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EDITORIAL | July 2014
Small words with
big meanings
Schon
gehört?
Here are two questions: do you take a picture
“of” or “from” something? And do you go
“by” or “with” the car? If you are unsure which
of these short words, called prepositions, is
Inez Sharp, editor-in-chief
correct, our language feature, which begins
on page 14, is essential reading. Follow the story of Lucy and Adam’s holiday
and find out which prepositions are used where. It’s a fun and effective way to
learn about these small, but important words.
“I gaze across the bluest of seas directly at the magnificent Piton
Mountains,” writes author Eve Lucas of the view from her hotel room on the
Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. A paradise for holidaymakers, Saint Lucia has
broad white beaches and tropical rainforests. However, the island also has a
dark history, and its economic future is far from secure. Join our author in
discovering the light and shade of Saint Lucia. The story begins on page 30.
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As you read this, they will be completing their Abitur and launching
into new lives beyond school. We wish them every success.
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CONTENTS | July 2014
24
Saving the rhino
New models for tourism in Africa are helping to save
animals and people, too.
14
Fun with prepositions
Learn how to use prepositions such as “from”, “in”,
“out” and “to” with exercises based on a story.
WORD
POWER
6 People
Names and faces from around the world
8 A Day in My Life
A music programmer in Glasgow
10 World View
What’s news and what’s hot
13 Britain Today
Colin Beaven on Disney close to home
22 Food
All about British beer
28 I Ask Myself
Amy Argetsinger on George Clooney
36 Around Oz
Peter Flynn on meeting crocodiles
38 Debate
Adding fluoride to Irish drinking water
40 History
The start of the First World War 100 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 on privacy for all
68 Feedback & Impressum
Your letters to Spotlight — and our responses
69 Next Month
What’s coming next month in Spotlight
70 My Life in English
Top chef Wolfgang Puck on speaking English
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Beautiful Saint Lucia
Do you dream of an island paradise? Then the small
Caribbean getaway of Saint Lucia is perfect for you.
37
Easy English
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exercises? Then try the Green Light booklet.
IN THIS MAGAZINE: 14 LANGUAGE PAGES
50 Vocabulary
Words and phrases to describe shapes
52 Travel Talk
Going to a stage of the Tour de France
53 Language Cards
Pull out and practise
55 Everyday English
All about official documents
57 The Grammar Page
Using “if”, “unless” and “if ... not”
58 Peggy’s Place: The Soap
The latest from a London pub
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59 English at Work
Ken Taylor answers your questions
60 Spoken English
Talking about memory
61 Word Builder
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62 Perfectionists Only!
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63 Crossword
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PEOPLE | Names and Faces
The racing driver
Susie Wolff is fast — very, very
fast. The 31-year-old is taking
part in practice sessions at the
Formula One Grand Prix in Britain
and Germany this month. This
makes Wolff the first woman in 22
years to take part in a Formula One
event. She hopes that soon, she will
be doing more than a practice session.
Her goal is to compete in races.
The last time a woman did that was
in 1975.
Driving a racing car requires
great physical strength. Driving at
high speeds on the racetrack can feel
as if 40 kilograms are pressed against
your head and neck. Many people
don’t believe that women can compete
with men in Formula One. But
if anyone can prove them wrong, it
is Wolff.
Born on 6 December 1982 in
the small town of Oban, Scotland,
claim [kleIm]
conspiracy [kEn(spIrEsi]
development driver
[di(velEpmEnt )draIvE]
executive director [Ig)zekjUtIv daI&(rektE]
forgery [(fO:dZEri]
genuine [(dZenjuIn]
papyrus [pE(paI&rEs]
pregnancy [(pregnEnsi]
prove sb. wrong [)pru:v (rQN]
racetrack [(reIstrÄk]
split [splIt]
Who exactly is…
Susie
Wolff?
Wolff began riding a four-wheeled
bike at the age of two. When she was
eight, she started go-karting with her
older brother. She didn’t realize that
go-karting was “a boys’ sport” until
she was 14 years old. To her, this
wasn’t important anyway.
All of Wolff’s adult life has been
spent in the world of racing, from
Formula Renault to DTM (the German
Touring Car Championship),
where she drove for Mercedes-Benz.
In 2012, she joined the Williams
Formula One team as a development
driver. Her husband, Toto Wolff, is
the team’s executive director.
Wolff has been called “the fastest
woman on earth”. What is it like to
drive faster than 300 kilometres per
hour? “When I’m out there, fear
never comes into it,” Wolff told The
Telegraph. “The only fear I’ve ever experienced
is of failure.”
Behauptung
Verschwörung
Entwicklungs-, Testfahrer(in)
Motorsportchef(in), Hauptgeschäftsführer(in)
Fälschung
echt
Schwangerschaft
jmdm. das Gegenteil beweisen
Rennbahn, Rennstrecke
hier: Bruch
In the news
For more than
2,000 years, people
have been
discussing who
Jesus real ly
was. Now, Maclean’s
reports, the debate is heating
up: it appears that a piece of papyrus
referring to Jesus’s “wife” may be genuine.
Tests show that the papyrus is
from the eighth century. Fans of The
Da Vinci Code will be thrilled — was
Jesus really married to Mary Magdalene,
as Dan Brown suggests? There is
reason to be sceptical about the claim,
however. Some historians think the
text may be a forgery, even if the papyrus
is 1,300 years old.
It’s big news, and not only for Bill and
Hillary: Chelsea Clinton is having
a baby. Is this a sign of a happy family
or of a dark conspiracy? Is the baby
part of a plan to help Hillary Clinton
“soften her image” and win the presidency
in 2016? A New York Times writer
suggested this, and The Guardian
reports that there have been other
strange reactions to the news of the
pregnancy. TV’s Charlie
Rose asked the
burning question:
“Grandmother or
president?” In other
words, can Hillary
hope to have it all?
In the 1990s, Prince had a very public
split with Warner Brothers Records.
The singer was so angry with the label
that he began writing the word
“slave” on his face. The announcement
that Prince has re-signed with Warner
Brothers came as a surprise, therefore.
Prince said both he and the label
were “quite pleased with the results of
the negotiations”. Watch for the 30thanniversary
edition of Prince’s hit album
Purple Rain, out this month.
Fotos: action press; dpa/Picture Alliance; getty images; NPG Records; Williams Martini Racing
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Out of the ordinary
Writing was invented in Iraq, but today, about 20 per cent of Iraqis
can neither read nor write, and few are interested in books. However,
a 26-year-old named Ali al-Makhzomy thinks that books will
help rebuild a “more civilized” Iraq. Makhzomy is starting a public
library in a Baghdad cafe. Some of the 800 books there are from
his personal collection; others have been donated. “Many young
people say, ‘I just want to leave Iraq,’” Makhzomy told The Washington
Post. “They see violence everywhere, no respect for the law
... but when we do these cultural activities, we link Iraq’s heritage to
their hearts.”
When Pascale Honore goes surfing
near Adelaide, Australia, people stare.
That’s because the 51-year-old has been
paralysed for the past 20 years. But her
friend Tyron Swan had a good idea: if
he could somehow attach Honore to
his back, they could surf together. After
some experimentation, they found that
duct tape worked perfectly. “The fact
that I’m in a chair, which everybody sees
as a big challenge, [hasn’t pre vented
me from] doing something that some
able-bodied people may never do,” Honore
told Today.
Even Buddhist monks can forget things. Lelung Rinpoche, a
monk from Tibet, was on the London Tube, when he saw the city’s
mayor, Boris Johnson. Rinpoche asked him if he could take a photo,
and then they chatted about Tibet. So far, so good. When Rinpoche
noticed that the train was at his stop, however, he got off in a hurry
and left his laptop behind. This contained his life’s work: 900 pages
on the history of Buddhism. “The two books were nearly at a stage
where I could publish them,” he told the Evening Standard. “But I
have lost almost all of it. As a Buddhist, I will leave this body behind,
and there’s no point in crying over it.” At least he got a good “selfie”
with Johnson.
able-bodied [)eIb&l (bQdid]
chair [tSeE]
co-found [kEU (faUnd]
debating society
[di(beItIN sE)saIEti]
donate [dEU(neIt]
duct tape [(dVkt teIp] N. Am.
heritage [(herItIdZ]
mayor [meE]
monk [mVNk]
paralysed [(pÄrElaIzd]
run sth. [rVn]
run for [(rVn fE]
Tube [tju:b] UK ifml.
unique [ju(ni:k]
upwardly mobile
[)VpwEdli (mEUbaI&l]
Texts by RITA FORBES
Teamwork: Honore
and Swan go surfing
nicht (körper)behindert
hier: Rollstuhl
mitbegründen
Debattierclub
spenden
Isolierband
Erbe, Kultur
Bürgermeister(in)
Mönch
gelähmt
etw. betreiben, führen
kandidieren
(Londoner) U-Bahn
einzigartig, besonders
sozial aufsteigend
The newcomer
• Name: Lupita Nyong’o
• Age: 31
• Profession: actor
• She is: the second of six children.
• Background: Nyong’o was born in Mexico City,
but grew up in Kenya. Her father is a Kenyan
politician. From 2009 to 2012, she acted in a
Kenyan TV series called Shuga. She has a
master’s degree from the Yale School of
Drama.
• Where you’ve seen her: As Patsey in
2013’s 12 Years a Slave (a role for which
she won an Oscar) and on the cover of
People magazine, which named Nyong’o
the most beautiful person of 2014.
• Where you will see her: More films
are coming up. Look for her, too, in advertising
for the cosmetics company
Lancôme — she is the face of a campaign
beginning this summer.
Happy birthday!
Everything Arianna Huffington touches seems to turn
to gold. The Huffington Post, which she co-founded, has
won a Pulitzer Prize and is the second most popular
news website in the world. Huffington will be 64 years
old on 15 July — and she is working as hard as ever.
She has been called “the most upwardly mobile Greek
since Icarus”. In 1969, Huffington began studying at Cambridge
after moving from Athens to the UK. Students
made fun of her Greek accent, but Huffington became
president of the university’s famous debating society.
She published an anti-feminist book, The Female
Woman, in 1973. In 1986, she married billionaire Michael
Huffington. They divorced after nine years. Although she
had been a conservative Republican, Arianna switched
her politics and ran for governor of California as an independent
in 2003. She lost to Arnold Schwarzenegger,
but this “failure” led to the creation of The
Huffington Post in 2005.
In 2011, she sold the site to AOL for
$315 million — and continued to run it.
A unique feature of the “online newspaper”
is its blog: some 9,000 unpaid
bloggers write for Huffington.
“I love getting people to write
things,” she told The Guardian.
Huffington’s 14th book,
Thrive, was published earlier
this year and became a bestseller.
It is a call to find a better
work-life balance.
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A DAY IN MY LIFE | Scotland
The music man
Having fun at work:
Scottish music programmer
Fielding Hope
Fielding Hope, ein Musikprogrammierer
aus Glasgow, beschreibt seinen beruflichen
Alltag, der alles andere als alltäglich ist.
TOBY SKINGSLEY berichtet.
My name is Fielding Hope. I’m 25, and I’m the
music programmer at Nice’N’Sleazy, an independent
venue in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. I’m
responsible for the gigs and club events there. I specialize
in music that I consider cutting edge, groundbreaking or
cross-genre. I’m mainly interested in artists who are exciting
and adventurous and who are making something
really original.
I didn’t choose this career. I graduated in film studies,
but realized that music was my main passion. I fell into
this job through someone I know who recommended me
— and I’ve now been here for three years.
On a typical day, I get up around 9 or 10 o’clock,
drink lots of coffee and read a few e-mails. Sometimes,
I go for a swim. I get to Nice’N’Sleazy at around 12 or
1 p.m., as most people in the music industry aren’t on
their e-mail until then. I usually start with diary work,
which means answering enquiries from people who want
to hire the venue for gigs, club or art events.
I also spend time researching bands for events that I
will organize myself. I look at magazines, important music
websites and blogs, and use Facebook and Twitter to get
a sense of what is going on in the city. There are various
bits and bobs that I have to do in the run-up to a show as
well. I promote it, and if a touring band is coming, there
are contracts to be made. There’s not a set structure to my
job. It’s a constant flow of work, and I don’t usually take
a lunch break.
Booking a band at Nice’N’Sleazy can work in various
ways. Promoters or bands can book the venue and
promote the event themselves; but there are also events
for which I’m the promoter. In these cases, I either get
in touch with a band through research, or a band gets in
touch with me. A lot of agents also message me saying:
“We have these artists touring.” And if I find them interesting,
we agree on a fee for them. Generally, I’m the
one who books the support acts: I feel connected to the
underground music scene in Scotland and have enough
knowledge and contacts to book the right bands.
cutting edge [)kVtIN (edZ]
fee [fi:]
film studies [(fIlm )stVdiz]
gig [gIg] ifml.
graduate [(grÄdZueIt]
groundbreaking
[(graUnd)breIkIN]
message sb. [(mesIdZ]
run-up: in the ~ to sth.
[(rVn Vp]
support act [sE(pO:t Äkt]
touch: get in ~ with sb.
[tVtS]
venue [(venju:]
topaktuell
hier: Gage
Filmwissenschaft
Auftritt
einen (Hoch)Schulabschluss machen
innovativ, originell
hier: jmdm. eine SMS schicken
im Vorfeld von etw.
Vorprogramm, Vorgruppe
sich mit jmdm. in Verbindung setzen
Veranstaltungsort; hier: Musikkneipe
Fotos: iStock; T. Skingsley
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INFO TO GO
One of the good things about my job is the high level
of creative control. I don’t book bands based on their
merit alone. If I don’t think they’re interesting, it’s a waste
of time. I can’t feel enthusiasm for the show if it’s not
something I believe in. I’m quite particular about making
sure the acts here will get people excited and will potentially
pull a crowd.
I usually work until 8 p.m., but it can vary. I run my
own events — from the time the bands arrive at 4 to when
they leave at 11.30 or midnight. Sometimes, I finish at
6 p.m. and go back in later to see a show. I like seeing
stuff in other places, too, as there are a lot of exciting live
music venues in Glasgow. I’m also a DJ at Nice’N’Sleazy
once a month, as well as in other places in Glasgow like
Distill and The 78, which is a vegan cafe in the West End.
Otherwise, I see my girlfriend or friends, or I go to the
cinema, which is a way to switch off.
In addition to my job at Nice’N’Sleazy, I run independent
events under the pseudonym of Cry Parrot. I’ve
been doing that for around seven years. I’m also being
funded by an arts foundation to produce the music programme
for the Dundee Contemporary Arts centre. I’m
open to doing more things Scotland-wide if the right opportunity
comes up.
act [Äkt]
hier: Band, Gruppe
by chance [baI (tSA:ns]
durch Zufall
cloth [klQT]
Tuch, Stoff
fund [fVnd]
finanziell unterstützen
marmalade [(mA:mEleId]
Zitrus-/Orangenmarmelade
merit [(merIt] Leistung ( p. 61)
particular [pE(tIkjUlE]
hier: eigen, wählerisch
pride oneself on sth.
[(praId wVn)self Qn]
pull a crowd [)pUl E (kraUd] ifml.
run sth. [rVn]
vegetable fibre
[)vedZtEb&l (faIbE]
auf etw. (besonders) stolz
sein
Leute anziehen
hier: etw. durchführen,
organisieren
Pflanzenfaser
Hope works at Nice’N’Sleazy, a popular Glasgow club
fall into something
In the text, Fielding Hope says that he didn’t choose his
career as a music programmer, but that he “fell into” the
job because someone he knew recommended him for the
position. The expression “to fall into something” means
that you start to do something quite by chance. It is a
neutral statement: if you like what you have fallen into,
you may stay with it — and if you don’t, you may stop. Try
using the expression in the following sentences.
a) I sort of ______ into acting. I used to be a salesman.
b) There wasn’t a time when I didn’t want to write fantasy
novels, so I couldn’t say that I ____ into it.
bits and bobs
The British expression “bits and bobs” (also “bits and
pieces”) means small things or tasks of different types.
The exact origin of the phrase is not known, but some
people think it comes from words used to refer to British
coins. The expression “odds and ends” is used in the same
way. For example: “Could you please clear your bits and
bobs / odds and ends from the kitchen table?” Which of
the following sentences uses the expression correctly?
a) Can you call my bits and bobs to ask if I can stay home
today?
b) I have so many bits and bobs to do, but I don’t know
where to start.
Dundee
Dundee, Scotland’s fourth-largest city, lies on the east
coast of the country near St Andrews, which is famous for
the Royal and Ancient Golf Club. Dundee has a population
of about 160,000 and prides itself on its three Js: jute, jam
and journalism. The first refers to the 19th-century trade
in a vegetable fibre used to make cloth. The second has to
do with the first commercially produced marmalade (see
“Culture corner” in Green Light 6/14), an industry started
in the late 18th century by Dundee’s own Janet Keiller. The
last J, journalism, comes from publisher D. C. Thomson &
Co., one of the city’s main employers. Romance novelist
Rosamunde Pilcher, who is from Cornwall, has made
Dundee her permanent home.
Answers: fall into something: a) fell (salesman: Verkäufer); b) fell;
bits and bobs: a) incorrect; b) correct
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WORLD VIEW | News in Brief
It’s a good month for…
the Tour de Yorkshire
BRITAIN The 101st Tour de France begins
on 5 July. Watched by millions, it is the biggest cycling
event in the world. The three-week competition has 21
stages and a length of 3,656 kilometres. This year’s Grand
Départ doesn’t take place in Paris — not even in France —
but in the northern English city of Leeds, West Yorkshire.
It is the 20th start outside France in the history of
the race, but only the second ever in the UK. The reputation
of the tour has been badly damaged by evidence of
drug-taking to improve performance. In the year that saw
the publication of Juliet Macur’s exposé Cycle of Lies: The
Swimming
for seaweed
Fall of Lance Armstrong, organizers and fans are hoping to
rebuild the name of the sport.
With the first two stages taking competitors through
Leeds, Harrogate, York and Sheffield, it is also an opportunity
for the region to establish itself as the home of UK
cycling. A report in The Yorkshire Post said that “this is a
chance to send out a resounding message that Yorkshire is
the new cycling capital of the world”. For more information,
see www.letour.fr
Enthüllungsbericht
hier: deutlich, durchschlagend
Meeresalgen
halb-
seicht
Suaheli
Ertrag
exposé [ek(spEUzeI]
resounding [ri(zaUndIN]
seaweed [(si:wi:d]
semi- [(semi]
shallow [(SÄlEU]
Swahili [swE(hi:li]
yield [ji:&ld]
TANZANIA Climate change has consequences for
millions of people around the world, especially those in coastal areas.
Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous island region of Tanzania, is no exception.
Here, in the shallow blue waters of the Indian Ocean, seaweed
is grown for export. A major industry for Zanzibar since the 1990s,
seaweed farming employs more than 20,000 people across the island
group, most of them women.
Seaweed, known as mwani in Swahili, is eaten as food and used in
medicine and cosmetics. Zanzibar was once the world’s third-largest
exporter of seaweed, but last year saw yields fall by nearly a third.
According to the BBC, rising sea temperatures are causing bacteria to
multiply on the seaweed, which prevents it from growing.
“Women are complaining that the seaweed is dying,” one farmer
told the BBC. “A lot of women have therefore left seaweed farming.”
Scientists say that farming it in cooler, deeper water may provide an
answer. This has already been successful on the island of Pemba,
where farms now provide 80 per cent of Zanzibar’s seaweed exports.
Unfortunately, there is one particular problem with deep-water seaweed
farms: the majority of Zanzibar’s women cannot swim.
Fotos: Corbis; dpa / Picture Alliance; iStock
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A teenage girl brings in
the seaweed harvest

Church brings job
satisfaction
BRITAIN It can be hard to find the right career. But
job satisfaction is often better than more money. That may be
why more young British people are deciding to become priests.
In 2013, 113 trainees joined the Church of England, the
highest number in 20 years. The same has been happening in the
Roman Catholic Church, with 63 young priests starting in England and
Wales in 2012 — twice as many as in 2003. Today’s trainees tend to be
younger, too. “Youth and vitality are huge assets,” a church worker
told The Economist.
It’s not an easy job: a church career means working more than 60
hours a week, including weekends. The job pays only around £24,000
(€29,000) a year, and church attendance is falling. However, a recent
survey showed that members of the clergy are happier in their work
than people in any other profession.
asset [(Äset]
clergy [(kl§:dZi]
trainee [)treI(ni:]
vitality [vaI(tÄlEti]
Stärke, Vorteil
Geistlichkeit, Pfarrerschaft
Auszubildende
Lebensfreude, Lebenskraft
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explosion of new British breweries,
with the total number now
estimated to be over ____ — the
highest in 70 years.
a) 660 b) 1,100 c) 1,400
2. BrewDog is Scotland’s...
a) most popular bar.
b) thirstiest pet.
c) biggest independent brewery.
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3. Which of the following is the
correct translation of “craft beer”?
a) handwerklich gebrautes Bier
b) selbstgebrautes Weizenbier
c) helles, obergäriges Bier
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Fährschifffahrtsunternehmen, betreibt
zehn Routen in der Nord- und Ostsee
mit den Reisezielen Baltikum, Norwegen
und natürlich Großbritannien. Zum
DFDS–Angebot gehören neben der
regulären Fährpassage unter anderem
auch PKW-Rundreisen durch Schottland
sowie Minikreuzfahrten und Städtetrips
nach Newcastle. Die Übernachtfähren
von Amsterdam nach Newcastle
bieten mit diversen Restaurants und
Showprogrammen alle Annehmlichkeiten
einer kleinen Kreuzfahrt.

WORLD VIEW | News in Brief
Don’t roll
your own
Loose tobacco:
not healthier
NEW ZEALAND Why do people roll their own cigarettes?
The New Zealand Herald says that some think it’s cheaper than buying
factory-made smokes. Many are of the opinion, too, that self-rolled cigarettes
are less harmful to their health. An expert in New Zealand is now
campaigning against this perception and recommending that the government
ban the sale of loose tobacco.
Professor Richard Edwards, head of public health at the University
of Otago, says that roll-your-own cigarettes are “more dangerous” than
standard cigarettes because of chemical additives. He says in New Zealand,
the concentration of additives is “higher in loose tobacco at about
18 per cent, compared with 0.5 per cent for factory-made cigarettes”.
“Given that roll-your-own is more dangerous than factory-manufactured
cigarettes, why do we allow them at all? Why not just get rid of them?”
Edwards told the press. Nearly 40 per cent of smokers in New Zealand
roll their own cigarettes, a rate considered to be extremely high compared
to other parts of the world.
additive [(ÄdEtIv]
affect [E(fekt]
approach [E(prEUtS]
ban [bÄn]
bark [bA:k]
detect [di(tekt]
findings [(faIndINz]
frivolous [(frIvElEs]
German shepherd [)dZ§:mEn (SepEd]
given that [(gIv&n DEt]
pancake [(pÄnkeIk]
perception [pE(sepS&n, US p&r(sepS&n]
renowned [ri(naUnd]
smoke [smEUk] ifml.
vet (veterinary surgeon) [vet]
vicious [(vISEs]
Zusatzstoff
beeinflussen
sich nähern
verbieten
bellen
aufspüren, feststellen
Ergebnisse
unseriös, albern
Deutscher Schäferhund
wenn man bedenkt, dass
Pfannkuchen
Auffassung, Vorstellung
berühmt
hier: Zigarette
Tierarzt, Tierärztin
bösartig
WHAT’S HOT
Fake dogs
BRITAIN Owning a dog is a
big responsibility: these animals
need human interaction and have to
be exercised. A dog costs money, too:
those trips to the vet can be quite
expensive.
Dog ownership has its positive aspects,
however. Dogs are “man’s best
friend”, and they help us to spend
more time outdoors. Their tendency
to bark when strangers approach is
also a plus for people’s personal security.
For those who want the security
without the responsibility, though, a
UK company now offers an alternative:
the barking dog alarm.
For £39.99, you can install this
battery-operated alarm wherever
you like. It uses radar technology to
detect movement — even through
walls and doors. Once activated, it
produces the sound of a “vicious,
barking German shepherd”.
For more information, see
www.clifford-james.co.uk
Just add
batteries:
the barking
machine
The flattest of them all?
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UNITED STATES Some states have all the luck:
California and Florida are popular for their sunny beaches, while Colorado
and Alaska have phenomenal mountains. Hawaii has it all. But
Kansas, background to the musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz, is
renowned for being flat.
Years ago, the scientific humor magazine Annals of Improbable
Research published a study declaring Kansas to be “flatter than a
pancake.” While the report made people laugh, it also inspired geographers
at the University of Kansas to challenge the findings. Using
special algorithms, they found that parts of Kansas really are completely
flat — but the state is not the nation’s flattest. Six others are
flatter: Delaware, Minnesota, Louisiana, North Dakota, Illinois, and the
flattest of the flat, Florida.
By JULIAN EARWAKER
Spotlight 7|14
and CLAUDINE WEBER-HOF
“For those who think this is a frivolous study: [it] is important
because it really does affect people’s perceptions,” Professor Jerome
Dobson told The Atlantic. “People don’t apply for jobs here because
they think it’s flat and boring.”
Florida: the flattest
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Britain Today | COLIN BEAVEN
Why are
there so many
unwanted
ornaments?
Disney on your
doorstep
Um Disney-Figuren zu bewundern, muss man nicht unbedingt nach
Florida oder Paris reisen. Ein Ausflug zum Wertstoffhof genügt.
Foto: iStock
Where do you go for the ideal
family holiday? For many,
it would mean a trip across
the Atlantic. Don’t all parents want
to take their kids to Disney World?
The flights, of course, are long
and expensive — and they don’t do
much to stop climate change. Why
go to Disney World if we melt so
much ice from the poles to get there
that Florida’s flooded when we arrive?
If only Elsa, the icy princess from
the Disney film Frozen, could refreeze
our rising oceans. That would be
quite some happy ending, even for
Disney. Right now, though, perhaps
Donald Duck should start teaching
Mickey Mouse how to swim.
The Disney resort near Paris is a
much nearer option, of course, but
even that isn’t cheap. What we really
need is an Anglodisney, something
local we can visit without it costing
the earth and ruining the planet.
Fortunately, we have one, but I’m
not sure that people realize this. They
probably don’t even notice it when
they go there.
You’ll find it at the dump, the
place to which we take our rubbish
or recycling material when we have
more than fits in the bins that the
council comes and empties. “Dump”
isn’t an official name; the council
calls it the Household Waste Recycling
Centre. “Dump” is a more
practical word for it. It has containers
for paper, metal, wood and so on,
but also lots of old garden ornaments:
plastic gnomes, very small windmills
and miniature castles.
The containers go when they’re
full, but the ornaments stay. Our
dump now has so many it looks
more and more like the witch’s palace
in Narnia: full of dwarves and animals
that have been turned to stone
and are waiting for the lion Aslan to
come and bring them back to life.
Such a large collection is just asking
to be recycled as a low-cost theme
park, one where children could be
photographed next to their favourite
second-hand gnome.
Why are so many ornaments unwanted?
I suppose people leave them
behind when they sell their homes,
and new owners throw them away.
So it’s nice that staff at the dump
don’t want to see them without a
home. To see gnomes in that situation
would be very sad.
There may be a more ominous
explanation. The British government
has recently confirmed that if you
have a front garden, people can pay
you money to park there. You don’t
even need permission from the local
council. This can be especially interesting
for those who live near airports
where space in car parks is limited.
The British love turning front gardens
into parking spaces so that they
don’t have to park their car on the
road. Now, we can even earn money
if we let other people use our drive
while they’re away visiting Disney.
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
[)twenti )TaUz&nd (li:gz )VndE DE (si:]
bin [bIn] UK
council [(kaUns&l]
drive [draIv]
dwarf [dwO:f]
flood [flVd]
front garden [frVnt (gA:d&n]
gnome [nEUm]
theme park [(Ti:m pA:k]
turn to stone [)t§:n tE (stEUn]
witch [wItS]
Of course, it leaves less room in
gardens for plants, small animals
and, most importantly, gnomes. It’s
even been suggested that changing
gardens into drives has helped make
flooding worse in recent years: the
rain can’t sink into the ground so easily,
so it runs away and makes rivers
where there really shouldn’t be any.
Loved or forgotten: the garden gnome
Another thing you find at the
dump is old videos. Nobody wants
them. You even get Disney films —
not recent ones, like Planes or Cars,
but you might find a classic. Perhaps
20,000 Leagues under the Sea would
give us a taste of things to come.
Colin Beaven is a freelance writer who
lives and works in Southampton on the south
coast of England.
20 000 Meilen unter dem Meer
(Film nach dem Roman von Jules Verne)
Tonne
Kommune; hier: städtische Müllabfuhr
Einfahrt, Auffahrt
Zwerg
überfluten
Vorgarten
Gnom
Freizeit-, Vergnügungspark
versteinern
Hexe
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LANGUAGE | Word Power
Unpack your
prepositions
In den folgenden Übungen lernen Sie etwas über die richtige Verwendung von Präpositionen und
gleichzeitig etwas über das schöne Wales. Von VANESSA CLARK
Words like “by”, “in”, “on”, “under” and “with”
are all prepositions. They are some of the smallest
words in the English language (and in other
languages, too), but they work really hard for us.
We use them every day in almost every sentence
that we speak or write. In fact, “in”, “of” and “to”
belong to the ten most frequently used words in
the language. Imagine life without prepositions:
how would we find our way without “along”,
“in” and “next to”?
There are about 100 prepositions in all, and
each one can carry many different meanings.
For example, “under” can tell us about location
(“under a bridge”), time (“under four
hours”), relationships (“to work under the professor”),
health (“under a lot of stress”) and all sorts of other important
information (“You’re under arrest!”). Here, we pre sent
the most important and most frequently used English
prepositions and give you the chance to test
and expand your knowledge.
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1. Going away for a few days
Lucy and Adam need a break. Adam has a suggestion. Complete
their conversation with the correct prepositions from the list below.
at | for | in (x4) | on | since
Adam: Why don’t we just drop everything and go away
(a) _____ a few days?
Lucy: You mean, get a last-minute deal?
Adam: Well, just somewhere in the UK. We need a break.
We haven’t been away (b) _____ last summer. We
didn’t even go away (c) _____ Easter.
Lucy: You’re right.
Adam: If I can get this big project finished (d) _____ the
next few days, we could go (e) _____ Saturday.
We can get a cottage, and you can take your laptop
and phone in case they really can’t manage
without you in the office.
Lucy: Yes. Perhaps I could work (f) _____ the mornings
and go out later. But you always say you don’t like
going on holiday (g) _____ the summer because
it’s too hot.
Adam: Britain (h) _____ July? I don’t think there’s too
much risk of that.
Answers: 1. Going away for a few days
a) for; b) since; c) at (for); d) in; e) on; f) in; g) in; h) in
Prepositions of time help us to say when something
happened. The most important ones are:
• in + decade — in the 1970s
• in + year — in 2010
• in + season — in the spring
• in + month — in January
• in + part of day — in the evening
• on + day — on Monday(s)
• at + time — at half past two
• at + festival — at Christmas (N. Am.: on Christmas)
• at the weekend (N. Am.: on the weekend)
Note that in usually describes a longer period of time,
while at describes a point in time.
Be careful when translating seit :
• since + point of time — since 2012
• for + period of time — for a week
Tips
2. Somewhere away from it all
Lucy and Adam look on the internet at a few holiday accommodation sites and find the ideal place to stay for a
few days. Complete the description of the holiday accommodation below with the correct prepositions.
Fotos: Goodshot; iStock
Apartment Photos (5) Reviews (12)
Bod Idris – apartment – sleeps 4
This recently renovated flat is (a) in / on the top floor of
a Victorian house (b) by / in Barmouth. The flat is (c) in /
into Cambrian Street, a quiet back street, and has fabulous
views (d) across / under the bay.
Wi-Fi, parking (e) before / in front of the house, TV,
dishwasher. Sorry, no pets.
Barmouth is (f) at / on the coast (g) at / in the north-west
of Wales and is only 15 miles (h) in front of / from Cader
Idris mountain. Fantastic walking, cycling and riding.
Prepositions of place help us to say where something is. The most important ones are:
behind, in, in front of, next to, on, on top of, opposite and under.
New
Tips
Answers
2. Somewhere away from it all
a) on; b) in; c) in (fabulous:
fantastisch); d) across; e) in front
of (Wi-Fi: WLAN; dishwasher:
Geschirrspülmaschine);
f) on; g) in; h) from
• on the internet
(not “in the internet”)
• on the first floor (not
“in the first floor”)
• bei mir = at my
house / flat, at home
(not “by me”)
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LANGUAGE | Word Power
3. A walk through the town
Lucy and Adam arrive at their holiday flat in Barmouth and want to go for a walk to explore the town.
They ask the owner for some recommendations. Choose the correct prepositions to complete her reply below.
Barmouth is a lovely little town to explore on foot. When you’ve
unpacked, just go (a) into / out of the front door and walk
(b) down / under the hill from here and (c) around / into the
High Street. Then you can wander (d) along / through the
town, (e) over / past the shops and cafes, and down (f) into /
on to the beach. You can walk (g) along / through the beach
for about a mile. And when you get hungry, I recommend
the Last Inn in Church Street. It’s a lovely little pub. The only
problem is that you have to come (h) on / up the hill again
afterwards.
Prepositions of direction help us to say where something
is going; for example: across, along, around,
away from, from, into, out of, over, past, through,
towards, under.
Tips
Answers: 3. A walk through the town
a) out of; b) down; c) into; d) through; e) past; f) on to; g) along; h) up
4. Some time off work
Lucy must let her clients know that she’s out of the office for a few days, so she sets up an automatic reply on her
e-mail account. Read her e-mail below and fill in the missing letters to form the prepositions.
E-mail
Thank you (a) _ _ _ your mail.
I am (b) _ _ _ _ _ the office (c) _ _ _ _ _ Friday, 11th July.
Your mail will not be forwarded, but I will get back (d) _ _ you as soon as I am back (e) _ _ my desk on Monday,
14th July.
(f) _ _ _ urgent matters, please contact my colleague Julia Henshaw (g) _ _ jhenshaw@emailaddress.com or call
her (h) _ _ +44 (0)234-587619. Thank you.
• at + e-mail address
• on + phone number (not “under this number”)
Answers: 4. Some time off work
a) for; b) out of; c) until; d) to; e) at; f) For; g) at; h) on (UK)
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5. With love from Wales
Lucy writes a postcard to her mother. It contains
several prepositions with various functions.
Choose the correct prepositions to complete the
postcard.
on time means “punctual, not
late or early”:
• The train arrived on time.
in time (to do something) means
“before it is too late”:
• We wanted to see the museum,
but we didn’t get there in time.
• They arrived at the hospital in
time to save his life.
• Greetings from Barmouth!
(not “out of”)
• Welcome to Wales! (not “in”)
Tips
Hi, Mum
Cyfarchion o gymru! That means
“Greetings (a) from /to Wales”. We’re
on holiday (b) at /by the sea. Barmouth
is great — there’s a fantastic beach.
Yesterday afternoon, Adam and I
hired a couple of bikes and cycled
(c) across /through the estuary
(there’s a bridge!) and (d) along /over
the cycle path to the town of
Dolgellau. We arrived (e) in /on time
for a quick cup of tea and a piece of
bara brith (a type of fruit cake)
(f) before /in front of the shops
closed at 5 p.m. You hear people speak -
ing Welsh all (g) around /roundabout
you here. It’s an amazing language.
Love (h) by /from
Lucy
Idrispress.com
Mrs Pat Arnold
63 Pembroke Way
Salisbury, Wilts
SB2 OXY
Answers: 5. With love from Wales
a) from; b) by; c) across (estuary: Flussmündung); d) along;
e) in; f) before; g) around; h) from
Lloegr / England
6. Something to smile about
One wet Welsh morning, Adam finds an amusing news story online. Complete the
story below with the prepositions from the list. Then circle all the verb-preposition
combinations.
at | for | from (x3) | into | of | on to
Wales
Swansea
Lost in translation
When council officials (a) asked _________ a sign to be (b) translated _________ Welsh, they (c) received a quick reply
_________ the translation agency. They (d) copied the Welsh words _________ the sign and put it up outside a car park in
Swansea. But when local people saw it, they started (e) laughing _________ it and (f) taking photos _________ it.
The English sign (g) banned lorries _________ the car park, but unfortunately, the Welsh version was just an out-of-office
reply to the council’s mail. In Welsh, it said, “I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated.”
The sign has now (h) disappeared _________ the car park.
Fotos: Alamy; iStock
Some verbs take a preposition. It’s a good idea to
learn the verb and preposition together as a pair; for
example, explain to, listen to, worry about.
Tips
Remember to say a photo of, a picture of (not “from”)
Answers: 6. Something to smile about
a) for; b) into; c) from; d) on to; e) at; f) of; g) from (ban: untersagen); h) from
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LANGUAGE | Word Power
7. In a bit of trouble
Adam went out for a run two hours ago, and he still
hasn’t come back. Lucy is getting worried. Choose the
correct prepositions to complete their texts to each
other below.
There are many everyday phrases that contain
prepositions. It’s best to learn them as complete phrases.
The preposition “ on” gives us: on fire, on holiday, on the
left / right, on the phone, on the tip of my tongue, on
the way (to...) and on the whole.
Tips
Where are you, Adam? Are you OK? Am
worried (a) about / over you.
Am (b) at / in Aberystwyth Hospital.
Waiting (c) about / for X-ray results.
Why? What happened? What have you
done (d) at / to yourself???
Broken arm — I think.
I fell over a gate!
Ow! How did you get
to hospital?
• at the hospital, at St Thomas’s Hospital = as a day
patient or a visitor
• in hospital, in St Thomas’s Hospital = overnight,
for a number of days (N. Am.: in the hospital)
• by car (not “with the car”), by bus, by train, but on foot
• something for the pain (not “against”)
Answers: 7. In a bit of trouble a) about; b) at; c) for (X-ray results:
Röntgenbefund); d) to; e) By (paramedic: Sanitäter(in)); f) for; g) with; h) on
(e) By / On ambulance.
Paramedics were excellent.
Have they given you something
(f) for / to the pain?
No, it’s fine. I can cope (g) about / with
it. Can you come?
Sure.
Am (h) at / on the way now.
Fotos: Alamy; iStock
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8. The dangers of running
When he gets home after the holiday, Adam writes
about his accident on his blog. Choose the correct
prepositions from the list to complete the blog entry.
about | at | by | on | to | to | up | without
Adam’s blog posted Sun., 13 July 2014
One-handed typing
(or: The wrong sort of break)
Short version — I was out running in the Welsh hills, was climbing over a farm gate and slipped.
Landed on my arm. A passer-by insisted (a) _____ calling an ambulance for me, and the good
people at Aberystwyth Hospital sorted me out.
Life with one arm is quite frustrating, but I’m getting used (b) _____ doing everything with my left hand. I have to wash
(c) _____ getting my plaster cast wet — can be a bit tricky. I’ve tried to keep the water out (d) _____ putting a plastic bag
over my arm, but it wasn’t very successful. Any ideas, anyone?
The worst thing (e) _____ having a broken arm is that I have to ask Lucy to help me with everything. Us men aren’t very
good (f) _____ asking for help, are we?
The one good thing is that it’s helping me to give (g) _____ spending so much time online.
The plaster cast can come off in six weeks. I’m looking forward (h) _____ having two arms again.
Well, I said I needed a break — and I got one!
The above text contains examples of prepositions + “-ing”.
After a preposition, we usually use a noun: • I’m good at English.
If you want to use a verb after the preposition, it must be in the “-ing” form: • I’m good at speaking English.
Tips
Answers: 8. The dangers of running a) on (sort sb. out: jmdn. wieder hinkriegen); b) to;
c) without (plaster cast: Gipsverband; tricky: schwierig, knifflig); d) by; e) about; f) at; g) up; h) to
The power of the preposition
We hope this tour around (up, down and through) the
world of prepositions has been helpful. Keep your eyes
open for them in your everyday life as well as on holiday.
Look through this month’s Spotlight and write down
any interesting examples that you see. Remember to note
when they combine with verbs and other structures. Why
not start with this paragraph? Keep on top of prepositions,
and they will work hard for you.
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FOOD | Beer
Great British beer
Durch großen persönlichen Einsatz und ein neues Steuergesetz konnten sich in Großbritannien
viele kleine Brauereien etablieren, die exzellentes Bier herstellen. Von NIGEL MARSH
The Nag’s Head, in the Oxfordshire town of Abingdon,
stands on a 15th-century bridge over the
Thames. Recently, the pub was closed for more than
a year. It was a sad welcome for visitors arriving at a town
famous for its brewing
tradition. Abingdon’s famous
Morland Brewery
had also gone, closed in
2000.
Today, however, the
thirsty drinker walking
into The Nag’s Head
can order a pint of traditional,
amber-coloured
bitter called Abingdon
The Nag’s Head: good local beer
Bridge, brewed less
than a mile away at the
Loose Cannon brewery. The pub was reopened in 2011
by Sri Lankan-born Dushan Salwathura. Abingdon’s new
brewery had been opened just a year earlier in 2010. Dushan
is a great believer in local products, and most of his
cask-conditioned beer, or real ale, as it is also called, is
from Oxfordshire and the neighbouring counties.
To experience such a beer-drinkers’ paradise was, for
decades, unthinkable. At the start of the 20th century,
there were around 6,000 British brewers, but by the early
1970s, only seven big national companies and 88 independent
brewers were still in business. Since 2002, however,
there has been an explosion of new breweries. The
number is now around 1,100 — the highest for 70 years.
In the years of decline, it was often hard to find
one that made beers with flavour and character. From
1974, though, enthusiasts in search of traditional beer
from the few pubs that treated its beer with respect
had the help of the Good Beer Guide, published by
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale.
At the Cross Inn in Maesteg, South
Wales, another Good Beer Guide pub
and CAMRA “regional pub of the
year 2013”, publicans David and
Gillian Morgan didn’t want simply
Drink to that: David
Morgan (right)
accepts a SIBA award
to serve traditional cask beer; they wished to make it as
well. The Cerddin Brewery was set up and now supplies
seasonal and celebration beers to the Cross Inn and beer
festivals. The Morgans have no plans to expand. “We’re
happy doing what we’re doing,” says David Morgan.
Their business is of a local nature, but that hasn’t stopped
them winning national prizes: their Cascade Bitter won
a bronze medal from SIBA, the Society of Independent
Brewers, at the Ludlow Food Festival in 2013.
SIBA was formed in 1980 by 20 of the surviving and
newly established brewers in the UK, who were determined
to make a stand against the big national brewers.
Alongside CAMRA, they lobbied the government for a
fairer tax system for the industry. According to SIBA’s
most recent figures, it now has more than 650 members.
The big breakthrough for SIBA and CAMRA came in
2002, when, after many years of campaigning, they finally
got what they wanted from the government — a change
in the tax system. “Small Breweries’ Relief”, or SBR,
meant the small breweries paid much less to the government
than the big national brewers. As David Morgan at
Cerddin Brewery put it, “The revenue is now on our side.”
Like the Cerddin Brewery and Loose Cannon, Aberdeenshire’s
BrewDog is one of the more than 200 SIBA
members that started brewing only after the change to the
tax system. BrewDog is also passionate about traditional
beer-making methods.
The brewery has ambitions that go far beyond the local
pub, though. Now in its eighth year, it is Scotland’s
biggest independent brewery and has 16 bars, including
three international ones in Stockholm, Tokyo and
São Paulo. According to James Watt, one of BrewDog’s
co-founders, “We just wanted to make a great beer and
get people as passionate about craft beer as we are.”
alongside [E)lQN(saId]
amber-coloured [(ÄmbE )kVlEd]
bitter [(bItE] UK
cask-conditioned beer
[)kA:sk kEn)dIS&nd (bIE]
craft beer [(krA:ft bIE]
make a stand against sb. / sth.
[)meIk E (stÄnd E)genst]
publican [(pVblIkEn] UK
relief [ri(li:f]
set up [set (Vp]
the revenue [DE (revEnju:]
neben
bernsteinfarben
halbdunkles obergäriges Bier
im Fass vergorenes und naturbelassenes
Bier
handwerklich gebrautes Bier
sich gegen jmdn. / etw. zur
Wehr setzen
(Schank)Wirt
Entlastung
gründen, aufbauen, aufstellen
hier: Finanzbehörde
Fotos: Alamy; iStock; PR
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Cheers: Martin
Dickie and James
Watt of BrewDog
A CLOSER LOOK
CAMRA was formed in 1971 by a small group of drinkers
upset by the poor choice and quality of British beer.
Over the past 40 years, CAMRA has grown to a size of
more than 160,000 members, and it has proved to be a
mighty voice for beer consumers demanding a quality
product. CAMRA has lobbied the government and the
brewing industry, while publicizing good brewing and
good pubs, such as The Nag’s Head, with awards and
entry into its annual Good Beer Guide.
Is the beer revolution just the result of a change in the tax laws,
though? David Morgan of Cerddin agrees that this has been important, but he
doesn’t believe it is the only reason for consumers’ enthusiasm for traditional
beer. “People are more conscious of what they’re eating and drinking. They’ve
had a few scares from the big food producers, and they like to know what’s in
their food.”
The growth in popularity of farmers’ markets and the emphasis that many
cafes, pubs and restaurants now put on locally sourced ingredients certainly
support Morgan’s argument. So perhaps changes in consumer attitudes and
tastes are also part of the success of the new brewers. Dushan Salwathura at
The Nag’s Head agrees: “I want to serve great local food with great local beer.
That’s what makes me happy and that’s what makes my customers happy.”
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ENVIRONMENT | Tourism
Rare sight: a wild black rhino
Saving the rhino
Nachhaltiger Tourismus ist ein großer Hoffnungsträger für das ländliche Afrika.
CLAUDINE WEBER-HOF berichtet aus Namibia.
The idea is a novel one: a village in Africa gets special
land-use rights. Next, the villagers contact a reputable
tourism company. A small hotel goes up, local
people are given jobs, and visitors
start to arrive. The tourists
get to see the sights — such as
rare wild animals — while the
village, in desperate need of income,
receives some of the hotel’s
earnings. Add nature conservation
into the mix, and you
have an experiment in “green”
tourism that is bringing a welcome
change to some communities
in rural Africa.
The small, elegant steenbok
Such “communal wildlife conservancies” are becoming
a way for people to thrive and animals to survive, especially
in Namibia: 79 such organizations now cover a
fifth of the country. Desert Rhino Camp in Damaraland
in Namibia’s northwest is a good example. There, local
people are working with a charity (Save the Rhino Trust)
and an award-winning ecotourism company (Wilderness
Safaris) to save the critically endangered black rhinoceros.
American native Jeff Muntifering is a conservation biologist
for the Minnesota Zoo who has been working as
science adviser for the Save the Rhino Trust in Namibia
for more than a decade. Improving tourism’s contribution
towards rhino conservation is one of his main focus areas.
We met at Desert Rhino Camp to talk about finding the
balance between tourism and conservation.
Fotos: David John Weber
black rhinoceros [blÄk raI(nA:sErEs]
conservation biologist
[kA:ns&r(veIS&n baI)A:lEdZIst]
critically endangered
[)krItIk&li In(deIndZ&rd]
nature conservation
[)neItS&r )kA:ns&r(veIS&n]
reputable [(repjEtEb&l]
rhino(ceros) [(raInoU]
rural [(rUrEl]
science adviser [(saIEns Ed)vaIz&r]
thrive [TraIv]
wildlife conservancy
[(waI&ldlaIf kEn)s§:v&nsi]
Spitzmaulnashorn
Naturschutzbiologe,
-biologin
stark vom Aussterben
bedroht
Naturschutz
seriös angesehen
Nashorn
ländlich
wissenschaftliche(r)
Berater(in)
Erfolg, einen guten
Lebensunterhalt haben
hier: Tierschutzinstitution
Evening in Damaraland:
a tented guest “room” at
Desert Rhino Camp
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Spotlight: What is it that you do out here in the wilds of Namibia?
Jeff Muntifering: I’ve been in Namibia since 2000, and since 2002, specifically
in this part of Namibia, which I now call home. I’m based here
full-time, providing science leadership and technical assistance to Save the
Rhino Trust.
Spotlight: What does the trust do?
Muntifering: Ever since it was created in the early 1980s, the trust has had
two goals. It wasn’t completely concerned with rhinos — it was also about
people. In fact, some of the early trackers who worked for the trust had
previously been poachers or had family members who poached. This was
one of the first examples of a conservation initiative that looked at poachers
— and local people in general — as part of the solution to combat
poaching. The poachers are the guys who know the bush, who know where
the animals are: You couldn’t find better people to provide the knowledge
and information that is needed to save the rhinos. Many people still define
poaching as local people hunting and killing animals to provide meat for
the pot. The mission of the trust has always been to create opportunities for
local people to see more value in keeping rhinos alive than dead.
Spotlight: Can you tell me about the rhinos in this area?
Muntifering: We have black rhino here: the southwestern subspecies, Diceros
bicornis bicornis, 95 percent of which are found in Namibia. They’re
not considered a unique subspecies, but the rhino here are known as
desert-adapted. Nowhere else on earth can you find rhinos living in a landscape
with less than 100 mm of rainfall a year and doing quite well.
Spotlight: The much-publicized danger to them is poaching for the rhino
horn trade with Asia, correct?
Muntifering: Right, and it’s a really complex problem. You’re dealing with a
culture and a tradition that’s 2,000 to 5,000 years old. No one’s really sure
when people started using rhino horn in traditional Asian medicine, but it’s
a very old practice. These things don’t change overnight. Efforts are being
made to educate end users about rhino horn and the situation that rhinos
are facing.
Spotlight: I’ve read that rhino horn costs more than gold. But isn’t the horn
simply made of keratin?
Muntifering: Yes, it’s essentially fingernail. According to Western medicine,
it has no properties that could be of any use to people. But Asian medicinal
practices are very different from ours, so a lot of those arguments don’t
really matter to traditional practitioners. The reality is that, because of the
demand, Asia has a huge role to play in the future of rhinos. They can save
the world’s rhinoceros. It’s up to them. On the other hand, I think that
lasting success needs to come from Africa as well. Local people should see
the value of rhino.
Trackers discuss the locations of rhino
Conservation biologist Jeff Muntifering (above);
guide Nestor Nghuunduka of Wilderness Safaris
combat [(kA:mbÄt]
desert-adapted [(dez&rt E)dÄptId]
poacher [(poUtS&r]
science leadership [(saIEns )li:d&rSIp]
subspecies [(sVb)spi:Si:z]
tracker [(trÄk&r]
traditional practitioner
[trE)dIS&nEl prÄk(tIS&nEr]
up to: be ~ sb. [(Vp tE]
wilds: the ~ [waI&ldz]
bekämpfen
wüstenangepasst
Wilderer, Wilderin
wissenschaftliche Leitung
Unterart
Fährtenleser(in)
Heiler(in)
von jmdm. abhängen
die Wildnis

ENVIRONMENT | Tourism
Spotlight: Is it true that there are only about 5,000 black
rhinoceros left?
Muntifering: Yes, and it’s one of the most catastrophic
decline stories ever documented for a species: More
than 97 percent of the world’s black rhino were wiped
out between 1970 and 1990. They were reduced from
roughly 100,000 to 2,500, and it was almost entirely as
a result of poaching. It makes you really angry, but we
think the work that has been done here is helping: The
Namibian government is supportive, and we’ve got a
great tourism industry.
commercial farmer
[kE)m§:S&l (fA:rm&r]
credit [(kredEt]
custodianship [kV(stoUdiEnSIp]
deprive sb. of sth. [di(praIv Ev]
pick up [pIk (Vp]
sustainable [sE(steInEb&l]
tour operator [(tU&r )A:pEreIt&r]
wipe out [)waIp (aUt]
Wild style: the main
building at Desert
Rhino Camp and the
view from it
Haupterwerbslandwirt
Anerkennung
Aufsicht, Bewahrung,
Betreuung
jmdn. einer Sache berauben
hier: Auftrieb bekommen
nachhaltig
Reiseveranstalter
hier: ausrotten
Spotlight: Which connects to the trust’s work with Desert
Rhino Camp, right?
Muntifering: Ever since formal conservation started in
this area in the early 1980s, it has placed people and
local communities at the center of the strategies to
protect and conserve the wildlife. It’s about trying to
bring back values that were lost through colonial practices:
People were deprived of land use, of the power to
make decisions, of traditional ways of benefiting, and
even traditional knowledge that they could share and
celebrate.
The Namibian government deserves a lot of credit
for its willingness to share power by telling communities,
“You can enter into a contract with a business, a
private tour operator on your land, and we don’t want
anything to do with it. It’s your business.” It’s a big
message to local people that they are seen as an integral
part of the solution, which is to manage natural
resources in a more sustainable way — in their way.
Spotlight: What was it like when the camp was new?
Muntifering: It was an exciting time, because tourism
was just starting to pick up here in 2001 and 2002.
In 2003, when Desert Rhino Camp was opened, Namibia’s
government already had a rhino program.
They’d started a “custodianship program” in the 1990s:
The government was willing to move rhino onto private
lands if commercial farmers would look after
Fotos: David John Weber

His name is “Getaway”:
one of the black rhino
living wild in Damaraland
them. People began to say, “If you’re doing this on
private land, why couldn’t you do this on communal
land?” At the same time, Namibia’s conservancy model
was beginning to take hold. Laws were developed
to give ownership over land-use decisions and benefit
rights back to local people. So there was this communal
institution that the government could go to — as
with the commercial farmers — and say, “We’re willing
to move rhino back onto your land if you are willing to
look after them and help us.” It’s a cost-share approach.
Many communities were hesitant at first, but quite a
lot of them saw tourism as a mechanism to provide
new benefits and desperately needed income.
Spotlight: What if they had no experience with tourism?
Muntifering: That was the wisdom of the local communities
— being able to see that they didn’t have that
experience, but that there were skilled tourism operators
who did. The idea was to partner with tourism
operators and create a win-win situation. Desert Rhino
Camp is the perfect example of an area that everyone
knew was absolutely critical for these animals.
The neighboring conservancies were given the benefit
rights — or “concession rights” — to this area, allowing
them to lease out the rights to operate commercial
tourism in the region. They knew Wilderness Safaris
was a respected operator that had been in Namibia for
quite a while. Save the Rhino Trust was already monitoring
rhinos in the area, but we didn’t know much
about tourism and hospitality. So it was a great match.
a bunch of [E (bVntS Ev] ifml. ein Haufen
benefit right [(benIfIt raIt] Nutzungsrecht
boonies [(bu:niz] ifml.
hinterste Provinz
bumble around
herumwursteln
[)bVmb&l E(raUnd] ifml.
cost-share [)kO:st (Se&r] Kostenteilung, Kosten-Anteil
hesitant [(hezIt&nt]
zögerlich
hospitality [)hA:spE(tÄlEti] Gastfreundlichkeit
lease out [li:s (aUt]
verpachten
marvel at sth. [(mA:rv&l Et] etw. bestaunen
patrol [pE(troUl]
patrouillieren, überwachen
take hold [teIk (hoUld] sich etablieren
wisdom [(wIzdEm] Klugheit ( p. 61)
worthy: be ~ of sth. [(w§:Di] etw. wert sein
Spotlight: How did it work?
Muntifering: The early challenges were about how to
marry the two sides: Wilderness Safaris has a conservation
focus, but they’re also a business. At the trust,
we’re a bunch of guys who bumble around out in the
boonies, tracking the rhinos and looking after them.
So at first, we were just trying to understand the basics:
how to keep the rhinos safe and observable so that we
can consistently find them, and then to make sure the
guests can see them, too. That way, Wilderness Safaris
had its business working, and benefits were flowing
back to the communities.
Conservation here is not just about rhinos; it’s also
about culture. Tourism is seen as a mechanism that
represents values important to people here. It’s not
only about the money. The local trackers have been patrolling
and monitoring rhino for years, some for more
than 10 to 15 years. When they see that someone from
another country has come all this way to see their rhino,
it makes them proud of what they do. Guests are
marveling not just at these animals, but at the work
these guys are doing to protect the rhino. Plus, they’re
using their traditional knowledge, which is tracking.
That’s a lost skill, and certainly worthy of recognition.
INFO
• For more information on Save the Rhino Trust
Namibia, see www.savetherhinotrust.org
• To find out more about Desert Rhino Camp and
Wilderness Safaris, see www.wilderness-safaris.com
Land of table mountains:
Damaraland’s beauty lies in
its soft forms and colors
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AMY ARGETSINGER | I Ask Myself
Is this goodbye to
gorgeous George?
I never
really had dreams
of marrying
Clooney
myself…
Viele Frauenherzen werden weinen: George Clooney hat sich verlobt. Ist
der ewige Junggeselle nun endgültig weg vom Heiratsmarkt?
George Clooney stunned the
world in April with his choice
of a fiancée. Amal Alamuddin
is as gorgeous a woman as you’d expect
to see by the side of a devastatingly
handsome Oscar
winner. But she is also
a woman of substance:
An international lawyer
trained at Oxford and
fluent in three languages,
she has counseled Ko fi
Annan and represented
Julian Assange. She is
so far from the typical
Hollywood girlfriend
that Clooney suddenly
looks smarter, deeper,
and more sensitive than
we had thought. And I
couldn’t be more disappointed.
Don’t get me wrong. Unlike so
many other women, I never had
dreams of marrying Clooney myself.
But as a fan, I had a certain treasured
image of him, which this marriage
— if it should actually happen —
has tragically destroyed.
You see, Clooney was a new kind
of movie star when he came onto the
scene in the mid-90s. He wasn’t one
of the quirky characters who became
stars in the 1970s (Dustin Hoffman,
Gene Hackman), or an action hero
of the kind we liked in the 1980s
(Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester
Stallone). Of course, neither were
the smooth young men, such as
Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, who also
climbed the box-office rankings at
the start of the new century. But
those stars shared my generation’s
quest for eternal youth. Even as he
turned 50, Cruise still looked and
carried himself like a 28-year-old.
Is Clooney really
getting married?
Clooney, though, was a grownup,
a man with a deep voice, a confident
gaze, and a head of hair with
a little bit of gray. He was more often
photographed in suits than in
T-shirts, and he looked so comfortable
in them that he quickly drew
comparisons to old-time stars like
Cary Grant or Gary Cooper. When
he was 38 and playing an army officer
in films like Three Kings, or a grizzled
sea captain in The Perfect Storm, you
probably thought he was already 50.
He made a lasting impression by
taking roles in serious movies like
Syriana, directing intelligent films
like Good Night, and Good Luck, and
getting involved in humanitarian
work in Haiti and Darfur.
Yet he refused to settle down.
Though briefly married 25 years
ago, Clooney became famous for a
procession of lovely, but short-term
girlfriends. Some, like Renée Zellweger,
were stars in their own right.
But most were waitresses or models,
and in recent years, he moved
through them — Sarah, Elisabetta,
Stacy — with such regularity that I
was convinced the relationships were
formed by contract deals with strict
two-year expiration dates.
If you had a friend who exhibited
this kind of behavior, you would
probably consider him unable or unwilling
to form real connections. But
crazily enough, it was what I liked
best about George Clooney. It made
him as complex as a character in a
great novel.
If I took any notice of his most
recent girlfriend, it was to make a
mental note of their first public appearance
— in the fall of 2013 —
and to set my watch for their inevitable
parting in mid-2015. But now,
Clooney has upended all my expectations
and destroyed my illusions
about him. Maybe he’s just another
guy facing late middle age, hoping
to find someone who can love him
for who he really is — assuming this
marriage actually goes through, that
is. As I said, it’s a big “if.”
Amy Argetsinger is a co-author of “The Reliable Source,” a column in The Washington Post
about personalities.
box-office ranking [)bA:ks )A:fEs (rÄNkIN] Rangliste der erfolgreichsten Kinofilme
carry oneself [(kÄri wVn)self]
sich benehmen, verhalten
counsel sb. [(kaUns&l] jmdn. beraten ( p. 61)
devastatingly [(devEsteItINli]
hier: umwerfend
eternal [I(t§:n&l]
ewig
expiration date [)ekspE(reIS&n deIt] N. Am. Ablaufdatum
fiancée [)fi:A:n(seI]
Verlobte
gaze [geIz]
fester Blick
grizzled [(grIz&ld]
grauhaarig
in one’s own right [)In wVnz (oUn )raIt] selber
quest [kwest]
Suche
quirky [(kw§:ki]
eigenartig, schrullig
stun [stVn]
verblüffen
treasured [(treZ&rd]
lieb gewonnen
upend sth. [Vp(end]
etw. auf den Kopf stellen
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TRAVEL | Caribbean
The sun goes down
over Saint Lucia’s famous
Piton Mountains
Saint Lucia,
portrait of an island
Die Insel Saint Lucia liegt im Herzen der Karibik zwischen Martinique
und Saint Vincent und hat für jeden Geschmack etwas zu bieten.
Von EVE LUCAS
It’s late afternoon as we get off the plane at Hewanorra
International Airport at the southern tip of Saint Lucia.
The heat on the Caribbean island, part of the Lesser
Antilles, is like a warm blanket, but before we have time
to start sweating, our driver, David Davis, invites us to get
into a cool minibus.
We drive north along the island’s east coast towards
the port of Dennery and stop at a cafe on a hill that has a
great view of the town. I order a cold, refreshing Piton, a
beer named after the two volcanic mountains — Petit and
Gros Piton — that can be seen from everywhere on Saint
Lucia. I ask a question: if English is the official language,
why do the beers and the mountains have French names?
“Long story,” says David. And then he explains. The
first Europeans to see Saint Lucia were probably Spanish
explorers sailing past around 1500. French, British and
Dutch settlers came and went in the 17th century, and
in the 18th century, the island became part of the colonial
power game. It changed hands many times between
Britain and France before it was given to the British in
1814, who would come to prize Saint Lucia for its profitable
sugar plantations. But while the island was being
mapped, French was the language used to name villages,
rivers and mountains.
Lesser Antilles [)lesE Än(tIli:z]
map [mÄp]
sugar plantation
[(SUgE plA:n)teIS&n]
volcanic [vQl(kÄnIk]
Kleine Antillen
kartieren
Zuckerrohrplantage
Vulkan-
Fotos: Alamy/mauritius images; iStock; Saint Lucia Tourist Board
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We leave the east coast, crossing
the island westwards and passing
through villages with brightly
painted wooden houses. I see
small banana plantations along
the road, and I even identify a cocoa
tree. The island is not big — at
600 square kilometres, it’s a little
larger than Corfu in Greece.
Soon, we’re settling in our first
hotel, the all-inclusive Windjammer
Landing beach resort and
spa to the north of Castries, the
island’s capital. Night falls quickly,
and the hills are sinking into
shadow when we meet the hotel
managers for dinner. They explain
that the hotel is popular with
American and European tourists
who want a complete break. Some
don’t even leave the hotel grounds.
With a clear sea, golden beaches
and oceanside restaurants, there’s
plenty to enjoy. It’s a story we hear
quite often over the next couple
of days, especially at The Body-
Holiday, another resort on the sea.
Guests return year after year to enjoy
yoga classes, beach volleyball,
afternoon tea and spa treatments.
But the glamorous facades hide a
problem. Owned by foreign investors,
resort hotels provide employment
opportunities for local
staff; so some of the money that
Above, the port of
Castries; boats on the
Caribbean Sea
the hotels bring in directly supports the islanders. Not
enough of it reaches the communities, however. Tourism
is important, say locals, but the islanders need to be a
bigger part of it.
Island dream: white beaches, blue waters
Historic flair: the Pink Plantation House in Castries
facade [fE(sA:d]
resort [ri(zO:t]
spa [spA:]
Fassade
Ferienort
Wellness-Einrichtung
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TRAVEL | Caribbean
It’s day two of our trip, and we’ve spent
some hours in the sun walking around Pigeon
Island’s fort, built by the British in 1778. We
arrive on the beach below hot and tired and
ready for a change. What we get is a wonderful
surprise, provided by Cox & Company, a
small, locally operated tour centre. We’re going
to be taught how to go snuba diving. Snuba
— a word that combines snorkel and
scuba — involves diving a maximum
of six metres below the water. Instead
of wearing big tanks on our backs, we
will get air through long hoses that are
attached to rafts. After a 15-minute introduction,
we put on our equipment
and walk slowly into the sea with Anthony
Leonce, our guide. The water
closes over our heads, the noise stops
and a paradise opens its doors: bright
blue doctor fish dart between our legs,
starfish spread themselves elegantly on
the sandy sea floor and yellow flounder
move carefully around their clumsy
human guests.
Exploring the reefs:
the island’s underwater
wonderland
Day three of the trip is a Sunday. David arrives early
to drive us from the coast into the island’s hills. We pass
neatly dressed girls on their way to village churches. Beyond
the region of Babonneau, the houses stop and the
road grows darker. Trees tower overhead. We’ve arrived in
Saint Lucia’s very own rainforest. We are welcomed at the
Rainforest Adventures park by two local guides who will
take us walking and zip lining. Kennedy Cadette shows us
how it works, putting us into harnesses and helmets before
we take an aerial tram into the hills and climb on to
the first tree platform. We lock ourselves on to strong wire
cables, and then we’re off, flying from one giant treetop
to the next. As we go, Kennedy explains how the differ-
Tour of the rainforest: zip lining from tree to tree
aerial tram [(eEriEl )trÄm] offene Seilbahngondel
beyond [bi(jQnd]
jenseits, außerhalb
clumsy [(klVmzi]
ungeschickt, unbeholfen
dart [dA:t]
schießen, sausen
doctor fish [(dQktE fIS] Doktorfisch
flounder [(flaUndE]
Flunder
fort [fO:t]
Festung
harness [(hA:nIs]
hier: Auffang- und Haltegurt
helmet [(helmIt]
Helm
hose [hEUz]
Schlauch
neatly [(ni:tli]
ordentlich
raft [rA:ft]
scuba [(sku:bE]
snorkel [(snO:k&l]
snuba diving [(snu:bE )daIvIN]
starfish [(stA:fIS]
tank [tÄNk]
tower [(taUE]
treetop [(tri:tQp]
wire cable [)waIE (keIb&l]
zip lining [(zIp )laInIN]
Floß; hier: kleines flaches Boot
(Unterwasser)Atemgerät
Schnorchel
Snuba-Tauchen
Seestern
hier: Sauerstoffflasche
hier: hoch aufragen
Baumwipfel
Drahtseil
mit einer Stahlseilrutsche,
einem Flying Fox fliegen
Fotos: Chris Huxley; Saint Lucia Tourist Board; Turner Forte Photography; Macduff Everton
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Welcome to Jade Mountain:
a hotel with an unforgettable view
All aboard:
the aerial tram
ent levels of tropical vegetation feed off each other, which
plants have adapted to darkness, which plants can cause
trouble, and which ones will make those troubles go far
away.
In the shade of the forest, I feel as though I’ve arrived
in the heart of Saint Lucia. On one side is the darkness of
history — of foreign powers, African slaves and unbelievably
hard work. On the other side are pools of clear light
and fantastic views on to what could be a bright future.
Luxury hotels will be a part of that future, and they
don’t come any more luxurious than Jade Mountain on
the island’s west coast. It’s day four, and the view that I
wake up to has the rare effect of leaving me speechless.
Looking out from my four-poster bed, I gaze directly
across the bluest of seas straight at the magnificent Piton
Mountains.
It’s time to climb one of them. With the other guests,
I get into the minivan and drive south along the coast,
through the old town of Soufrière, round the Petit Piton
and on to the settlement of Fond Gens Libre at the
foot of the Gros Piton. Our guide tells us more: inspired
by the French Revolution and ideals of liberty, equality
and brotherhood, many slaves left the
plantations in the 1790s and hid in
the forests to reach places like this,
fighting the “Brigand Wars”. The
Brigands not only made the British
leave for a short time; they
also forced most of the white
slave owners off the island.
Descendants of the black
freedom fighters still live in
Fond Gens Libre and work as
hiking guides, leading walkers
up the Gros Piton in the Pitons
Management Area UNESCO
World Heritage Site. They are
proud of their history. As we
start out, our guide shows us
an early Brigand camp with
cooking holes and a wall of
rocks in which the rebels hid.
An islander
celebrating Creole Day
brotherhood [(brVDEhUd]
descendant [di(sendEnt]
equality [i(kwQlEti]
feed off [(fi:d Qf]
four-poster bed [)fO: )pEUstE (bed]
hike [haIk]
magnificent [mÄg(nIfIsEnt]
plantation [plA:n(teIS&n]
runaway [(rVnE)weI]
start out [stA:t (aUt]
World Heritage Site
[)w§:ld (herItIdZ saIt]
A CLOSER LOOK
Brüderlichkeit
Nachkomme
Gleichheit
ernähren
Himmelbett
wandern
großartig, herrlich
Plantage
entlaufen
hier: aufbrechen
Weltkultur-, bzw.
Weltnaturerbe
Fond Gens Libre means “valley of the free people”. It
was home to runaway slaves during turbulent times in
Saint Lucia’s history. During a rebellion in 1748, slaves
chose the valley as a place to hide from plantation owners.
A few years after the French Revolution, in 1794,
the Saint Lucians received a document from France announcing
the slaves’ freedom. But to protect the interests
of plantation owners, the British invaded and slavery
was brought back.
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TRAVEL | Caribbean
FROM SUGAR TO BANANAS
Island style:
a colourful house in the
town of Soufrière
Sugar cane came to Saint Lucia in 1763. By the 1840s, there were
more than 80 sugar plantations. However, by the 1880s, people
in Europe had started manufacturing sugar from beets. Cane
prices dropped, plantations closed, and by the 1960s, no one on
Saint Lucia was growing sugar. Bananas, however, had already
become popular as a replacement. A year-round crop suited to
varying conditions, they were ideal for small farmers. By 1962,
they made up 80 per cent of Saint Lucia’s exports. But after
independence in 1979, “colonial” bananas could no longer rely
on their former markets. In 1997, the World Trade Organization
called for a “level playing field” in banana production. Caribbean
banana producers lost many advantages,
and Saint Lucia’s banana business suffered
great losses. Tourism remains the island’s
most promising industry.
Mountain symbol seen on
the flag of Saint Lucia
There’s little time — or energy — to speak as we climb
the Gros Piton. Our guides look very cool, talking as they
climb, but 770 metres of volcanic stone keep most of the
rest of us quiet. After about three hours, we reach the
top. It’s very hot, but the view is amazing. From up here,
I can see the island of Saint Vincent to the south, rising
from the sea beyond Saint Lucia’s deep, fertile valleys and
fields. It’s easy to see what Britain and France were fighting
over: land and the labour to grow and harvest crops
such as sugar and cotton for eager markets in America
and Europe.
Britain freed the slaves throughout most of its empire
in 1833. But Saint Lucia’s political freedom came only
with its independence in 1979. These days, outsiders still
play a large role in the island’s development. As it turns
increasingly to tourism and welcomes new generations of
visitors — more than 300,000 tourists came in 2013 —
will Saint Lucia be able to create its own profile within
global tourism?
This is the question we ask Jade Mountain’s owner
Karolin Troubetzkoy over dinner. Karolin is deeply involved
in local life and the tourist industry. Under her
presidency, the Saint Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association
recently founded the Tourism Enhancement Fund.
Island guests are asked to contribute
US$ 2 per night to help
support local communities through
better water management, sustainability
studies that focus on tourism, as well as education and job
training for the hotel and hospitality business. A similar
fund has been operating in Jamaica for nearly a decade
with the goal of developing tourism so that it works in the
long term for locals and businesses alike.
alike [E(laIk]
beet [bi:t]
crop [krQp]
eager [(i:gE]
fertile [(f§:taI&l]
labour [(leIbE]
level [(lev&l]
sugar cane [(SUgE keIn]
sustainability study
[sE)steInE(bIlEti )stVdi]
throughout [Tru(aUt]
Tourism Enhancement Fund
[)tUErIzEm In(hA:nsmEnt fVnd]
year-round crop [jIE )raUnd (krQp]
hier: gleichermaßen
(Zucker)Rübe
Kulturpflanze
gierig
fruchtbar
hier: Arbeitskräfte
vernünftig, ausgeglichen
Zuckerrohr
Nachhaltigkeitsstudie
hier: (flächendeckend) in
in etwa: Tourismusförderungsfonds
ganzjährige Kulturpflanze
Fotos: Alamy/mauritius images; iStock; Photodisc; Saint Lucia Tourist Board
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IF YOU GO
Our last day takes us to a perfect example of island
entrepreneurship: the Balenbouche Estate Guest House.
As one of Saint Lucia’s earliest sugar plantations, Balenbouche
has a long history. The main house is 180 years old
and a fine model of plantation architecture. It is owned
and run by Uta Lawaetz — who came from Germany
to marry a local artist — and her two daughters. Verena
Lawaetz shows us round the guest cottages. There’s no air
conditioning, but what charm: mosquito nets around old,
hardwood beds, and swinging sofas in the living room.
There’s also a historic sugar mill to admire. Tropical flowers
form bright borders on long lawns. It’s an ideal place
to return to after a day exploring the island, to let history
settle and to appreciate the many good things that the
future holds.
admire [Ed(maIE]
appreciate [E(pri:SieIt]
entrepreneurship [)QntrEprE(n§:SIp]
run [rVn]
Barbados
Guadeloupe
Dominica
Martinique
Caribbean Sea
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines
Grenada
Lesser Antilles
Trinidad & Tobago
Venezuela
0
N
Caribbean
Sea
An aerial view of the
Piton peaks
0
Atlantic
Ocean
200 km
Pigeon Island
Gros Islet
Hewanorra International Airport
Vieux Fort
bewundern
schätzen
Unternehmertum
hier: betreiben, führen
Castries
Babonneau
Saint Lucia
Dennery
Saint Lucia
National
Soufrière
Rain Forest
Petit Piton
Micoud
6 km
Gros Piton
Getting there
Condor flies from Frankfurt am Main to Saint Lucia’s
Hewanorra Airport once a week, returning via Barbados.
Most hotels provide transit transport. For getting around,
it’s best to rent a car.
Stay
For a quiet, locally run boutique hotel, try the Ginger Lily
in Rodney Bay. www.gingerlilyhotel.com
The Windjammer Landing spa resort offers all-inclusive
comfort and is a good choice for families.
www.windjammer-landing.com
The BodyHoliday hotel is also all-inclusive, with a focus
on sport and spa. www.thebodyholiday.com
Enjoy pure luxury and fantastic views at Jade Mountain:
perfect for leaving the world behind.
www.jademountain.com
Beautiful gardens and colonial flair at Balenbouche Estate
Guest House. www.balenbouche.com
Eat
Most hotels and guest houses have their own
restaurants. Standards are high, with a great mixture of
local Creole cooking and European food.
See
The best way to see Saint Lucia is by exploring its
landscapes. Try zip lining in the rainforest.
www.rainforestadventure.com/st_lucia_tours_excursions
For snuba diving, see www.coxcoltd.com/snuba.php
As with the Piton Mountains, Fond Latisab Creole Park is
a place to learn about local Creole traditions and history.
It is managed by Saint Lucia’s Heritage Tours.
www.heritagetoursstlucia.org
Read
Poetry by Saint Lucian Nobel Prize winner, Derek Walcott.
Rum Justice by Saint Lucia-based author and journalist
Jolien Harmsen is a crime novel set on a Caribbean island;
ISBN 978-1-405-09905-9.
More information
See www.stlucia.org
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PETER FLYNN | Around Oz
Beware of crocodiles!
Im Winter zieht es Australier in den Norden, denn da ist es wärmer.
Allerdings gibt es dort auch Krokodile.
We’re
going
on a fishing
expedition to
Dundee
Beach
This is the time of year to go
north and escape the cold, wet
winter in southern Australia. If
you live on the east coast, the destination
might be Cairns in northern
Queensland. For those of us in the
west, the hot spot is the former pearling
port of Broome in the Kimberley
region.
I have been to both in July, but
this year, to celebrate my 60th birthday,
I’m travelling further — to what
they call the “Top End” — via Darwin
in the Northern Territory. With
13 family members and friends, I’ll
be going on a fishing expedition to a
place called Dundee Beach. It’s about
an hour and a half’s drive south-west
of Darwin, and if the name sounds
familiar, it’s because this spot is
named after the movie “Crocodile”
Dundee.
We’ve rented a house as well as
several bungalows. On our second
day in the Top End, we’ll be taking a
full-day fishing trip on a luxury charter
boat into the Timor Sea. What
brings fishers to the north of Australia
is the prized barramundi species,
which can be found in the ocean and
even in rivers hundreds of kilometres
inland.
These ferocious eaters grow to
be more than a metre in length and
weigh up to 20 kilos. As distant relations
of the giant Nile River perch,
they are great fighters, but also excellent
table fish. In fact, they are related
to all the sea perch species. The
name “barramundi”, an Aboriginal
word for “large-scaled silver fish”, is
used to market Australia’s most popular
restaurant fish.
Because the wet season ended
three months ago, we will be able
to get to rivers and streams to fish
for barramundi as well as trying our
luck from the beach. This type of
fishing is incredibly popular across
the whole of northern Australia and
has helped to build a massive recreational
industry. People with plenty of
money can hire a helicopter to take
them to the most remote gorges to
catch (and then release) giant creatures
that would otherwise never
have seen a fishing line.
There is, though, a common
danger wherever you go to chase
your big barramundi, and that is the
crocodile. Big saltwater crocodiles
were hunted almost to extinction
in the early 1970s, but now, after
more than 40 years of total protection,
they are common everywhere.
That’s why there is no swimming at
Dundee Beach, other than in the hotel
pool. The resident “croc” of the
beach is said to be more than four
metres long. Indeed, when I lived
in the Top End for a short time 25
years ago, I didn’t swim in any natural
waters, even if they were marked
as being free of crocodiles. Nobody
can make that guarantee.
That’s enough talk of scary things,
however. The main reason we are going
north is, of course, the climate.
Every day in Darwin in July will be
warm, with a blue sky, no wind and
an average temperature of 31 °C.
Night-time will be relatively cool by
local standards, with an average temperature
of 19 degrees. There could
be a surprise, though. One morning
when I lived there all those years ago,
the thermometer dropped to the
(still) record overnight low of just 12
degrees. There was a rush across Darwin
to buy thicker blankets. I don’t
think that’s going to happen this
time, however.
No swimming here: crocodiles only!
Riesenbarsch
Aussterben
hier: wilder Räuber
Angelschnur
Schlucht
mit großen Schuppen
hier: vermarkten, verkaufen
Viktoriabarsch
Perlenfischerhafen
sehr geschätzt
Freizeit-
abgelegen
ortsansässig
furchterregend, beängstigend
(Salzwasser)Barsch
Speisefisch
barramundi [)bÄrE(mVndi]
extinction [Ik(stINkS&n]
ferocious eater [fE)rEUSEs (i:tE]
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gorge [gO:dZ]
large-scaled [)lA:dZ (skeI&ld]
market [(mA:kIt]
Nile River perch [naI&l (rIvE p§:tS]
pearling port [(p§:lIN )pO:t]
prized [praIzd]
recreational [)rekri(eIS&nEl]
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resident [(rezIdEnt]
scary [(skeEri]
sea perch [(si: p§:tS]
table fish [(teIb&l fIS]
Peter Flynn is a public-relations consultant and social commentator who lives in Perth,
Western Australia.
Foto: iStock
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DEBATE | Ireland
Something in the water
In Irland wird das Trinkwasser mit Fluorid angereichert, um Karies vorzubeugen.
Was Fluorid aber sonst noch im Körper bewirkt, ist unklar.
Whether you like it or not, if you live in Ireland,
you are probably consuming fluoride regularly.
That’s because Ireland is the only country in
Europe with a national fluoridation policy for all of its
public water supply.
The Irish government started fluoridating drinking
water in the 1960s. Like many countries at the time, Ireland
was following the example of the US, where the link
between fluoride and a reduction in tooth decay was first
recognized in the early 20th century. Around 70 per cent
of the population of the US still receives fluoridated water
today.
The reasoning behind Ireland’s move to fluoridation
was quite simple. It was an easy way to help improve the
dental health of the nation. Economically, it also made
sense: better teeth meant lower dental costs that the state
would have to pay. The move wasn’t universally welcome,
however.
Opposition to fluoridation has been motivated by uncertainty
about the long-term health effects of consuming
fluoride. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland insists
that the level of fluoride in public drinking water produces
no known medical problems. However, there are
now many dentists, doctors, scientists and other reliable
sources around the world who link an overconsumption
of fluoride to illnesses affecting bones, the brain and other
parts of the body.
One probable effect of fluoridation is dental fluorosis,
which can change the appearance of teeth, creating tiny
affect [E(fekt]
apparent [E(pÄrEnt]
dental fluorosis
[)dent&l flO:(rEUsIs]
dental health [)dent&l (helT]
Department of Health
[di)pA:tmEnt Ev (helT]
diet [(daIEt]
exposure [Ik(spEUZE]
fluoridation [)flO:rI(deIS&n]
fluoride [(flUEraId]
Food Safety Authority
[(fu:d )seIfti O:)TQrEti]
skeletal fluorosis
[)skelIt&l flO:(rEUsIs]
source [sO:s]
tooth decay [(tu:T di)keI]
hier: angreifen, schädigen
scheinbar, offenbar
Zahnfluorose
Zahngesundheit
Gesundheitsministerium
hier: Ernährung
Ausgesetztsein; hier: Einnahme
Fluoridbeimischung
Fluorid
Behörde für Lebensmittelsicherheit
Skelett-, Knochenfluorose
Quelle
Karies, Zahnverfall
white stripes in them or, in its most extreme form, colour
them brown. In some cases where there has been longterm
exposure to high levels of fluoride, skeletal fluorosis
may occur. This disease causes bones to harden, making
breaks more likely and decreasing flexibility.
Another argument against fluoridation is that a lot
has changed since the 1960s. People’s dental hygiene has
greatly improved as a result of regular brushing, better
toothpastes, a healthier diet and wider access to dental
care. Many people wonder if there is still a need to add
the chemical to the water supply.
The Irish government defends the policy of fluoridation,
pointing to the continued reduction in tooth decay.
However, in other European countries where there is no
fluoridation policy, there has also been a steady decline in
dental caries. Ironically, many of these countries, such as
Denmark, Belgium and Germany, have less tooth decay
than Ireland does.
This year, the Irish Department of Health requested a
review of the effects of fluoridation on the health of the
population. The review will look at both positive and negative
evidence from national and international sources.
Whether the government decides to continue fluoridation
or not, the question remains: are the apparent dental
benefits more important than the possible long-term
health effects?
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Listen to Aidan, Cathy, Louise and Troy
Colm Flynn asked people in Dublin, Ireland:
Should fluoride still be added to our water?
Aidan Daly, 32,
financial worker
You need a good argument
to stop doing it. I know a lot
of people don’t like any kind
of chemical in their body.
People like to stay natural,
and I understand that, but I
think you have to offset that
against the dental benefits.
Cathy Walter, 43,
housewife
I think it’s damaging to
children and the generations
growing up. [Fluoridation]
has got such bad press...
[about] how damaging it is
[to] your health, and that the
children don’t need it any
more for their teeth.
Louise Coughlan, 32,
legal secretary
It doesn’t cause anyone any
problems, so why should
we stop? It always comes
up on radio chat shows
in discussions, but [the
situation] never changes.
Nobody in this country finds
a problem with it.
Troy McNamara, 27,
architect
If [fluoridation] is something
that’s affecting the Irish
people’s health, and we are
the only ones in Europe
doing it, then there are
definitely questions that
need to be asked, and we
need to educate ourselves.
Daniel Ryan, 56,
retired
To purify tap water so you
can drink it means putting
all kinds of chemicals into it
anyway. Since fluoridation
is to prevent tooth decay,
it’s actually one of the lesser
evils, and I don’t think it does
your body any harm.
Paula Walsh, 50,
accountant
Obviously, other countries
have a different approach to
this issue. If it’s eventually
proven that fluoride causes
health problems, then we
should stop putting it in the
water. But nothing’s been
proven so far.
Elana Flynn, 16,
student
I think it’s fine in tap water,
but it shouldn’t be in all
our water. You certainly
don’t need it for washing
your clothes or your hair.
I’ve no problem drinking
it, but otherwise, it’s an
unnecessary expense.
Darragh McCarthy, 17,
student
I think we should talk about
it a bit more because it’s
in our water, and water is
something everybody needs
and uses. More research
needs to be done to help us
decide whether we should or
shouldn’t have it.
accountant [E(kaUntEnt]
affect sth. [E(fekt]
approach [E(prEUtS]
eventually [I(ventSuEli]
legal secretary [(li:g&l )sekrEtEri]
Wirtschaftsprüfer(in)
sich auf etw. auswirken
Ansatz, Vorgehensweise
schließlich, irgendwann
Rechtsanwaltssekretär(in)
lesser evil [(lesE )i:v&l]
offset: ~ sth. against sth.
[)Qf(set]
purify [(pjUErIfaI]
tap water [(tÄp )wO:tE]
geringeres Übel
etw. gegen eine Sache aufwiegen
aufbereiten
Leitungswasser
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HISTORY | 100 Years Ago
The First World War
Der Erste Weltkrieg begann als Territorialkonflikt. Der Auslöser war der Mordanschlag
auf den österreichischen Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand. MIKE PILEWSKI berichtet.
alliance [E(laIEns]
annex [E(neks]
archduke [)A:tS(dju:k]
Asia Minor [)eIZE (maInE]
assassination attempt
[E)sÄsI(neIS&n E)tempt]
grenade [grI(neId]
heir [eE]
Bündnis
annektieren, sich aneignen
Erzherzog
Kleinasien
Mordversuch
Granate
Erbe, Erbin; hier: Thronfolger(in)
28 June 1914: Gavrilo Princip
shoots Franz Ferdinand
Modern readers may find it difficult
to understand the reasons
for the First World War, which
began, almost without warning, 100
years ago this summer. How could the
shooting of one man lead to the deaths
of 16 million people? Why did most
of Europe want to fight after being at
peace for 40 years? Why did the rest
of the world get involved? And what
was gained by all this?
The war started as a territorial
conflict, the seeds of which had
been sown centuries earlier. After
the fall of Constantinople in
1453, the Ottoman (Turkish)
armies had expanded westward
from Asia Minor, covering all of
south-eastern Europe. A multinational
force finally stopped
them before Vienna in 1683
and reversed the tide. In the
centuries that followed, as territory was libe rated
from the Turks, it was added to that of the Habsburg
monarchy, forming the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
This continued until 1878, when a treaty among the
great powers of Europe allowed Austria-Hungary to occupy
Bosnia and Herzegovina. The same treaty also recognized
the fact that Serbia had fought for and won independence
from the Ottomans.
The kingdom of Serbia hoped one day to include
Bosnia and Herzegovina, with which it shared some cultural
similarities. But when Austria-Hungary declared in
1908 that it had annexed that territory, Balkan nationalist
groups felt it was necessary to “liberate” Bosnia from Austrian
rule by any means necessary, including terrorism.
The nationalists’ strategy was to strike at the empire
itself. Although Austria-Hungary had the largest territory
and second-largest
population of any state
in central or western
Europe, it was a patchwork
of different peoples,
languages, power
structures and personal
alliances. This made
it structurally weak and
hard to govern. Perhaps if
the empire were wounded
in the right place, it would
let go of the Balkans.
Several assassination attempts
were made against
prominent Austrians. A nationalist
group called the Black
Hand even tried to kill Emperor
Franz Josef in 1911. But the
emperor was already more than
80 years old. A better target was
his nephew and presumptive heir, Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The nationalists would have their chance on Sunday,
28 June 1914, when Franz Ferdinand was to visit the Bosnian
capital, Sarajevo, to open a hospital.
Six different assassins waited along the route that he
would take through the city around 10 a.m. A 19-yearold
student, Nedeljko Čabrinović, threw a hand grenade
at the archduke’s car, but missed. Instead, he injured two
members of the imperial entourage and several onlookers.
The car speeded up, and in the thick crowd, the remaining
assassins decided it was too risky to throw their bombs
as well — the police or onlookers would be able to stop
them getting away. The archduke was shaken, but continued
on to his appointment.
imperial entourage
kaiserliches Gefolge
[Im)pIEriEl (Qntu&rA:Z]
let go of sth. [let (gEU Ev] etw. loslassen ( p. 61)
presumptive [pri(zVmptIv] mutmaßlich, voraussichtlich
reverse the tide [ri)v§:s DE (taId] die Wende herbeibringen
shaken [(SeIkEn]
erschüttert
sow [sEU]
säen
treaty [(tri:ti]
Staatsvertrag
Fotos: De Agostini; Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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1 August 1914: French
soldiers wait in a trench
Afterwards, he
decided to visit
the hospital where
the victims of that
morning’s bombing
had been taken.
His host, the
governor of Bosnia
and Herzegovina,
changed the
route, but forgot
to tell the driver. When the driver found out and attempted
to turn round, the car stalled. By chance, one of
the assassins, 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip, was standing at
that spot. Princip took out a pistol and fired several shots
from a distance of one and a half metres, killing Franz
Ferdinand and his wife.
This frightened the empire. Arresting a young man
with a gun would not be enough. The threat had to be
stopped at the source, so an ultimatum was made to the
Serbian government that Austria knew Serbia would not
accept. On 28 July 1914, this was followed by a declaration
of war.
Serbia put up massive resistance, keeping the
Austro-Hungarian army busy. Serbia’s ally, Russia, also
began to mobilize its troops, but an Austro-Hungarian
agreement with Germany meant that Germany would
step in to keep the Russians out of the way. On Germany’s
opposite border, however, was Russia’s ally, France. Fighting
on two fronts was out of the question, so Germany
decided to attack France first, then rush its troops over to
the eastern front to deal with Russia.
France’s border defences were effective, so Germany
tried to get round them by invading through Belgium.
This angered Britain, which entered the war on 4 August
to defend Belgium’s neutrality.
For three years, the front lines hardly moved, as both
sides took up defensive positions in trenches dug into the
flat landscapes of Belgium and northern France. Artillery
killed large numbers of men on both sides. The slightest
technological advantage could turn their respective fortunes,
so the newest inventions were tried out: aeroplanes,
tanks, poison gas.
Despite the horrors, millions of volunteers were willing
to fight and die for honour and country, and the
warring powers enlisted the people and resources of their
overseas empires to guarantee a steady supply of materials.
Battles were fought on three continents and at sea.
The sinking of a large British passenger ship, the RMS
Lusitania, near Ireland, and the death of 128 Americans
on board began to move the United States towards war.
When Germany declared in February 1917 that it would
sink any ship it wanted, President Woodrow Wilson —
who had just been re-elected as the anti-war candidate
— asked the US Congress to declare war on Germany.
Within months, arriving American troops were able to
push the tired Germans back across the border.
The fighting ended on 11 November 1918, but the
suffering did not. Thirty million soldiers were left in a
state of amputation or disfigurement, with nervous conditions
or corroded lungs. And when they and their comrades
returned home, they spread an influenza that killed
tens of millions more.
The front lines had hardly moved, but the world had.
Even before the war’s end, the Russian, German, Ottoman
and Austro-Hungarian Empires had begun to fall
apart from within, and when peace was made, new states
appeared all over the map. America established its status
as a world power with an interest in European stability.
Bosnia and Herzegovina became part of a Serbian
kingdom that was later called Yugoslavia. In that sense,
Gavrilo Princip got what he had fought for.
1916: a film scene of the Battle
of Verdun, France, from 1928
ally [(ÄlaI]
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influenza [)Influ(enzE]
Verbündete(r)
zufällig
Kamerad
angreifen, zerfressen
Entstellung
anwerben
auseinanderfallen
Gastgeber(in)
Grippe
nervous condition
[)n§:vEs kEn(dIS&n]
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source [sO:s]
stall [stO:l]
steady [(stedi]
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Panzer
Schützengraben
Freiwillige(r)
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PRESS GALLERY | Comment
Middle-class blues
Es geht bergab mit der amerikanischen Mittelklasse, vor allem im
internationalen Vergleich. Was sind die Gründe und was die Folgen?
The astonishing resilience of the American middle
class, a far wider sector of the community than in
Britain, has been a key to US growth and confidence.
... So [the recent] news that, for the first time in
decades, America’s middle class is in relative decline vis
à vis its international rivals, is more than just a statistic.
The figures reported by the New York Times have put the
writing on the wall for Middle America in the starkest
possible terms.
For the first time in 40 years, a person [living] on [a]
median income in America is less well-off than a Canadian
equivalent. The idea that Canada, the butt of latenight
satire, should have overtaken the US as the best
place in the world to be middle-class has unleashed a wave
of doom-mongering.
“The idea that the median American has so much
more income than the middle class in all other parts of
the world is not true these days,” said Lawrence Katz, a
Harvard economist. ...
Three factors are influencing the weak income
perform ance of the US. First, the education boom in
the industrialising world, especially India and China, has
made it far harder for the American economy to maintain
its share of highly skilled, well-paid jobs.
Second, American companies’ distribution of their
bounty has been less generous than elsewhere. Top executives
make much more money in the US compared with
other wealthy countries. Finally, the US tax system tends
to favour the rich, not the middle-class. ...
The best riposte to the challenge to middle-income
America might be Middle America’s capacity to surprise
and confound its critics, as well as its best hope in a difficult
future.
The United States has survived for nearly 250 years.
We are not yet ready to write it off.
© Guardian News & Media 2014
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[(du:m )mVNgErIN]
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[)mId&l E(merIkE]
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writing on the wall
[)raItIN Qn DE (wO:l]
Prämie; hier: Profite
Zielscheibe
verwirren, irritieren
Schwarzmalerei
amerikanische Mittelschicht
Belastbarkeit, Widerstandskraft
Gegenschlag
krass
entfesseln
(frz.) gegenüber
wohlhabend, gut situiert
etw. abschreiben, vergessen
Menetekel, Warnung
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INFO TO GO
median
Different kinds of statistical calculations can produce
very different results. This is why it’s important to pay
close attention when economists use figures.
One common type of calculation is the mean, or average.
That’s the sum of all the items in a set divided
by the number of items. If you earn $30,000 a year and
your neighbour earns $50,000 a year, your average income
is $40,000 — your total income divided by two. If,
however, Bill Gates moves next door to you and earns
$9 billion a year, the average income of the three of you
is just over $3 billion. This says nothing about how the
income is distributed.
For this reason, it’s often better to find the median
value. When all the values are listed, that’s the one that
is closest to the middle of the list. In our example, the
median income in your neighbourhood is $50,000.
What is the median of the following values?
a) 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 b) 3, 6, 47, 999, 10 million
Answers: a) 8; b) 47
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Films | Adventure
A last look:
Kyle Catlett as
T. S. Spivet
A boy’s own adventure
French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has worked on
English- and French-language films, producing work
that includes science fiction such as Alien: Resurrection
and the popular romantic comedy Amélie. His latest
movie, The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet, takes
the themes that warmed our hearts in Amélie. This time,
though, it’s a ten-year-old boy, T. S. Spivet (Kyle Catlett),
who finds himself lost on the crooked path of love.
Set on a ranch in Montana, T. S. Spivet’s story is captured
in wide, spectacular shots of endless hills and fields
in which the Spivet parents lead an unusual, but happy
married life. The mother (Helena
Bonham Carter) is a scientist, and the father
is a cowboy. T. S. himself likes to invent machines,
and life is good until a tragic accident occurs.
A little later, one of T. S.’s inventions wins an award
in Washington, DC, and the lonely, confused boy travels
across America to collect his prize. Jeunet always examines
the way we communicate love, presenting it as both
a physical and an emotional adventure. With a great performance
from Catlett, this film, like Amélie, is a work of
ageless wisdom for the young at heart. Starts 10 July.
Films | Drama
After he made the 2012 blockbuster
The Avengers, American director Joss
Whedon clearly wanted to do something
different. So he made a film of
Shakespeare’s Much Ado about
Nothing. Although it’s a comedy, the
play comes close to tragedy. Hero, one
of the characters, must pretend to be
dead before finding happiness. And
Retelling of a classic
this potential disaster brings together
another couple. Set in the present day, Much Ado was filmed in
Whedon’s home. The black-and-white film underlines the light
and dark of human behaviour. It’s 400 years since Shakespeare
died. Clearly, some things never change. Starts 24 July.
DVDs | Comedy
US director Wes Anderson is known for making unusual films. His
latest picture, The Grand Budapest Hotel, tells the story
of Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes), a concierge in a fictional five-star
European hotel between the First and Second World Wars. When
one of the guests, an elderly heiress with whom Gustave had an
affair, dies, he inherits a painting. Her family, however, accuses
the concierge of murdering her. To prove his innocence, Gustave
and a lobby boy called Zero (Tony Revolori) set out on a hilarious
adventure. Filmed in Germany,
The Grand Budapest Hotel is
loosely based on the life and
works of Austrian writer Stefan
Zweig. Available from 4 July.
A grand fantasy drama
Alien: Resurrection
[(eIliEn rezE)rekS&n]
Amélie [(QmeIli]
blockbuster [(blQk)bVstE]
capture [(kÄptSE]
come close to sth. [kVm (klEUs tE]
concierge [(kQnsieEZ]
Alien – die Wiedergeburt
Die fabelhafte Welt der
Amélie
Kassenschlager
einfangen
etw. nahekommen
(Hotel)Portier
crooked [(krUkId]
director [daI&(rektE]
heiress [(eEres]
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lobby boy [(lQbi bOI]
loosely [(lu:sli]
shot [SQt]
gewunden, verworren
hier: Regisseur(in)
Erbin
wahnsinnig komisch
erben
Hoteldiener, Page
frei, lose
hier: Aufnahme
Fotos: PR
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Apps | DIY
Podcasts | Entertainment
Do you love DIY (do-it-yourself) projects? Are you always thinking
of new and creative ways to decorate your home or make
useful objects from waste material? Then Instructables
is the app for you. Started in 2005, this application is all about
sharing fun projects. Learn how to make a stand for your smartphone
using an old credit card, how to decorate leather or even
how to make your own whisky. Instructables, though, is not just
a place to find great ideas; here, you can share your own projects
with others. A simple system allows you to upload images and
instructions for others to try out. All the projects are available on
the Instructables website, too: www.instructables.com The app
can be downloaded to both Apple and android devices.
You don’t need to be planning a meal with friends or colleagues
to enjoy the Dinner Party Download; but if you are, this
podcast will definitely be a help. Designed to inspire you with
ideas for good drinks and conversation, the Dinner Party Download
lasts around an hour and has set elements such as an opening
joke, an interesting historical anecdote and an interview with
people making headlines. A recent download included the story
of the search for the planet Pluto, a Pluto-related cocktail and
recommendations for dinner-party music from the English band
Elephant. This was followed by
an interview with actor Kevin
Spacey. The website of the
Dinner Party Download, www.
dinnerpartydownload.
org, also provides transcripts
of some parts
of the show. The download
is available free on
iTunes.
Culture close by | Music
Born in 1950 as the daughter of entertainer Nat King
Cole, Natalie Cole first performed with her father at the
age of six as part of a Christmas recording. She achieved
instant stardom with the release of her first album, Inseparable,
in 1975. Although she suffered from inevitable
comparisons with her father, Natalie Cole made
the best of a difficult situation, recording many songs
in duet with her father’s voice, especially on the 1991
multi-award-winning album Unforgettable … With
Love. Released in 2013, her new album, Natalie en Español,
is another bestseller. Presenting her latest work,
and the Cole brand of smooth jazz, Natalie Cole will be
performing four concerts in Germany, Switzerland and
Austria in July. More information on dates and locations
at www.nataliecole.com
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instant [(InstEnt]
last [lA:st]
stardom [(stA:dEm]
Markenzeichen
Gerät
zwangsläufig, unvermeidbar
anregen, inspirieren
sofortig
dauern
Berühmtheit
Reviews by OWEN CONNORS and EVE LUCAS
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ARTS | Short Story and Books
The smell of coffee
Erstarrte Überzeugungen und Vorurteile lassen Mrs Price bei ihrem morgendlichen Besuch im
Café einen peinlichen Fehler begehen. JULIAN EARWAKER erzählt.
As usual, Mrs Price arrived at Alfonso’s at exactly
eleven o’clock for her morning coffee — fair-trade,
ground in-house according to the sign. In truth,
Mrs Price had little interest in fairness of trade while the
noise of the grinder made her hearing aid shriek in protest.
But the coffee was cheap and included free refills,
which she thought as fair as a person could hope for.
Mrs Price always brought her own biscuits; it saved
money, and the owner had never complained. Her favourite
was a popular type of chocolate wafer. She enjoyed
breaking it apart piece by piece to eat with her coffee.
From her table, just beside the front window, Mrs
Price could remain almost unseen while observing people
on the street outside. She liked to guess what was in their
shopping bags and how much money they had spent.
Mrs Price enjoyed the smell of coffee more than its
taste. Her husband, Bill, had liked to grind his own beans.
The strong aroma was always on his clothes and skin. It
was one of the few memories she retained of him. When
she had first passed Alfonso’s, not long after Bill’s death,
and smelt the familiar smell, she had begun to
cry. Later, when she felt strong enough, she
had started going in. She discovered that
if she sat very still, Bill would
sometimes join her. That was
six years ago. Since then,
she had been arriving at
the same time each day,
thinking the same thoughts,
or so it sometimes seemed
to her, and waiting for Bill. She
always sat in the same place so he
would know where to find her. On this
occasion, therefore, it was a great shock to
find that someone was sitting at her table —
their table — a young stranger of perhaps 17
or 18 years of age.
“Morning, Mrs Price,” said Alfonso, whose real name
was Brian Thompson. “My nephew, Gary,” he added,
nodding towards the young man seated in Bill’s chair —
opposite her regular place. “We’re a bit busy. Hope you
don’t mind. He won’t give you any trouble.”
The young man raised his eyebrows for a moment and
then returned to his mobile phone, sending messages to
invisible friends. But Mrs Price did mind. She continued
to stand, not sure what to do next. Finally, she sat down
carefully on the edge of an empty seat at the same table
— her table. She studied the young man, his long blonde
hair, tattoos and an earring. It was enough to confirm her
worst suspicions. The lost generation, she thought, full
of selfish demands and their own entitlement. How dare
Thompson let him sit there? What if Bill arrived now and
found his seat taken?
Thompson himself brought her coffee to the table.
“Clever boy. Starts university in September,” he added.
But she didn’t hear his words. His nephew had to leave —
now. It just wasn’t right. She was
about to take her first mouthful
of coffee, when the young
man put his hand out for
the chocolate wafer on the
table in front of them.
He tore open the wrapper
and broke off a piece,
which he pushed into his
mouth. It was gone in two
bites. Shocked, Mrs Price took
a drink of the hot coffee, which
burnt her mouth. She watched in
horror as another piece of the biscuit
— her biscuit — quickly followed. The
young man licked his fingers. Mrs Price
was lost for words. Thompson’s nephew
clearly needed to be taught a lesson. She
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es wagen, etw. zu tun
hier: Begehren, Forderung
Anspruch
kostenloses Nachschenken
mahlen
Mahlmaschine; hier:
Kaffeemühle
Hörgerät
jmdm. eine Lektion erteilen
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selfish [(selfIS]
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wrapper [(rÄpE]
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behalten, bewahren
eigennützig
aufkreischen
Verdacht
aufreißen
Waffel
Verpackung
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Short Story
looked round for help, but no one seemed to notice her
dilemma.
While she wiped her lips with her paper napkin, the
young man reached forward to take a third piece. It was
too much. Mrs Price pulled the final piece of the snack
towards her and swallowed it almost whole. And then,
just to make her message clear, she grabbed a doughnut
that the young man had in front of him. Wildly, she bit
off a large mouthful, and it sent a spray of jam across her
face like a bloodstain. She didn’t wait to see Gary’s reaction.
Handbag over her arm, she marched towards the
door and exited without looking back. The smell of coffee
trailed her out on to the street.
It was only then that Mrs Price realized she had not
paid for what might be her last ever cup of coffee at Alfonso’s.
With shaking hands, she opened her handbag. And
that is when she saw it: the chocolate wafer she had purchased
earlier in the day to eat with her coffee.
Books | Novel
British writer Sadie
Jones is known for
her detailed portraits
of outsiders trying to
find a place within
established communities.
Her new
novel, Fallout, explores
the wild and
adventurous theatre
world of London in
the late 1960s and
early 70s. The novel
brings together four
young people looking
for themselves and each other as they experiment with new
forms of work and play. This unconventional behaviour, though,
creates fallout for everyone. In her description of “Swinging
London”, Jones examines both the dynamics of progress and
our need for stability, mixing long nights with artistic fights, and
glamour with tremendous sadness as a new generation struggles
to deal with the private and public face of artistic change.
It’s a painful process — but a rewarding one.
Chatto & Windus, €16.35.
Books | Easy reader
Viking Tales is a collection
of stories about the
Norse gods. Through six
stories, we follow the adventures
of these gods,
from their chief Odin to his
strong but impulsive son
Thor and the beautiful goddess
Freyja, who cries tears
of gold. All the tales are set
in Yggdrasil, an enormous
tree in which the Vikings
believed everyone lived: the
gods were at the top, and
below them were ordinary
people. Down at the bottom were those who had already died.
The stories are simply told, at elementary level (A2), and there
are a large number of excellent illustrations, including one of
Ygg drasil. In addition to an informative introduction on the topic
of Viking mythology, there is a full set of comprehension questions
for each of the stories, as well as nine pages of useful and
well-written grammar and vocabulary exercises. The book also
comes with an audio CD.
Macmillan, €7.49.
Blutfleck
Verständnis-
negative Konsequenzen
Göttin
sich etw. schnappen
aufschlussreich
bloodstain [(blVdsteIn]
comprehension [)kQmprI(henS&n]
fallout [(fO:laUt]
goddess [(gQdes]
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informative [In(fO:mEtIv]
napkin [(nÄpkIn]
Norse [nO:s]
purchase [(p§:tSEs]
set [set]
trail sb. [treI&l]
tremendous [trE(mendEs]
Serviette
altnordisch
kaufen
Reihe
jmdm. folgen
gewaltig, schrecklich
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LANGUAGE | Vocabulary
The names of shapes
What shape is it? This month, ANNA HOCHSIEDER presents words and phrases to describe the
things around us — and the chocolates in a box.
1 2
3 4
5
6
9
8
7
10
11
12 13 14
19
18
15
17
16
1. circle
2. semicircle
3. square
4. hexagon
5. spiral [(spaI&rEl]
6. sphere [sfIE]
7. cross
8. rectangle
9. oval
10. triangle [(traIÄNg&l]
11. crescent [(krez&nt]
12. x, cross
13. octagon
14. pyramid [(pIrEmId]
15. cone
16. cylinder [(sIlIndE]
17. cube
18. pentagon
19. diamond,
rhombus
Can you describe it?
If you don’t know the name of an object, it helps if you
can describe it: its shape, size and colour, the material
it is made of and what it’s used for — its purpose.
For example, take these common things in the home:
(1) It’s a pear-shaped wire structure with a long handle,
and you use it to stir or mix egg, cream and sauces. Or
how about this: (2) It’s T-shaped, and the longer part
of the T is a spiral made of metal with a pointed end.
It’s for opening wine bottles. Here’s another one: (3) It’s
a small cube that’s made of wood or plastic, and each
side of the cube has a different number of dots between
one and six. It’s used in certain board games. And do
you know what this is? (4) It’s a thick stick with a rubber
thing at the end. The rubber bit is orange or brown
and has the shape and size of a muesli bowl — more or
less. It’s used for pulling dirt out of blocked drains; for
example, in washbasins. (5) Finally, this everyday object
can be found in any office. It looks a bit like a crocodile’s
mouth, and you use it to fasten sheets of paper together.
To find out what all these things are called in English,
take a look at the next page.
Illustrationen: Bernhard Förth
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Practice
Now try some exercises to practise using the language on the opposite page.
1. Look at the pictures below. Then match the names of the objects to the numbers in the text on the
opposite page.
a) a dice b) a whisk c) a stapler d) a plunger e) a corkscrew
2. The words in the list on the opposite page are all nouns.
What are their related adjectives?
Underline the correct options.
In one case, both options are possible.
a) If it’s shaped like a pyramid, it’s pyriform / pyramid-shaped.
b) If it’s shaped like a square, it’s square / quadratic.
c) If it’s shaped like a half circle, it’s circular / semicircular.
d) If it’s shaped like a cube, it’s cubic / cubicle.
e) If it’s shaped like a cone, it’s conical / conifer.
f) If it’s shaped like a sphere, it’s round / spherical.
g) If it’s shaped like a triangle, it’s three-dimensional / triangular.
h) If it’s shaped like an octagon, it’s octagonal / octave.
Many nouns (Substantiv) can be combined
with the ending -shaped to create descriptive
adjectives: a kidney-shaped (nierenförmig)
table, a heart-shaped jewellery box, a
star-shaped biscuit. The letters of the alphabet
are also often used for describing shapes:
an S-shaped hook, a knife with a V-shaped
blade (Klinge), tables arranged in a U-shape.
Tips
3. Can you solve these riddles? All the descriptions refer to everyday objects.
a) It’s conical. You fill it with a cold, sweet substance, and
you can eat it:
It’s an ______________________.
b) It’s long, thin and pointed at the end, and you draw or
write with it:
It’s a ___________________ or a ______________________.
c) It’s a sphere. It’s covered with black pentagons and
white hexagons, and it’s used in a popular sport:
It’s a ______________________.
d) It fits in your hand, is rectangular and made of metal
and plastic. Many people can’t imagine life without it:
It’s a ______________________.
4. What shape do the following chocolates have?
a) Coffee cannonball: _______________
b) Egyptian delight: _______________
c) Full-moon mandarin: _______________
d) Hazelnut hat: _______________
e) Sweet strawberry cigar: _______________
f) Swiss milk: _______________
Answers
1. a–3; b–1; c–5; d–4; e–2
2. a) pyramid-shaped; b) square; c) semicircular [)semi(s§:kjUlE]; d) cubic
[(kju:bIk]; e) conical (conifer: Nadelbaum); f) round, spherical [(sferIk&l];
g) triangular [traI(ÄNgjUlE]; h) octagonal [Qk(tÄg&nEl]
3. a) ice-cream cone (Eiswaffel); b) pen, pencil; c) football; d) mobile phone
4. a) sphere; b) pyramid; c) circle (sphere); d) cone; e) cylinder; f) cross
At
www.spotlight-online.de/teachers/picture-it
you’ll find translations and the complete Vocabulary archive.
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LANGUAGE | Travel Talk
Going to see the
Tour de France
Watch the world’s greatest cycle race
with RITA FORBES.
Gearing up
We’re leaving for Yorkshire next week.
Oh, yes! You’re going to watch the Tour de France,
aren’t you?
Well, a little bit of it — the second stage, from
York to Sheffield. It’s funny to think that the race
actually goes through England this year.
I’m surprised you and Dave aren’t actually competing!
You’re such avid cyclists.
Ha, ha! Maybe next year. We are taking our bikes,
though.
Making new friends
Hi, there! We’re from Texas. This is our first time.
It’s great to see it all in the flesh. How about you?
We’re from Scotland. It’s our first time, too. We’re
going to cycle up one of the hills tomorrow morning
before the race starts and watch from there.
Oh, we would have loved to do that, but we don’t
have bikes with us. We’re going to watch on the big
screen at the spectator hub at the end of the stage
in Sheffield.
That’ll be exciting, too, I’m sure. So, which team
are you rooting for?
Well, we’ve got to cheer on the Americans, right?
Here they come!
The caravan was amazing! The floats were crazy!
It’s all fun and games for us, isn’t it? But think
what it’s like for the riders: 3,656 kilometres in
three weeks! Talk about testing the limits of human
endurance.
Mm-hmm. Hey! I think the peloton may be coming
soon. Listen to the crowd down below.
Yeah, I can see the stage leader now. He’s not wearing
the yellow jersey. Someone else must have
won yesterday’s stage.
Just look at them charging up the hill. They’re
pedalling like mad!
It’s incredible. Get ready to take a picture!
• To gear up means to “get ready for something”.
• Yorkshire is a region in northern England.
• The Tour de France is the biggest cycling race in the
world. This year’s race is the 101st.
• The Tour de France is divided into 21 stages. Each
stage lasts one day, and there are two rest days.
The first three stages of this year’s race — on 5, 6
and 7 July — take place in England. After that, the
teams will ride through Belgium, Spain and France,
finishing in Paris on 27 July.
• The adjective avid [(ÄvId] means “passionate”
(leidenschaftlich) or “committed” (engagiert).
“Avid” nearly always comes before a noun:
an avid fan, an avid tennis player, an avid reader.
• If you see something in the flesh, you see it live.
• The roads are closed a few hours before the race
begins. You can cycle along the official route before
and after the race.
• Spectator hubs are special areas where fans can
watch the race on a big screen. There you can also
find food and entertainment. The hub in Sheffield
has room for 40,000 people.
• If you root for a team, you want it to win.
• To cheer people on is to shout loudly for them,
encouraging them to keep going.
• Before the race begins, a caravan or procession of
vehicles drives along the route. This entertainment
for people waiting along the road lasts for about
30 minutes. Official sponsors of the race throw
freebies — free (kostenlos) advertising products —
into the crowd.
• The decorated vehicles that travel in a procession
such as the caravan are known as floats.
• A peloton is the main group of cyclists in a race.
• The rider who wins a particular stage is allowed to
wear the yellow jersey in the next stage.
• If you’re doing something like mad, you’re putting
all of your energy into it.
all fun and games [O:l )fVn End (geImz]
charge up [tSA:dZ (Vp]
endurance [In(djUErEns]
leave for... [(li:v fE]
pedal [(ped&l]
einfach nur Spaß
hier: hinaufstürmen
Durchhaltevermögen
nach ... aufbrechen
in die Pedale treten
Tips
Foto: Alamy
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Cards | LANGUAGE
NEW WORDS
conscious uncoupling
My ex-husband and I prefer to refer to our divorce as a
conscious uncoupling.
GLOBAL ENGLISH
What would a speaker of British English say?
North American: “It’s like being in the middle of
Times Square.”
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(IN)FORMAL ENGLISH
Rewrite these informal statements
in a neutral style:
1. Give me a buzz when you have a minute.
2. Just drop me a line when you’ve decided.
Translate:
TRANSLATION
1. Meine Armbanduhr geht zwei Minuten vor.
2. Unsere alte Standuhr ging immer ein paar
Minuten nach.
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PRONUNCIATION
IDIOM MAGIC
Read aloud the names of these countries
competing in this year’s World Cup:
Belgium
Croatia
Nigeria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Japan
Uruguay
Ching Yee Smithback
a marked man / woman
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FALSE FRIENDS
housemaster / Hausmeister
Translate the following sentences:
1. He started his career as a housemaster at a private
school.
2. Sie bekommen den Wohnungsschlüssel vom
Hausmeister.
GRAMMAR
Complete these sentences with the correct
verb forms:
1. After the game, Philip was nowhere _________________
(zu sehen).
2. I’m afraid Mr Smith is nowhere _________________
(zu finden).
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LANGUAGE | Cards
GLOBAL ENGLISH
British speaker: “It’s like Piccadilly Circus (in here).”
In a busy situation where people are constantly coming
and going, British speakers may refer to a famous round
open space in London. North Americans think of New
York’s most famous square, or its main station: “It’s like
Grand Central Station in here.” In German, one might
compare things to a Taubenschlag.
NEW WORDS
The actress Gwyneth Paltrow used the word partnership
consciously uncouple in connection with her divorce
from Chris Martin of Coldplay (see Spotlight 6/14, p. 29).
This new expression is intended to show that the breakup
has occurred in a respectful manner, without bitter
feelings between husband and wife.
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TRANSLATION
1. My (wrist)watch is two minutes fast.
2. Our old grandfather clock was always a few minutes
slow.
When talking about a watch or clock, the translation of
vor- / nachgehen is “be fast / slow”.
(IN)FORMAL ENGLISH
1. Give me a call / Call me when you have a minute.
2. Send me a message / note when you’ve decided.
In informal British usage, you can also “give sb. a ring” or
“ring sb. up”.
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IDIOM MAGIC
A marked man or woman is someone who is in danger
because another person has made him or her a target
(Ziel) of attack.
[(beldZEm]
[krEU(eISE]
[naI(dZIEriE]
PRONUNCIATION
[)bQzniE End )h§:tsE(gQvInE]
[dZE(pÄn]
[(jUErEgwaI]
“He became a marked man because of the speech he
made in parliament.”
The English and German pronunciation of many country
names differs — in stress, vowel (Vokal) or consonant
(Konsonant) quality, for example.
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GRAMMAR
1. After the game, Philip was nowhere to be seen.
2. I’m afraid Mr Smith is nowhere to be found.
Semantically, zu sehen sein and zu finden sein are
passives. English requires passive infinitives here.
FALSE FRIENDS
1. Er begann seine Karriere als Internatslehrer in einer
Privatschule.
2. The caretaker (UK) will give you the key to the flat.
A “housemaster” is a teacher in a British boarding school
(Internat) responsible for a group or “house” of students.
In North America, the caretaker of a private building is a
“superintendent”.
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LANGUAGE | Everyday English
Listen to dialogues 1 and 2
Official documents
This month, DAGMAR TAYLOR looks at the
words and phrases people use when they talk
about taking care of their paperwork.
1. The first step 2. It’s all in the planning
Calum and Sam are making arrangements for their
wedding.
Calum: Do you know what we haven’t thought about
yet?
Sam: A honeymoon in the Seychelles?
Calum: (laughs) We can think about that when we
win the lottery. No, I mean the paperwork.
We probably need our birth certificates or
our passports or something.
Sam: Oh, yeah. I suppose you’re right. You know, I
don’t think I’ve got my birth certificate.
Calum: Are you sure? Has your mum got it?
Sam: More than likely, yes. I’ll ask her. But how do
we find out what we need?
Calum: They probably tell you when you book the
registrar’s office, but I’ll check online.
Sam: Do it now. Try the Citizens’ Advice Bureau.
Calum: Good idea!
Calum and Sam are checking what they need to do
before their wedding.
Calum: Sam? Listen to what the website says: “The
first step to getting married is to give notice
to the district registrar in the area where you
intend to marry. Each person has to complete
a marriage notice on a form provided by the
registrar.” Blah, blah, blah... Then it says: “You
are advised to submit your marriage notice
four to six weeks before you intend to marry.”
Sam: Oh, look. It says here that each marriage notice
should be accompanied by a fee and a
birth certificate.
Calum: How much is the fee?
Sam: It doesn’t say. Is it on the registrar’s website?
Calum: I’ll look, and I’ll download the marriage notice
form. Can you call your mum and ask her
where she’s hiding your birth certificate?
Foto: iStock
• Here, paperwork means all the documents involved
in a birth, death, marriage or buying a house.
• A birth certificate is the official document that
shows when and where a person was born.
• To show that he is not sure, or doesn’t know what is
needed, Calum adds or something.
• I suppose you’re right can be used either when you
are responding to something a person has said that
you haven’t thought about before, or when you’re not
sure about something.
• More than likely means the same as “very probably”.
• A register office (ifml. registry office) is the place
where you can get married in the UK without a
religious ceremony. It is the office that records births,
marriages and deaths. In Scotland, this is known as
the registrar’s office.
• The Citizens’ Advice Bureau is a UK charity that
gives free (kostenlos) information and advice to
people with financial, legal, consumer and other
problems: www.citizensadvice.org.uk
honeymoon [(hVnimu:n]
Seychelles [seI(Selz]
Flitterwochen
Tips
• To give notice is a phrase used in formal, official
English to mean “say that you want to do something”.
• The district registrar keeps official records (hier:
Akte, Eintragung), especially of births, deaths and
marriages in the local area.
• Completing a marriage notice (Aufgebot) is one
of the first things couples must do before getting
married.
• When reading aloud, people often say blah, blah,
blah to show that they are missing out (überspringen)
a boring or unimportant part of the text.
• Here, advised to submit means “officially told to give
a document to someone in authority”. It is typical of
the formal language used by authorities.
• Another example of formal written language is
should be accompanied by, meaning “should be
sent together with”.
• A fee is the amount of money you pay for professional
advice or a service.
intend [In(tend]
provide [prE(vaId]
registrar [)redZI(strA:]
beabsichtigen, vorhaben
zur Verfügung stellen
Standesbeamter, -beamtin
Tips
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LANGUAGE | Everyday English
3. A copy 4. What’s going on?
Sam needs a copy of her birth certificate.
Registrar: Aberdeen Registrar’s Office.
Sam: Yes, hello! I was wondering if you could tell
me how I can get a certified copy of my
birth certificate. My mum can’t find mine.
Registrar: Yes, certainly. Can you tell me where your
birth was registered?
Sam: In Aberdeen.
Registrar: And are you in Aberdeen at the moment?
Sam: No, I live in London.
Registrar: Well, you can order it over the phone and
pay for it with a credit or debit card. We
can either send it to your home address,
or you can get someone to come in to the
registrar’s office on your behalf and collect
it for you. All I need is your full name and
your date and place of birth.
Calum has a surprise for Sam.
Sam: Oh, by the way, my birth certificate came in
the post today.
Calum: Oh, good. That’s another thing we can cross
off the list.
Sam: There’s still a lot to do, isn’t there?
Calum: Uh-huh. That reminds me: have you got a
passport?
Sam: Of course I’ve got a passport. Why?
Calum: Is it still valid?
Sam:
I think so. I can check if you like. But why?
What’s going on?
Calum: I booked our honeymoon today.
Sam: Oh, wow! So, it’s not Skegness after all?
Calum: (laughs) No, it’s not! But I’m not telling you
where we’re going. I want it to be a surprise.
Just make sure your passport is valid, OK?
• A polite way to begin asking a question or asking
someone to do something is I was wondering if...
• In official language, a copy of a birth certificate is
called a full certified copy or “extract” (Auszug).
• When you do business or arrange something by
phone, you do it over the phone.
• When you pay with a debit card, the money is taken
directly from your bank account (Konto).
• If someone does something on your behalf,
he or she does it for you, as your representative
(Stellvertreter).
• Your full name is your first name, middle name(s)
and surname.
Tips
• By the way (ifml.) introduces a question or
comment that is not directly related to what you
have been talking about.
• Uh-huh [(V hV] is a sound people make to say “yes”
or to show that they understand or agree with what
someone has said.
• You can say that reminds me when you suddenly remember
something because of what you or another
person has said or done.
• If something is valid, it is legally or officially acceptable.
The opposite of “valid” is “invalid” [In(vÄlId].
• Skegness is a well-known — and not at all exotic —
seaside resort (Badeort) on the east coast of England.
Tips
EXERCISE
1. Add the missing word.
a) But how do we find _____ what we need?
b) Is it _____ the registrar’s website?
c) You can order it _____ the phone.
d) That’s another thing we can cross _____ the list.
2. What words did they use?
after all [)A:ftE (O:l] hier: also doch, am Ende
cross off [krQs (Qf] streichen
3. What did they say?
a) We haven’t thought about the p _______ yet.
b) Each person has to complete a m _______ n _______.
c) All I need is your f ______ n ______ and...
d) Is your passport still v ______?
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a) Oh, yeah. You’re probably right. _________________
b) We ask you to submit your marriage notice...
_________________
c) Yes, of course. _________________
d) My birth certificate arrived today. _________________
Answers: 1. a) out; b) on; c) over; d) off
2. a) I suppose you’re; b) You are advised (submit: einreichen, vorlegen);
c) certainly; d) came in the post
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4. What do the words in bold refer to?
a) Has your mum got it? __________
b) Is it on the registrar’s website? __________
c) We can either send it to your home address, or you
can get someone to come in. __________
d) I want it to be a surprise. __________
Answers: 3. a) paperwork; b) marriage notice; c) full name; d) valid
4. a) Sam’s birth certificate; b) the amount of the fee; c) a certified copy of
Sam’s birth certificate; d) the honeymoon destination
Foto: iStock

The Grammar Page | LANGUAGE
Using “if”, “unless”
and “if ... not”
ADRIAN DOFF presents and explains this key point of grammar
with notes on a short dialogue.
Jill’s husband, Nick, calls while she’s at work.
Nick: Hi! I’m calling about the concert. I need to tell the
others. So is Friday OK for you?
Jill: Yes, I think I’ll be able to come — unless 1 I have to
stay on at the office.
Nick: Well, could you decide? Yes or no? I need to get tickets
for us.
Jill: Well, yes, it should be fine — unless 2 we have a
meeting that evening. Can’t we decide later?
Nick: No. We won’t get tickets if we don’t 3 book ahead.
They’re nearly all gone already.
Jill: OK, let’s say I’ll come, then. I’ll let you know if
I can’t 4 make it.
Nick: Is that a “yes”?
Jill: Well, yes, unless...
Nick: OK, look! I’ll book four tickets on the basis that you
want to come with us — unless 5 you’d prefer to stay
at the office, that is. 5
1 Unless means “except if”. Jill could say: “I’ll be able to
come, except if I have to stay on (länger bleiben) at the
office.”
2 This is another example of the use of unless (= except if
we have a meeting).
3 Here, if ... not also means “except if”. It could be replaced
with “unless”: “We won’t get tickets unless we
book ahead.”
4 You can’t always replace if ... not with “unless”. Here, if ...
not doesn’t mean “except if”, so it is not possible to say:
“I’ll let you know unless I can make it.”
5 In conversation, unless is often used to express an
afterthought. Sometimes, “of course” or “that is” is
added at the end:
• We’ll eat outside — unless it rains, of course.
• Let’s get the bill — unless you want another drink,
that is.
Remember!
The above dialogue between Nick and Jill shows how
unless and if ... not are used to talk about the future.
When used in this way, they both require the present
simple tense (“unless I have to...”, “unless we have...”,
“if we don’t...”, “if I can’t...”).
Beyond the basics
Besides being used to talk about the future, unless is
also found with other conditional forms and tenses;
for example:
• I wouldn’t eat meat, unless I was desperate.
• I used to come to work every day, unless I was ill.
EXERCISE
For each sentence below, replace “if ... not” with “unless” if possible.
a) I’ll expect you at 7 o’clock if I don’t hear from you. e) The meat will go bad if you don’t put it in the fridge.
_______________________________
_______________________________
b) If I weren’t so busy, I’d take a day off.
f) Sharks are quite harmless if they don’t smell blood.
_______________________________
_______________________________
c) We’ll eat outside if it doesn’t rain.
g) If the sauce isn’t thick enough, add more flour.
_______________________________
_______________________________
d) It’s better if you don’t say anything just yet.
h) They won’t let you into the country if you haven’t got
_______________________________
a visa. _______________________________
Answers: a) ...unless I hear from you; b) not possible (take a day off: einen Tag frei nehmen); c) ...unless it rains; d) not possible; e) ...unless you put it in the fridge;
f) ...unless they smell blood (shark: Haifisch); g) not possible (flour: Mehl ); h) ...unless you’ve got a visa
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LANGUAGE | The Soap
Phil & Peggy
A tropical storm
Things are hotting up at Spotlight ’s very
own London pub. By INEZ SHARP
FOCUS
Sean: You just never know what people are into.
Peggy: Yeah, who would have thought that our Tropical
Heatwave Week would be so popular?
Sean: If you think of all the stuff we’ve tried out: afternoon
teas, quiz nights...
Peggy: Hi, Helen! What can I get you?
Helen: I’ll have a Mai Tai. Do you like my grass skirt?
Sean: You look really hot.
Phil: Hi, George! The usual?
George: No, give me a Mai Tai, too.
Helen: Whose idea was it, this tropical special?
George: We had an event at the supermarket called Typically
Tropical, promoting coconut products, and the
decoration was so nice I thought the pub could use it.
Helen: That explains the slogans everywhere.
Sean: Are you sure it’s legal?
George: Who’s going to notice? My boss lives in Swindon,
so he won’t be round here any time soon.
Peggy: Hi, Jane! What are you wearing?
Jane: Isn’t the wet T-shirt contest tonight?
Helen: No, it’s the hula-dancing competition.
Jane: Are you sure?
George: OK, there are ten women here in grass skirts,
and you’re the only one in knickers and a T-shirt, Jane.
Sean: So, are you sure it’s legal to use this deco, George?
George: We wanted to donate it to the local primary
school, but no one came round to collect it. So I
thought: waste not, want not.
Jane: Thanks for the grass skirt, mum.
Sean: I preferred you in the T-shirt.
Helen: Don’t look now, Jane, but the most gorgeous
man’s just come in. George, keep still, and then we
can admire him without being too obvious.
George: I can remember the days when I wasn’t just a
useful piece of camouflage.
Jane: Wow! He’s so fit! And he seems to be alone.
Helen: OK, he’s coming over. Act nonchalant.
George says he can remember the days when he
wasn’t just a piece of camouflage. He means that he
used to be worth looking at, not simply someone who
doesn’t attract a lot of attention and who is therefore
good for hiding behind. The noun “camouflage” refers
to clothing or materials used to conceal something by
making it blend in with the surroundings. In the military,
camouflage materials are used for uniforms and
to hide equipment, such as trucks, from sight.
Helen George
Sean Jane
What do you think of my grass skirt?
George: Can I take a look...? Oh, no! It’s my boss, Dave.
What the hell’s he doing here?
Dave: Hi, George! I’ve been looking for you. Could we
have a chat?
Jane: If it’s about the tropical decoration...
Dave: Actually, it is.
Jane: Well, it probably isn’t legal, using your deco.
Dave: You’re damn right it isn’t. I could fire him for it.
You realize that?
Jane: It wasn’t George who had the idea. It was me. You
see, the pub is doing really badly.
Peggy: Jane!
Jane: Shut up, Mum! George brought the stuff to the
school where my daughter Simone goes. I knew they’d
never use it, so I took it to help mum out — she owns
the pub. I never wanted to get George into trouble.
Dave: You’ll have to take everything down this evening.
Helen: What, no hula dancing?
Dave: Well, I suppose...
Peggy: Look, why don’t we donate the money we’ve made
to Simone’s school?
Helen: Dave, have a Mai Tai and think it over.
George: (quietly) Jane, you are the best. Can I get you a
drink?
Jane: No, you can get me Dave.
admire [Ed(maIE]
be into sth. [bi (IntE] ifml.
collect sth. [kE(lekt]
conceal [kEn(si:&l]
damn [dÄm] ifml.
donate [dEU(neIt]
fire sb. [(faIE] ifml.
fit [fIt] UK ifml.
gorgeous [(gO:dZEs]
grass skirt [grA:s (sk§:t]
knickers [(nIkEz] UK
nonchalant [(nQnSElEnt]
primary school [(praImEri sku:l] UK
shut up [SVt (Vp] ifml.
waste not, want not
[)weIst nQt (wQnt nQt]
what the hell [)wQt DE (hel] ifml.
bewundern
auf etw. stehen
hier: etw. abholen
kaschieren, verdecken
verdammt
spenden
jmdm. kündigen
cool, geil
umwerfend, toll
Baströckchen
Höschen
lässig
Grundschule
sei still
Spare in der Zeit, so hast
du in der Not.
was zum Teufel
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English at Work | LANGUAGE
Dear Ken: I need ideas for
small talk, please
Dear Ken
I work in an international company where we often have
to deal with people from all over the world. Most of the
foreign visitors to our office are from the UK or the US. I
often have difficulties “warming up”. Do you have some
ideas for making small talk?
Thank you.
Kind regards
Anja K.
Send your questions
about business English
by e-mail with “Dear
Ken” in the subject line to
language@spotlight-verlag.de
Each month, I answer two questions
Spotlight readers have sent in. If one of
them is your question, you’ll receive a
copy of my book: Fifty Ways to Improve
Your Business English. So don’t forget to
add your mailing address!
Dear Anja
The idea of small talk is to break the ice, make your international
visitor feel comfortable, establish rapport and
tune your ear to the other person’s way of speaking.
There are some tried and tested, neutral subjects to talk
about after saying “hello” — but only for a short time.
Here are a few tips on what you could talk about:
1. Your business cards
Check how to pronounce your visitor’s name correctly.
Ask about the company name and the logo.
2. Where he or she comes from
If you haven’t been there, ask about the place.
3. The experience immediately before this
Where had your visitor been before meeting you? Tell
him or her what you have been doing, too.
4. A common acquaintance
Find out if there are people you both know. Talk about
them in a positive way.
5. A current event
The event could be from the day’s news or something
from your business field. Be careful not to make a
strong political statement at this stage, though.
6. A minor problem
Ask for advice on how to deal with a small problem.
People generally like being helpful.
7. The immediate environment
Is your visitor wearing a lapel badge (for example,
Lions or Rotary) that you could comment on?
8. General business
Discuss your industry and business in general. Ask
questions about your visitor’s company, products or
services. This is a good lead-in to the meeting itself.
Small talk helps you build a positive platform on which
to do business together. The key word is “together”. Try
to make your visitor feel comfortable, not part of a police
interrogation. If you put some of these ideas into practice,
I’m sure your “warm-up” will be a very smooth one.
All the best
Ken
Dear Ken
I work as a PA and often have to answer the phone for
my boss.
If she is out of the office or in a meeting, should I tell the
caller that? Or is there some general phrase I could use?
I never know quite what to say.
Regards
Else M.
Dear Else
Often, you want to avoid saying exactly why your boss
cannot speak to the caller. In that case, the most common
(and polite) general phrase to use is: “I’m afraid she’s not
available at the moment.”
But then you need to follow it up with an offer such as:
“May I take a message?”
“Would you like her to call you back?”
“May I ask what it’s about? Maybe I can help you.”
All the best
Ken
acquaintance [E(kweIntEns]
Bekannte(r)
business card [(bIznEs kA:d]
Visitenkarte
immediate [I(mi:diEt]
unmittelbar
lapel badge [lE(pel bÄdZ]
Abzeichen am
Jackenaufschlag
PA (personal assistant) [)pi: (eI] etwa: Chefsekretär(in)
police interrogation
Verhör
[pE)li:s In)terE(geIS&n]
rapport [rÄ(pO:]
gute Beziehung
tried and tested [)traId End (testId] hier: bewährt ( p. 61)
tune one’s ear to sth.
sich in etw. einhören
[)tju:n wVnz (IE tE]
Ken Taylor is a communication skills consultant. Follow his “Hot Tips”
on Twitter @DearKen101. You can buy his book Dear Ken... 101 answers
to your questions about business English from
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LANGUAGE | Spoken English
Remembering
This month, ADRIAN DOFF looks at how we
talk about memory in spoken English.
Foto: iStock
1. I remember going to the theatre in London. It was a
great experience.
2. Remember to turn the lights off before you go out.
As the examples show, remember is used:
1. to talk about the past: remember + -ing
2. to talk about the future: remember to + infinitive
(= don’t forget to).
Let’s look at different ways to talk about remembering
things and people in the past.
Remember
After “remember”, you can use a noun or a gerund (-ing
form) to talk about the past:
• I remember my first English teacher.
• I remember seeing her at the party.
A question word (what, who, how...) can also be used:
• I can’t remember how long we stayed there.
Or you can use the time or that time:
• Do you remember the time we danced till five in the
morning?
In the negative, either don’t remember or can’t remember
are used:
• “What’s her name?” — “I can’t / don’t remember.”
Memory
The phrases have a (clear / vague) memory of or have no
memory of are also used to talk about remembering things:
• I have a vague memory of visiting my great aunt.
(= I remember it, but not clearly.)
• I have absolutely no memory of my grandparents.
(= I don’t remember them at all.)
“Memory” is also used in the plural form memories (= things
you remember):
• She has fond memories of her time in Paris.
(= She remembers nice things about it.)
• Don’t talk to me about school. It brings back bad
memories.
Some people are good (or bad) at remembering things. They
have a good / bad memory or a good / bad memory for
certain things:
• He’s over 90, but he’s still got a good memory.
• I’ve got a hopeless memory for people’s names.
People who often forget things have a memory like a sieve
(Sieb) :
• I asked her to buy some bread, but she forgot. She has a
memory like a sieve.
Here are some more phrases connected with memory and
remembering things:
My mind’s a blank. (= I can’t remember it at all.)
• I can’t think of his name. My mind’s a blank.
It’s on the tip of my tongue. (= I can nearly remember it.)
• Who was the actress in Titanic? Her name’s on the tip of
my tongue.
It all came back to me. (= After a time, I could remember
everything.)
• He’d forgotten what had happened that night, then
suddenly, it all came back to him.
Remember something as if it were yesterday (= very
clearly)
• I met my wife 50 years ago, but I remember it as if it were
yesterday.
Do something from memory (= It’s in your head.)
• He can play all Beethoven’s piano sonatas from memory.
Trying to remember
Particular expressions are often used to show that a person
can’t remember or is trying to remember something:
• We went to that restaurant last night... What’s it called?
It begins with C.
• I saw what’s-his-name this morning. You know...
• She needs to be more — what’s the word? — assertive
(bestimmt, selbstbewusst).
Choose the correct words in bold.
a) Seeing him again brought back / down memories
of my student days.
b) What’s the capital of Latvia? It’s on the tip / top of
my tongue.
c) I still remember to help / helping my mother when
I was a child.
d) I don’t know his name, but I have a vague memory /
remember of meeting him before.
e) I can’t think which town we stayed in on holiday —
my memory’s / mind’s a blank.
f) She can recite long poems by / from memory.
EXERCISE
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Answers: a) back; b) tip (Latvia: Lettland ); c) helping; d) memory; e) mind’s; f) from (recite: auswendig aufsagen)

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.
merit [(merIt] noun p. 9
good quality, strength, performance
Leistung
Each proposal will be considered on its
own merits.
Synonyms for merit: worth, strength
wisdom [(wIzdEm] noun p. 27
good sense, based on knowledge and experience
Klugheit
The committee had the wisdom not to make
all its decisions alone.
See the notes below on how to use wisdom.
counsel [(kaUns&l] verb p. 28
give professional help and advice
jmdn. beraten
Part of her job involves working with the
police and counselling victims of crime.
Don’t confuse the nouns “counsellor” and “councillor”
(Rat, Rätin).
let go of sth. [let (gEU Ev] verb p. 40
stop holding something, give something its freedom
etw. loslassen
She refused to let go of the idea that her
son needed her.
A verb with an opposite meaning is “hold on to sth.”.
lately [(leItli] adverb p. 70
in the recent past
in letzter Zeit, kürzlich
Have you seen Karen lately? I don’t think I’ve
heard from her for weeks.
A synonym for lately is “recently”.
tried and tested [)traId End (testId] phrase p. 59
effective, known to work
bewährt
I hope you like the cake. It’s one of my
mum’s tried-and-tested recipes.
This phrase can be seen as a cliché; use “tried” or “tested”
alone where possible.
How to use the word wisdom
Just like wisdom teeth, wisdom grows as we grow.
English contains several wise words about wisdom,
many of which have a slightly ironic touch. You can talk
about what others believe to be true (but may not be):
• The conventional / received / traditional wisdom
is that men are stronger than women.
You can listen to and learn from someone:
• My yoga teacher always has some
words / pearls of wisdom for her class.
You may not be sure about an action:
• We question the wisdom of reducing
the marketing budget.
You can express that you think a decision is
annoying, dangerous or stupid:
• My boss, in his infinite wisdom, has
planned a training day in August.
Complete the following sentences with words
from this page in their correct form.
a) I think we can all benefit from her _____________ and
experience.
b) The hand I shook was cold and sweaty, so I quickly
_____________ it again.
c) Their idea has no value. It is without _____________.
d) Passing on secrets is a tried and _____________ way
of losing friends.
e) My neighbour is 90 and has offered me many
_____________ of wisdom.
f) I’ve played tennis once or twice with Pam
_____________. She seems well.
g) The traumatized boy is being _____________ by a
therapist.
OVER TO YOU!
Answers: a) wisdom (benefit: profitieren); b) let go of; c) merit; d) tested; e) words / pearls; f) lately; g) counselled
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LANGUAGE | Perfectionists
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WILL O’RYAN explains developments in the English language and examines some of
the finer points of grammar.
Back to
the roots
When it is used on
its own, the noun
chief usually refers to the leader
(Häuptling) of an indigenous tribe
(Eingeborenenstamm), such as the
famous Sitting Bull of the Lakota
Indians. The word, which came to
English from Old French around
1300, otherwise normally occurs
in compounds (zusammengesetztes
Wort) or noun phrases such as
“union chief” or “chief of police”.
It goes back to Latin caput, which
means “head”, but also “leader, summit,
capital city”. Not surprisingly, it
is the source of Spanish and Portuguese
cabo and Italian capo as well.
Until quite recently, the combining
form “-in-chief” was limited to
a few common terms, in particular
“editor-in-chief” (Chefredakteur(in))
and “commander-in-chief” (Oberbefehlshaber(in)).
The US Constitution
automatically assigns the president
this latter (letztgenannt) role. In recent
years, “-in-chief” has started
to become a productive wordformation
element in the media.
For example, when it was reported
in April that more illegal immigrants
had been deported under President
Obama than ever before, he
was immediately referred to as the
“deporter-in-chief”. Commentators
from the right have been known to
call Obama the “joker-in-chief”.
This “-in-chief” is not limited to the
president. In the 2012 elections, Bill
Clinton was sometimes referred to
as the “explainer-in-chief” in his role
as head PR man for the Democrats.
Foreign politicians can also be “-inchiefs”.
For example, Tariq Aziz,
Saddam Hussein’s former foreign
minister, was called Iraq’s “excuserin-chief”
in The New York Times.
Reflexive pronouns
Grammar
When a direct or indirect object refers to the same thing as the subject
(known as “co-reference”), it must be reflexive. If you replaced “himself” with
“him” in the following examples, the object would then necessarily refer to
someone other than John:
a) John viewed himself as an incompetent fool.
John didn’t give himself enough time to finish the task.
In the examples of (b), the pronoun has to be reflexive. “Me” and “you” in
place of “myself” and “yourself” would be ungrammatical:
b) I see myself in my son.
Did you give yourself the day off on your birthday?
In the case of pronouns that are the object of a preposition, the story gets
more complicated. The default option is that where there is co-reference
with the subject, pronouns have to be reflexive, as in (c). In the first example,
a non-reflexive pronoun would not be co-referential with the subject — it
would refer to someone else — and in the second (which is in the second
person), it would be ungrammatical:
c) Marjorie has to learn to believe in herself.
You’ll have to learn to look after yourself.
The second case is where reflexive pronouns as the object of a preposition
are optional, as in the examples of (d):
d) Coming out of the shower, Paul held a towel around him / himself.
Sarah suddenly noticed a rising fear deep within her / herself.
They pulled the table towards them / themselves.
These prepositions express a spatial (räumlich) relationship. Many speakers
prefer the non-reflexive pronouns except in cases of contrast, as in (e):
e) Paul held the towel around himself, not around his girlfriend.
Note that in German, only reflexive pronouns would be allowed in such
prepositional phrases.
Our third case, surprisingly, involves structures where reflexive pronouns are
not used — where the non-reflexives are mandatory (zwingend erforderlich) :
f) Sharon likes having her children around her (herself).
He wanted to buy a drink, but he had no money on him (himself).
The team is glad they have that work behind them (themselves) now.
In these cases, co-reference is the only option. There is no contrast. Sharon
can’t have her children around anyone else, and the team can’t have the
work behind another team. Again, in German and other languages, only a
reflexive pronoun would be acceptable here.
Add the missing pronoun. Reflexive, non-reflexive or either?
1. Tom pulled the trolley behind ________.
2. Mary directed the overflowing water away from ________.
Answers: 1. him; 2. her / herself
Foto: iStock

Crossword | LANGUAGE
Wild animals
The words in this puzzle are taken from our article about the protection of
rhinoceros in Namibia. You may wish to refer to the text on pages 24–27.
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8
10 11 12
14 15
17
22
16
Across
18 19 20 21
23
1. “Are there other ______ of doing this?”
4. A bad situation that needs to be solved or put right.
7. Describing something about which everything is right.
8. To locate or discover something.
9. That thing.
10. Moving around an area, as soldiers or guards do, in order to
make sure there is no trouble.
13. Whether.
14. The protection of wild animals or the natural environment.
16. The person one is doing something with.
17. Everything.
18. Rhino horn has no properties that could be of ______ use.
19. Happening in a particular place.
22. To communicate verbally.
23. Made fewer: “The rhino population was ______ to 2,500.”
9
13
Mike Pilewski
Solution to puzzle 6/14:
CHAPTER
T E A C H E R P A G E
R R W
M E T I C U L O U S H
A N T S O
N OW B E A S A
E F A G M Y
X M O N O L O G U E
P U B
N
L C O P Y R I G H T
I U S E
C O N T R I B U T I O N
I O T S N
T T O S E N D
Down
2. Be: “Where ______ the animals?”
3. Trips to the savannah to see or hunt wild animals.
5. Belonging to.
6. Having the properties of a medicine.
10. “To ______ up” means “to increase”: “Tourism was
starting to ______ up in 2001.”
11. Having one’s home in a particular place: “Where will
you be ______?”
12. Existing in nature: “These things are all part of the
______ world.”
15. The opposite of “late”.
16. What children often do.
17. Too.
20. The opposite of “young”.
21. A connecting word.
Competition!
How to take part
Form a single word from the letters in the coloured
squares. Send it on a postcard to:
Redaktion Spotlight, “July Prize Puzzle”,
Postfach 1565, 82144 Planegg, Deutsch land.
Or go to www.spotlight-online.de/crossword
Ten winners will be chosen from the entries we receive
by 21 July 2014. Each winner will be sent a paperback
book in English from Reclams Rote Reihe by courtesy
of Reclam. The answer to our May puzzle was animals.
Congratulations to:
Irina Böhm (Husum)
Barbara Huth-Gocht (Bottrop)
Elisabeth Zweigert (Hofheim)
Christina Wengenmayer (Munich)
Carola Sänger (Berlin)
Hermann Schulz (Hanover)
Walter Schumacher (Troisdorf)
Raphael Dumm (Emmendingen)
Angela Setter (Schweinfurt)
Claudia Schmidt (Erfurt)
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AUDIO | July 2014
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Each month, SPOTLIGHT AUDIO brings you 60 minutes of texts, dialogues, interviews, news
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Spotlight Audio is presented by Rita Forbes and
David Creedon. Among the highlights are:
• Special focus. Spotlight Audio is built around
themes found in the magazine. In the July issue of
Spotlight Audio, the special focus is on prepositions.
We look at nouns and adjectives that take prepositions,
giving you the chance to test and develop your
knowledge.
• Authentic and current content. In the Replay
section, Spotlight Audio looks at news and recent
events from around the world. This section features
listening exercises with the voices of people who’ve
been in the news, including quotes from politicians,
journalists and entrepreneurs.
• A variety of English accents. You’ll hear native
speakers from Ireland (Debate), Australia (Around
Oz), and a number of regional accents from around
Britain (Peggy’s Place, A Day in My Life). Interviews
and reports allow you to hear a wide range of voices
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Choose your listening format
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This month’s
audio content
Below is a complete list
of the tracks on July’s
Spotlight Audio.
The page numbers refer to
those in the current issue of
Spotlight magazine.
1. Introduction
2. People: Susie Wolff (text: p. 6)
3. A Day in My Life: Music programmer
Fielding Hope (interview: pp. 8–9)
4. Britain Today: Disney on your doorstep
(text: p. 13)
5. Travel: A Caribbean paradise
(pp. 30–35)
6. Travel: Saint Lucia, portrait of an island
(excerpt) (text: pp. 30–35)
7. Environment: Saving the rhino
(interview: pp. 24–27)
8. Everyday English: Official documents
(dialogues: pp. 55–56)
9. Around Oz: Beware of crocodiles!
(text: p. 36)
10. Replay: International news, with language
explanations
11. Replay: India’s new government
12. Replay: Women on the front line?
13. Language: Prepositions (pp. 14–21)
14. Language: Preposition exercises
(pp. 14–21)
15. Debate: Fluoride in the Irish water supply
(interviews: pp. 38–39)
16. English at Work: Small talk (p. 59)
17. Peggy’s Place: A tropical storm (text: p. 58)
18. Spoken English: Remember and forget
(p. 60)
19. Short Story: The smell of coffee
(text: pp. 46–47)
20. Conclusion
People (track 2)
A Day in My Life (track 3)
Travel (tracks 5–6)
Environment (track 7)

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THE LIGHTER SIDE | Wit and Wisdom
We are all here on earth to help others;
what on earth the others are here for,
I don’t know.
W. H. Auden (1907–73), English poet
One soldier
A group of soldiers are standing to attention at an army
base. The drill sergeant says, “All right! All you idiots fall
out!” As the rest of the soldiers wander away, one soldier
remains standing. The sergeant walks over, stares at him
and raises one eyebrow. The soldier smiles and says, “There
sure were a lot of them, eh, drill sergeant?”
© Bulls
Flower power
Peanuts
The Argyle Sweater
A man enters a florist’s and says, “I need some flowers.”
“Of course,” says the shopkeeper. “What were you looking
for?”
“I’m not really sure.”
The florist says, “Let me ask you in a different way. What
exactly have you done?”
drill sergeant [(drIl )sA:dZEnt]
engaged [In(geIdZd]
fall out [fO:l (aUt]
fishery officer [(fISEri )QfIsE]
florist’s [(flQrIsts]
Jup = Jupiter [(dZu:pItE]
lobster [(lQbstE]
stand to attention
[)stÄnd tu E(tenS&n]
whistle [(wIs&l]
Ausbildungfeldwebel
verlobt
hier: wegtreten
Beamter / Beamtin der
Fischereibehörde
Blumenladen
Hummer
strammstehen
pfeifen
Buses
• A bus is a vehicle that travels twice as fast when you are
running after it as when you are sitting inside it.
• I had a few drinks in town last night, so I took the bus
home. It might not sound like much to you, but I’d never
driven a bus before.
• Never give up your seat for a woman. That’s how I lost my
job as a bus driver.
Lobsters
A man is walking away from the sea carrying two lobsters in
a bucket. A fishery officer suddenly appears and asks to see
his fishing licence. “I didn’t catch these lobsters,” the man
replies. “They’re my pets. Every day, I come down to the water
and whistle three times. My lobsters hear me and jump
into this bucket. I take them for a walk, and when we’re
finished, I put them back in the sea.” The officer reminds
him that it’s illegal to fish without a licence. “You don’t believe
me?” says the man. “Just watch this.” He throws the
lobsters into the water. The officer says, “OK, now whistle
three times, and show me that the lobsters come out of the
water for you.” The man smiles and says, “What lobsters?”
© Bulls
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American Life | GINGER KUENZEL
If it
wants to, the
state can find out
everything
we say and
do
Privacy for the
prisoners, please
Datenüberwachung ist leicht. Warum fällt es den USA dann so schwer,
betrügerische Sozialhilfeanträge von Häftlingen auszufiltern?
Foto: iStock
Recently, a story in the local
newspaper caught my attention.
It seems that our county
is receiving high praise from the state
of New York. Why? For developing
a software program that identifies
inmates who are illegally receiving
welfare benefits.
Really? If all the other news I’ve
been reading of late is to be believed,
it is pretty unbelievable that
New York didn’t have any other way
of knowing that its prisoners were
scamming the state. Doesn’t everyone
know how very capable our
government is of spying on us (see
Spotlight 6/14, page 36)?
If it wants to, the state can find
out everything we say, do, read, listen
to, or watch, as well as with whom
we’re having dinner, our favorite
travel destinations, and much more.
The state knows who is calling us or
sending us messages on our smart
phones, who we’re in a relationship
with, what blogs we follow, and what
books we check out of the library.
In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised
if it knew what my next column
for Spotlight will be about — which
would be quite good, since I don’t
even know myself. This type of surveillance
is, of course, legal, thanks
to the Patriot (Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism) Act, which was
signed into law by President Bush
soon after the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001.
Then there’s the retail industry,
which knows all about the products
we buy, our preferences in movies
and music, and whether we like an
olive in our martini. I’m amazed each
time I go to my Yahoo account and
see advertisements for products similar
to the things I searched for on
Google during the past year or so.
Those Yahoo folks also put photos of
hot guys on the side of my computer
screen with text saying that these
men are in my town and waiting to
meet me. What a joke! Are the same
guys on your Yahoo page, too?
Back to the prisoners in New
York state, though. What did they
do with the welfare checks they were
receiving? What did they spend the
money on? I mean, isn’t everything
in prison pretty much free — except,
of course, for the prisoners themselves,
who simply wish that they
were free?
Hoping to find some answers, I
read more of the newspaper article.
But my questions were not addressed.
I did learn that once the welfare scam
was shut down, the inmates quickly
moved on to their next big idea: applying
for unemployment benefits.
What could make more sense than
that? After all, you can’t really have
a normal job when you’re in jail.
But according to the article, prison
Is somebody
watching
you?
Ginger Kuenzel is a freelance writer who lived in Munich for 20 years.
She now calls a small town in upstate New York home.
hier: ein Buch entleihen
Häftling, Gefängnisinsasse
Anti-Terror-Gesetz
Lob
Privatsphäre
Einzelhandels-
betrügen; Betrug
Überwachung, Kontrolle
Arbeitslosengeld
Verletzung
Sozialhilfe
Sozialhilfescheck
hier: etw. spitzbekommen haben
check out (a book) [tSek (aUt] N. Am.
inmate [(InmeIt]
Patriot Act [(peItriEt Äkt] US
praise [preIz]
privacy [(praIvEsi]
retail [(ri:teI&l]
scam [skÄm] ifml.
surveillance [s&r(veIlEns]
unemployment benefit [)VnIm(plOImEnt )benIfIt]
violation [)vaIE(leIS&n]
welfare benefits [(welfer )benIfIts] N. Am.
welfare check [(welfer tSek] N. Am.
wise: be ~ to sth. [waIz] ifml.
administrators are now wise to this.
They’ve hired someone to develop a
software program that will block any
calls made from the prison to the unemployment
office.
Wouldn’t it make more sense,
though, for the unemployment office
simply to have a database of
prisoners? They could then just refuse
to take any applications for
benefits from those individuals. Or
would building such a database be
a violation of prisoners’ privacy? I’d
research the topic in more detail, but
the people who are spying on me
might think I’m setting up a scam
myself — and I certainly wouldn’t
want to give them the wrong idea.
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on a tour of the beautiful,
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Is fracking a
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Reports of earthquakes
and illnesses are just
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describe the outside of a car.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | My Life in English
Wolfgang Puck
Dem bekannten österreichischen Koch gehören in den Staaten über 70
Restaurants. Er erzählt, warum Englisch für ihn so wichtig ist.
As a chef, what makes English important to you?
English is spoken almost all over the world, so it’s
important to learn English. Whether you go to Austria
or to Hong Kong, or to any other place, you can always
find someone who speaks the language.
When was your first English lesson, and what can you
remember about it?
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England. Not only did I learn a little bit of English
there, but I can also remember tasting foods that I had
never had before, like cornflakes and fish and chips.
Which is your favorite city in the English-speaking world
and why?
London is by far my favorite city in the English-speaking
world. It has great theater, an amazing art scene, and fabulous
restaurants. And staying at the 45 Park Lane Hotel
is not bad, either.
What special tip would you give a friend who was going
to visit this city?
Forget the notion a lot of people have that London is
not a great food city. Try some of the restaurants run by
young English chefs.
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musician — and why?
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to Michael Caine to William Shakespeare. Then there’s
Peter O’Toole — I remember one night while he was
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because he had had a bit too much to drink.
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I’m not a good singer, not even in my own shower.
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Which person from the
English-speaking
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dead) would you
most like to
meet and
why?
I would
love to
have met
William
Shakespeare and
have taken some writing
lessons from him.
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There are four: “How was your dinner?” Obviously,
because I work in a restaurant!
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English?
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Which English word was the hardest for you to learn to
pronounce?
I’ve been in the US since 1975, and I still can’t pronounce
“vegetables” and “aluminum.”
What do you do to improve your English (if anything)?
I speak English more than German or French because I
live in Los Angeles.
If you suddenly found yourself with a free afternoon in
London or New York, what would you do?
If I suddenly found myself with a free afternoon (which
almost never happens), I would visit world-class museums
like Tate Modern in London or the Guggenheim or
Museum of Modern Art in New York.
aluminum [E(lu:mInEm]
chef [Sef]
Koch, Köchin
fabulous [(fÄbjElEs] ifml. fantastisch
lately [(leItli] in letzter Zeit, kürzlich ( p. 61)
notion [(noUS&n]
Auffassung
run sth. [rVn]
hier: etw. betreiben, führen
tend to sth. [(tend tE] zu etw. neigen
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Was beschäftigt die englischsprachige Welt im Juli?
VANESSA CLARK spürt die heißen Storys für Sie auf.
Wanted: superhero
Comics Comic books
are for children, right?
Don’t say that to the
130,000 visitors who will
travel to San Diego this
month for the Comic-
Con International convention
(24–27 July).
Comic books include
many
genres — humour, horror, action, adventure
and, of course, superheroes like Batman
and Superman.
This year, the US State Department has
asked Comic-Con to help with a competition.
They want comic-book fans to design
a new superhero to promote world peace.
This new character should “represent the
world and its highest values” — clearly a
job for a superhero.
Gentle murder
Books M. C. Beaton writes two successful
detective series. Her detectives
are Hamish Macbeth (a police
constable in the Highlands of
Scotland) and Agatha Raisin
(an amateur lady detective
in a village in the English
Cotswolds).
Beaton started writing
her light, gentle village
stories because she didn’t
like the tough, city
crime books that were
in fashion. She wanted
“books for a bad time
on a wet day”.
convention [kEn(venS&n]
gentle [(dZent&l]
police constable
[pE)li:s (kVnstEb&l] UK
promote [prE(mEUt]
represent [)repri(zent]
Tagung
sanft; hier:
einfühlsam
Polizist, Polizistin
unterstützen
hier: verkörpern
1914
100 years ago
Boston, USA 11 July 1914 was
a big day for baseball player Babe
Ruth. He arrived in Boston to start
playing for the Boston Red Sox. He
had breakfast in a coffee shop and
met his future wife, the waitress. In
the afternoon, he played (and won)
his first game, which started his golden career.
This month, a new Agatha Raisin book
is coming out in German: Agatha Raisin
und die tote Gärtnerin (English title: The
Potted Gardener).
series [(sIEri:z]
successful [sEk(sesf&l]
tough [tVf]
US State Department
[ju: )es (steIt
di)pA:tmEnt]
value [(vÄlju:]
Reihe
erfolgreich
hart, heftig
Außenministerium der
Vereinigten Staaten
Wert
Titel: iStock; Fotos: Alamy; public domain; Illustrationen: B. Förth
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Shoes
8 pictures | GREEN LIGHT
STEPHANIE SHELLABEAR presents words for the different types of shoes
people wear.
1
8
2
7
6
3
4
5
Write the words
next to the pictures.
Write the correct English word for these types of shoes.
1. sandal [(sÄnd&l]
2. lace-up
[(leIs Vp]
(N. Am.: oxford)
3. high heel
[)haI (hi:&l]
4. boot [bu:t]
5. wedge [(wedZ]
6. ankle boot
[(ÄNk&l bu:t]
7. trainer
[(treInE]
(N. Am.: sneaker)
8. slipper [(slIpE]
a) Stiefelette _____________________________
b) Schuh mit Keilabsatz _____________________________
c) Stiefel _____________________________
d) Sandale _____________________________
e) Hausschuh _____________________________
f) Sportschuh _____________________________
g) Schnürschuh _____________________________
h) Schuh mit hohem Absatz ____________________________
We usually talk about shoes in the plural,
as they come in pairs:
• What a lovely pair of boots! Can I try them on, please?
Answers: a) ankle boot; b) wedge; c) boot; d) sandal; e) slipper;
f) trainer / sneaker; g) lace-up / oxford; h) high heel
Tips
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GREEN LIGHT | Grammar Elements
“Could” and “couldn’t”
STEPHANIE SHELLABEAR presents basic grammar.
Here, you can practise using the words “could” and “couldn’t”.
Could is the past form of “can”.
Couldn’t is the short form (also called the contracted form) of “could not”.
If you are talking about what you had permission (Erlaubnis) to do in the past, you use could
and couldn’t. They mean that something was or was not permitted or allowed (erlaubt):
• I could stay out in the evening until 10 p.m. when I was over 18.
• She couldn’t spend her pocket money on sweets.
• Could girls wear trousers at school when you were younger?
Another use of could and couldn’t in questions is to ask if someone had the ability
(Fähigkeit) or the possibility (Möglichkeit) to do something. Couldn’t is used in negative
sentences when there wasn’t the ability or possibility:
• The boy couldn’t reach his teddy bear, so I helped him.
• Why couldn’t you phone me from the hospital?
• I couldn’t travel to work during the strike (Streik). Could you?
If you want to form a positive sentence and say that you had the ability to do something,
you use the verb “be able to”:
• I was able to run a marathon this year because I had a
good trainer.
Could is also used to ask someone politely to do something for you:
• Could you pass (herüberreichen) me the salt, please?
• Could you water (gießen) my plants when I’m on holiday,
please?
• Could you tell me what time it is, please?
Complete the following sentences with “could” or “couldn’t”.
a) Why ______________ you open the door? I thought you had a key.
b) We said he ______________ borrow the car from us only if we
didn’t need it.
c) Helen, ______________ you check my e-mails when I’m on
holiday, please?
d) ______________ you see the mountains from your window today?
e) She was sad because she ______________ visit her parents.
f) ______________ you close the window, please? It’s cold in here.
Oh, I
couldn’t! is
sometimes said
by people in
formal situations
when they
are offered
something that
they don’t want,
or they are embarrassed
(verlegen)
to take:
• “Would you
like another
piece of cake?”
— “Oh, I
couldn’t! I’ve
already had
two pieces.”
Tips
Fotos: iStock
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Answers: a) couldn’t; b) could; c) could; d) Could; e) couldn’t; f) Could

Time for lunch
The Greens | GREEN LIGHT
Donna and Andrew are at home.
It’s nearly lunchtime. By DAGMAR TAYLOR
Donna: Has the postman been yet?
Andrew: No, I don’t think so. Why? Are
you expecting something?
Donna: Yes. Paula said she’d sent out the
wedding invitations last week.
Andrew: Oh, I see. Are you worried that we
haven’t been invited?
Donna: No! (laughs) I just want to see what
they look like.
Andrew: Hmm! Me, too. What do you
want for lunch?
Donna: I don’t know. We’ve just had breakfast.
I’m not that hungry yet.
Andrew: Aren’t you? I’m starving! I feel like
pie and chips or something like that.
Donna: That doesn’t sound very healthy. I
know. Why don’t we go to the pub? You
can have your pie, and I’ll have a salad
— and maybe some of your chips.
True or false?
a) Andrew is sure the postman has
already been to their house.
b) Donna is expecting a wedding
invitation from Paula.
c) Andrew wants pie and chips for
dinner.
d) Donna suggests they go to the
pub for lunch.
• “So” is used to refer back (zurückverweisen)
to something that has already
been said. When Andrew says I don’t
think so, he means he doesn’t think
that the postman has been to their
house that day.
• “Expect” (erwarten) is used in the continuous
form — expecting — to mean
waiting for someone or something to
arrive, because this has been arranged
(vereinbaren).
• A wedding invitation is a card used
to ask someone to come to a wedding
(Hochzeit).
• You can use not that before an adjective
to mean “not very”.
• When people say they are starving,
they mean that they are very hungry.
• Pie and chips (Pommes) is a typical
British meal that’s quickly prepared,
cheap and filling (sättigend). A pie is
made with pastry (Teig), often in the
form of a little pot (Gefäß) filled with
meat, and with a pastry lid (Deckel).
Donna
Tips
Andrew
healthy [(helTi]
postman [(pEUstmEn] UK
gesund
Briefträger(in)
Answers: a) false (Andrew doesn’t think the postman has
been to their house yet.); b) true; c) false (Andrew wants
pie and chips for lunch.); d) true (suggest: vorschlagen)
Listen to the dialogue at
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GREEN LIGHT | Get writing
Reviewing a hotel
VANESSA CLARK helps you to write letters, e-mails and more in English.
This month: how to review accommodation for a travel website.
Online review Photos (12) Forums (14)
Travel Bunny
34 reviews
18 helpful votes
New
Seaview Hotel
“Nice hotel, poor service”
28 May 2014
We spent two nights at the Seaview Hotel. The location
is excellent — quiet, with fantastic views of
the sea. Everything is a bit old-fashioned, but the
rooms are comfortable, warm and clean. The hotel
doesn’t have many facilities (no car park, no pool, no
Wi-Fi), but it has a comfortable lounge and a very nice
garden terrace. Breakfast was OK. The only problem
was the service. The receptionist wasn’t very helpful
when we had a small problem with our room.
Was this review helpful?
Yes
• If you review a hotel, you will want
to comment on its location (the place),
what it looked like, the facilities (what
you could do there) and the service
(from the people who work there).
• Positive words include excellent,
comfortable, “modern”, “friendly”,
“good value” (preisgünstig), “perfect”,
“ideal” and “luxurious”.
• Negative words include old-fashioned
(altmodisch), “dirty”, “uncomfortable”,
“expensive”, “poor quality” and “rude”
(unhöflich).
• To balance good and bad points, you
can use but: “The hotel is beautiful, but
the beds are very uncomfortable.”
Tips
lounge [laUndZ]
review [ri(vju:]
Wi-Fi [(waI faI]
Foyer
eine Rezension schreiben
WLAN (drahtlose Internetverbindung)
Use it!
Highlight the key words and phrases that you
would use if you needed to write a review like
this yourself.
Fotos: F1online; iStock; Photos.com
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I like... Amish country
Culture corner | GREEN LIGHT
Jeden Monat stellt ein Redakteur etwas Besonderes aus der
englischsprachigen Welt vor. Diesen Monat präsentiert Online-
Redakteur MIKE PILEWSKI eine Glaubensgemeinschaft in den USA.
What it is
The Amish are a religious group from Switzerland
who came to the US in the early 1700s.
Their dialect of German is still spoken in
Amish country: in villages and on farms,
mainly in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio, and
Indiana. The Amish live without modern
machines or electricity. They are very moral
people who believe that hard work and good
work make someone a better person. People
outside their communities like to hire Amish
workers and buy Amish furniture because of
the attention given to quality.
Why I like it
To visit Amish country is to travel 300
years back in time. Without the sounds of
machines, everything is quiet. Travel takes
longer, and news is more important because
there is less of it. The Amish are known for
being very polite and helpful. If something
needs to be done, the whole community will
do it. For example, if a couple gets married,
everyone will work together to build them a
house. Although Amish life is dominated by
work and Bible study, it also has its pleasures:
Amish cooking uses lots of sugar.
Interesting fact
In order to function well, Amish society
has very strict rules of behavior. A person
who does not follow the rules can be
sent away from the community forever.
Teenagers, however, are allowed to experience
the modern world in a phase called
Rumspringa. After this, they must decide
to live by Amish rules or leave the community.
Most of them choose to return to
Amish society.
Amish [(A:mIS]
attention [E(tenS&n]
community
[kE(mju:nEti]
couple [(kVp&l]
follow the rules
[)fA:loU DE (ru:lz]
get married [get (mÄrid]
hire [(haI&r]
mainly [(meInli]
pleasure [(pleZ&r]
rule of behavior
[)ru:l Ev bi(heIvj&r]
society [sE(saIEti]
Amischen
Aufmerksamkeit,
Sorgfalt
Gemeinde, Lebensgemeinschaft
Paar
die Regeln befolgen
heiraten
anstellen, einstellen
hauptsächlich
Freude, Vergnügen
Verhaltensregel
Gesellschaft
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GREEN LIGHT | Notes and numbers
Area
The most common unit of measurement
(Maßeinheit) for the area of
rooms, gardens, etc. in the UK and
the US is square feet (sq. ft) (Quadratfuß).
Sometimes, area is also shown in
square metres (sq. m.):
1 sq. m. = 10.76 sq. ft
• The living room is 45 square metres.
• The garage is 354 square feet.
Your notes
Use this space for your own notes.
Write these areas as you would say
them.
a) 30 sq. m. _____________________________
thirty square metres
b) 470 sq. ft ____________________________
_____________________________________
c) 120 sq. m. ____________________________
_____________________________________
d) 8,305 sq. ft _________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
e) 12 sq. m. ____________________________
____________________________________
The Square Mile
An informal name for the City of London
— where there are many banks and financial
firms — is the Square Mile. It is just
over one square mile in area.
Answers: b) four hundred and seventy square feet; c) a /
one hundred and twenty square metres; d) eight thousand
three hundred and five square feet; e) twelve square metres
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Autoren: Vanessa Clark, Stephanie Shellabear,
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Peter Green, Reinhild Luk, Michael Pilewski (Online),
Michele Tilgner, Joanna Westcombe
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Gestaltung: Marion Sauer/Johannes Reiner
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Gemeinsamen Europäischen Referenzrahmens für Sprachen.