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Feeding
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celebrating the art
of cartoons

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EDITORIAL | August October 2013
USA travel special:
dream destinations
Most of us have a dream destination, a place
that has a particular hold on our hearts. For
me, that destination is Route 66. The historic
US highway started in Chicago, crossed eight
Inez Sharp, editor-in-chief
states and ended 2,448 miles (3,940 kilo -
metres) away in Los Angeles. I travelled part of the route through Arizona with
photographer Heidi Gruß (see the picture below). The long stretches of open
road, the wild country and the colourful towns were exactly what I had expected
to find. This month, in our USA special, I take you along that part of
Route 66. The journey begins on page 14.
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dry landscapes — are just one reason to visit North Dakota. Another is to enjoy
the heritage of the German-Russian immigrants who settled there starting in
the 19th century and whose influence on the food and culture is still strong
today. Spotlight’s Franz Marc Frei toured the region as part of our USA special.
Find out about his experiences on pages 28–33.
Journalist Wolfgang Büscher tells us about his adventures in the Englishspeaking
world this month in the My Life in English interview. Büscher is the
author of Hartland: Zu Fuß durch Amerika, a book in which he describes his own
journey across the United States, from North Dakota to Texas. Find out more
on page 70 — and win a copy of his book or other prizes by taking part in
Spotlight’s USA competition on page 22.
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CONTENTS | October 2013
Open road: Route 66
Take a drive on Route 66 in the beautiful state of
Arizona. See the Grand Canyon and much more.
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The beautiful Badlands
Experience the unusual beauty of the American
Midwest in the Badlands of North Dakota.
6 People
Names and faces from around the world
8 A Day in My Life
An Irish policewoman and her horse
10 World View
What’s news and what’s hot
13 Britain Today
Colin Beaven on calling Big Brother
38 History
Cartoons as fine art: Roy Lichtenstein
40 Press Gallery
A look at the English-language media
42 Arts
Films, apps, books, culture and a short story
66 The Lighter Side
Jokes and cartoons
23 I Ask Myself
Amy Argetsinger on a newspaper’s future
24 Food
Who feeds the British army?
34 Around Oz
Peter Flynn on the value of honesty
36 Debate
Should man colonize Mars?
People in Los Angeles have their say
67 American Life
Ginger Kuenzel on being connected
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
Writer Wolfgang Büscher on hitchhiking in
the US and what he enjoys about Texas
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PEOPLE | Names and Faces
The actor
Who exactly is…
Rory Kinnear may not look
like a star. “I’m never going to
be a pin-up, except on a dartboard,”
he joked in an interview with
the London Evening Standard. But
Kinnear seems fated to be an actor.
He has won a Laurence Olivier
Award — the highest honour in
British theatre — and he is loved by
audiences for his roles in everything
from Shakespearean drama to James
Bond films.
Kinnear’s father, Roy, was a popular
actor who died in 1988 after
falling off a horse during the filming
of The Return of the Musketeers. Rory
was just ten years old at the time. He
abuse [E(bju:z]
award [E(wO:d]
burgle [(b§:g&l] UK
concerned: be ~ with [kEn(s§:nd]
dartboard [(dA:tbO:d]
disabled [dIs(eIb&ld]
dramatic art [drE)mÄtIk (A:t]
face [feIs]
fated [(feItId]
fiancé [fi(QnseI]
generous [(dZen&rEs]
heartfelt [(hA:tfelt]
pin-up [(pIn Vp]
play [pleI]
rifle [(raIf&l]
speechwriter [(spi:tS)raItE]
turquoise [(t§:kwOIz]
witty [(wIti]
Rory
Kinnear?
told the London Evening Standard
that losing his father so early made
him “more concerned with making
sure [my] own life is not only happy,
but shared and generous to other
people, like my father’s was”.
Kinnear studied English at Oxford
before turning to acting at the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic
Art. In 2010, when he played
Hamlet at London’s National Theatre,
The Telegraph described his acting
as a “beautiful mixture of intellect
and feeling”. This summer, he
brought his talents to a role in Southcliffe,
appearing in a television miniseries
about a mass shooting.
Kinnear has also
proved that he can
succeed in different
media: on the stage,
on television and in
film. The 35-year-old
is now experimenting
with something new:
he recently wrote his
first play. The Herd is
described as “a witty
and heartfelt look at
family life”, centred
on the 21st birthday
party of a disabled
man. It’s running at
London’s Bush Theatre
until 26 October.
missbrauchen
Preis, Auszeichnung
einbrechen
hier: sich befassen mit
Dartscheibe
behindert
Schauspielkunst
hier: mit etw.
konfrontiert werden
dazu bestimmt
Verlobter
großherzig, großzügig
warmherzig
Pin-up-Bild
hier: Theaterstück
Gewehr
Redenschreiber(in)
Türkis
witzig
In the news
Kelly Clarkson, the American
singer, is a big fan of Jane Austen. Last
year, she bought a ring that once belonged
to the writer. But after paying
more than £150,000 for it, Clarkson
wasn’t allowed to take it home to the
US. Britain’s culture minister said that
the gold-and-turquoise ring was so important
to the
country’s history
that it
should stay in
the UK. The Daily
Telegraph reports
that Clarkson’s
fiancé has
given her a copy
of the ring.
Lee Child, author of the Jack
Reacher series (see Spotlight 8/13), recently
gave his help to a 92-year-old
New Zealand woman. When Pearl
Sanger’s home was burgled and set on
fire in July, she lost her collection of
books, including many by Child. Hearing
of this, the author sent Sanger his
latest work, Never Go
Back, which had not
yet gone on sale in
New Zealand. Inside,
Child wrote: “Pearl,
Jack Reacher wishes
he’d been there to
help. Much love, Lee
Child.”
Queen Elizabeth II has given
many speeches since she was crowned
more than 60 years ago. Britain’s National
Archives recently made one
speech public that the queen did not
give. In 1983, a speechwriter prepared
a talk for her to give at the beginning
of the Third World War. “...the dangers
facing us today are greater by far than
at any time in our long history,” the
queen might have said. “The enemy is
not the soldier with his rifle ... but the
deadly power of abused technology.”
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Fotos: action press; Corbis; dpa/picture alliance; Getty Images
Out of the ordinary
The owner of The Regency seafood restaurant in Brighton was confused
when large numbers of foreign tourists began to arrive two
years ago. “We couldn’t work out why we were getting so many Chinese,”
Robert Savvides explained to the BBC. So he asked the
visitors how they had learned about his place. He discovered that a
famous Chinese chef had visited the restaurant and written about
it online. Now, when people search for “best restaurant Brighton”,
The Regency is the top result.
The Burka Avenger is an
unusual superhero in a new
animated series in Pakistan.
The character stands up for
the rights of women and
children, fighting against
Taliban-like bad guys. In one
episode, she stops them closing
down a school for girls.
The series was created by
Pakistani pop star Aaron Haroon
Rashid. Although the
Watching out for women
Burka Avenger is a strong woman, the fact that she wears a burka
has been criticized by some women’s rights activists. Rashid told
CBS News that the character doesn’t wear a veil or headscarf in her
everyday life. “Superheroes hide their identity,” he said.
There are almost 3,000 chaplains — people who provide spiritual
guidance and support — in the US military. Most of them are Christian,
although other religions are also represented. Jason Heap
is now trying to become the first atheist chaplain. Heap, a humanist
who was born in the US and now teaches religious studies in
Britain, has applied to be a navy chaplain. He told National Public
Radio (NPR) that his knowledge of the Bible would help him relate
to Christians, and that he could work “philosophically” with those
who do not have formal — or any — religious beliefs.
animated series [)ÄnImeItId (sIEri:z]
avenger [E(vendZE]
bet: it’s a safe ~ that [bet]
chaplain [(tSÄplIn]
dedication [)dedI(keIS&n]
determined [di(t§:mInd]
guidance [(gaId&ns]
gym [dZIm]
headscarf [(hedskA:f]
identical twin sisters
[aI)dentIk&l twin (sIstEz]
release [ri(li:s]
seafood restaurant
[(si:fu:d )restErQnt]
subscriber [sEb(skraIbE]
veil [veI&l]
women’s rights activist
[)wImInz (raIts )ÄktIvIst]
work out [w§:k (aUt]
Trickfilmserie
Rächer(in)
man kann darauf
wetten, dass
Geistliche(r), Seelsorger(in)
Hingabe, Engagement
entschlossen
Führung
Fitness-Studio
Kopftuch
eineiige
Zwillingsschwestern
freilassen
Fischrestaurant
Abonnent, Teilnehmer
Schleier
Frauenrechtler(in)
herausfinden
Texts by RITA FORBES
The newcomers
• Names: Janice and Sonia Lee
• Age: 25
• They are: Korean-Australian identical twin sisters
who live in Sydney.
• Famous for: their YouTube channel, where they
upload acoustic cover versions of popular songs like
Psy’s “Gangnam Style” and Pink’s “Try”.
• They have: more subscribers on YouTube than
anyone else in Australia (about 1.5 million).
• Surprisingly: although they have done world tours,
they aren’t well known in Australia.
• Listen to them at: www.youtube.com/jayesslee
Happy birthday!
It’s been a good year for Hugh Jackman. In January, he
won a Golden Globe for his role in Les Misérables. In July,
the film The Wolverine was released. Jackman, born in 1968,
was the youngest of five children. One of his sisters remembers
that, as a child, he put on shows and was “determined
to get attention”.
Jackman’s career began in the 1990s,
and he was soon successful. His first appearance
as Wolverine came in 2000, and
in 2008 he was named “sexiest man alive”.
His dedication to acting is clear. He
told the Daily Mail that he didn’t drink anything
for 36 hours before filming the
first scene of Les Misérables — he
plays Jean Valjean, a man newly
released from prison. And as the
songs were sung live, he practised
singing loudly while running
and lifting weights in the gym.
Jackman is equally dedicated
to his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness,
and their adopted children. He
told People that adopting Oscar
and Ava was “the greatest
thing that ever happened to
us”. So it’s a safe bet that on 12
October, he’ll be celebrating
his birthday with his family.

A DAY IN MY LIFE | Ireland
Working with horses
Die tägliche Freude am Umgang mit Pferden ist für die irische Polizistin wichtiger Bestandteil
ihrer Arbeit in der Reiterstaffel. Von OLIVE KEOGH.
My name is Nives Caplice. I am 35 years old,
and I’ve been with the mounted unit for seven
and a half years. I’ve been a Garda in the Garda
Síochána, the Irish police force, for nearly 15 years.
There are 14 officers, 14 horses, a sergeant and two
grooms in the Garda mounted unit. We use Irish draught
horses because they are very strong and have a good height.
We take horses of a minimum of 16.2 hands into the unit.
They are of block colours, as they pair well together. We
have greys and chestnuts.
Officers in the mounted unit eat a lot more than most
people. For breakfast, I normally have a big bowl of porridge
as well as some toast. The work connected to the
horses and all the running around mean that you use a lot
of energy.
A typical day starts at 7 a.m. We do six days on and
four days off. Our shifts are 10
hours long; we do four earlies and
two lates. So at 7 a.m., we come in
and feed the horses. Then we
muck them out and get ready for
the day’s patrol. We also have two
cats here, Ginger and Blackie,
and a Labrador called Fred. They
all need taking care of. Our regular
day, if nothing else is on, is
patrolling in Dublin city centre.
It takes us about an hour to get
there from our base in the
Phoenix Park.
Generally there’s a good
response from the public
to the mounted unit.
The horses are a great attraction
and break down barriers
for people. People love
to come up and chat about
the horses. Certain times of
the year are busy for us,
with festivals and concerts
and agricultural shows going
on around the country. We
are invited to attend events
like these for public order and
crowd-control work.
agricultural show
[)ÄgrI(kVltS&rEl )SEU]
block colours [(blQk )kVlEz]
bowl [bEUl]
chestnut [(tSesnVt]
crowd control [(kraUd kEn)trEUl]
Garda [(gA:dE] Ir.
Garda Síochána
[)gA:dE )Si:E(kO:nE]
groom [gru:m]
guards [gA:dz]
Irish draught horse
[)aI&rIS (drA:ft hO:s]
mounted unit [(maUntId )ju:nIt]
muck out [mVk (aUt] Ir., UK
Nives Caplice [ni:)veiz kE(pli:s]
off [Qf]
pair well [(peE wel]
patrol [pE(trEUl]
public order [)pVblIk (O:dE]
sergeant [(sA:dZEnt]
Landwirtschaftsschau
klare Farben ohne Schecken
Schale
Fuchs
Kontrolle und Lenkung
von Menschenmassen
Polizist(in)
Stallmeister(in)
hier: Polizei
irisches Zugpferd
berittene Polizeieinheit
ausmisten
hier: frei
hier: gut zusammen aussehen
(poliz.) Streife
öffentliche Sicherheit
Polizeiobermeister(in)
I’m married with two children, who are both young.
One is three and a half; the other is 18 months old. My
husband and I work opposite shifts.
He’s a member of the Garda, too. It’s
busy, but one of us is usually at
home with the children.
I have been riding horses
and ponies since I was
very young, but I went
away from horse riding
for a bit during
my teenage
years, when boys
became interesting.
Then I
came back to it,
of course, when
I joined the
guards.
Knows horses:
policewoman
Nives Caplice
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INFO TO GO
Mounted police on
duty in Ireland
hand
Although it is old-fashioned, the term “hand” is still
used in English-speaking countries as a unit of measurement
to describe a horse’s height: one hand is equal
to four inches, or 10.16 cm. If a horse stands 16.2 hands
high, it means that 66 inches (167.64 cm) can be measured
from the ground to the animal’s withers. The
withers are the highest point of a horse’s back, located
above the shoulders at the base of the neck. A horse
that is 16.2 hands is said to be “sixteen-two” or “sixteen
hands, two inches” in height.
married with
Did you ever watch Married with Children with Ed O’Neill
in the role of Al Bundy? The show, which was on American
TV from 1987 to 1997, made fun of family life in
the US. The expression “married with children” or “married
with kids” is common in spoken English. You can
say: “My wife and I have two children.” Or you can be
less formal and say: “I’m married with two kids.” The
preposition to use when referring to your husband or
wife is “to”: “I am married to a wonderful man.” Write
the correct preposition in the following sentences:
The horses all have their own personalities. Some are
very good at opening the locks on their stable doors, so
we have to be very careful about putting the lower lock on
at night. If they do not fall ill, they will work for 12 to 14
years. When they retire, they go to good homes with families.
They have great quality food here and a lovely bed. I
think they’re happy horses.
All our horses are male, and they come to us when they
are between four and five years old. We ask the owner to
give us the horse for six weeks to make sure the animal is
suitable. We put him through a series of tests to check that
he is not afraid of the things we meet every day of the
week, such as double-decker buses and lots of traffic. It
takes between six weeks and two years to train the horse
fully. Young horses are accompanied by an older horse at
all stages. After a while, they get to know the work.
I deal with everything associated with my horse, Oscar.
The tack has to be cleaned every day after returning from
patrol. It’s washed down and then soaped up with a special
saddle soap to keep it nice and supple and looking good.
The mounted unit is a lovely place to work, and I love the
job I do.
a) I am married ____ three children.
b) I am married ____ a dentist.
c) I got married last year ____ a man ____ three kids.
get to know
In 1951, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
wrote a song called “Getting to
Know You” as part of the musical The
King and I. Famous lines from the
song, “Getting to know you, /
Getting to know all about you”,
are a perfect example of how
to use the expression “get to
know”. To get to know a person
or thing takes time. In the text,
Nives Caplice talks about police horses “getting to
know” their work. This means that over time, the animals
learn how to do the work and become good at it.
Try using “get to know” in the following sentences:
a) I didn’t have the chance to ____ to know her.
b) Have you ____ to know him yet?
Fotos: Alamy; O. Keogh
stable [(steIb&l]
supple [(sVp&l]
tack [tÄk]
Stall
geschmeidig
Sattel- und Zaumzeug
Answers: married with: a) with; b) to; c) to, with
get to know: a) get; b) got
Married with Children
[)mÄrid wID (tSIldrEn]
The King and I [DE (kIN End )aI]
withers [(wIDEz]
Eine schrecklich nette Familie
Anna und der König
Widerrist
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WORLD VIEW | News in Brief
Erddig Hall:
a fine house and
a fun festival
It’s a good month to visit...
the Erddig Apple Festival
WALES What better way to enjoy life than
with a cup of cider and a piece of apple cake? The two-day
Erddig Apple Festival, starting on Saturday, 5 October,
raises the bar on seasonal gatherings with a fascinating setting
for the event: Erddig Hall, a historical country house
close to Wrexham, the largest town in north Wales.
Visitors to the festival can learn about the apples that
grow in the region and watch the cider press hard at work.
In addition, gifts can be found at the various craft stalls.
Now in its twenty-third year, this event is a way of attracting
people to the already popular National Trust property.
London lawyer John
Meller bought the house in
1714 and transformed it into a
stylish country home. Twenty
years later, the hall passed to his
nephew, Simon Yorke; the Yorke family
then lived there for 240 years.
In 1973, the Yorkes handed Erddig Hall over to the
National Trust, which has restored the buildings and the
lovely gardens. For more information on the house and
events held there, see www.nationaltrust.org.uk/erddig
cider [(saIdE]
craft stall [(krA:ft )stO:l]
fat soluble [US (fÄt )sA:ljEb&l]
ingest [In(dZest]
National Trust
[)nÄS&nEl (trVst] UK
vergorener Apfelsaft
(Kunst)Handwerkstand
fettlöslich
aufnehmen
Organisation zum Schutz und Erhalt
des historischen Erbes (historischer
Gebäude, Parkanlagen etc.)
nutrient [US (nu:triEnt]
obese [US oU(bi:s]
overweight [US (oUv&rweIt]
raise the bar [)reIz DE (bA:]
skim milk [)skIm (mIlk] N. Am. Magermilch
whole milk [US )hoUl (mIlk] Vollmilch
Nährstoff
fettleibig, adipös
übergewichtig
sich hohe Ziele stecken, die
Messlatte höher setzen
Fat may do a body good
UNITED STATES
For generations, people have thought
that low-fat or skim milk is better for
you than whole milk. Government
guidelines recommend that children
drink reduced-fat milk, too.
Recently, however, scientists
have begun to question the
health benefits of removing fat
from milk. Earlier this year, Time magazine
reported on a study of more
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than 10,000 children in the US. Researchers examined the kind of
milk the children drank and, after filtering out other factors, compared
their weight. Surprisingly, the children who drank reducedfat
milk were more likely to be overweight or obese. “Those
drinking skim were by far the heaviest, and those drinking
whole milk were the lightest,” Dr. Mark DeBoer explained. One
reason might be that low-fat foods leave people feeling hungry,
causing them to eat more. The Daily Mail adds that the
fat may actually do some good. Many of the nutrients in
milk are fat soluble: if they are not ingested with fat, the
body cannot absorb them effectively. That means that a
glass of skim milk delivers less calcium, phosphorous and
vitamins A, D, E, and K than a glass of full-fat milk.
Drink up — but only
whole milk, please

Maori baby names:
a way to keep
traditions alive
Fotos: AWL/Getty Images; Bridgeman; iStockphoto; VISUM
What’s in a name?
NEW ZEALAND
For the very first time, a list
of the most popular Maori
baby names has been made
public. In 2012, Maia and
Aria were the top two
names for girls, with Nikau
and Wiremu heading the
list for boys.
Although less common,
names that belong to specific
tribes also continue to
be used. Take, for example,
two girls’ names: Mahinarangi
is a traditional
name from the east coast,
while Waimirirangi comes
from the north.
conceive (a baby) [kEn(si:v]
indigenous [In(dIdZEnEs]
make public [)meIk (pVblIk]
tribe [traIb]
Shall we name you Sue — or Mahinarangi?
schwanger werden
eingeboren
veröffentlichen
(Volks)Stamm
The head of the Maori language commission,
Glenis Philip-Barbara, hopes the
list will be published each year and that
more and more people will give their children
traditional names. “Names connect
people to place, and we’d like all New
Zealanders to consider the wealth of connection
that Maori names offer,” Philip-
Barbara told The New Zealand Herald.
New Zealand’s indigenous people have some interesting
and unusual naming traditions. For example, in certain
cases, a name might be chosen before a baby is even conceived.
In other cases, a person can receive a new name as
an adult.
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WORLD VIEW | News in Brief
All quiet in Queensland?
AUSTRALIA If a teenager holds a wild party, his or her
parents may in future have to pay A$ 12,000 (€8,130) — or spend a year
in jail. Social-media sites have made Australia’s party problem even worse:
when a teenager posts details about a party online, it’s much easier for others
to attend, causing a mob scene that often spins out of control.
Politicians and police officers in the state of Queensland want to stop
these out-of-control weekend parties, especially since they can quickly become
violent. To deal with the problem, the state government has been
discussing tough new laws that would punish parents. Also facing trouble
under the new law would be anyone who doesn’t do as instructed by the
police when they try to break up the party.
Jack Dempsey, Queensland’s police
minister, told ABC News that the
laws under consideration are based
on similar legislation in Western Australia
— legislation that has proved to
be effective. “They used to have four
wild and enormous parties on a
weekend and that’s down to approximately
one,” he said.
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Clean enough
BRITAIN Is it really necessary
to take a shower or bath every day?
The Daily Mail reports that
more people are bathing
less often.
When a tissue manufacturer
polled people in the UK
about their bathing habits, 41
per cent of men and 33 per cent of
women said that they do not shower
every day. Twelve per cent said they bath
only once a week.
Showering removes the protective natural
oils from the skin and hair. Some who
are involved in the “cleansing reduction” trend
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Hey, man: did you hear about
this party on Facebook?
Bathing daily:
not everyone
finds it necessary
Präzision
Krebszelle
Krebsgewebe
Reinigung
Erfinder(in)
hier: natürlicher Fettfilm
etw. auslassen
außer Kontrolle geraten
Chirurg(in)
chirurgisches Messer
eine Umfrage durchführen
hier: Papier(taschen)tuch
WHAT’S HOT
Smarter surgery
BRITAIN A new kind of
surgical knife could save lives by
helping doctors to be sure that they
have removed all the cancerous
cells in a patient’s body.
Because it can be difficult for
surgeons to tell if they have removed
all the cancerous tissue,
parts of tumours are sometimes left
in the body. That is why 20 per cent
of people who have cancerous
growths removed from their
breasts later need a second operation,
to remove what was left.
According to the BBC, the
“iKnife” could make this a problem
of the past. The surgical knife heats
up to cut through tissue, then analyses
the smoke to tell the doctor
whether the tissue is healthy or not.
“It provides a result almost immediately,
allowing surgeons to
carry out procedures with a level of
accuracy that hasn’t been possible
before,” said the inventor of the
iKnife, Dr Zoltan Takats.
Dr Takats,
inventor of
the “iKnife”
see bathing less frequently as a way to improve their
health. Taking fewer showers also means using less
water, of course, which is environmentally friendly.
Whether or not it’s friendly to those around you is a different
matter — and not every supporter of cleansing reduction
has noble motives. Another survey, conducted by the
Global Hygiene Council in 2012, found that nearly 60 per cent
of British men skip the daily shower, but not for environmental
reasons. They say they simply don’t have time for it.
By RITA FORBES and CLAUDINE WEBER-HOF
Fotos: Ingram Publishing; iStockphoto; Reuters

“
I thought
the police
knew nothing
at all
”
Britain Today | COLIN BEAVEN
Calling Big Brother
Wie informiert ist die britische Polizei und wie viele
Informationen sollte sie uns zur Verfügung stellen?
Foto: Alamy
What’s the number to ring if
you need the police while
you’re in Britain? Everyone
here knows how to contact them in
an emergency: dial 999. You can also
ring 112, as you can elsewhere in the
EU, but 999 is the number we’ve always
used if we need the police in a
hurry — or of course, an ambulance,
or the fire service.
But what if it isn’t an emergency?
You don’t want to waste police time,
do you? Not everyone seems to worry,
though. You hear stories about 999
calls from people who want to know
where to get a pizza, or who need the
toilet when they’re stuck in traffic.
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Well, calls to the police about pizzas
and loos are still not welcome, but
there is now a national number to
ring when it’s not a matter of life or
death. If, for example, you return to
your car, as I did recently, and find
that someone’s driven into it, you can
call 101 and report what’s happened.
It’s a rather odd number to
choose, even if it’s clearly very useful.
101 is a special number in British life
and literature. It’s the number of that
terrible room in Nineteen Eighty-Four,
George Orwell’s novel about Britain
as a totalitarian state, where the
Thought Police, who know everything
about you, use the most terrible
of all tortures. When they take you to
Room 101, you meet what is truly
frightening: your own worst fears and
nightmares.
For Winston Smith, the hero of
the novel, Room 101 contained rats.
But it could have been anything:
snakes, spiders, reality TV shows —
it all depends on what you fear most.
Thankfully, British police in 2013
aren’t at all like that. Unlike the
Thought Police in Orwell’s novel, for
example, they don’t know everything
about us. In fact, for years, I thought
they knew nothing at all and were
proud of it. I was always reading stories
in the newspaper about “unin-
formed police”. When there was talk
of a crime, “uninformed police” were
sent to investigate. I know the police
like to keep an open mind, but surely
they’d find a bit of information useful?
I eventually realized I was misreading
this; it was actually “uniformed
police” who went to
investigate — in other words, the opposite
of detectives, who don’t wear
uniforms. So in fact, the police have
always known more than I thought.
Now they know even more, no
doubt. Over the years, different Brit -
ish governments have debated wheth -
er the police and security services
should have the right to look at our
e-mails and the way we use the internet.
The police can already ask permission
to do this in specific cases, of
course. Recently, they’ve been making
more and more requests of this sort,
as an official report on the subject has
shown.
Far from being uninformed, then,
the police know quite a lot about
what we get up to. I wonder if we
could turn things on their head: as
well as ringing 999 to give the police
new information, we should be able
to ring 666 to find out what they already
know.
This could be whether they know
the number of times we speed when
we’re driving, for example, or the size
of our overdraft at the bank or the
thing we least want to come face to
face with in Room 101.
I don’t think they’d actually use
rats these days. After all, it’s what we
do online that today’s police want to
know.
So when they take us to Room
101, it’ll be at the click of a mouse.
Colin Beaven is a freelance writer who lives
and works in Southampton on the south
coast of England.
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Real America: Inez Sharp
(top) drives the famous road
through Arizona
TRAVEL | United States
A road trip on
Route 66
Es ist eine Straße der Träume und der Hoffnungen, deren Bilder
und Erzählungen die amerikanische Seele seit fast 100 Jahren
prägen. Spotlight-Chefredakteurin INEZ SHARP erkundet in
Arizona einen historischen Teil der legendären Route 66.
On the way:
great food
and fine
cowboy actors
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Spotlight 10|13

My love affair with Route 66 began in the burning
hot summer of 1976. A week into the school holidays,
I was bored and asked my mother for
something to read. She gave me The Grapes of Wrath by
John Steinbeck, a classic 1930s novel she had bought on a
trip to the US.
I loved it. I was captivated by the story of the Joad family’s
flight from the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma along a highway
called Route 66. I read through mealtimes and deep
into the night. When I finally closed Steinbeck’s classic, I
promised myself that, one day, I would drive Route 66, a
road that Steinbeck called the “long concrete path across
the country.”
Over the years, I was reminded of my childhood plan
— especially when I heard the Rolling Stones’s “Route 66”
on the radio or saw Easy Rider on TV. This year, I decided
to take the trip. But I realized I could not cover the route’s
original 2,448 miles (3,940 kilometers), a journey from
Chicago to Los Angeles that crosses much of the Midwest.
I also learned that a lot of the highway is no longer in use,
so I chose a scenic stretch: 270 miles (434 kilometers) of
road through northern Arizona that offered plenty of classic
diners, highway history, and a few exciting extras —
including the chance to see the Grand Canyon.
A CLOSER LOOK
Extremely dry weather hit several states in the Midwest
and Southwest of the United States in the 1930s.
Storms of yellow dust, caused by a lack of rain and
farming methods not suited to the Great Plains, covered
the landscape. The dust clouds killed crops and
even made everyday activities difficult. To escape the
resulting poverty, more than two million people left
the region, which became known as the Dust Bowl.
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Früchte des Zorns
Fotos: Alamy; H. Gruß; iStockphoto; LOOK; I. Sharp

TRAVEL | United States
Right: petroglyphs at
Rock Art Ranch;
signs on Route 66
On the road: Holbrook
Fresh off the plane at Phoenix airport,
I’m ready to head north to
Route 66. As I drive out of the state
capital, I see a landscape bleached
pale yellow and covered with saguaro
cactuses (see Green Light 8/13).
Gradually, this is replaced by red
earth and low, green bushes — classic
cowboy country. After driving for
three hours, I finally find myself on a
section of the legendary road.
Route 66 opened on November
11, 1926. Credit for the idea of a single
road connecting Chicago with
Los Angeles goes mostly to Cyrus
Avery, a businessman in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In the 1920s, Avery was a
member of the government’s Joint
Board of Interstate Highways, which
was tasked with establishing a national
highway system and with numbering
and marking the roads. Avery
pressed for the creation of Route 66
and even set up the US 66 Highway
Association to promote its use.
The arrival of the “Main Street of America” created opportunities
for cities and towns along the route. Holbrook
was one such place: the small city saw more than a dozen
hotels open within 20 years. Joe & Aggie’s Cafe, where I
stop for lunch, has been around since 1943. Inside, I take a
booth and get to work on a mountain of french fries. An
hour later, the happy owner of a Route 66 fridge magnet, I
drive off to my next destination.
Before the arrival of the highway or the railroad, this part of Arizona was
home to tribes of Native Americans. Evidence of some of the earliest inhabitants
can be found on Rock Art Ranch. Crossing the dusty parking lot in front of the
ranch, I’m met by owner Brantley Baird, a man with a suntan and a big cowboy
hat. We take a short drive out onto his land, then park and walk down into a
small canyon. There, I come face to face with the oldest art I have ever seen:
scratched into the dark surface of the rock are petroglyphs of people, animals,
and geometric shapes, images left by the ancient Anasazi people. It is deeply
moving to look at these drawings — one of a woman giving birth — created
thousands of years ago.
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Stamm
Joe & Aggie’s:
in business
since 1943

Americana:
the Wigwam Village
Motel in Holbrook
Fotos: H. Gruß; iStockphoto; LOOK
Afterwards, I make a detour to the Painted Desert. No
human hand has been at work here; nature alone decorated
this unusual landscape. The orange, pink, and purple
rock layers that glow in the early evening light are the result
of iron and manganese deposits. I spend an hour
pointlessly trying to capture the colours on camera, then
comfort myself by buying a piece of golden-brown petrified
wood from the visitors’ center.
That evening, I check into Holbrook’s Globetrotter
Lodge, run by the
Hoeller family, originally
from Kitzbühel,
Austria. As I lean
against a blue Corvette
and chat to Peter
Hoeller in the sunset, I
hear the whistle of a
passing freight train. I
feel like I’m in my very
own road movie.
The next morning, I
visit the famous Wigwam
Village Motel,
just across the road. Between
1933 and 1950,
there were seven of these motels across the US, each with
“wigwams” — tepees, actually — as rooms. Here, the faux
tents rise up luminous and white against the blue morning
sky. When I look more closely, the tents turn out to be
built of thick concrete. That and the lack of windows make
them seem unwelcoming.
Highway-side in Winslow: Standin’ on a Corner Park
Meet Brantley
Baird, the owner of
Rock Art Ranch
Just as unwelcoming, but far
more fascinating, is the Ruger pistol
worn by the museum guide at the
Navajo County Courthouse and
Museum in Holbrook.
“Is that loaded?” I ask nervously.
“No, ma’am,” says the guide,
smiling at me from under his Stetson.
“You want to see?” For a few
surreal moments, I examine the
shiny pistol, amazed at the weight
and menace of it. The museum is
filled with local memorabilia and has a frightening little
jail — but I can’t quite get my mind off the Ruger. Maybe
it’s time to hit the road again.
Music in the desert: Winslow
My next stop is Winslow. I drive most of the way
there on Interstate 40, the busy, modern highway that has
replaced much of old Route 66. To create my own roadmovie
atmosphere, I play the Eagles song “Take It Easy”
as loud as I can. The 1972 hit includes the famous line:
“I’m standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona,” and the
city has done its best to cash in on this iconic song.
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TRAVEL | United States
The historic
La Posada Hotel
At the crossing of Kinsley Avenue and Second Street, I
find the Standin’ on the Corner Park, complete with a
flatbed truck — also mentioned in the song. I take a seat
on a bench opposite the park and watch the people go by.
Behind me, another Eagles song drifts out of a Route 66
memorabilia shop. Bikers on Harley-Davidsons roll up to
have their pictures taken with one of the park’s highlights:
a bronze statue of a man with a guitar.
A couple of streets down is my hotel, La Posada. Walking
through its doors, I enter a bygone era of transcontinental
travel. London-born entrepreneur Fred Harvey
built the hotel in the mid-1920s. By then, the Santa Fe
Railway had been running through the town for many
years. Harvey wanted to make the experience of visiting
the Southwest as comfortable as possible. He had already
created a chain of restaurants — the first ever in the US
— called Harvey Houses. The idea was to serve good food
in stylish surroundings to people riding the rails out West.
He imagined La Posada as a place that would live up to its
Spanish name, which means “the resting place.”
Architect Mary Colter combined Spanish, Mexican,
and local influences to create a magnificent hacienda-style
hotel, but La Posada opened in 1930, just as the Great Depression
began. Despite its many famous guests — aviator
Charles Lindbergh, businessman Howard Hughes, and
even Albert Einstein — the hotel struggled to make money
and finally closed in 1957.
Today, renovated to Colter’s plans, La Posada is back
in operation. I spend some time wandering the cool corridors
and then sit in the gardens with a drink. The railroad
runs right past the hotel, just as it did in Fred
Harvey’s day.
Worth a detour: the Grand Canyon
The next morning, after a breakfast of buttermilk
waffles, I’m on the road again. Driving rain covers the
landscape as I leave Interstate 40 close to Winona and continue
along an original section of Route 66. Flagstaff —
population 68,000 — lies just south of the San Francisco
Mountains, the highest peaks in the state. I park close to
the town center and walk over to visit Hotel Monte Vista,
once popular with big Hollywood stars like Spencer Tracy
and Humphrey Bogart.
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dem Börsenkrach 1929
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stilvolle Umgebung
Arizona highlight:
the magnificent
Grand Canyon

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An hour later, with the radio blasting, I arrive in the
town of Williams on an authentic stretch of Route 66
called Grand Canyon Avenue. Tiny Williams is heaven for
Route 66 aficionados. I pass 1950s-style diners and ancient
gas stations — it feels like the real thing.
I park in front of Drover’s Inn, and John Moore, mayor
of Williams and owner of the hotel, comes out to meet
me. An imposing man with a great sense of humor, Moore
invites me into the restaurant to learn more about the
Mother Road. Over a plate of delicious smoked pork, he
tells me about the bikers who arrive from all over the world
in search of the Easy Rider experience. He says the route is
being visited by more nationalities every year. The latest
are the Chinese: a couple of years ago, Cadillac filmed a
road-movie ad on Route 66 especially for the Chinese
market.
As the sun sets, I walk along Grand Canyon Avenue
looking for the perfect Route 66 T-shirt and the kind of
bandana Susan Sarandon wore in the 1991 road movie
Thelma & Louise. I want
to be ready for one of
Williams’s biggest attractions:
the Grand
Canyon.
I’ve been told there’s
no better way to go
there than by train to
see what’s widely considered
to be the grandest
canyon on the planet.
Leav ing the historic
Williams Depot, I spend
part of the 65-mile journey
outside on the open
platform at the end of the train,
dreamily enjoying the landscape.
Two hours later, I get off and walk
from Grand Canyon De pot to the
south rim of the can yon. The
panorama — so broad and so deep —
leaves me speech less. I walk along
the Rim Trail for a mile or so,
pausing at intervals to
watch the shadows of
clouds on the luminous
orange and pink rock.
Joys of the road:
the classic diners all
along Route 66
THE MOTHER ROAD
In the nearly 90 years since it was completed, US Route 66
— also known as US 66 or Route 66 — has become part of the
American psyche. Known in the early days as the “Main Street
of America,” it later became popular as the Mother Road.
Route 66 was also called the Will Rogers Highway after the
popular actor and performer (1879–1935) who traveled the
road that started in Chicago, Illinois, passed through
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona,
and ended in the show-business capital of Los Angeles,
California.
Long associated with freedom and adventure, the road
has inspired literature, film, and music. Folk singer
Woody Guthrie, active from the 1930s to the
50s, mentioned Route 66 in a number of his
songs, and in 1946, songwriter Bobby Troup
composed the classic “(Get Your Kicks on)
Route 66” — a hit first for Nat King Cole and,
later, the Rolling Stones. Jack
Kerouac wrote briefly of
Route 66 in his 1957 novel
On the Road, and in 1960, a
new TV series in the US called
Route 66 showed the adventures
of two young men
traveling across America in
a sports car. The 1969 film
Easy Rider, starring Peter
Fonda, Dennis Hopper,
and Jack Nicholson, made
the highway a mecca for
motorcyclists.
Route 66: where
the cliché of the
open road lives on
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TRAVEL | United States
A roadside scene
in Seligman
Back on the train, I just start to relax in my seat when I see a
couple of bandits on horses, galloping next to the rails. Moments
later, we come to an abrupt halt. Mimi, our wagon hostess, announces
that we may be robbed. I know that this is a show put
on for passengers, but we are all thrilled when the wagon door
flies open and two masked men “steal” the dollar bills we are holding
at the ready.
Ups and downs: Seligman and Kingman
When morning comes, I leave Williams and drive onto Route 66 at Ash
Fork. The road from here to Topock on the Arizona-California border is the
longest unbroken stretch of historic Route 66 still in existence. I drive into
Seligman behind a group of Harleys and park outside Angel and Vilma Delgadillo’s
gift shop.
The Delgadillo family has experienced the changing fortunes of the road
— and the town — firsthand. Between 1959 and 1984, Route 66 was replaced
by a bigger, better road system. When a section of Interstate 40 was completed
here in 1978, it did not pass through Seligman, and the town’s economy
crashed. In an attempt to revitalize the place, Delgadillo called local businessmen
together to set up the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona — the
first organization dedicated to saving the Mother Road. Today, there are similar
associations in each of the eight states through which the highway once passed.
My next stop is the city of Kingman, where I’ve arranged to meet Joshua
Noble, the city’s director of tourism. He takes me to see the Route 66 Museum.
One of the exhibitions there explains the migration of the “Okies” — the poor
and displaced from Oklahoma and other Midwestern states — during the Great
Depression. Huge black-and-white photographs document the desperation of
that journey from the Dust Bowl to
California. I am impressed by the
makeshift conversion of cars to transport
and house large families. The
thin, tired faces of the travelers are
moving.
Part of the museum features classic
road signs. In the 1920s and 30s,
the Burma-Shave company posted a
series of messages along America’s
highways. The verses on them started
out as straight advertising, but later,
they included road-safety messages
such as: “Don’t take a curve at 60 per.
We hate to lose a customer.”
Later, over dinner with Joshua
Noble and Jim Hinckley, the author
of several books, including The Route
66 Encyclopedia, I ask why the road
has achieved such cult status. Hinckley
has clearly had to explain this before.
“The route was promoted as
‘iconic’ by the US 66 Highway Association
from the start in a way that
no other highway was,” he tells me.
“It was just good marketing.”
Water towers
in the small town
of Kingman
Biker heaven: motorcyclists on their way from Oatman to Kingman
attempt [E(tempt]
at the ready [Et DE (redi]
bill [bIl] N. Am.
conversion [kEn(v§:Z&n]
dedicated [(dedIkeItEd]
displaced [dIs(pleIst]
firsthand: experience sth. ~ [)f§:st(hÄnd]
makeshift [(meIkSIft]
per = miles per hour [p§:] N. Am. ifml.
unbroken [Vn(broUkEn]
wagon hostess [(wÄgEn )hoUstEs]
Versuch
bereit
(Geld)Schein
Umbau
engagiert, bestimmt für etw.
heimatvertrieben
etw. selbst erleben
notdürftig
Meilen pro Stunde
durchgehend
Zugbegleiterin
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Fotos: Fotolia; H. Gruß; iStockphoto; Karte: Nic Murphy
End of the road
I drive the last stretch of Route 66 before the California
border. The road takes me through broad, open
country and up a winding pass to the tiny town of Oatman.
This is the famous highway as I imagined it. In the waves
of heat coming off the road, I envision the travelers who
once headed West in the hope of finding a better future.
Oatman, little more than a short street lined with souvenir
shops, seems to hang off the rocky edge of Arizona.
Beyond it lies the Mohave Valley and California. For me,
this is the end of the road. It also marks the high point in
Steinbeck’s story. After the hardships they experienced on
Route 66, the Joad family are within sight of the promised
land. They have no idea of the troubles that lie ahead. This
is where I would like to leave them: ready for home and
optimistic — just like me.
envision [In(vIZ&n]
hardship [(hA:rdSIp]
winding [(waIndIN]
sich vorstellen, sich ausmalen
Not, Elend
kurvig
IF YOU GO...
Getting there
Fly from Frankfurt to Phoenix — with a stopover
in Philadelphia — with US Airways.
www.usairways.com
Where to stay
In Holbrook, stay at the
Globetrotter Lodge. Double
rooms from $65. 902 W. Hopi Drive;
tel. (001) 928-297 0158.
www.hotelsholbrookaz.com
In Winslow, try the grand La Posada Hotel.
Double rooms from $119. 303 E. 2nd Street;
tel. (001) 928-289 4366. www.laposada.org
In Williams, stay at the Drover’s Inn. Double rooms
from $89. 321 E. Route 66; tel. (001) 928-635 4512.
www.wildwestjunction.com
In Kingman, try the Best Western. Double rooms
from $115. 2815 E. Andy Devine Avenue;
tel. (001) 928-753 6101. www.bestwestern.com
What to see
See the petroglyphs at Rock Art Ranch, located
south of Route 66 between Holbrook and
Winslow. Tours: Monday to Saturday at 9 a.m.
and 1 p.m., $25 per person;
tel. (001) 928-386 5047 or 928-288 3260.
For Grand Canyon Railway tickets and travel
times, see www.thetrain.com
The Route 66 Museum is located at 120 W.
Andy Devine Avenue in Kingman. See
www.gokingman.com/attraction-Powerhouse-
Route-66-Museum
More information See www.arizonaguide.com
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Oatman
Topock
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Seligman
Ash Fork
Williams
Colorado River
Grand Canyon National Park
Rock Art
Ranch
Flagstaff
Meteor Crater
Winslow
17
Holbrook
Petrified Forest National Park
40
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New Mexico
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I Ask Myself | AMY ARGETSINGER
Foto: Getty Images
“
To us,
the Amazon
connection was
especially
alarming
”
The e-mails started coming in
fast in August. Some were from
friends and relatives, others
from old acquaintances, including
one I hadn’t spoken to in 20 years.
Suddenly, they were all very interested
in my career.
“So what does it mean?” they
asked. “That your company has been
bought by Amazon?” Actually, The
Washington Post hasn’t been bought
by the online shopping giant. It’s
been bought by Amazon’s billionaire
founder, Jeff Bezos, with his own personal
wealth.
In an era when US newspapers are
constantly being sold — and often
closed for good, drained of profits by
the loss of ad revenue to the internet
— why was this purchase getting so
much attention? This was no ordinary
sale. It was the legendary Graham
family, famous for its 80-year
ownership of the paper, selling to an
internet icon who has already transformed
the world of ink-on-paper
media a couple of times over.
Eugene Meyer bought The Washington
Post at a bankruptcy auction in
1933 and spent the next 20 years
acquaintance [E(kweInt&ns]
ad revenue [(Äd )revEnju:]
affect [E(fekt]
bankruptcy auction [(bÄNkrVptsi )O:kS&n]
break a story [)breIk E (stO:ri]
demise [di(maIz]
drained of [(dreInd Ev]
for good [f&r (gUd]
founder [(faUnd&r]
ink-on-paper media [)INk A:n (peIp&r )mi:diE]
prosperity [prQ(sperEti]
stock market [(stA:k )mA:rkEt]
take sth. for granted [)teIk f&r (grÄntEd]
take over [teIk (oUv&r]
undercut [)Vnd&r(kVt]
What does Jeff Bezos
have planned for us?
Amazon-GründerJeff Bezos hat die Washington Post gekauft,
die Zeitung, die den Watergate-Skandal aufdeckte.
waiting for it to make a profit. By
then, it was closely identified with his
daughter Katharine, also known as
Kay, and her husband, Philip Graham.
They were social titans, close
friends of President Kennedy and
other glamorous personalities.
The Post’s reputation really took
off in the 1970s, when Kay Graham
took over as publisher and chairman.
That’s when the paper broke the story
of Richard Nixon’s involvement in
the Watergate break-in, a scandal that
cost him the presidency.
More good years of prosperity followed
under Kay Graham’s son.
Though born into wealth, our chairman,
Don Graham, never took it for
granted. He earned the respect of Post
employees by throwing himself into
service, first in the military during the
Vietnam War and later as a police officer,
before joining the family business
as a sports reporter. He became
publisher in 1979 and held that job
for 30 years before passing it on to his
niece, Katharine Weymouth.
“The Grahams will never sell the
Post,” we often said, and this seemed
like a good thing. We thought that
Bekanntschaft
Werbeeinnahmen
betreffen, beeinflussen
Zwangsversteigerung
als Erste(r) von etw. berichten
Untergang, Tod
einer Sache beraubt sein
endgültig, für immer
Gründer(in)
Papier-Medien
Erfolg, Blüte
Börse, Aktienmarkt
etw. als selbstverständlich erachten
übernehmen
unterbieten
with family ownership, we had bosses
who were willing to be patient
through hard times. Never mind that
the Post was part of the Grahams’s
Washington Post Company, facing the
same Wall Street pressures affecting so
many other newspapers. With the
Grahams as our bosses, we felt safe.
That’s why so many at the Post
were not just shocked, but also saddened,
by the news of the sale. The
Amazon connection was especially
alarming. This was the company that
had driven many bookstores out of
business by aggressively undercutting
their prices. This was the company
that was now leading to the demise of
the printed page with the development
of its Kindle electronic books.
Isn’t this where we were 80 years
ago, though? A wealthy newcomer to
journalism has bought us, this one
with deeper pockets than our old
owners. He is also taking us
private again, so that we
will no longer be subject
to the ups and downs of
the stock market. But
even the richest
men don’t want
to waste a $250
million investment.
Mr. Bezos
has plans for
this great paper,
and I, along
with the rest of
the nation’s capital,
am eager
to hear what
they are.
Amy Argetsinger is a co-author of “The Reliable
Source,” a column in The Washington
Post about personalities.
Jeff Bezos:
a new
owner for
new times
10|13 Spotlight
23

FOOD | Britain
Fit for fighting:
soldiers at lunch
Feeding
the troops
Die Verpflegung ist ein wesentlicher
Bestandteil der britischen Militäroperationen.
Von JULIAN EARWAKER
It is said that an army marches on its
stomach. In which case, British
troops should be able to march
comfortably day and night: food is
an established part of UK military
operations.
“Keeping soldiers fed is one of the
most basic elements of success of any
army,” says the Ministry of Defence
(MOD) website. The supply of food includes
catering for military and civilian personnel
stationed at UK and overseas bases as
well as for troops on active service on land,
sea and in the air. The MOD employs around 68,000 staff
and 170,000 regular troops. That’s a lot of mouths to feed.
Good food hasn’t always been a priority. During the
First World War, the most common foods were corned
beef, biscuits and tea. Troops depended heavily on food
sent from home. The food was better in the Second World
War, but meals were mostly tinned and tasteless. Nothing
much changed for the following half century. Even a
decade ago, army food was nothing to write home about.
“Back in 2002, we were given compound rations in metal
tins,” RAF Group Captain Andrew Killey recently told the
Sunday Telegraph. Most of the food was so disgusting that
we’d put the tins on a hexi-burner and make them explode.”
Since then, though, the quality of meals has improved
significantly. Military chefs now provide a wide range of
healthy meals. “Popular choices amongst military personnel
primarily reflect the popular choices of young people
today,” explains an MOD spokesperson. “Chinese, Indian
and Mexican dishes are all favourites.”
Military chefs require
no previous catering
experience. As with
all new military recruits,
they first undergo basic
training, before moving
on to learn their specialized
skills. Most army
meals are prepared by
chefs from the Royal Logistics
Corps (RLC).
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boiled sweets [)bOI&ld (swi:ts] UK
borehole [(bO:hEUl]
cater [(keItE]
chicken tikka [)tSIkIn (ti:kE]
coffee stick [(kQfi stIk]
compound ration
[)kQmpaUnd (rÄS&n]
group captain [)gru:p (kÄptIn] UK
hexi-burner (hexamine burner)
[(heksi )b§:nE]
nothing to write home about
[)nVTIN tE )raIt (hEUm E)baUt] ifml.
oat bar [(EUt bA:]
pilau rice [)pi:laU (raIs]
RAF (Royal Air Force) [)A:r eI(ef]
recruit [ri(kru:t]
tinned [tInd] UK
undergo training
[VndE)gEU (treInIN]
First World War:
nothing good to eat
FOOD TO GO
A typical 24-hour operational ration pack includes:
1 x chicken tikka; 1 x pilau rice; 1 x vegetarian
tomato noodle; 1 x exotic isotonic drink;
1 x cherry isotonic drink; 1 x fruit-flavoured
water drink; 1 x lemon energy drink; 1 x tabasco
red; 1 x fruit-and-nut mix; 1 x golden oat bar; 1 x
kiwi/passion fruit/apple fruit puree; 1 x dark-chocolate biscuit;
1 x hot chocolate; 4 x sugar; 1 x boiled sweets; 2 x coffee sticks;
2 x teabags; 3 x spearmint chewing gum; 1 x spoon.
The quality of these meals is important, because soldiers
on active operations require 4,000 calories a day and need
to stay healthy. For troops serving overseas, local food is
not an option. Local water is used only where boreholes
have been tested.
Lutschbonbons, Hartkaramellen
Bohrloch, Brunnen
mit Speisen und Getränken
versorgen
(ind.) pikant mariniertes
Hühnchen in Sauce
Einzelportion Kaffeepulver
fertig zusammengestellte
Tagesration
Luftwaffen-Oberst
Esbit-Kocher (faltbarer Kocher
mit Trockenspiritus)
nichts, was einen aus den
Socken haut
Hafer-Müsliriegel
orientalisches Reisgericht
britische Luftwaffe
Rekrut
in Dosen verpackt
Ausbildung absolvieren
Fotos: action press; Bulls Press/Mirrorpix; Corbis; Crown Copyright

Sergeant Major Ritchie Scullion, 37, has enjoyed a 20-
year army career. Although a soldier first and foremost, his
passion is food. He serves with the Royal Logistics Corps
and manages several kitchens, 16 chefs and 24 kitchen
porters. “I have had some amazing opportunities; serving
in Berlin in the early 90s was an extraordinary experience,”
he says. “And feeding 75 people on my own in one of the
hottest places in the world — at Archer’s post in Kenya —
was challenging, but exceptional.”
In Afghanistan, the heat presents challenges for chefs.
Every week, 30 tonnes of fresh fruit, vegetables and salad
are flown in; while every month, around 350 tonnes of
frozen and long-life food products are transported overland
or by sea. The operating bases typically feed several
thousand personnel each day. Food is cooked in purposebuilt
kitchens and consumed in temporary dining halls.
active duty [)ÄktIv (dju:ti]
flammenloser
Rationserwärmer
halal (nach islam. Glauben)
hier: ausgerüstet
Küchenhelfer
(Ober)Leutnant
Marineschiff
Einmannpackung,
Verpflegungspaket
Patrouillen-
speziell für etw. gebaut
Braten
Oberfeldwebel
Haltbarkeitsdatum
dining hall [(daInIN hO:l]
exceptional [Ik(sepS&nEl]
first and foremost
[)f§:st End (fO:mEUst]
flameless ration heater
[)fleImlEs (rÄS&n )hi:tE]
halal [hE(lA:l]
issue [(ISu:]
kitchen porter [(kItSEn )pO:tE]
lieutenant [lef(tenEnt]
naval vessel [(neIv&l )ves&l]
operational ration pack
[QpE)reIS&nEl (rÄS&n pÄk]
patrol [pE(trEUl]
purpose-built [)p§:pEs (bIlt]
roast [rEUst]
sergeant major [)sA:dZEnt (meIdZE]
shelf life [(Self laIf]
militärischer Einsatz,
aktiver Dienst
Speisesaal
außergewöhnlich
in erster Linie, vor allem
Troops on active duty rely upon operational ration
packs (ORPs), which have a shelf life of two years. Individual
24-hour ORPs are available with 60 different
menus and including Sikh/Hindu, vegetarian, kosher and
halal options.
Troops issued with lightweight 12-hour patrol ration
packs and specialist jungle rations now use a flameless ration
heater, which heats food through a chemical reaction
when water is added. “The meals that my guys are eating
out on the ground differ completely from the ones in the
UK,” says Lieutenant Alec Hammond, who has served in
Afghanistan. “The variation in meals is good. There’s a lot
of pasta and rice in them now, which is a great improvement
from what we had before.”
Good food improves morale, and some traditions will
never change. For example, Her Majesty’s
naval vessels always serve fish and chips
on a Friday; while traditional British
roast dinners are very popular with
troops serving overseas.
Back in the UK, the British Armed
Forces cooking contest, which is held
once a year, sees the three main military
services — army,
navy and air force
— competing
against each
other to produce
the tastiest
dish es.
Whichever
dish wins, it’s certain
to be a long way
from biscuits and
corned beef.
An army
marches
on its
stomach
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BUSINESS | Cook Islands
Wealth from the sea
Der Finanzminister einer winzigen Nation will Bodenschätze gegen Gratisbeteiligungen
an Unternehmen eintauschen. RUPERT NEATE berichtet.
The Cook Islands are hoping to jump from being one
of the world’s poorest countries to one of the richest
within a decade. How? By sending underwater robots
to the sea floor to collect valuable minerals that are
thought to be worth tens of billions of dollars.
Mark Brown, finance minister of the Cook Islands,
said that mining the minerals in the South Pacific could
increase the islands’ gross domestic product (GDP) a hundredfold.
“It has the potential to basically transform our
economy with just the value of the resources sitting on the
sea floor,” he added.
Brown said there are so many minerals at the bottom
of the ocean around the Cook Islands — a group of 15
small islands between New Zealand and Hawaii — that it
could make this nation one of the richest in the world in
terms of per capita income.
The UN estimates that the per capita income of the
Cook Islands, with a population of 14,000, is $12,200.
This compares to about $50,000 in the US and $40,000
in the UK.
Environmentalists, however, warn that mining could
damage the country’s beaches and fragile marine ecosystem.
The huge volume of underwater riches surrounding
the Cook Islands — named after Captain Cook who visited
the islands in 1773 and 1777 — was discovered in
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the 1970s. Advances in technology have only recently
made deep-sea mining economically viable.
A new geological survey by Imperial College marine
geochemist David Cronan estimates that the Cook Islands’
giant 2 million square kilometre exclusive economic zone
(EEZ) contains 10 billion tonnes of manganese nodules.
The nodules — which vary from the size of potatoes to
that of dining-room tables — contain manganese, nickel,
copper, cobalt and rare earth minerals used in electronics.
The minerals will be mined by robots originally developed
for underwater military use and espionage. The technology
has already been applied in underwater oil and gas projects,
but not yet in big deep-sea mining programmes.
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copper [(kQpE]
environmentalist
[In)vaI&rEn(ment&lIst]
espionage [(espiEnA:Z]
fragile [(frÄdZaI&l]
gross domestic product (GDP)
[(grEUs dE)mestIk (prQdVkt]
manganese nodule
[(mÄNgEni:z )nQdju:l]
per capita [pE (kÄpItE]
viable [(vaIEb&l]
(um) das Hundertfache
Kupfer
Umweltschützer(in)
Spionage
anfällig
Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP)
Manganknolle
pro Kopf
realisierbar
Fotos: Ullstein; XXPool/Science Picture Library

Brown said it will be about five
years before mining starts, but he is
already speaking with some of the
world’s biggest mining companies
and other nations about licensing
deals. Talks are underway with the
UK, China, Korea, Japan and Norway,
and the first tenders are due to
be accepted before June 2014, Brown
said. Papua New Guinea has already
granted a deep-sea mining licence to
the Canadian firm Nautilus Minerals
to extract gold and copper from the
seabed, but large-scale mining has yet
to start.
The Cook Islands’ government acknowledges
that the idea of largely
untested deep-sea mining in some of
the world’s most pristine tropical waters
raises many questions. However,
it says that the country has introduced
specific legislation to protect
the environment and turn half of the
country’s waters into a marine park.
The government has promised that
mining will not take place within 100
miles of tourist areas.
“The Cook Islands already has a
very good industry in terms of
tourism, and the good clean, green
beaches are not something we want
to harm just for the sake of mineral
wealth,” said Paul Lynch, the islands’
seabed minerals commissioner. “We
have the only legislation
in the world
dedicated to deepwater
minerals,” he
added.
Greenpeace
warns that deepsea
mining “poses a
major threat to our
oceans, which are
already suffering
from a number of
pressures, including
overfishing,
pollution and the
effects of climate
change”. Natalie
Lowrey of the
Deep Sea Mining
campaign said that
questions were
being asked “about the potential for
heavy metals entering marine food
chains with serious consequences for
the health of coastal communities”.
Brown said the Cook Islands —
which have a self-governing status in
free association with New Zealand,
and whose head of state is the queen
— would expect “stakes in [mining]
companies for free” in return for their
“rights to exploit our resources”. He
said the islands would maintain a significant
share in each stage of the
mining process.
One of the first mining companies
likely to be involved is UK
Seabed Resources, a British subsidiary
of US defence and engineering giant
Lockheed Martin. Lockheed first colbid
[bId]
Angebot, Gebot, Bewerbung
commissioner [kE(mIS&nE]
Beauftragte(r)
dedicated [(dedIkeItId] speziell für ...
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nutzen, erschließen, abbauen
food chain [(fu:d tSeIn]
Nahrungskette
for the sake of [)fE DE (seIk Ev]
um ... willen
International Seabed Authority
Internationale Meeresbodenbehörde
[IntE)nÄS&nEl (si:bed O:)TQrEti]
pristine [(prIsti:n]
unberührt
renewable [ri(nju:Eb&l]
erneuerbar
sea level [(si: )lev&l]
Meeresspiegel
sovereign wealth fund [)sQvrIn (welT fVnd] Staatsfonds
squander [(skwQndE]
(leichtfertig) verschwenden
stakes [steIks]
Beteiligung
tender [(tendE]
(Leistungs)Angebot
A computer-made
image of deep-sea
mining equipment
lected nodules from the Cook Islands’
seabed in the 1970s. UK Seabed Resources
has already been awarded a licence
to explore 58,000 square
kilometres of Pacific seabed outside
territorial waters. The licence came
from the International Seabed Authority,
a UN-created body that controls
oceans outside national exclusive
economic zones.
British Prime Minister David
Cameron, who supported UK Seabed
Resource’s bid, said the seabed mining
industry could be worth £40 billion
to the UK economy over the
next 30 years. “We are involved in a
global race where we have to compete
with the fast-growing economies
of the south and east of the world,”
he said. “We want to make sure we
get every opportunity out of this.”
Brown said the potential income
for the Cook Islands could be so big
that he is setting up a sovereign
wealth fund in order to manage the
cash for future generations and provide
a safety net if the islands are
threatened by rising sea levels in the
years to come.
He is planning to visit several
other countries to study their sove -
reign wealth funds. “It’s important to
learn lessons from the past from other
countries that have come into
wealth,” he said, and “to learn lessons
from those who have squandered
theirs. This is not a renewable resource.
You exploit it once; you have
the income from it once.”
© Guardian News & Media 2013
10|13 Spotlight
27

TRAVEL | United States
The beautiful
Badlands
North Dakota ist die Heimat zahlreicher deutsch-russischer Auswanderer.
FRANZ MARC FREI erkundete deutsche Speisekarten, schroffes Ödland und das Revier
der wilden Bisons.
The Badlands:
beautiful to look at,
difficult to farm

Hello? Is there anybody out there?” The words to that
old Pink Floyd song come to mind as I make my
way to Little Cottage Café. From time to time, a
car passes by, crawling slowly down the broad, empty street.
But otherwise on this Friday afternoon, nothing — nothing!
— is happening in downtown Bismarck.
Some 60,000 people call Bismarck, the capital city of
North Dakota, home. I’ve got a lunch date with one of
them: Walter Rehling, who helps run the Germans from
Russia Heritage Society in the city. Born in the US to German
immigrants, he spent time in Germany himself while
stationed with the US Air Force in Ramstein. Now that
he’s retired, he’s following a passion of his own: documenting
the German roots of his community.
crawl [krO:l]
heritage [(herEtIdZ]
Louisiana Purchase
[lui:zi)ÄnE (p§:tSEs]
Sioux [su:]
tribe [traIb]
kriechen
(Kultur)Erbe; hier: Herkunft
Louisiana-Kauf (1803 kauften die USA von
Frankreich knapp ein Viertel des heutigen
Territoriums)
Stamm
A CLOSER LOOK
At a powwow:
the Dakota in Bismarck
The name given to this state in America’s Upper Midwest
came from the much larger Dakota Territory.
From 1861 to 1889, this was the part of the US that
corresponded to the northernmost part of the
Louisiana Purchase. In 1889, the territory was divided
into the states of North and South Dakota. The word
Dakota, meaning “friend”, is a reference to the Dakota
division of the Sioux tribes that lived in the region.
Alle Fotos: Franz Marc Frei
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TRAVEL | United States
It was called the “last best West”: North Dakota’s strange rock formations and a view from the edge of the Little Missouri River
Nearly 44 percent of North Dakotans claim German
ancestry. When the waitress at the Little Cottage Café
hands me a menu, I see the cultural influence right away.
There are international dishes such as linguine marinara,
hamburgers, and Greek salad — but also sauerbraten,
krautstrudel, fleischkuechle, and knoephla soup. The man
in the cowboy hat at the next table orders the soup, which
has dumplings in it. I choose the sauerbraten, which is excellent.
So is the “kuchen” afterwards.
Walter arrives and takes a seat. He orders his lunch,
then tells me the story of how Catherine the Great, who
ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796, got his family to settle
on the Volga River. Hardworking German farmers were in
great demand in the mid-18th century.
To persuade them to immigrate,
Catherine offered them land. She also
gave them the right to vote and to practice
their religion — as long as it was
Christian. The “Volga Germans” didn’t
have to pay tax, nor did they participate
in compulsory military service. They were
also allowed to educate their children as
they liked. But when things became bad in
Russia, these special privileges disappeared.
Job offers from America came at exactly
the right time. Thousands of German Russians
followed the call, with talk of a gold
rush providing an added attraction. Walter
uses his finger to draw an imaginary line on the table.
It’s as if he wants to show how far back in American
history he is planning to take me.
“In 1803, the Louisiana Purchase doubled the area of
the United States overnight,” he says. Fifteen million dollars,
representing a value today of $230 million, changed
hands. So did 2.14 million square kilometers of land —
especially prairie land west of the Mississippi and east of
the Rocky Mountains. The following year, Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark set out to explore the new territory
for President Thomas Jefferson. Walter recommends
that I stop by the state’s Heritage Center, where objects
from the short but exciting history of North Dakota are
on display. Nearby, a replica of Lewis and Clark’s winter
camp is also open to visitors.
Living on hope
and a prayer:
German-
Russian
settlers
ancestry [(Änsestri]
claim [kleIm]
compulsory military service
[kEm)pVls&ri (mIlEteri )s§:vEs]
demand: be in ~ [di(mÄnd]
dumpling [(dVmplIN]
replica [(replIkE]
Abstammung
(für sich) beanspruchen
Wehrpflicht
gefragt sein
Kloß, Knödel
Nachbildung
Sacagawea,
Lewis and
Clark’s guide;
an early
peat house
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In 1873, the Northern Pacific
Railroad had finally made
it from the Minnesota port
city of Duluth on the Great
Lakes to North Dakota’s future
capital at Edwinton. The
railroad made a point of changing
the town’s name to Bismarck
to please Otto von Bismarck, the
German chancellor. The company
also hoped to attract money and
settlers from Germany.
The reason was simple: in 1870,
North Dakota had a population of
only 2,400, too small to make the railway’s
investment profitable. Just ten
years later, some 34,000 people were willing to try their
luck in what came to be known — like parts of Canada
— as the “last best West.” This major development in the
population happened thanks to the Homestead Act of
1862. The law offered any settler 160 acres of land —
about 650,000 square meters — at no cost for five years.
Settlers had to promise to work the dry land until they
were able to farm it. After two years, they had the option
of buying it for $1.25 per acre. That was the theory, anyway.
In reality, settlers found life in North Dakota extremely
hard. There were harsh winters, droughts, and
then came the Great Depression. No one I met in North
Dakota described those times as “the good old days.”
I say goodbye to Bismarck and follow the lonely westward
highway, which shimmers before me in the midday
heat. As I drive, I pass rolling hills, huge fields of golden
grain, and immense herds of cattle. Now and then on my
way west, I see a ranch house, or an endless dirt road leading
away from the highway to a farm somewhere in the
distance.
After two hours on the road, I arrive in Dickinson. The
small city has an open-air museum where you can see the
sod houses (see Travelogs 10/2010) built by the state’s first
white settlers. After Dickinson, the landscape changes. The
grasslands end, and a pockmarked semi-desert begins. No
wonder they call this the Badlands.
A CLOSER LOOK
Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt was the
26th president of the United States
(1901–09) and a great lover of nature. He
spent time in the Badlands of North Dakota as
a young man, hunting bison and even going into
the cattle business. Later, he helped to establish
five national parks, 18 national monuments —
including the Grand Canyon (see page 18) —
and 150 national forests. His cabin near
Medora and the site of his ranch to the north
of town are popular sights in the Theodore
Roosevelt National Park, which opened in 1947.
The biggest attraction here in the west of the state is
Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Medora, a tiny community
located within it, is a fine base from which to explore
its 285 square kilometers of nature preserve.
The Maah Daah Hey Trail is the most popular part of
the park. The name comes from the Mandan language; it
means “an area that has been or will be around for a long
time.” My guide, Pat, explains this to me as we read the
words from an old sign nailed to a wooden post. It is
pointing the way for the day’s activity: equipped with
mountain bikes, food, and water, and smeared with sunblock,
we are preparing to ride part of the 154-kilometer
trail network. Narrow and lined with tall, yellow grass, the
trail leads us out of the bush to a broad stretch of moonscape
— dry and cracked, it is neither prairie nor Grand
Canyon, but has characteristics of both.
acre [(eIk&r]
Badlands [(bÄdlÄndz]
cabin [(kÄbIn]
cattle [(kÄt&l]
drought [draUt]
Great Depression [greIt di(preS&n]
Homestead Act [(hoUmsted )Äkt]
Morgen (Flächenmaß)
Ödland
Hütte
(Rind)Vieh
Dürre
Weltwirtschaftskrise
Heimstättengesetz
(Bundesgesetz zu
Landerwerb und
Bewirtschaftung auf
unbesiedeltem Gebiet)
Mondlandschaft
Naturschutzgebiet
pockennarbig
Pfosten
halb-
Siedler
flimmern, flirren
schmieren; hier: (ein)cremen
Grassodenhaus
Wanderweg
moonscape [(mu:nskeIp]
nature preserve [(neItS&r pri)z§:v]
pockmarked [(pA:kmA:rkt]
post [poUst]
semi- [(semi]
settler [(set&lEr]
shimmer [(SIm&r]
smear [smI&r]
sod house [(sA:d haUs]
trail [treI&l]
Foto: Alvin Langdon Coburn
In Medora: the
stage for a
cowboy musical
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TRAVEL | United States
As we ride, we occasionally surprise
an animal somewhere at the side
of the trail. Pat’s warning runs
through my head: beware of rustling
noises. It could mean there’s a rattle -
snake nearby. Of course, the sound of
my bike tires on the ground — and
of my heavy breathing — makes anything
else impossible to hear. I tell
myself not to worry, that any snake
would flee if it heard me coming. The
weather is more of a problem than
the snakes. If it starts to rain, the area
can become quite dangerous.
“This here transforms itself into a
greasy mass,” Pat says, breaking off a
piece of cracked clay from the trail’s
edge. “You can’t do anything on this
surface. And the river, the Little Missouri,
turns into an angry monster.”
A park cowboy helps visitors saddle up
bison [(baIsEn]
burrow [(b§:oU]
clay [kleI]
cone [koUn]
Once nearly killed off, bison
are making a comeback on
the grasslands of the
Midwest
Bison
(Tier)Bau
Lehm
Kegel
In Roosevelt National Park: enjoying the landscape on a mountain bike
We are following a route that the Lakota Sioux once used to trade with
other tribes. Working together with the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the
Maah Daah Hey Trail organization has built campsites where you can put up
your tent and spend the night. Pat says that true nature lovers choose to walk
the trail. You need at least four days to complete the tour, but having that time
lets you enjoy the landscape. What’s more, you experience more of the park’s
rich animal life: you can see deer and antelope at their watering holes, prairie
dogs guarding their burrows, and wild horses and mighty bison in their natural
environment.
We take a break from biking and enjoy the view. In places, great cones of
rock rise into the sky. On the horizon, the layers of overlapping landscape disappear
into the haze of the day’s intense heat. The hard beauty of this place
speaks volumes about the planet’s history. Over eons, ancient rivers formed this
landscape, pushing through soft sediment and grinding down the rock, creating
the bizarre landscape formations that we see today. At one time, this area was
a huge lake bed that stretched to the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. Although
it’s hard to believe, one day the forces of wind and water will carry the
deer [dI&r]
Rotwild
eons [(i:Enz]
Äonen, eine Ewigkeit
greasy [(gri:si] schmierig, glitschig (➝ p. 61)
grind down [graInd (daUn] zermahlen
haze [heIz]
Dunst
rattlesnake [(rÄt&lsneIk]
Klapperschlange
rustle [(rVs&l]
rascheln
speak volumes [spi:k (vA:ljEmz] Bände sprechen
tire [(taI&r] US
Reifen
watering hole [(wO:tErIN )hoUl] Wasserstelle

IF YOU GO...
Montana
Karte: Nic Murphy
Rocky
Mountains
Medora
Badlands away. Even the pink-and-ochre buttes will disappear
at some point, making this rough region of peaks
and canyons eventually look just like the rolling hills of
the prairie that spreads out from its edges.
Land-use planners Frank Popper and his wife Deborah
introduced the concept of the “Buffalo Commons” to the
public in 1987. Their plan is to create a nature preserve
across multiple states, from the border with Canada down
to Mexico, country that was home to great herds of bison
before the arrival of the white man. Many things speak for
the plan, including the demographic decline of the Midwest,
the acidification of the soil, and the extreme shortage
of water. Whether the idea ever becomes a reality will be
decided by the people who live there.
The herds of bison, once blindly slaughtered on these
lands, are making a comeback in North Dakota. Local
tribes — the chiefs of which meet each year at the United
Tribes International Powwow in Bismarck — decided long
ago to go into the bison business. Many hope that these
animals will bring back the prairie’s natural balance, giving
new impetus to ecotourism. And who knows: maybe the
next time I’m in North Dakota, I’ll be eating kuechle made
from tasty bison meat.
acidification of the soil
[EsIdIfI)keIS&n Ev DE (sOI&l]
ale [eI&l]
butte [bju:t]
demographic decline
[)demE(grÄfIk di(klaIn]
eventually [I(ventSuEli]
impetus [(ImpEtEs]
land-use planner
[(lÄnd )ju:s )plÄn&r]
peak [pi:k]
powwow [(paUwaU]
slaughter [(slO:t&r]
Theodore Roosevelt
National Park
Maah Daah Hey Trail
B a d l a n d s
Canada
North Dakota
USA
Dickinson
Little Missouri River
Lake
Sakakawea
Missouri River
Bismarck
Canada
North Dakota
94
Bodenversauerung
Ale, helles, obergäriges Bier
Spitzkuppe
Bevölkerungsrückgang
endlich, schließlich
Auftrieb
Bodennutzungsplaner(in)
Gipfel
Zusammentreffen indianischer
Stämme, Ratsversammlung
abschlachten
Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park
94
N
29
Fargo
Minnesota
Getting there
Connections to
Bismarck Airport
(BIS) are available
through
major airports in
the US.
All big car rental
companies have
offices at the
airport.
In the Badlands: author Franz Marc Frei
Bismarck
Try Kay’s Bed & Breakfast. A single room costs $89.
807 North 6th Street; tel. (001) 701-258 6877.
www.ndbba.com/k.htm
Eat at Little Cottage Café at 2513 East Main Avenue;
tel. (001) 701-223 4949.
Since 2011, the Edwinton Brewing Company has been
making a Belgian ale. Test it at
Peacock Alley American Grill and Bar, 422 East Main
Avenue; tel. (001) 701-255 7917.
http://peacock-alley.com
Driving west
See where Lewis and Clark stayed for a winter at
Fort Mandan. www.fortmandan.com
Stop at the Dickinson Museum Center, an open-air
museum that describes the settlement of North
Dakota. 188 Museum Drive East, Dickinson.
http://dickinsonmuseumcenter.com
Visit Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park.
www.fortlincoln.com
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Medora is the starting point for tours of the Theodore
Roosevelt National Park. www.nps.gov/thro
Stay at the historic Rough Riders Hotel.
Double rooms start at $189. 301 3rd Avenue;
tel. (001) 701-623 4444.
www.medora.com/stay/hotel/rough-riders-hotel
Or try the Badlands Motel in Medora. Double rooms
start at $99. 501 Pacific Avenue; tel. (001) 800-633
6721. www.medora.com/stay/hotel/badlands-motel
Don’t miss having lunch at Cowboy Cafe,
215 4th Street, Medora; tel. (001) 701-623 4343.
Bully Pulpit Golf Course is one of the top 100 public
golf courses in the US. It’s near Medora, in the
middle of the North Dakota Badlands.
See www.medora.com
More information
See www.ndtourism.com
A prairie dog
stands watch
0 km
100 km
South Dakota
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PETER FLYNN | Around Oz
Honesty is the
best policy
“
Good
karma works
in favour of
those who are
honest
”
Ehrlichkeit währt am längsten, so die Theorie. In der Praxis schaden ein
wenig Glück und der Einsatz neuer Technologien nicht.
Few things are more frustrating to
us parents of grown-up children
than our kids still mislaying or
losing things, especially through carelessness.
A few months ago, it was the
wallet left in a taxi following a big
night of clubbing in the city. My son,
who has been taught all his life that a
gentleman’s wallet belongs either in
his back pocket or on the bedside
table, was despairing the next morning
at the loss of more than A$ 1,000
(€670) plus his driver’s licence and
numerous plastic cards.
Worse still was his feeling —
based solely on the ethnicity of the
taxi driver — that the wallet would
never be returned. How wrong he
was! By mid-morning, he had learned
that this devout Muslim of Pakistani
origin had taken his wallet to a friend
who worked in the lost-property office
at the city railway station. He also
learned that, because of the driver’s
strong religious beliefs, no reward —
not a single penny — could be accepted
for this act of honesty.
Recently, my youngest son was
observed turning his bedroom upside
down — not to clean it, but to search
for the very expensive gold and jewelled
ring he had recently given his
girlfriend. The ring was slightly oversized,
something he had not got fixed.
The ring was not in the house, so
we worked through their movements
over the weekend and decided the
soccer field where he had played the
previous day was the most likely place
for it to have fallen off her hand. He
googled the name of the sports
ground, looking for someone to contact,
but the search immediately took
him to a popular buy-and-sell site announcing,
“Gold ring found”.
Again, the parents of the two boys
who had found the ring refused to accept
any reward. They explained that
their kids had been taught to be honest
and did not need an incentive.
Computer technology came to the
rescue again when another son’s new
iPad was stolen from his car in broad
daylight. Now, I suspect he’d left the
car unlocked, but I don’t even bother
to ask about such things any more.
What impressed me was how he
used his mobile phone to lock the
iPad, making it useless to the thieves.
The only things that would come
up on the screen were his name and
bother [(bQDE]
sich die Mühe machen
carelessness [(keElEsnEs]
Nachlässigkeit, Leichtsinn
clubbing [(klVbIN] Aus., UK
Abfeiern in Tanzlokalen
despair [dI(speE]
verzweifeln
devout [di(vaUt]
gläubig
disable [dIs(eIb&l]
deaktivieren, sperren
discard [dIs(kA:d]
wegwerfen
in broad daylight [In )brO:d (deIlaIt] am helllichten Tag
incentive [In(sentIv]
Anreiz, Motivation
mislay [mIs(leI]
verlegen
notice [(nEUtIs]
Mitteilung
retrieve [ri(tri:v] zurückholen (➝ p. 61)
soccer field [(sQkE fi:&ld]
Fußballplatz
solely [(sEUlli]
ausschließlich
suspect [sE(spekt]
vermuten
wallet [(wQlIt]
Brieftasche
a notice that the iPad had been
disabled.
It was discarded at a truck drivers’
roadside stop 200 kilometres away,
where it was found and handed in to
the local police station. I just happened
to be in that area on a little
fishing expedition and was able to
collect it on the same day.
Of course, I like to believe there is
always a bit of good karma involved.
Earlier this year, I was at a big race
meeting in Melbourne, when an older
woman left $50 of credit in a touchscreen
betting machine. She just wasn’t
any good at this new self-service technology
and was about to walk away
when I retrieved her money.
When she thanked me again later
in the afternoon, I was able to tell her
that the gambling gods had been
smiling on me. The two bets I placed
on the machine immediately after
getting the $50 back for her resulted
in my winning $500. It’s like my dear
old mum always said: “Honesty is the
best policy.”
Peter Flynn is a public-relations consultant and social commentator who lives in Perth,
Western Australia.
Foto: Getty Images
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DEBATE | United States
Life
on Mars?
Die Erde kränkelt am Menschen, jetzt
soll der Mars besiedelt werden. Große Pläne,
die große Fragen aufwerfen.
It sounds like a plot for a science-fiction film: in 2023,
four astronauts will travel to Mars in a rocket, never to
return to Earth. Once on the “red planet,” they will establish
the first extraterrestrial human colony. Every two
years, four more astronauts will join them. These early
colonists will live in airtight rooms, wear special space
suits when going outside, and start a new civilization
more than 54 million kilometers
from the rest of the human race.
At least, that is what Dutch
organization Mars One
hopes will happen.
The engineer Bas
Lansdorp started
Mars One in 2011
with plans to establish
a permanent colony
on the plan et.
The company hopes
to raise the $6 billion
it needs by selling sponsorship
and broadcast
rights for a global reality TV
show. The show will allow viewers
to take part in selecting the first 24
astronauts, and it will provide footage of the entire mission,
from the first supplies leaving Earth in 2016 to the
first humans landing on Mars and building a colony there.
By May 2013, 80,000 people from around the world
had applied to become one of the Mars One colonists. The
first “Humans 2 Mars Summit” took place in Washington,
DC, this year, too. At the conference, Buzz Aldrin, the second
person to walk on the moon, described a plan for humans
to colonize Mars by 2035. Ever since the NASA rover
Curiosity landed there in August of last year, the world has
been receiving fascinating images and information about
the fourth planet from the sun (see http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov).
A look through the global headlines shows how enthusiasm
for Mars has been growing rapidly.
With all this interest in the planet, it is perhaps no
wonder that the Mars One project has the strong support
of so many top scientists, engineers, and businesspeople.
A statement on the company’s website says: “Mars One
believes it is not only possible, but imperative that we establish
a permanent settlement on Mars in order to accelerate
our understanding of the formation of the solar
system, the origins of life, and
of equal importance, our
Planet Mars:
place in the universe.”
is this our future?
Many experts,
however, think
that the company
will never be
able to raise
enough money
for the mission;
nor do they believe
that humans
would be
able to survive on
Mars for very long.
Although Mars is
more closely similar to
Earth than other planets, its
atmosphere cannot support
human or plant life. Scientists worry about the effects
on the human body of long-term exposure to radiation
and low gravity, both of which would be an issue on Mars.
People are also skeptical about humans, a species that has
caused immense damage to Earth, colonizing other planets
only to destroy them, too.
As humans attempt to change science fiction into reality,
the biggest question may be not whether we can colonize
Mars, but whether we should.
accelerate [Ek(selEreIt]
airtight [(ertaIt]
billion [(bIljEn]
broadcast rights [(brO:dkÄst )raIts]
colonize [(kA:lEnaIz]
exposure [Ik(spoUZ&r]
extraterrestrial [)ekstrEtE(restriEl]
footage [(fUtIdZ]
imperative [Im(perEtIv]
ankurbeln, beschleunigen
luftdicht
Milliarde(n)
Senderechte
besiedeln
Belastung, Gefährdung
außerirdisch
Filmmaterial
unumgänglich
low gravity [)loU (grÄvEti]
plot [plA:t]
radiation [)reIdi(eIS&n]
raise [reIz]
rover [(roUv&r]
space suit [(speIs su:t]
species [(spi:Si:z]
summit [(sVmIt]
viewer [(vju:&r]
geringe, niedrige Schwerkraft
Handlung
Strahlung
hier: beschaffen
hier: Mars-Fahrzeug
Raumanzug
(biol.) Art
Gipfel(treffen)
Zuschauer(in)
Fotos: T. Linehan; NASA
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Talitha Linehan asked people in Los Angeles, California:
Should humans colonize Mars?
Listen to Frank, Hannah, Jane, and Eric
Frank Minero, 46,
online business owner
Hannah Charkatz,
16, student
Jane Cunha, 58,
therapist
Eric Gotthelf, 58,
audio engineer
Gary Stickel, 68,
archeologist
Amy Jones, 42,
landscape architect
Erendira Ibarra, 22,
student
Jack Jesse, 23,
antique dealer
audio engineer [(O:dioU endZI)nI&r]
CO 2 = carbon dioxide
[)si: oU (tu:]
eliminate [i(lImIneIt]
forfeit [(fO:rfEt]
Tontechniker(in)
Kohlendioxid
beseitigen, abschaffen
aufgeben
global warming [)gloUb&l (wO:rmIN]
habitable [(hÄbEtEb&l]
magnitude [(mÄgnItu:d]
pointless [(pOIntlEs]
prerogative [pri(rA:gEtIv]
Erderwärmung
bewohnbar
Größe, Umfang
sinnlos
Vorrecht
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HISTORY | 90 Years Ago
Roy
The artist with
his famous dots:
New York, 1967
Lichtenstein
Picasso war sein großes Vorbild, sein Umfeld
Expressionismus/Surrealismus. Neben Warhol
war er Inbegriff der Pop Art.
Are comic books high art or low art? Before you answer
the question, consider this: in the past three
years, four paintings by Roy Lichtenstein have sold
for between $42 million and $56 million each. Three of
them are, at first glance, large comic-book panels, while
the fourth is a comic-book-style interpretation of a cubist
painting by Pablo Picasso. All were painted 50 years ago,
between 1961 and 1964.
Why is Lichtenstein’s art so fascinating, and what inspired
him to create it? More than anything, the artist was
the product of the time in which he lived.
Roy Fox Lichtenstein was born in New York City 90
years ago this month, on October 27, 1923. He became
interested in art, he said, because the private school he attended
did not teach it. Saturday morning classes at a design
school provided the basics; summers spent at a camp
in Maine gave him practice painting the forest and the
lake. At Ohio State University, he was able to study art
from 1940 to 1943. Three months shy of his degree, however,
he was drafted into the army.
In Texas, he was supposed to be trained in languages,
but the program was canceled. In Chicago, he was to learn
engineering, but that program was canceled as well. In
Mississippi, he was to be trained as a pilot, but that program
was canceled, too. Finally, he was given the task of
enlarging cartoons for the army newspaper and drawing
maps for the engineers’ battalion of the infantry.
The final months of the war took him to Europe. When
he wasn’t fixing roads and bridges, he was buying art books
or drawing and painting, and visiting art museums.
Decoration:
a painted BMW
320i (1977)
at first glance [Et f§:st (glÄns]
brushstroke [(brVSstroUk]
degree [di(gri]
draft [drÄft]
enlarge [In(lA:rdZ]
exhibit [Ig(zIbEt]
fairy tale [(feri )teI&l]
muted color [)mju:tEd (kVl&r]
pattern [(pÄt&rn]
recognizable [(rekEgnaIzEb&l]
shy of [(SaI Ev]
smudge [smVdZ]
supposed to: be ~ [sE(poUzd tE]
tenure [(tenj&r]
auf den ersten Blick
Pinselstrich
Abschluss
einberufen
vergrößern
ausstellen
Märchen
gedeckte Farbe
Muster
erkennbar
hier: vor
verschmierter Fleck
sollen
Festanstellung
After the war, he finished his degree and taught drawing
and design at Ohio State. Soon, he was painting musicians,
landscapes and scenes from fairy tales. An art
gallery in Cleveland exhibited some of his work. There, he
met a gallery assistant, Isabel Wilson, whom he married
in 1949.
Denied tenure at Ohio State, Lichtenstein concentrated
on his painting, while working at various short-term
jobs: designing a logo, decorating store windows, and
teaching at a school for commercial art. His paintings,
many of them on themes of American history and folklore,
were exhibited in New York, Cleveland, and other cities.
Several years as an assistant professor in New York state
and New Jersey gave Lichtenstein ever more ideas. He developed
an abstract expressionist style — painting brushstrokes
in muted colors, small squares, and smudges with
no recognizable pattern. However, an interest he’d always
had in drawing cartoon figures soon combined
itself with his experience in engineering
and industrial design.
In the summer of 1961, one of Lichtenstein’s
sons showed him a Mickey Mouse
comic book and said, “I bet you can’t paint
as good as that, eh, Dad?” Lichtenstein took
Fotos: bpk-images; Corbis; ullstein

up the challenge by painting a frame
from the comic, complete with the
halftone dots (called Ben-Day dots
after their inventor, Benjamin Day)
and areas of solid color. To recreate
the Ben-Day dots, he dipped a doggrooming
brush in oil paint and
pressed it against the canvas.
To improve this technique for further
paintings, he cut holes in a metal
sheet, then used a roller to get the
paint through the holes and a scrub
brush to fill the circles. In October
1961, the Leo Castelli Gallery in New
York showed interest in these new
works and paid Lichtenstein a stipend
to produce more. By November, collectors
were already buying them.
The following year, Lichtenstein’s
work was critiqued in both Newsweek
and Life magazines. The year after
that, his paintings were being shown
around the country, and he was hired
to create a mural for the World’s Fair.
Romantically themed comic
books for girls inspired several paintings
of crying women, including
Drowning Girl (1963), Happy Tears
(1964), and Ohhh... Alright... (1964).
“I was very excited about, and very
Perspective:
House III (1997)
in Atlanta
A commentary
on war: Whaam!
interested in, the highly emotional content yet detached, impersonal handling
of love, hate, war, etc., in these cartoon images,” Lichtenstein said at the time.
Often misunderstood as reproduction, Lichtenstein’s art is actually a
painter’s interpretation of a graphic artist’s work after a significant amount of
editing. Lichtenstein rearranged and subtracted elements that were in the original
comic-book pictures. He cropped the panels tightly around the faces. He
changed the colors, made certain lines thicker, and moved the speech bubbles
to where they would fit better.
Whaam! (1963), for example, took a single, wide comic-book panel of an
aerial combat scene and split it in two, but brought the fighter planes closer together
for a more immediate effect.
Lichtenstein approached his work with humor and saw an element of parody
in it. His Woman with Flowered Hat (1963) — the painting that sold for
$56.1 million this year — was based on the 1940 portrait Dora Maar au Chat
by his idol, Picasso. Lichtenstein explained at the time: “I’ve changed the face
color to the pink dots and the hair color to the yellow ... and I was curious to
see what it would look like with a more pseudo-realistic color, sort of correcting
Picasso, as though he had made an error in painting the face blue.”
Between 1965 and 1968, Lichtenstein got divorced and married
his second wife, Dorothy Herzka. Big changes can be found
in his work as well. As he had done a few times in the past, the
artist worked with sculpture, but now he was making giant outdoor
objects. He also created several murals, including one for
the medical school at the University of Düsseldorf.
Lichtenstein continued to use his comic-book style, but instead
of crying women and fighter planes, he painted manufactured objects,
architectural details, and interiors. He also recreated real-life
scenes as well as photographs and paintings from various genres.
Lichtenstein remained productive until he died of pneumonia
in September 1997. Recent interest in his work has remained
high because of a traveling retrospective, now showing at the
Centre Pompidou in Paris until November 4.
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Schrubber
Uni-Farbe, Volltonfarbe
Stipendium, Gehalt
Weltausstellung
10|13 Spotlight
39

PRESS GALLERY | Comment
Dr Robert Lustig:
worried about the effects
Too much sugar
Zucker schmeckt gut, macht aber süchtig und letztendlich krank.
Doch die Industrie verdient daran und die Regierungen machen
mit. Wie lange noch?
Left: maize (corn) in
Iowa; below: corn syrup
is in lots of snacks
According to the 2012 Health Survey for England,
one in four adults is obese (rising to 60% if the overweight
are also included) as [is] one in three children
aged two to 15. ... Initially, the solution appeared simple. Count calories,
eat less, exercise more. ... But research — and the determination of a handful
of champions from the medical professions such as paediatrician Dr Robert
Lustig, author of Fat Chance, a scientific analysis of the dangers of processed
food and sugar in particular — has revealed a far more insidious process that
encompasses all the horrors of addiction.
A couple of decades ago fat was the main area of concern. Now added sugar
is seen as the single most important factor in what some term the “diabesity”
epidemic. ... Since the 1970s, when US agriculture embarked on the mass production
of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) — a highly sweet byproduct of
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Nebenprodukt
Verfechter(in) einer Sache
Sorge
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beginnen mit
umfassen
Fettgewebe
süßes kohlensäurehaltiges Getränk
etw. abstreiten
heimtückisch
fettleibig
Übergewichtige
Kinderarzt, -ärztin
industriell verarbeitet
leiten
zum Vorschein bringen
subventionieren
nennen
gesund
waste corn — it has become a cheap
way to “flavour” a whole range of
products...
Whether knowingly (fizzy drinks
and chocolate bars) or unknowingly
(pizza, sauces and ready-made
“wholesome” dishes), we are swallowing
sackfuls of HFCS over a lifetime.
According to Dr Lustig, this has an
impact on leptin, a hormone produced
by fat tissues, which relays important
messages to the brain, such as
how much we should eat and when
it’s time to stop. ...
[T]he food and drinks industry is
in a state of denial about added sugar
that is akin to the attitude of the tobacco
industry 40 years ago. That
must change. Government, in Europe
and the US, is still subsidising the
production of cheap (and unnecessary)
sugar...
© Guardian News & Media 2013
Fotos: Digital Vision; Getty Images; laif
40 Spotlight 10|13
Colas and other drinks:
knowingly oversweetened

INFO TO GO
fat chance
The title of Dr Robert Lustig’s book about obesity is a
play on words. Fat chance is an informal expression,
usually said with a bit of sarcasm to mean that something
is not likely to happen or doesn’t exist. Here is
an example:
If I finish work early, we can go out for a meal
together.
Well, there’s a fat chance of that happening, then.
(= You aren’t likely to finish early.)
Sometimes, the expression is not included in a complete
sentence:
Are you going to share that chocolate with me?
Fat chance! (= It’s not going to happen.)
In the context of Dr Lustig’s analysis, the expression
“fat chance” is meant in a completely different way
and without irony. Lustig presents his scientific findings
about sugar and obesity, and recommends ways
of becoming healthier. The title suggests that, by
reading his book, the overweight or obese will have a
chance to beat the fat.
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Missed message Maclean’s
The things we say or do can sometimes “send a message”
to others. If they “read between the lines”, they will probably
“get the message”. It is also possible, however, to
“send a mixed message” by saying two different things at
at the same time — as Apple has done. Its recent North
American ads show fascinated individuals staring into the
small screens of electronic products that are “designed by
Apple in California”. This is meant to show an exciting life
of social networking that Americans have invented. But to
some, the ads show people ignoring everything that’s
going on around them, while they use a small product
that’s made in China. Because Apple was sending a mixed
message, its real message may have missed its target.
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ARTS | What’s New
| Drama
Too much of a good thing
Behind the Candelabra, directed by Steven Soderbergh,
is a film originally planned for American
tele vision. After showing successfully at the 2013
Cannes Film Festival, however, the movie is now coming
to cinemas. It focuses on a socially naive young man called
Scott Thorson and his relationship with the well-known
entertainer Liberace between 1977 and 1986 (the year before
Liberace died of AIDS-related causes).
Two brilliant performances from Michael Douglas as
Liberace and Matt Damon as Thorson (who wrote the autobiography
on which the film is based) take us deep into
Michael Douglas
as Liberace:
role of a lifetime
the pre-AIDS era of gay show business relationships. One
early and one late scene show Liberace on stage as “Mr
Showmanship”. Soderbergh set the stage for a relationship
ruled by the kind of glare and glitter that also dominate
the camerawork. But much of the film is focused on excellent
dialogue between two men who are dealing with
dependency: on fame, drugs — and love. Liberace liked
to say: “Too much of a good thing is wonderful.” Thorson
discovered that this isn’t true. Hopefully, Soderbergh, now
retired from making films, will find new ways of giving us
more of his particular wonderfulness. Starts 3 October.
| Action
If you think that a film about Formula One racing involves a lot
of fast cars going round a racing track, you’d be right. But when
this material comes into the hands of director Ron Howard, you
know that something else will be going on, too. In the case of
Rush, it is the docudrama of Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl), his
nearly fatal crash in 1976 at Germany’s Nürburgring, and his return,
just a few months later, to compete
with his British colleague James
Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) for the world
championship. Filmed using new and
vintage cars, Rush leaves you breathless
for all the right reasons: great action,
great acting. Starts 3 October.
No fear: Brühl as Niki Lauda
| Comedy
Arthur Harris (Terence Stamp) is determined
to see the worst in everything. As
his wife, Marion (Vanessa Redgrave), succumbs
to cancer, the bitterness of the elderly
Englishman knows no bounds. Then
the pensioners’ choir, of which Marion is a
member, tries to recruit Arthur. His sadness
over his wife and the battle with his
personal demons are the focus of Song
for Marion. Like The Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel (2011) and Quartet (2012),
Singing their
hearts out
this grey-pound grabber can be predictable and sentimental,
but the film is held up by the excellent performances of Redgrave
and Stamp. DVD available in Germany from 8 October.
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42 Spotlight 10|13

| Science
| Food
“What you see isn’t always what you get,” write the makers of
Color Uncovered, and they set out to prove their point
with this app. Created by members of the Exploratorium, a science
and art museum in San
Francisco, the app explores
the way we see colours. Each
of the 17 “pages” of this interactive
book deals with one
aspect of colour vision. Some
pages look at simple topics
such as the effects of different
types of lighting on
Making the world brighter:
the app Color Uncovered
colours. Others explore
more complex topics
such as interference —
the effect produced by
the overlapping of
light waves, which
cause us to see colours
that aren’t really there.
Each topic has an explanatory
text and
many have interactive
illustrative elements.
Color Uncovered is free
and available for the
iPad from iTunes.
America’s Test Kitchen
is a weekly podcast, the aim of
which is “to develop the absolute
best recipes for all of
our favourite foods”. The podcast
begins with a call from a
listener with a basic food
question. For example, what
happens when you swap butter
for margarine in a cake
recipe? This is followed by a
look at one aspect of cooking,
such as which wine goes best
with which food, or reviews of
kitchen utensils. After interviews
with people from the
food industry, the podcast is
rounded off with further questions.
America’s Test Kitchen
is recorded in a huge cooking
All the basics of
cooking and more
facility near Boston. The atmosphere is relaxed and enter -
taining. Information and comments are posted on
www.americastest-kitchen.com The podcast can be downloaded
free from iTunes or the website.
| Theatre
This year, Vienna’s English
Theatre celebrates its 50th
birthday. The theatre opened
in 1963 with Dear Liar: A
Comedy of Letters. The
play — about the correspondence
between the playwright
George Bernard Shaw
(1856–1950) and the actress
Mrs Patrick Campbell — is
Time to celebrate: Vienna’s
English Theatre turns 50
now being revived to mark the anniversary. Written by US playwright Jerome Kilty, Dear Liar is about a passionate
“paper” friendship between two people of strong opinions and great humour. Shaw and Campbell wrote to each
other over a period of 40 years, and although the letters are full of spirited exchanges, the dramatist and the actress
always maintained a strong friendship. The play runs until 19 October. If you don’t get around to seeing Dear Liar,
Vienna’s English Theatre will be putting on the Agatha Christie classic Witness for the Prosecution between 4 November
and 21 December. Tickets and additional information are available at www.englishtheatre.at
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temperamentvoll
(aus)tauschen
Reviews by EVE LUCAS
10|13 Spotlight
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ARTS | Short Story and Books
Bay of Biscay
Eine einsame Segelfahrt in der Nacht wird durch schmerzliche Erinnerungen überschattet.
Plötzlich taucht ein Wal neben dem Segelboot auf. NIGEL MARSH erzählt.
He had been sleeping
lightly for the past hour
or two, his troubled
mind rocked by the constant
throbbing of the boat’s engine.
Yawning, he looked at the illuminated
dial of the big watch
he always wore when sailing —
the one she had given him for
his 30th birthday. It told him it
was now nearly 3 a.m. He got
up slowly and felt the salty
breeze on his face. The wind
had picked up while he had
been sleeping, and there was
enough now to fill the sails,
even if the direction was not
ideal. He turned off the auto -
pilot and the motor for the first
time since the previous evening
and set the sails.
Once he was satisfied that
the yacht was more or less on
course, he looked across from
the softly lit compass to the
blackness straight ahead. He picked out a pattern of stars
that he could focus on. By making sure the prow was lined
up with these stars, he would keep the little boat heading in
the right direction, his steadying hands on the wheel.
Was this little group of stars a constellation? Perhaps,
but not one he recognized. She would have known, of
course. She knew everything about the sun, the planets
and the stars, about the world and how it all fitted together.
But she wasn’t here. He thought about the stars and
what lay between him and them. Nothing more than a
thin wisp of gas that clung to
the rock and water of the earth
— like mist across fields on a
summer morning, ready to be
burned away by the sun. After
that, there was nothing but the
loneliness of infinite space and
scattered dust.
The lump that he felt in his
throat made it hard for him to
breathe. The stars blurred for a
moment, and he blinked several
times. The sails suddenly fluttered
as the boat drifted briefly,
until he turned the wheel hard
to port, bringing the yacht back
on course.
Where was he travelling to
in this little boat? Somewhere
that held memories, or somewhere
that would hold nothing
to remind him? Was it even important,
just as long as he kept
on moving?
Under his feet, the wood
and fibreglass boat moaned. This was a strong pocket
cruiser that could comfortably sleep a crew of four, a little
family yacht for holidays and adventure. But the four
berths lay empty, and he felt as if he were the only living
creature breathing the cool air.
He looked at the horizon. Apart from the stars, there
were no lights in any direction, no friends in the night in
this dark bowl of ocean.
Below the boat, the rolling waters carried on down to
the earth’s crust.
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[laInd (Vp wID]
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Schiffsbug
verstreuen
hier: beherbergen
Klopfen, Hämmern
hier: Steuerrad
Wölkchen, Schwaden
Fotos: iStockphoto
44 Spotlight 10|13

Short Story
This was the right place for him, this cold emptiness,
where he could think about all that had happened.
The deep quiet of his thoughts was broken by a sudden
sound, a gently explosive rasp. Had he imagined it? He listened,
and there it was again, just off to the side of the
little yacht, to his right.
Keeping one hand firmly on the wheel, he moved to
the side of the boat and looked down into the darkness of
the waters. At first he could see nothing. But there, with
the next rasp, came a shower of seawater through the air
from a darkness more solid and smooth than the ocean itself.
Up ahead was a patch of shining green, a reflection of
his starboard light.
Slowly he could make out more of the beautiful living
thing that had chosen to join him and keep him company
on his journey — bigger than his boat, moving with gentle
power at his side.
For the next hour, the great whale matched the speed
and direction of the yacht exactly, keeping so close that he
was sure he could have leaned out and touched it if he had
wanted to.
Each time he looked out across the water, the sight of
the whale’s steady presence brought joy to his heart, and
he breathed in the cool night air deeply and easily.
Soon after the first light of dawn appeared in the east,
washing the darkness from the sea, the whale’s head rose
for a moment, as its back arched and the whole of it sank
into the depths, the great tail following last.
The wind dropped, and the sails fluttered. He wondered
if he would need to start the motor again, but very
soon came a more favourable wind than that of the night,
and he was on his way. The sails filled grandly as the sun
rose, and the little boat moved eastward through the ocean
towards the morning.
Novel
Irish writer Colum McCann’s
TransAtlantic, his sixth
novel, reflects on the many
and varied connections between
Ireland and America.
The writer finds a way into
this complex relationship
through four generations
of women. Lily is the first, a
maid who leaves Ireland for America after she meets Frederick
Douglass, the former slave and abolitionist who toured Ireland
in the 1840s. The last is Lily’s great-granddaughter Hannah,
back in modern Ireland and struggling with a different set of
economic difficulties. Showing his masterful storytelling skills,
McCann skilfully combines this fictive family saga with descriptions
of historical events: the first transatlantic flight and the
Northern Irish peace process. Random House, ISBN 978-1-4000-
6959-0, €12.95.
Short stories
Three crime stories make up the
reader Murderous Network.
In the first, Miguel Alvarado, a Californian
farmer, believes he is being
threatened by a powerful corporation
that wants to buy his land. The
situation takes a turn for the worse
when someone kills Miguel’s dog.
“Manhattan Murder”, the second
story, is set in New York City. The young detective Ted is determined
to find the murderer of scientist Marjorie Schillo, whose
body has been discovered under a local bridge. The third story
takes place in New Orleans. When reporter Lauren LeBlanc and
photographer Leroy Harris see the outcome of a violent killing,
they are reminded of the city’s nickname “Mogadishu on the
Mississippi”. The texts are at B1 level, and every story has
glossed words and exercises. Compact Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8174-
9312-8, €7.99.
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Dienstmädchen
Spitzname
Fleck
eine Wende zum Schlechteren
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LANGUAGE | Vocabulary
Waste disposal
What do we call the things we throw away, the places where we put them and the people who
collect them? ANNA HOCHSIEDER presents language to talk about waste.
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1. waste-paper basket (UK) /
wastebasket (N. Am.)
2. pedal bin
3. swing bin
4. dustbin (UK), garbage
can / trash can (N. Am.)
5. compost bin
6. compost heap
7. bottle bank (UK)
8. litter bin
9. recycling bin
10. bin bag / bin liner
11. skip (UK), dumpster (US)
12. dustman, binman (UK),
garbage collector (N. Am.)
13. dustcart, bin lorry (UK),
garbage truck (N. Am.)
14. wheelie bin (UK)
What rubbish!
There are many different words that refer to the things
we throw away because we no longer need them. The
usual British English word is rubbish, while speakers of
North American English use the words garbage and
trash. A more formal term, used on both sides of the
Atlantic, is refuse. Another word, waste, describes the
materials left over after you have used something, for example,
nuclear waste, industrial waste or human waste
— the substances our body gets rid of.
Pieces of paper, plastic or empty bottles covering the
ground in public places are called litter, while old bi -
cycles or broken pieces of furniture that are thrown out
are called junk. In the past, such objects might have been
taken to the tip (UK) or the dump. Nowadays, they may
start a new life at the local recycling centre.
The words rubbish and garbage are also used for saying
that we think something is stupid, of low quality or not
true: “What a load of rubbish!”, “That film was garbage!”
Illustration: Bernhard Förth
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Practice
Now try the exercises below to practise talking
about waste disposal.
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1. Answer the questions by underlining one of the two options given.
a) What do people have in their kitchen: a wheelie bin or a pedal bin?
b) What do people have outside their house: a dustbin or a garbage collector?
c) In what might you collect your plastic waste: a waste-paper basket or a recycling bin?
d) What can you often find next to a park bench: a compost bin or a litter bin?
e) Which is larger: a skip or a swing bin?
2. Complete each sentence below with one word from the opposite page.
a) At the end of a sunny weekend, our local park is always full of _______________.
b) It’s time we cleared out the spare room. It’s full of _______________.
c) After his party, John took about 30 wine bottles to the bottle _______________.
d) Eggshells are good for plants. I always throw them on the compost _______________.
e) The chemical plant pumped toxic _______________ into the river.
f) Our fridge would have been too expensive to repair, so we took it to the _______________.
3. Find the words on the opposite page that can be used with all four
words in each line below.
a) human | industrial | nuclear | toxic _______________
b) litter | pedal | recycling | wheelie _______________
c) collect | recycle | talk | throw away _______________
4. Some words that have to do with waste and waste disposal are also used in a figurative,
metaphorical sense. Which ones best complete the following sentences?
a) I want you to tidy up your room this minute! It’s a tip / skip!
b) When we came home from our holiday, our letter box was full of trash mail / junk mail.
c) You think you’re too fat? What a load of compost / rubbish!
Things that are not recyclable and are designed to be thrown away (or “disposed
of”) after use are disposable. The suffix -able can be added to many verbs to make
adjectives that mean “something can be done”, for example:
• Biodegradable substances can be returned to a natural state by bacteria.
• Renewable resources are replaced by natural processes.
• Sustainable methods use natural resources without harming the environment.
Tips
Answers
1. a) pedal bin; b) dustbin;
c) recycling bin; d) litter bin; e) skip
2. a) litter; b) junk (spare room: Gästezimmer);
c) bank; d) heap; e) waste
(chemical plant: hier: Chemiefabrik);
f) tip / dump / recycling centre
3. a) waste; b) bin; c) rubbish
4. a) tip (Müllhalde); b) junk mail;
c) rubbish
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LANGUAGE | Travel Talk
Going to a wedding
Travel to an out-of-town
English wedding with
RITA FORBES.
A wedding invitation
I got an invitation to an old friend’s wedding
yesterday. Do you fancy being my plus-one?
Not another wedding! Are you a bridesmaid this
time?
No, just an ordinary guest. But it’ll be a nice chance
to catch up with my friends from uni. I thought
we could make a weekend of it. It would be sort of
like a mini-break — with cake.
OK. I’ll dust off my suit, then — or is it a really
formal do?
It doesn’t say, but I’ll check with Janice. I’ll put the
RSVP card in the post, then. OK?
Making plans
The ceremony starts at two, and the reception’s
at five.
We should make sure we have a good lunch beforehand,
then. Where are we staying, again?
A hotel called The Tower. A block of rooms has
been reserved there for the out-of-towners.
Right. And what about the present?
They’ve got a link to a wedding list. I’ll go online
and do it tomorrow. How much do we want to
spend?
Congratulating the bride
Congratulations, Janice! I’m so happy for you.
Thanks! And thank you so much for coming all this
way. It means a lot to us.
Well, it’s lovely to be here. Oh, and this is my
boyfriend, Mark.
Congratulations! It was a beautiful service.
Thank you! Nice to meet you, Mark.
• A person you take with you to a social event can
be called a plus-one.
• Bridesmaids are women or girls who are close
friends or relatives of the bride (Braut). They help her
prepare for the wedding, and they take part (teilnehmen)
in the ceremony. The groom (Bräutigam) usually
has a “best man” (Trauzeuge) to help him.
• To catch up with someone means to exchange news
with a person with whom you haven’t been in contact
recently.
• Here, dust off is used humorously. In this context,
this phrasal verb means to prepare to use something.
• A do is an informal British English word for a social
event. Wedding invitations often, but not always,
include information about what the guests should
wear. As weddings in the UK may be very formal, it is
usually a good idea to ask about the dress code.
• Formal invitations, such as to a wedding, often include
an RSVP card. Guests can mark a box to say
that they will or will not attend. “RSVP” (from the
French répondez s’il vous plaît) can also be used
informally as a verb: “Have we RSVPed yet?”
• The official part of a wedding is the ceremony.
This traditionally takes place in a church, but many
couples have their wedding ceremony outdoors or in
another location.
• A wedding reception is the meal or party after the
official ceremony.
• If someone adds the word again to the end of a
question, it shows that he or she has asked the
question before, but has forgotten the answer.
• The bride and groom may help guests with their trav -
el arrangements by reserving a block of rooms at a
hotel. The guests pay for the rooms themselves, but
they may get a discount.
• People who are visiting a town or city can be called
out-of-towners.
• Couples usually have a wedding list (US: bridal registry)
of the presents they would like to receive. This is
often arranged online.
Tips
fancy [(fÄnsi] UK ifml.
service [(s§:vIs]
sort of [(sO:t Ev]
uni [(ju:ni] UK ifml. = university
mögen
Gottesdienst
irgendwie
Uni
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Cards | LANGUAGE
selfie
NEW WORDS
If I don’t post at least one or two selfies a week,
I lose followers.
GLOBAL ENGLISH
What would a speaker of British
English say?
American speaker: “My girlfriend is working as a
substitute teacher at an elementary school
this year.”
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(IN)FORMAL ENGLISH
Rephrase these formal, written
statements as informal, spoken
statements:
1. I was formerly employed by McDonald’s.
2. I wish to enquire about an opening.
Translate:
TRANSLATION
1. Hast du kein eigenes Auto?
2. Es ist etwas anderes, wenn das eigene Kind
so spricht.
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PRONUNCIATION
IDIOM MAGIC
Read the following words aloud:
hydroelectric
hyperactive
Ching Yee Smithback
hygiene
hymn
hypnosis
hysterical
down the drain
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FALSE FRIENDS
send / senden
Translate the following sentences:
1. The company is sending me to Africa next
month.
GRAMMAR
Complete the following sentences with
the correct form of “play”:
1. As we drove past the concert hall, we heard an
orchestra ________.
2. I watched Liverpool ________ Chelsea last week.
2. Das Spiel wird in Deutschland nicht gesendet.
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LANGUAGE | Cards
GLOBAL ENGLISH
British speaker: “My girlfriend is working as a
supply teacher in a primary school this year.”
In German, this type of teacher is a
Vertretungslehrer(in), and an elementary or
primary school is a Grundschule.
NEW WORDS
A selfie (sometimes “selfy”) is a photograph that
you have taken of yourself — especially of your
head and shoulders — with a digital camera or
smartphone, usually in order to upload it to a
social-media website.
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TRANSLATION
1. Don’t you have your own car / a car of
your own?
2. It’s different when your own / one’s own
child talks to you / one like that.
Unlike German eigen, English “own” cannot appear
after an article. A possessive determiner (“your”) or
genitive “one’s” must be present. The expression
“an own goal” (Eigentor) is an exception.
(IN)FORMAL ENGLISH
1. I used to work at / for McDonald’s.
2. I’d like to ask about a job.
Examples of formal and informal usage are found
in all word classes. The adverb “formerly”, the
verbs “enquire”, “employ” and “wish to”, and the
noun “opening” are generally restricted to formal
— in this case, written — usage.
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IDIOM MAGIC
When something, such as money or time, goes or
is down the drain (drain: Abflussrohr), it is
completely lost or wasted. In German, one could
say: es geht flöten / es ist flöten gegangen.
“How much of taxpayers’ money has already gone
down the drain on that useless project?”
PRONUNCIATION
[)haIdrEUI(lektrIk]
[(haIdZi:n]
[hIm]
[)haIpEr(ÄktIv]
[hIp(nEUsIs]
[hI(sterIk&l]
Initial “hy-” is generally pronounced [haI], for
example in prefixes of Greek origin such as
“hyper-” and “hydro-”. Less often (but still in
words of Greek origin) it is pronounced [hI].
Each word needs to be learned separately.
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GRAMMAR
1. As we drove past the concert hall, we heard an
orchestra playing.
2. I watched Liverpool play Chelsea last week.
After verbs of the senses (“hear”, “watch”, “see”,
etc.), the -ing form indicates action in progress.
An infinitive, however, indicates a completed
action: you watched the football match from
beginning to end.
FALSE FRIENDS
1. Die Firma schickt mich nächsten Monat nach
Afrika.
2. The game / match will not be broadcast /
aired in Germany.
“Send” and senden are often good translations of
each other, but not in the context of tele -
communications, where senden (ausstrahlen /
übertragen) is translated by “broadcast” or “air”.
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Listen to dialogues 1 and 2
Going on a flight
This month, DAGMAR TAYLOR focuses on
the words and phrases people use when they
travel by plane.
Everyday English | LANGUAGE
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1. Checking in
Jane and her husband, Nick, are flying from London
to New York. They have just arrived at Heathrow
Airport.
Jane: Where do we have to go?
Nick: Let’s check the information screen, then we’ll
know which check-in desk we should go to.
What time is our flight?
Jane: 10.55.
Nick: There it is: Zone G. OK, I can see it over there.
Come on!
Jane: Wait! I can’t go that fast. This trolley’s got a
wonky wheel.
Nick: Here we are. Thank goodness the queue is so
short. Have you got the passports and the tickets?
Announcement: Please keep your luggage with you
at all times. Any unattended luggage in the terminal
will be removed by security and may be
destroyed.
Jane: I’ve got my passport, but I thought you had
yours.
Nick: What? Oh, yeah, you’re right. Here it is. Phew!
• There are usually lots of information screens
(Infotafel) in airports, some for “arrivals”, others for
“departures”. The information is updated (aktualisiert)
regularly so that travellers can see whether their
flights are on time, delayed or cancelled.
• The place you go to let the airline know you have
arrived at the airport is check-in or the check-in
desk (N. Am.: check-in counter).
• To tell someone to hurry, you can say: Come on!
• You can use a trolley (N. Am.: cart) to transport your
bags and suitcases around the airport.
• Luggage (N. Am. also: baggage) is an uncountable
noun. You can say “items of luggage” (Gepäckstücke)
or “pieces of luggage”, but not “luggages”.
• Phew! is the sound people make when they are
relieved that something unpleasant is over or hasn’t
happened.
thank goodness [)TÄNk (gUdnEs]
unattended [)VnE(tendId]
wonky [(wQNki] UK ifml.
Gott sei Dank!
unbeaufsichtigt
wackelig
Tips
2. Security
Jane and Nick have checked in and are making their
way through security control.
Jane: It’s going to take ages to get through security.
The queue is massive.
Nick: It’s always like this at Heathrow. It’s the third
busiest airport in the world.
Jane: Did you put your toiletries and liquids in a
plastic bag?
Nick: They’re all in my hold luggage.
Jane: Oh, of course.
Nick: I can’t believe we got an upgrade.
Jane: I know. I’ve never flown club class before. Will
there be champagne?
Nick: Probably. The main thing is there’ll be legroom.
Jane: Can I have the aisle seat?
Nick: Sure. The queue’s actually moving quite quickly.
Looks like we’ll still have time to go to dutyfree.
• Security is what people call the area in the airport
where airport staff make sure passengers are not
carrying any dangerous items.
• If something is massive, it is very large.
• Toiletries are the things you need for washing
yourself and for cleaning your teeth.
• The part of a ship or a plane where goods (Frachtgut)
and large items of luggage are stored is the hold.
• If you are given a better seat on a plane than the one
you have paid for, you get an upgrade.
• The part of the plane where passengers have a high
level of comfort and service can be called club class
(UK) or business class. The cheapest class of air travel
is economy class (N. Am.: coach).
• Legroom is the space available for your legs when
you are sitting on a plane or in a car or the theatre.
• Duty-free shops are also known simply as duty-free.
aisle seat [(aI&l )si:t]
Gangplatz
Tips
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LANGUAGE | Everyday English
3. Ready for take-off 4. Enjoying the flight
Jane and Nick have boarded the plane and are
listening to the announcements.
The plane has taken off. The flight attendant is
offering Nick and Jane a drink.
Flight attendant: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome on
board this British Air flight. We will soon be departing,
so we ask you to take your seats and make
sure that your seat belts are fastened. We have an
estimated flight time of seven and a half hours. The
captain will give you more details once we are in
the air.
Captain: Cabin crew, please secure doors and cross
check. Thank you.
Flight attendant: All hand luggage must be stowed
securely during the flight. It should be placed in the
overhead lockers or, in the case of heavy items,
under the seat in front of you. Mobile devices must
now be switched off and must not be switched on
again until we reach the terminal at our destination.
Nick: (to flight attendant) Two glasses of champagne,
please.
Flight attendant: Here you are, sir. Would you like
some water, too?
Jane: Oh, yes, please.
Flight attendant: Still or sparkling?
Jane: Sparkling, please.
Flight attendant: Here you are. Enjoy your flight.
Nick: Thank you. I think we will. (to Jane) Cheers!
Jane: Cheers! (sips) This is all right, isn’t it?
Nick: Have you seen the in-flight entertainment?
They’re showing all the latest films.
Jane: I know. I love it in club class. Look — you even
get an eye mask and slippers. I could get used
to this.
• When you are on a train, plane or ship, you are on
board.
• A more formal way to say “sit down” is: take your
seats or “take a seat”.
• The pilot in charge of (zuständig für) a commercial
aircraft is known on board as the captain.
• The cabin crew are the people who take care of
passengers on a plane. An individual member of the
crew is called a “flight attendant”.
• Items of hand luggage are the small bags and cases
you keep with you on a plane.
• To stow something means to “put it in a safe place”.
• Mobile devices include telephones, tablets and so on.
Tips
• Sir is a polite way of addressing a man on a plane,
in a restaurant or in a shop. “Madam” is used to
address a woman in this type of situation.
• Still water is not carbonated (mit Kohlensäure versetzt),
while sparkling water is.
• Before taking the first sip of an alcoholic drink
together, people say: Cheers!
• In-flight is used before services provided on a plane:
“Sit back and enjoy our in-flight entertainment.”
• If you get used to something, you become familiar
with it because you do it or experience it often. Jane
says I could get used to this because she wants to
express how pleasant she finds the situation.
Tips
fasten [(fA:s&n]
overhead locker [)EUvEhed (lQkE] UK
festmachen, zumachen
Handgepäckfach
eye mask [(aI )mA:sk] Augenmaske
slippers [(slIpEz] Pantoffeln (➝ p. 61)
EXERCISES
1. What’s the missing preposition?
a) Please keep your luggage _______ you at all times.
b) It’s going to take ages to get _______ security.
c) Welcome _______ board this British Air flight.
d) Mobile devices must be switched _______.
2. Rearrange the letters to make expressions
from the scenes.
a) a f i i m n n o o r t c e e n r s ________________
b) a d e g p r u ________________
c) a b c i n c e r w ________________
d) n i –f g h i l t a e e e i m n n n r t t t ________________
3. What do the words in bold refer to?
a) ...but I thought you had yours. ____________________
b) They’re all in my hold luggage. ____________________
c) It should be placed in the overhead lockers.
__________________________________________________
d) I could get used to this. ___________________________
4. Add the correct words from the scenes.
a) This t_______’s got a wonky wheel.
b) Can I have the a_______ s_______?
c) Make sure that your s_______ b_______ are fastened.
d) I love it in c_______ c_______.
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Answers: 1. a) with; b) through; c) on; d) off; 2. a) information screen; b) upgrade; c) cabin crew; d) in-flight entertainment
3. a) Nick’s passport; b) Nick’s toiletries; c) all hand luggage; d) flying club class; 4. a) trolley; b) aisle seat; c) seat belts; d) club class

The Grammar Page | LANGUAGE
“Used to”
and “would”
ADRIAN DOFF uses notes on a short dialogue to present and
explain a key point of grammar.
John and Sam are discussing the police.
John: You know what people say: the police seem to get
younger as you get older.
Sam: Yes.
John: Well, it seems to me that the police are friendlier
now than they were 20 years ago.
Sam: Are they? I hadn’t noticed.
John: Yes. They used to be 1 really unfriendly. I remember
when I was a student, we used to have 2 loud parties,
and then a neighbour would 3 complain and the police
would 3 arrive. They used to be 4 real ly aggressive.
They aren’t like that now.
Sam: So what are they like?
John: Oh, they’re much nicer. They stopped me in my car
in town last week, and they were really polite and
friendly. They even joked with me. I’m sure they
didn’t use to be 5 like that.
Sam: Well, maybe it’s you who’s changed. You used to be
a student with long hair, and now you’re a bank
manager. And did you use to drive 6 a big, expensive
car? I don’t think so.
John: Hmm! I hadn’t thought of that.
Remember!
Used to and would have a similar meaning, but used to
describes both past states and repeated actions:
• I used to live in London. (state)
• I used to have a cold shower every morning. (action)
Would is used only for repeated actions:
• I would have a cold shower every morning.
• I would live in London.
Beyond the basics
Would is also used to talk about a series of repeated
actions in the past. Speakers usually start with the past
simple or “used to” and then change to “would” (or ’d):
• When I was 14 or 15, I used to ride my bike to school
with two friends. We’d meet at our house, then we’d
cycle through the park to school. On the way home,
we’d stop in the park for a game of football.
1 The expression used to + infinitive describes a
past state. (The police were really unfriendly.)
2 “Used to” + infinitive is also used with repeated actions
in the past. (“We often had loud parties.”)
3 To talk about repeated actions in the past, would can be
used. It has the same meaning as “used to”.
4 Notice that we say “used to” to talk about situations that
are now different or no longer true. (The police were
aggressive, but they aren’t now.)
5 The negative form of “used to” is didn’t use to. “Used not
to” is also possible, but this is more formal.
6 Did you use to + infinitive is the question form.
1. Change the verbs in bold in the sentences
below, using a form of “used to”.
a) People had much bigger families. ________________
b) When I was a child, I believed in Father Christmas.
_________________
c) I didn’t like her before, but now we’re good
friends. _________________
d) Did your parents let you stay out late?
_________________
e) We went camping in Cornwall every summer.
_________________
2. Can “would” replace “used to” in the sentences
below? Tick the boxes.
a) I used to be very good at maths at school.
b) He used to get up every morning at six.
c) My grandpa used to drink a glass of red wine
every evening.
d) I used to like TV quiz shows, but I never watch
them now.
Answers
1. a) used to have; b) used to believe; c) didn’t use to like (used not to like);
d) Did your parents use to let...; e) used to go; 2. a) no; b) yes; c) yes; d) no
EXERCISES
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LANGUAGE | The Soap
Helen
Phil
Peggy
Down to zero
Join us at Peggy’s Place — Spotlight ’s very
own London pub. By INEZ SHARP
George
Sean
FOCUS
Phil: Look at these figures!
Peggy: I know. Profits from the restaurant are up by
20 per cent since March.
Phil: Yeah. Sean’s really putting us on the map with his
cooking. We’re booked out until after Christmas.
Peggy: I wonder if it might be better to have a “no reservations”
policy.
Phil: What makes you say that?
Peggy: I think if people keep calling and never get a table,
then they’ll just give up after a while.
Phil: Not taking reservations is risky, too. Most bookings
are money in the bank, and we can calculate costs much
better. And, let’s face it, what people hate more than
not being able to book a table is queuing up for hours.
Peggy: True. But that’s not our most pressing problem at
the moment. With things being so busy, Sean really
needs help in the kitchen.
Jane: I could help out for a while.
Phil: Hello, Jane! That’s very nice of you to offer, but I
think we need someone long term.
Peggy: Anyway, you’ve got a job, haven’t you?
Jane: Yes, of course I have. Any chance of a rum and coke?
Phil: Help yourself, love! ... So how should we go about
finding a skivvy?
Jane: No one’s going to take a job with that title.
Phil: OK, how can we find a person to assist the chef de
cuisine?
Jane: Here comes George. Maybe he can help.
George: Hello, everyone! What do you need help with?
Peggy: We’re looking for someone to work in the kitchen.
George: Is Sean leaving?
Phil: No, no. This would be more of a kitchen assistant —
washing vegetables and so on.
George: So they wouldn’t need any qualifications?
Peggy: Right, but no zero-hour contract conditions.
George: There are advantages to those contracts. A lot of
restaurants have them, and some people are very happy
not to have fixed hours.
Jane: Oh, yeah? Like who exactly, George?
In English, people sometimes say “excuse my French” before
or after they swear. It is a way to soften the effect of
bad language. In the 19th century, it was common to use
French words in conversation. In case the listener did not
understand, the speaker might say “excuse my French” in
faux modesty (falscher Bescheidenheit). Using the expression
in connection with bad language comes from the early
days of TV, when people said it to avoid censorship.
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Eddy
“ ”
You’ve got a job, Jane, haven’t you?
Jane
George: I don’t know. Single mums maybe?
Jane: Excuse my French, but that’s a load of bollocks. For
a start, how is a single mum going to find someone to
look after her kids if she doesn’t even know when she
might be asked to work?
George: The contracts must work somehow otherwise...
Peggy: ...sorry George. I have to side with my daughter
on this one. I can’t make anyone work under those
kind of conditions.
Phil: It doesn’t apply to this job anyway. We’re looking for
someone to work regular hours — and someone who
doesn’t mind Sean’s temper tantrums.
George: That alone must be worth good money.
Peggy: You haven’t got anything to drink, George.
George: No, I just came by to show Phil my new motor.
Peggy: Right, off you go. Jane and I will have a drink together,
won’t we, love?
George: OK. Bye! See you soon.
Peggy: So, Jane. What is it? I can tell you’re in trouble.
Jane: I’ve lost my job, Mum.
Peggy: Not again! What did you do?
Jane: I was caught surfing during working hours. All I did
was order a book. They’ll take me back, but only on a
zero-hour contract.
a load of bollocks
[E )lEUd Ev (bQlEks] UK vulg.
apply to sth. [E(plaI tE]
booked out [bUkt (aUt]
figure [(fIgE]
help yourself [)help jO:(self]
let’s face it [lets (feIs It] ifml.
motor [(mEUtE] UK ifml.
put sb./sth. on the map
[)pUt Qn DE (mÄp]
queue up [kju: (Vp] UK
side with sb. [(saId wID]
single [(sINg&l]
skivvy [(skIvi] UK ifml.
temper tantrum
[(tempE )tÄntrEm]
zero-hour contract
[)zIErEU )aUE (kQntrÄkt] UK
totaler Schwachsinn
auf etw. zutreffen
ausgebucht
Zahl
bedien Dich, bedienen Sie sich
seien wir doch ehrlich
hier: Auto
etw./jmdm. zu Ansehen verhelfen
in der Schlange stehen
sich auf jmds. Seite stellen
hier: alleinerziehend
Handlanger; hier: Küchenhilfe
Wutanfall
Arbeitsvertrag mit Arbeitszeiten
auf Abruf ohne festgelegte
Stundenzahl
Have a look at all the characters from Peggy’s Place at
www.spotlight-online.de/peggy

English at Work | LANGUAGE
Dear Ken: How do I write a
foreword to a book?
Dear Ken
I have been asked to write a foreword to a book. I know a
lot about the book’s historical subject, but what do I have
to write in an English foreword? Can you help?
Yours gratefully
Joachim S.
Dear Joachim
First, there are two types of introduction to a book: one is
the preface, and the other is the foreword that you mention.
While the preface is written by the author him- or
herself to explain the book’s topic, scope and aims, the
foreword is always written by someone else.
To help you carry out your task, you might like to ask
yourself the following questions:
1. Why have I been asked to write the foreword?
There could be one or more reasons:
• You have specialist knowledge of the subject — which
is true in your case.
• You have written a publication yourself on the subject.
• You are better known in the subject area than the author:
a foreword by you will give the book credibility.
The author should be able to give you an idea of the general
focus of the foreword. Should it be on the author or on the
subject of the book, or on both?
2. What other introductory material is planned?
If the author plans to write a preface, ask what it will contain,
so that you can say something different and useful.
3. What kind of audience is the book aiming at?
Has the book been written for a specialist audience or for
the non-expert “man in the street”? What will these readers
expect? Will it be a summary of the contents? Or is it important
to establish your relationship to the author with
some personal anecdotes?
As you are an expert on the subject, perhaps you need to
give some background to the events and issues in the book
or confirm that the author knows his or her subject well.
4. What can I say about the content of the book?
Usually, a foreword is written from a positive viewpoint.
You want to encourage people to read the book. So you
need to read it yourself, making notes of any sections of
special importance from your expert point of view.
Whatever angle you choose to take for the foreword, keep
it short and focused. See the book as a meal: your foreword
is just the appetizer. Let the reader get to the main course
while he’s still hungry.
It sounds like an interesting project. Good luck!
Regards
Ken
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 Ken
During a meeting today, we heard that one of our business
partners is going to get married soon. My boss asked me
to write and send our congratulations. My idea was: “Congratulations
on your wedding. May your marriage be
blessed with love and happiness.” On second thoughts,
this sounded too informal to me. Can you help?
Best wishes
Annette S.
Dear Annette
Thank you for your e-mail. Personally, I think your message
sounds perfect. It doesn’t appear to be too informal.
What really matters is how you intend to send the message.
Avoid sending it as an e-mail. Many people like to keep their
wedding congratulations in order to look at them again in
the future and to reminisce about the happy occasion.
The best thing to do is to buy a suitable greetings card and
write the message inside it. That will give all the colleagues
who know this business partner the chance to sign the card
individually.
I hope this helps.
All the best
Ken
angle [(ÄNg&l]
Blickwinkel
appetizer [(ÄpItaIzE]
Appetitanreger
credibility [)kredE(bIlEti]
Glaubwürdigkeit
foreword [(fO:w§:d]
Vorwort
main course [)meIn (kO:s]
Hauptgericht
preface [(prefEs]
Vorwort des Autors
reminisce [)remI(nIs]
in Erinnerungen schwelgen
viewpoint [(vju:pOInt]
Standpunkt
what really matters [wQt (rIEli )mÄtEz] worauf es ankommt
Ken Taylor is an international communication skills consultant
based in London. Follow his "Hot Tips" on Twitter @DearKen101.
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LANGUAGE | Spoken English
60
Danger!
This month, ADRIAN DOFF looks at the
way we talk about risk and danger in spoken
English.
danger
The noun “danger” is often used in the expression
in danger of:
• If she keeps arriving late for work, she’s in danger of
losing her job.
There are also the expressions in danger and out of
danger:
• People who drink and drive put others’ lives in danger.
• He’s still very ill, but he’s out of danger. (= He won’t die.)
risk
The word “risk” can be used as a noun or as a verb:
• Investing in the stock market (Aktienmarkt) is always a
risk. (= You might lose your money.)
• If you invest in the stock market, you risk losing money.
You can also say take a risk / take risks, and run the risk
of something happening:
• To be successful, you sometimes have to take risks.
• Emma’s a good driver, but Alan takes too many risks.
• I’ll take a taxi. I don’t want to run the risk of arriving
late for my interview.
You will often hear the phrase risk it:
• Take an umbrella. It might rain.
— Oh, I’ll risk it. (= I won’t take one. It might not rain.)
• The chicken was past its sell-by date (Haltbarkeitsdatum),
so I threw it away. I didn’t want to risk it.
(= risk eating it and becoming ill)
You can say that something is (or isn’t) worth the risk:
• I never eat raw fish. It’s just not worth the risk.
The adjective formed from “risk” is risky:
• I could never do bungee jumping. It’s far too risky.
Other expressions
The following expressions are often used in conversational
English to talk about taking or avoiding risks:
• If you drive at 180, you’re asking for trouble.
(= You risk having an accident.)
• I’d rather play it safe and keep my money in the bank.
(= not take a risk)
• It’s fine working with John, as long you steer clear of
him when he’s in a bad mood. (= Keep away from
him / Don’t risk going to him when he’s angry.)
Warnings
Signs or notices may use the word Danger! to warn people:
• Danger! Falling rocks.
• Danger! Do not swim when the red flag is flying.
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In conversation, other phrases may be used to warn people,
often with the verbs watch (out), look (out) or mind
(out); for example, if you’re cycling, and you see someone
standing on the bicycle path:
• Look out!
Someone is pouring (einschenken) coffee, and it’s splashing
(spritzen) on the table:
• Watch out!
• (Be) careful!
• Watch what you’re doing!
A friend is going rock climbing:
• Take care.
• Look after yourself.
Someone is being cheeky (frech) or rude (unhöflich) to you:
• Watch it! (= Be careful what you say to me.)
• Mind what you’re saying!
Make sure..., Mind...
To give advice or a warning to people, you can use make
sure... or mind...:
• Make sure you take a thick pullover. It might be cold.
(= Don’t forget to take a pullover.)
• Mind you wear a hat. The sun’s very strong.
(= Remember to wear a hat.)
• Mind the gap! (= Be careful where you step, because
there is an opening in front of you.)
To warn people not to do things, it is possible to say Mind
you don’t...:
• Mind you don’t ask about her illness. She doesn’t like
that. (= Remember not to do that.)
Choose the correct word to complete the
following sentences.
a) I know I might lose all my money, but I think it’s
worth the risk / danger.
b) Watch / See out! There’s a car coming.
c) Let’s play it safe / safely and not ski any more.
d) I accepted a reduction in wages, because I didn’t
want to risk to lose / losing my job.
e) Mind you not / don’t stay out too late. You’ve got
to get up early tomorrow.
f) Eating raw vegetables in tropical countries is simply
too risk / risky.
Answers
a) risk; b) Watch; c) safe; d) losing (wages: Arbeitslohn); e) don’t; f) risky
EXERCISE
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Word Builder | LANGUAGE
Build your vocabulary
JOANNA WESTCOMBE presents useful words and phrases from this issue of Spotlight and their
collocations. The words may also have other meanings that are not listed here.
basement [(beIsmEnt] noun p. 67
slippers [(slIpEz] noun p. 56
cellar, a floor below ground level
Keller(geschoss)
comfortable, soft shoes that are worn indoors
Pantoffeln
It was so hot this summer that I had to
sleep in the basement.
Boris always fetched his master’s
slippers when he came home.
“Some city basement flats have a secret garden.”
“Some people prefer to wear non-slip slipper socks.”
retrieve [ri(tri:v] verb p. 36
whisper [(wIspE] verb p. 70
get back, recover
zurückholen
Alec retrieved his favourite football scarf
from the floor of his son’s bedroom.
to talk to someone in a quiet voice that it is difficult
for others to hear
flüstern
What are you two whispering about over there?
“Using a computer involves storing and retrieving data.”
See the extra notes below on how to use this word.
greasy [(gri:si] adjective p. 32
odd [Qd] adjective p. 13
covered in an oily, slippery layer
strange, unexpected or surprising
schmierig, glitschig
komisch, seltsam
My hands are greasy. I’ll wash them before I
sign the form.
A cheap cafe or restaurant that sells fried food is known as
a greasy spoon.
I know I should be nervous, but the odd
thing is that I’m not. In fact, I’m looking
forward to it.
Odd as it seems,... can be used to introduce a paradox.
Foto: Photodisc
How to use the verb whisper
“Pssst! Over here! Let me whisper something in your
ear.” People whisper things to other people for all
sorts of reasons and in lots of ways. You can whisper
gently, softly or urgently, and you can whisper a
threat or a warning or a loving word. Whispering
can take place behind closed doors at school or in the
workplace. It’s a way of speaking often associated with
spreading rumours (Gerüchte). Whisper is also a noun:
your voice can drop to a whisper, and you can speak
in whispers, or you can hear whispers or whisperings
— rumours — about something. These may even
be part of a whispering campaign, a way of harming
a person’s career or reputation.
Much more pleasant is listening to the whisper of the
wind or the leaves in the trees. I can also recommend
trying a Wispa, a popular British chocolate bar.
Complete the following sentences with words
from this page in their correct form.
a) He’s gone to the police station to _________ his keys.
b) My husband is the quiet type — a real pipe-and-
__________ man.
c) “This is my favourite place in the whole cathedral,”
she __________.
d) Don’t you think it’s __________ that we haven’t heard
from Olivia?
e) The holiday flat was perfect — apart from the
__________ oven.
f) People were talking in __________, but I still couldn’t
concentrate.
g) Is your washing machine in the kitchen or in the
__________?
OVER TO YOU!
Answers: a) retrieve; b) slippers; c) whispered; d) odd; e) greasy; f) whispers; g) basement
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LANGUAGE | Perfectionists Only!
WILL O’RYAN explains developments in the English language and examines
some of the finer points of grammar.
No justice,
no peace
This slogan has appeared for the past
20 to 30 years on signs and banners
in the US protesting against racial discrimination.
The lack of verbs makes
the message ambiguous (mehrdeutig),
but in the 1980s and 90s, it was
clearly understood to have a conditional
meaning — and to be a threat:
“If you give us no justice, then we will
give you no peace.” When the same
slogan resurfaced (erneut auftauchen)
in July this year, after George Zimmerman
was found not guilty of murdering
the black teenager Trayvon
Martin in Florida, some commentators
felt that it was now more a sober
statement of causality: “Because there
is no justice (in our country), there is
no peace (in our hearts)”.
Back to the roots
“Jim Crow” is an abstract, mass noun
referring to the segregation of blacks
in the US — particularly in the
southern states — from after the Civil
War until the 1960s. The rules of segregation
were detailed in what are
commonly termed the “Jim Crow
laws”. “Jim Crow” comes from a song
that was sung in the 1820s and 30s
by the white American
actor T. D. Rice, imitating
an African American
(pictured left).
Soon afterwards,
“Jim Crow” became a
derogatory (abfällig) term
for a black person. Even before
that, “crow” had been
used in this way to refer
to a black man. The
term is still used
today in discussions
about ra -
cial inequality.
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“Much”
Which sentence below is incorrect in modern English?
Grammar
You probably know a rule about using the determiner / pronoun / adverb
“much” only in negated sentences and in questions, as in (a) below:
a) I don’t have much money with me.
Did you do much at the weekend?
In positive sentences, for example as a reply to the question above, a different
quantifier is required, the classic form being “a lot (of)”. In informal
situations, “lots (of)” can be used, and in more formal ones “a great deal
(of)”. As is so often the case, however, things are more complicated than
this. For one thing, the rule generally doesn’t apply when “much” is accompanied
by the adverbial modifiers “so” or “too”. The following examples
are all well formed and would sound perfectly normal in conversation:
b) So much has happened since I last saw you.
I worry too much about things like that.
Some verbs allow adverbial “much” when it is accompanied by “very”:
c) Thank you very much for helping me yesterday.
I’m not a huge fan of his, but I do very much like his latest single.
“Much” is common as a modifier in comparatives, even when there is no
negation present:
d) John earns almost as much money as his famous brother.
Mary is much better at chess than her husband.
In the written language, particularly in a more formal and literary style, we
find more instances of “much” used in affirmative declarative clauses,
reflecting the fact that the “rule” mentioned above did not always exist.
The examples of (e) are all standard English, but you would be unlikely to
hear any of them in casual conversation:
e) Such motifs were much favoured by painters of that era.
Much has been written on the future of the printed newspaper.
The minister spent much of the weekend in Paris.
This mechanism functions much like the wheels inside a watch.
The first example of (e), where “much” acts as a premodifier of a past participle
(in its passive use), has a particularly literary flavour to it. But this
“much” also appears in modern conversation in some fixed phrases that
can be viewed as borrowings from older stages of the language. For example,
“much appreciated” is commonly used, either by itself or in a full
clause, to express gratitude:
f) Thanks for coming last night, Nancy. It was much appreciated.
“Much” is sometimes used in conversation in a semi-humorous style that
mimics the more formal style of (e):
g) Our kitchen is the scene of much confusion at the moment, I’m afraid.
1. Much has been made of this latest statement.
2. We have much time to finish everything today.
Answer: Sentence 2 is incorrect. (Sentence 1 is rather formal.)
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Crossword | LANGUAGE
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5 6 7
8 9 10 11
12 13 14
15 16 17
18 19 20
22
21
The words in this puzzle have been taken from our History article about
Roy Lichtenstein. You may wish to refer to the text on pages 38–39.
Competition!
Form a single word from the letters in the coloured squares.
Send that word on a postcard to: Redaktion Spotlight, Kennwort
“October Prize Puzzle”, Postfach 1565, 82144 Pla negg, Deutsch -
land. Two winners will be chosen from the entries we receive
by 17 October 2013.
Each winner will be sent Spotlight’s new
board game, Are You Joking?, by courtesy
of Spotlight Verlag and Grubbe Media.
Learn vocabulary from 400 jokes, tonguetwisters
and funny lines.
The answer to the puzzle in the August
2013 issue of Spotlight was memoirs. Congratulations
to Karl Schiller (Germering)
and Fritz Winzinger (Munich). Both readers
have won the game Are You Joking?
Mike Pilewski
The pop artist
Across
1. A ______ book is a story drawn in cartoon form,
usually for children.
2. A structure around a window, door or picture.
5. Streets that connect towns or cities.
8. Opposite of “high”.
10. Interested in finding out about things:
“I was ______ to see what it would look like.”
12. Practice in doing something: “Lichtenstein had
______ in engineering and industrial design.”
16. Taken away from; deducted.
18. A repeated arrangement of lines, colours or
shapes.
21. A place where art is shown and sold.
22. At an earlier time.
Down
1. Round shapes.
3. 1,000 times 1,000: “A Roy Lichtenstein painting
sold for more than $56 ______ this year.”
4. Young women.
6. A three-dimensional art object.
7. Adding elements to something to make it look
more attractive.
9. At which time.
11. Lichtenstein decided to ______ a dog brush to
make the dots in his painting.
13. Something that is typical: “Whaam! is an ______
of Lichtenstein’s paintings using comic-book
dots.”
14. To use a knife to remove something.
15. To put something in a liquid for a moment.
17. At any time: “Have you ______ seen one of his
paintings?”
19. The artist’s works ______ now being shown in a
travelling retrospective.
20. One more than one.
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“
An idea isn’t responsible for
the people who believe in it.
”
Don Marquis (1878–1937), American comedian and cartoonist
Man around the house
As he steps out of the shower, David hears someone in the
kitchen downstairs. Knowing that his wife is out, he picks up
his old cricket bat and creeps down the stairs, forgetting that
he is still naked. He turns the corner with the bat raised, only
to find his wife, who has just come back into the house.
“What are you doing?” she asks.
“I thought I heard someone. I came down to scare him.”
Looking him up and down, she replies: “You didn’t need the
cricket bat.”
© Bulls
Facebook relationship
My ex-husband and I had a very friendly divorce. I know this
because, when I wrote the Facebook status “I’m getting a
divorce”, he was the first one to click “like”.
bat [bÄt]
close [klEUs]
cross: be ~ [krQs]
dunno (= don’t know)
[dE(nEU] ifml.
get along well [get E)lQN (wel]
nun [nVn]
uptight [(VptaIt] ifml.
PEANUTS
THE ARGYLE SWEATER
Sad, but true
Give a man a gun, and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank,
and he can rob the world.
(Sport) Schläger
nah, eng, freundschaftlich
Wortspiel: “your cross” (dein
Kreuz) hört sich an wie “you’re
cross” (du bist sauer, verärgert)
keine Ahnung, weiß nicht
gut miteinander auskommen
Nonne
verkrampft, nervös
Nuns
Two nuns are driving at night through Transylvania, when a
vampire jumps on to the front of their car.
“Quick, show him your cross,” the nun driving the car says.
The nun in the passenger seat leans out of her window and
shouts: “Get off the car, you stupid vampire!”
And that’s when they
called the police
Daniel delivers medicine to people who are too sick to go out.
He lives in a big American city, and some of the areas he visits
can be dangerous. He decides to get some protection and
goes to the gun shop. The owner asks: “So why exactly do
you need a gun?” Unfortunately, Daniel replies: “Well, I deliver
drugs at night and carry a lot of money.”
Food in bed
Isn’t it strange how breakfast in bed is “romantic”, but if I
have lunch and dinner there as well, I’m “suffering from terrible
depression”?
66 Spotlight 10|13

“
Imagine
my surprise when
I found a station
playing ‘cool’
music
”
American Life | GINGER KUENZEL
We’ve always
been connected
In der heutigen Welt vernetzt zu sein, bedeutet alles.
Aber war das nicht schon immer so?
Foto: iStockphoto
Do you remember your first
transistor radio? Younger
readers might ask: “Transistor
radio? What’s that?” Perhaps you can
find one in your parents’ basement,
in that box of old stuff they could
never imagine parting with — the
one that contains a typewriter, a dial
phone, a Walkman, a couple of old
music tapes, and maybe some record
albums, too.
Recently I was at my friend Mary
Ann’s house, and she brought out a
small transistor radio in a black
leather case. She tried to find a radio
station, but all we heard was static.
The sight of this historical artifact and
the sound of static brought back a
flood of memories.
I was a teenager when I got my
first transistor radio. It was as if I’d
won the lottery. It meant that I could
actually listen to music in my own
room. The radio was AM only, and
the local radio station, WIPS, was the
only one that would come in on my
fine new device.
Did I mention that the station
was on the air just during the daylight
hours? In winter, WIPS stopped
broadcasting in the late afternoon,
around 4 p.m. Maybe it was because
there was just one person working at
the station, and he wanted to get
home before dark.
As spring approached and the
days began to get longer, I made the
happy discovery that the station was
broadcasting longer hours. Had they
hired a second announcer to work the
second shift? Or did their radio waves
really work only during the hours
when the sun was up? No matter. I
was just happy that I could listen to
my radio later into the evening.
I don’t believe the WIPS announcer
ever actually said, “Don’t
touch that dial!” I had never even
thought of trying to tune in any other
station, anyway — that is, until one
evening in early summer when I was
bored and started messing around
with the dial. Imagine my surprise
when I came across a station that was
playing “cool” music, the kind I actually
wanted to listen to.
There it was, coming in loud and
clear — but only if I could get that
AM (amplitude modulation) [)eI (em] (Radio) Mittelwellenempfang
announcer [E(naUns&r]
Rundfunksprecher
approach [E(proUtS]
kommen, herannahen
basement [(beIsmEnt] Keller(geschoss) (➝ p. 61)
broadcast [(brO:dkÄst]
senden, ausstrahlen
come across sth. [kVm E(krO:s]
zufällig auf etw. stoßen
device [di(vaIs]
Gerät
dial [(daIEl]
Drehregler
dial phone [(daIEl )foUn]
Telefon mit Wählscheibe
no matter [)noU (mÄt&r]
ganz gleich
on the air: be ~ [A:n Di (e&r]
gesendet werden
static [(stÄtIk]
hier: Rauschen
tune in [tu:n (In]
einstellen
typewriter [(taIp)raIt&r]
Schreibmaschine
upstate [)Vp(steIt] US
in einem abgelegenen, nördlichen Teil
eines Bundesstaates
little line in
exactly the
right place: it
was WABC
New York, with famous
radio personality
Bruce “Cousin
Brucie” Morrow playing
everything from Motown and Elvis to
Bobby Darrin and Chubby Checker.
There were songs about terrible car
crashes: “Dead Man’s Curve,” “Teen
Angel,” “Last Kiss,” and “Tell Laura I
Love Her”; or about bad relationships:
“It’s My Party,” “He’s a Rebel,”
and “Leader of the Pack.” And there
were so many more. Overnight, my
horizons had exploded, suddenly extending
far beyond my town — all
the way to New York City.
I was connected! Of course, “connected”
has an entirely different
meaning today. We can talk to people
in Europe, Asia, Africa, or anywhere
else using Skype or on online chats.
Thanks to the internet, we can also
listen to any radio station in the
world. Gone are the days of playing
with that tiny dial to try to find
something other than static. Today,
we can hear any genre we like by
simply typing the term into a search
engine.
Believe me, though, when I was
growing up in this small upstate
New York town — long before cell
phones, the internet, iPods, and
iPads — getting to hear Cousin Brucie
out of New York City was huge
progress. It was all the connectivity
we needed.
Ginger Kuenzel is a freelance writer who
lived in Munich for 20 years. She now calls
a small town in upstate New York home.
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November 2013 | NEXT MONTH
Features
London for lovers
Britain’s busy capital is also the perfect
place for a romantic retreat. London
expert Eve Lucas takes you on a
tour that includes quiet walks, trendy
places to eat and a hotel that is just
right for a long weekend away.
A focus on
vocabulary
Need a new and
better way to learn
vocabulary? We
have the answer.
Our ten practical
tips will ensure
that you learn
those new words
effectively and —
more importantly
— in a fun way.
Traditional
sports
in Ireland
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so, join Toby Skingsley
on a trip to learn all
about games such as
hurling, road bowling
and Gaelic football. The
journey includes a visit
to the southern city of
Cork and the mysterious
island of Great Blasket.
Language
English at Work
Translating the local menu for
vis iting business partners can be
tricky. Ken Taylor has tips to
make this task easier for you.
Travel Talk
White, rosé, red and sparkling:
join us at a wine-tasting festival,
where we try the many different
varieties on offer.
Spoken English
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phrases people use to express
whether they “will” or “won’t”
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | My Life in English
Wolfgang Büscher
Diesen Monat spricht der für Die Welt tätige Journalist und
Autor von Hartland: Zu Fuß durch Amerika Wolfgang Büscher
über seine Erfahrungen mit der englischen Sprachwelt.
As a writer, what makes English important to you?
Just like Latin, it whispers constantly: “Do not waste words.”
When was your first English lesson, and what do you remember about it?
I was ten. I remember: “Fred the frog is in the well. / If you want him, pull
the bell.”
Who is your favourite English-language author and why?
Patrick Leigh Fermor for his travel literature. He was a man from a now
vanished world, in which travelling was still an adventure.
Which song could you sing at least a few lines of in English?
I’m a lousy singer. Let’s drop this idea.
What is your favourite food from the English-speaking world?
A juicy Texas steak.
Which person from the English-speaking world would you like to meet?
I actually met Leigh Fermor in his house on the Mani Peninsula in Greece.
If you could be any place in the English-speaking world right now, where
would it be?
The terrace of The Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas. Southern heat and
southern comfort make this place one of the few of its kind.
Have you ever worked in an English-speaking environment?
For my book Hartland: Zu Fuß durch Amerika, I walked and partly hitchhiked
through the US, from the border between North Dakota and Canada
to the Rio Grande River in south Texas. It took me three months.
How do you practise your English?
I just take it as it comes, and I am aware of making lots of mistakes.
air chief marshal [)eE tSi:f (mA:S&l] Generaloberst der Luftwaffe
beaten track [)bi:t&n (trÄk]
ausgetretener, eingefahrener Weg
desert island [)dezEt (aIlEnd] einsame Insel
hitchhike [(hItShaIk]
trampen, per Anhalter fahren
hoodlum [(hu:dlEm]
Ganove, Strolch
juicy [(dZu:si]
saftig
lousy [(laUzi] ifml.
miserabel
peninsula [pE(nInsjUlE]
Halbinsel
remote [ri(mEUt]
entlegen
southern comfort [)sVD&n (kVmfEt] die lässige Lebensart im Süden der USA
vanish [(vÄnIS]
verschwinden; hier: vergehen
well [wel]
Brunnen
whisper [(wIspE] flüstern (➝ p. 61)
What was your best experience
in English?
As a boy, I used to listen to lots of
English and American songs, and I
was always trying to learn more and
more words.
What is your favourite English word
and why?
“Hoodlum”. It was forgotten, hidden
in some remote part of my
mind, until a man used it as he told
me the story of his life during a car
ride in Oklahoma. He was talking
about himself.
Which person from the Englishspeaking
world would you choose
to be stuck with on a desert island
and why?
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris,
who bombed my home town of
Kassel, north of Frankfurt.
If you suddenly found yourself with
a free afternoon in London, what
would you do?
I would visit the Imperial War
Museum. (I haven’t been there yet.)
Is there anything in your home
from the English-speaking world?
The works of Patrick Leigh Fermor,
Joseph Conrad and others; a collection
of literature about the American
West, for example, the wonderful
Encyclopedia of the Great
Plains; a picture called Germany by
an American painter and some
music.
What is your motto in English?
Don’t follow the beaten track.
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Green Light10 2013
ENGLISCH LEICHT GEMACHT!
Find out
about
Scottish
dancing
Practise
using “a”
and “an”
Learn words
for the things
you keep
food in

GREEN LIGHT | News
This month…
Was beschäftigt die englischsprachige Welt im Oktober?
VANESSA CLARK spürt die heißen Storys für Sie auf.
900 years of fun
Society The Houghton Feast is a very old festival that is held
every October in Houghton-le-Spring, near Durham, in the
north-east of England. The festival has its origins in the 12th
century.
The 2013 Houghton Feast takes place from 4 to 13 October.
The 10-day festival will have a fairground, church
events, a carnival parade, shows, community singing, talks,
tours, fireworks and traditional ox roasting. The ox roasting
reminds local people of how a local priest gave food to the
poor in the 16th century.
arrest [E(rest]
fairground [(feEgraUnd]
firework [(faIEw§:k]
origins [(QrIdZInz]
overdose [(EUvEdEUs]
ox roasting [(Qks )rEUstIN]
racist [(reIsIst]
remind sb. of sth. [ri(maInd Ev]
sex-mad [(seks )mÄd] ifml.
star [stA:]
A quiet man
Cinema Scottish actor James McAvoy (Atonement, Wanted) stars
in the new film Filth (German title: Drecksau) this month. McAvoy
plays a police officer who is not the typical British “bobby”. He’s
aggressive, racist, sex-mad and a junkie. McAvoy says: “You don’t
want to be his friend. You don’t want to know him. You don’t want
to be him. But you want to watch him.”
McAvoy is married to actor Anne-Marie Duff. Husband and
wife are both film and TV stars, but they live a very quiet life at
home in London. They enjoy staying at home with a sudoku
puzzle.
1978
35 years ago
New York British punk rocker
Sid Vicious was arrested on 12 October
1978 after his girlfriend, Nancy
festnehmen
Festplatz
Spungen, was found dead in their
Feuerwerk
New York hotel room. Four months
Herkunft
Überdosis
later, Vicious was also dead — killed
by a drug overdose.
Ochsenbraten
rassistisch
jmdn. an etw. erinnern
sex-süchtig
im Film eine Rolle spielen
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Containers for food
8 pictures | GREEN LIGHT
STEPHANIE SHELLABEAR presents words for the things we use to
keep food in.
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1
2
7
3
Titel: Alamy; iStockphoto; Fotos Doppelseite: Paul Lanagan Collection; Popperfoto/Getty Images; Illustrationen: B. Förth
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Write the words below
next to the pictures.
1. packet [(pÄkIt]
2. jar [dZA:]
3. carton [(kA:t&n]
4. tub [tVb]
5. pot [pQt]
6. bag [bÄg]
7. box [bQks]
8. bottle [(bQt&l]
True or false?
Answers: a) false (in jars); b) false (in pots); c) true; d) true; e) true; f) false (in tubs)
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a) Jam is sold in packets. ________________
b) Yogurt is sold in bags. ________________
c) Fruit juice is sold in cartons. ________________
d) Milk is sold in bottles. ________________
e) Cornflakes are sold in packets. ________________
f) Margarine is sold in pots. ________________
A container (Behälter) is an object in which something is kept, held or transported.
German Container — the very large object for holding a lot of rubbish (Müll) or building waste
(Bauschutt) — is a “skip” in British English.
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Tips
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GREEN LIGHT | Grammar elements
“A” and “an”
STEPHANIE SHELLABEAR presents basic grammar.
When do you use “a” and when do you use “an”?
A and an are called “indefinite articles”. They both mean “one”.
A goes before all words that begin with a consonant: b, c, d, f, g and so on:
• a brilliant book • a cool concert • a dirty dog
A goes before words whose first sound is [ju:] or [jUEr]. These words begin with u and eu:
• a university • a European country
• a unit
• a euro coin
An goes before all words that begin with the vowels a, e, i and o, and before u when
the sound is [V] as in “up”:
• an animal • an orange car • an umbrella
An also goes before words beginning with a silent “h”:
• an hour
coin [kOIn]
silent [(saIlEnt]
unit [(ju:nIt]
vowel [(vaUEl]
Münze
still; hier: stumm
Einheit
Vokal
In American English, the letter h in the word “herb” (Küchenkraut) is not pronounced,
[§:b]. The word takes the article an. In British English, the h is not silent [h§:b], so the
word takes the article a:
• Basil is an herb. (US) • Basil is a herb. (UK)
Tips
“A” or “an”? Add the correct indefinite article in the sentences below.
a) I’d like to go on _______ train trip to Budapest.
b) Dan has bought _______ dog. It’s _______ English spaniel.
c) Sarah told me about _______ interesting article in The Times.
d) To make the drink, we need _______ lemon, _______ apple and _______ orange.
e) My son wants to go to _______ university that’s close to home.
f) Have you got _______ umbrella? It’s raining.
Fotos: iStockphoto
Answers: a) a; b) a, an; c) an; d) a, an, an; e) a; f) an
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Shopping
The Greens | GREEN LIGHT
It’s Saturday morning. Andrew and Donna are on their way to the shops,
when their neighbour Betty calls to them. By DAGMAR TAYLOR
Betty: Yoo-hoo! Hello, you two!
Donna: Hello, Betty! Are you doing some
gardening?
Betty: I’m just planting some bulbs while
the rain’s off. What are you two up to?
Andrew: Donna’s taking me into town to
buy some new shoes.
Donna: We’re meeting Paula’s boyfriend’s
family next week.
Andrew: Donna wants me to make a good
impression.
Betty: Yes, well that’s understandable.
Donna: Betty, can we get you anything from
the shops?
Betty: Oh, yes, please. I’m out of butter. I
want to bake a cake for Bob’s birthday.
Would you mind getting me two packs?
Andrew: No, not at all. When is Bob’s
birthday?
Betty: It’s tomorrow.
• Yoo-hoo! is sometimes used to attract
a person’s attention (die Aufmerksamkeit
von jmdm. auf sich ziehen).
• When talking to two people, you can
say you two to make it clear that you
are talking to both of them.
• You can say the rain’s off when it has
stopped raining.
• What are you up to? is another way
of saying, “What are you doing?”
• Here, meet means to be introduced to
someone (jmdm. vorgestellt werden).
• If you are out of something, you don’t
have any of it left.
• To ask someone politely (höflich) if he
or she is willing (gewillt sein) to do
something for you, you can say:
Would you mind...? The answer, No,
not at all, means the person is willing.
Tips
bake [beIk]
bulb [bVlb]
make a good impression [)meIk E )gUd Im(preS&n]
understandable [)VndE(stÄndEb&l]
Complete the sentences with words
from the dialogue.
a) ...while the rain’s _______________.
b) What are you two _______________ to?
c) I’m _______________ of butter.
d) No, not _______________ all.
backen
Blumenzwiebel
einen guten Eindruck machen
verständlich
Donna
Andrew
Listen to the dialogue at
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Answers: a) off; b) up; c) out; d) at

GREEN LIGHT | Get writing
Congratulations to new parents
VANESSA CLARK helps you to write letters, e-mails and more in English.
This month: how to congratulate new parents on the birth of their baby.
Dear Sarah and Mark
I was so pleased to hear your brilliant news.
A girl! How wonderful!
Thank you for the photo. She’s beautiful.
She has her father’s eyes and her mother’s
nose. And Matilda is a lovely name.
I can’t wait to meet her!
Love from
Sally
Use
it!
Highlight the key words and phrases that you would
use if you wanted to write a card like this yourself.
• You can say you are pleased, “very happy” or “delighted” (entzückt) to hear about the baby.
• Use positive adjectives like brilliant, wonderful, “great” and “exciting” (reizend, spannend).
To sound extra-enthusiastic (total begeistert), you can put “how” in front of one of
these adjectives; for example, How wonderful!
• Baby girls are beautiful, boys are “handsome” (hübsch). Both are “sweet”.
• It’s usual to make a comment about the baby’s name — maybe it’s a lovely name
(for a girl), “a good, solid name” (for a boy) or an “interesting” or “original” name.
• And remember — to the parents, this is the most beautiful baby in the world, so that’s all
you need to say to make them happy.
Tips
Fotos: Alamy; Hemera; iStockphoto
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I like…
ceilidhs
Jeden Monat stellt ein Redakteur
etwas Besonderes aus der englischsprachigen
Welt vor. Diesen Monat
präsentiert Sprachredakteurin
DAGMAR TAYLOR ihre Lieblingsveranstaltung.
What they are
A ceilidh [(keIli] is a social event with music
and dancing, especially in Scotland and Ireland.
Ceilidhs are an important part of Scotland’s
social and cultural life. There is always
a ceilidh being held somewhere, and they
are very popular at weddings. The dances
have names like The Gay Gordons and Hooligan’s
Jig. Before the dances begin, everyone
has to find a partner, but you might find
yourself dancing with different partners or
in groups of six, eight or even with all the
other people in the room.
Music is played by a traditional ceilidh
band on fiddles, accordions and drums.
Usually, a member of the band talks everybody
through the steps first, so that beginners
can join in the fun, too.
Culture corner | GREEN LIGHT
Ceilidh is Gaelic and originally
meant “companion”. Today, it means
“gathering”. This Celtic language is
spoken by only 1.2 per cent of the
Scottish population. Most Gaelic
speakers live in the Highlands and on
the islands of western Scotland.
You may not hear much Gaelic on a
visit to Scotland, but many place
names are Gaelic, and you will see
Gaelic on signs and whisky labels.
Look out for loch (lake), ben (mountain)
and glen (valley).
Fun
facts
Why I like them
Ceilidh dancing is very energetic and great
fun. When I was a student, my friends and I
regularly went to ceilidhs held in a local hotel
on Saturday nights. The boys wore kilts and
T-shirts, but there was no real dress
code, as the event was very informal.
The great thing about
ceilidhs is that no one minds
if you make a wrong step.
Getting confused is part of
the fun. There is always a
lot of laughing as you jig
and sometimes tie
yourselves in knots on
the dance floor.
companion [kEm(pÄnjEn]
confused [kEn(fju:zd]
energetic [)enE(dZetIk]
event [I(vent]
fiddle [(fId&l] ifml.
gathering [(gÄDErIN]
gay [geI]
informal [In(fO:m&l]
jig [dZIg]
kilt [kIlt]
tie in knots [)taI In (nQts]
valley [(vÄli]
wedding [(wedIN]
Begleitperson
verwirrt,
durcheinander
schwungvoll
Veranstaltung
Geige
Treffen,
Versammlung
hier: glücklich
locker, ungezwungen
lebhafter Volkstanz
der Britischen Inseln;
auch: einen Jig
tanzen
Schottenrock
(sich) verknoten
Tal
Hochzeit
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GREEN LIGHT | Notes and numbers
Measuring height
In North America, foot (ft) is a unit of
measurement (Maßeinheit). It is still used in
the UK, too. When we talk about how high
an aeroplane is flying, we use the plural feet:
• We’re flying at an altitude (Höhe) of
30,000 feet.
When talking about the height (Körpergröße)
of people, the plural is foot:
• That Polish tennis player is six foot eight.
Heights are often written like this: 5’ 8” =
five foot eight (inches). There are 12 inches
in a foot.
Your notes
Use this space for your own notes.
Write the following heights as you
would say them.
six foot ten (inches)
a) 6’ 10” ________________________________
b) 4’ 5” ________________________________
c) 20,000 ft ___________________________
d) 5’ 7” ________________________________
e) 25 ft _______________________________
At its height
If something is at its height, it has reached
the point where it is at its best or strongest.
• They’re going to Greece at the height of
summer.
Answers: b) four foot five (inches); c) twenty thousand feet;
d) five foot seven (inches); e) twenty-five feet
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