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EDITORIAL | May 2013
Serving up
something special
Meine Ziele.
Meine Zeit.
Mein IQ.
Der intelligente Sprachkurs
mit individuellem Lern-Manager
www.langenscheidt-iq.de
Everyone has something to say on the subject
of food. We like to talk about our favourite
meals and about the things we don’t like. We
enjoy remembering the flavours of foods from
Inez Sharp, editor-in-chief
childhood and laughing about cooking disasters.
And we like to hear what the experts have to say. One such expert is the
British chef Jamie Oliver, who speaks exclusively to Spotlight on the subject of
quick and healthy meals. Find out what Jamie has to say and what happened
when the Spotlight team tried out one of his recipes. The fun begins on page 22.
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Code mit Ihrem Handy.
Sending out the right signals. Non-verbal communication is a dry name
for a fascinating subject. No matter how good your speaking skills are, not understanding
the body language of another culture can get you into hot water.
Starting on page 14, we look at physical signals and the messages they send in
the English-speaking world, so that in future, you won’t need to cross your fingers
and hope you haven’t put your foot in it.
Look out! There are polar bears about. All the best adventures include a
little danger. That’s what Julian Earwaker discovered when he visited the majestic
province of Manitoba in Canada. Whether he was watching out for polar
bears on an evening walk in northern Manitoba or riding past a black bear
further south, there was not a dull moment. Find out what makes this province
in the heart of Canada so special. The action starts on page 30.
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The Northern Lights
over Inuit sculpture near
Churchill, Manitoba
Titelfoto: David Loftus; Foto Editorial: Mauritius
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CONTENTS | May 2013
Cooking with Jamie
Read all about it: Spotlight’s exclusive interview with
Jamie Oliver about his popular book 15 Minute Meals.
22 30
Grand Canada
Join us in Manitoba to see polar bears in Churchill,
then visit multicultural Winnipeg and the poetic prairie.
6 People
Names and faces from around the world
8 A Day in My Life
At an English school in Malta
10 World View
What’s news and what’s hot
13 Britain Today
Colin Beaven on not eating horses
40 History
The men who conquered Mount Everest
42 Press Gallery
A look at the English-language media
44 Arts
Films, apps, books, culture and a short story
66 The Lighter Side
Jokes and cartoons
26 Business
What’s the real cost of digital technology?
28 I Ask Myself
Amy Argetsinger on Kate Middleton
36 Around Oz
Peter Flynn on corruption in Australia
38 Debate
Should the US have tighter gun laws?
People in Los Angeles have their say
67 American Life
Ginger Kuenzel on a new job for hard times
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
Politician and author Lale Akgün on being
firm in English, and her love of teacakes
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PEOPLE | Names and Faces
The soldier
Who exactly is…
Bradley
Manning?
In the news
There was no Photoshop
in the days
of Queen Elizabeth
I, who lived
from 1533 to 1603.
Yet this powerful
woman still carefully
controlled her public image. Most
paintings of Elizabeth show a beautiful,
youthful woman. A painting hanging
in the Folger Shakespeare Library
in Washington, DC, shows a more realistic
picture. Her face looks old, thin
and tired. The painting, from the studio
of Marcus Gheeraerts (1561–1636),
was authenticated in 2011.
He is accused of being a traitor,
and he has been nominated
for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Bradley Manning was arrested three
years ago, in May 2010, on suspicion
of giving secret documents to the
whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks.
Manning was born in the US
state of Oklahoma. He spent part of
his childhood in Wales, where other
children made fun of his American
accent. After moving back to the US
in 2005, he joined the American military
in 2007, at the age of 20.
In 2009, Manning was sent to
Iraq. As an intelligence analyst, he
worked 14 hours a day in a crowded
room. He grew lonely and struggled
with gender identity disorder.
In his job, Manning handled a lot
of secret documents and was worried
by many of the things he saw. He decided
that the public should know
what was happening in Iraq and in
other places around the world.
Later, while chatting online with
a former hacker, Adrian Lamo, Manning
explained how he had copied
thousands of documents. Lamo told
the US government about the documents,
and Manning was arrested.
Earlier this year, Manning ad -
mitted that he had leaked the material.
Reading from a 35-page prepared
statement, he said that before
contacting WikiLeaks, he tried to
give the information to The New York
Times and The Washington Post. He
also explained why he did it: he believed
Americans had a right to know
about “the true cost of the war”.
Experts say the leak did not put
lives in danger. But if Manning is
found guilty of helping the enemy, he
may go to prison for life. Is he a hero
or a criminal? It depends who you ask.
Once a week, Londoners
can talk to
the British deputy
prime minister,
Nick Clegg, on a
live radio phonein.
The Daily Mail
reports that during
a recent “Call Clegg” show, the
mayor of London, Boris Johnson,
phoned and asked when government
ministers would get “out of their posh
limos and on to public transport like
everybody else”. Clegg recognized
Johnson’s voice and replied that the
current government had already made
cuts of 70 per cent in this area.
für echt erklären
Vize-
Geschlechtsidentitätsstörung
schuldig
Nachrichtenanalytiker(in)
hier: (der Presse) gezielt zuspielen;
Weitergabe von Informationen
Limousine
Bürgermeister(in)
wegen Verdachts auf
nobel, schick
Verräter(in)
Enthüllungsplattform
authenticate [O:(TentIkeIt]
deputy [(depjUti]
gender identity disorder [)dZendE aI(dentEti dIs)O:dE]
guilty [(gIlti]
intelligence analyst [In(telIdZEns )ÄnElIst]
leak [li:k]
limo [(lImEU]
mayor [meE]
on suspicion of [Qn sE(spIS&n Ev]
posh [pQS] ifml.
traitor [(treItE]
whistle-blowing site [(wIs&l )blEUIN saIt]
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At the age of 82, James Earl Jones
still has a busy acting career. He’s currently
touring Australia in a theatre
production of the 1989 film Driving
Miss Daisy. But what if he could repeat
one of his most famous film performances
— the voice of Darth Vader in
the Star Wars films? “I would love to
be a part of that,” he told The Age. It
might actually happen. Disney has announced
that it is planning three more
Star Wars films, starting in 2015.

Fotos: Action Press; Corbis; dpa/picture alliance; Getty Images
Out of the ordinary
In Britain, “Essex girls” are often stereotyped as silly blondes.
Sixteen-year-old Lauren Marbe is proving the stereotype wrong.
When Marbe took a Mensa IQ test along with other above-average
pupils from her school in Loughton, Essex, she shocked everyone
by getting 161 points. That’s higher than Albert Einstein, Stephen
Hawking and Bill Gates. The average score in the UK is 100. “I am
blonde, I do wear make-up and I do go out,” Marbe told The Daily
Telegraph. “I love living in Essex, and I’m glad that I might be able
to show people that we aren’t all ditzy and blonde.”
Not your average Essex girl: Lauren Marbe
How can Trevor Baylis, one of Britain’s greatest inventors, be
poor? He is responsible for more than 250 inventions, including the
wind-up radio. But he told the Daily Mail that he might soon be
forced to sell his small house on Eel Pie Island in the Thames near
London. The 75-year-old says he has received very little money for
his successful inventions, and that there need to be stronger laws
protecting inventors. “If people are not going to be rewarded for
their inventions, then why should they invent at all?” he asked.
African football players used to dream of playing for European
teams. Now, many are joining Bangladeshi teams. One of them is
Abdul Samad Yussif from Ghana. He told the BBC that football
is growing in Bangladesh, and being far from home isn’t a problem
for him. “Football is something like a global language,” he said. Officials
in the Bangladesh Football Federation hope that talented foreign
players will help Bangladeshi players to improve — and that
teams such as Abahani, for which Yussif plays, could, at some time
in the future, compete internationally.
award [E(wO:d]
bench-press [(bentS pres]
ditzy [(dItsi] N. Am. ifml.
Leicester [(lestE]
Loughton [(laUt&n]
mature [mE(tSUE]
Mensa [(mensE]
reward [ri(wO:d]
scale [skeI&l]
waxwork [(wÄksw§:k]
wind-up [(waInd Vp]
Preis, Auszeichnung
beim Bankdrücken stemmen
doof, dumm
reif
internationaler Hochbegabtenverein
belohnen
hier: Tonleiter, Tonumfang
Wachsfigur
Aufzieh-
Texts by RITA FORBES
The newcomer
• Name: Manu Tuilagi
• Age: will be 22 on 18 May
• Occupation: professional rugby player
• Team: Leicester Tigers (England)
• Height: 1.83 metres
• Weight: 112 kilograms
• Can bench-press: 190 kilograms
• Background: Tuilagi was born in Samoa and moved
to England at the age of 12. He has five brothers
who have also played rugby for Leicester.
• Known for: the tattoo on his right arm
• The media call him: a “human bowling ball” and
a “gentle giant”
• Awards: Rugby Players’ Association Young Player of
the Year, 2010–11
Happy birthday!
The British singer Adele won an Oscar for the song “Skyfall”,
which she co-wrote for the latest James Bond film. So
she’ll have every reason to celebrate her birthday on 5 May.
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born in North London. Her
father gave her the middle name “Blue” because he loved
blues music. At 14, Adele was accepted to the BRIT School
for Performing Arts and Technology. “I taught myself how
to sing by listening to Ella Fitzgerald for acrobatics and
scales, Etta James for passion and Roberta Flack for control,”
she says. Her voice caught the world’s
attention when she released the album 19
in 2008. In 2011, her second record, 21,
was the best-selling album of the year.
She has won numerous awards in
the course of her career.
A waxwork of Adele will be
on show at Madame Tussauds
in London from next
month. Meanwhile, she’s
busy looking after her
son, who was born in October.
With her mature
voice and attitude, it’s
hard to believe that Adele is
only turning 25.

A DAY IN MY LIFE | Malta
Friendly faces,
pretty places:
above, the island
of Gozo
Learning
in the sun
Die Mutter zweier junger Töchter ist
akademische und kaufmännische Leiterin
einer englischen Sprachschule auf Malta.
CLAUDINE WEBER-HOF hat sie erzählt, wie
sie Arbeit und Familie Tag für Tag unter
einen Hut bringt.
My name is Rachel Falzon, and I’m 39 years
old. I am the academic and business-development
manager at ESE — that’s the European School of
English — in St Julian’s, Malta.
If my husband is in town, I’ll get up at 6 a.m. and go
to a seven o’clock exercise class, leaving everything in his
hands back at home. Otherwise, I wake up at six, get the
kids ready and drop them off at school at a quarter to
eight. I have two daughters, aged 8 and 11. Their names
are Bettina and Francesca. Then I drive to work.
Usually, I get there at 8.20 a.m. First, I check my
e-mails for the “to do” list I sent myself the day before. I
develop academic courses, and I’m also a member of the
marketing department, so I work on numerous projects
simultaneously. It’s important for me to prioritize.
I am the director of our University Foundation Programme,
too, which helps students who are not native
speakers of English to prepare for higher education in
countries such as the UK, the US, Canada and Australia.
The programme requires students to grapple with an academic
subject, like economics, in English: they have to sit
for tests, study, do research and give presentations.
drop sb. off [)drQp (Qf]
exercise class [(eksEsaIz klA:s]
simultaneously [)sIm&l(teIniEsli]
sit for a test [)sIt fE E (test]
jmdn. abliefern,
aussteigen lassen
Gymnastikkurs
gleichzeitig
eine Prüfung ablegen
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I take a short break for lunch. I meet colleagues in
the staff room, and we try to discuss things that are not
related to work. My working day is not always a full day,
so sometimes I have to cut my lunch break short: it depends
on whether I have to collect the kids from school. I
tend to work around my husband’s schedule. He’s a captain
with Air Malta, so he works irregular hours. When
he’s at home, I can stay at work longer. There’s always
plenty to do.
If I receive a request from a client for a course proposal,
for example, I give that priority. This may involve writing
up an idea for a course in which English is taught for a
particular purpose — such as presentations, or around a
specific profession, like engineering. At our school, we
have a 24-hour response policy, so I make sure the proposal
is sent off by the time I leave.
In the academic-development part of my job, my
favourite task is creating new courses. This means designing
and writing up the syllabus, finding suitable teaching
staff and then marketing the course.
At the end of the day, I scribble a few notes for the
following morning. Then I jump in the car and collect the
kids from school. When we get home, we change into our
comfortable clothes and have a snack. It could be noodles
— Francesca and Bettina love noodles! Then they start
doing their homework. The girls also do ballet and play
tennis, so I have to drive around a bit in the afternoon.
We eat at around seven o’clock, and the girls go to bed
around half past eight. My husband and I read to them in
Maltese before they go to sleep. I
enjoy reading before bed, too. I’ve
been dipping into a book about
Steve Jobs. It’s a very inspiring account
of his life.
I love doing watercolours. I like
to paint typical Maltese scenes: historic
buildings, people relaxing over
a coffee, that sort of thing. There
was a time when my friend and I
would go to Mdina, Malta’s quaint
former capital, set up our easels and
Historic Mdina:
a good place to paint
paint away without a care in the
world.
account [E(kaUnt] Beschreibung, Erzählung (➝ p. 61)
ballet [(bÄleI]
captain [(kÄptIn]
hier: Pilot
collect [kE(lekt]
hier: abholen
dip into [dIp (IntE]
einen Blick werfen in
easel [(i:z&l]
Staffelei
quaint [kweInt]
malerisch
scribble [(skrIb&l]
kritzeln, notieren
staff room [(stA:f ru:m] Lehrerzimmer
watercolour [(wO:tE)kVlE] Aquarellbild
grapple
If you grapple with something, you struggle with it: you
are trying to do something that is quite difficult, but
you are going to work on it until you succeed. In this
case, Rachel Falzon says that the students at her
school, who are not native speakers of English, must
grapple with a tough academic subject — in English.
The practice they get wrestling with new terms and expressions
will be useful to them when they attend university
in an English-speaking country. Try using
“grapple” in the following sentences:
a) I need to start _________ with my taxes this weekend.
b) Tonight, I’ll _________ with my maths homework.
syllabus
If you have studied a subject, you probably followed a
syllabus drawn up by your teacher or professor. The
word refers to the content of the course, as well as to
the list itself, describing what will be taught and what
will be required of students taking the course. In British
English, the plural of syllabus is usually syllabuses;
Americans prefer syllabi [(sIlEbaI]. Try using the plural
of “syllabus” in these exercises:
a) You will find the three _____________ for the summer
term online. (UK)
b) May I see the _____________ for all classes on ancient
Greek, please? (US)
Mdina
The small town of Mdina (pronounced “im-dina”) gets
its name from the Arabic word “medina”, or “walled
city”, which is what the Arabs who ruled Malta from the
ninth century called the place. Architecturally, Mdina is
a jewel. In addition to its great stone walls, it is rich in
baroque buildings that reflect its status as the historic
home of the Maltese aristocracy. Many old, noble families
were living in Mdina when the Knights of the Order
of St John arrived to take power in 1530.
Answers
grapple: a) grappling; b) grapple
syllabus: a) syllabuses; b) syllabi
For more about the islands of Malta, see the travel story
in Spotlight 2/13, pages 30–35.
draw up [drO: (Vp]
knight [naIt]
Order of St John [)O:dE Ev s&nt (dZQn]
wrestle [(res&l]
festlegen, entwerfen
Ritter
Johanniter-Orden
ringen, sich abmühen
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WORLD VIEW | News in Brief
It’s a good month to...
go walking in Dorset
BRITAIN For a perfect day in May, why not
walk part of England’s South West Coast Path? The path
is 630 miles (1,014 kilometres) long, but even a five-mile
loop in the lovely county of Dorset offers wonderful sights.
At this time of year, the weather is fine, and the wild
flowers are out. Walk towards the sea from the village of
Worth Matravers, and you’ll soon come to Winspit quarry.
There, a colony of horseshoe bats lives in caves in a landscape
that UK science-fiction fans may recognize: it was
filmed as planet Skaro in the classic TV series Doctor Who.
The Dorset coast: natural beauty
Another sight along the way is a stone chapel named
after St Aldhelm, a seventh-century bishop who, it is said,
kept people’s attention during Mass by singing songs and
juggling. The chapel, on a rock face 108 metres above the
sea, dates back to the 12th century.
Further along is the lookout station at St Alban’s Head,
which walkers are welcome to visit. From there, the path
continues along the rocky coast, ending at Worth Matravers
— where the walk began. For more information, see
www.southwestcoastpath.com and www.visit-dorset.com
cave [keIv]
county [(kaUnti]
fitting fee [(fItIN )fi:]
good deal: a ~ [)gUd (di:&l]
high-heeled [)haI (hi:&ld]
horseshoe bat [(hO:sSu: )bÄt]
Höhle
Grafschaft
etwa: Anprobe-Gebühr
ein gutes Angebot
hochhackig
Hufeisennase (Fledermausart)
juggle [(dZVg&l]
lookout station [(lUkaUt )steIS&n]
loop [lu:p]
quarry [(kwQri]
retailers’ association
[(ri:teI&lEz EsEUsi)eIS&n]
jonglieren
Wachstation
hier: Rundwanderung
Steinbruch
Einzelhändler-Verband
If you try it, buy it!
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Shops do the work, but
may not make the sale
NEW ZEALAND Everybody wants a good deal, and some people
have found a new way to get one. They go to shops to try on clothing,
then go home and buy the things they want online — but at a lower price.
Georgia Harmos, a student at Otago University, told The New Zealand Herald
that she likes to try on high-heeled shoes in a store before ordering them
online. “They’re so much more expensive in the store, and you can get them
so much cheaper online,” she said.
The stores aren’t happy about losing money to the internet. In New
Zealand, some stores are considering asking customers to pay “fitting fees”
if they try things on, but don’t buy anything. Stores in Australia have done
this in the past. John Albertson of the New Zealand Retailers’ Association
thinks it’s a bad idea. “If you have somebody in your store, you have the opportunity
to get a sale,” he said.
Fotos: Alamy; Corbis; laif; Look/fotofinder

Playing for peace
Playing rugby
in Tripoli, Libya
LIBYA During Mu’ammer Gaddafi’s rule in
Libya, rugby went underground. Gaddafi banned the
game in 2001, after his eldest son called it a “violent sport”.
Tarek Benrewin, administrator of the Libya Rugby
Technical Committee, remembers the bad old days. Several
years ago, Benrewin asked the government for permission
to set up a game of rugby with visitors from France.
He told The Guardian that he was then arrested and questioned
for six hours.
Since Libya’s revolution, however, things have changed.
In late 2011, Reuters reported that some Libyans hoped
rugby, with its “intense teamwork and emphasis on fair
play”, could help young soldiers in their efforts to return
to civilian life. Today, rugby may be the fastest-growing
sport in the country. The national league currently has eight
teams, and it is expected that 12 more will soon be formed.
The players continue to face challenges. They have to
use makeshift equipment, and there are only two referees
in the entire country. Yet many hope rugby will be good
for Libyans. “We make friends with feasts after the games,”
said Benrewin. “We call those feasts ‘the third half’.”
Time to save a
dying dialect?
UNITED STATES Most Americans wouldn’t
understand words like bahl, harpin’, and shoveltooth. These words
belong to an unusual dialect called Boontling, a name formed from
the words “Boonville” and “lingo”. Only a handful of people in the
small town of Boonville in northern California could give you exact
definitions of the above words: “good,” “talking,” and “doctor.”
People know when the dialect started — more than 150 years
ago — but not why. One theory is that men wanted to tell dirty jokes
without their wives catching on. Experts say the dialect includes influences
from Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Spanish, and a little-known language
native to California called Pomoan. Although there are many
differences in the way English is spoken across the United States,
the dialect heard in a place 185 kilometers north of San Francisco is
very unusual.
“I never found another language as extensive as Boontling anywhere,”
Professor Charles C. Adams told the San Francisco Chronicle,
adding that in the US, only a dialect from the mountains of the
Southeast comes close.
Adams wrote a book about the dialect in the 1970s. As many as
3,000 people are thought to have once spoken Boontling. Today,
though, there are only about 1,000 left in the town, and only 12 fluent
speakers of the dialect.
“They used to teach Boontling in the local schools, but it’s been
at least 30 years since then,” said Wes Smoot, who is 80. “It’s just us
old-timers who really speak it now. When we die, that’s it.”
California traditions:
farming and speaking
the Boontling dialect
administrator [Ed(mInIstreItE]
ban [bÄn]
catch on: ~ to sth. [US )kÄtS (A:n] ifml.
feast [fi:st]
half [hA:f]
lingo [US (lINgoU] ifml.
makeshift [(meIkSIft]
old-timer [US )oUld (taIm&r] ifml.
referee [)refE(ri:]
set up [set (Vp]
Verwalter(in)
verbieten
etw. kapieren, verstehen
Feier
Halbzeit
Sprache, Kauderwelsch
provisorisch, behelfsmäßig
alter Hase
Schiedsrichter(in)
hier: organisieren
Texts by RITA FORBES
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destination [)destI(neIS&n]
excerpt [(eks§:pt]
immerse oneself in sth. [I(m§:s wVn)self )In]
sound bite [(saUnd baIt]
(Reise)Ziel
Ausschnitt
in etw. hineintauchen
O-Ton, kurzer Tonbeitrag
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Ready meals, like lasagne, chilli
con carne and cottage pie, are
enormously popular here, and
manufacturers are quick to tell us
they’re of very good quality. But
there’s been so much talk of horsemeat
in these products recently.
They should actually be made
with beef. Yes, the meat in these
meals may be very good quality, but
do we really want main courses that
could win prizes at racecourses? In
the 2.30 at Epsom, you want to
choose the winner, not the dinner.
So how do we make sure the food
we eat is what it says it is? It seems
there’s always a risk that it’s phoney,
or to be more precise, that it’s pony.
approach [E(prEUtS]
badger [(bÄdZE]
chef [Sef]
cottage pie [)kQtIdZ (paI] UK
dish [dIS]
Epsom [(epsEm]
German shepherd
[)dZ§:mEn (SepEd]
(shepherd
ingredient [In(gri:diEnt]
minced lamb [)mInst (lÄm]
pheasant [(fez&nt]
phoney [(fEUni] ifml.
pigeon [(pIdZEn]
racecourse [(reIskO:s]
ready meal [)redi (mi:&l] UK
service station [(s§:vIs )steIS&n]
squirrel [(skwIrEl]
Theoretically, part of the answer is
to buy food directly from local producers
who know exactly what
they’re selling. Some of the horsemeat
that’s been found in popular
ready meals had travelled more
widely than an 18th-century gentleman.
It had seen more of Europe
than Goethe or Lord Byron.
Buying local food reduces food
miles — the distance our food has to
travel before it reaches our plate —
and makes it easier to control the
quality. But this approach is not
cheap, of course.
It’s all very well for people working
in expensive restaurants to tell us they
buy their ingredients locally, or go out
into the woods every day to find truffles.
How could you copy this more
cheaply, though, in
places where normal
people eat?
You would have
thought motorway
service stations were a
good place to start a
revolution. The food
they serve is not exactly
top-class; but
look at the fresh local
food they could offer:
the foxes, pheasants
and badgers that are
killed on the roads in
spectacular numbers.
At this time of
year especially, when
animals seem to be
more active, and drivers
are more aggressive,
there are unlimited
quantities of this
“roadkill”. And believe
it or not, there are people
who collect and eat
these dead animals.
Herangehensweise
Dachs
Koch, Köchin
Auflauf mit Rinderhack
und Kartoffelbreikruste
Gericht, Speise
berühmte Pferderennbahn
Deutscher Schäferhund
Schäfer(in))
Zutat
Lammhack
Fasan
hier: falsch etikettiert
Taube
(Pferde)Rennbahn
Fertiggericht
Raststätte
Eichhörnchen
Britain Today | COLIN BEAVEN
“
There’s
been so much
What’s in that pie?
talk of horsemeat
” Auch britische Supermärkte blieben vom jüngsten Pferdefleischskandal
nicht verschont. Was wird den ahnungslosen
Verbrauchern wohl als Nächstes aufgetischt?
It may not be to everyone’s taste,
but perhaps we will start to see a new
section on restaurant menus: after
the usual selection of dishes “from
the sea”, “from the land” and “from
the garden”, there’ll be some called
“from the motorway”, using whatever
happens to get in the chef’s way
while he is driving to work that
morning.
The trouble with suggesting these
things as a joke is that you begin to
wonder where it will all end. When
do we reach the limit? Could creative
cookery be a way of reducing the
number of squirrels and pigeons we
have to live with?
I, personally, think there are also
too many dogs, especially large ones
like German shepherds. The old
favourite “shepherd’s pie” is a dish
made with minced lamb. Perhaps it’s
time to invent a variant? Does German
shepherd’s pie sound like something
you’d like to try?
Then of course, if I’m honest, I
also think there are far too many dog
owners. But I don’t think I could
really add a few of them to the list of
ingredients.
You’ll have to forgive me. I’ve
been reading about Sweeney Todd,
the barber from London whose customers
ended up as the meat in Mrs
Lovett’s pies.
It’s just a fantasy, of course, not a
true story. We do still keep to basic
civilized principles in Britain. Let’s
not forget the title of Malcolm Bradbury’s
satirical first novel: Eating People
Is Wrong.
Well said, Malcolm! I’m almost
sure you’re right.
Colin Beaven is a freelance writer who lives
and works in Southampton on the south
coast of England.
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LANGUAGE | Body Language
Say it
without
words
Sind Sie während eines Aufenthalts in England, Australien oder Amerika schon mal ins
Fettnäpfchen getreten, ohne überhaupt ein Wort gesagt zu haben? STEPHANIE SHELLABEAR
erklärt Ihnen, welche Bedeutung Körpersprache haben kann und stellt die wichtigsten
nonverbalen Redemittel englischsprachiger Länder vor.
Have you ever sat in a London Underground train
or on the subway in New York and watched how
other people behave? If you have, you’ll know that
there is a code of cultural etiquette to which people adhere.
It includes the usual things, like avoiding physical contact
with strangers, but also taboos that may seem unexpected
— such as thinking it rude to read the newspaper over
someone else’s shoulder. Rules governing personal space
can be very different in London and New York to, say,
Berlin, Moscow or Dubai.
Just as there are different ways of behaving in public,
different meanings can be understood from gestures and
expressions. They don’t always mean the same in an Englishspeaking
country as in your own. “Body language” is the
term used to describe the method of communication that
consists of posture, gestures, eye movements and facial expressions.
There is voluntary body language, which means
you are doing something because you want to, and involuntary
body language, which means you do something
without realizing it. For example, if you blink just one eye
— opening and closing it quickly — it could mean you
have a speck of dust in it. On the other hand, if you wink,
which looks just the same, you might be showing someone
that both of you have understood a joke, or that you find
the other person sexually attractive.
Read on to learn more about body language in the
English-speaking world. We’ll show you what certain gestures
and facial expressions mean, so that when you travel
abroad, all your non-verbal communication will go
smoothly. Finally, do the fun quiz, which you will find on
page 21. It’s your chance to test what you’ve learned about
body language.
adhere to sth. [Ed(hIE tE]
etiquette [(etIket]
facial expressions
[)feIS&l Ik(spreS&nz]
gestures [(dZestSEz]
posture [(pQstSE]
speck of dust
[)spek Ev (dVst]
subway [(sVbweI] N. Am.
etw. beachten, sich an etw. halten
(gute) Umgangsformen
Mimik
Gestik
Körperhaltung
(Staub)Körnchen, -fluse
U-Bahn
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Head and shoulders, arms and hands
Let’s take a look at different parts of the body to talk about the non-verbal communication commonly used by English
speakers around the world. Be warned: some of these gestures are strictly taboo.
1. Head and face
Think of all the emotions
you can show by
moving your head. It is
the most interesting and
expressive part of the
body, don’t you agree?
You can shake it, bob it,
tilt it and nod it. If you
then add different facial
expressions — such as a
frown, a show of surprise,
a blush or a glare
— you can communicate countless emotions to the people
around you. For more on this subject, see the Vocabulary
section on pages 50–51 of Spotlight 3/13.
Let’s start with two head movements that are used in
many parts of the world: nodding (moving the head up
and down) to indicate “yes”, and shaking the head (turning
it from side to side) to mean “no”. Did you know that
in Bulgaria, people do the opposite? That’s right: they nod
to signal “no”, and they shake their heads to mean “yes”.
In Greece, too, an upward nod means “no”.
Next, imagine you
want to order lunch in a
hamburger restaurant.
By the time you’ve been
asked, “Do you want a
small, medium or large
burger, and with or
without mustard; and
do you want a small,
medium or large soft
drink to go with it?”,
you will probably be
confused. If that is the
case, scratching your head is one way to show that you
aren’t sure or that you haven’t understood. It’s a gesture
that can help, too, if somebody is speaking to you very
quickly or in a dialect or accent that is difficult for you to
understand.
Of course, the smile is the most important facial expression
of all. It’s universal. Most of us want to be liked
and accepted, and the best way to achieve that is to smile
at the people with whom we have contact. Just look what
happens when babies smile. They immediately receive attention
and affection from the people around them.
Spotlight’s business-English expert Ken Taylor says that
you really can’t underestimate the importance of a smile:
“For example, at the start of a presentation, smiling shows
you are friendly and open. It has the added advantage of
making you look confident, too.” On one occasion, a participant
on a presentation-skills course told Ken about an
important exception: “In my business,” he said, “smiling
can be dangerous.” What was his line of business? He
worked for a company selling equipment to the military.
2. Eyes and ears
In some cultures, looking into a person’s eyes for a long
time is not acceptable — in Japan, for example. In Europe,
Australia and North America, we are taught that you
should look into a person’s eyes when you are having a conversation.
It shows that you are paying attention to what
is being said. Staring, however, is considered to be extremely
impolite.
There are some interesting ways to describe people’s
eyes: smiling eyes, laughing eyes, cold eyes, piercing eyes
and even bedroom eyes. If you add some action by using
your eyebrows — such as by raising one or both, or by
drawing them closer to your eyes — you can show that
you’re surprised, curious or angry.
Are you familiar with the eyelid-pull, in
which the lower eyelid is pulled down by
the forefinger? This is used in the UK
and means: “I’m not stupid. I know
exactly what you’re / he’s / she’s /
they’re trying to do.” However, if
you move your finger towards the
corner of your eye, and turn down
the corners of your mouth, you’re
telling someone you’re sad. If you
“roll” your eyes, which means
you turn them up towards
the ceiling or sky,
you’re showing that
you’re feeling impatient
or annoyed.
affection [E(fekS&n]
blush [blVS]
bob [bQb]
curious [(kjUEriEs]
draw [drO:]
forefinger [(fO:)fINgE]
frown [fraUn]
glare [gleE]
line of business [)laIn Ev (bIznEs]
mustard [(mVstEd]
piercing [(pIEsIN]
tilt [tIlt]
to go with it [tE )gEU (wID It]
Zuwendung, Zuneigung
Schamröte
wippend bewegen
neugierig
ziehen
Zeigefinger
Stirnrunzeln
stechender Blick
Job, Metier
Senf
stechend
neigen
dazu
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LANGUAGE | Body Language
Winking, as you have already read, has various meanings,
too. If you do happen to find somebody attractive and
wish to make closer contact with that person, then it is better
to speak to him or her rather than to wink. Because of
an increased awareness of sexual
harassment, especially in
the workplace, winking at
someone has the potential to
get you into trouble. However,
a friendly wink among
friends or people with whom
you have a good rapport is not
a problem and can be seen as
a charming gesture.
In recent years, many people
have taken to using a
theatrical gesture from a Hollywood
movie: it’s when somebody uses the forefinger and
middle finger of one hand to point to his or her own eyes,
and then points the same fingers — usually with a threatening
facial expression — at somebody else. It means: “Be
careful. I’m watching every move you make.” This gesture
was famously used by Robert De Niro in the comedy film
Meet the Parents (and its sequels such as Little Fockers) as a
warning to his prospective son-in-law (Ben Stiller).
3. The nose
Try grasping the end of
your nose with the
thumb and forefinger
of one hand. At
the same time, wrinkle
your nose. Got it? You can
use this gesture when you smell something really terrible.
It’s called “holding your nose”.
Now touch the side of your nose with your forefinger.
This gesture is used when you have told someone a secret
or a piece of confidential information. It means, “This is
just between you and me. Don’t tell anyone else.” It is also
known as “keeping mum”.
One nose-related gesture that you will see children
making is “thumbing the nose”, or “cocking a snook”. People
who do this are showing that they have no respect for
the person at whom the gesture
is aimed. It isn’t something
that adults usually do.
However, last year, London’s
mayor, Boris Johnson, was
photographed in Bristol making
this gesture to members of
the public who were shouting
rude things at him.
For more on this, see the
Global English card on page
53 of Spotlight 2/13.
4. Mouth and lips
Kissing, perhaps accompanied by a hug, is, of course, a
gesture of affection. As a greeting, it seems that more and
more people who are friends are adopting the European
tradition of kissing each other on the cheek. The British
are more reserved, of course, so just one kiss is the norm.
This gesture is also used when saying goodbye to good
friends and to relatives.
In the English-speaking world, a popular gesture involving
the ear that practically everyone knows is used to say
“Call me”, “You’ve got a phone call” or “I’ll call you”: you
simply mimic making a telephone
call with your hand.
However, if you see people
using their forefinger to make
a circular movement
around their ear, take note.
In the UK and US, at
least, this is used to indicate
that a person is
crazy. In Argentina,
it simply means
there’s a phone
call for you.
accompany [E(kVmpEni] begleiten
adopt [E(dQpt]
sich zu eigen machen
confidential [)kQnfI(denS&l] vertraulich
grasp [grA:sp]
nehmen, packen
happen to do sth. [(hÄpEn tE] etw. zufällig tun
harassment [(hÄrEsmEnt] Belästigung
hug [hVg]
Umarmung
mayor [meE]
Bürgermeister(in)
Meet the Parents
Meine Braut, ihr Vater und ich
[)mi:t DE (peErEnts]
point [pOInt]
zeigen
prospective [prE(spektIv] zukünftig
rapport [rÄ(pO:]
(enge) Beziehung
reserved [ri(z§:vd]
zurückhaltend
rude [ru:d] unhöflich, derb (➝ p. 61)
sequel [(si:kwEl]
Fortsetzung
take to sth. [(teIk tE]
an etw. Gefallen finden
wrinkle [(rINk&l]
(die Nase) rümpfen
Fotos: iStockphoto; Universal
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Canadian reporter and author Terry Murray describes
how the tradition is used in Canada: “Hugs and kisses
are generally reserved for greeting people you know well
(and are friendly with) or haven’t seen for a long time,
whereas shaking hands is still the rule when strangers are
introduced.”
Her thoughts are echoed by Sharon Fraser, a fellow
writer and Canadian, who adds: “There are other cultural /
community / ethnic mannerisms [to consider], and so we
mainly have to be observant and behave accordingly — or
at least not be put in a position where we might feel uncomfortable.
You can usually tell by a person’s body language
if they’re going to welcome a hug, or if you should
just smile warmly or shake their hand.”
In parts of Asia, open shows of affection are not permitted.
In Iran, affection is rarely shown in public. In
Saudi Arabia, it is only men who, when greeting each
other, might embrace or kiss.
What about yawning? Students of Ayurvedic yoga
learn that it is not good to suppress natural urges — meaning
that you should yawn if you need to. In relaxed situations,
it’s not a problem. Most of the time, we yawn
because we’re tired or because our bodies need oxygen. But
imagine that you are touring a British art gallery with a
guide who is explaining all about
the pictures there and the lives
of the artists. He may feel insulted
if you yawn, understanding
it to mean that
you are bored. In this
situation, it may be
best to try to hide
your yawn. If that
doesn’t work, you can cover your
mouth while yawning, and afterwards
quietly say: “Sorry!”
5. Arms and
shoulders
Understanding
body language has
become a science. Experts
spend their careers
studying it, writing about it
and teaching seminars on it. This
kind of intense academic focus has helped society to learn
more about the meanings of certain gestures.
For example, if someone folds his or her arms, it can
be interpreted as a sign of anger or defensiveness. It may
also show that a person is really not at all willing to accept
new ideas or suggestions. Or it could just mean that the
person feels cold. In Turkey, it is considered rude to have
your arms folded when you are speaking to someone. Of
course, a lot depends on the circumstances in which the
behavioural gesture occurs.
“I don’t know.” “I don’t care.” “There’s nothing I can
do to change it.” These are all thoughts that can be conveyed
by a shrug of the shoulders. You lift both shoulders
at the same time and then drop them loosely again. This
can be accompanied by a sigh: letting out a long, deep
breath and at the same time making a low sound from the
chest.
Internationale
Sprachschulen
accordingly [E(kO:dINli]
chest [tSest]
circumstances
[(s§:kEmstÄnsIz]
convey [kEn(veI]
defensiveness [di(fensIvnEs]
embrace [Im(breIs]
feel insulted [)fi:&l In(sVltId]
fold one’s arms
[)fEUld wVnz (A:mz]
mannerism [(mÄnEr)IzEm]
observant [Eb(z§:v&nt]
oxygen [(QksIdZEn]
shrug of the shoulders
[)SrVg Ev DE (SEUldEz]
sigh [saI]
suppress [sE(pres]
urge [§:dZ]
whereas [weEr(Äz]
yawn [jO:n]
entsprechend
Brust(korb)
nähere Umstände
zum Ausdruck bringen
Abwehrhaltung
sich umarmen
sich beleidigt fühlen
die Arme verschränken
Verhalten, Eigenart
aufmerksam
Sauerstoff
Achselzucken
Seufzen
unterdrücken
Drang
während
gähnen
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LANGUAGE | Body Language
back of your hand), you are telling him or her to “fuck off”.
Remember this when you want to order two drinks in a
noisy bar: your hand should be the other way round, so
that the fingernails of your two fingers are visible to you.
Then there’s the “OK” gesture in English: the thumb
and forefinger make a circle, while the other three fingers
fan out. It is not an easy signal to define, as it has many
different meanings, depending on where you hold your
hand. In most societies, it means “OK” or “just right”. In
France, though, it means “zero”, and in Japan, it is the sign
for money. In Greece, Brazil, Tunisia, Turkey and Russia,
this gesture is seen as a vulgar insult.
Have you seen anyone use the following gesture? To
signify that someone is a “loser”, you make an L shape
6. The hands
While the face can express many emotions, we depend
very much on the hands to communicate
non-verbal messages.
Are you familiar with the “timeout”?
It is a signal used in sports, especially
in the United States. It is often
used in offices, too; for example, to motion
to people that it’s time to stop
something or to take a break. Simply
make a T shape by putting one hand
horizontally over the other hand, which
is held vertically, pointing upwards.
Ready for more hand signals? How
about giving someone the “thumbsup”
to indicate that everything is in
order — though not in Nigeria, where
this is considered a very rude gesture.
You can jokingly let someone know
you will carry out his or her orders by
saluting: raising one hand horizontally
to your eyebrow, like a soldier.
Wish people good luck by
crossing your fingers for
them. In South Africa,
the same is done as in
Germany, by pressing
one’s thumbs.
A word of warning about hand gestures:
giving someone “the finger” — that
is, holding the back of your hand towards
someone and extending your
middle finger upwards — is a huge
taboo in many countries. There is a
similar gesture used in the UK:
“sticking two fingers up” at someone.
If you make a V shape with
your forefinger and middle
finger and jerk your hand
upwards at someone (so
that the person sees the
with the forefinger
and
thumb and
hold it to
your forehead.
However, this
“L”-
symbol gesture is used very differently in other
parts of the world. In Montenegro, for example,
political liberals use it — for obvious
reasons. It was also used in the Philippines
by supporters of politician Corazon
Aquino to signify laban, which means
“fight” or “contest”.
extend [Ik(stend]
fan out [fÄn (aUt]
forehead [(fO:hed]
jerk [dZ§:k]
motion sth. to sb.
[(mEUS&n tE]
strecken
sich abspreizen
Stirn
ruckartig bewegen
jmdm. etw.
signalisieren
continued on page 21
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Knock on wood!
One widespread tradition in Germany is that of knocking
on a table to show appreciation of a talk that someone has
just given, for example, at party-political conferences or at
the end of a seminar. In English-speaking countries, this
would be done only by applauding. In America, Australia
and the UK, people say “touch wood” (or “knock on
wood”) if they are talking about something they hope will
bring them good luck. At Spotlight, we hope — “touch
wood” — that these body-language tips will help you
enjoy your travels through the English-speaking world.
For further reading
Gestures: The Do’s
and Taboos of Body
Language Around the
World (revised and
expanded edition)
by Roger E. Axtell.
John Wiley & Sons,
Inc., 1997.
ISBN 978-0-471-
18342-6, €12.50.
Quiz Select the correct answers to the questions below.
a) What does it mean if you touch the side of your
nose with your forefinger?
1. I’m lying.
2. This information is secret.
3. Good luck!
b) The gesture used in Argentina to signal that
someone has a phone call means what in the UK?
1. You’re crazy!
2. You’re a loser!
3. You’re very clever.
c) If you hold up two fingers to motion to a British
waiter that you’d like to order two drinks, what
must you also remember to do?
1. Make sure you can see your fingernails.
2. Say “please”.
3. Point at your companion.
f) Wink and winken are false friends. When people
wink, what do they do?
1. move an upstretched arm and hand to signal
“hello” or “goodbye”
2. turn the head from side to side
3. close and then open just one eye
g) If somebody makes a T shape, using both hands,
what does it mean?
1. It’s terrible.
2. Time for a break.
3. Watch out! It looks as if there’s going to be
trouble.
h) Which one of these gestures
is involuntary?
1. blinking
2. cocking a snook
3. kissing
d) What do we call the quick upwards and
downwards movement of the shoulders?
1. a jerk
2. a thrust
3. a shrug
e) Who would normally thumb his or
her nose?
1. a politician
2. a child
3. a soldier
appreciation [E)pri:Si(eIS&n]
Anerkennung
Answers:
a–2; b–1; c–1; d–3;
e–2; f–3; g–2; h–1
5|13 Spotlight
21

FOOD | Cooking
Jamie Oliver’s quick
and healthy meals
Fresh and tasty:
cooking with
Jamie Oliver’s book
15 Minute Meals
Jamie Oliver ist einer
der Superstars am
Küchenhimmel. Im
Exklusiv-Interview mit
CHRISTINE MADDEN
erklärt er, warum
15 Minuten ausreichen,
um eine gesunde
Mahlzeit herzustellen.
Eines seiner Schnellgerichte
hat die
Spotlight-Redaktion
nachgekocht.
Sixteen years have passed since Jamie Oliver’s first
public appearance. At the time, Oliver was working
as a sous-chef at London’s popular River Cafe. The
22-year-old caught the eye of the producers who were
making a film about the restaurant, and he was offered his
own show. This was the start of an international career in
cooking, which includes more than a dozen TV shows, 19
cookery books and campaigns to improve eating habits in
Britain and the United States.
This month, Jamie Oliver talks exclusively to Spotlight
about his latest publication, Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals, and
explains just how much work goes into his recipes.
Spotlight: Your previous book was about 30-minute meals
— and with this new book, you’ve reduced the time by
half. How difficult was it to create two books of quickfix
recipes?
catch sb.’s eye [)kÄtS )sVmbEdiz (aI]
nutritional balance
[nju)trIS&nEl (bÄlEns]
jmdm. auffallen
hier: ausgewogene Zutaten
Jamie Oliver: It was pretty difficult — not so much because
of the time, but more because I wanted a good
nutritional balance, especially with 15 Minute Meals.
For this book, I had a nutritionist on my shoulder the
whole time, checking salt and fat content and calories.
So I had to work hard to get everything balanced.
Spotlight: Both books have been wildly successful. People
have come to trust you for good food. What do you
think the success of these books says about our lifestyles
and eating habits today?
Oliver: I think it shows that we have even less time to
cook good food, but we still want great-tasting food
that’s cooked using fresh ingredients. The 15-minute
meals book was really the result of my listening to the
public, because I got letters and e-mails from people
saying how they loved the 30-minute meals, but they
tended to cook them on a Friday or weekend when
nutritionist [nju(trIS&nIst]
pretty [(prIti] ifml.
quick-fix recipe [)kwIk )fIks (resEpi] ifml.
Ernährungsberater(in)
ziemlich
Turbo-Rezept
Foto: David Loftus
22
Spotlight 5|13

Keeping it simple:
it doesn’t take much time
to make a great meal
they had more time. They wanted
something quicker.
Spotlight: You’re extremely busy yourself.
Did some of the ideas in these
books come from meals you quickly
threw together and dished out for
your family? Do they have a
favourite recipe?
Oliver: Yes, absolutely. And some of
the meals have become family
favourites. Like the Lamb Lollipops
and the Cajun Chicken.
Spotlight: You’ve long been an advocate of
healthy eating, as we’ve seen in the TV series Jamie’s
School Dinners (2005) and in the books Jamie’s Ministry
of Food (2008) and Jamie’s Food Revolution (2011).
What do these books teach people about healthy
eating?
Oliver: I really see the books less as [guides to] healthy eating
and more as food education — because it’s important
to be able to enjoy good food, but to know what’s
an everyday food and what’s a treat.
Spotlight: So you worked with a nutritionist on Jamie’s 15
Minute Meals to check the calorie counts and ensure
that the food is healthy. Did this cramp your style?
Oliver: It wasn’t easy, but it was definitely worth doing.
We absolutely didn’t hold back on taste, but we had to
be a bit clever with herbs and things to get the nutritional
balance right.
Spotlight: Who do you imagine would use these recipes?
Working parents, former pupils at the schools where
you helped to improve the dinners or single foodies?
advocate [(ÄdvEkEt]
BLT (bacon, lettuce, tomato)
[)bi: el (ti:] ifml.
come up with sth. [)kVm (Vp wID]
convert [kEn(v§:t]
cramp [krÄmp] ifml.
cuisine [kwI(zi:n]
dish out [)dIS (aUt]
diverse [daI(v§:s]
ensure [In(SO:]
foodie [(fu:di] ifml.
frame of mind [)freIm Ev (maInd]
herbs [h§:bz]
hold back on sth.
[)hEUld (bÄk Qn]
pork [pO:k]
snapshot [(snÄpSQt]
spoil [spOI&l]
supportive: be ~ [sE(pO:tIv]
sword fight [(sO:d faIt]
treat [tri:t]
ultimately [(VltImEtli]
Verfechter(in)
Sandwich mit Speck, Salat
und Tomate
sich etw. ausdenken
bekehren
einschränken
Küche, Art zu Kochen
hier: servieren
vielfältig
garantieren
Feinschmecker(in)
Seelenzustand
Küchenkräuter
an etw. sparen
Schweinefleisch
Momentaufnahme
verderben
eine Stütze sein
Schwertkampf
besondere Leckerei,
Leckerbissen
letzten Endes
Oliver: Everybody, really. When we
do the recipe testing — we test
everything up to five times so that it’s
absolutely right — we have all different
kinds of people. There’s even a kid
of nine on YouTube doing a 15-minute
meal. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3d
VAwDrvfc)
Spotlight: There’s been a big change in
the past decade in the way we see cooking
and mealtimes in the UK — also due in
great part to your influence. How do these
books reflect UK cuisine and the way people
cook and eat today?
Oliver: I hope that the books reflect not just what people
in the UK are doing, but also Australia, Holland, America,
Brazil and, of course, Germany. The German people
have always been very supportive when it comes to my
books and TV series, so when I come up with the
recipes, I’m thinking as much about the German readers
as I am about the British.
Spotlight: Are your books representative of cookery in the
UK today? What do you think characterizes contemporary
food culture in Britain?
Oliver: I think my books are probably just a small snapshot
of what’s going on in the UK, because our food is
so diverse and wide-ranging — and we’ve not only got
some great restaurants and chefs, but we’ve also got
some brilliant young TV chefs doing some fantastic
things. It’s an exciting time.
Spotlight: In your most recent TV show, Jamie’s Food Fight
Club, you compare British and German sausages — and
have a fantastic sword fight in the trailer. How did English
and German cuisine come across in comparison?
Oliver: I don’t want to spoil the surprise, in case people
watch the series in Germany. Obviously, the German
sausages were fantastic, but the British sausages were the
best of the best and made us very proud. Enough said.
Spotlight: In the introduction to the new book, you write:
“Ultimately, 15 Minute Meals is a frame of mind.” You
also list many utensils and ingredients one should have
in the kitchen. What does it take for a fast-food junkie
to change himself or herself into a 15-minute chef?
Oliver: I think if you’re a fast-food junkie, then you just need
to try something like the Mexican BLT or the Pork Tacos,
and you should start to be converted. Don’t worry if you
can’t do them in 15 minutes the first time. Just focus
on getting the recipe right, and then sit down and enjoy.
Jamies 15-Minuten-Küche by Jamie Oliver is available from
Dorling Kindersley Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8310-2263-2, €24.95.
We made one of Jamie’s 15-minute meals in the Spotlight
kitchen. Turn the page to see how it went.
5|13 Spotlight
23

FOOD | Cooking
Cooks in the kitchen:
Dagmar Taylor (left)
and Inez Sharp
The team:
Spotlight staff
The mission:
to create Jamie’s Keralan
Veggie Curry in no more than 15 minutes
Saturday evening: Inez Sharp here. As editor-in-chief of
Spotlight, I have done some unusual things over the
years — such as going undercover on public transport
to get readers’ feedback or doing an impromptu salsa
on the streets of Miami with an elderly Cuban gentleman.
So buying ingredients for a curry didn’t real ly
seem like too much of a challenge. But I made it into
one by waiting until it was almost too late on a Saturday
evening to do the shopping.
For a start, I’m a big fan of ready-made curry powder,
so the curry leaves and fenugreek seeds on the list
of ingredients were, well, Greek to me. I didn’t know
what I was looking for exactly, and my local supermarket
has very little in the way of international foods. So
I tried another supermarket, a bigger one, and it did indeed
have most of the ingredients. Would Jamie care if
we used white mustard seeds instead of black? More
importantly, would the curry taste all right if we did? I
decided we would simply have to try it out. The final
supermarket I visited sold me some poppadoms, which
I then managed to lose on the cycle ride home.
Monday morning: Armed with most of the ingredients,
I go down the corridor looking for people to help me
24 Spotlight 5|13
wash, chop and cook. Dagmar Taylor, the editor of
Green Light, supplies the aprons. Thorsten Mansch
from the picture desk sets up his photography equipment.
Claudine Weber-Hof, the deputy editor, and
Owen Connors, the audio editor, promise to cook.
Monday lunchtime: On an average day, there are at least
five nationalities to be found in the Spotlight kitchen.
When our colleagues from partner publications Adesso
(Italian), Écoute (French), Ecos (Spanish) and Deutsch
Perfekt (German) see what we have planned, there are
friendly smiles — and some smirks. Are cooks from the
English-speaking world ever going to be taken seriously?
We are out to show that the others are wrong.
apron [(eIprEn]
chop [tSQp]
elderly [(eldEli]
Greek: be ~ to sb. [gri:k] ifml.
impromptu [Im(prQmtju:]
in the way of [)In DE (weI Ev]
picture desk [(pIktSE )desk]
poppadom [(pQpEdEm]
set up [)set (Vp]
smirk [sm§:k]
Schürze
hacken
älter
böhmische Dörfer für jmdn. sein
spontan
in Sachen
hier: Bildredaktion
indischer Fladen aus Linsenmehl
aufbauen
süffisantes Grinsen
Fotos: Thorsten Mansch; Thinkstock

The clock is ticking:
a meal being made at
the Spotlight offices
In 15 Minute Meals, Jamie Oliver has chosen ingredients
that are both healthy and easy to work with. We
begin by opening the tins of pineapples, chickpeas
and coconut milk.
While Owen chops the shallots — no spring onions
were to be found at any of the three supermarkets —
Claudine goes looking for pots and pans. Meanwhile, I
start to prepare the rice.
“Why don’t you dry-fry the mustard seeds,” suggests
Thorsten. “When they start to pop, you’ll know they
are ready, and the flavour will be excellent.” In the spirit
of optimism that makes Americans great, Claudine says
she’d be happy to try it. She adds the turmeric powder
at the same time.
Seconds later, I smell something burning. “Oh, just
add the oil now, it’ll be OK,” says Thorsten, with his
camera lens close above the hot pan as Claudine puts
pieces of cauliflower into it. Since we have no blender
to pulverize the garlic, ginger, chilli and coriander,
Owen offers to chop everything finely. After five minutes,
we have created a very aromatic sauce base. Claudine
throws in two tomatoes, I add coconut milk,
chickpeas and pieces of pineapple, and the curry is
brought to the boil. As the whole process seems to be
going smoothly, I make a cup of tea.
Five minutes later, we are done — and on time. The
kitchen is crowded with Spotlight team members, and
everyone is enjoying the Keralan curry over a portion
of basmati rice topped with fresh coriander.
Monday afternoon: Along the Spotlight corridors, team
members are chatting about the cookery session and
praising the curry — except the editor-in-chief, who is
trying to wash a yellow stain out of her shirt.
blender [(blendE]
boil: bring to the ~ [bOI&l]
dry-fry [(draI )fraI]
pop [pQp]
stain [steIn]
Mixer
zum Kochen bringen
trocken anrösten
aufplatzen
Fleck
INGREDIENTS AT A GLANCE
fenugreek seeds
Bockshornkleesamen
mustard seeds
Senfkörner
pineapple
Ananas
chickpeas
Kichererbsen
turmeric powder
Gelbwurz, Kurkuma
cauliflower
Blumenkohl
garlic
Knoblauch
ginger
Ingwer
5|13 Spotlight
25

BUSINESS | Technology
The ongoing tech boom:
Apple’s iPhone5;
Amazon in Swansea, Wales
The cost of
digital capitalism
Unternehmen wie Apple, Amazon und Google erwirtschaften regelmäßig
hohe Gewinne, doch an ihrem finanziellen Erfolg lassen sie ihre Mitarbeiter
nur bedingt teilhaben. JOHN NAUGHTON berichtet.
The logistics of digital business: where the books are at Amazon
Need a crash course in digital capitalism? Easy: you
simply have to understand four concepts — margins,
volume, inequality, and employment. If you
need more details, just add the following adjectives: thin,
vast, huge, and poor.
First, margins: once upon a time, there was a great
company called Kodak. It dominated its industry, which
happened to be chemistry-based photography. As a result
of its dominance, it enjoyed very fat profit margins — up
to 70 percent in some cases. But somewhere in the depths
of Kodak’s research and development laboratories, a few
researchers invented digital photography. When they presented
it to their bosses, the conversation went something
like this.
Boss: “What are the margins likely to be on this stuff?”
Engineers: “Well, it’s digital technology, so maybe five
percent at best.”
Boss: “Thank you, and goodbye.”
Actually, it turned out to be goodbye Kodak: those fat
margins on an obsolete technology blindsided the company’s
leaders. Kodak’s engineers were right, of course.
Anything that involves
computers
and mass production
is destined to be
commoditized. My first mobile phone,
purchased in the 1980s, cost a small fortune.
Today, I’ve seen a phone for sale in
a supermarket for almost nothing. And,
yes, I know that Apple currently earns fat
margins on its hardware, but that’s because
it’s usually ahead of the competition
— and it won’t last.
What’s happening in the much bigger
Android market is a better guide. If anything,
the trend towards thin margins in
non-hardware businesses is even more
pronounced, because online markets are
relatively frictionless. Just ask anyone
who’s trying to compete with Amazon.
Then there’s volume, which in the online
world is astronomical. For example, there are 72 hours
of video uploaded to YouTube every minute. More than
100 billion photographs have been uploaded to Facebook.
During the 2012 Christmas period, Amazon.co.uk sent
out a truck filled with packages every three minutes. To
date, more than 40 billion apps have been downloaded
from Apple’s iTunes store. And so on. The margins may
be thin, but when you multiply them by these kinds of
numbers, you get very large amounts of revenue.
blindside sb.
[(blaInd)saId] N. Am.
commoditize [kE(mA:dEtaIz]
destined: be ~ to do sth.
[(destInd]
frictionless: ~ market
[(frIkS&nlEs]
margin [(mA:rdZIn]
obsolete [)A:bsE(li:t]
pronounced [prE(naUnst]
revenue [(revEnju:]
vast [vÄst]
jmdn. blenden, blind machen
zum Massenprodukt machen
dazu bestimmt sein, etw. zu tun
Markt ohne regulatorische
Hemmnisse
Gewinnspanne
veraltet, überholt
ausgeprägt
Einnahmen
riesig, enorm
26 Spotlight 5|13

Fotos: Action Press; Getty Images; Laif
These vast revenues, however, are not being widely
shared. Instead, they are mostly enriching the founders
and shareholders of Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook,
and the like. Of course, those who work at the heart of
these organizations — the engineers, developers, and the
executives who manage them, for example — are richly
rewarded in terms of salaries, stock options, and excellent
perks. But these golden employees make up only a minority
of the workforces of the big tech companies. Most of
their colleagues have far more mundane terms of employment
and payment.
Take Apple, for example. It makes grandiose statements
about the number of jobs that it “directly or indirectly”
creates or supports. But about two-thirds of the
company’s 50,000 American employees work in the US
Apple stores, where many of them were earning about
$25,000 a year in 2012 — when the mean annual personal
income in the US was $38,337 (2010 figure).
Then there’s the question of employment, a topic on
which the big technology companies seem extremely sensitive.
Facebook, for example, engages expensive consul -
tants to produce ridiculous papers about the number of
dawdle [(dO:d&l]
trödeln
determine [di(t§:mIn] festlegen, bestimmen
mean [mi:n]
durchschnittlich
mundane [mVn(deIn] hier: alles andere als üppig,
„normal”
perk [p§:k] ifml.
Sonderzulage, Bonus,
geldwerter Vorteil
seek [si:k] suchen, sich bemühen um (➝ p. 61)
shareholder [(Ser)hoUld&r] Aktionär(in), Gesellschafter(in)
sobering [(soUbErIN] ernüchternd
sting [stIN]
schmerzlich treffen
stock option [(stA:k )A:pS&n] Aktienbezugsrecht
terrific [tE(rIfIk]
hervorragend, höchst interessant
trolley [(trA:li] UK
Rollwagen
workforce [(w§:kfO:rs] Belegschaft, Mitarbeiterstamm
jobs it creates. One such “report” claimed that the company,
which at the time had a global workforce of about
3,000, indirectly helped create 232,000 jobs in Europe in
2011, and helped generate more than $32 billion in revenue.
Apple, stung by criticism
about all the work it has outsourced
to Foxconn in China, is
now driven to say it has “created
or supported” nearly 600,000 jobs
in the US.
The tough question that none
of these companies really wants to
answer is: what kinds of jobs exactly?
Anyone seeking an insight
into this would do well to consult
a terrific report by Sarah O’Connor,
the economics correspondent
of the London-based Financial Times. She visited Amazon’s
vast distribution centre at Rugeley in Staffordshire, in England’s
West Midlands, and her description of what she
found there makes for
sobering reading.
She saw hundreds
of people in orange
vests pushing trolleys
around a space the size
of nine soccer fields,
looking down at the
screens of their handheld
computers for directions
on where to
walk next and what to
pick up when they got
there. They do not
dawdle, because “the
devices in their hands
are also measuring
their productivity in
real time.” They walk
between 11 and 24
kilometres a day, and
everything they do is
determined by Amazon’s
software.
“You’re sort of like
a robot, but in human
form,” one manager
told O’Connor. “It’s
human automation, if
you like.” Still, it’s a job
— until it’s replaced by
a robot.
© Guardian News & Media 2013
ANDROID OR IOS?
The dictionary definition of an android is
a robot that looks like a human, such as
the killer robot in the 1984 movie The Terminator.
But the word is now also used in
connection with mobile devices.
Android is an operating system (software)
owned by the internet company
Google. It was created mainly for devices
that use touch-screen technology, like
smartphones and tablet computers.
In the press, you hear about the battle
between Android and its main competitor,
Apple’s iOS (“OS” means operating system).
The big difference between them is that
Android is based on the Linux operating
system, which is “open-source”: its programming
can be updated, corrected, and
expanded by anyone — not just people
working for Google. Google even provides
the Android operating system at no cost to
companies making the hardware for mobile
devices. By contrast, Apple allows the use
of its technology in Apple hardware only.
Linux was developed in the 1990s by
Linus Torvalds, a Finnish-American software
engineer. He is still making improvements
to it today.
5|13 Spotlight
27

AMY ARGETSINGER | I Ask Myself
Why is America so
crazy about Kate?
Viele Amerikanerinnen lieben Kate Middleton und träumen selbst
von einem Leben als Prinzessin.
“
Our
princess mania
started 30 years
ago with
Diana
”
Does America wish it still had a
royal family? To observe our
continuing fascination with
Britain’s House of Windsor, you
might think this were the case.
More than 235 years after the
founding fathers of the United States
declared that we have no use for kings
in our country, Kate Middleton is on
every magazine cover. When Buckingham
Palace announced that she
was expecting a baby — a child who
is ages away from being crowned king
or queen — it was the biggest news
of the week in America. When I
wrote a story about speculation that
she is having a girl (when accepting a
toy gift, she said, “Thank you, I’ll take
that for my d—,” before stopping
suddenly), it drew more reader responses
than anything else that day.
I don’t think Americans truly
want a princess of their own, though.
My theory is that many simply wish
they could be princesses themselves.
Our official princess mania started
30 years ago with Diana, yet our
addled [(Äd&ld]
hier: besessen
adulation [)ÄdZE(leIS&n]
Vergötterung, Beweihräucherung
beauty pageant [(bju:ti )pÄdZEnt] Schönheitswettbewerb
draw [drO:]
hier: nach sich ziehen
fairy tale [(feri teI&l]
Märchen
idolize [(aId&laIz]
anhimmeln, vergöttern
miserably [(mIzErEbli]
unglücklich, elend
mystique [mI(sti:k]
Zauber, Faszination
nursery-school teacher
Erzieher(in),
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celebrity-addled culture has sought
the perfect girl to put on a pedestal
for much longer than that. It was why
America invented the beauty pageant
in the 1920s. It was also why we decided
that the private life of a movie
actress was just as fascinating as what
she did on-screen. Millions of young
women grew up not only idolizing
these stars; they wanted that kind of
fame and adulation for themselves.
Princess magic: a young girl’s dream
In fact, being a movie star or pageant
queen is hard work. Sometimes
it’s undignified, and in its own remarkable
way, it’s
quite common: we
have so many movie
stars. In contrast, princesses
are something
rare, special.
I was one of the
millions of young
American girls who
woke up extremely
early one morning in
the summer of 1981
to watch Diana
Spencer marry Prince
Charles. Overnight, a
nursery-school teacher
was catapulted to
worldwide fame and
immense wealth. We wanted to look
like her, to be like her. My cousin got
her hair cut like Diana and kept a
scrapbook with photos of her. We
spent a lot of time pretending to have
British accents that summer. Our parents
were charmed by our obsession,
which they wouldn’t have been if we
had idolized an actress like Farrah
Fawcett. This was a princess — and
princesses had class. A princess was a
role model.
It didn’t matter that Charles and
Diana’s marriage failed so miserably.
The princess magic still hung in the
air. Disney certainly recognized how
powerful the mystique is, producing
more and more movies about prin -
cesses. Never mind that these films
were often based on old fairy tales
with dark and scary themes. For the
little girls who love them, the fantasy
of being a princess is about being the
most special girl in the world. As
these girls grow up, we see the
princess fantasy played out in the
phenomenon of extravagant American
weddings that cost almost as
much as a college education.
If Kate and William are going to
have a girl, as many think, perhaps
the best thing they could do for the
world is to let their young princess
puncture the princess fantasy. Let her
wear pants in public, or green instead
of pink. Allow her to become a punk
when she’s a teenager — or at least to
sleep in and miss a few official events.
Let her be less than perfect, so that all
of our girls know they can do the
same thing.
Amy Argetsinger is a co-author of “The Reliable
Source,” a column in The Washington
Post about personalities.
Foto: Alamy

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TRAVEL | Canada
Majestic
Manitoba
Meet Ursus maritimus:
polar bears are a
big attraction in Churchill

Die „freundliche“ Provinz Manitoba im
Herzen Kanadas ist noch nahezu
unerkundet und gilt unter Natur- und
Kulturfreunden als Geheimtipp.
JULIAN EARWAKER hat einen Streifzug
durch das wilde und vielfältige „Land der
100 000 Seen“ unternommen und
berichtet in dieser Reportage von seinen
spannenden Erlebnissen.
Fotos: Mauritius
Over there, behind the rocks,” says my guide, pointing.
“Two of them.” I look through binoculars at
the shoreline 300 metres away and watch as a large
white head rises from its rocky hiding place. Then another
animal comes into view, plants its heavy white paws on
the ground and tests the air with its black nose. These are
polar bears, icons of the Arctic, waiting near Churchill,
Manitoba, for the ice to come.
Located in the unexplored heartland of Canada, Manitoba
is about the size of the UK and Germany put together,
but it is home to just 1.2 million people. Churchill lies in
the far north of the province, on the western limit of Hudson
Bay. Surrounded by snow and ice for ten months of
the year, this is the polar bear capital of the world.
“This area freezes before anywhere else on the bay, so
this is the first place where the bears can get back on to
the ice and begin to hunt seals,” explains Duane Collins
of Parks Canada. “As the fall freeze-up approaches, bears
move towards the Churchill area. It’s this concentration of
animals that makes it such ideal viewing: this is the one
place on earth you are likely to see a polar bear at this time
of year.”
There’s no snow or ice when I visit. In fact, some Arctic
plants are in flower, and Manitoba’s infamous insects (there
are 50 different species of mosquito here) are biting hard.
We walk towards the stone walls of Prince of Wales Fort,
built by the Hudson’s Bay Company in the early 1700s.
Collins tells me that for three centuries, this powerful organization
controlled the lucrative fur trade, supplying the
European hat market. Trading centres — today’s modern
cities — were established across Canada.
The only way to reach Churchill is by plane or a 36-
hour train journey from Winnipeg, the capital city of the
province. But it’s worth the effort to breathe in the fresh,
clean air and see the ghostly green Northern Lights dancing
across the night sky. Polar bears are not the only
wildlife attraction either. There are beaver, caribou, Arctic
foxes, grey wolves, a huge number of birds — and whales.
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mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit tun
Pfote
mit dem Finger zeigen
Seehund, Robbe
Ufer
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TRAVEL | Canada
Close, but not too close: seeing the bears from a tundra buggy
Beluga whales: friendly, playful and always on the move
Every year in July and August, beluga whales arrive in
their thousands to feed on small fish at the mouth of the
Churchill River. Returning from the fort on board a Zodiac,
I see movement in the water. Soon, dozens of white
bodies appear in the waves around us, playful, sociable,
close enough to touch. It’s an unforgettable experience.
Back on dry land, there’s time to visit the Eskimo Museum,
which contains some exquisite carvings and artefacts
from the tribes that have lived in the region for more than
3,000 years. Afterwards, I am told that my supper menu
will include Arctic char, braised caribou and musk-ox
roulade. Even on the short walk to the restaurant, however,
I’m searching the shadows, imagining hungry polar bears.
I wonder what it’s like to live here.
“It’s good for kids to grow up with a little bit of fear
and a lot of respect for nature,” says Paul Ratson, a local
guide, when we meet the next morning. “But you can’t
have people hiding in their houses.” He explains that the
town’s population of 850 or so is protected by a polar bear
warning system. Any bears that wander into town are
chased out by wildlife officers. Problem bears are caught
and held in Churchill’s “bear jail” — a special facility just
outside the town — before being returned to the wild.
The safest way to get up close to polar bears is to go
with a “tundra buggy”, which is like a Portakabin on
wheels. In the afternoon, I board one, and we bump slowly
over the tundra, through some shallow water and over old
beach shelves. We don’t see any bears, but maybe that’s no
surprise. “We have 60 miles of road and 10,000 square
miles of wilderness,” laughs Ratson.
The next day, I’m flying over this very empty landscape,
travelling south towards
the Manitoban capital of
Winnipeg. I look out at
a mosaic of brown,
A figure from
the Eskimo Museum
in Churchill
A CLOSER LOOK
Eskimo is the general term for all the Arctic maritime peoples and groups, including the Inuit, who live in the huge
region that includes parts of Siberia, Greenland and, in Canada, Manitoba, Nunavut, northern Alberta and the Northwest
Territories — plus the US state of Alaska. The word, long thought to mean “eaters of uncooked meat”, is now
understood to have the meaning “people who speak a different language”.
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[)mÄrItaIm (pi:p&l]
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shallow [(SÄlEU]
tribe [traIb]
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Seesaibling, Rotforelle
Sandbank
Weißwal
geschmort
hier: rumpeln
Schnitzerei
jagen
Einrichtung, Anlage
seefahrendes Volk
Moschusochse
Baucontainer
seicht
Stamm
Left: the author in his
bug jacket; right: Duane
Collins of Parks Canada
tundra buggy
[(tVndrE )bVgi]
Zodiac [(zEUdiÄk]
busähnlicher hoher Geländewagen zur
Beobachtung von Eisbären
Schlauchboot mit Außenbordmotor
Fotos: Alamy; J. Earwaker; Travel Manitoba

A performer at Folklorama,
Winnipeg’s festival of cultures
green and steel-grey water
— lots of it. “There are
more than 100,000 lakes in
Manitoba,” says the man
seated next to me. “In fact,
so many that we don’t have
names for all of them.”
It’s a shock to arrive in
the big city after the wilderness
feel of Churchill. All
the signs are in both English
and French, Canada’s
official languages. My hotel
is located in a popular part
of the city called The Forks.
It’s where Winnipeg began,
at the confluence of the
Assiniboine and Red Rivers, a meeting place for First Nations
tribes for centuries. Today, it’s a good place to relax,
shop and get a bite to eat, at the Forks Market.
Nearby is the attractive, modern form of the Canadian
Museum for Human Rights. As one of Canada’s most tolerant
and diverse cities, Winnipeg is a very good place for
it, says tour guide Don Finkbeiner. “Manitoba is incredibly
cosmopolitan. It goes back to the fur trade era and the
time when European
people came here in
great numbers to
farm,” he tells me as
we start our tour of
downtown. “Because
of our relative isolation,
Winnipeggers
have developed a
unique identity. We’re
not as well known as
other cities in Canada,
and over the years,
there’s been a condescending
attitude towards
us. So we’ve
developed a selfdeprecating
humour,
friendliness and a
great sense of pride.”
He leads me
around some of the
architectural highlights, including the grand neoclassical
Legislative Building and the historic facades of the Exchange
District. Winnipeg is known as the “Chicago of
the North” because of its architectural style, explains
Finkbeiner, as we arrive at what is regarded as Canada’s
“windiest corner”: where Portage Avenue meets Main
Street. I notice that car number plates bear the words
“Friendly Manitoba”. It fits.
In Winnipeg, Manitoba’s capital and largest city: the Museum for Human Rights and The Forks
In the evening, I travel from Scotland to India and on
to Africa — not literally, of course, but as part of the city’s
yearly Folklorama festival, which combines food, drink,
music, dance, art and cultural exhibits in more than 40
pavilions around the city. “It started as a celebration of the
diverse population of Winnipeg,” says Debra Zoerb, the
festival’s executive director. “It is a tourist event, but it’s
also about welcoming new cultures into the fabric of the
city — to understand who we are as Winnipeggers. When
you visit the pavilions, you’ll feel part of that fabric, like
you’ve been invited into someone’s living room.”
The non-stop noise and activity of the Scottish pavilion
is unlike any living room I’ve ever been in, but I enjoy the
warm welcome and Highland spirit. Soon, it’s time to
move on to the India pavilion, where visitors queue for
freshly made samosas and enjoy the dancing and cultural
displays. The final stop of the evening is the Africa pavilion,
a visit that keeps us clapping until nearly midnight.
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Gemüse und/oder Fleisch
gefüllte Teigtasche
selbstironisch
einzigartig, ganz besonders
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33

TRAVEL | Canada
A boaters’ paradise:
the Winnipeg River in
southern Manitoba
The next day, I spend some time exploring one of Winnipeg’s
trendiest quarters: Osborne Village, which was recently
voted Canada’s best neighbourhood. I walk past
bakeries, cafes, small shops, fine restaurants and into a couple
of art galleries. Suitably inspired, I take a taxi to the
stylish Winnipeg Art Gallery, which holds the largest public
collection of Inuit art in the world.
In the morning, I’m in my hire car, driving west on the
Trans-Canada Highway through Manitoba’s agricultural
flatlands. The sky opens up above field after field of wheat
and sunflowers. Only when I turn off on to Highway 10
does the road slowly start to rise towards the Manitoba
Escarpment and Riding Mountain National Park. A paradise
for animals, the park is an island of wilderness in a
sea of agriculture.
Wasagaming, at the southern entrance, is the commercial
centre, where I discover shops, restaurants and recreational
facilities. Sunbathers and swimmers enjoy the
sandy shoreline of Clear Lake, while tourists queue to
board a small cruise ship. To find some quiet, I drive the
short distance out to Moon Lake and wait patiently for
wildlife. I’m rewarded when a large male moose appears
by the waterside, its head heavy with antlers.
What better way to get around a park called Riding
Mountain than on horseback? The next day, I visit some
nearby stables and ride out through fields, marshland and
forest. As my guide turns to talk to me, something black
and furry speeds across the path in front of us: a black bear.
Later, the sun shines warmly as I join a guided walk
along one of the park’s popular paths. At the eastern limit
of the escarpment, I look out over the tops of the trees
towards smooth, flat farmland stretching as far as the eye
can see.
On my return to Winnipeg, I stop at the Living Prairie
Museum, situated on a rare 13-hectare site of historic
prairie near the airport. Once, all of central North America
was covered by swaying grassland like this, home to
herds of bison and other wildlife. “In Manitoba, we’ve lost
99.9 per cent of the original remnant tall-grass prairie,”
says Kyle Lucyk, the museum’s director. “So that makes it
a very unique ecosystem for us to have in the middle of
the city.” A bit of ancient wilderness in the city and a
province covered by the sprawling wild — it’s all part of
what makes Manitoba majestic.
Welcoming nature lovers:
a park gate at Riding Mountain
agricultural flatland
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Geweih
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Flowering grass of Parnassus, an Arctic plant; below, hikers rest in Riding Mountain National Park
Fotos: J. Earwaker; F1online; Gruppe28; Travel Manitoba; Karte: Nic Murphy
34 Spotlight 5|13

IF YOU GO...
Getting there
Air Canada flies from Frankfurt (FRA) to Winnipeg (YWG).
See www.aircanada.com
Hire a car from Enterprise Rent-A-Car from Can$ 250
per week (Can$ 1 = €0.75).
Winnipeg
Stay at the Inn at The Forks from Can$ 159 per night; tel.
(001) 204-942 6555. www.innforks.com
Take a boat tour with Splash Dash; tel. (001) 204-783-
6633. www.splashdash.ca
See downtown with Heartland International Travel &
Tours; tel. (001) 204-989 9630. www.heartlandtravel.ca
A CLOSER LOOK
A prairie is an area of flat grassland. There are different
types, such as mixed-grass or tall-grass prairie. In
Canada, if people speak of “the Prairies”, they are referring
to a farming region in the west of the country
that includes Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Nearly six million people, or about 17 per cent of
Canada’s total population, live in the Prairie Provinces.
Riding Mountain National Park
The park is three and half hours north-west of Winnipeg.
www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/mb/riding/index.aspx
Stay at Elkhorn Resort with rooms from Can$ 115.
3 Mooswa Drive East, Oranole; tel. (001) 204-848 2802.
www.elkhornresort.mb.ca
Churchill
Fly from Winnipeg to Churchill with Calm Air.
www.calmair.com
Alternatively, take the long train ride with VIA Rail
Canada for Can$ 370. www.viarail.ca
Hotels are expensive: for rooms from Can$ 200 per
night, try the Seaport Hotel, 299 Kelsey Boulevard; tel.
(001) 204-675 8807. www.seaporthotel.ca
Contact Frontiers North Adventures for tundra buggy
tours; tel. (001) 204-949 2050. www.frontiersnorth.com
Enjoy a tundra hike with Paul Ratson and Nature First
for Can$ 85; tel. (001) 204-675 2147.
www.nature1sttours.ca
See beluga whales and visit Prince of Wales Fort with Sea
North Tours, from Can$ 105; tel. (001) 204-675 2195.
www.seanorthtours.com
Don’t miss the Eskimo Museum at 242 Laverendrye
Avenue.
More
information
Visit www.travel
manitoba.com
Read A Daytripper’s
Guide to Manitoba:
Exploring Canada’s
Undiscovered Province
by Bartley Kives,
ISBN 1-926531-01-9.
Bear alert!
Follow the warnings
to avoid a
big white surprise

PETER FLYNN | Around Oz
Corruption and coal
Nach mehreren Korruptionsskandalen ist es um die
Glaubwürdigkeit der australischen Labor-Partei nicht
zum Besten bestellt.
Power, influence and coal: Eddie Obeid
is at the centre of a big scandal
The next federal election in Australia
may be held any time between
now and September, and
the Labor government is likely to be
massacred. It can blame New South
Wales (NSW) for that. Allegations
against influential NSW Labor politicians
at public enquiries by the Independent
Commission Against Corruption
(ICAC) have shocked even
the most cynical of observers.
At the centre of the latest corruption
enquiry are former NSW mining
minister Ian Macdonald and his
wealthy political ally Eddie Obeid,
another ex-mines minister. The question
that has been raised is whether
the former issued a coal-mining
licence for the A$ 100 million
(€80 million) benefit of the latter.
Macdonald denied that handwritten
notes showed he was to collect
A$ 4 million if the deal went
through, but he admitted that he had
received hundreds of thousands in
payments from a business partner. Indeed,
some of Sydney’s leading business
and mining figures became
deeply involved in the coal proposal,
although several tried to get out of it
once they found that the Obeid family
was part of the deal.
Obeid is notorious for the power
and influence he has exerted in NSW
politics over the past 20 years. During
Labor’s last stint in power in that
state, between 2007 and 2011,
Obeid’s faction installed and removed
three state premiers. In the same period,
its approval was critical for
Labor’s current prime minister, Julia
Gillard, to depose the still publicly
popular Kevin Rudd.
Obeid’s skiing lodge in the Snowy
Mountains was made available —
free of charge — to many Labor
politicians at both state and federal
level. For Macdonald, the hospitality
extended to paying for meals, one of
which cost A$ 600 (€470).
Obeid’s sons, who, he claims, run
the family businesses, have also been
on show at the ICAC hearings, providing
the media with the tailormade-suit
and shaven-head image of
the fashionably young and wealthy.
They had special access to ministers,
the powerful and the rich.
ICAC’s enquiry
into Labor’s
network of influence
and dealmaking
in NSW
will deliver its
final report in
July. Whether or
not criminal prosecution
is recommended,
the findings
will undoubtedly
bring
even more shame
on Labor.
Peter Flynn is a public-relations consultant and social commentator
who lives in Perth, Western Australia.
“
Even the
most cynical
observers are
shocked
”
Then there’s the former boss of
the Health Services Union (HSU),
Craig Thomson, now a federal politician
from NSW. He faces 150 criminal
charges of stealing hundreds of
thousands of dollars from the union
that represents many of Australia’s
lowest-paid workers, such as hospital
cleaners. The court has been told
that Thomson used HSU credit cards
to pay for everything from prostitutes
to his own campaign to get into
parliament.
Opinion polls show that anger is
strongest in Labor’s traditional
stronghold — in working-class western
Sydney. Here, voters are already
queuing up to whack what they see as
a corrupt Labor Party that lacks ethics
and values.
The leader of the conservative
coalition, Tony Abbott, may be the
most unpopular opposition leader in
memory, but no Labor leader —
Gillard, Rudd or any other name —
can repair the damage done by Labor
in NSW.
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Fotos (Montage): Digital Vision; Reuters
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DEBATE | United States
New gun laws?
In den USA wird zur Stunde eine Änderung des derzeitigen Waffengesetzes
heftig diskutiert. Was spricht dafür, was dagegen?
Last year, just 11 days before Christmas, a
20-year-old man walked through the doors
of Sandy Hook Elementary School and
started shooting children. The man, Adam Lanza,
was carrying three legally owned weapons, which
included a semiautomatic rifle and two handguns.
He shot dead 20 children and six adults at the
school in Newtown, Connecticut, before killing
himself. In the weeks that followed, the nation argued
over where the blame for the attacks lay.
Although gun laws vary from state to state, they
are mostly based on the Second Amendment to the
US Constitution, which gives citizens the right to
own and carry weapons. The US has the highest
rate of gun ownership in the world, with around
nine firearms for every ten people. It also has one
of the highest rates of gun violence in the developed
world, resulting in an average of 88 deaths every
day. The Sandy Hook tragedy was the seconddeadliest
school shooting in US history — after the
2007 Virginia Tech massacre — and one of about 60
school shootings this century.
Since January of this year, President Obama has been
campaigning to bring in new laws that would require universal
background checks for all gun buyers as well as a
ban on military-style assault weapons and on ammunition
magazines holding more than ten bullets. He has also
signed 23 executive orders — legal decisions made by the
president without the agreement of Congress — which include
changes to the existing background-check system
and an order for more research on gun violence.
While President Obama believes tighter gun laws can
save lives, gun lobbyists disagree. The National Rifle Association,
which represents more than four million members,
responded to the Sandy Hook massacre by suggesting
that all public schools should have armed guards. And it
Demonstrating for
gun rights: a family
at a march in Utah
responded to the president’s suggested laws by saying,
“Only honest, law-abiding gun owners will be affected,
and our children will remain vulnerable to the inevitability
of more tragedy.”
Studies have found that countries with tighter gun laws
have lower rates of firearm-related violence. The UK, for
example, with around seven guns for every 100 people,
has a largely unarmed police force and one of the world’s
lowest rates of gun murder. Following Australia’s deadliest
shooting, the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, the government
there bought back and destroyed more than 600,000
firearms, as well as introducing strict new gun laws (see
Spotlight 11/12, page 36). The question for many Americans
is not whether the proposed laws are a good idea, but
whether they go far enough in dealing with what the US
president has called an “epidemic of gun violence.”
affected: be ~ [E(fektId]
amendment [E(mendmEnt]
ammunition magazine
[)Ämju(nIS&n mÄgE)zi:n]
armed [A:rmd]
assault weapon
[E(sO:lt )wepEn](
ban [bÄn]
betroffen sein, in Mitleidenschaft
gezogen werden
Zusatzartikel der amerikanischen
Verfassung
Munitionsmagazin
bewaffnet
Sturmgewehr
Verbot
bullet [(bUlIt]
firearm [(faIErA:rm]
inevitability [In)evItE(bIlEti]
law-abiding [(lO: E)baIdIN]
National Rifle Association
[)nÄS&nEl (raIf&l E)soUsi)eIS&n] US
proposed [prE(poUzd]
semiautomatic rifle
[)semiO:tE)mÄtIk (raIf&l]
vulnerable [(vVlnErEb&l]
Kugel, Patrone
Schusswaffe
Unabwendbarkeit
gesetzestreu
Nationale Schusswaffenvereinigung
geplant
halbautomatisches
Gewehr
hier: schutzlos ausgeliefert
Fotos: Getty Images; T. Linehan
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Talitha Linehan asked people in Los Angeles, California:
Would tighter gun laws reduce gun violence?
Listen to Nikolai, Sierra, Carla, and Robbie
Nikolai Stolpe, 32,
hairdresser
Sierra Tailes, 18,
sales representative
Carla Highland, 44,
teacher
Robbie Brennan, 19,
student
Ray Constantine, 60,
artist
Karla Gomez, 22,
hairdresser
Wendy Boss, 45,
lawyer
David Graves, 63,
artist
accountable: hold ~ [E(kaUntEb&l]
by any means [baI )eni (mi:nz]
chances are that...
[)tSÄnsEz (A:r DEt]
equal sth. [(i:kwEl]
zur Verantwortung ziehen
auf irgendeine Weise
aller Wahrscheinlichkeit
nach...
hier: etw. bedeuten
rage [reIdZ]
sales representative
[(seI&lz repri)zentEtIv]
tighten [(taIt&n]
up to me: if it were ~ [)Vp tE (mi:]
hier: Nachfrage, Begeisterung
Außendienstmitarbeiter(in),
Vertreter(in)
verschärfen
wenn es nach mir ginge
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HISTORY | 60 Years Ago
Sixty years ago, on 29 May 1953, Edmund Hillary
and Tenzing Norgay stood on top of the world. They
were the first people known to have climbed to the
top of Mount Everest, the world’s highest point at 8,848
metres above sea level.
They had overcome steep and unstable rock formations,
moving glaciers, wide crevasses, strong winds, deep
snow and a lack of oxygen. What is often made to sound
like the quick achievement of two individuals was actually
a full-scale expedition requiring several months’ preparation
and the support of more than 400 men. Theirs was,
in fact, the ninth British expedition to Everest. On the previous
eight, at least 16 men had died. By the 1950s, the
aim was not to climb the mountain, but to conquer it.
Since the mid-19th century, when surveyors in British
India first noticed the high peaks of the Himalayas, the
question had been asked whether it was possible to climb
such tall mountains and whether Britain could claim the
honour of being first. For decades, both Nepal and Tibet
were closed to foreigners, but in 1920, Tibet was persuaded
to allow a series of British expeditions.
The first of these was to determine the best routes up
the mountain. With this knowledge, George Mallory and
Andrew Irvine aimed for the summit in 1924. Mallory was
asked, “Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?” and
he famously answered: “Because it’s there.” The two men
climbed to within 300 metres of the top; then Irvine fell
into a chasm, pulling Mallory with him to an icy grave.
When China took control of Tibet in 1950, it closed
the northern route to Everest. Nepal then opened a route
from the south. A British expedition that included Hillary,
a New Zealand beekeeper and expert climber of his country’s
Southern Alps, soon identified a route that
could work. Suddenly, however, the British
were no longer alone. In 1952, Tenzing Norgay,
a climber from the local Sherpa people
who had been on previous British expeditions,
got to about 250 metres from the
summit with Swiss climber
Raymond Lambert.
The British felt they
had to make an all-out
effort if they were to
have the honour for
themselves. They hired
Norgay to accompany
Hillary and 13 British
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On top of the world
Vor 60 Jahren bezwangen Edmund Hillary und Tenzing Norgay als
erste Menschen den Mount Everest. MIKE PILEWSKI erzählt von ihrem
beschwerlichen Unterfangen.
mountaineers. Twenty Sherpa guides assisted, while 400
porters carried more than five tons of baggage.
The route they took is the same as that used by most
climbers today. From the base camp, climbers must make
their way up the Khumbu Icefall, a frozen river consisting
of ice blocks the size of buildings. Then they must cross
the Western Cwm, or “Valley of Silence”, a flat, windless
field of snow broken by wide crevasses. At its far end is the
Lhotse Face, the side of a mountain connected to Everest.
Climbers must scale a wall of hard, blue ice at an angle of
40 to 50 degrees. At 7,900 metres, strong winds blow
across the South Col, the saddle that connects Lhotse to
Everest. Above this is the Death Zone, altitudes at which
the body cannot survive for long without extra oxygen.
altitude [(ÄltItju:d]
angle [(ÄNg&l]
chasm [(kÄzEm]
col [kQl]
conquer [(kQNkE]
crevasse [krE(vÄs]
cwm [kUm]
face [feIs]
full-scale [)fUl (skeI&l]
glacier [(glÄsiE]
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[)meIk En )O:l aUt (efEt]
oxygen [(QksIdZEn]
porter [(pO:tE]
saddle [(sÄd&l]
scale [skeI&l]
summit [(sVmIt]
surveyor [sE(veIE]
Höhe
Winkel
Spalt, Schlucht, Abgrund
Scharte
besiegen, bezwingen
Gletscherspalte
Kar, kesselförmige Eintiefung
an einem Berghang
hier: Flanke
umfassend
Gletscher
alles geben
Sauerstoff
Gepäckträger(in)
Bergsattel, Pass
erklimmen
Gipfel
Landvermesser(in)
Fotos: akg images; iStockphoto; Jamling Tenzing Norgay
First to the top:
Hillary (left) and
Norgay

Almost there: one day
before reaching the
highest point of Everest
The last part of the ascent has its own obstacles: a series
of rock steps, waist-deep snow, a narrow path with chasms
thousands of metres deep on both sides and finally the
Hillary Step, a 12-metre rock wall just before the summit.
Starting from the South Col on 26 May 1953, a twoman
team got within 100 metres of the top, but had to
turn back because of problems with its oxygen equipment.
A second team — Norgay and Hillary — was sent up,
reaching the top at 11.30 a.m. on 29 May. From the summit
— a rock the size of a picnic table — they took photographs
and left behind some sweets and a small cross.
Hillary later led the first expeditions up several other
mountains in the Himalayas. He travelled to the North
and South Poles and returned to help the Sherpa. “I think
a lot of people rather like the fact that I haven’t just
climbed mountains but also built schools, hospitals, and
all the rest of it. So in a way, I’ve given back to the people
all the help they gave me on the mountain,” Hillary told
National Geographic in 2003.
Additional infrastructure in Nepal and advances in
technology have made it possible for thousands of less
skilled climbers to scale Everest. But this often tempts
them to overestimate their ability. In the low-oxygen environment
near the summit, it is easy to make bad decisions.
One accident in 1996, in which eight climbers died
during a storm, was described in Jon Krakauer’s book Into
Thin Air and the IMAX film Everest.
It’s a risk many are still willing to take for a few moments
of being on top of the world, and those moments
are just as personal now as they were for Hillary and Norgay.
In 2002, Edmund Hillary got a phone call. It was his
son, Peter, calling from the top of Everest. He was there
with Jamling Norgay, the son of Tenzing.
advance [Ed(vA:ns]
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tempt [tempt]
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PRESS GALLERY | Comment
Rewards for failure:
Who pays the price?
The bankers’ bonuses
Während die internen Ausschüttungen bankrotter britischer Banken EU-weit für Kopfschütteln
sorgen, betreibt der britische Premier eine Vogel-Strauß-Politik.
It sounds like the stuff of satire. ... RBS, the bank that
taxpayers were forced to buy, posted 2012 losses of
more than £5bn. That was after paying out more than
£600m in bonuses. On the very same day, an EU draft
agreement to cap bank bonuses emerged — and the
prime minister immediately signalled that Britain would
resist. ...
All things considered, attempting to do something —
as the EU proposes — is surely better than sitting back
and doing nothing. Even if the worst happens, and the
bankers claw back all their bonuses in increased pay, the
reform would at least succeed in pushing their avarice into
the open. Whereas bonuses calculated by incomprehensible
formulae allow the money men to hide behind the
misty idea that they are being paid to perform on some
intricate criterion which the rest of us cannot hope to understand,
higher salaries would make plain that their vast
rewards are in fact automatic with the job; this transparency
could catalyse outrage and eventually further
change, even if there was little immediate effect.
But it is being far too kind to David Cameron to ima -
gine that his resistance flows from any fear that the measure
wouldn’t have immediate effect. Shielded by a Labour party
which continues to hug the City too close — “it shouldn’t
take the EU to get a grip on bonuses”, the opposition disingenuously
carped as it sought to evade revealing that it too
was against [such measures] — the PM is simply continuing
with the great British tradition of confusing the interests
of the City with those of the nation.
© Guardian News & Media 2013
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carp [kA:p]
catalyse [(kÄtElaIz]
City: the ~ [(sIti] UK
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confuse [kEn(fju:z]
disingenuously [)dIsIn(dZenjuEsli]
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formulae [(fO:mjuli:]
further [(f§:DE]
get a grip on [)get E (grIp )Qn]
hug [hVg]
Gier
deckeln, nach oben
begrenzen
herumnörgeln
auslösen
hier: die Londoner
Großbanken
zurückholen
verwechseln
heuchlerisch
Vertragsentwurf
Formeln
vorantreiben
in den Griff bekommen
hier: nahestehen
incomprehensible
[In)kQmprI(hensEb&l]
intricate [(IntrIkEt]
misty [(mIsti]
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[(EUpEn]
outrage [(aUtreIdZ]
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post [pEUst]
RBS = Royal Bank of Scotland
[)A: )bi: (es]
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shield [Si:&ld]
take [teIk]
vast [vA:st]
unverständlich
kompliziert
nebelhaft
etw. publik machen
Empörung
offensichtlich
verbuchen
versuchen, etw. nicht zu tun
schützen
hier: benötigen
enorm
Foto: Alamy
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INFO TO GO
the very
In the article, we read not only that the EU draft agreement
emerged on the same day that the RBS posted
its losses, but that this happened on “the very
same day”.
“Very” is an adverb that usually appears in front of
an adjective to intensify it. Sometimes, however, the
word adds a special kind of emphasis.
“The very same” is used to point out an ironic coincidence:
news from the bank that had paid huge
bonuses came on exactly the same day as the EU
moved to limit bonus payments.
Readers may come across other phrases with the
words “the very”, such as “the very thought” and “the
very idea”. Such phrases usually express strong feelings
about something:
How do you react when you see snakes?
See them? The very thought of them makes me
nervous.
coincidence [kEU(InsIdEns]
intensify [In(tensIfaI]
point sth. out [)pOInt (aUt]
Zufall
verstärken
auf etw. hinweisen
IN THE HEADLINES
Listen to more news
items in Replay
Cardinal sins? The Week
This headline refers to the controversy over Cardinal Keith
O’Brien, who was head of the Roman Catholic Church in
Scotland until he resigned in February. O’Brien is accused
of having sexually abused four priests.
Catholic doctrine distinguishes between lesser sins,
called “venial sins”, and serious sins, called “mortal sins”.
Venial sins, the result of normal human weakness, are easily
forgiven. Mortal sins are a direct route to hell, unless
God decides otherwise. They are also called “cardinal
sins”. This headline is a play on words, as “cardinal” is
O’Brien’s title as well as an adjective meaning “the most
important” or, here, “the worst”.
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zurücktreten
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ARTS | What’s New
| Thriller
Fine crime:
Charlotte
Rampling in
I, Anna
Who is Anna?
When we see Anna Welles (Charlotte Rampling)
making a call from a London phone box, it’s
clear that she’s a lost and lonely woman. Just how
lost she is becomes clear as we watch her in the following
scenes at a singles dating event in a London hotel. When
the man with whom she goes home is found murdered
soon afterwards, and detective Bernie Reid (Gabriel Byrne)
meets Anna leaving the scene of the crime, it’s obvious that
she knows something.
The question that director Barnaby Southcombe
(Rampling’s son directing his first big film) successfully
| Comedy
Roman Coppola, the son of Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather)
and brother to Sofia (Lost in Translation), has worked on
several movies by cult film-maker Wes Anderson.
Roman Coppola’s second work as a director
Swan song:
when life’s
too hard
is A Glimpse Inside the Mind of
Charles Swan III. With a 1970s story, he
takes up aspects of Anderson’s work, with its
carefully constructed sets. Charlie Sheen plays
Swan, a designer who lives a perfect life in L.A.
When his girlfriend decides to leave him, Swan’s
life becomes a living hell. In the company of his
friend Kirby (Jason Schwartzman) and manager
Saul (Bill Murray), Swan tries to decide what to do
next. It’s wacky American humour. Starts 2 May.
asks in I, Anna is this: how much does Anna know about
the crime — and the details of her own life? Shot in the
film noir tradition, the movie’s dark mood is reflected in
the gloom that hangs over London, in the area where the
crime takes place — around the Barbican Centre — as
well as in Anna’s flat and in hotels. Watching Reid get
closer to Anna, we become aware of additional complications.
The film is beautifully constructed, and Rampling’s
performance is outstanding enough to compensate for a
slightly slow story that could also have been made for tele -
vision. Starts 2 May.
| Western
If you missed — or could not face —
Django Unchained on the big
screen, not to worry. The hit western
comes out on DVD this month. As with his
other films, such as Pulp Fiction (1994) and
Inglourious Basterds (2009), director
Quentin Tarantino does not hold back with
violence. Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave
looking for his freedom, and Christoph
Waltz as Dr King Schultz, the bounty
Free: Jamie Foxx
is Django
hunter who decides to help him, are fantastic; Waltz received
an Oscar for his role. Leonardo DiCaprio is perfect as the evil
plantation owner Calvin Candie, who has the girl, the power
and the money — plus a lot of the best lines. On sale 23 May.
Barbican Centre
[(bA:bIkEn )sentE]
bounty hunter [(baUnti )hVntE]
compensate for [(kQmpEnseIt fE]
face [feIs]
glimpse [glImps]
größtes Kultur- und Konferenzzentrum
Londons
Kopfgeldjäger
entschädigen für
ertragen
(flüchtiger) Blick
gloom [glu:m]
lines [laInz]
scene of the crime [)si:n Ev DE (kraIm]
take up [teIk (Vp]
unchained [)Vn(tSeInd]
wacky [(wÄki] ifml.
Düsterkeit
Text (aus dem Drehbuch)
Tatort
aufgreifen
entfesselt
verrückt, schrullig
Fotos: PR
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| History
| Stories
The app series Comics in the Classroom was designed
for schoolchildren. This does not make it any less fun for
adults, however. Each app deals with a famous historical event,
such as the death of Thomas à Becket, the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor or the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The story is first read aloud in a dramatic style with plenty of
sound effects. You can read the text simultaneously and then
fill in the comic version of the story yourself. Tap the empty
bubbles and choose the correct text from three options to fill
each space. Are you a history hero, or a history zero? You’ll only
know once you have completed the comic. “Comics in the
Classroom” is available for the iPad from the iTunes app
store. Each story
costs €2.69.
An app for
learning
from
important
historical
events
Great storytelling: an American tradition
Nothing captures the imagination like a true story told live by
the person who experienced it. That’s why The Moth podcast
makes for such exciting listening. Every week, someone
steps up to the microphone somewhere in America to tell a
story. In some cases, the speakers are well-known to American
audiences, but often they are not. Listen to a man talk about
going to a bullfight with author Ernest Hemingway, or a father
describe how he copes with the strange wish of his son. The
podcast was created by novelist George Dawes Green, who
loves the storytelling tradition of his home state of Georgia and
wanted to share the experience with others. The title comes
from the moths that flutter around the lights on summer
evenings in the American South. You can download the stories
and listen to them at no cost at http://themoth.org
| Theatre
The National Theatre is now joining the live-performance trend with new,
once-a-month film showings of a play currently running in one of its theatres
on London’s South Bank.
On 16 May, you’ll be able to watch This House by James Graham at
a cinema in Frankfurt, Berlin or Düsseldorf. After plays that cover topics
as diverse as the Suez crisis and Margaret Thatcher’s childhood, Graham
turns his attention to British politics from 1974 to 1979, when a Labour
government had to survive on a very small majority.
Graham’s play concentrates more on practical politics than policies,
looking closely at what went on behind the scenes and taking viewers into
the heart of the power struggles of political life.
For tickets and details about future productions, check the listing at
http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk
This House: a fascinating play about British politics
archduke [)A:tS(dju:k]
assassination [E)sÄsI(neIS&n]
capture [(kÄptSE]
cope with [(kEUp wID]
Erzherzog
Ermordung
gefangen nehmen, fesseln
fertigwerden mit, zurechtkommen
mit
flutter [(flVtE]
make for sth. [(meIk fE]
moth [mQT]
simultaneously [)sIm&l(teIniEsli]
tap [tÄp]
flattern
sich für etw. eignen
Motte, Nachtfalter
gleichzeitig, parallel
antippen
Reviews by EVE LUCAS
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ARTS | Short Story and Books
A wolf at the door
Ein unvorhergesehenes Zwischenereignis hebt das Leben in einem Büro für kurze Zeit aus
den Angeln. Eine Kurzgeschichte von CHRISTINE MADDEN.
There was a howl at the other end of the office. This
was strange, because normally, it was a very quiet
office. Everybody had too much work to do, and
one half of the people didn’t trust the other half; so to
avoid trouble, nobody spoke to anybody else unless it was
absolutely necessary. If anyone howled, it was usually
Andy. Even though you couldn’t see what was on his computer
screen because it faced the wall, everybody knew he
played online poker, and he often lost.
Deirdre looked up from the report that she was rushing
to finish. She could see everybody else looking round as
well. All eyes travelled first toward Andy’s desk, but he
wasn’t even sitting there.
“Did you hear that?” Paul asked.
“We all heard it,” answered Deirdre.
“Christ! They must have heard it in Wales!” said Xan.
“Did somebody bring a dog to work?” Paul asked.
“Maybe somebody stole Sandy’s secret chocolates, and
she’s angry,” offered Xan.
“What secret chocolates?” said Deirdre.
“That’s just it,” replied Xan. “She hides them. That’s
why they’re secret.”
Deirdre’s phone rang. “Oh, give it a rest, Xan!”she
snapped as she reached to answer it.
There was another howl. Deirdre’s hand stopped in
mid-air. The sound made her skin crawl.
Paul got up from his chair. “What on earth was that?”
he said, going to the glass door that led to the corridor. He
opened it a crack, then froze. He said something that
sounded like “Holy shit!”, then slammed the door shut
again and turned round to face the others. His face was
deathly white.
“What is it?” asked Deirdre.
Paul’s mouth opened and closed a few times until he
found his voice. “See for yourself,” he squeaked.
Deirdre and Xan pushed past him to look through the
glass door. At that moment, an enormous grey-brown wolf
stalked into view. He turned to face them through the
glass. For a few moments that felt like a few millennia,
they stared at the wolf. The wolf stared back.
Deirdre’s phone rang again, uselessly. It stopped.
The wolf growled a deep growl and bared its teeth.
Deirdre, Paul and Xan ran to get a chair to jam against
the door so that it wouldn’t open — nearly opening it
themselves by mistake. The wolf lunged at the door, hitting
its head on the glass and leaving a slimy trail of saliva.
The wolf recovered quickly, though, and turned to
snarl at the three terrified office workers separated from it
— saved by a glass door that didn’t lock and a plastic chair.
Then the wolf turned its head in the other direction to follow
a sound. Deirdre, Paul and Xan, who also heard the
sound, did the same.
Standing at the end of the hall were Sandy and Andrew.
To say they were standing was an understatement:
they were as still as the stone heads on Easter Island. They
were so still and lifeless that it seemed as if they might be
bare one’s teeth [)beE wVnz (ti:T]
crack [krÄk]
crawl: make sb.’s skin ~ [krO:l]
Deirdre [(dIEdri]
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give it a rest [)gIv )It E (rest] ifml.
growl [graUl]
hall [hO:l]
howl [haUl]
jam against sth. [(dZÄm E)genst]
die Zähne fletschen
Spalt
jmdm. Schauer über den
Rücken jagen
hier: erstarren
ach, hör doch auf
knurren
Flur
Heulen, Schrei
etw. verbarrikadieren
lunge at sth. [lVndZ Et]
recover [ri(kVvE]
saliva [sE(laIvE]
slam [slÄm]
snap [snÄp]
snarl [snA:l]
squeak [skwi:k]
stalk into view [)stO:k )IntE (vju:]
trail [treI&l]
understatement [)VndE(steItmEnt]
Xan [zÄn]
sich auf etw. stürzen
sich erholen
Speichel
zuknallen
gereizt erwidern
(wütend) knurren
kreischen
plötzlich auftauchen
Spur
Untertreibung
Fotos: Hemera; Photos.com
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Short Story
a waste of time for a hungry wolf. Clearly, the wolf didn’t
think so, though. Showing his sharp teeth, he gave a low
growl that sounded like the beginning of the end of the
world. He placed one paw quietly forward, then another,
all the time keeping his eyes on Sandy and Andrew.
Then, as if someone had set off a signal, several things
happened at once. The wolf leapt at them. Sandy screamed
and grabbed Andrew, pushing him down to the ground.
Another door swung open in the hall. The wolf hit the glass
door, shattered it and fell to the floor. In front of him stood
Harriet, the boss, holding a doorless door handle. She
looked first at the wolf, then at Sandy and Andrew on the
floor, then down the hall at Deirdre, Paul and Xan, who
had opened the door to their office to get a better view.
Harriet broke the silence. “Just what is going on here?” she
shouted. “Deirdre, why the hell don’t you answer your
phone? Where’s the Thompson report, dammit? It was
supposed to be done by 11.”
Two hours later, the cleaning service was sweeping up
the last of the broken glass from the shattered door. The
keepers from the zoo had come to collect the stunned wolf,
which earlier that day had escaped and had somehow found
its way into their office building. In spite of this adventure
with the wolf, Deirdre had been yelled at for being late with
the Thompson report. And now everybody in the office
knew that Sandy and Andrew were having an affair.
Novel
Duro Kolak is The Hired
Man in the third novel by
award-winning Aminatta Forna.
Kolak survived the conflict in
former Yugoslavia, but was
forced to watch the ethnic
cleansing in his home village of
Gost in Croatia. Now, the ghosts
of friends and relatives haunt
his lonely life. When an Englishwoman and her two teenage
children arrive to live in the property next door, his offer to
help them renovate the house brings up old and painful memories.
Forna’s earlier work looks at the effects of conflict in
Africa. In The Hired Man, she finds words that perfectly describe
the thoughts and actions of a man damaged by a terrible
European conflict as he tries to understand the past and his
role in it — and to find a future beyond revenge. Bloomsbury
Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4088-3824-2, €15.99.
Easy reader
“Elementary, my dear Watson” is
the phrase famously used by the
London detective Sherlock Holmes
when he has understood a complex
clue or even solved a crime. Will
he say this as he tries to find out
who has killed the builder Jonas
Oldacre? Is it the young lawyer
John Hector McFarlane, whom
Oldacre had named as the only
beneficiary in his will just one day before his death? And will
Holmes’s rival, Inspector Lestrade from Scotland Yard, solve the
crime first? To find out, you will have to read The Norwood
Builder, one of four short Sherlock Holmes crime stories in this
Macmillan Reader. The Norwood Builder and Other Stories, originally
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and retold here at intermediate
level, comes with exercises and a glossary. Macmillan, ISBN 978-
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beneficiary [)benI(fISEri]
beyond sth. [bi(jQnd]
clue [klu:]
collect [kE(lekt]
dammit [(dÄmIt] ifml.
Elementary, my dear Watson
[)elI(mentEri maI )dIE (wQts&n]
ethnic cleansing
[)eTnIk (klenzIN]
grab [grÄb]
haunt [hO:nt]
Erbe, Erbin
jenseits etw.
Hinweis
hier: abholen
verdammt nochmal
Watson, ich kombiniere...
ethnische Säuberung
schnappen nach
heimsuchen, verfolgen
leap [li:p]
keeper [(ki:pE]
paw [pO:]
revenge [ri(vendZ]
set off [set (Qf]
shatter [(SÄtE]
stunned [stVnd]
supposed: be ~ to [sE(pEUzt]
swing open [)swIN (EUpEn]
will [wIl]
yell at sb. [(jel Et]
springen
Tierpfleger(in)
Pfote
Rache
erklingen lassen
zertrümmern
betäubt
sollen
schnell aufgehen
Testament
jmdn. anschreien
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LANGUAGE | Vocabulary
Physical exercise
Do you exercise regularly to keep fit? ANNA HOCHSIEDER presents language to talk about
physical exercise.
2
3
4
9
10
1
11
12
8
13
14
6
7
15
5
1. bend down
2. lean sideways [li:n]
3. clench your fist [klentS]
4. twist your body (to the right)
5. stand on tiptoe [(tIptEU]
6. kneel (down) [ni:&l]
7. bend your legs / knees
8. (get down) on all fours
9. abdomen [ˈæbdəmən]
10. waist [weIst]
11. thighs [TaIz]
12. chest
13. hips
14. bottom, buttocks
15. ankles [ˈæŋk&lz]
Five simple exercises to warm up and strengthen your muscles
• March on the spot with your back straight. Bend
your arms at the elbows and clench your fists. Pump
your arms up and down in rhythm with your steps.
• Continue marching, but now let your arms hang
loosely by your sides and roll your shoulders forwards
five times, then backwards five times. Repeat.
• Stand tall with your feet hip-width apart, toes pointing
forward and your arms stretched out in front of
you. Bend your knees and lower yourself about ten
centimetres. Keep your back straight and your heels
on the ground. Come back up. Repeat ten times.
• Stand with one foot placed in front of the other
about 30 centimetres apart and with your toes
pointing forward. Raise your arms over your head.
Bend your front leg. Keep your back leg straight.
Gently press your back heel on to the ground and
hold for ten seconds. Repeat with the other leg.
• Sit on the floor with your back straight and your
legs stretched out in front of you. Hold your arms
out in front of you, your fingers pointing towards
your toes. Lean your upper body towards your
knees, keeping your head up. Hold for ten seconds.
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Try the exercises below and expand your vocabulary for talking about
physical exercise.
1. Match the sentence halves to complete the definitions.
a) If you get down on all fours,
b) If you raise your arms,
c) If you stand tall,
d) If you twist your shoulders
and chest to the right,
e) If you kneel down,
f) If you stand on tiptoe,
a ➯
b ➯
c ➯
d ➯
e ➯
f ➯
1. the part of your body above your waist then faces a different direction.
2. only the balls of your feet and your toes touch the ground.
3. you put one or both knees on the ground.
4. both your knees and your hands touch the ground.
5. your neck, back and legs are straight.
6. you bring them up to a higher level.
2. Underline the phrases on the right that can be used with the verbs on the left.
a) bend from the thighs | from the waist
b) clench your ankles | your fist
c) keep your back straight | your legs towards your chest
d) pump your arms up and down | your position for five seconds
e) roll your leg out loosely | your shoulders backwards and forwards
f) stretch your arms out in front of you | your hips
3. The text on the opposite page contains several
irregular verbs. Write their past simple and then
their past participle forms next to the infinitives.
bent
a) bend _______________ _______________
b) hang _______________ _______________
c) hold _______________ _______________
d) keep _______________ _______________
e) kneel _______________ _______________ knelt
f) sit _______________ _______________
g) stand _______________ _______________
When you learn a new verb, check a dictionary or
grammar book to find out if it is regular or irregular.
Make a note of all three forms. It is even better to
write down an example sentence as well, such as:
• He knelt down on one knee and asked her:
“Will you marry me?”
Answers: 1. a–4; b–6; c–5; d–1; e–3; f–2 (ball: Ballen)
2. a) from the waist; b) your fist; c) your back straight; d) your arms up
and down; e) your shoulders backwards and forwards; f) your arms
out in front of you
3. a) bent, bent; b) hung, hung; c) held, held; d) kept, kept; e) knelt,
knelt; f) sat, sat; g) stood, stood
4. a) knees; b) head; c) Raise; d) back (degree: Grad ); e) bottom /
buttocks; f) abdomen; g) Repeat
Tips
4. Complete the following instructions on how to do sit-ups. Use words from the opposite page.
Lie on your back on the floor with your (a) _______________ bent, pointing upwards, and your feet flat on the ground. Put
your hands behind your (b) _______________ with your elbows pointing sideways. (c) _______________ the upper part of
your body from the ground, rolling it up from the shoulders to the waist, until your (d) _______________ is at a 90-degree
angle to the floor. Now only your (e) _______________ and your feet should be touching the floor. Slowly roll your upper
body back down. Let the muscles in your (f) _______________ do all the work. (g) _______________ at least ten times.
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LANGUAGE | Travel Talk
Insurance
What do you do if you have an emergency
while on holiday? RITA FORBES tries to sell
you some insurance.
Calling to get information
Friendly Family Insurance. How can I help you?
Hello! I’d like a quote for a travel insurance policy,
please.
Certainly. What sort of cover do you need?
Well, my wife and I have booked a holiday in
Florida this summer. We want to make sure we’re
covered in case we have an emergency.
Our standard package includes cover for medical
care and for cancellation and delay. It also covers
your possessions if they get lost or stolen.
OK. I know this might sound paranoid, but what
happens if we miss a flight?
That depends on the reason, but in general, you’d
be covered for that, too. And we have a 24-hour
helpline that you can call for information.
This all sounds good. It would certainly give us
peace of mind. How much would the policy cost?
Calling the helpline
Hello! I’m calling from a hotel in Florida. I’ve come
out in a strange rash overnight, and I think I should
see a doctor.
Can you give me your policy number, please?
Yes, it’s LK5879931.
Ah, yes. Mr Lewis. You have medical cover with us.
If you give me the address of your hotel, I can tell
you which nearby service providers accept your
insurance.
At the doctor’s
Hello! The name’s Lewis. I have an appointment at
ten o’clock.
Ah, yes. As this is your first time here, could you
fill out these forms, please? And I’ll need your insurance
details.
Here you are. Do I need to pay anything up front?
There’s just a $15 co-pay.
come out in sth. [)kVm (aUt In] UK
rash [rÄS]
hier: etw. bekommen
Ausschlag
• A quote or quotation is information that tells you
how much something will cost. If the price of a prod -
uct or service depends on different factors, you can
ask for a quote.
• An insurance policy is a contract that includes all the
official details upon which you and the insurance
company have agreed.
• Used as a noun, cover refers to the things the insurance
company will pay for. “Cover” is also a verb:
“This plan covers you, even if you cause an accident.”
• A standard package is the usual package without
special extras — the one that most people would take.
• If something unexpected happens before your holiday,
you might have to cancel your trip. If you have
cancellation cover, your insurance company will
reimburse you (jmdm. Geld zurückerstatten); for example,
for flights and hotel rooms that you have paid for.
• If your flight has a delay, you might have to pay for a
hotel room for the night. “Delay cover” means that
your insurance company will pay the hotel costs.
• Possessions are things that belong to you.
• A helpline is a telephone number you can call, usually
at no cost, if you need help or advice.
• Insurance policies often give you peace of mind —
you know you don’t have to worry about things.
• We say see a doctor in English. After your appointment,
you can say you’ve “been seen by a doctor”.
• Service provider is a term for people and companies
who provide a service. Here, it is an official way to
refer to a “health-care service provider” — a doctor.
• If you have to pay something up front, it means you
pay in advance before you can receive a service. Your
insurance company will normally pay
this money back to you.
• In the US, you have to pay a
certain amount each time you
go to a doctor. This amount,
which is not covered by your
medical insurance, is called a
co-pay or co-payment and can
be a set sum (Fixbetrag), like $15, or
a percentage of the entire (gesamt)
cost.
Tips
Fotos: Hemera; Zoonar
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Cards | LANGUAGE
Brexit
NEW WORDS
If Brexit happens, will I lose my right as a British
citizen to live and work in Germany?
GLOBAL ENGLISH
What would a speaker of British
English say?
North American: “She works as a conductor on
the railroad.”
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(IN)FORMAL ENGLISH
Change this business jargon into
standard, informal English:
I hope the company isn’t considering
downsizing.
— Haven’t you heard? They’ve just announced
200 redundancies.
Translate:
TRANSLATION
1. Die Maschine ist über einen zu langen Zeitraum
nicht benutzt worden.
2. Es ist einfach ein zu großes Risiko.
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PRONUNCIATION
IDIOM MAGIC
Read these city names aloud with their
English pronunciation:
Bern
Dresden
Ching Yee Smithback
Hamburg
Salzburg
Oldenburg
Zürich
(be) one’s middle name
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FALSE FRIENDS
GRAMMAR
dome / Dom
Translate the following sentences:
1. The dome of St Paul’s Cathedral is
111metres high.
2. Wo befindet sich der größte Dom Europas?
Form the comparative forms of these
two-syllable adjectives:
clever
gentle
happy lonely lovely
precise tiring tragic
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LANGUAGE | Cards
GLOBAL ENGLISH
British speaker: “She works as a guard / ticket
inspector on the railway(s).”
In Britain, a guard is a railway employee who
signals for a train to depart, checks tickets or
works on a night train. The employee who checks
your ticket is also a ticket inspector or a
“conductor”, although “conductor” usually refers
to the person who checks tickets on a bus.
NEW WORDS
This word (from “British exit”) refers to the
possibility of the UK leaving the European Union.
It is used both with and without the indefinite
article. Brexit is modelled on the longer-standing
term “Grexit”, as applied to Greece in a similar
context.
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TRANSLATION
1. The machine hasn’t been used for too long a
time.
2. It’s simply too great a risk.
When used before the noun, “too + adjective”
must precede the article. A word-for-word
translation is not possible: “a too great risk” is a
typical mistake made by speakers of German.
(IN)FORMAL ENGLISH
I hope the company isn’t considering firing staff.
— Haven’t you heard? They’ve just announced
200 lay-offs.
There are, of course, other options for “fire (sb.)”,
such as “let (sb.) go”. “Lay off” is also a verb:
“They’ve announced that they’re laying off 200
people.”
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IDIOM MAGIC
A quality that is characteristic of someone can be
referred to as that person’s middle name (zweiter
Vorname). In German, one might say that
someone is “... in Person”.
“I never worry about anything: optimism is my
middle name.”
PRONUNCIATION
[b§:n] (UK: Berne)
[(hÄmb§:g]
[(sÄltsb§:g]
[(drezdEn]
[(EUldEnb§:g]
[(zUErIk] (UK: Zurich)
Most cities in German-speaking countries keep
their names in English (exceptions include
Cologne / Köln). But the pronunciation
(particularly the vowel sounds) often differs. You
will also hear Salzburg pronounced [(sO:ltsb§:g].
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GRAMMAR
cleverer/more clever gentler/more gentle
happier lonelier lovelier
more precise
more tiring more tragic
Adjectives ending in -y usually form the compar -
ative with -er (superlative -est). Most other twosyllable
adjectives take “more” (most). A few form
both types. When in doubt, use “more”.
FALSE FRIENDS
1. Die Kuppel der St.-Pauls-Kathedrale ist
111 Meter hoch.
2. Where is Europe’s largest cathedral?
A dome is a rounded vault (Gewölbe) forming
the roof of a building or structure — not just of
a church.
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In the countryside
This month, DAGMAR TAYLOR looks at the
words and phrases people use when they talk
about the countryside.
Everyday English | LANGUAGE
Fotos: Digital Vision; iStockphoto
1. A long walk
It’s Sunday morning. Two friends, Alec and James,
are planning a day out in the Scottish Highlands.
Alec: How about Loch Muick? I’ve never been there.
James: I think I went there once with my parents. Isn’t
it close to Lochnagar? What does the guidebook
say?
Alec: Hang on...! Where was it? Ah, here: “At the
foot of Lochnagar lies the wild expanse of
Loch Muick...”
James: And how long is the walk?
Alec: Well, there are different ones. It depends what
we want to do.There’s a walk round the loch,
or there’s one along one side of the loch and
up the hill to a smaller loch. Or we can go up
Lochnagar — it’s only 3,786 ft.
James: I thought we were just going for a long walk.
I don’t think I’m up for mountain climbing
today, to be honest.
Alec: Let’s go for a brisk walk round the loch, then.
• Loch Muick [)lQx (mIk] is a two-mile-long (3.2-km)
freshwater loch in Aberdeenshire [)ÄbE(di:nSE].
“Loch” is the Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or sea inlet
(schmale Bucht).
• Lochnagar [)lQxnE(gA:r] is a mountain in the
Grampians of Scotland.
• Here, say means “tell us” in written form.
• The foot is the lowest part of something, especially
something high.
• In the UK, shorter distances are measured in feet (ft).
Lochnagar is 3,786 ft (1,154 m) high, which makes it a
“munro” [mEn(rEU]. A munro is a Scottish mountain
with a height of more than 3,000 ft.
• James gently and politely refuses to walk up the
mountain by saying I don’t think...
• If you are up for something (ifml.), you are
willing to take part in an activity.
• A brisk walk is a common collocation meaning
a walk at a quick pace (Schritt, Tempo).
expanse [Ik(spÄns]
hang on [hÄN (Qn] ifml.
Weite, Fläche
warte mal
Tips
2. Good views
Alec and James are still planning their walk.
James: Does the book say anything else about the
walk?
Alec: It says: “This mostly level circuit around the
loch provides good views of the surrounding
hills and pleasant stopping places.” And that
it’s 7 3 / 4 miles (12.5 km) long, which should
take us about three to four hours.
James: I’ll have to check whether my camera’s
charged. I might get some nice shots if the
weather clears up a bit.
Alec: According to the guidebook, we might see
“many types of wildlife, including mountain
hare, grouse and herds of red deer”.
James: OK, sounds good. And how long will it take
us to get there?
Alec: It’s near Ballater, isn’t it? About an hour and a
half, I’d say.
James: Right. I’ll make some sandwiches then.
• A route around a place is called a circuit [(s§:kIt].
• When you talk about the amount of time required to
do something, you can use the verb take: “It takes me
half an hour to get to work.”
• A shot is another word for a photograph.
• When the weather clears up, it becomes fine and
bright.
• Wildlife means the animals that live wild in a natural
environment.
• A hare [heE] is similar to but larger than a rabbit. It
has long, strong back legs.
• A grouse [graUs] (Raufußhuhn) is a fat bird with fea -
thers on its legs. People shoot it for sport and food.
The plural is “grouse”.
• To express that you are guessing something, you can
use the words I’d say either at the beginning or the
end of your statement.
Ballater [(bÄlEtE]
charged [tSA:dZd]
red deer [)red (dIE]
aufgeladen
Rothirsch
Tips
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LANGUAGE | Everyday English
3. Fresh air 4. It’s only rain!
Alec and James have arrived at Loch Muick.
Alec and James have set off on their walk.
James: Bloody hell! I can’t believe you have to pay for
parking here. We’re in the middle of nowhere.
Alec: Calm down! It’s only £2.50 — they need it to
maintain footpaths and the other facilities.
James: What do you mean, “facilities”?
Alec: The ranger centre, the toilets...
James: OK. Fair enough.
Alec: I’ll just get my boots on. Then we can set off.
James: Ah! It smells so fresh and clean, doesn’t it?
Alec: It’s not surprising after all that rain last week.
I hope the track isn’t too muddy. I don’t want
to get these new boots dirty. Right, I’m ready.
Let’s go!
• Bloody hell! (UK ifml.) is used to show annoyance
or surprise.
• A place that is a long way from other buildings or
towns can be said to be in the middle of nowhere.
• Paths that are on the map and have signposts are
called footpaths.
• A person whose job it is to look after a park, a forest or
an area of countryside is a ranger.
• Fair enough (UK ifml.) is used to say that an idea or
suggestion sounds reasonable.
• Another way to say “begin a journey” is set off.
• A track is a rough road or path that has been made
simply by people walking or driving there.
• Wet, soft, sticky (klebrig) earth is called “mud”. Something
that is muddy is full of or covered in mud.
facilities [fE(sIlEtiz] Anlagen und Einrichtungen
maintain [meIn(teIn] instand halten (➝ p. 61)
Tips
Alec: Have you got your camera?
James: Oh, no! I’ll just go back and get it. Thanks for
reminding me.
Alec: OK. I’ll wait here.
James: (out of breath) Got it! It doesn’t look like it’s
going to clear up at all today, does it? Look at
that big black cloud. I think it’s starting to rain.
Alec: Man up, James! This is Scotland, remember!
Anyway, we’ve got our waterproofs.
James: But I don’t want to walk in the lashing rain. It’ll
be miserable. Didn’t you check the forecast?
Alec: I thought you did. It doesn’t look like it’s going
to let up, though, does it?
James: Come on! Let’s turn back before the sandwiches
get soggy.
• When (not) at all is added to a statement, it
means “(not) in any way” or “(not) to any degree”.
• By telling James to man up (orig. US ifml.), Alec
means that James should stop complaining and control
his emotions.
• Alec uses anyway to add information supporting his
argument to walk despite the rain.
• By waterproofs (UK), Alec means jackets and trousers
that keep the rain out.
• There are many words to describe the rain. Lashing
rain is heavy, driving rain.
• If something lets up (ifml.), it becomes less strong.
• Something that is soggy is wet and soft, usually in an
unpleasant way.
miserable [(mIzErEb&l]
schrecklich
Tips
EXERCISES
1. Add the missing word.
a) I don’t think I’m up _____ mountain climbing today,
to be honest.
b) I might get some nice shots if it clears _____ a bit.
c) I’ll just get my boots on. Then we can set _____.
d) It doesn’t look like it’s going to let _____.
3. Underline the correct words.
a) And how long / wide is the walk?
b) It’s nearby / near Ballater, isn’t it?
c) It smells so / such fresh and clean, doesn’t it?
d) Haven’t you controlled / Didn’t you check the
forecast?
2. What did they say?
a) Isn’t it near Lochnagar? ______________
b) I might get some nice photographs. ____________
c) It’s miles from anywhere. _____________________
d) Stop complaining, James! It’s only rain. ______
4. What did they say?
a) Let’s go for a b _ _ _ _ walk round the loch, then.
b) The circuit provides views of the s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hills.
c) I hope the track isn’t too m _ _ _ _.
d) But I don’t want to walk in the l _ _ _ _ _ _ rain.
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Answers: 1. a) for / to; b) up; c) off; d) up
2. a) close to; b) shots; c) in the middle of nowhere; d) Man up!
3. a) long; b) near; c) so; d) Didn’t you check...?
4. a) brisk; b) surrounding; c) muddy; d) lashing

The Grammar Page | LANGUAGE
Present perfect simple:
passive
Every month in this section, ADRIAN DOFF uses notes on a short
dialogue to present and explain a key point of grammar.
Matt is in a cafe, chatting to Alan, an ex-colleague.
Alan: So how are things at work? Still all the same people?
Matt: No, not at all. A completely new management team
has come in 1 , and they’ve made 1 lots of changes.
Alan: Oh! Is that good or bad?
Matt: Well, mixed, really. Quite a few people have lost 1
their jobs, unfortunately.
Alan: Oh, dear!
Matt: But it’s good for me. I’ve been promoted 2 .
Alan: Congratulations!
Matt: Thanks. Do you remember Johnson — the marketing
manager?
Alan: Oh, yes. He was useless. Has he been fired? 3
Matt: No, he hasn’t been fired 4 . They couldn’t do that.
But he’s been moved 5 to another office — and I’ve
been given 6 his job.
Alan: Wow! That’s great! So that means you must be getting
more money now.
Matt: Quite a bit, yeah. And I’ve been given 6 a company
car, too, which is nice.
Alan: Oh, well, let’s have a drink. Who’s paying?
1 Has come in, have made and have lost are the active
form of the present perfect simple. This tense is often
used to talk about recent changes.
(Things are different now from before.)
2 I’ve been promoted is the passive form of the present
perfect simple. Matt is focusing on what has happened to
him, not on who has given him a better job (which isn’t
important).
3 To form a question in the passive, the subject and verb
change places: he has been... has he been...?
4 To form the negative of the passive, we add not, or n’t.
5 When talking about Johnson, Matt and Alan are focusing
on what has happened to him, not what the company has
done, so again they use the passive.
6 The verb “give” can also be used in the passive:
They’ve given me a job. I’ve been given a job.
(See “Beyond the basics” below.)
Remember!
The passive is formed with be + past participle.
The present perfect passive is formed with the present
perfect of “be”:
has / have been + past participle.
The passive form is used when it’s not important who
has done the action. Instead, we want to emphasize
what has happened.
Beyond the basics
Verbs with two objects
Compare the following two sentences with “give”:
• They’ve given her a new job. (active)
• She’s been given a new job. (passive)
The active sentence has two objects: a direct object (a
new job) and an indirect object (her). In the passive
sentence, the indirect object becomes the subject (she).
EXERCISES
1. Choose the correct verb form, active or passive.
a) My office has repainted / has been repainted.
b) Five people have died / have been died in the
explosion.
c) I’m just phoning to say that the meeting has
cancelled / has been cancelled.
d) You haven’t changed / haven’t been changed at all
since I last saw you.
e) My flight has delayed / has been delayed.
2. Correct the mistakes in the passive forms in
the following sentences.
a) To me has been given a pay rise.
b) The company have be completely reorganized.
c) Is the Rex Cinema been pulled down?
d) She been invited to give the opening speech.
e) I don’t know. I haven’t been tell anything about it.
Answers: 1. a) has been repainted; b) have died; c) has been cancelled;
d) haven’t changed; e) has been delayed. 2. a) I’ve been given...; b) The company
has been...; c) Has the Rex Cinema been...; d) She has been invited...;
e) I haven’t been told...
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LANGUAGE | The Soap
Helen
Phil
Peggy
What’s in a name?
Join us at Peggy’s Place — Spotlight ’s very
own London pub. By INEZ SHARP
George
Sean
FOCUS
Peggy: What’ve you got there, love?
Jane: Oh, just some baby clothes for Mandy.
Peggy: I didn’t know Mandy was having a baby. How long
have you two been friends? Thirty years?
Jane: Yeah. Well, I haven’t seen much of her since she
started going out with Tony. He’s such a chav.
Peggy: Is he the father?
Jane: Yes, and guess what they’re going to call the baby?
Hamilton!
Peggy: Is that a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jane: Mum! It’s a boy’s name.
Phil: Isn’t it a surname? There’s a racing driver called something
Hamilton, isn’t there?
Jane: Precisely. It’s the surname of the racing driver Lewis
Hamilton. It’s not cool if you ask me.
Phil: You used to complain about your name.
Peggy: Yes. You used to worry all the time about being
called “plain Jane”.
Jane: That was a long time ago. Oh, hello, George!
George: Hi, everyone! I’ll have a pint of lager, Peggy.
Peggy: We were just talking about babies’ names.
George: You’re not expecting, are you, Jane?
Jane: No, definitely not. One child is enough for me.
George: Sorry. I saw the Mothercare bag, and then talking
about names...
Phil: We were just talking about why people these days
give their children such silly names.
George: Who’s got a silly name?
Jane: A friend of mine wants to call her son Hamilton.
George: Nothing wrong with that. It’s a good Scottish
name. It means something like flat-topped hill.
Peggy: I think it’s nice to be imaginative with names. I
wanted to have an exotic name like Lola or Dolores.
Phil: I like Margaret and Elizabeth, myself. They’re very
British and regal.
George: So in your case, Peggy really is short for Margaret?
This month, the topic at Peggy’s Place is names. Jane begins
by talking about first or given names. Traditionally,
this was also referred to as someone’s Christian name.
Names that come after this are called second or middle
names (see Language Cards, pages 53–54). A person’s last
name, such as Smith or Jones, is also called a surname or
family name. A woman’s name before she marries is her
maiden name. A playful name that people who know you
well may use — or use because you are famous — is called
a nickname. For example, the former English footballer
Paul Gascoigne is also known as “Gazza”.
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Eddy
“ ”
You used to complain about your name
Jane
Peggy: Yeah, but the last time anyone called me Margaret
was at the registry office when I married Phil. I got all
confused and nearly forgot to say “I do”.
George: What about you, Phil?
Phil: Well, obviously Philip, and then my parents couldn’t
agree, so I got lumbered with Reginald Arthur Charles.
Jane: Your parents had it in for you, didn’t they?
Phil: Ah, nobody asks about second names these days.
Peggy: Unless it’s a royal baby, of course.
Jane: I wonder what Will and Kate will call their baby.
George: I better get going. Dinner will be on the table...
Peggy: It’s only 6.30, George.
George: Still, I mustn’t keep the old girl waiting.
Jane: You haven’t told us what your middle names are.
George: Seriously, I need to get home.
Jane: Not without your wallet!
George: Where did you get that?
Jane: Out of your jacket, George. Tell us your whole
name, or I’ll read it aloud from your driving licence.
George: You wouldn’t believe it anyway.
Phil: Try us.
George: OK. George, Alexander, James Curr, ...
Jane: Marquess of Huntingbury.
Phil: You what?
George: I’ll explain tomorrow.
chav [tSÄv] UK ifml.
expecting: be ~ [Ik(spektIN] ifml.
flat-topped [(flÄt )tQpt]
get lumbered with sth.
[get ((lVmbEd wID] UK ifml.
have it in for sb. [hEv It (In fE] ifml.
imaginative [I(mÄdZInEtIv]
lager [(lA:gE]
marquess [(mA:kwIs]
Mothercare [(mVDEkeE]
pint [paInt] UK ifml.
plain Jane [)pleIn (dZeIn]
regal [(ri:g&l]
registry office [(redZIstri )QfIs]
try sb. [traI]
wallet [(wQlIt]
Proll, Assi
schwanger sein
mit abgeflachter Spitze
etw. aufgehalst bekommen
jmdn. auf dem Kieker haben
fantasievoll, einfallsreich
Helles
Marquis
größte Kette für Schwangerschafts-
und Babybedarf in
Großbritannien
hier: Glas (Bier)
graue Maus, unansehnliches
Mädchen
majestätisch
Standesamt
jmdn. auf die Probe stellen
Brieftasche
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 deal
with embarrassing
situations?
Dear Ken
When I worked at a medium-sized international company,
there was one very embarrassing question to which I never
found a satisfactory answer. My director’s surname was
Wenker.
I learned from some English friends that this name sounds
like a colloquial, rude English word. I had to introduce
my director several times at official events, and now my
question is: how can one best deal with this situation?
Thank you in advance for your answer.
Best regards
Thomas R.
Dear Thomas
There are several things you need to consider. Firstly, it depends
on your audience. Many English people love wordplay
and puns and will look for them wherever they can
to amuse themselves. People from other countries and people
with English as a second language probably do not
even try to make the same connections.
Secondly, the German name Wenker does not sound exactly
like the rude British English word your friends were
talking about. If you stress the [v] sound (as you would in
German) and put a slight stress on the following [E], this
takes away even more of the similarity.
Thirdly, even when a name does sound like a rude word,
adding the first name reduces the effect: “This is my boss,
Hermann Wenker.”
If you have such a name yourself, you can always make a
joke about it. An old friend of mine in Sweden is called
Lennart Prick. He introduces himself like this: “My name
is Lennart, Lennart Prick. Don’t look shocked! In Swedish,
‘prick’ means ‘bullseye’ — not what you are thinking. And
at least you’ll remember me now.”
I hope this helps.
Ken
colloquial [kE(lEUkwiEl]
umgangssprachlich
embarrassing [Im(bÄrEsIN]
unangenehm, peinlich
prick [prIk] vulg.
Schwanz, Arschloch
pun [pVn]
witziges Wortspiel
rude [ru:d] derb (➝ p. 61)
self-deprecating [)self (deprEkeItIN] selbstironisch
stress [stres]
betonen
sympathize [(sImpETaIz]
mitfühlen
Wenker [(veNkE]
klingt ähnlich wie
„wanker” (Wichser)
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
I was recently in a meeting with some British clients.
When we were discussing the contract, I said that all they
had to do was sign on the backside. The three British people
started laughing. I quickly realized that “backside” was
the wrong word. What should I have said, and how should
I have reacted?
Regards
Volker D.
Dear Volker
I can sympathize with you over this embarrassing situation.
Sometimes, direct translations — also known as false
friends — sound funny to native speakers, who like to
amuse themselves with wordplay, as I explain in the letter
on the left. The use of the word “backside” immediately
makes British people think of Hintern, not Rückseite. An
American might use the word in the same way as you did,
though then it is written “back side”.
For your British clients, you could have said, “Please sign
on the back” or “...on the other side” or “...on the reverse”.
In a document, you could write: “Please sign overleaf.”
The best reaction to this kind of situation is to laugh, too.
Most British people enjoy a joke, and self-deprecating humour
is seen as something positive.
Spotlight regularly looks at “false friends” (see Cards, pages
53–54), and this month, there are exercises on this subject
in Spotlight plus. Spotlight also has a new card game, Are
You Joking?, available from www.sprachenshop.de.
Keep smiling and all the best
Ken
Ken Taylor is the director of Taylor Consultancy Ltd, an international
communication-skills consultancy in London. He regularly
runs seminars in Germany.
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LANGUAGE | Spoken English
...or something
like that
This month, ADRIAN DOFF looks at how to be
vague in spoken English.
I think her coat was red.
I think her coat was a kind of reddish colour.
Would you like a cup of tea?
Would you like a cup of tea or something?
Vague expressions
As you can see from the second examples in each pair of
sentences above, vague expressions are often used to
show either that we are not sure of something, or because
we want to be less precise. Let’s look at some common
ways of doing this in spoken English.
Numbers and time
A simple way to talk vaguely about numbers and time is to
use about or around:
• I think he’s about 50.
• It was around 4.30 in the afternoon.
You can also add somewhere, sometime or or so:
• The population of Mexico City must be somewhere
around 15 million. (= I don’t know exactly.)
• Let’s meet sometime around midday. (= It doesn’t
have to be exactly at 12.)
• There were probably about 50 or so people in the
audience. (= maybe more than 50)
In more formal language, approximately or roughly are
commonly used:
• Roughly 25 per cent of people in Britain are dangerously
overweight.
Two numbers can be joined by or:
• I met one or two friends of mine there. (= a few)
• I think they’ve got four or five grandchildren.
(= I don’t know the exact number.)
Describing things
To describe things, vague expressions such as a bit like,
kind of, sort of and in a way are often used:
• Almdudler is a bit like lemonade, but it’s got a sort of
bitter taste. (= It’s hard to describe precisely.)
• When she didn’t recognize me, I felt kind of upset in a
way. (= I can’t describe my feelings exactly.)
Adjective + -ish
As you can see from the box on the left, -ish can be added
to adjectives (especially colour adjectives) to make them
less precise:
• They’ve painted their walls a kind of greyish colour.
(= something like grey)
• You must know Peter. He’s fiftyish, tall and going a bit
bald (kahl). (= around 50)
Leaving it open
Look again at the last example in the box. The speaker uses
or something to leave the choice open. There, it means “a
cup of tea or some other kind of drink”:
• Would you like a cup of tea or something?
— Maybe just water, thanks.
Here’s another example:
• What are you doing this evening?
— Oh, I think I’ll just stay at home and read a book or
something. (= or do something similar)
You can also use things (like that) or stuff (like that) in the
same way:
• She knows a lot about archaeology and things like that.
(= and other similar subjects. The speaker probably
isn’t very interested in them.)
• Their cellar’s full of old furniture and stuff (like that).
(= and other old household objects)
Complete the sentences below with words from
the list.
like | or | roughly | something | sort | stuff
a) At school, we had to learn lots of grammar and
________.
b) Mont Blanc is _______ 4,000 metres high.
c) Are you hungry? Would you like a sandwich or
________?
d) The trains are quite frequent. They come every half
hour ________ so.
e) Limes are a bit ________ lemons, but they’re smaller
and green.
f) She’s decided to dye her hair a ________ of bluish
colour.
EXERCISE
Foto: iStockphoto
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Answers: a) stuff; b) roughly (approximately); c) something; d) or; e) like; f) sort

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.
account [E(kaUnt] noun p. 9
pedestrian [pE(destriEn] noun p. 67
a written or spoken report
Beschreibung, Erzählung
Can you give a brief account of what you
saw yesterday?
sb. who is walking, not riding a bike or driving
Fußgänger(in)
Pedestrians are requested to use the bridge to
cross the road.
Other collocations: full, conflicting, detailed, first-hand
Remember: pedestrians go on foot (not: by foot).
maintain [meIn(teIn] verb p. 56
seek [si:k] verb pp. 27, 28
make regular repairs to keep sth. in good condition
instand halten
In our town, not enough money is spent on
maintaining the roads.
Often passive: regularly maintained, lovingly maintained,
badly maintained
(formal) ask for; try to find
suchen, sich bemühen um, fragen nach
Seek medical advice if you experience any of
the following symptoms : ...
Past form = sought; sought-after = begehrt
rude [ru:d] adjective pp. 16, 59
once upon a time phrase p. 66
[)wVns E)pQn E (taIm]
dealing with a taboo subject, offensive
unhöflich, derb
I love the News Quiz on BBC Radio 4.
It’s very funny — and very rude.
See the extra notes below on how to use this word.
How to use the adjective rude
used at the beginning of children’s stories
es war einmal
Once upon a time, there was a king who had
ten daughters...
This phrase is often used to talk about things that were
better in the past: “Once upon a time, our house was
surrounded by fields.”
Foto: iStockphoto
The word rude (noun: rudeness) is used very often,
particularly to mean “impolite” or “bad-mannered”:
It’s rude to talk with your mouth full.
I don’t want to seem rude, but I’m not in the mood
for talking right now.
Downright rude means extremely rude. This month,
Spotlight discusses rude words and rude gestures. In
The Lighter Side (page 66), we try to avoid rude jokes.
Rude also has a more literary use with the meaning
sudden and unpleasant: a rude surprise / awakening.
In an old-fashioned sense, it means simple
or basic: a rude chair. In
British English, you might
also hear the fixed
phrase to be in rude
health, meaning “very
healthy and robust”.
Complete the following sentences with words
from this page in their correct form.
a) I don’t like that comedian. His jokes and stories are
too ______________ for me.
b) You know what the Bible says: “ ______________, and
ye shall find.”
c) The road is closed to traffic except for cyclists and
______________.
d) Once ______________ a time, a little girl went into the
forest to visit her grandmother.
e) The passenger gave a clear ______________ of the
accident.
f) We’ve had a ______________ letter from the taxman.
It’s time to pay!
OVER TO YOU!
Answers: a) rude; b) Seek; c) pedestrians;
d) upon; e) account; f) rude
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LANGUAGE | Perfectionists Only!
Every month, WILL O’RYAN explains developments in the English language
and examines some of the finer points of grammar.
How many popes?
After Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement
earlier this year that he would
step down, there was immediate speculation
about who his successor
(Nachfolger(in)) would be. Curiously,
in the English-language media, some
commentators used the pronouns
“they” and “them” to refer to this potential
new pope; for example, “the
next pope will discover that they...”
and “anyone who expects the cardinals
to elect them as pope...”. This use
of “they/them” in the singular avoids
having to say “he or she” or “his
or her”. Even if nothing else
were certain, however,
the sex of the pope
was never in doubt.
Perhaps this is
proof of how standard
this modern use
of singular “they” is for
many speakers, as well
as how few contexts
there are these days in
which only “he” or “him” apply.
An additional British “do”
Grammar
When there is ellipsis of the predicate — generally to avoid repetition —
an auxiliary verb is typically stranded in the reduced clause, as in (a):
a) She says she’ll help, and I really believe she will.
He’s going to be here at noon — at least I think he is.
If there is no auxiliary present in the non-reduced clause, then a form of “do”
is inserted, which should remind you of the “dummy” auxiliary “do” of questions
and of negated and emphatic statements. Here are two examples:
b) John really liked the concert, and I did, too.
Sarah always sings when she’s happy, and Peter does, too.
This construction is standard in all varieties of English. But there is another,
secondary form of “do” that is found in spoken British English. It occurs in
conjunction with other auxiliary verbs in such elliptical clauses. Consider
the following examples:
c) Are you going to join us this evening? — I may do.
I wasn’t enjoying my work back then, but I am doing now.
I haven’t yet bought a tablet computer, but I will do soon.
She didn’t tell me she already had a boyfriend, but I wish she had done.
The auxiliary “do” of (b) occurs only when there is no (other) auxiliary present.
So what’s going on here? The answer is that this is not an auxiliary
“do”, but the full, lexical verb “do”, which functions with a range of auxiliary
verbs as in (c). In the same way, it can also be combined with auxiliary,
“dummy” “do” in situations of negation and emphasis, as we see in (d):
d) I speak French now, but I didn’t do ten years ago.
I wasn’t sure whether she speaks French, but in fact she does do.
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Back to the roots
Modern English “health” goes back to
the Old English adjective hal, the root
of modern “whole”. Not surprisingly,
it is related to German heil. The Old
English noun hælþ, which meant
“wholeness”, was formed from hal by
adding the nominalizing suffix -þ [T]
together with a vowel shift. (Other
examples include modern “breadth”
from “broad” and “width” from
“wide”.) The meaning later shifted to
its modern sense. Another Old English
word had a similar meaning:
gesund. This lost the ge- prefix and became
our modern adjective “sound”,
which has developed various senses.
The original meaning still exists in
collocations such as “safe and sound”
(wohlbehalten) and “sleep soundly”
(einen gesunden Schlaf haben).
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In all the examples of (c) and (d), the “do” is unstressed and can be left out.
In fact, that is what speakers of non-British English would do:
e) Are you going to join us this evening? — I may.
She didn’t tell me she already had a boyfriend, but I wish she had.
While the examples of (e) are perfectly acceptable in British English, those
of (c) are probably more typical in colloquial speech. That said, you should
use this construction yourself only if British English is your model. To
speakers of US English, for example, the sentences in (c) and (d) sound as
if they have an extra “do” present that has no place there. There is, however,
another option for North Americans and other non-Brits: this secondary
“do” can be used together with “so”. But it is important to
remember that the “so” is then obligatory:
f) I wasn’t enjoying it back then, but I am doing so now.
I speak French now, but I didn’t do so ten years ago.
Complete these reduced clauses in spoken British and
North American English:
1. He didn’t give me the money, but I wish he __________ /__________.
2. He likes seafood now, but he __________ / __________ for years.
Answers: 1. had done / had (done so); 2. didn’t do / didn’t (do so)

Crossword | LANGUAGE
1 2 3 4
9
5 6 7
11 12
13 14 15
16 17 18 19
20
The words in this puzzle are taken from the Travel article on Manitoba.
You may find it helpful to refer to the text on pages 30–35.
Competition!
Form a single word from the letters in the coloured squares.
Send that word on a postcard to: Redaktion Spotlight, Kennwort
“May Prize Puzzle”, Postfach 1565, 82144 Planegg, Deutsch -
land. Ten winners will be chosen at random from the entries we
have received by 15 May 2013. Each of the
winners will be sent a copy of Rude Words:
A Short Dictionary by courtesy of Reclam.
The answer to our March 2013 puzzle was
picture. Congratulations to: Ingeborg Henke
(Munich), Ulrike Kämmerer-Ehlers (Hanover),
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In a job interview, a man is asked: “What would you say are
your main strengths and weaknesses?”
“Well,” the man begins, “my main weakness has to be my
problem with reality. Sometimes, I have a little trouble knowing
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© Bulls
THE ARGYLE SWEATER
Politics as usual
Little girl: “Daddy, do all fairy tales begin with ‘Once upon a
time...’?”
Father: “No. Some begin with ‘If I am elected...’”
Stress at school
Jane is walking through the school where she works, when
she sees one of the new teachers standing outside his classroom
— with his head pressed against a locker. Jane hears
him say, “How did you get yourself into this?”
Knowing that the class he teaches is a difficult one, Jane asks:
“Are you OK? Is there anything I can do to help?”
The teacher lifts his head and replies, “I’ll be fine as soon as I
get this kid out of his locker.”
Test results
Doctor to patient: “I have good news and bad news. The good
news is that you’re definitely not a hypochondriac.”
fairy tale [(feEri teI&l]
Märchen
hypochondriac [)haIpEU(kQndriÄk] jmd., der sich einbildet,
krank zu sein
locker [(lQkE]
Spind
once upon a time [)wVns E)pQn E (taIm] es war einmal (➝ p. 61)
spoil [spOI&l]
verderben,
schlecht werden
thumb [TVm]
Daumen
torn [tO:n]
zerrissen, zerfleddert
PEANUTS
SOS
A passenger ship is passing a small island in the middle of the
ocean. Everyone watches as a thin man with a beard and old,
torn clothes runs on to the beach, shouting and waving.
“Who’s that?” asks one of the passengers.
“I’ve no idea,” says the captain. “But every year we sail past,
and he goes crazy.”
Life and death
I’ve just read a list of the top 100 things to do before you die.
I’m surprised “Call for help” wasn’t one of them.
66 Spotlight 5|13

“
Sign
spinners have
only a few seconds
to attract your
attention
”
American Life | GINGER KUENZEL
A new job for
hard times
Entlang amerikanischer Autobahnen versuchen vermehrt
Akrobaten mit vollem Körpereinsatz auf Unternehmen aufmerksam zu
machen. Ihre Präsenz ist jedoch höchst umstritten.
Foto: Corbis
Ever heard of a “sign spinner”?
I recently discovered that spinning
signs is a job, and an increasingly
popular one, too. I’m
talking about the folks who stand
alongside busy highways dressed in
colorful costumes. They wave signs,
do cartwheels, and perform elaborate
dance routines. In short, they do
everything in their power to attract
your attention.
The idea is to persuade people
who are driving by to change their
plans, turn their cars around, and
visit the business advertised on the
sign. This could be a furniture store
that’s having a big sale, a shop that
wants to buy your old coins, a pizza
parlor, a tax preparer — any commercial
operation that wants to attract
new customers. In places like California
and Florida, where the weather is
usually warm, people can do this kind
of job all year round.
Being a sign spinner seems like a
particularly American thing to do. Of
course, there are people in cities
dance routine [(dÄns ru:)ti:n]
Tanzfigur
distract [dI(strÄkt]
ablenken
do a cartwheel [)du: E (kA:rtwi:&l] ein Rad schlagen
drenched in sweat [)drentSt In (swet] schweißgebadet
elaborate [i(lÄbErEt]
ausgeklügelt, raffiniert
exercise [(eks&rsaIz]
ausüben
line of work [)laIn Ev (w§:k]
Job, Metier
pedestrian [pE(destriEn] Fußgänger(in) (➝ p. 61)
pizza parlor [(pi:tsE )pA:rl&r]
Pizzeria
providing [prE(vaIdIN]
vorausgesetzt
sandwich board [(sÄnwIdZ bO:rd] umgehängte
Reklametafel
signage [(saInIdZ]
(Werbe-)Beschilderung
spin [spIn]
herumwirbeln
tan [tÄn]
Sonnenbräune
top-notch [)tA:p (nA:tS] ifml.
erstklassig, Superwatch
out for [wA:tS (aUt f&r]
Ausschau halten nach
around the world who march up and
down wearing sandwich boards or
other forms of advertising. It’s not an
uncommon sight. The big difference
is that their target audience consists
of pedestrians. They can speak to people
— providing anyone will listen —
to get them to buy something or to
go into a restaurant, for example.
Sign spinners, on the other hand,
face a bigger challenge. They have
only a few seconds to attract the attention
of drivers speeding by. To succeed,
they rely on elaborate moves, on
the very big words on their signs, or
the fact that they are dressed, say, as a
huge tomato. In
these hard times,
plen ty of people
think it’s a job
worth doing. In
fact, some companies
even offer
training in how
to become a sign
spinner.
There’s an official
competition
for sign spinners,
too. I’ve watched
their moves on
YouTube. I noticed,
though,
that they are so focused on spinning
their signs that it’s nearly impossible
to read what’s advertised on them.
The pay isn’t great, starting at
around $8 per hour. They say,
though, that top-notch sign spinners
get paid much more. I can see why it
might seem better than a desk job, especially
when the weather is good
and you would prefer to be outside
working on your tan. But what about
the rainy days, or when it’s so hot that
you’re drenched in sweat the minute
you walk out the door?
This type of “human” advertising
comes with a certain amount of controversy.
Some towns have made it illegal
because it distracts drivers and
leads to traffic accidents. Business
owners who employ sign spinners,
however, say they are simply exercising
freedom of speech, a right that is
protected by the US constitution.
Most town and city governments
have very strict rules about permanent
signage, with laws regulating
how large the signs can be and where
they may be placed. Since signs held
by humans are only temporary, these
regulations generally have no relevance
— which is another reason why
sign spinning is so attractive to many
businesses.
The next time you visit some
sunny part of the States, watch out
for the talented and creative individuals
who are in this line of work.
Who knows? You may even get the
chance to see a future sign-spinning
world champion in action.
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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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | My Life in English
Lale Akgün
Diesen Monat spricht die
türkischstämmige Politikerin
und erfolgreiche Buchautorin
über ihre Erfahrungen
mit der englischen Sprache
und Kultur.
What makes English important to you?
My professional life has been linked with English
for more than 20 years. Whether in politics or academics,
I’ve always worked in international contexts and
have had to rely on English.
When was your first English lesson, and what do you
remember about it?
Easter 1964, when I started secondary school. My teacher,
Herr Weihrauch, did oral tests on vocabulary in every
class. In each class, I prayed, “Dear God, don’t let Herr
Weihrauch ask me today, and I promise that I’ll learn the
vocabulary next time.” Unfortunately, I always forgot my
resolutions — until the next English class.
Who is your favourite English-language author?
I love the English writers of the 19th century: Charles
Dickens, George Eliot, the Brontë sisters, Jane Austen,
William Thackeray. I read them all for the first time
when I was 12 or 13 years old. They were in Turkish,
because my mother had all these authors on her bookshelves.
Then she gave me Dickens’s David Copperfield in
German and Thackeray’s Vanity Fair in English.
Which English song could you sing a few lines of?
“The First Nowell”, because I sang the song as a child.
Which person from the English-speaking world (living or
dead) would you most like to meet?
I’d like to meet the natural scientist Isaac Newton. He is a
model of unconventional, yet strictly logical thinking.
If you could be any place in the English-speaking world
right now, where would it be?
North Yorkshire. The landscapes, the towns and the way
of life there are wonderful.
fect on the speech centre in my brain — quite successfully,
by the way. She backed down very meekly.
What food from the English-speaking world do you like?
English teacakes. And I’m ashamed of myself, but it’s
true: ketchup!
What is your favourite English word?
“Baby”, which used to be a term of endearment for
women. Today, I allow myself to address men with this
word, too. It’s perfect for turning the usual power structures
completely upside down.
Do you practise English?
No, unfortunately. The spirit is willing, but the flesh
doesn’t have time.
If you suddenly found yourself with a free afternoon in
London or New York, what would you do?
Shop, shop, shop — until my credit card was on fire!
What do you have in your home from the Englishspeaking
world?
My kitchenware, my soaps and many of my clothes (especially
pyjamas, pullovers and jackets) are very British.
What would be your motto in English?
Sometimes wrong choices take us to the right places.
What was your funniest experience in English?
Years ago, I became annoyed with a customs official at
the airport and suddenly started to tell her off in perfect
English. I hadn’t known that I could rant and rave so
fluently. The adrenalin rush probably had a positive efaddress
[E(dres]
back down [bÄk (daUn]
kitchenware [(kItSEnweE]
meekly [(mi:kli]
oral [(O:rEl]
rant and rave [)rÄnt End (reIv]
resolutions [)rezE(lu:S&nz]
spirit: the ~ is willing, but the
flesh is weak [(spIrIt] original
tell sb. off [tel (Qf] ifml.
term of endearment
[)t§:m Ev In(dIEmEnt]
“The First Nowell” [DE )f§:st nEU(el]
Vanity Fair [)vÄnEti (feE]
ansprechen
nachgeben, klein beigeben
Küchengeschirr
kleinlaut
mündlich
zetern, schimpfen
gute Vorsätze
der Geist ist willig, aber
das Fleisch ist schwach
jmdm. die Meinung sagen
Kosename
traditionelles englisches
Weihnachtslied
Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeiten
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Green Light
52013
ENGLISCH LEICHT GEMACHT!
Words
Vocabulary for
green things in
the garden
Culture
Read all
about
baseball
Practise saying
the time
correctly

GREEN LIGHT | News
This month…
Was beschäftigt die
englischsprachige Welt im Mai?
VANESSA CLARK spürt die heißen
Storys für Sie auf.
Small town, big laughs
Comedy The Welsh town of Machynlleth
is small. It doesn’t have a Starbucks or a
McDonalds, but it does know how to have
fun. The Machynlleth Comedy Festival
started in 2011 and is already an important
event in the comedy calendar.
60 years ago1953
Literature On 4 May 1953, American author
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) was
awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man
and the Sea. The novel tells the story of an old,
experienced Cuban fisherman and his struggle
to catch a large fish called a marlin.
audience [(O:diEns]
awarded: be ~ sth.
[E(wO:dId]
experienced [Ik(spIEriEnst]
job [dZQb]
Machynlleth [mE(kVnɬET]
spoilt [spOI&lt]
star [stA:]
struggle [(strVg&l]
Publikum
etw. verliehen
bekommen
erfahren
Aufgabe
verwöhnt
eine Hauptrolle spielen
Anstrengung, Kampf
Thousands of fans come to see their
favourite comedians in small rooms, such as
the Machynlleth Bowling Club, and the
tickets are very cheap. For comedians, it’s a
chance to try out new material before a
small audience. This year’s festival will take
place from 3 to 5 May.
One of the stars of last year’s festival was
German funny man Henning Wehn. If
you’d like to see him doing comedy in English,
you can find him online.
Is she too nice?
Films British actress Carey Mulligan stars
with Leonardo DiCaprio in the new film of
the American classic The Great Gatsby,
which comes out this month. Mulligan plays
Daisy Buchanan, a spoilt rich girl who
thinks only of herself. Some critics say that,
with her sweet face, Mulligan is just “too
nice” to play Daisy, but filmmaker
Baz Luhrmann
says she’s the right girl
for the job.
In her private
life, the 27-yearold
actress got
married last year.
Her husband is
Marcus Mumford,
the lead singer of folk
rock band Mumford
& Sons.
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All that is green
STEPHANIE SHELLABEAR presents words for things you find in the garden.
1
8
2
3
7
6
4
5
Write the words next
to the pictures.
1. branch [brA:ntS]
2. leaf (pl. leaves)
3. hedge [hedZ]
4. bush [bUS]
5. grass, lawn [lO:n]
6. potted plant
[(pQtId plA:nt]
7. shrub [SrVb]
8. climbing plant
[(klaImIN plA:nt],
creeper [(kri:pE]
Answers: a) grass / lawn; b) leaves;
c) climbing plant / creeper; d) hedge;
e) potted plant
Choose the word from the list that matches each description.
a) Tennis is played on this at Wimbledon in England. ______________
b) These grow on trees in the spring and summer, but fall off in the
autumn. ______________
c) Clematis and roses are well-known types of this. ______________
d) Some people grow this round their garden to stop people
looking in. ______________
e) If you have green fingers (US: “a green thumb”), but a small
balcony, buy one of these. ______________
If somebody has green fingers, it means that he or she
is good at making plants grow:
• You’re garden is absolutely beautiful. You really do have
green fingers.
Tips
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GREEN LIGHT | Grammar elements
It’s easy!
STEPHANIE SHELLABEAR presents basic grammar.
This month: how to use “it’s”.
It’s is a short form of it is or it has.
Here, we shall take a closer look at the “it is” form. There are many everyday phrases
beginning with it’s that are easy to learn. Look at these examples:
talking about time and dates
• It’s twelve o’clock.
• It’s Monday today.
• It’s my birthday on 15 December.
talking about the weather
• It’s raining.
• It’s snowing.
• It’s very hot outside.
giving an opinion about a place
• It’s too hot in this office.
• It’s very crowded in the city centre.
• It’s so romantic in Paris.
giving an opinion with “to” + infinitive
• It’s nice to meet you.
• It’s always good to go on holiday in
the summer.
• It’s great to see that Grandad’s well
again.
giving an opinion with -ing verb
• It’s horrible driving to work during
rush hour (Stoßzeit).
• It’s hard work bringing up three small
children.
• It’s wonderful sitting in the sun,
enjoying a cold drink.
The above examples are written in the positive form.
The negative form is it isn’t or it’s not. When asking a question, you say: is it?
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of “it’s”.
a) _____________ my birthday today. (negative)
b) _____________ expensive living in New York? (question)
c) _____________ wonderful to hear that you are happy. (positive)
d) _____________ nice travelling in a train if you haven’t got a seat. (negative)
e) _____________ really cold outside today. (positive)
f) _____________ safe to leave my bike here? (question)
Its is not short for it is or it has. Its is a possessive used with animals or things:
• Has the dog had its dinner?
• Lay the bicycle on its side.
Tips
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Answers: a) It’s not / It isn’t; b) Is it; c) It’s; d) It’s not / It isn’t; e) It’s; f) Is it

The garden
The Greens | GREEN LIGHT
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Andrew and Donna are in the garden. Donna wants to cut the grass.
By DAGMAR TAYLOR
Donna: Andrew? Andrew, the lawnmower
isn’t working. I want to cut the grass before
Paula and her boyfriend arrive.
Andrew: Have you plugged it in?
Donna: Of course I have! Do you think you
could have a look, please?
Andrew: Let’s see. Hmm! You’re right, it’s
not working.
Donna: Thank you! Do you think there’s
something wrong with the cable?
Andrew: I don’t know. There might be. We
could ask Bob if we can borrow his
lawnmower.
Donna: Do you think he would mind?
Andrew: I don’t think so. I lent him my
bike the other day.
Donna: Can you ask him? Paula will be here
in half an hour!
lawnmower [(lO:n)mEUE]
plug sth. in [)plVg (In]
the other day [Di )VDE (deI]
Rasenmäher
etw. ans Stromnetz
anschließen
neulich
• When a machine or a device [di(vaIs]
(Gerät) is not functioning normally, you
say it isn’t working.
• When you ask someone to have a
look, you ask him or her to look carefully
at something.
• Another way to say “it isn’t working” is
to say there’s something wrong with
an object.
• Be careful with the verbs borrow and
lend (past form “lent”). You use
“borrow” when you take and use something
belonging to someone else and
return it to him or her later. You use
“lend” when you allow (erlauben)
someone to use something that belongs
to you.
• If a person doesn’t mind helping, he or
she is willing to help you. You can say,
“Would you mind helping me?” if you
want to ask someone to help.
Tips
Complete the sentences below with
the correct form of “borrow” or “lend”.
Andrew
a) Excuse me, Bob. Could I ______ your
lawnmower?
b) I ______ Bob my bike the other day.
c) If you like, you can ______ my bike.
d) Of course I don’t mind ______ you
my lawnmower.
e) Bob ______ Andrew’s bike the
other day.
Answers: a) borrow; b) lent; c) borrow;
d) lending; e) borrowed
Donna

GREEN LIGHT | Get writing
Asking for help
VANESSA CLARK helps you to write letters, e-mails and more in English.
This month: how to ask someone for help.
Help!
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Help!
uschi@work.co.uk
Hi Ursula
Can I ask you a favour?
I need help with our American visitors next week. Would you be available?
I need someone to give them a tour of the company on Monday morning. Could you do
that for me? There are only three visitors, and it would take less than an hour.
If you could help, I’d be very grateful.
Thanks in advance
Harvey
• If you want someone to do a small job (Aufgabe) for you, you can ask him or her for a
favour; for example: Can I ask you a favour? or “Can you do me a favour?”
• To describe exactly what you want, you can say I need help with..., I need someone
to..., or “I’m looking for someone to...”
• To make the job sound small, use words
like only, “just”, “small” and less than.
• Remember to say that you’d be very
grateful. And if you thank your friend
or colleague in advance, it’s harder for
him or her to say no.
Tips
Use
it!
Highlight the key words
and phrases that you would use if you
wanted to write an e-mail like this yourself.
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Culture
corner | GREEN LIGHT
I like…
baseball
Jeden Monat stellt ein
Redakteur etwas Besonderes aus
der englischsprachigen Welt vor.
Diesen Monat präsentiert
stellvertretende Chefredakteurin
CLAUDINE WEBER-HOF ihre
Lieblingsballsportart.
Why we love it
Americans are very nostalgic about baseball.
Football may be the country’s most
popular sport, but we still call baseball the
“national pastime.” Anyone who has seen
the 1989 movie Field of Dreams with Kevin
Costner will know what I mean: baseball
takes us back to the sunny afternoons when
we were kids. Standing out on the baseball
field in spring, we felt “the thrill of the
grass.” It’s a great feeling to put on your
baseball glove, already smooth with wear,
and wait for the game to begin.
How the game is played
You need two teams, each with nine players.
The pitcher from one team throws the ball to
his catcher, while the other team’s batter tries
to hit the ball into play. If the batter hits the
ball into the field of play, he runs to first base.
Depending on where the ball falls or rolls, he
may get to second or third base.
Then he waits for another batter
from his team to hit the
ball. With any luck, he will
get back to home plate and
score a run (a point) for his
team. He can also score a
run by hitting the ball out
of the park for a “home
run.”
Fun
facts
There are many expressions in English
that have to do with ball games,
like keep your eye on the ball. In baseball,
this is a tip for the batter, who must keep
his attention on the ball. If the batter takes
his eye off the ball, say to look at an infield -
er who is making funny faces, then he
won’t be able to hit the ball. In a general
sense, the expression means to focus on
what’s important and not get distracted.
distracted: get ~
abgelenkt werden
[dI(strÄktId]
expression [Ik(spreS&n] Ausdruck
first base [)f§:st (beIs] US erste Markierung
auf dem Spielfeld
glove [glVv]
Handschuh
home plate [)hoUm (pleIt] US Ausgangsstandpunkt
infielder [(In)fi:&ld&r] auf dem diamantförmigen
(inneren)
Spielfeld stehender
Spieler
park [pA:rk]
hier: Stadion
pastime [(pÄstaIm] Zeitvertreib,
Freizeitbeschäftigung
say [seI]
beispielsweise
score [skO:r]
(Punkte) erzielen
smooth [smu:D]
glatt, geschmeidig
thrill [TrIl]
Nervenkitzel
wear: with ~ [we&r] vom (häufigen)
Tragen
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GREEN LIGHT | Notes and numbers
Time
There is more than one way of saying what
the time is.
6.30 = “six thirty” or “half past six”
5.15 = “five fifteen” or “a quarter past five”
When you tell the time with the words
“past” or “to”, you don’t need to say the
word “minutes” with 5, 10, 20 and 25.
9.25 = “nine twenty-five” / “twenty-five past
nine”
8.59 = “eight fifty-nine” / “one minute to nine”
Your notes
Use this space for your own notes.
Write the following times as you
would say them.
a) 2.10 _______________________________
two ten / ten past two
b) 3.17 _______________________________
c) 4.30 _______________________________
d) 5.38 _______________________________
e) 6.45 _______________________________
o’clock
When you mean an exact hour, use
o’clock [E(klQk] after the numbers 1–12.
• I got up at 6 o’clock this morning.
• I went back to bed at 8 o’clock.
Answers: b) three seventeen / seventeen minutes past three;
c) four thirty / half past four; d) five thirty-eight / twenty-two
minutes to six; e) six forty-five / a quarter to seven
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