _______________.
Comfort food — the title of the
text on the opposite page — is food
that makes you feel good; for
example, if you are ill, unhappy or
simply sensitive to the cold.
The verb comfort means to make
someone feel better by being kind
to him or her. Comfort food is often
associated with the type of food
that is traditionally prepared and
that we enjoyed as children.
Tips
Answers
1. a) pumpkin; b) marrow (courgette [kO:(Zet]: Zucchini); c) Brussels sprouts (stalk [stO:k]: Stiel, Strunk); d) sweet potato (yam [jÄm]: Jamswurzel ); e) fennel
2. a) fennel (the other three are greens (Blattgemüse)); b) leek (the other three are root vegetables (Wurzelgemüse)); c) sauerkraut (this is not a vegetable, but a
dish made with a vegetable)
3. a) keep (sich halten, frisch bleiben); b) store (aufbewahren); c) harvest (ernten); d) grow (anbauen)
4. a–2 (hardy: winterhart); b–3 (tender: nicht winterhart); c–4 (raw: roh); d–1 (pickled: eingelegt)
5. a) nutrients (Nährstoffe; diet: hier: Ernährung); b) source (Quelle); c) vinegar (Essig); d) refrigerator (Kühlschrank)
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LANGUAGE | Travel Talk
Going to an
art exhibition
See some great art in London. RITA FORBES
takes you there.
So much to choose from
Dear Alice
I can’t wait for you to come to London next week. You
said you’d like to see some art, so I picked up a copy
of Time Out. There’s a lot for us to choose from. At
Tate Modern, there’s a Paul Klee exhibition that people
say is brilliant. The Queen’s Gallery has a collection
of works by someone called Castiglione — he’s a
Baroque Italian painter and a colourful character, it
seems — as well as some contemporary art given to
the queen for her diamond jubilee. Or we could go to
the National Gallery. I haven’t been there for ages. Let
me know what you think.
Love
Josie
At Tate Modern
I’m so glad you suggested the Klee exhibition, Josie.
Wasn’t it great? I loved the colours and the playful
forms. Some paintings were so intricate, you could
spend hours looking at them.
And he was so prolific! It’s fascinating to see how
his work evolved.
Yes. So, what now? Shall we have a coffee, and then
have a peek at the collection displays?
At the National Gallery
Excuse me. Could you tell us where to find the exhibition
on the German Renaissance?
Yes, it’s in the Sainsbury Wing. Here’s a floor plan.
See? Right here, on level two.
Thank you! So it looks as if we could walk through
the collection of 16th-century paintings first. Shall
we see if we can find a Michelangelo, Alice?
copy [(kQpi]
diamond jubilee [)daIEmEnd (dZu:bIli:]
evolve [i(vQlv]
for ages [fE (eIdZIz]
Exemplar
60. Thronjubiläum
sich entwickeln
seit einer Ewigkeit
• Art is usually an uncountable noun (unzählbares
Substantiv).
• Time Out is a free weekly magazine with listings
(Verzeichnis) of cultural events, shopping and
entertainment. It offers online listings for 60 major
cities around the world. See www.timeout.com
• Tate Modern is Britain’s biggest gallery of modern
art. Located in an old power station (Kraftwerk) on the
Thames, it shows works dating from 1900 to the pres -
ent. More than five million people visited it in 2012.
• The Swiss-German artist Paul Klee (1879–1940) had
connections to the Blaue Reiter and the Bauhaus.
The Tate’s Klee exhibition runs until 9 March 2014.
Admission costs £16.50 for adults.
• The Queen’s Gallery is a public gallery in Buckingham
Palace. Admission is £9.50 and includes an audio
guide. The exhibition changes every few months.
• Baroque is an ornate (kunstvoll, überladen) style of
art, music and architecture from the 17th and 18th
centuries.
• Contemporary art is art created in the present.
• The National Gallery is in Trafalgar Square. It
contains more than 2,300 paintings, which date from
the 13th to the 19th centuries. Admission is free, and
the gallery is open 361 days a year.
• If something is intricate, it is very detailed and
complex.
• Prolific describes a person who creates a large
number of things. Klee produced about 10,000
drawings and paintings, and the Tate exhibition
shows more than 130 of them.
• A peek is a quick look.
• Admission is free to Tate Modern’s main exhibitions,
which are called collection displays.
• Like a bird, a building can have wings — parts that
spread out from the main area.
• A floor plan is a map showing the position of the
rooms on different floors of a building.
• You might hear someone say “a Michelangelo”
(or “a Rembrandt”, or “a van Gogh”) when talking about
a work by that artist.
Tips
Fotos: iStock
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Cards | LANGUAGE
flash fiction
NEW WORDS
Twitter is a good medium for flash fiction in its
most extreme form.
GLOBAL ENGLISH
What would a speaker of British
English say?
North American: “My mom hasn’t gotten used
to the idea yet.”
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(IN)FORMAL ENGLISH
Which letter ending is more formal?
1. Best regards
2. Yours sincerely
TRANSLATION
Translate the following sentences:
1. Ich habe meinem Bruder €20 geliehen.
2. Ich habe mir von meinem Bruder €20 geliehen.
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PRONUNCIATION
IDIOM MAGIC
Read the following words aloud:
foreign
foreigner
Ching Yee Smithback
gnarly (knorrig)
ignite (entzünden)
gnaw (nagen)
ignorant
well heeled
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bank / Bank
FALSE FRIENDS
Translate the following sentences:
1. The stone rolled down the bank and into
the river.
GRAMMAR
Translate these sentences, using the
phrase “there’s no use”:
1. Es ist zwecklos, den Chef danach zu fragen.
2. Es hat keinen Zweck zu versuchen,
ihn anzurufen.
2. Wir saßen nebeneinander auf der Bank.
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LANGUAGE | Cards
GLOBAL ENGLISH
British speaker: “My mum hasn’t got used to
the idea yet.”
Informal British English “mum” [mVm] has the
same vowel (Selbstlaut) sound as “mother”, even
though the words are spelled with different vow -
els. The spelling of North American “mom” [mA:m]
contains the same vowel as “mother”, but they
have different vowel sounds. The historical past
participle “gotten” fell out of use in British English.
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NEW WORDS
Flash fiction is a genre of short-story writing that
is extremely brief — typically a few hundred
words or fewer. It is said that Ernest Hemingway
once wrote an extreme form of flash fiction — a
six-word novel: “For sale, baby shoes, never
worn.”
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TRANSLATION
1. I lent my brother €20.
2. I borrowed €20 from my brother.
German leihen has two separate translations
in English: “lend” (sth. to sb.) and “borrow”
(sth. from sb.).
(IN)FORMAL ENGLISH
The more formal letter ending is:
2. Yours sincerely
In US English, there is always a comma after this
closing of a letter. The comma is often left out in
British English. “Yours sincerely” is used when the
letter is addressed to a person by name; for
example, “Dear Mr Brown”, but not “Dear Sir”.
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IDIOM MAGIC
Well heeled is an informal expression meaning
“wealthy”. An equivalent in German might be
gut betucht.
[(fQrEn]
[(nA:li]
[Ig(naIt]
PRONUNCIATION
[(fQrEnE]
[nO:]
[Ig(nErEnt]
“We visited some well heeled friends of ours in the
Bahamas last Christmas.”
At the beginning or end of a word or stem
(Stamm), the letter “g” is silent (stumm) when it
comes before “n”. Within a word, however, the
“g” is spoken, as in “ignite” and “ignorant”.
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GRAMMAR
1. There’s no use asking the boss about it.
2. There’s no use trying to call him.
The construction there’s no use or it’s no use is
followed by the -ing form.
FALSE FRIENDS
1. Der Stein rollte das Ufer hinunter in den
Fluss.
2. We sat / were sitting next to each other on
the bench.
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Listen to dialogues 1 and 2
A car breakdown
This month, DAGMAR TAYLOR looks at the
words and phrases people use when they talk
about car breakdowns.
Everyday English | LANGUAGE
Fotos: BananaStock; iStock
1. Not a good start
Becky and Dean are driving to York to visit their
friend Dave. They haven’t got very far, when...
Becky: (strange engine noises) Why’s the car doing that?
Dean: You mean the juddering? I think you’d better
pull over. Switch the hazard lights on.
Becky: Oh, yeah, right. This is not good.
Dean: Did you fill up with kangaroo petrol or something?
Becky: Oh, my God! I know what I’ve done. I filled
it up with petrol instead of diesel.
Dean: Oh, no! You didn’t! I can’t believe it!
Becky: I did. I am such an idiot. The last time I filled
up, it was my dad’s car. That takes unleaded. I
wasn’t thinking. Oh, God! What are we going
to do now?
Dean: Just keep calm. Breathe deeply! Now, are you
a member of the AA?
Becky: Oh, right. The AA. Yes, I am. Now, where did
I put my card...?
• If a car is shaking and vibrating forcefully (stark),
you can say it is juddering.
• When you want to tell someone what you think he or
she should do, you can say you had better...: “You’d
better stop the car. That doesn’t sound right.”
• When a motorist pulls over, he or she drives to the
side of the road.
• Hazard lights are a car’s flashing orange lights that
warn other drivers of possible danger.
• When you put fuel in the petrol tank of your car, you
fill (it) up.
• Petrol is the liquid that cars need to function. Even
though it’s a liquid, in the US, it’s called “gas”.
• Unleaded means unleaded petrol (bleifreies Benzin).
• AA [eI (eI] stands for Automobile Association. The AA
provides breakdown insurance (Pannenversicherung)
for motorists in Britain, who can then receive help
when their car has a mechanical failure.
engine noises [(endZIn )nOIzIz]
kangaroo petrol
[)kÄNgE(ru: )petrEl] UK ifml.
Motorengeräusche
Känguru-Benzin (minderwertiges
Benzin, das Ruckeln des
Motors verursachen kann)
Tips
2. A call for help
Dean has called the AA and is telling Becky about
the conversation.
Becky:
Dean:
Becky:
Dean:
Becky:
Dean:
Becky:
Dean:
Becky:
What did they say?
It’s OK. Apparently, this happens all the time,
and they have vans specially for this problem.
What? Really?
Yeah. They’re going to send one.
When will it get here?
In about 20 minutes to half an hour.
That’s not too bad.
Before I was put through, I had to listen to a
safety announcement. It said that we should
wait for assistance well away from the vehicle,
or in the car with our seat belts on. Have you
got one of those warning triangles?
Yes. In the boot. I think I’ve got a high-vis
vest somewhere...
• Becky uses they, because she doesn’t know
whether Dean spoke to a man or a woman.
• The AA has a special service called “fuel assist”.
The technicians usually drive a yellow van — a vehicle
for transporting goods, equipment or a lot of people.
• When you are put through on the telephone, you are
connected to the person you want to talk to.
• If you are well away from a place or a thing, you are
at a good distance from it.
• In the UK, motorists are advised not to use warning
triangles on motorways. You can read such advice in
the Highway Code, a guidebook for road users in the
UK — also online: gov.uk/highway-code
• Having high-visibility clothing (Sicherheitswarnkleidung)
in your car, such as neon-yellow high-vis(ibility)
vests, is not compulsory (obligatorisch) in the UK.
announcement [E(naUnsmEnt] Ansage
apparently [E(pÄrEntli] offenbar (➝ p. 61)
boot [bu:t] UK
Kofferraum
Tips
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LANGUAGE | Everyday English
3. Can you fix it? 4. All’s well that ends well
The AA man comes to the rescue.
AA man: Hi, there! I believe you misfuelled.
Becky: Yes. I’m very embarrassed.
AA man: Don’t worry. It happens all the time. We’ll
soon have you back on the road.
Becky: So you won’t need to tow us to the garage?
AA man: Well, nine times out of ten we can fix the
vehicles at the side of the road. Sometimes,
the pump is damaged. How far have you
driven since you misfuelled?
Becky: Only a few miles. We stopped as soon as the
engine started to judder.
AA man: OK. I’m going to empty your petrol tank
and clean it. Then it’ll be OK to refuel.
• It’s common to refer to an employee using
his or her company’s name, as with the AA man.
• When mis- is at the front of verbs and nouns, it means
bad(ly) or wrong(ly), as in misfuelled.
• By on the road, the AA man means “driving” or
“travelling”.
• You tow a car when you pull it behind another vehicle
with a rope or a chain.
• In English, a garage can be the building in which you
keep your car or the place you take your car to be
repaired. In the UK, “garage” is pronounced both as
[(gÄrA:Z] and [(gÄrIdZ], and in the US as [gE(rA:Z].
• Fix means “repair” or “correct”.
• It’s possible to say either “by the roadside” or at the
side of the road.
• When you fill a vehicle (or an aeroplane) with fuel in
order to continue a journey, you refuel.
Tips
The AA man has fixed the car. Now the journey to
Dave’s can continue.
Becky: The AA man was so nice. I’m really
relieved the pump isn’t damaged.
Dean: Yeah. Look! There’s a filling station. He said
you have to fill up to help dilute any petrol
that’s still left in the tank.
Becky: We can get a coffee, too. It’s going to be an
hour or two before we get there. Did you call
Dave to tell him we’ll be late?
Dean: Yeah.
Becky: What did he say?
Dean: He said he thinks you’re an idiot.
Becky: Charming! OK, I’ll fill up. Unleaded, right?
Dean: No! Diesel!
Becky: Just kidding.
• All’s well that ends well is a saying used to mean
that a situation that began badly has had a happy
ending.
• Becky says she is relieved because she no longer
feels worried about her car.
• A filling station is a place where you go to buy petrol.
It’s also called a “petrol station” (US: gas station).
• If something is left, it remains to be used. Left is the
past form of the verb “leave”.
• You can say how long you think something will take
by using the structure it’s going to be...
• Kidding (ifml.) is a synonym of “joking”.
charming [(tSA:mIN]
dilute [daI(lu:t]
reizend
verdünnen
Tips
EXERCISES
embarrassed [Im(bÄrEst] verlegen, peinlich berührt
1. Add the missing word.
a) I think you’d better pull ______________.
b) We should wait well away ______________ the vehicle.
c) We’ll soon have you back ______________ the road.
d) OK, I’ll fill ______________.
2. What do the words in bold refer to?
a) I filled it up with petrol instead of diesel. ____________
b) What did they say? _____________
c) Don’t worry. It happens all the time. _____________
d) It’s going to be an hour or two before we get there.
_____________
3. Rearrange the letters to form words and
expressions from the scenes.
a) h a r d a z s h l i g t __________________
b) h g h i-v i s s v e t __________________
c) r a g g a e __________________
d) f l i n g i l o n t a t i s __________________
4. Replace the words in bold with those used
in the scenes.
a) You mean the shaking and vibrating? ____________
b) It said that we should wait for help... ____________
c) I believe you put the wrong fuel in your car.
____________
d) I’m glad the pump isn’t damaged. ____________
Answers: 1. a) over; b) from; c) on; d) up; 2. a) the car / tank; b) the person Dean spoke to on the phone; c) people misfuelling;
d) Dave’s house in York; 3. a) hazard lights; b) high-vis vest; c) garage; d) filling station; 4. a) juddering; b) assistance; c) misfuelled; d) relieved

The Grammar Page | LANGUAGE
Using the present continuous
to talk about the future
ADRIAN DOFF explains how a present tense is used to refer to
planned activities.
Val and John are colleagues. They need to arrange a meeting,
but they’re both very busy.
Val: We really must meet this week to discuss the web
page. How about tomorrow morning?
John: That’s no good for me. I’m meeting 1 clients all
morning — till 12 o’clock. I’m not doing 2 anything
in the afternoon, though. Shall we meet then?
Val: That’s no good for me, I’m afraid. I’m flying 3 to
Spain for two days. I’m being met 4 at 12.30 to go
to the airport.
John: Oh! And when are you coming 5 back?
Val: Not till Friday lunchtime. We could meet on Friday
afternoon.
John: No, I won’t be here then. I’m taking 6 the afternoon
off to go to a school concert.
Val: Oh, dear! It looks like next week then. Or... you’re
not free now, are you?
John: Now? Yeah, sure I’m free now.
Val: OK. I’ll 7 just get a cup of coffee. I’ll 7 come and see
you in ten minutes.
Remember!
The present continuous tense is used in three main
ways.
Firstly, it’s used to talk about things happening now:
• “What are you doing?” — “I’m reading.”
Secondly, it’s used for things happening roughly at the
present time (though not precisely at this moment):
• “I’m working a lot these days.”
Thirdly, as in the dialogue, it’s used to talk about things
that are arranged for the future:
• “What are you doing tonight?” — “I’m going to bed.”
1 “I’m meeting” is the first person form of the present continuous
tense. It is used here to talk about the future:
John uses it because his meetings with clients are already
arranged. They’re in his diary.
2 The negative is formed by adding “not” before the main
verb.
3 Again, this is something that has already been arranged.
Val has booked the flight.
4 This is the passive form of the present continuous.
(= Someone is meeting me.)
5 Here, John asks a present continuous question. The
word order changes. (You’re coming... Are you
coming...?)
6 A school concert is another thing that John has arranged
for a future time.
7 Here, Val decides spontaneously to do something in the
future, so she uses the I’ll (= I will) form.
Beyond the basics
The conversation contains common prepositions used
to talk about future arrangements.
Saying when you’re doing something:
• at with times: at 12 o’clock
• in with parts of the day: in the afternoon
• on with days: on Friday, on Friday afternoon
• in + period of time: in ten minutes (= from now)
Saying how long something is going on:
• for + period of time: for two days
• until (or less formal: till) + point of time: till 6 p.m.
Use the verbs in the list to complete the sentences below in the present continuous form.
do | go | meet | play | retire | see | work
d) She’s nearly 65. She __________ next summer.
e) “What _____ you _____ at the weekend?”
a) I’ve got tickets for a special opera performance
— “Oh, nothing much.”
tonight. I __________ Rigoletto.
f) Is it true that Elton John __________ at Glastonbury
b) _____ you _____ to Turkey again this summer?
next year?
c) We __________ in the pub at 6.45. See you there.
g) They (not) __________ tomorrow. It’s a holiday.
EXERCISE
Answers: a) ’m seeing; b) Are ... going; c) ’re meeting; d) ’s retiring; e) are ... doing; f) is playing; g) ’re not working / aren’t working
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LANGUAGE | The Soap
Helen
Phil
Peggy
Here’s to Eddy!
Join us at Peggy’s Place — Spotlight ’s very
own London pub. By INEZ SHARP
George
Sean
FOCUS
George: I can’t believe the weather. When was the last
time it was this cold?
Phil: Yesterday, the day before, last week. Take your pick.
It feels like this cold spell has been going on for months.
Peggy: Before you take another step, could you please
clean your boots on the mat?
George: Are you serious?
Peggy: Look! I’ve cleaned up that dirt three times already.
George: Do you actually want my custom? I mean, this is
a pub, not someone’s living room.
Peggy: But we want it to feel as welcoming as your own
living room. So if you don’t mind...
Phil: Can I get you a nice hot toddy?
George: That would be great. I’m chilled to the bone.
Peggy: I think everyone’s feeling a bit low. Jane said her
new business is really suffering. Nobody’s planning parties.
They just want to stay at home and keep warm.
George: Is she going ahead with the business in spite of
the spelling fiasco on her publicity material?
Peggy: She is, and you’ll never guess who’s helping her.
George: That would be you, then. Who else?
Phil: Actually, it’s Aamir. He found her crying outside after
we all laughed at the posters and said he could help her
work on her spelling and punctuation.
George: Your kitchen help from Afghanistan is going to
teach Jane the rules of English spelling?
Phil: I was surprised, too, but Aamir said it might be easier
to learn from someone who had to struggle himself.
George: I’ll be damned! Has anyone actually tested him?
Peggy: Phil said we shouldn’t look a gift horse in the
mouth, but then Aamir offered to let us test him, and
he didn’t make a single mistake.
George: When did all this happen?
Peggy: About two weeks ago. We had a kind of spellingquiz
night after we closed. It was such fun.
George: Wonders will never cease. How’s he getting along
otherwise?
Peggy: He loves the cold weather. Says it reminds him of
home, especially when it’s sunny.
It’s February and freezing, so everyone is talking about the
weather. A cold spell describes several days of icy weather.
If people are chilled to the bone, they feel cold through
and through. When Phil talks about the freeze, he means
a few days when the temperatures are below 0 °C. In the
winter of 1962–63, the weather was cold for so long that it
was called the “Big Freeze”. If a person is feeling under the
weather, he or she is a little unwell.
Eddy
“ ”
This weather makes me feel my age
Jane
Phil: Well, I for one have had enough of the freeze. It
real ly makes me feel my age...
Peggy: Here comes Helen. Could you wipe your shoes,
love? Hello? I asked you to wipe your shoes. Honestly,
it’s not that much to ask, is it?
Phil: There’s no need to cry, Helen. It’s not that bad.
Helen: It’s not that. I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news.
George: What’s the matter?
Helen: I’ve just come from the hospital, and I have to tell
you that Eddy died this afternoon.
(silence)
Peggy: No!
Phil: That was very sudden.
Helen: Sort of. She’d been under the weather for days,
but she kept telling the doctor that there was nothing
wrong with her that a Martini couldn’t cure.
George: So?
Helen: Well, today she made a real scene — shouting and
swearing. So the doctor went off to get some help.
When he came back, she was gone. Draped across the
bed in her silk nightie with a Martini glass in her hand.
Peggy: Where did she get that from?
Helen: We don’t know.
Phil: Well, she went out in her own inimitable style. And
I think we should drink to that. It’s Martinis on the
house this evening — in memory of Eddy.
custom [(kVstEm] UK
draped [dreIpt]
get along [get E(lQN]
gone: be ~ [gQn]
inimitable: in her / his
own ~ style [I(nImItEb&l]
look a gift horse in the mouth:
don’t ~ [)lUk E )gIft hO:s
In DE (maUT]
mat [mÄt]
matter: What’s the ~? [(mÄtE]
mind: if you don’t ~ [maInd]
nightie [(naIti] ifml.
sort of [(sO:t Ev] ifml.
take your pick [)teIk jE (pIk]
toddy [(tQdi]
wonders will never cease
[)wVndEz wIl )nevE (si:s]
hier: Kundschaft
wie hingegossen daliegen
klarkommen
tot sein
in ihrer / seiner
unnachahmlichen Art
einem geschenkten Gaul
schaut man nicht ins Maul
Fußmatte
Was ist los?
wenn es dir nichts ausmacht
Nachthemd
irgendwie
such’s dir aus
Grog
es geschehen noch Zeichen
und Wunder
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English at Work | LANGUAGE
Dear Ken: What’s
the professional way
to say goodbye?
Dear Ken
Could you tell me what the correct English translation of
the title Stellvertretender Geschäftsführer is in the US and
the UK? I heard that “deputy chief executive officer” is not
common in the US, since “deputy” could be misunderstood.
Is that right?
Best regards
Liz K.
Dear Liz
Thanks for your e-mail about this particular title.
There are no clear rules about the use of job titles in business.
Each corporation or organization has its own hierarchy
and system of giving names to job positions.
The first question we should ask in this context is whether
there is any basic difference between the meaning of the
words “deputy” and “vice”.
The answer is: not really. Both words are used to indicate
a subordinate position. Whether “deputy”or “vice” is used
depends upon convention. There is no set rule; so we have
vice presidents and deputy sheriffs; vice principals and
deputy managers. How, then, should you translate the title
Stellvertretender Geschäftsführer?
In the UK, it would probably (but not always) be translated
as “deputy managing director”.
In the US, it might be “deputy CEO”. (In the business
context, there is no possibility of this being mistaken for
deputy sheriff .)
However, you will find many variations on this in different
countries, companies and job advertisements. It’s a good
idea to have a look at the websites of large US and UK
companies to get an idea of all the alternative titles that
are used today.
I hope this helps.
Regards
Ken
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about business English
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Dear Ken
I have to visit customers in their offices. The hardest part
of this is when I’m leaving. I never know what words to
use when we’re saying goodbye in the reception area.
Whatever I do or say feels awkward.
Help me, please.
Carsten
Dear Carsten
I usually say three things when bidding goodbye to business
partners.
Firstly, I make a reference to the past:
• Well, that was a really good meeting, wasn’t it?
• We certainly covered a lot of ground today.
• It was great to meet John and Lena.
Secondly, I make a reference to the future:
• So, I’ll see you in a month’s time, then.
• Come and see us next time, if you have a moment.
• I’ll mail you next week.
Finally, I say goodbye and shake hands:
• Goodbye.
• Nice meeting you.
• See you.
Then I walk away without looking back, in order to make
a clean break.
All the best
Ken
awkward [(O:kwEd]
bid goodbye to sb.
[)bId )gUd(baI tE]
business context [(bIznEs )kQntekst]
clean break: make a ~
[kli:n (breIk]
convention [kEn(venS&n]
unbeholfen, hölzern
sich von jmdm. verabschieden
geschäftliches Umfeld
hier: einen klaren Schnitt
machen
Gepflogenheiten
corporation [)kO:pE(reIS&n]
ground: cover a lot of ~ [graUnd]
principal [(prInsEp&l]
reference: make a ~ to [(ref&rEns]
set rule [set (ru:l]
subordinate [sE(bO:dInEt]
Unternehmen
hier: zahlreiche Themen
behandeln (➝ p. 61)
Direktor(in), Rektor(in)
einen Bezug herstellen zu
feste Regel
untergeordnet
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LANGUAGE | Spoken English
60
Did he really?
ADRIAN DOFF looks at ways to show interest
or surprise in English.
Angela is telling Beth the story of her life.
Angela: ...So I decided to go and live in Spain.
Beth: Right.
Angela: I went to Barcelona and got a job giving private
English lessons.
Beth: Uh-huh.
Angela: And one of my students was an airline pilot with
Iberia.
Beth: Oh, really?
Angela: Yes. His name was Carlos. And after about a
month, he asked me to marry him.
Beth: Did he really? Wow!
In the above conversation, Angela does most of the talking,
but Beth also says quite a lot just to show that she’s listening
and is (probably) interested.
Here, we look at common ways to respond to what people
say, especially ways to show interest or surprise.
Up or down?
In the conversation above, you don’t know how interested
Beth is. It all depends on how she sounds when she responds:
does her voice go up or down? Does she emphasize
(betonen) what she says or say it quickly and quietly?
Compare these examples:
He asked me to marry him.
Did he really? Wow! (= That’s really interesting.
I’m amazed.)
He asked me to marry him.
Did he really? Wow! (= I know. You’ve told me already.)
Short responses
Short responses (a phrase, a word or just a sound) can show
that you’re listening to and following what the other person
is saying:
So they moved to the US.
Oh, really?
You press this red button.
Aha! I see.
They gave me the job.
Wow! Great!
She had to go to hospital.
Oh, dear!
Phrases beginning with That’s... can be used in different
ways; for example, to respond to something good:
• That’s good / nice / great.
• That’s brilliant / fantastic! (= very good)
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to respond to something bad:
• That’s a pity / a shame.
• That’s awful / terrible. (= very bad)
to show you’re interested:
• That’s fascinating.
to show you’re surprised:
• That’s amazing / incredible. (= very surprising)
In order to respond more strongly, a phrase with how...
can be used:
• How (absolutely) incredible!
• Oh, how awful!
Echoing
Here, Beth uses an echo question to show interest:
Angela: He asked me to marry him.
Beth: Did he really? (= Did he really ask you?)
Here are some more examples. Notice that you repeat the
auxiliary verb (Hilfsverb) or use do / did:
I was very upset (bestürzt, aufgebracht).
Were you (really)?
I love eating raw fish.
Do you (really)?
I don’t believe you
Finally, here are ways to show that you’re very surprised or
find something hard to believe, as in the example dialogue:
Angela: He asked me to marry him.
Beth: He didn’t!
Beth could also say:
• You must be joking!
• Are you kidding? (= joking)
• Are you having me on? (= lying to me)
Choose the correct word(s) to complete
the following sentences.
a) “I loved that film.” — “Were / Did you really?”
b) “She failed the exam.” — “Oh, what / how awful!”
c) “I’m only 18.” — “Are you having / kidding me on?”
d) “Someone’s stolen his bike.”
— “Oh, no! This is / That’s terrible.”
e) “My team won the game yesterday.”
— “Oh, wow! / dear!”
f) “You choose the ‘File’ menu.”
— “Oh, yes, I see / I see it. Thanks.”
Answers: a) Did; b) how; c) having; d) That’s; e) wow!; f) I see
EXERCISE
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Word Builder | LANGUAGE
Build your vocabulary
JOANNA WESTCOMBE presents useful words and phrases from this issue of Spotlight and their
collocations. The words may also have other meanings that are not listed here.
brick [brIk] noun p. 24
a baked block used for building
Ziegelstein, Backstein
And the third little pig built his house out of
bricks.
bricks and mortar = Immobilie (mortar: Mörtel)
cave [keIv] noun p. 32
a hole underground or in the side of a hill
Höhle
The walkers discovered a cave in which they
could shelter from the heavy rain.
Wine (even French wine) is kept in cellars, not caves.
apparently [E(pÄrEntli] adverb p. 55
based on what seems to be true, when the facts are
not yet certain
offenbar
Apparently, our business did better in 2013
than we’d expected.
synonyms = it seems; evidently
disgusting [dIs(gVstIN] adjective p. 13
extremely unpleasant, shocking, unacceptable
ekelhaft, widerlich
I wouldn’t eat anything out of that fridge.
It’s absolutely disgusting in there.
synonyms = revolting; gross (US ifml.)
ground: cover a lot of ~ [graUnd] phrase p. 59
discuss several topics in the time available
zahlreiche Themen behandeln
The members of the project team covered a
lot of new ground in less than an hour.
See the extra notes below on how to use ground.
make a difference phrase p. 67
[)meIk E (dIfrEns]
have a significant effect
etw. bewegen, etw. ändern
Changing teachers has made such a difference
to his schoolwork.
make all the difference = viel ausmachen
Foto: Fuse
How to use the word ground
Let’s look at this from the ground up. Ground is a
useful noun if you lay the groundwork. Firstly,
remember that ground is not always Grund. To build a
house, you need a piece of land, not a piece of ground.
Secondly, if you are sitting on the ground, you are
outdoors. Indoors, you’d be sitting on the floor.
If you are talking about ground as a subject or as
information, you can also go back over the same
ground, or return to familiar ground. Let’s hope that
you find yourself on safe and not on dangerous or
shaky ground.
Here are two more phrases — just to give you a good
grounding:
Don’t let him influence you. Stand your ground.
We’ve got things off the ground. We’re in business!
Answers: a) cover; b) caves;
c) disgusting; d) ground;
e) difference; f) apparently;
g) brick
Complete the following sentences with words
from this page in their correct form.
a) Let’s get started! We’ve got a lot of ground to
_________________.
b) Speleologists study and explore _________________.
c) Ugh! That cheese smells _________________.
How can you eat it?
d) It took him a long time to get his business off the
_________________.
e) Having Oliver on the team will really make a
_________________.
f) Jane and Jay have been friends since their
schooldays _________________.
g) We’ve bought a little red-_________________ cottage
outside town.
OVER TO YOU!
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LANGUAGE | Perfectionists Only!
WILL O’RYAN explains developments in the English language and
examines some of the finer points of grammar.
Hoi polloi
The ancient Greek hoi polloi (“the
many”) has been used in English since
the 17th century to refer derogatorily
(abfällig) to the masses (das gemeine
Volk); for example: “My snobbish
uncle refused to mix with the hoi polloi.”
Because hoi is the nominative
masculine plural form of the definite
article in Greek, some people insist
that the phrase should be used without
“the”, arguing that this is repetitive.
But by extension, hoi should
then be inflected for case as well, so
that it would be “toús polloi” when
used as a direct object, “toîs polloi” as
an indirect object, etc. One would
also need different forms to refer to
women.
As a fixed, unanalysed unit in English,
though, there is no reason for
“hoi polloi” not to follow English
grammatical rules. If you miss out
“the”, for example, saying: “That’s
nothing that would interest hoi polloi”,
people who read ancient Greek
will perhaps appreciate it, but everyone
else will find it strange. There is
another interesting, recent development:
many speakers use “hoi polloi”
incorrectly to refer to the upper classes
rather than the lower ones. This is because
the expression is confused with
the unrelated but similar sounding
“hoity-toity” (hochnäsig, eingebildet).
Prepositional passives
In English, there is no such thing as a subjectless passive sentence: Jetzt
wird geschlafen cannot be directly translated with a passive construction.
When a prepositional phrase of location accompanies the intransitive verb
in German, though, a corresponding English passive sentence with subject
does sometimes exist. The example in (a) corresponds to an active sentence:
“Someone has slept in this bed” (In diesem Bett wurde geschlafen.):
a) This bed has already been slept in.
The bed — the object of the preposition in the active — becomes the subject
of the clause in the passive, leaving the preposition stranded (für sich
stehend). This is referred to as a prepositional passive. This type of passive
is subject to an interesting pragmatic semantic constraint (Nebenbedingung):
that the predicate should indicate a significant, standard characteristic
of the subject. It is a standard feature of beds that people sleep in
them, along with other possibilities:
b) This bed has been eaten in / jumped on by children many times.
Note the contrast to German here, which does not allow a von phrase in a
subjectless passive: In diesem Bett wurde von vielen Menschen gegessen.
In contrast, example (c) is not standard. Although “The boy slept next to
the bed” is a perfectly correct sentence, since it is not a standard property
of beds that people sleep next to them, the passive sounds strange:
c) This bed was slept next to last night.
Just how acceptable this type of passive sentence is depends to an extent
on what is considered normal, standard behaviour. “No one has driven
across the new bridge yet” can be passivized, as we see in (d), since it’s a
standard characteristic of a bridge to be driven across. But most speakers
would probably choose not to passivize the second example, because it is
not a significant property of bridges that people dance on them:
d) The new bridge hasn’t been driven across yet.
That bridge has never been danced on.
There is, however, an exception. A passive is sometimes possible when the
action of the predicate leads to a change in the subject of the passive sentence.
Sentence (e) is noticeably more normal sounding than the second
example of (d). Although the action in (e) is untypical, it results in a change
of status of the bridge. It is now known specifically for this event:
e) That bridge was danced on yesterday. (There was a big party on it.)
Prepositional passives of this sort are most usual when the prepositional
phrase complementing the intransitive verb involves a preposition of
place. The active sentence “They don’t work on Sundays”, in which “on” has
a temporal meaning, does not have a corresponding passive:
f) Sundays are not worked on.
Grammar
A typical gathering of the masses
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Change the following sentences from active to passive if possible.
1. No one has ever lived in this house.
2. They demonstrated in the garden.
Answers: 1. This house has never been lived in. 2. A passive sentence is not possible, as demonstrations
don’t usually take place in gardens.
Foto: Alamy; Illustration. iStock

Crossword | LANGUAGE
New buildings
The words in this puzzle are taken from our article on the architecture of
Frank Gehry. You may find it helpful to refer to the text on pages 24–27.
1 2 3 4
5 6
7
8 9
10 11 12
13
14 15 16
17
18 19 20 21 22
23 24
25
26
Mike Pilewski
Solution to puzzle 1/14:
SPORTSMAN
E B D E S C R I B E S
L A R E U D T
I S M O R E E R
T I O P A B L E
E C C E N T R I C I N
S I T G
F A N T A S T I C T
P R E A M H
L B O A R D S V
A T I C E H E
C O M B I N E D M I
E O E M E R G E
M A I N N H
Across
1. Referring to an area that has lots of factories.
5. A thing that belongs to you is your ______ thing.
7. One stage in a process.
8. To refer to: “For more details, ______ my book.”
9. The creation of beautiful things that express an idea.
10. Takes something with her while holding it in her arms.
13. An individual.
14. Very important: “This sculpture is a ______ work.”
15. All people.
18. A negative answer.
19. A covering for one’s head.
21. Large indoor areas with shops, mainly in America.
23. Belonging to.
25. Things that happen, even though they are impossible.
26. “We need a new architecture ______ this new world,”
said Hillary Clinton.
Competition!
How to take part
Form a single word from the letters in the coloured squares.
Send it on a postcard to:
Redaktion Spotlight, “February Prize Puzzle”, Postfach 1565, 82144 Planegg, Deutsch land.
Two winners will be chosen from the entries we receive by 19 February 2014.
Each winner will be sent the board game Are You Joking? by courtesy of Grubbe Media.
The answer to our December puzzle was nomads.
Congratulations to:
Simone Sanin (Tramin, Italy) · Stephanie Coenen (Icking)
Down
1. Whether.
2. Straight from one place or thing to another.
3. Not connected to other things.
4. Places or regions.
5. “Frank Gehry started ______ (got his start) in the 1970s.”
6. Not old.
8. Communicating by using one’s voice.
11. To the extent possible: “It’s ______ cold outside.”
12. To require something; necessary to do something:
“We ______ to put up some new office buildings.”
16. Written demands for payment.
17. Of or for them: “You’ll have to ask them. What happens
next is ______ decision.”
20. A word of comparison.
22. Therefore.
24. Distant.
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THE LIGHTER SIDE | Wit and Wisdom
“
All I need to make a comedy is a park,
a policeman and a pretty girl.
”
Charlie Chaplin
(1889–1977), British actor and director
Job interview
“What’s your greatest weakness?”
“Honesty.”
“I don’t think honesty is a weakness.”
“Yeah? Well, I don’t care what you think.”
© Bulls
That’s not very nice!
• An old lady at the bank asked me if I could help her
check her balance. So I pushed her over.
• Are you afraid of dying alone? If so, become a bus driver.
• I know I’m not mentally qualified to own a gun,
because at least five times a day I think: “I wish I had a
gun right now.”
check one’s balance
[)tSek wVnz (bÄlEns]
dung [dVN]
patient [(peIS&nt]
push sb. over [pUS (EUvE]
rearranger [)ri:E(reIndZE]
shrink [SrINk]
vest [vest] N. Am.
PEANUTS
THE ARGYLE SWEATER
hier auch: den Kontostand abrufen
Dung, Mist
geduldig; auch: Patient
jmdn. umstoßen
Wortspiel mit “The Lone Ranger”;
hier: Umgestalter,
Wohnungsgestalter
schrumpfen
Weste
Two thirty
“Oh, no! I’m really late. I’m going to miss my dentist’s
appointment.”
“What time is your appointment?”
“Tooth-hurty!”
Wrong way
A man is listening to the radio and hears a traffic warning
that someone is driving the wrong way down a motorway.
Knowing his wife is also on that motorway, he calls her on
her mobile phone to warn her.
She starts shouting at him, “What do you mean there’s one
person going the wrong way? There are hundreds of them!”
Silly questions, silly answers
• What kind of underwear do clouds wear? Thunderpants.
• What’s brown and sounds like a bell? Dung.
• What do you call an alligator that’s wearing a vest?
An “investigator”.
Smaller and smaller
Man: “Doctor, you’ve got to help me. I’m shrinking.”
Doctor: “I’m really sorry, but I’m very busy right now.
You’re just going to have to be a little patient.”
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“
You want
to listen to
people, but not
to all of their
problems
”
American Life | GINGER KUENZEL
The world of
small-town politics
Um gewählt zu werden, muss man die Bürger davon überzeugen, dass
man die richtige Person ist. Das ist leichter gesagt als getan.
Foto: Photos.com
We’re a month into the new
year, and I am starting a
fresh career of sorts — as a
member of the town board. My path
to this elected position started last
summer, when I was discussing town
politics with a group of friends. We
decided that one of us should run for
office, and I agreed to be the one.
I had three strikes against me
going into the campaign. Firstly, I’m
a Democrat in a town dominated by
Republicans. Secondly, I’m not considered
a local. Even though I was
born here, I have lived in other
places, and that doesn’t sit well with
some people. Thirdly, I’m a woman
in a town where the “good old-boy”
network has been running the show
since time immemorial. Still, I decided
to throw my hat in the ring.
The campaign was a real learning
experience for me and for my friends.
We had the board of elections send us
a list of all registered voters and went
through it name by name. There are
only 650 registered voters in town,
and it turned out that we knew almost
every one of them. It took several
meetings to get through the list, because
there were a lot of stories to be
told about the individual voters.
Sally, for example, gave us the
lowdown on who had been spending
the night with whom. How did she
know? It seems that her brother had
been driving the town snowplow,
which meant that he was out clearing
the roads in the early morning hours.
So he knew exactly whose pickup
truck was parked at which house.
It wasn’t just at the campaign
committee meetings, though, that we
heard stories. I knocked on a lot of
doors, talking to voters personally
and listening to what they had to say.
One of my concerns was that everyone
in town seems to have ferocious
dogs. It’s a good thing I’m not scared
of dogs, or my political career might
have ended before it had even begun.
The other thing I learned is that it’s
board of elections [)bO:rd Ev i(lekS&nz] N. Am. Wahlvorstand
ferocious [fE(roUSEs]
hier: bissig
foray [(fO:reI]
Streifzug
good old-boy network [)gUd oUld (bOI )netw§:k] etwa: Vetternwirtschaft
lowdown: give sb. the ~ [(loUdaUn]
jmdm. alle Einzelheiten verraten
make a difference [)meIk E (dIfrEns] etw. bewegen, etw. ändern (➝ p. 61)
...of sorts [Ev (sO:rts]
eine Art...
run for office [)rVn f&r (A:fEs]
für ein Amt kandidieren
run the show [)rVn DE (SoU] ifml.
den Laden am Laufen halten
since time immemorial [sIns )taIm )ImE(mO:riEl] hier: seit man sich erinnern kann
sit well with sb.: not ~ [sIt (wel wIT]
jmdm. gar nicht gefallen
snowplow [(snoUplaU]
Schneepflug
strike [straIk] N. Am.
hier: Gegenargument
throw one’s hat in the ring
kandidieren
[)TroU wVnz (hÄt In DE )rIN]
town board [taUn (bO:rd] N. Am.
etwa: Stadtrat
turn out [t§:n (aUt]
sich herausstellen
Ginger Kuenzel is a freelance writer who lived in Munich for 20 years. She now calls a small
town in upstate New York home.
best not to get too deep into conversations
about non-political issues.
One voter, Joe, told me how lonely
he has been since his wife died five
years ago. His daughter recently took
him to a seniors’ club meeting in the
next town, but he didn’t enjoy it at
all. “I was the only man there,” he
told me, “and the women were all
old.” Joe also described his unsuccessful
forays into online dating. It’s a fine
line when campaigning: you want to
listen to people’s problems, but sometimes
you just can’t help.
The week before the election, the
local newspaper held a candidates’
night. The four candidates, including
myself, had the opportunity to answer
questions in front of an audience.
It’s a wise political move not to
say anything stupid. One of the candidates
responded to a question about
whether there should be a library in
town by saying, “I don’t like books,
I’ve never liked books, and I would
never set foot in a library.” I don’t
think that earned him many votes.
When the polls closed on election
day and the votes were counted, it
was clear: our hard work had paid off.
I had won. There may be some issues
I can’t do anything about, but I look
forward to working on those problems
where I can make a difference.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | My Life in English
Bastian Sick
Der berühmte Zwiebelfischkolumnist und
Autor des neuen Werkes „Wir braten Sie gern!“
erzählt von seinen Begegnungen mit der
englischen Sprache.
What makes English important to you?
English certainly is the language with the biggest
impact on German politics, the economy, science and
culture. It now has the role that French had until the
middle of the 20th century. More and more French
words are disappearing from the German language,
and English words are taking their place. Today, we say
“sorry” and no longer pardon, “model” instead of
mannequin, and very few people still say mon Dieu.
Most prefer: “Oh, my God!”
When was your first English lesson, and what can you
remember about it?
It was at school when I was ten years old. The teacher
was a very talented painter, and whenever we didn’t
understand a new word, he would draw it on the blackboard.
We loved him. He asked us to call him Mr Griebe,
but we insisted on addressing him as Sir Griebe.
Who is your favourite English-language author, actor
or musician?
Authors: the screenwriters of
Desperate Housewives, Frasier
and 30 Rock. Actress: Meryl
Streep. Singer: if we put the
focus on British English, it’s
Petula Clark.
Which song could you sing a
few lines of in English?
Several hundred! Almost
every song by Petula
Clark, followed
by Frank
Sinatra,
Matt Monro, Anne Murray and Helen Reddy — and
don’t forget ABBA, of course. It was actually Agnetha
Fältskog from ABBA who taught me my first English
words. Later, I learned that in the beginning, she didn’t
speak English at all. She sang “Waterloo” phonetically.
Which person from the English-speaking world
(living or dead) would you most like to meet and why?
Len Berger, a friend of mine from New York City who
died several years ago. He was a smart Jewish guy born
in Germany before the Second World War. His mother
flew with him to London where, after the outbreak of
the war, they were imprisoned in a camp because they
were German. He spent seven years in detention camps
in England and Canada, where he learned to play the
piano. After the war, he emigrated to the United States
and became a musician.
Which English word was the hardest for you to learn to
pronounce?
Liza Minnelli sang a song called “It’s the Strangest
Thing”. You can’t pronounce that without spitting like a
llama and snapping your tongue in two.
Do you practise English, and if so, how?
I sing English songs and watch American TV series or
movies. By switching between the German and the English
original, you can learn a lot about translating humour
and puns. And I love the spectacular BBC Planet
Earth documentaries narrated by David Attenborough.
Is there anything in your home from the Englishspeaking
world?
A tea caddy from the Windsor Castle souvenir shop,
a photo taken at the top of the Empire State Building,
many CDs bought in the United States and Canada, a
sweater from Yellowstone National Park, a toy manatee
from SeaWorld in San Diego and a photo of me among
the monoliths of Stonehenge. Another photo shows me
standing next to the queen, but that’s a montage.
What would be your motto in English?
English is the Volkswagen among the universal
languages; German is the Rolls-Royce.
blackboard [(blÄkbO:d]
detention camp [di(tenS&n )kÄmp]
impact on sth. [(ImpÄkt Qn]
manatee [)mÄnE(ti:]
narrate [nE(reIt]
pun [pVn]
screenwriter [(skri:n)raItE]
spit [spIt]
tea caddy [(ti: )kÄdi]
Schultafel
Gefangenenlager
Auswirkungen auf etw.
Manati, Seekuh
erzählen, kommentieren
Wortspiel
Drehbuchautor(in)
spucken
Teedose
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ENGLISCH LEICHT GEMACHT!
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continuous
Learn words
for parts of
the body
Read about
York’s Viking
Festival

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This month…
Was beschäftigt die englischsprachige Welt im Februar?
VANESSA CLARK spürt die heißen Storys für Sie auf.
The Vikings are coming!
Books In 1976, James Patterson’s first novel won the Edgar Allan Poe
Award, America’s top prize for crime writing. Since then, readers have
been hungry for Patterson’s exciting thrillers, and he does his best to
feed their hunger. Because he works together with co-authors, he can
write several books a year. In 2013, 14 of his books were published.
Patterson’s latest work,
Lügennetz (English title: Now
1814
200 years ago
History Over 1,000 years ago, York was called Jorvik and was ruled
by the Vikings. A great festival was held there every year to celebrate
the end of winter.
The modern city of York is proud of its history, and its Jorvik
Viking Centre is a world-class tourist attraction. The tradition of an
end-of-winter festival has been restarted, and now the Jorvik Viking
Festival takes place there every February, with a programme of
family-friendly things to do, battles and talks by experts.
This year’s event will be held from 15 to 23 February, and its
theme is the Norse legends.
You See Her), comes out in German
this month. It tells the story of New York lawyer
and loving mother Nina Bloom — a woman with a
secret who must risk everything.
London February 1814 saw the
last “frost fair” on the Thames. The
river was slower and wider than it is
today, and the winters were colder,
so the river froze. Londoners could
walk on the ice and enjoy all sorts of
entertainment — even horse racing.
battle [(bÄt&l]
celebrate [(selEbreIt]
crime writing [(kraIm )raItIN]
exciting [Ik(saItIN]
fair [feE]
freeze [fri:z]
lawyer [(lO:jE]
Norse [nO:s]
novel [(nQv&l]
proud [praUd]
publish [(pVblIS]
secret [(si:krEt]
Schlacht
feiern
Kriminalliteratur
aufregend, spannend
hier: Volksfest
gefrieren
Rechtsanwalt, -anwältin
(alt)nordisch
Roman
stolz
veröffentlichen,
herausbringen
Geheimnis
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Parts of the body
STEPHANIE SHELLABEAR presents words for eight different parts of
the body.
8
1
2
7
3
6
4
5
Write the words below
next to the pictures.
Match the English word to its German translation.
Titel: Hemera; iStock; Fotos Doppelseite: Alamy; PR; Illustrationen: B. Förth
1. shoulder [(SEUldE]
2. elbow [(elbEU]
3. wrist [rIst]
4. bottom [(bQtEm]
5. heel [hi:&l]
6. toe [tEU]
7. knee [ni:]
8. hip [hIp]
a) wrist
b) elbow
c) hip
d) bottom
e) shoulder
f) heel
g) toe
h) knee
1. Hüfte
2. Schulter
3. Knie
4. Ferse
5. Zeh
6. Handgelenk
7. Hintern
8. Ellbogen
One part of the body listed above has different names in British English; some are
neutral and some are vulgar. The neutral names are bottom, behind or backside:
• She fell on the ice and landed on her bottom.
a ➯
b ➯
c ➯
d ➯
e ➯
f
➯
g ➯
h ➯
Tips
Answers: a–6; b–8; c–1; d–7; e–2; f–4; g–5; h–3
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GREEN LIGHT | Grammar elements
The present continuous
STEPHANIE SHELLABEAR presents basic grammar.
This month: how to use the present continuous tense.
The present continuous is formed using the present form of
“be” + the -ing form of any verb. The verb “stand” has been used in this example:
Singular
I am (I’m) standing
you are (you’re) standing
he / she / it is (he’s / she’s / it’s) standing
Plural
we are (we’re) standing
you are (you’re) standing
they are (they’re) standing
The present continuous tense is used to say what action is happening now. Often,
phrases such as “right now” or “at the moment” are added:
• Please be quiet. The baby is sleeping right now.
• Is she listening to the radio in her bedroom?
• I’m reading a really good book at the moment.
The present continuous is used to talk about things that you are doing now — even if
you have been doing them for a longer period of time. Time information can be added:
• My daughter’s learning French at school this year.
• Are they spending five days in London or ten?
• My mum is staying with us for a fortnight.
Complete the following sentences using
the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
a) Can John call you back? He ______________ (talk) to
his boss right now.
b) Owen ______________ (write) his memoirs.
c) Kylie can’t speak to you right now because she
______________ (have) a bath.
d) Nikki ______________ (study) German at Nottingham
University.
e) Alan ______________ (fly) to Majorca at the moment,
so his mobile phone isn’t on.
f) ______________ they ______________ (laugh) at us?
If you want to talk about
a fact, something that’s true
(wahr), or about something
you do regularly, you use the
present simple:
• My husband works for a
German company.
(not: is working)
• We visit my mother every
Saturday. (not: are visiting)
fortnight [(fO:tnaIt]
French [frentS]
Tips
zwei Wochen
Französisch
Fotos: iStock
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Answers: a) ’s talking; b) ’s writing; c) ’s having; d) ’s studying; e) ’s flying; f) Are, laughing

At the baker’s
Andrew and Donna are shopping in the village of Porlock.
By DAGMAR TAYLOR
Andrew: Can we go to the baker’s and get
some nice bread?
Donna: Yes. Look! There’s that new bakery
Betty was telling us about. Let’s go there.
Andrew: OK. Mmm, it smells fabulous!
Shop assistant: Good morning! How can I
help you?
Donna: Hello! Have you got any sourdough
bread?
Shop assistant: Yes, we have. It’s this one
here.
Andrew: That looks good. We’ll take one
loaf, please.
Shop assistant: Will that be all?
Donna: Yes, thank you.
Andrew: Wait, are those almond croissants?
Shop assistant: Yes, they are.
Andrew: I’ll take one of those, then, as well.
Donna: Actually, could you make that two,
please?
The Greens | GREEN LIGHT
• See 8 pictures in Green Light 1/14 for
more on the baker’s and other shops.
• When the shop assistant is ready to
serve (bedienen) you, he or she may
ask: How can I help you?
• If you want to know if a shop sells a particular
(bestimmt) item (Sache, Artikel),
you can ask: Have you got any...?
• If you would like something, you can
say: We’ll take... or “I’ll take...”
• Bread is usually baked in the shape
(Form) of a “roll” (Brötchen) or a loaf
(Laib). The plural is “loaves”.
• The shop assistant asks Will that be
all? to find out whether Andrew and
Donna want to buy anything else.
• If you want to change the number of
items you wish to buy, you can say:
Could you make that...?
Tips
Complete the questions below with
words from the list.
Listen to the dialogue at
www.spotlight-online.de/products/green-light
Could | Have | How | Will
a) ______ can I help you?
b) ______ you got any sourdough
bread?
c) ______ that be all?
d) ______ you make that two, please?
Donna
Andrew
almond [(A:mEnd]
bakery [(beIkEri]
fabulous [(fÄbjUlEs]
smell [smel]
sourdough [(saUEdEU]
Mandel
Bäckerei
fantastisch
riechen, duften
Sauerteig-
Answers: a) How; b) Have; c) Will; d) Could

GREEN LIGHT | Get writing
A mistake in an invoice
VANESSA CLARK helps you to write letters, e-mails and more in English.
This month: how to question a mistake in an invoice.
Invoice
To:
Cc:
Subject:
info@runcornrepairs.co.uk
Invoice
Dear Runcorn Repairs
Thank you for the invoice for the work you did on 31.01.2014.
I think there are two mistakes in the invoice. First, you have charged for four hours,
but your mechanic was here for only two hours. Second, on your website, it says that
your prices include tax, but you have added 20 per cent tax to those prices.
I calculate that the correct total is £100 (not £240). I would be grateful if you could send
me a new invoice.
Thank you for your help.
H. Jones
• An invoice is another word for a “bill”.
• If you think there is a mistake, it’s best to explain as clearly as you can. Say what the
invoice is for, e.g. for the work you did, “for the sofa you delivered (liefern)”, “for your
services”, etc.
• To show a mistake, you can say: You have charged for (verlangen, berechnen)..., but...
• Tax (Steuer) can sometimes be a problem. Do prices include (beinhalten) tax, or is the tax
added later?
• The big sum (Betrag) at the bottom of the bill is called the total (or the “total amount”).
Tips
Fotos: Bridgeman; dpa/picture alliance; iStock
calculate [(kÄlkjuleIt]
grateful [(greItf&l]
ausrechnen,
rechnen
dankbar
Highlight the key
words and phrases that you
would use if you needed to write an
e-mail or letter like this yourself.
Use
it!
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I like…
Culture corner | GREEN LIGHT
the Omega Workshops
Jeden Monat stellt ein Redakteur etwas Besonderes aus der
englischsprachigen Welt vor. Spotlight-Chefredakteurin
INEZ SHARP präsentiert hier ihre Lieblingsdesigner.
What it was
The Omega Workshops Ltd was an art and
design company started in 1913 in London
by a group of artists that included Vanessa
Bell (the sister of writer Virginia Woolf), Duncan
Grant and Roger Fry. The group was inspired
by the post-Impressionists as well as
cubist and Fauvist painters. Most importantly,
they thought there should be no difference
between high art and decorative art
— beautiful and useful products should be
available to everyone.
The Omega Workshops created highly
decorative and colourful furniture, textiles
and books. Sadly, the pieces were often not
of good quality, and the artists did not know
how to run a business.
Most Omega Workshops artists were
also members of the Bloomsbury Group
— writers, artists and intellectuals — who
were looking for a life in which pleasure
played an important role. This meant that
their personal lives were unconventional.
Affairs were accepted, as were relationships
between three
people. This free and
pleasurable lifestyle
did not last long, but
in the early years, the
artists and writers of
both the Omega
Workshops and the
Bloomsbury Group
followed a wild and
happy ideal.
Fun
facts
Why I like it
The Omega Workshops did not last long, but
looking at objects today (there is a screen
by Vanessa Bell in London’s Victoria and Albert
Museum), it is easy to see the enthusiasm
the painters had for new ideas and
ways of interpreting concepts. In the 1980s,
the clothing and textile company Laura Ashley
began reproducing Omega Workshops’
fabrics. The colours and patterns are still
fresh and modern, as if they had been designed
yesterday.
available [E(veIlEb&l] verfügbar
both ... and... [bEUT (End] sowohl ... als auch...
cubist [(kju:bIst] kubistisch
fabric [(fÄbrIk]
Stoff
Fauvist painter fauvistischer Maler
[)fEUvIst (peIntE]
include [In(klu:d] beinhalten, einschließen
last [lA:st]
bestehen bleiben,
(an)dauern
Ltd (Limited) [(lImItId] entspricht in etwa:
GmbH
pattern [(pÄt&n] Muster
pleasure [(pleZE] Spaß, Vergnügen
post-Impressionist Spätimpressionist
[)pEUst Im(preS&nIst]
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GREEN LIGHT | Notes and numbers
Zip codes
A zip code (UK: postcode) is a group of
numbers that is used in an address so that
letters can be delivered (zustellen) more
quickly. In the US, the zip code has five digits
(Ziffer, Stelle). Each digit is said separately
(getrennt, für sich). Most people say “oh”
for 0 because it’s shorter, but “zero” is also
possible.
• 38116 = three eight one one six
ZIP is an acronym (Kurzwort) for “zone improvement
plan”.
Your notes
Use this space for your own notes.
Write down the following zip codes
as you would say them.
a) 10023 one ________________________________
oh oh two three
b) 20500 ________________________________
c) 10118 ________________________________
d) 98052 ________________________________
e) 32830 ________________________________
The most famous zip code in
the US is 90210 (spoken “nine
oh two one oh”). It is the zip
code for Beverly Hills in
California. The zip code was
made famous by the US television
series of the same name.
Answers: b) two oh five oh oh; c) one oh one one eight;
d) nine eight oh five two; e) three two eight three oh
Foto: iStock
IMPRESSUM
Herausgeber und Verlagsleiter: Dr. Wolfgang Stock
Chefredakteurin: Inez Sharp
Stellvertretende Chefredakteurin: Claudine Weber-Hof
Chefin vom Dienst: Susanne Pfeifer
Autoren: Vanessa Clark, Stephanie Shellabear,
Dagmar Taylor
Redaktion: Owen Connors, Elisabeth Erpf, Anja Giese,
Peter Green, Reinhild Luk, Michael Pilewski (Online),
Michele Tilgner, Joanna Westcombe
Bildredaktion: Sarah Gough (Leitung), Thorsten Mansch
Gestaltung: Marion Sauer/Johannes Reiner
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Anzeigenleitung: Axel Zettler
Marketingleitung: Holger Hofmann
Produktionsleitung: Ingrid Sturm
Vertriebsleitung: Monika Wohlgemuth
Verlag und Redaktion: Spotlight Verlag GmbH
Postanschrift: Postfach 1565, 82144 Planegg, Deutschland
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Internet: www.spotlight-online.de
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Druck: Medienhaus Ortmeier, 48369 Saerbeck
© 2014 Spotlight Verlag, auch für alle genannten Autoren,
Fotografen und Mitarbeiter.
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THEFT AT THE VICARAGE
Apainting has been stolen from the
home of a vicar, and he’s not
happy about it. Who has taken it,
and where is it now? Inspector Davies and
his young assistant, Sergeant Pearce, are on the case.
I hope you enjoy this short mystery story that I’ve written specially for
readers of Spotlight. There are comprehension questions at the end of
each chapter (answers on page 23) as well as a full word list at the end
of the booklet. Will you be quicker at solving the mystery than my
two detectives?
Good luck!
Vanessa Clark
Spotlight author
IMPRESSUM
HERAUSGEBER UND VERLAGSLEITER:
Dr. Wolfgang Stock
CHEFREDAKTEURIN: Inez Sharp
STELLVERTRETENDE CHEFREDAKTEURIN:
Claudine Weber-Hof
CHEFIN VOM DIENST: Susanne Pfeifer
AUTORIN: Vanessa Clark
REDAKTION: Owen Connors, Elisabeth Erpf,
Anja Giese, Peter Green, Reinhild Luk,
Michael Pilewski (online), Stephanie Shellabear,
Michele Tilgner, Joanna Westcombe
BILDREDAKTION:
Sarah Gough (Leitung), Thorsten Mansch
GESTALTUNG: Marion Sauer, Johannes Reiner
www.vor-zeichen.de
VERTRIEBSLEITUNG: Monika Wohlgemuth
MARKETINGLEITUNG: Holger Hofmann
ANZEIGENLEITUNG: Axel Zettler
PRODUKTIONSLEITUNG: Ingrid Sturm
VERLAG UND REDAKTION:
Spotlight Verlag GmbH
Postanschrift: Postfach 1565, 82144 Planegg,
Deutschland
Hausanschrift: Fraunhoferstraße 22,
82152 Planegg, Deutschland
Telefon +49(0)89/8 56 81-0, Fax 8 56 81-105
Internet: www.spotlight-online.de
LITHO: HWM GmbH, 82152 Planegg
DRUCK: te Neues Druckereigesellschaft,
47906 Kempen
Fotos: Thinkstock
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THEFT AT THE VICARAGE
CHAPTER 1
You reported a theft, sir. Of a painting?”
“That’s right, officer. A very valuable
painting. It was stolen this morning,
while I was in the church. I was holding the
ten o’clock service. Someone must have come in and taken
it. Stealing from a vicarage! Do people have no shame?”
The young sergeant didn’t know how to answer. He didn’t want to get
into a discussion about the morals of modern society with an angry
vicar, so he continued with his own questions.
“How much was it worth?”
“I don’t know. If you were to ask me that tomorrow, I’d be able to give
you a better answer.”
Sergeant Pearce was confused. “What do you mean, sir?”
“We were going to send the painting to London to have it valued.”
“I see. And where was this picture?”
“Next to the front door, by all the coats.”
“That’s a strange place to hang a picture.”
“No, it wasn’t hanging there. It was in a box, waiting to be collected,
to go to London to be valued. Aren’t you listening?”
collect [kE(lekt]
sergeant [(sA:dZEnt]
service [(s§:vIs]
value [(vÄlju:]
vicar [(vIkE]
vicarage [(vIkErIdZ]
hier: abholen
Polizist eines unteren Dienstgrades
hier: Gottesdienst
hier: schätzen (lassen)
Pfarrer, Pastor
Pfarrhaus
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When Sergeant Pearce’s boss, Inspector Davies, had told him that they
were going to the church of St Mary in the village of Little Wittenham,
he had imagined that its vicar would be a sweet old gentleman. But
Reverend Burton wasn’t like that at all.
“How did the thief, or thieves, get into the house, sir? Are there any
signs of a break-in? A broken window, perhaps?”
“No, they must have come through the front door.”
“Did they break it down?”
“No. It wasn’t locked. We never lock our door. This is a vicarage. Everyone
is welcome in our house. We are here to serve the community.”
Sergeant Pearce wanted to roll his eyes, but he didn’t. Inspector Davies
always told him he should treat all members of the public with respect.
At that moment, the inspector himself came into the room with the
vicar’s wife, who was bringing cups of tea.
1. Where, what, how?
Underline the correct words to complete the following facts.
a) The owner of the painting works at the village church / in an art
gallery.
b) The value of the painting is known / unknown.
c) The painting was on the wall / in a box next to the front door.
d) The thief had to / didn’t have to break down the door.
e) Sergeant Pearce has a high / low opinion of the owner.
reverend [(rev&rEnd]
roll one’s eyes [)rEUl wVnz (aIz]
hier: Hochwürden
die Augen verdrehen
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THEFT AT THE VICARAGE
CHAPTER 2
Sergeant Pearce thought that Mrs Burton was “a bit of a
hippy”. She had long hair, a long skirt, a long scarf and long
earrings. She had made regular English tea for the three men,
but fruit tea for herself.
“Ah, a cup of tea. The best solution to life’s problems, wouldn’t you
say, Inspector?”
“Absolutely, Reverend. I hope my sergeant has taken down all the important
information from you.”
“He’s done his best.”
Inspector Davies added milk to his tea. “Your wife tells me that the
painting was a Felton, Reverend.”
“Your sergeant didn’t seem very interested in the painting itself, only
in our security arrangements. I doubt whether the name ‘Felton’ means
anything to him.”
Inspector Davies turned to his young sergeant and explained: “Reginald
Felton, 19th-century painter, member of the Royal Academy.”
“And my great-great-grandfather,” added Mrs Burton.
“What was the painting of?” asked Sergeant Pearce. “A bowl of fruit,
or...?” He couldn’t think of any more examples of paintings.
“It was a nude,” explained Mrs Burton.
“A naked woman?” asked the sergeant.
great-great-grandfather [)greIt greIt (grÄnd)fA:DE]
nude [nju:d]
Ururgroßvater
Aktdarstellung
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“Yes,” answered the vicar. “It wasn’t suitable for a vicarage.”
“I don’t see why not,” said Mrs Burton. “God created man and woman
in his own image. That’s what the Bible says. We shouldn’t be ashamed
of our bodies.”
“We kept it in the attic,” said her husband, “until yesterday, when we
brought it down. We wanted to sell it, to have some money to help
our son when he goes to university. And now it’s gone. My valuable
painting!”
“Your painting, Reverend? Surely it belonged to your wife — if it came
from her family?” asked Inspector Davies.
attic [(ÄtIk]
in his own image [In hIz )EUn (ImIdZ]
Dachboden
nach seinem Ebenbild
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THEFT AT THE VICARAGE
“Well, our painting,” the vicar corrected himself. “Legally, of course,
it belonged to us both. ‘With all my worldly goods I thee endow.’
Those are the words of the marriage ceremony, aren’t they?”
“Yes,” answered his wife. “‘For better or for worse.’ That’s what we
promised,” said Mrs Burton as she put down her empty cup.
“Could we speak to your son?” asked the inspector.
“You’ll find him in his bedroom,” said Mrs Burton.
“On the computer, as always,” added her husband.
2. Describe the Burtons
The Reverend and Mrs Burton have different personalities.
Do the adjectives below describe the husband or the wife?
a) arrogant
b) conventional
c) relaxed
d) strict
e) open
husband
wife
for better or for worse [fE )betE O: fE (w§:s]
with all my worldly goods I thee endow
[wID )O:l maI )w§:ldli )gUdz aI )Di In(daU]
in guten wie in schlechten Tagen
mit allen meinen weltlichen
Gütern beschenke ich Dich
(Ehegelöbnis der anglikanischen
Kirche beim Anstecken der Ringe)
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CHAPTER 3
Robbie Burton turned off his computer when the two police
officers knocked on his door. “Mum said you might
want to talk to me.”
“May we open the curtains? It’s a bit dark in here.”
“Oh, sorry. I forget to open them when I’m playing.”
As the sunlight came into the room, the two men could see dirty cups
and plates everywhere.
“What do you play?” asked the young sergeant, who was quite keen
on computer games.
“Oh, er, nothing special.”
“What can you tell us about the painting, Robbie?” asked Inspector
Davies.
“Nothing, really. Mum asked me to bring it down yesterday. Then
we packed it in a box.”
“You and your mother together?”
“Yes. Dad was at one of his Bible groups.”
“Your mum seems like a very nice lady, Robbie,” said the inspector.
“Yeah, she’s cool.”
“What’s it like, being a vicar’s son?”
“He hasn’t always been a vicar. He and Mum used to travel a lot. They
were interested in spiritual things. I was born on a kibbutz. And then
keen: be ~ on [ki:n]
von etw. begeistert sein
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Dad found God and decided to enter the Church. He changed a lot.”
“That must have been difficult for you.”
“Well, it’s worse for Mum. She’s not really the typical vicar’s wife, is
she? She doesn’t even believe in God. She’s more interested in Buddhism
and stuff like that.”
“So you and your mother were both at home this morning, not at
church?”
“Well, Mum did go to church, actually. Sometimes, she likes to sit at
the back and think.”
“What does she think about?”
“Leaving Dad, probably. She’s not bad for her age, you know. If she
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played her cards right, she could get a second husband. She’s always
threatening to leave Dad, to walk away from the table. Maybe one day
he’ll call her bluff and tell her to go.”
“What would your father do then?”
“Marry one of the women from his Bible-study class, I expect. They
all fancy him.”
“But you won’t be here, will you? You’re off to university.”
“No. Why would I want to do that?”
3. True or false?
Which three of the following sentences are true?
Correct the two false ones.
a) Robbie spends a lot of time in his room.
b) He helped his father to pack the painting.
c) His parents have different feelings about religion.
d) His mother had been to church that day.
e) Robbie is planning to study at university.
true
false
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
call sb.’s bluff [)kO:l )sVmbEdiz (blVf]
fancy sb. [(fÄnsi] UK ifml.
play one’s cards right
[)pleI wVnz (kA:dz )raIt]
jmdn. zwingen, Farbe zu bekennen
auf jmdn. stehen
die Trümpfe richtig auspielen
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THEFT AT THE VICARAGE
CHAPTER 4
As Sergeant Pearce drove away from the vicarage, he shook
his head. “A valuable painting taken from an unlocked
house. There’s not much we can do about that, is there,
sir? These people behave like idiots, and then they want
us to run around and find their things for them. Or maybe they just
want to claim the insurance money.”
“It isn’t as simple as that,” said the inspector. “The insurance company
won’t pay a penny if the door was unlocked.”
“I hadn’t thought of that.”
“But I don’t like that vicar,” continued the young sergeant. “He tells
lies. He said he wanted to sell the painting to send his son to university,
but the boy doesn’t have any plans to study.”
“So, we need to think of another reason for selling the painting. Think
a little more and judge a little less, Sergeant. Judge not, that ye be not
judged.”
“What, sir?”
“It’s from the Bible, Pearce.”
“Oh! And does the Bible have any tips to help find this painting?”
“Yes. It tells us exactly what we should do: ‘Seek and ye shall find.’”
claim [kleIm]
judge not, that ye be not judged
[)dZVdZ nQt DÄt (ji: bi nQt )dZVdZd]
seek and ye shall find
[)si:k End )ji S&l (faInd]
Anspruch erheben auf, geltend machen
richtet nicht, auf dass ihr nicht
gerichtet werdet
suchet und ihr werdet finden
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“Very funny, sir. But where can
we start? There’s no evidence.
No broken lock. No broken
window. No fingerprints — or
rather, there will be hundreds
of fingerprints from everyone
in the village. Everyone knows
that the door is always open
and that Sunday morning is
the perfect time to come in.
The son wouldn’t notice if 20 thieves came into the house — as long
as they didn’t take his computer.”
“Stop the car, Pearce!”
Inspector Davies pointed to a small shop. “There’s an art gallery. If
we’re looking for a painting, then that would be a good place to start.”
4. Describe the detectives
Choose the correct word(s) to complete the following sentences.
a) Sergeant Pearce feels optimistic / pessimistic about the case.
b) Sergeant Pearce is quite tolerant / judgemental.
c) Inspector Davies seems a simple / well-educated man.
d) Inspector Davies is more / less intelligent than the sergeant.
e) Sergeant Pearce feels that they have a lot of / don’t have many
clues to help solve the case.
judgemental [dZVdZ(ment&l]
voreingenommen
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THEFT AT THE VICARAGE
CHAPTER 5
The gallery
was light and
modern. The
walls were covered
with watercolour paintings.
Most were landscapes and
views of the village — cottages,
gardens, the pub. “Clichés,” thought
Inspector Davies.
The owner of the gallery came into the
shop from his back room, wiping his
hands on a cloth.
“Good afternoon, gentlemen. Please
feel free to look around.”
“You have some nice pictures here. Are
they all yours?”
“Yes, they are. I find my inspiration in
the countryside around here.”
“I’m surprised to find a gallery like this
in a small village. Do you get many
customers?” asked Inspector Davies,
looking around the empty shop.
cloth [klQT]
watercolour painting [(wO:tEkVlE )peIntIN]
Tuch
Aquarellbild
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“Tourists, mostly. Are you and your partner on holiday?” he asked,
looking towards Sergeant Pearce.
“Oh, no. My, er, partner and I are police officers,” explained the inspector
quickly. “We’re investigating the disappearance of a valuable
painting from the vicarage.”
“From the vicarage? That’s impossible. George Burton has nothing of
beauty or value in his house. Well, nothing he appreciates.”
Sergeant Pearce didn’t like the gallery owner’s manner. “May we take
a look in your back room?” he asked, and he went through before the
gallery owner could say a word.
“Quick, sir! Come and see what I’ve found!” came the sergeant’s voice.
“What is it?”
“A naked woman, sir. I mean, a painting of a naked woman. A nude!”
When all three men were standing in front of the picture, the gallery
owner began laughing, and Inspector Davies had to smile, too.
“What’s so funny?” asked the young sergeant.
“Well, Pearce. Where shall I begin? Firstly, we’re looking for an oil
painting, and this is a watercolour. Secondly, we’re looking for a Victorian
woman, and this one has a very modern tattoo of a lotus flower
on her bottom. And thirdly, we’re looking for a painting that’s a hundred
years old, whereas this one is still wet.”
appreciate [E(pri:SieIt]
bottom [(bQtEm] UK
tattoo [tÄ(tu:]
zu schätzen wissen
hier: Po
Tätowierung
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5. Something is missing
Fill in the missing letters to complete this summary
of the previous chapter.
The gallery had (a) w _ t _ _ c _ l _ _ r paintings of the village. There
weren’t any (b) c _ _ t _ m _ _ s in the gallery. When Inspector Davies
explained that they were (c) i _ v _ _ t _ g _ t _ _ g the theft of a painting
from the vicarage, the gallery owner said that Reverend Burton didn’t
(d) a _ p _ _ c _ a _ e the good things in his house. Then the sergeant
thought he had found the missing painting in the (e) b _ c _ r _ _ m,
but it was the wrong one. It was a (f) n_ _ e, but it was freshly painted,
and the woman had a tattoo on her (g) b _ t _ _ m.
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Back in the car, Sergeant Pearce sighed: “This is a hopeless
case, sir. We need a miracle.”
“Oh thou of little faith!”
“Is that from the Bible, too, sir?”
“Indeed. We don’t need a miracle; we just need to think. I suggest that
you phone the big auction houses in London and ask about the sale
of a Felton within the last year. Do it now. Then perhaps we can clear
this mystery up before we leave the village. I don’t want to have to
come all the way back again, especially when I suspect that no crime
has been committed.”
Within a couple of minutes, they had their answer. A Felton had been
sold for more than £10,000 eight months before. The owner was a
Mrs Burton.
“So she sold her own painting?” asked the sergeant.
“That’s right,” answered the inspector. “She needed the money. Probably
for her lover.”
“Her lover?”
“Yes, the artist. That gallery must lose money month after month, but
it’s still open.”
commit (a crime) [kE(mIt]
miracle [(mIrEk&l]
Oh thou of little faith! [EU )DaU Ev )lIt&l (feIT]
sigh [saI]
suspect [sE(spekt]
(ein Verbrechen) begehen
Wunder
Oh, ihr Kleingläubigen!
seufzen
vermuten
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“But why do you think that they’re lovers?”
“Well, Mrs Burton’s marriage clearly isn’t a happy one. Her husband had
a fundamental change of belief. That puts a lot of stress on a marriage.”
“And he’s a pain in the arse,” added Pearce.
“Thank you for that useful comment, Sergeant.”
“Sorry, sir. The artist is a creative type. Mrs B would like that. But we
have no proof.”
“I think we would have some proof if we looked at his bank statements
— or at her bottom.”
“Her bottom?!”
“Yes. I wouldn’t be surprised to find a tattoo there of a lotus flower —
a Buddhist symbol. I don’t think that painting in the back room was
for the gallery; it was a labour of love. And that’s an expression from
the Bible, too, Pearce, just for your religious education.”
“Thank you, sir. So, she gave him the £10,000?”
“Well, I think she may have used some of the money to pay her son’s
gambling debts.”
“What gambling debts, sir?”
“I’m not 100 per cent sure, but he spends a lot of time on that computer.
And did you notice how he used a lot of gambling expressions?”
“How do you mean?”
bank statement [(bÄNk )steItmEnt]
gambling debts [(gÄmblIN dets]
labour of love [)leIbE Ev (lVv]
pain in the arse [)peIn In Di (A:s] vulg.
Bankauszug
Spielschulden
Liebesdienst
hier: Nervensäge
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“He talked about ‘playing your cards right’, ‘walking away from the
table’ and ‘calling someone’s bluff’. Those are all gambling
expressions. He has a gambler’s mentality.”
Sergeant Pearce was ready for action. “Right, so now
we need to look at Mrs Burton’s bank accounts.”
“Not so fast, Pearce. We don’t need to prove anything.
If my theory is correct, no crime has
been committed. Mrs Burton simply sold her
own painting and used the money in a perfectly
legal way. Then, when her husband announced
that he wanted to sell the painting...”
“Yes, why did he need the money?”
“It doesn’t matter. It could be for his son’s education, a new car or to
repair the vicarage roof. Who knows? But when he suggested selling
the painting, his wife probably panicked. She asked her son to pretend
to get the painting out of the attic while his father was out and then
to place an empty box in the hall. Remember, no one saw the painting;
they only saw the box.”
“And it would have been easy to take the empty box away while they
were at church,” added the sergeant. “The son could have done it. Or
the artist. Or even Mrs B: from the back of the church, it would be
easy to slip out for five minutes.”
“Yes, and then her husband would think it had been stolen.”
panic [(pÄnIk]
slip out [slIp (aUt]
Panik bekommen
sich hinausschleichen
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“So, let’s go back to the vicarage,” said Sergeant Pearce, starting the car.
“Reverend Burton is going to explode when we tell him about his wife’s
affair and his son’s gambling debts,” he added with a big grin.
“No, we’ll just have a quiet word with Mrs Burton, and she can tell
her husband herself.”
“Oh, OK. And then we can go back to the station. I should have gone
off duty ten minutes ago.”
“Ah, Pearce, there’s no peace for the wicked.”
“Is that from the Bible, too, sir?”
“How did you guess?”
go off duty [)gEU Qf (dju:ti]
grin [grIn]
there’s no peace for the wicked
[)DEz nEU )pi:s fE DE (wIkId]
Dienstschluss haben
Grinsen
die Ruchlosen finden keinen Frieden
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6. What really happened?
Inspector Davies thinks that no crime has been committed.
Match the sentence halves below to explain his theory.
a) Mrs Burton had already sold the painting...
b) She was probably having an affair...
c) She was probably the model...
d) She might have given the money to her lover...
e) She might have used the money to help her son...
f) When her husband suggested selling the painting,...
g) She asked Robbie to pretend...
h) They placed an empty box in the hall...
1. and took it away during the church service.
2. because he had a gambling problem.
3. eight months earlier.
4. with the lotus-flower tattoo.
5. she panicked.
6. to get the painting out of the attic.
7. to keep his gallery open.
8. with the gallery owner.
a ➯
c ➯
e ➯
g ➯
b ➯
d ➯
f
➯
h ➯
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COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL WORD LIST
appreciate [E(pri:SieIt]
attic [(ÄtIk]
bank statement [(bÄNk )steItmEnt]
bottom [(bQtEm] UK
call sb.’s bluff [)kO:l )sVmbEdiz (blVf]
claim [kleIm]
cloth [klQT]
collect [kE(lekt]
commit (a crime) [kE(mIt]
fancy sb. [(fÄnsi] UK ifml.
for better or for worse
[fE )betE O: fE (w§:s]
gambling debts [(gÄmblIN dets]
go off duty [)gEU Qf (dju:ti]
great-great-grandfather
[)greIt greIt (grÄnd)fA:DE]
grin [grIn]
in his own image [In hIz )EUn (ImIdZ]
judgemental [dZVdZ(ment&l]
judge not, that ye be not judged
[)dZVdZ nQt DÄt (ji: bi nQt )dZVdZd]
keen: be ~ on [ki:n]
labour of love [)leIbE Ev (lVv]
miracle [(mIrEk&l]
nude [nju:d]
Oh thou of little faith!
[EU )DaU Ev )lIt&l (feIT]
pain in the arse [)peIn In Di (A:s] vulg.
panic [(pÄnIk]
play one’s cards right
[)pleI wVnz (kA:dz )raIt]
reverend [(rev&rEnd]
roll one’s eyes [)rEUl wVnz (aIz]
seek and ye shall find
[)si:k End )ji S&l (faInd]
zu schätzen wissen
Dachboden
Bankauszug
hier: Po
jmdn. zwingen, Farbe zu bekennen
Anspruch erheben auf, geltend machen
Tuch
hier: abholen
(ein Verbrechen) begehen
auf jmdn. stehen
in guten wie in schlechten Tagen
Spielschulden
Dienstschluss haben
Ururgroßvater
Grinsen
nach seinem Ebenbild
voreingenommen
richtet nicht, auf dass ihr nicht
gerichtet werdet
von etw. begeistert sein
Liebesdienst
Wunder
Aktdarstellung
Oh, ihr Kleingläubigen!
hier: Nervensäge
Panik bekommen
die Trümpfe richtig auspielen
hier: Hochwürden
die Augen verdrehen
suchet und ihr werdet finden
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sergeant [(sA:dZEnt]
service [(s§:vIs]
sigh [saI]
slip out [slIp (aUt]
suspect [sE(spekt]
tattoo [tÄ(tu:]
there’s no peace for the wicked
[)DEz nEU )pi:s fE DE (wIkId]
value [(vÄlju:]
vicar [(vIkE]
vicarage [(vIkErIdZ]
watercolour painting
[(wO:tEkVlE )peIntIN]
with all my worldly goods I thee
endow [wID )O:l maI )w§:ldli
)gUdz aI )Di In(daU]
Polizist eines unteren Dienstgrades
hier: Gottesdienst
seufzen
sich hinausschleichen
vermuten
Tätowierung
die Ruchlosen finden keinen Frieden
hier: schätzen (lassen)
Pfarrer, Pastor
Pfarrhaus
Aquarellbild
mit allen meinen weltlichen Gütern
beschenke ich Dich (Ehegelöbnis der
anglikanischen Kirche beim Anstecken
der Ringe)
Answers
1. Where, what, how? a) at the village church; b) unknown;
c) in a box; d) didn’t have to; e) low
2. Describe the Burtons: a) husband; b) husband; c) wife; d) husband;
e) wife
3. True or false? a) true; b) false (He helped his mother to pack the
painting.); c) true; d) true; e) false (Robbie isn’t planning to study.)
4. Describe the detectives: a) pessimistic; b) judgemental;
c) well-educated; d) more; e) don’t have many
5. Something is missing: a) watercolour; b) customers; c) investigating;
d) appreciate; e) back room; f) nude; g) bottom
6. What really happened? a–3; b–8; c–4; d–7; e–2; f–5; g–6; h–1
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