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EDITORIAL | June 2014
Let’s hear it for
America’s South
English is fun!
The rolling green hills of Kentucky, the sound
of guitars picking out bluegrass melodies in
Nashville and the aroma of spare ribs on the
grill at Leatha’s Bar-B-Que Inn in Mississippi:
Inez Sharp, editor-in-chief
there’s plenty of diversity across the 16 states
that make up the American South. There is also a feeling for good living and a
real understanding of what hospitality means, as Julian Earwaker discovered
when he visited the South for Spotlight. His journey begins on page 14. And
why not follow that up with a tour of more Southern highlights such as the
beaches of North Carolina and Florida’s theme parks on pages 22–25.
“Ach, awa wi ye.” If you don’t understand that sentence, you are not alone.
With so many English-speakers across the world, there are lots of accents and
expressions that need explaining. This is what Spotlight author Dagmar Taylor
does in “English around the world”. Go to page 30 to discover who says
“nuffink” instead of “nothing” or what a “good name” is, or the meaning of “Ach,
awa wi ye”. A clue to the last one: like Dagmar, it comes from Scotland.
A big “thank you” to all of you who took part in our IELTS competition in
the February issue of Spotlight. The British Council in Berlin generously offered
the winner the chance to sit an IELTS test
completely free of charge. The lucky winner
is Eyka Lorenz. We also picked three
runners-up who have each won a copy
of the Official IELTS Practice Materials.
We wish Ms Lorenz the best of luck
with the exam as well as anyone else
who has decided to take the test.
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– I don’t know and I don’t care.
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SPECIAL
CONTENTS | June 2014
America’s South
Good music, excellent food, friendly people: join us
for a tour of Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky.
14 26
Queen of cakes
Hong Kong’s Bonnae Gokson designs cakes that are
works of art and that look almost too good to eat.
SPECIAL
6 People
Names and faces from around the world
8 A Day in My Life
Protecting the fish in Ireland’s waters
10 World View
What’s news and what’s hot
13 Britain Today
Colin Beaven on the tea tradition
22 Southern charm
More places to visit in the American South
29 I Ask Myself
Amy Argetsinger on the new way to divorce
34 Around Oz
Peter Flynn on annoying objects on wheels
38 History
James Joyce’s Ulysses takes place 110 years ago
40 Press Gallery
A look at the English-language media
42 Arts
Films, apps, books, culture and a short story
66 The Lighter Side
Jokes and cartoons
67 American Life
Ginger Kuenzel on strange laws in the US
68 Feedback & Impressum
Your letters to Spotlight — and our responses
69 Next Month
What’s coming next month in Spotlight
36 Debate
Is it OK for the US to spy on its own citizens?
People in Boston have their say
70 My Life in English
TV presenter Nazan Eckes on loving London
and the importance of English in her work
Fotos: iStock; PR
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Global English
“Chill, bru” “What’s the craic?” Learn about these
and other fun expressions from around the world.
35
Easy English
Having fun yet? Then you must be reading your way
through Green Light, our booklet in easy English.
IN THIS MAGAZINE: 14 LANGUAGE PAGES
48 Vocabulary
All about dogs
50 Travel Talk
Visiting an English country garden
53 Language Cards
Pull out and practise
55 Everyday English
On the motorway
57 The Grammar Page
Using “when” and “if” to talk about the future
58 Peggy’s Place: The Soap
The latest from a London pub
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The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages:
A2 B1– B2 C1– C2
To find your level, visit Sprachtest.de
59 English at Work
Ken Taylor answers your questions
60 Spoken English
No way! How to use the word “way”
61 Word Builder
A focus on the words in Spotlight
62 Perfectionists Only!
Nuances of English
63 Crossword
Find the words and win a prize
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6
PEOPLE | Names and Faces
The writer
Who exactly is…
zugänglich, offen
Umstände, Bedingungen
hier: sich verkleiden
privater Kabelsender
anregend, inspirierend
geschweige denn
mittelalterlich
unvergesslich
Adels-
etw. verlosen
Gerücht
hier: TV-Staffel
hier: demnächst erscheinend
accessible [Ek(sesEb&l]
circumstances [(s§:kEmstÄnsIz]
dress up [dres (Vp]
HBO (Home Box Office) [)eItS bi: (EU] US
inspiring [In(spaIErIN]
let alone [let E(lEUn]
medieval [)medi(i:v&l]
memorable [(memErEb&l]
noble [(nEUb&l]
raffle sth. off [)rÄf&l (Qf]
rumour [(ru:mE]
season [(si:z&n]
upcoming [(Vp)kVmIN]
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George R. R.
Martin?
In 1996, a fantasy novel called A
Game of Thrones was published,
telling the story of a noble family’s
fight for power in a fictional medieval
world. George R. R. Martin, its author,
had spent the previous ten years
in television, working on shows such
as The Twilight Zone. His book was the
first in the series A Song of Ice and Fire.
In 2011, the series was turned
into an HBO TV show, and Martin
became famous overnight. In an interview
with the Financial Times, he
explained why people all over the
world like the series: “Game of
Thrones, being fantasy, and set in an
imaginary kingdom, and about certain
universal issues — of power and
family, and love and duty, and all that
— does hopefully speak to many different
cultures.”
Martin has a loyal following. Fans
spend hours creating costumes and
dressing up as characters from the series.
There are rumours that US President
Barack Obama watched the
fourth season of the show before it
appeared on TV. And Martin’s website,
www.georgerrmartin.com, even
includes a page with photographs of
babies named after characters from
the books.
Martin was born in New Jersey in
1948. As a young child, he wrote stories
about monsters and sold them to
his friends. In 1970, aged 21, he sold
his first short story, called The Hero,
to a science-fiction magazine. After
studying journalism, he became a
full-time writer in 1979. He now
lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is
known for being accessible to fans.
Five books have so far been published
in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
Martin is currently working on
the sixth. This spring, he delighted
fans by putting a chapter from the
upcoming book on his website.
In the news
The Fat Duck is one of the world’s top
restaurants. Its owner, the famous
chef Heston Blumenthal, recently
made a surprise announcement:
the restaurant is going to move
from England to Melbourne, Australia.
The reason is that the building west of
London needs to be repaired. So for
six months next year, Blumenthal and
the 70 people who work for him will
take The Fat Duck to Australia.
Blumenthal told
Vogue, “It’s the furthest
migration a
duck of any kind, let
alone a fat
duck, has
made.”
Canadian author Alice Munro has
sold almost two million books and last
year won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Some of her stories have been made
into films, such as Hateship Loveship.
The film was released in the US earlier
this year, but The Wall Street Journal
reported that Munro wouldn’t be seeing
it. “It’s such a different medium.
I don’t think my comments would
be useful, so
I have not
looked at it,
and I probably
won’t try
to see it,” said
Munro.
Fans of the TV series Downton Abbey
recently had a rare opportunity.
Laura Carmichael, who plays
Lady Edith Crawley on the show, raffled
off a chance to visit the set and
then have dinner with her. The money
collected went to a charity called Haiti:
Make Births Safe. Carmichael visited
Haiti last year. “It was one of the most
memorable experiences of my life,”
she told the Daily Mail. “Having
the opportunity to meet some
of the amazing Haitian doctors
who are doing so much, under
such difficult circumstances,
was incredibly moving
and inspiring.”

Fotos: action press; Corbis; Getty Images; Ullstein
Out of the ordinary
ancestor [(ÄnsestE]
ancestry [(Änsestri]
astonished [E(stQnISt]
CEO (chief executive officer)
[)si: i: (EU]
core [kO:]
entire [In(taIE]
impact [(ImpÄkt]
mayor [meE]
pour [pO:]
recording contract
[ri:(kO:dIN )kQntrÄkt]
supporting role
[sE)pO:tIN (rEUl]
tasty [(teIsti]
Weetabix [(wi:tEbIks] UK
Canadian Cassidy Little describes himself
as “an actor, dancer and comedian who
currently serves in the British Royal
Marines”. From this description, you
wouldn’t guess that Little lost his right leg
in an explosion in Afghanistan three years
ago. He recently starred in The Two Worlds
of Charlie F., a play that tells the true stories
of injured soldiers. “What the show has
done for us is actually to give us an excuse
to communicate about the trauma,” Little
told CBC News. “It’s one of the most therapeutic
things I’ve done in my entire life.”
It might be the most tasty. It might be the tastiest. But can a carton
of orange juice be “the most tastiest”? Albert Gifford, a 15-yearold
schoolboy in Somerset, noticed this grammatical mistake on a
carton of Tesco orange juice one morning. “I was so astonished, especially
as Tesco is such a large company, that I almost started pouring
the orange juice on to my Weetabix,” he wrote in a letter to the
Daily Mail. Tesco saw the letter and promised to correct the error.
“I don’t think supermarket packaging should be wholly responsible
for teaching young people English grammar, but I can’t help thinking
that every little helps,” Gifford said.
Daphne Mashile-Nkosi is the first woman to own a mine in
South Africa and now, she has been named the African CEO of the
Year. The Independent reports that Mashile-
Nkosi is trying to involve more women in the
mining industry. “Figures show that when
women earn [money], 90 per cent of it goes
back into their society — their children’s
education or the local community...”
she said. “Every job you give a woman
puts a child through school.” Her company,
Kalagadi Manganese, has 3,000
employees in the Northern Cape.
Vorfahr(in)
Abstammung
erstaunt, verblüfft
Hauptgeschäftsführer(in)
Kern, Herzstück
komplett, ganz
Einfluss
Bürgermeister(in)
gießen
(Platten)Vertrag
Nebenrolle
lecker
(Markenname) Frühstückszerealie:
gepresster Vollkornweizen, der
mit Milch eingeweicht wird
Texts by RITA FORBES
Happy birthday!
The newcomer
• Name: Jermain Jackman
• Occupation: singer
• Age: 19
• Background: from Hackney
in East London.
• Where you have seen him:
He was the winner of The Voice, a
British television talent show, this
year. His version of “And I Am Tell -
ing You I’m Not Going” made it to
the iTunes Top 40 list.
• Where you will see and hear him:
Jackman has won a £100,000
recording contract, so you will be
hearing more of his voice soon. He
also recently joined his local youth
parliament, saying that he wants to
have a positive impact on his
community with his music and by
being involved in politics.
One of the greatest American actresses of all time will
turn 65 on 22 June. This year, Meryl Streep was nominated
for her eighteenth Oscar for her role in the drama
August: Osage County. Streep’s film career began in 1977,
when she was 28 years old and played in Julia with Jane
Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave. One year later, she
received her first Oscar nomination, for a supporting
role in The Deer Hunter.
Streep, who was born in New Jersey in 1949,
has German ancestry. One of her ancestors was
the mayor of Loffenau, a small town in Württemberg,
in the 1700s.
Streep has played a variety of roles, from
Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady to the
singing and dancing Donna in Mamma Mia!
She once said in an interview: “People have
criticized me for playing characters who
are from different countries and have different
life experiences to me. I read those
criticisms and think: ‘Should I just play a
woman from New Jersey?’ I also have a theory
that we’re not so different from each
other — the core of humanity is something
we all share.”
In 2004, Streep received the American
Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award.
Today, her career is still going strong.
Upcoming films include The Giver, Into
the Woods and Suffragette.

A DAY IN MY LIFE | Ireland
A popular Irish sport:
river fishing
Watching
over the river
Als Beamtin der Fischereibehörde muss Maureen Byrne auch kontrollieren, ob Angler sich an
die Vorschriften halten. Nicht alle Kontrollen verlaufen friedlich. Von OLIVE KEOGH
My name is Maureen Byrne, and I’m 42 years old.
I studied zoology at university to doctoral level
and have been a fishery officer with Inland Fisheries
Ireland for the past 17 years. My job is to protect the
fish in Irish rivers from poachers.
I work on the east coast of Ireland about an hour north
of Dublin. I am part of the team that patrols one of Ireland’s
historically most famous rivers, the River Boyne. It
was the site of a famous battle in 1690. Today, our biggest
battle is with those taking fish illegally from our rivers. We
are not trying to ruin people’s fun, but fish and their habitats
have to be protected. Our area of responsibility also
extends 12 miles (19 km) out to sea. Protected species include
all freshwater fish such as pike and bream, as well as
sea bass, salmon and more.
On day patrols, we meet anglers and check their
licences and equipment. We also monitor water quality. If
we are doing covert work, we could start as late as 10 or
11 o’clock at night, especially during the summer. If we
have information about possible illegal activity, we will do
a stake-out. This usually means sitting in a field waiting
for things to happen.
If we catch people, it sends out a very
clear signal to others. The punishment depends
on the type of offence. For something
less serious, we can give a fine of
€150. A serious offence will generally go to
court. People can be fined significant
amounts of money.
We generally work in teams of two. On surveillance,
there may be four, five or six of us. We don’t carry
weapons. Occasionally, we come into contact with people
who become violent. All of us have been in at least one
very hairy situation where we’ve had knives held to us or
been threatened with a gun. It’s all part of the job.
bream [bri:m]
Brasse
covert work [(kVvEt w§:k] verdeckte Beobachtung
doctoral level [(dQktErEl )lev&l] Doktoratsstufe
fine [faIn] Bußgeld (➝ p. 61)
fishery officer [(fISEri )QfIsE] leitende(r) Beamter / Beamtin
der Fischereibehörde
freshwater [(freS)wO:tE]
Süßwasserhabitat
[(hÄbItÄt]
Lebensraum
Inland Fisheries [)InlEnd (fISEriz] etwa: Landesamt für
Binnenfischerei
licence [(laIs&ns]
hier: Angelschein
offence [E(fens]
Vergehen
patrol [pE(trEUl]
patrouillieren
pike [paIk]
Hecht
poacher [(pEUtSE]
Wilderer; hier: Schwarzfischer
salmon [(sÄmEn]
Lachs
sea bass [(si: bÄs]
Wolfsbarsch
stake-out [(steIk aUt] ifml. Überwachung, Observierung
surveillance
Kontrolleinsatz, Beobachtung,
[sE(veIlEns]
Überwachung
Protecting fish:
Maureen Byrne with
her dog Sika

INFO TO GO
People take fish illegally for their own use and to sell.
There is quite a lot of money to be made from this. For
example, a wild salmon would bring in around €30 a kilo.
The salmon season on most rivers is from 1 March until
30 September. Anglers are not allowed to kill salmon on
all of the rivers. If a river is not supporting enough fish,
the anglers must put back what they catch. Salmon are in
trouble: something is happening out at sea that is hurting
stocks. It probably has a lot to do with climate change or
overfishing.
River Boyne
As Maureen Byrne explains in the text, the River Boyne
in the province of Leinster has played an important role
in Irish history. Near the end of its 112-kilometre course
is Drogheda, the town on the Irish Sea where in 1690
the Roman Catholic King James II and the Protestant
King William III did battle for England, Scotland and Ireland.
William won, and the result for Ireland was centuries
of Protestant politics. The River Boyne also
passes ancient cities, such as Trim, with its huge Norman
castle, and the mysterious Hill of Tara, now an important
archaeological site. The Boyne reaches past real
history into Irish myth, too: the goddess Bóinn created
the river, and her followers gave it her name.
Fotos: Alamy; O. Keogh; iStock
archaeological site
[A:kiE)lQdZIk&l (saIt]
clinical animal behaviourist
[)klInIk&l )ÄnIm&l bI(heIvjErIst]
German shepherd [)dZ§:mEn (SepEd]
on call: be ~ [Qn (kO:l]
stocks [stQks]
At times, fishing may
be limited by supply
Usually, my job involves a lot of walking along the
river, but we also use boats. In the freshwater river sections,
we use small boats, such as kayaks. For the open sea, we
have a large patrol boat. My partner, Bob, also does this
kind of work. That’s helpful, because each of us understands
the challenges the other one has to deal with.
I patrol with my pet German shepherd dog Sika. I’m a
fully trained clinical animal behaviourist and the most
highly qualified dog behaviourist in Ireland. I trained Sika
to find illegal fishing equipment and hidden fish by
smelling the air. She will find them in the open countryside,
hidden on someone’s person or in a car or bag. Sika’s
reward for finding something is a game with her favourite
tennis ball. She doesn’t work every day, but she is always
on call. At home, she likes to get up to mischief with our
other dog, Raffie.
Ausgrabungsort
klinische(r) Tierverhaltensforscher(in)
Deutscher Schäferhund
in Bereitschaft sein
hier: (Tier)Bestand
Answers: hairy: a) hairiest; b) hairy; c) hairier;
get up to mischief: a) getting up to mischief; b) got up to mischief
hairy
Maureen Byrne describes how she and her colleagues
have come into contact with violent people. She says
that “all of us have been in at least one very hairy situation”
in which lives were at risk. Here, the informal adjective
“hairy” has nothing to do with hair; instead, it
describes something difficult or frightening. Another
example is: “The steep bike ride down that mountain is
extremely hairy”, which means that riding down
may be so dangerous and challenging that cyclists may
feel alarmed by it. Try using “hairy” in the following
sentences.
a) That landing was terrible — one of the _____________
I’ve ever experienced.
b) Things are getting a bit _____________ at the office.
I’m looking forward to my holiday.
c) Whenever I think about it, the problem seems even
_____________. I hope it gets solved soon.
get up to mischief
When Maureen Byrne’s dog Sika is not helping to find
poachers, she likes to “get up to mischief” with another
dog, Raffie. The expression to “get up to mischief”
means to “cause trouble”. Trouble can be something
small, like playing a loud game, or something more serious,
such as damaging a public building. For example:
“My kids are so funny. As soon as my back is turned,
they immediately get up to mischief.” Or: “Martin got
up to mischief last week. The police discovered
him destroying a pavilion in a park.”
Try using the expression “get up to mischief”
in the following sentences.
a) Are Sam and Pat __________________
in there? There’s a lot of laughter
coming from their room.
b) I haven’t __________________________
for a long time. Let’s go to the pub!
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WORLD VIEW | News in Brief
It’s a good month...
for a trash mob
aspiration [)ÄspE(reIS&n]
beloved [bi(lVvId]
brethren [(breDrEn]
clear away [klIE E(weI]
government official
[)gVv&nmEnt E(fIS&l]
lack [lÄk]
litter [(lItE]
Hoffnung, Sehnsucht
geliebt
Brüder
wegräumen
Regierungsbeamter, -beamtin
hier: nicht haben
Abfälle, Müll
Drawing hope
CANADA If your wildest dreams could come true,
what would you do? Who would you be? Ontario photographer
Shawn Van Daele likes these questions. Asking children to answer
them, especially by creating pictures of their hopes and dreams, is
at the heart of his unusual “Drawing Hope” campaign.
What Van Daele does sounds simple, but its effect is great: he
transforms the children’s drawings into “magical photos” of imaginary
worlds. The portraits are incredibly moving, not least because
they show the aspirations of children who have experienced great
loss, or who have spent much of their young lives in hospital.
For Alexandria, who has a serious liver condition, Van Daele
imagined Queen of Candyland, which shows the little girl on a green
field where lollipops grow like trees. Dominic: the Time Traveler was
made for a heart patient who loves dinosaurs. Another, Marco: the
Explorer, was created for an adventure-loving boy who has cancer.
“I want to inspire the magic of childhood and let kids and their
families who can use a little happiness in their life see that anything
is possible,” Van Daele told The Huffington Post. For more information
on the campaign, see www.drawinghope.ca
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But it should be
beautiful:
Aguada Beach
in north Goa
INDIA Litter is a problem in many parts
of the world. In the Indian state of Goa, though, it is
out of control. Roads and beaches are piled high with
waste. Two local web designers have, therefore, decided
to take matters into their own hands with a novel idea:
they have started organizing “trash mobs” in an effort
to clean up the mess.
When Axel D’Souza and Milind Alvares had the
idea of employing flash mobs — groups of people who
show up in a particular place at a particular time — to
clear away the rubbish, they also decided to document
what they were doing. By taking photographs of the
volunteers and hired helpers hard at work, they can
show government officials the desperate need for good
waste-management infrastructure. The difference their
clean-up efforts make is easy to see.
“Let’s be the unorganized, unsponsored band of unpaid
workers who plant that spear of shame in the
hearts of our beloved Goan brethren,” D’Souza told The
Times of India, “because clearly they’re lacking it.”
For more information, see www.facebook.com/
hashcooks or http://hashcooki.es/community
liver condition [(lIvE kEn)dIS&n]
lollipop [(lQlipQp]
matter [(mÄtE]
not least [nQt (li:st]
novel [(nQv&l]
piled high [paI&ld (haI]
spear [spIE]
volunteer [)vQlEn(tIE]
Image magic:
the “Drawing
Hope”
campaign
Leberleiden
Lutscher
hier: Angelegenheit
nicht zuletzt
neuartig
turmhoch beladen
Speer, Lanze
Freiwillige(r)
Fotos: Alamy/Mauritius; iStock; Purestock

Washing your face with plastic
UNITED STATES Products containing natural
ingredients tend to attract consumers. But even these may contain
plastic microbeads. The beads’ potential to damage the environment
is great — great enough for the state of New York to
consider banning some toothpastes and exfoliating face washes.
“When people learn more about this issue, they will be unwilling
to sacrifice water quality just to continue to use products with
plastic microbeads,” Long Island politician Robert Sweeney told the
press. “I never met people who wanted plastic on their faces or in
their fish.”
The problem is that the microbeads go straight from people’s
bathrooms into rivers and oceans, where they damage ecosystems.
The tiny size of the plastic particles allows them to bypass municipal
wastewater systems. Microbeads from New York are already being
found in surprising concentrations in North America’s Great Lakes.
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, say microbead
use should be stopped. Many firms claim that they are
phasing them out. But the products are still available.
The New York Daily News recommends that people
read the packaging very
carefully: products that
contain plastic microbeads
will have
“polyethylene” or
“polypropylene”
among their
ingredients.
Better check:
there may be
plastic in your
face wash
hier: unbeschadet passieren
Bedenken, Sorge
Währung
Peeling-
Gesichtsreiniger
städtisch
bypass [US (baIpÄs]
concern [kEn(s§:n]
currency [(kVrEnsi]
exfoliating [US eks(foUlieItIN]
face wash [US (feIs wA:S]
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synthetische Mikrokügelchen
etw. opfern
vereinigen
Nationalflagge des Vereinigten Königreichs
Großbritannien und Nordirland
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Union Jack
[)ju:niEn (dZÄk]
A new British flag?
BRITAIN Scottish independence is a big question:
the referendum on 18 September as to whether
Scotland will remain part of the UK brings up concerns
about the economy, currency and national security. But
what about the national flag?
The red, white and blue of the UK’s current Union
Jack dates back to 1606, just after King James I unified
the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland. According
to a story in the Daily Mail, however, a “yes” vote to
leaving the UK would mean that the historic flag would
have to lose the part representing Scotland: the white X-
shaped cross of St Andrew on a field of blue. The change
would leave the UK flag with the red cross of St George
(England and Wales) on a field of white and the thinner
red stripes of the X-shaped cross of St Patrick (Ireland),
which appear to start at each of the flag’s four corners.
Many readers noticed that the newspaper published
the story as a joke — just to see how people would react.
Even so, it made them wonder what would happen to
the flag. The Scottish government says that if Scotland
votes for independence, its national flag will remain the
cross of St Andrew. The decision on the Union flag, it
says, is “for the rest of the UK to decide”.
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WORLD VIEW | News in Brief
Leave only footprints
BRITAIN Bad weather has brought misery to many across
Britain. However, in Happisburgh, on the north Norfolk coast, the
storms uncovered a long-hidden secret: ancient footprints. Dating back
almost a million years, they are the oldest human footprints found anywhere
outside Africa.
Long ago, when these footprints were made, Britain was still joined
to the land mass of continental Europe. Until recently, it was believed
that the ancestors of today’s humans reached northern Europe around
500,000 years ago. The only evidence has been stone tools and animal
bones. Scientists told the BBC that they believe the Happisburgh prints
Time travel at the
Natural History
Museum
Watch out:
space is not safe
ancestor [(ÄnsestE]
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Happisburgh [(heIzbErE]
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are between 850,000 and 950,000
years old and belong to a family
group, including children, of Homo
antecessor, or pioneer man.
Sadly, the sea has already destroyed
the original site. But until
28 September, you can find out
more by visiting the exhibition at the
Natural History Museum in London.
For more information, see the
rubric called “What’s on at the museum”
at www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us
Vorfahr(in)
Folge, Kette(nreaktion)
Müll
Songtext
umkreisen; Umlaufbahn
entstehen
etwa: Vorläufer des anatomisch
modernen Menschen
sich über etw. / jmdn. lustig machen
vornehm
Minister(in)
Weltraumschrott
zertrümmern
Space invaders
AUSTRALIA
Anyone who has seen the awardwinning
film Gravity knows that
space debris can be dangerous.
Scientists think that more than
300,000 pieces of it are orbiting
the earth at high speed. The risk of
damage to satellites and other systems
is increasing every year.
Experts in Australia may have a
solution: they plan to zap the space
junk using high-powered lasers. It
WHAT’S HOT
Chap-hop
BRITAIN Hip-hop and
rap are among today’s most popular
types of music. They originated
in the 1970s in a tough part of New
York City called the Bronx. A new
form of the genre is now coming
from a very different place, and it’s
called chap-hop.
An ironic mix of hip-hop, “gentleman
rapping” and avant-garde
English culture, chap-hop includes
lyrics about cricket, tea and social
class. According to The Guardian,
chap-hop is the favourite music of
Michael Gove, the UK’s controversial
secretary of state for education. Unlike
most of the current British cabinet,
he was not educated at the
very exclusive school called Eton
(see “Focus” on page 58).
Perhaps because he is a political
outsider, Gove enjoys chap-hop
artists such as Mr B, the Gentleman
Rhymer, and Professor Elemental,
whose songs poke fun at the Establishment
and posh politicians.
Mr B, the
Gentleman
Rhymer
would then fall out of orbit and burn up in the earth’s atmosphere.
To work on this idea, the Australian government has established the
Space Environment Management Cooperative Research Centre at
the Mount Stromlo Observatory near Canberra. The €100 million
project is developing laser technology that will be able to follow the
debris — everything from large pieces of rocket to small bits of
metal. Matthew Colless of the Australian National University’s Research
School of Astronomy and Astrophysics told Reuters that the
technology should be working within the next 10 years.
“There’s so much space junk up there,” Colless said. “We’re perhaps
only a couple of decades away from a catastrophic cascade of
collisions ... that takes out all the satellites in low orbit.”
Fotos: Getty Images; Masterfile; NHM
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By JULIAN EARWAKER and CLAUDINE WEBER-HOF
with additional research by LEANDRA GRAF

“
Metal
teapots make
the tea taste
funny
Britain may be full of coffee
shops, but there’s still a time in
the middle of the afternoon
when you really need a cup of tea.
To be honest, you need a piece of
cake to go with it, but this is not the
place to go into detail about that;
cake’s far too complex to discuss on
just one page. There is, though, room
to say something about one of my
favourite places to have tea.
There are all sorts of lovely places
to choose from, of course: tea rooms
that are elegant and formal, cafes that
are friendly and hectic. And I have,
like everyone else, had plenty of tearoom
disappointments: metal teapots,
for example, which make the tea taste
funny and never pour properly; or
warm milk instead of cold. If I want
warm milk, I’ll ask for coffee.
Worst of all, in some places they
just put your teabag in a cup of hot
water. Dear, oh, dear! You have to put
the bag in first and then pour boiling
water on it.
Then there’s the cake (see also page
26). I know I said I wouldn’t mention
it, but a word of advice: you just have
to accept that when your cake is
brought to you, it’ll probably be sitting
on the serviette you’re expected
to use. So the serviette’s dirty before
you’ve even started. Try not to get
stressed about it. Have some tea. That
will definitely make you feel better.
Having said all that, the place I
particularly like to go to have tea is
Portchester. It’s a village on the south
coast of England that looks out over
Portsmouth harbour. Portchester has
one of the most extraordinary buildings
in Britain: an enormous Roman
fortress that stands right by the edge
of the water.
Inside the fortress is an old castle,
built almost a thousand years after
the fortress. There’s also an old
church with a graveyard, as well as a
field and a cricket pitch where you
can watch a game of cricket on summer
weekends. I told you: it’s a big
fortress.
But what about the tea? It’s served
in part of the church, which is inside
the churchyard inside the fortress.
Kind and friendly people from the
congregation serve tea to thirsty visit -
ors, and the money goes towards the
cost of running the church.
Why do I like it? Well, the tea’s
good, the cake’s home-made, and it’s
nice to sit outside in the graveyard on
a fine, sunny day and stand your cup
on a gravestone between sips. And if
it’s a Saturday afternoon, there’ll
probably be a wedding, so you can
shout “Hurrah!” when the happy
couple goes past. Just remember not
Britain Today | COLIN BEAVEN
” Time for tea!
Eine gute Tasse Tee am Nachmittag, vorzugsweise mit einem Stück
Kuchen, ist ein besonderer Genuss für viele Briten.
to get too excited and start throwing
cake crumbs when the wedding
guests throw confetti.
If you’re lucky, you can admire the
beautiful old car that brought the
bride to the church. Luck’s always important
at weddings. For example, it’s
considered lucky if brides wear “something
old, something new, something
borrowed, something blue”.
It’s considered unlucky if the ball
from the nearby cricket match hits
the beautiful old car and causes lots
of damage. It’s considered very unlucky
if the bride’s still sitting inside
at the time and has to be taken to
hospital.
None of this will ever happen, of
course. But it’s just worth pointing
out that since a cricket match lasts
most of the day, play stops for a while
in the afternoon so that the teams can
eat cake and drink tea.
So if you plan to get married in
Portchester, it’s safest to stop the car
and wait outside the fortress until the
tea room’s full of cricketers.
The Roman fort at Portchester
Foto: Alamy
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Colin Beaven is a freelance writer who lives and works in Southampton on the south coast of England.
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13

TRAVEL | United States
Southernflavor
JULIAN EARWAKER findet die Vielfalt des
Südens bezaubernd, die von altmodischem
Charme, leckerem Essen und Country Music
bis zu Raumfahrttechnologie und urbanem
Schick reicht.
On the Alabama River:
the Harriott II riverboat sails
from Montgomery
Fotos: F1online; J. Earwaker; Getty Images; laif
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Bourbon tasting
in Bardstown,
Kentucky
At ten o’clock in the morning, it’s already a humid 30 ºC. The water
shines in the sunlight. Dragonflies dance in the air. The horn of a freight
train sounds in the distance. My journey to the American South starts
here, on the banks of the Alabama River. Centuries ago, Native Americans,
amongst them the Alibamu, settled here. The modern city of Montgomery,
the Alabama state capital, was founded in 1819 on the back of the cotton trade.
Riverboats such as the Harriott II — offering river tours today — moved the
cotton to the Gulf port of Mobile and onwards to Britain and Europe.
The capitol building in Montgomery is elegant and beautifully proportioned.
Nearby is the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church and Parsonage,
where Martin Luther King, Jr., first worked from 1954–60. Shirley
Cherry, a former schoolteacher, takes me around. She tells me that King loved
jazz. “Everybody is significant on God’s keyboard,” she says with a smile.
When King arrived here, Alabama, like many other Southern states, had
“Jim Crow” laws. But the practice of racial segregation was about to change.
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old black woman, refused to
give up her seat in a bus to a white man. Her arrest led to a bus boycott lasting
381 days and a decision from the highest court in the land that the segregation
laws were unconstitutional. “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat
because I was tired,” Parks said later. “But that isn’t true. No, the only tired I
was, was tired of giving in.” I learn more about the “mother of the civil rights
movement” at the Rosa Parks Library and Museum downtown. Outside, a sign
marks the bus stop where her courage changed the course of history.
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horn [hO:rn]
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onwards [(A:nw&rdz]
parsonage [(pA:rsEnIdZ]
provisions [prE(vIZ&nz]
rest room [(rest ru:m] N. Am.
im Begriff sein zu
hier: Ufer
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
Libelle
Güterzug
nachgeben
Signalhorn
feuchtwarm, schwül
vorwärts, weiter
Pfarrhaus
Bestimmungen
(öffentliche) Toilette
The Junkyard
Art Museum in
Louisville, Kentucky
A CLOSER LOOK
“Jim Crow” laws were racial segregation
laws made in the United States between
1876 and 1965. The laws established segregation
and discrimination in every aspect of life: restaurants
and public rest rooms, social functions, jobs,
transportation, education, banking, and finance. The
“separate-but-equal” provisions for African Americans
were, however, not as good as those provided for
whites. The term Jim Crow was a negative expression
meaning “Negro,” and is said to have come
from song and dance caricatures of blacks, as pictured
here.
King Memorial Baptist
Church, Montgomery
Civil Rights Memorial,
Montgomery

TRAVEL | United States
The next morning, I’m driving north to
Birmingham, the largest city in Alabama. The
hot highway takes me past lakes and dams and
roadside signs for fast food and truck stops.
Birmingham has a strong connection to its
English past, and its history of iron ore and
coal mirrors that of the British city for which
it was named. “Industrialists dreamed it, but
blacks built the city,” explains Vickie Ashford
of Birmingham’s tourism authority as she leads
me into the Civil Rights Institute. Here, the story of the
struggle for equality is powerfully told in a series of galleries.
During the civil rights campaign, there were so
many bombings of black churches and homes that the city
became known as “Bombingham.” Outside, I walk over
to a new sculpture across from the Sixteenth Street Baptist
Church: It reminds people today of the four black girls
killed here in September 1963 in a racist bomb attack.
They had been preparing for church.
One-time steel city:
Birmingham, Alabama
A statue of Martin Luther King and the 16th St. Baptist Church, Birmingham
maps of the area around the mussel beds. People come here
to make music. It’s a tradition that dates back to the Native
Americans — who called the Tennessee the “singing river”
— as well as the songs of plantation slaves. W. C. Handy,
born in the nearby city of Florence in 1873, was famous
as the “Father of the Blues.” In the 1960s and 70s, music
innovator Rick Hall produced hits at his FAME (Florence
Alabama Music Enterprises) Studios by artists such as
Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding. The Rolling Stones,
Paul Simon, and Bob Dylan have visited this place, all
looking for the rare quality that makes a hit record.
There’s always music at Champy’s, a popular restaurant
serving fried chicken, corn-bread fritters, and local catfish.
I ask the owner, Wade Baker, for the secret of his fried
chicken. “It’s got to be hand breaded and cooked fresh,
using clean, clear frying oil so that it’s crisp outside, but
moist inside,” he says.
Before I leave, I’m taken to see a “water show,” where
river fountains dance to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s classic rock anthem
“Sweet Home Alabama” — a song that famously references
the Muscle Shoals musicians.
Bible Belt [(baIb&l belt] US
bread [bred]
catfish [(kÄtfIS]
corn-bread fritter
[)kO:rn bred (frIt&r]
crisp [krIsp]
food stamp [(fu:d stÄmp] US
fountain [(faUnt&n]
iron ore [(aI&rn O:r]
moist [mOIst]
mussel bed [(mVs&l bed]
plantation [plÄn(teIS&n]
Bibelgürtel (ausgeprägt protestantische
Region im Süden der USA)
hier: panieren
Seewolf
in Teig frittiertes Stück Maisbrot
knusprig
Essensmarke
Fontäne, Springbrunnen
Eisenerz
hier: saftig
Muschelbank
Plantage
Soon, I’m on the road again, passing open fields, roadside
mailboxes with their mouths open, and old farm
trucks. This is the Bible Belt, with a church on every corner,
sometimes two side by side. Alabama was recently
named the second most religious state in the country. It’s
also one of the poorest. More than 914,000 Alabamans
are dependent upon food stamps for their daily bread.
That’s around a fifth of the population.
On the banks of the Tennessee River lies the sleepy settlement
of Muscle Shoals. The strange name originates
from a spelling error by an early cartographer making
Home-style decor at Champy’s restaurant in Muscle Shoals
Fotos: Alabama Tourism; J. Earwaker; Getty Images; laif

I know I’ve reached Huntsville
when I see the rocket. The full-size
replica of the Saturn V that transported
astronauts to the moon symbolizes
the central role played by the
“Rocket City” in the space race. Originally
an army missile base, in the
1950s, Huntsville was chosen as the
site where space rockets would be developed
under the leadership of Wernher
von Braun. The German rocket
scientist had moved to the US at the end of World War II.
There he combined technical know-how with an ambitious
vision of where space travel could go. “I had no idea
that he was thinking about Mars, moon bases, space stations,
all of these advanced programs,” says Ed Buckbee,
who worked for NASA during the 1960s. “We were going
to the moon, but he was already thinking beyond that.
And that was the kind of person he was: a true visionary.”
After the successful moon landing in July 1969, Buckbee
was selected to lead the new US Space & Rocket Center,
which tells the story of the Apollo and Gemini
missions and the past, present, and future of space flight.
The giant exhibits include the original 110-meter-tall
Saturn V moon rocket, the Pathfinder Space Shuttle, and
Felix Baumgartner’s Red Bull Stratos skydive capsule. With
simulators and interactive displays, it’s easy to see why people
say that here “you can be an astronaut for a day.”
Items for sale at the Jack Daniel store
Tennessee
The next day, I’m traveling
back in time, into
the hill country of
Lynchburg, Tennessee.
The county has been
“dry” since 1909, when
Guide Ron Craig at the Jack Daniel Distillery
local people voted to
make alcohol illegal — which makes it ironic that one of
the world’s most famous distilleries is located here. Back
in the 1860s, young Jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel began
to learn the basics of whiskey production from a local
preacher. “The process hasn’t changed in over 150 years,”
says Ron Craig, my tour guide at the Jack Daniel Distil -
lery. “It’s still the same clear, fresh spring water, the same
yeast, and the same proportion of grains: a minimum of
51 percent corn (maize), eight percent rye, and 12 percent
malted barley.”
The resulting sour mash, he explains, ferments for six
days and is then distilled before being slowly filtered
through maple charcoal. It is this charcoal filtering that
makes Jack Daniel’s whiskey and not bourbon. The
whiskey is stored in American white-oak barrels, which are
scorched inside to bring out the natural wood sugars.
These caramelize and give Jack Daniel’s its famous flavor
and golden color. Each barrel holds about 200 liters of
whiskey, but loses some 10 percent due to evaporation: the
so-called angels’ share.
The Space Shuttle at the US Space & Rocket Center
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[E)merIkEn waIt (oUk]
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[(eIndZ&lz Se&r]
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[)A:rmi (mIs&l beIs]
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Roggen
ausbrennen, ausflammen
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Fallschirmsprung aus der
Stratosphäre
Maische
Weltraumrakete
Quellwasser
Hefe
6|14 Spotlight
17

TRAVEL | United States
Southern dining
at Miss Mary
Bobo’s
The barrels are
aged for four years or
more in old wooden
barrel houses seven
stories high. The air
circulates freely. There
is no climate control
— only the changing
of the weather and
seasons. Each barrel
house holds more
than 20,000 barrels,
or four million liters.
There are currently 84
barrel houses. That’s a
lot of whiskey. Jack
Daniel’s is sold in 165
countries, the UK
being the numberone
export market
and Germany the
number two. “You
keep drinking it. We’ll
keep making it,”
laughs Craig.
With a population
of less than 600
and just one electronic
traffic light,
Lynchburg is a very
small town. Walking
past shops arranged
tidily around the
town square, I join
the line to enter Miss
Mary Bobo’s Boarding
House for an early
lunch. Soon, the table
is filled with dishes: corn bread, fried okra, collard greens,
fried green tomatoes, fried chicken, and pork. The desserts
include chess pie. The story goes that people once saw a
slave cooking in the kitchen. “What are you making?” they
asked. “Jus’ pie,” came the reply. But the response was
wrongly understood to be “chess pie,” and the name stuck
for this delicious sugar, butter, and cornmeal dessert.
Getting around:
a “Lynchburg Cadillac”
Lynchburg: home of Jack Daniel’s
My next destination is Nashville, the home of country
music, where I spend an afternoon in the Country Music
Hall of Fame and Museum. The enormous collection of
instruments, costumes, photos, and videos of country
stars, old and new, gives me a sense of the importance of
country music to the South. Like Las Vegas, it’s hard to
see the real Nashville beneath the bright lights. A good
place to get back to basics is Jack’s Bar-B-Que. Paper plates
are filled with pork ribs, brisket, potato salad, and coleslaw.
The owner, Ronnie Brown, is a former police officer and
has been running Jack’s for 21 years. He looks a bit tired
out by the experience, as does the inside of his restaurant.
But by the time I leave, customers are lining up to wait
for tables. Behind them, a huge convoy of red trucks advertises
the fact that music star Taylor Swift is in town.
Country music doesn’t get much more traditional than
the Grand Ole Opry, the oldest and longest-running radio
show in the world. What began as a simple broadcast in
1925 is a live-entertainment stage show today. I take my
seat in an auditorium filled with fans clapping to a mixture
of country oldies and contemporary hit music, covering
everything from bluegrass to Americana, defined as music
“with roots.” “Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny
side. Keep on the sunny side of life,” sings a performer.
The audience goes wild for the song, a classic made popular
by the Carter Family in 1928. Outside, the weather
goes wild, too: The evening’s heat is broken by torrential
rain that bounces off sidewalks and cars.
Nashville’s famous
music scene
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etw. betreiben
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hier: Stockwerk
sintflutartig
18 Spotlight 6|14

Historic Louisville;
the barrel house at
Willett Distillery
Down home in Kentucky
The next morning, the sun is shining again. It’s said that
there are more barrels of bourbon (4.7 million) aging in
the “Bluegrass State” of Kentucky than there are inhabitants
(4.3 million). To find out, I cross the border to visit
some of the top distilleries. The roots of the industry run
deep. Many Kentucky distilleries began life centuries ago
in Scotland and Ireland. Today, 95 percent of the world’s
bourbon is made in Kentucky. Despite strict legal rules for
its production, the range of tastes and flavors is amazing.
I get a further taste in Bardstown, which hosts the annual
Bourbon Festival and was recently voted the most
beautiful small town in the US by a major newspaper. I
put on my suit and join the crowds entering the Great
Kentucky Bourbon Tasting & Gala. The stars of the show
are the master distillers, whose fine palates determine
whether a brand or product will be a success. The dancing
continues till the early hours, and the only surprise is that
I’m still standing after trying several of Kentucky’s finest
bourbons.
When I arrive in Louisville the next morning, it feels
like another world. This is the city that many label the
brand [brÄnd]
host [hoUst]
Louisville [(lu:ivIl]
palate [(pÄlEt]
run deep [rVn (di:p]
Marke
veranstalten, ausrichten
Gaumen, Geschmack
weit zurückreichen
Louisville Slugger
Museum & Factory;
right: Big Four Bridge
over the Ohio River
Fotos: F1online; J. Earwaker
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“new Portland.” But while that Oregon
city is proudly weird, Louisville is equal
parts chic, quirky, and traditional.
“There’s a reason Muhammad Ali and
Hunter S. Thompson are from
Louisville,” says Gill Holland, a local
businessman. “It’s the only city that
could possibly have generated those two
unique individuals.”
Louisville is full of surprises, including
the world’s biggest baseball bat, outside
the Slugger Museum, the shotgun
shacks of the Highlands neighborhood,
the 21C Museum Hotel doubling as a
contemporary art gallery, and the quiet
of Cave Hill Cemetery, which is the final
resting place of Colonel Sanders, creator
of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Every year,
Louisville hosts what is known as the
fastest two minutes in sport: the Kentucky Derby, North
America’s top horse race. Even so, I find it a pleasantly
relaxed city.
One district above all shows the nature of the “Possibility
City”: NuLu (New Louisville). Once a run-down industrial
zone, NuLu is the city’s coolest neighborhood. I
discover light industry and loft developments sitting comfortably
next to tidy shopfronts, organic cafés, trendy design
studios, farmers’ markets, and antique shops. The
Green Building is a
The Kentucky Derby is the first of three springtime races in the American
Triple Crown, which also includes the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore
and the Belmont Stakes in New York. The races take place each year from
May to June. The two weeks leading up to the race in Louisville are filled
with parties and parades, all part of the Kentucky Derby Festival.
120-year-old former
dry-goods store converted
with care by
Holland and his wife
into an eco-awardwinning
office, studios,
A CLOSER LOOK
gallery, and bistro. After his efforts to promote the district,
Holland is now known as the unofficial mayor of NuLu.
Said to be within a day’s drive of half the population
of the US, Louisville is considered part of the South. Geo -
graphically, however, it’s almost in the Midwest. “It combines
the work ethic and industrial inventiveness of the
Midwest with the best of Southern hospitality and openness,”
says Holland.
I take a walk through the newly developed Waterfront
Park and along the pedestrianized Big Four Bridge towards
Jeffersonville, Indiana. Soon, I’m standing high above the
blue-brown waters of the Ohio River, surrounded by
roads, bridges, waterways, and cities. Louisville seems to
lie right in the middle of things, a gateway and connecting
point. It would be a good place to start a journey — and
it’s a fitting place to end mine.
A steamboat on the Ohio
River; the Thomas Edison
House in Louisville
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Baseballschläger
Friedhof
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mit einem Umweltpreis
ausgezeichnet
letzte Ruhestätte
Gastfreundschaft
Einfallsreichtum
hier: Gegend, (Stadt)Viertel
zur Fußgängerzone umgestalten
eigen
heruntergekommen
sehr schmales, langes
rechteckiges (Holz)Haus
einzigartig
sonderbar
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A boat carrying coal on
the Ohio River passes
by the Louisville skyline
IF YOU GO...
Getting there: Fly in comfort with Delta Air Lines. www.delta.com
Fotos: F1online; J. Earwaker; Getty Images; Kentucky Tourism; Karte: Nic Murphy
Alabama
See http://alabama.travel
Montgomery: try the Renaissance Hotel
& Spa. Rooms from $149.
www.marriott.com
Eat at Central, 129 Coosa St.
www.central129coosa.com
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist
Church and Parsonage.
www.dexterkingmemorial.org
Rosa Parks Library and Museum.
www.troy.edu/rosaparks
Birmingham: Chez Fon Fon restaurant is
at 2007 Eleventh Ave. S.
www.fonfonbham.com
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
http://bcri.org
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.
www.16thstreetbaptist.org
Muscle Shoals: rooms at the Marriott
Shoals Hotel and Spa in nearby Florence
from $169. www.marriott.com
Champy’s is at 120 Second St.
http://champyschicken.com
FAME Studios. www.fame2.com
Huntsville: fine dining at The Bottle,
101 Washington St. N.E.
US Space & Rocket Center.
www.rocketcenter.com
Tennessee
See www.tnvacation.com
Lynchburg: book a table at Miss Mary
Bobo’s Boarding House at 295 Main St.,
tel. (001) 931-759 7394.
Jack Daniel Distillery.
www.jackdaniels.com
Nashville: Drury Plaza Hotel in nearby
Franklin has rooms from $140.
www.druryhotels.com
Jack’s Bar-B-Que, 416 Broadway.
www.jacksbarbque.com
Country Music Hall of Fame and
Museum.
http://countrymusichalloffame.org
Grand Ole Opry. www.opry.com
A trolleybus in
Louisville
0
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USA
N
North Dakota
USA
The South
200 km
Arkansas
Louisiana
Illinois
Mississippi
Indiana
Tennessee
Muscle Shoals
Kentucky
See www.kentuckytourism.com
Bardstown: at the Hampton Inn, rooms
start at $109.
www.hamptoninn.hilton.com
Willett Distillery, the state’s smallest
independent bourbon distillery.
www.willettdistillery.com
Heaven Hill distillery runs the Bourbon
Heritage Center.
www.bourbonheritagecenter.com
The Bourbon Festival is Sept. 16–21,
2014. www.kybourbonfestival.com
Louisville: Galt House Hotel has rooms
from $125. www.galthouse.com
Jack Fry’s restaurant is at 1007 Bards -
town Rd. www.jackfrys.com
The City Taste Tour combines sight -
seeing and history with food and drink.
www.citytastetours.com
More information
See also www.discoveramerica.com
Louisville
Kentucky
Nashville
Alabama
Mobile
Ohio
West
Virginia
Frankfort
Lexington
Bardstown
Virginia
Lynchburg
Huntsville
Birmingham
Alabama River
Gulf of Mexico
North
Carolina
Tennessee River
Montgomery
Georgia
South
Carolina
Florida

TRAVEL | United States
Discovering
Universal Studios in
Orlando, Florida:
one of many
regional highlights
the South
Die Südstaaten Amerikas haben ein ganz eigenes Flair und bieten alles – von
Strandurlaub, guter Küche und tollen Einkaufszentren bis hin zu Kunst und Geschichte.
CLAUDINE WEBER-HOF erzählt.
Aregion of immense beauty and charm, the American
South encompasses 16 of the country’s 50
states, stretching from Delaware at its northernmost
point to Florida way down south. Going from east
to west, it starts with the Carolinas and ends in Texas.
Three of its states, Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky, are
the focus of the travel feature on pages 14–21. For more
highlights of the South, read on: What follows is a list of
places no visitor should miss.
encompass [In(kVmpEs]
umfassen
Fotos: A1PIX; iStock; Universal Orlando Resort
Thomas Jefferson’s house:
Monticello in the Piedmont
area of Virginia

Washington, DC:
a capital city
The Capitol building; a statue of President Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial
Those who live there like to call Washington
a “capital” city in both senses of the word.
Founded in 1791, it sits between Maryland
and Virginia on a piece of land that belongs
to no state. Geographically part of the South,
the District of Columbia is also the hub of
national politics. As such, not all Americans
consider it to be truly Southern. In total, the
DC area is home to nearly six million people, many of
whom speak with a distinctly Southern accent.
The centerpiece of the city is an area of parkland
known as the National Mall. At one end is the domed
Capitol building, where Congress meets to debate and
to make laws. At the other end is the Lincoln Memorial,
a temple to the president who freed the slaves and led the
country during the Civil War. The Mall is also the location
of numerous museums: among others, the National
Gallery and the Smithsonian’s National Air and
Space Museum, all close to the White House and the
Potomac River. The city has a relaxed side, too: deerfilled
Rock Creek Park runs through the metropolis,
and within easy driving distance are the maritime
pleasures of the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware’s Rehoboth
Beach. See http://washington.org
Virginia: fine Southern style
In 1770, Thomas Jefferson was still a young man, and
the many great achievements of his life lay before him.
One of these would be the completion of the plantation
house called Monticello that he had begun to build in
his home state of Virginia.
In 1776, during the American Revolutionary War,
Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence.
He went on to serve as governor of the state,
US congressman, minister to France, the country’s first
secretary of state, and vice president. From 1801 to
1809, he was the third president of the United States.
When he could get away from his political duties,
Jefferson liked to spend time at his beautiful brick house.
Like his ideas on democracy, the villa was expanded and
improved upon during the course of his life. He designed
Monticello himself — a masterpiece of the Palladian
style — as well as the neoclassical campus of the
University of Virginia in nearby Charlottesville. Both
UNESCO World Heritage Sites are open to visitors.
See www.monticello.org as well as www.virginia.edu/
academicalvillage
North Carolina:
beaches and mystery
Nags Head, Cape Hatteras, Ocracoke: these place
names are synonymous with the sunny islands of the
Outer Banks. Photos of this part of North Carolina’s
coast are filled with beaches and lighthouses, as well
as parklands flapping with waterbirds, and wild ponies
descended from 16th-century Spanish mustangs. People
say that the original horses managed to swim to
shore, while the explorers’ ships on which they arrived
went down in the cold Atlantic.
Mystery surrounds the Outer Banks community
of Roanoke Island. Explorer Sir Walter Raleigh established
an English colony there in the 1580s, but because
of the war with the Spanish, he was unable to
resupply it. In 1590, his men reached Roanoke: There
was no sign of its 118 settlers, but the name of a Native
American tribe, “Croatoan,” was found
carved into a palisade and a tree. Today,
Roanoke is still called “the lost colony.” For
more on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, see
www.outerbanks.org
The Outer
Banks:
beaches
and lighthouses
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Pretty as a picture:
guides in costume show
visitors the sights
South Carolina and Georgia: charming sisters
The cities of Charleston, South Carolina, and Savannah,
Georgia, are like Southern belles whose beauty is often
compared. Founded in 1670, the port of Charles Towne
grew rich from the trade in slaves, deer skins, and cotton.
It survived British attacks during the American Revolution,
but its luck changed when it joined the Confederacy
at the start of the Civil War. By 1865, when the
conflict ended, Charleston
was a shadow of its former
self: Heavy bombardment and
a lengthy blockade were to
blame. Over time, however,
the city regained its original
charm. Today, it is popular for
its Caribbean flair and for the Spoleto Festival USA, a
performing arts extravaganza that takes place each
spring. A two-hour drive away is Savannah, about 60
years younger and possibly more famous because of its
historic “squares”: 22 city blocks filled with grand
houses and Southern gothic atmosphere. Visitors can
tour the squares with guides, some of whom appear in
period dress. For more on the two pretty cities, see
www.charlestoncvb.com as well as www.savannah.com
Southern atmosphere: Charleston has plenty of it
Florida: America’s playground
Orlando has long been a code word for “Disney
World,” but over the years, many other attractions
have sprung up, too: Universal Studios Orlando, Sea-
World, and Legoland are just a few. The huge concentration
of major theme parks makes the third-biggest
city in the Sunshine State an enormous hit with kids.
Plus, some of the region’s most popular Atlantic
Ocean beaches — such as Daytona and Cocoa Beach
— are only an hour’s drive away. If you have time, go
down to Miami (Spotlight 4/11) and visit the Florida
Keys (Travelogs 2/12), too. See www.visitorlando.com
and www.visitflorida.com
Confederacy is short for the “Confederate States of
America,” the government formed in 1861 by proslavery
states. The rebels seceded from the Union, as
the United States was known, an action declared illegal
by the national government in Washington, DC.
The American Civil War began when fighting broke
out the same year in Charleston, South Carolina. By
the time the Confederacy lost the war in 1865, the Reconstruction
Era had already begun.
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A CLOSER LOOK
Häuserblock
Spektakel, opulente
Veranstaltung
düster-romantisch
darstellende Künste
zeitgenössisches Kostüm
Fun in the sun:
Universal’s Cabana
Bay Beach Resort
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sich von etw. abspalten
Südstaatenschönheit
aus dem Boden schießen
Fotos: F1online; Getty Images; iStock; Universal Orlando Resort; Karte: Nic Murphy
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Graceland in Memphis,
Tennessee: just over the
border from Mississippi
Mississippi: good eatin’
Mississippi’s highlights include its
Blues Trail (see Spotlight 6/12), as well
as Tupelo, the birthplace of Elvis Presley,
just a couple of hours south of his
Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. But when
it’s time to eat, there’s no place better than Hattiesburg.
The small city in southern Mississippi has a lively university
scene and the best pork ribs on the planet. Enter
the simple roadside restaurant called Leatha’s Bar-B-Que
Inn, and you will see politicians, construction workers,
students, and grandmothers
all doing the same thing: sipping
sweet iced tea and licking
their fingers. Leatha’s is
African-American owned
and run. 6374 US Highway
98; tel. (001) 601-271 6003.
Texas: state of the art
Ribs: a Hattiesburg specialty
Where there’s money, there’s art. Thanks to oil and other
successes, Houston has plenty of both. So in addition to
tall office buildings and huge shopping malls, the biggest
city in Texas also has world-class galleries and art museums.
The Menil Collection, headquartered in a building
designed by Renzo Piano, has works by Henri Matisse
and Pablo Picasso, as well as a special chapel showing
the paintings of artist Mark Rothko. The Museum of
Fine Arts — one of the largest repositories of art in the
US — has 64,000 works from around the globe, including
Leda and the Swan by Peter Paul Rubens, Water Lilies
by Claude Monet, sculptures by Henri Matisse and
Alexander Calder, and spectacular African and Asian collections.
A total of 20 institutions make up the Houston
Museum District. See http://houstonmuseumdistrict.org
Louisiana:
always a party
New Orleans was born
as La Nouvelle-Orléans
New Orleans: a musical feast
in 1718 when businessmen
from France set up a colony on the Gulf coast.
The Louisiana port city has kept some of its Old
World spirit today, despite devastating storms like
Hurricane Katrina, which in 2005 threatened to wipe
“Norlins” off the map. But the city lives on: Visitors
to the popular French Quarter can still walk down
Bourbon Street and stop in at Maison Bourbon to listen
to a little Dixieland jazz. Landmarks like Lafitte’s
Blacksmith Shop, among the city’s oldest buildings,
are still there, too. So are the many elaborate ironwork
balconies from which people throw bead necklaces
during the Mardi Gras celebrations. For more information,
see www.neworleanscvb.com
A Henry Moore sculpture
in one of Houston’s parks
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USA
Oklahoma
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N
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Houston
200 km
Arkansas
Delaware
Maryland
Washington, DC
Ohio
Indiana West
Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Mississippi Georgia
Alabama
Hattiesburg
Louisiana
New Orleans
Tennessee
Memphis
Tupelo
Gulf of Mexico
North Carolina
South
Carolina
Savannah
Florida
Monticello
Outer Banks
Charleston
Orlando
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Miami

FOOD | Confection
Queen of cakes
Die extravaganten Kuchenkreationen einer Allrounderin, erfahren in Mode und
Innenarchitektur, begeistern Hongkong. Von BARBARA HILLER
She designs hotels, she designs interiors, she has spent
many years in the fashion industry — and, most famously,
she designs cakes. Bonnae Gokson opened
her restaurant, Sevva, in 2008. Alongside her delicious
savoury dishes, her cakes called Better than Sex, Food of
the Gods and Butterfly Kisses immediately enchanted
Hong Kong. Like their names, they range from quirky to
gorgeous, from small treat to elaborate, many-tiered wedding
extravaganza. Sevva’s bestseller is the Caramel Crunch
Cake, a cream-and-sponge cake with a caramel centre, decorated
with honeycomb. When the cake orders expanded
beyond Sevva’s capacity, Gokson set up the shop Ms B’s
Cakery. The first cafe, C’est la B, soon followed. Today,
there are three C’est la B cafes in Hong Kong, and Gokson
has published Butterflies
and All Things Sweet: The
Story of Ms B’s Cakes, a
book about her creations.
Spotlight’s Barbara Hiller
spoke to her about cakes,
cafes and creativity.
Spotlight: What is it that
most inspires your
cake designs?
Bonnae Gokson:
Everything — I
could perhaps be
inspired by someone’s
beautiful dress, or I may be out in the streets and
notice a pallet of colours. It’s difficult to say, really. But
the styling comes last — we have to build the flavours
and textures of a cake first. It’s important to me to keep
the cake’s integrity.
Spotlight: What do you mean by “integrity”?
Gokson: In Hong Kong, quality sometimes isn’t so great.
When people just want to make money, they may not
use the best ingredients. But we don’t compromise. Let’s
say for the cream, we use everything from French
creams to creams from New Zealand — top products.
Most of the other cake stores here use artificial creams
made of plant extracts and things like that. To me, integrity
is to serve honest, good food — like what you
would expect from your grandmother’s kitchen.
Spotlight: And you do it very successfully, too.
Gokson: Actually, I have to give that back to my team. I
certainly don’t bake. But I’ve been in the business of
hospitality, fashion and entertainment for almost four
decades, so I have a certain know-how
and taste level that I bring to my work.
Spotlight: Before you opened your
restaurant and your cafes, you were head
of image and communications at a couture
house.
Gokson: Yes, but that was only a very
small part of my fashion life. It all started
when my sister Joyce Ma built up her
fashion empire. She was the one to in-
Bonnae Gokson:
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Fotos: iStock; NCI; PR
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From the top: Sevva’s Original Caramel
Crunch Cake, Marie Antoinette’s Crave
Cake, C’est La B Signature High Tea
troduce all the big couture names to Asia and Hong Kong. I helped her
open around 40 stores, and I’m talking huge stores. I grew up in a family of
retailers, so basically, I’ve been gathering experience ever since I was a young
girl.
Spotlight: In what way are fashion and baking similar?
Gokson: Fashion, arts and lifestyle, everything develops together. How come
Armani has his own hotel? How come Bulgari have their own hotel? It’s all
about translating a certain creativity, your flair, into something that is bigger.
I absolutely adore food, I love design, I live a lovely lifestyle. My work is an
extension of me.
Spotlight: Of all of your cakes, which one is your favourite?
Gokson: That’s a difficult question, because I’ve created every single one of
them. It’s just like asking a mother: “Which child do you prefer?” When I
have cake at one of my cafes, my choice depends on my mood.
Spotlight: And what’s the price range of your cakes?
Gokson: Our in-store ones, which you can also order through our website,
start at around US$ 75 (about €54) for a 500-gram cake. And then, if you
go on to our bespoke wedding cakes, they can cost up to US$ 20,000 (about
€14,500).
Spotlight: How much time would you and your staff spend on a cake like
that?
Gokson: Oh, a lot! We’ve done cakes with more than 400 pounds of sugar art.
That kind of work takes serious dedication, night and day. Even just to dry
a piece of sugar art takes time. There’s a lot of passion and love that goes
into our work. Most successful cakeries use machines, but we don’t. What’s
more, our cakes are not one-dimensional like cupcakes. We have many layers
of different textures.
Spotlight: Can you give us an example?
Gokson: Sure. Marie Antoinette’s Crave Cake is made up of cotton candy,
mango and mocha macaroons, pistachio chiffon, rose petals, fresh raspberries,
French cream and hundreds of metallic sugar dragees. My goodness,
that was so much work!
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Personal
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Spotlight: You also do
your own interior design.
What is the concept
behind the design
of your C’est la B cafes?
Gokson: Well, most cafes
and cakeries adapt to
the French mode of very
light, pastel colours. I
didn’t want to be predictable
like that. Because
our cakes are the
stars, I wanted something
dark to show off
their beautiful colours. I
think colours are very
important when you are
dealing with food. In a stressful and hectic city like
Hong Kong, everyone wants to take a break to enjoy
some lightness and happiness, and to taste something
that is really satisfying — even if it’s just for a moment.
Spotlight: Do you have plans to open a cakery outside of
Hong Kong?
Gokson: Yes, definitely! People from
all over the world keep asking us, from
America to Bahrain and Dubai. But
right now, we are managing a fine product.
I am not too sure that, when I expand,
the quality is going to follow.
There’s a lot we still have to work out, because
keeping the quality anywhere for
any expansion is hard.
Spotlight: Well, we certainly wish you all
the best. Your cakes really look amazing.
Gokson: Ah, but it’s not just the looks.
One last thing I should add is: they taste
even better than they look.
adapt to sth. [E(dÄpt tE]
consistency [kEn(sIstEnsi]
cornflour [(kO:n)flaUE] UK
Cornish [(kO:nIS]
custard [(kVstEd]
filling [(fIlIN]
frothy [(frQTi]
lemon meringue pie
[)lemEn mE)rÄN (paI]
pastry [(peIstri]
predictable [pri(dIktEb&l]
saffron [(sÄfrEn]
sponge cake [(spVndZ keIk] UK
yeast-based [(ji:st beIst]
A temple of sweet
delights: Ms B’s Cakery
in Hong Kong
sich an etw. anpassen
Beschaffenheit
Speisestärke
aus Cornwall
Englische Crème, Vanillesoße
Füllung
schaumig
Zitronenbaisertorte
Gebäck, Teig, Pastete
vorhersehbar, durchschaubar
Safran
Biskuitkuchen
auf Hefegrundlage
THE WORLD OF CAKES
While there are thousands of different types of cake with
as many different flavours, they usually belong in one of
four categories.
Yeast-based cakes are
among the oldest
known to man. Traditional
cakes made using
yeast include Cornish saffron
cake and stollen.
Fruit cakes — made with candied or
dried fruit and nuts — were already
being baked by the Romans. Wedding
cake and simnel cake, served
at Easter, are different types of
fruit cake.
Sponge cakes have a light consistency
created by
beating an egg and sugar
mixture until it is frothy
before adding the other
ingredients. Bonnae Gokson’s
Caramel Crunch
Cake has a sponge base.
Pies usually have a pastry base and then either a fruit or
custard filling. Lemon meringue pie,
for example, has a filling made
with cornflour, eggs, lemon
and sugar and a meringue
topping of egg whites and
sugar.
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“
So now
we have to
consciously
uncouple?
”
I Ask Myself | AMY ARGETSINGER
Is she better than
us at divorce, too?
Scheidung ist jetzt nicht nur Trennung, sondern
auch eine neue Art, eine Beziehung zu haben.
Foto: dpa/picture alliance
Could it be that Gwyneth Paltrow
is trying to stamp her
own personal brand on the institution
of divorce? It seems that
way: The movie star certainly did a
brilliant job of claiming ownership of
her own divorce from Coldplay lead
singer Chris Martin.
As a reporter, I’ve written about
celebrities for a long time, using a
network of VIP sources. Yet I learned
about the Paltrow break up not from
a tipster, but from my own sister-inlaw,
a suburban office worker. “Did
you just get an e-mail from GP that
she is getting divorced?” she asked me
one March evening. “How bizarre!”
At first, I wondered which “GP”
was on such intimate terms with my
sister-in-law. It was Paltrow, though,
and she had avoided the media by
e-mailing her announcement to the
thousands of subscribers to her
“Goop” lifestyle newsletter. Using the
usual divorce rhetoric (“with hearts
full of sadness...”; “while we love each
aggravate [(ÄgrEveIt]
assets [(Äsets]
brand: stamp one’s own ~ on sth. [brÄnd]
catchphrase [(kÄtSfreIz]
come apart [kVm E(pA:rt] ifml.
co-parent [)koU (perEnt]
first and foremost [)f§:st End (fO:rmoUst]
intimate terms: be on ~ with sth.
[)IntImEt (t§:mz]
juice cleanse [(dZu:s klenz]
lean in [li:n (In]
life expectancy [)laIf Ik(spektEnsi]
subscriber [sEb(skraIb&r]
tipster [(tIpst&r]
tout [taUt]
uncouple [)Vn(kVp&l]
other very much...”; “parents, first
and foremost, to two incredibly wonderful
children...”), Paltrow and Martin
wrote: “We have always conducted
our relationship privately, and
we hope that as we consciously uncouple
and co-parent, we will be able
to continue in the same manner.”
Consciously uncouple? No, this is
not a standard American idiom, and
it was new to us, too. Paltrow explained:
The expression comes from
an essay by a pair of Los Angeles therapists
on their theory of divorce as “a
new way of being in relationships.”
According to them, old social values
like lifetime monogamy are not compatible
with our long life expectancies.
Therefore, there should be no
shame in recognizing that a marriage
no longer works.
These therapists formulate some
vaguely New Age ideas about having
a flexible attitude towards life, neutralizing
the negative forces that
caused the divorce, and cultivating
(ver)ärgern, auf die Palme bringen
Vorzüge
einer Sache seinen eigenen Stempel
aufdrücken
Schlagwort
auseinanderfallen, sich auflösen
auch als getrenntes Paar die Kinder in
gegenseitigem Einvernehmen erziehen
in erster Linie
ein enges Verhältnis mit jmdm. haben
(Rohkost)Saftkur zur Entgiftung des
Körpers, Detox-Kur
sich engagieren, anstrengen, reinknien
Lebenserwartung
Abonnent(in)
Informant(in)
aufdringlich anpreisen
hier: sich trennen
Amy Argetsinger is a co-author of “The Reliable Source,” a column in The Washington Post
about personalities.
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the “feminine energies” of peacemaking
and healing. “You’ll see that although
it looks like everything is
coming apart, it’s actually all coming
back together,” they wrote.
The doctors and their famous patient
made divorce sound like a grand
personal challenge — not so different
from the juice cleanses and exercise
routines Paltrow touts to her Goop
fans. Suddenly, everyone was talking
about “conscious uncoupling.” It reminded
me of Sheryl Sandberg, a top
Facebook executive. Her 2013 book
on how women can succeed at work
has dominated conversations in the
US with the catchphrase “lean in.”
Does Gwyneth want to be a divorce
guru? That would certainly be
one way of channeling negative forces
and cultivating feminine energies. I
doubt it will happen, though. Paltrow
has always fascinated and aggravated
the public with her lessons on how to
live an elegant life — something
that’s clearly a lot easier when one has
fabulous beauty and wealth.
Those assets don’t help ease the
pain of divorce, though. Maybe we
will finally be able to relate to her as
a fellow human being, and perhaps
learn something useful from her —
but only if she decides to open up
about this difficult time. That would
require honesty about the struggle
and pain of divorce, not happy talk
about “conscious uncoupling.”
Paltrow and Martin in happier times
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LANGUAGE | Varieties of English
“Lovely day, isn’t it?”
(“Hello!”)
ENGLAND
English around
the world
Im englischsprachigen Raum ist Englisch nicht
gleich Englisch. DAGMAR TAYLOR berichtet über einige
typische Abweichungen von Land zu Land.
If you look up a word in a dictionary of British English, the pronunciation
is given in an accent called “received pronunciation” or “RP”.
Here, the meaning of “received” is “accepted”. This accent is sometimes
referred to as “Queen’s English”, “Oxford English” or “BBC English”.
It is how people such as Prime Minister David Cameron and the
members of the royal family speak.
Most people in England speak and write standard English —
the national norm for grammar, vocabulary and spelling — but
many also have their own local words for everyday objects and actions,
and have stronger or weaker regional accents. It is estimated
that only two per cent of the British population speak with an RP
accent. Native British English speakers will be able to say roughly
where their compatriots come from when hearing them speak. But
English is spoken in many other countries and in many varieties.
We invite you to follow our journey round the English-speaking
world and discover differences in accents and vocabulary, along
with some interesting regional peculiarities.
compatriot [kEm(pÄtriEt]
look up [lUk (Vp]
peculiarity [pI)kju:li(ÄrEti]
Landsmann, Landsfrau
nachschlagen
Eigenheit, Besonderheit

“Ach, awa wi ye.”
(“Oh, I don’t believe you.”)
SCOTLAND
Fotos: Alamy; iStock
“I didn’t see nuffink.”
(“I didn’t see anything.”)
One of the most recognizable varieties of British English
is the cockney dialect, the name of the type of English
traditionally spoken by working-class Londoners in the
East End.
Cockney is famous for its rhyming slang, where common
words are replaced with a rhyming phrase of two or
three words. Often, only the first word is spoken: have a
butcher’s (“butcher’s hook”) is rhyming slang for “have /
take a look”; plates (“plates of meat”) are “feet”. Many
Londoners use double negatives as in I didn’t do nothing.
In contrast to standard English, a feature of a strong
London accent is pronouncing “th” [T] as [f], so the word
“think” becomes “fink”. The “h” at the beginning of a word
is often dropped as well; for example, “happy” becomes
“’appy”; and the glottal stop is used, so that the [t] in the
middle of “bottle” is not pronounced.
IRELAND
“What’s the craic?”
(“What’s happening?”; craic [krÄk] = fun, enjoyment)
Ireland hasn’t always been an English-speaking country.
English became the dominant language only in the mid-
19th century. Although only a very small minority of the
population now speaks Gaelic, certain Irish words are
rarely translated into English; for instance, government
positions: the prime minister is the Taoiseach [(ti:SQk], and
Ireland’s police force is referred to as the Garda. Eire [(eErE],
the Irish word for Ireland, can be seen on Irish euro coins
and on postage stamps. Gaelic is still a part of everyday
speech in Ireland, however, in the form of words such as
fáilte [(fO:ltSE] (Welcome!) and Sláinte
[(slA:ntSE] (Good health!).
The Irish accent has a noticeable lilt,
and people talk about a“brogue”. Many
Irish people don’t pronounce “th” [T]
or [D], but use a [t] or a [d] sound
instead: “thirty-three”, for example,
sounds like “tirty-tree”.
brogue [brEUg]
compulsory [kEm(pVls&ri]
differ from [(dIfE frEm]
(ling.) irischer Akzent
obligatorisch
sich unterscheiden von
COCKNEY
In Scots — a regional dialect of English — vocabulary and
some aspects of grammar differ from standard English. In
Scotland, you will certainly hear bairn [beEn] for child,
bonnie for beautiful and wee for small. Awa [E(wA] (away)
can mean “go”, but it is also used on its own or in the
phrase awa wi ye [E(wA wI jI] to express disbelief. Dreich
[dri:x] is a peculiarly Scots word that can describe
grey, miserable weather.
The Scottish accent differs from standard
English in that the “r” is pronounced with a
rolling sound. Scottish English also has a
sound that is difficult for most English people
to pronounce: [x], found at the end of
words such as loch — and German ach.
Gaelic is spoken by as few as one per
cent of the Scottish population today, but
it can still be seen in written form on road
signs, as many place names are of Gaelic
origin. The ben in Ben Nevis means “mountain”,
the loch in Loch Ness means “lake”
and the glen in Glenlivet means “valley”.
“Happy I am, me.”
(“I’m happy.”)
WALES
Especially when compared to either Scottish or Irish English,
the English spoken in Wales does not differ greatly
from standard English. One of its most general features is
its lilting intonation, characterized by the rise-fall at the
end of sentences.
For emphasis, the word order may be reversed, as in:
Coming to stay with us, she is.
Although the Laws in Wales Acts
of 1535 and 1543 imposed English
as the official language, Welsh is still
very much alive. Since 1999, the
teaching of Welsh has been compulsory
in schools. Most road signs in
Wales are bilingual, and when you
enter the country, you will probably
see a sign that says: “Welcome to
Wales” — Croeso i Gymru.
disbelief [)dIsbi(li:f]
Zweifel, Unglaube
for instance [fE (InstEns] zum Beispiel (➝ p. 61)
glottal stop [)glQt&l (stQp] (ling.) Glottisschlag, Knacklaut
impose [çm(pEUz]
(gesetzlich) einführen, anordnen
in contrast to [In (kQntrA:st tE] im Gegensatz zu
intonation [)IntE(neIS&n]
Satzmelodie
lilt [lIlt]
singender Tonfall
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LANGUAGE | Varieties of English
AUSTRALIA
“No worries, mate.”
(“That’s OK.” / “No problem.” / “You’re welcome.”)
“Say what?”
(“Are you being serious?)
US
In Australian English, which is similar to British English,
the rising intonation of its accent is easily recognizable.
Some words are specific to Australia. The outback, for example,
is used to refer only to the remote inland areas of
that country and nowhere else. A capsicum is a bell pepper,
and a doona is a continental quilt.
Australians use a lot of slang words that are the same
in British English, such as bloke for “man” and cuppa for
“cup of tea”. You often hear shortened words, usually with
an “ie” or “o” ending, such as Aussie for “Australian”, barbie
for “barbecue” or arvo for “afternoon”.
“Sweet as!”
(“That’s great!”)
New Zealand English is very similar to Australian
English, and it is difficult for people
from other countries to tell the accents apart.
Much local vocabulary is shared with Australian
English, but some words are particular
to New Zealand; for example: bach [bÄtS]
(holiday home), jandals (flip-flops, sandals)
and wop wops (suburbs). Many animal and
plant names originated from the Maori, the
indigenous people of New Zealand. The name
of one of the country’s native birds, the kiwi
— also from Maori — is the nickname used
internationally for New Zealanders.
“Chill, bru!”
(“Relax, brother!”)
NEW ZEALAND
SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa has 11 official languages and many unofficial
ones. English is the most commonly spoken public language.
South African English has a flavour all of its own.
It borrows freely from the country’s many African tongues
and from Afrikaans — a blend of Dutch dialects spoken
by Dutch settlers who arrived in the 18th century.
Words peculiar to South African English include
takkies, for sneakers (N. Am.) or trainers (UK), combi for
a small van, bakkie for a pick-up truck, lekker for nice and
braai for barbecue. One of the most noticeable characteristics
of South African English is the use of the Afrikaans
ja when other English speakers would say
“yes”, “yeah” or “Well,...”.
The first wave of English-speaking settlers arrived in North
America during the 17th century. Today, approximately
two-thirds of the world’s native speakers of English live in
the United States.
A British English and an American English speaker in
conversation may find that they use different words and
phrases, so while people in the UK walk on “pavements”,
those on the other side of the Atlantic say sidewalks;
Americans wear underwear under their pants, while Brits
wear pants under their trousers. But most of the time, they
can still understand each other.
There are pronunciation differences:
tomatoes are [tE(mA:tEUz] in the UK
but [tE(meItoUz] in the US.
A [t] sound in the middle of
a word is pronounced more
like a soft [d] in American English,
so “bottle” sounds like “boddle”;
but such differences rarely
cause problems. Comprehension
may break down, though, because
of the speed of speech
and strong accents.
The two varieties have different
spellings, too; for example:
“neighbour” and “colour” (UK)
but neighbor and color (US).
Many colloquialisms have
been exported by film and television.
Sure thing! and Have a nice
day! still keep their American
flavo(u)r, while “OK” and “cool”
are more or less international.
apart: tell sth. ~ [E(pA:t]
approximately [E(prQksImEtli]
bell pepper [(bel )pepE] N. Am.
blend [blend]
colloquialism
[kE(lEUkwiE)lIzEm]
continental quilt
[kQntI)nent&l (kwIlt] UK
indigenous [In(dIdZEnEs]
nickname [(nIkneIm]
pants [pÄnts] UK
pavement [(peIvmEnt] UK
peculiar to [pI(kju:liE tE]
remote [ri(mEUt]
sneakers [(sni:kEz] N. Am.
suburb [(sVb§:b]
etw. auseinanderhalten
ungefähr
Gemüsepaprika
Mischung
umgangssprachlicher
Ausdruck
Steppbett
eingeboren
Spitzname
Unterhose
Bürgersteig
typisch für
abgelegen
Turn-, Sportschuhe
Vorort
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“What is your good name?”
(“What is your name?”)
INDIA
CANADA
“I know, eh?”
(US “I know, right?”, UK “I know!”)
The forms of English spoken in the US and in Canada are
often grouped together as a single category: North American
English. It’s not easy for those outside Canada and
the US to know whether people are American or Canadian
from their speech. Canadian English contains elements of
both British and American English in its vocabulary, because
of the large numbers of immigrants, but there are
also many Canadianisms. The pronunciation and intonation
of some vowel sounds have similarities to Scottish
dialects and accents in northern England; for example,
“about” can sound rather like “aboot” or “aboat”, which is
also heard
in Scotland and the north-east of England.
THE CARIBBEAN
“D’ya get me?”
(“Do you know what I’m talking about?”)
The official languages of the Republic of India are Hindi
and secondly, English. It is estimated that a third of the
population of India speaks English. Many are true native
speakers of English, and many others are able to hold basic
conversations. There are roughly 350 million English
speakers in India. That means this country has one of the
largest populations of English speakers in the world.
Indians have preserved some
English phrases that were used
during British colonial rule
(1858–1947). Official correspondence
can include phrases
such as please do the needful
— phrases that are no
longer used elsewhere. In
conversation, you might
hear someone say out
of station for “out of
town” or “away”, and
What is your good
name? rather than
“What is your name?”
Fotos: iStock; moodboard
English is the official language of the former British
West Indies — the islands and mainland colonies in the
Caribbean that were once part of the British Empire.
In politics, business and the media, the English in this
part of the world is fluent, educated standard English
spoken with a distinct accent. In informal situations, however,
people speak a Creole — formed from the local language
influenced by close contact with a European
language — in this case, both English and French.
Caribbean English is
spoken very fast and has a
grammar, pronunciation
and vocabulary of its own,
making it probably the hardest
variety of English for
“outsiders” to understand.
The sound “th” [D], for example,
is often pronounced
as a [d], so “they” and
“them” become dey and
dem. The language also
contains locally invented
words, such as the verb
lime, which means
“relax, do nothing and
kill time with small talk
and jokes”.
Whose English is it anyway?
We hope you’ve enjoyed this short trip round the Englishspeaking
world. Of course, these were just a few highlights.
English is an official language or has a special status in
more than 75 countries. There are 400 million native
speakers of English, but three times as many speak it as a
second language, or at a high level as a foreign language.
With all these influences on the English language, one
thing is guaranteed: change. Varieties of English are enriched
by vocabulary from local languages. Germans,
Malays, Chinese and others meet and socialize or do business
in English. Immigrants move to cities and take the
sounds of their languages (300 in London) with them, influencing
local accents. What’s the future for the standard
sounds of “th”, for example, not found in Irish and
Caribbean voices and difficult for so many learners?
Visit the British Library’s archive of accents and dialects
at http://sounds.bl.uk/accents-and-dialects or our collection
at www.spotlight-online.de/news/special-report And remember:
when you take your next tour of global English in a
few years’ time, the landscape may be quite different.
distinct [dI(stINkt]
enrich [In(rItS]
needful: do the ~ [(ni:df&l]
preserve [pri(z§:v]
vowel [(vaUEl]
deutlich
bereichern
das Nötige veranlassen
erhalten, weiterhin pflegen
Vokal
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PETER FLYNN | Around Oz
Not just for babies
Fahrräder, Kinderwagen und Skateboards haben zweierlei
gemeinsam: Sie haben Räder und sie sind bestens dazu
geeignet, anderen den Weg zu versperren.
Humans on wheels are crowding
my life. I’m not talking
about those smelly, Lycrawearing
cyclists who invade the best
local cafes on Saturday and Sunday
mornings, just after they’ve blocked
the footpaths with their expensive
bikes. That’s another matter altogether,
though one day, I may devote
a series of articles to idiotic, middleaged
men whose tight pants squeeze
out another dream of riding in the
Tour de France.
What annoys me at the moment
are the deluxe prams that mums use
to transport little kids, together with
half the contents of the playroom
and the kitchen pantry. Every trip
outside the house seems to be treated
as an extreme adventure requiring
enough supplies to cross a desert or
reach the top of a mountain.
Prams are no longer just for babies
either — you know, the little
ones who can’t walk. These days, it’s
apparently all right to push five- and
six-year-olds around in a pram that
has enough storage space to carry the
weekly grocery shopping at the same
time.
Some, it seems, are a fashion
statement as well; why else would
Too big? A bike and pram combination
anyone pay A$ 5,000 (€3,400) for a
pram? OK, that’s the price for a twin
pram; a single costs only A$ 4,000 in
a retro-classic range that looks like
something from the 1930s. This oldfashioned
pram has a curved, black
canopy; big, white wheels; and mercifully
no storage space at all.
Some of the contemporary models
have built-in LCD screens, odo -
meters, thermometers and mobilephone
chargers, all powered by the
pram wheels. These prams are designed
to take over the world, or at
least those bits of it where people
walk. One is called Urban Jungle.
Then there are the Explorer, Voyager,
Strider, Tourer and the three-wheeled
Jogger. The Donkey is for those who
wish to carry all their possessions
with them.
None of these prams costs less
than A$ 500, and most are more
than twice that price. Apart from
blocking the footpath, slowing
pedestrian traffic to a crawl and
pushing people out of the way, the
modern pram has become a nightmare
on trains and buses. It doesn’t
fit between the seats, and many are
canopy [(kÄnEpi]
charger [(tSA:dZE]
crawl: slow sth. to a ~ [krO:l]
distract [dI(strÄkt]
donkey [(dQNki]
juggler [(dZVglE]
mercifully [(m§:sIf&li]
nightmare [(naItmeE]
odometer [EU(dQmItE]
overhead locker [)EUvEhed (lQkE] Aus., UK
pantry [(pÄntri]
pram [prÄm] Aus., UK
smelly [(smeli]
strider [(straIdE]
voyager [(vOIIdZE]
wheelchair [(wi:&ltSeE]
“
These
prams are
designed to
take over the
world
”
too big even to fit into those special
spaces reserved for wheelchairs.
Thank God they don’t allow
prams on planes! This reminds me of
something else that is annoying me
a lot at the moment: supersized hand
luggage. The definition of “hand
luggage” and the meaning of “one
piece” seem to have changed to
“suitcase on wheels” and “any number
you like”.
Usually, the people who carry all
their luggage on board don’t want to
pay for it to be checked. Often, they
want to have all the space in the overhead
lockers to themselves. I was
thinking of complaining to the flight
crew about these people and what a
danger they are to other passengers,
but I got distracted as I watched a
young man behind me trying to get
his skateboard into the overhead
locker. It wouldn’t fit, so he pushed it
under my seat, straight into the back
of my leg.
Cyclists, pram-pushers, luggagejugglers
and skateboarders are all
driving me mad at the moment.
Abdeckung, Sonnenschutz
Aufladestation
fast zum Stillstand bringen
ablenken
Esel
Jongleur
zum Glück
Albtraum
Kilometerzähler
Gepäckfach (im Flugzeug)
Vorratskammer
Kinderwagen
stinkend, übelriechend
Läufer(in)
Reisende(r)
Rollstuhl
Foto: iStock
Peter Flynn is a public-relations consultant and social commentator who lives in Perth, Western Australia.
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DEBATE | United States
A good reason to spy?
Die aktuelle NSA-Affäre hat der Welt gezeigt, dass Regierungen in unserem
vernetzten Zeitalter sehr großzügig mit der Privatsphäre des Einzelnen umgehen.
Wie sehen das die Bürger?
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The extent of the National Security Agency’s spying
activities has been a matter of public debate in the
United States for nearly a decade. In 2005, The New
York Times first published stories about the government’s
domestic and international electronic spying operations,
which had expanded greatly after the terrorist attacks of
September 2001.
The information recently made public by former NSA
contractor Edward Snowden has provided the public with
further details of this spying and the potential threat it represents
to their civil liberties. A 2014 USA Today / Pew Research
Center poll shows that 70 percent of Americans
believe that they shouldn’t have to give up privacy and freedom
to be safe from terrorism.
The White House has now ordered a review of the
NSA’s spying operations and has suggested certain reforms.
According to the USA Today poll, 73 percent of Americans
do not think that the proposed reforms will ensure their
privacy.
Probably as early as 2002, President George W. Bush
made broad changes to the electronic surveillance laws in
response to the threat of terrorism. New techniques to identify
terrorist groups included the cloning of all traffic running
through the internet’s main channels, the hacking of
data encryption software, and agreements made with
companies such as Google and Microsoft to
share their consumer data.
Critics of the NSA say that the extent
of the spying goes against the
Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution,
which protects against
“unreasonable search and seizure.”
If the government wants to use
e-mail messages or phone records
when bringing a domestic criminal
case to court, they must receive permission
from a judge in the form of
a warrant. However, the NSA does
not request warrants for all the information
it collects. Critics argue that this
is a violation of the constitution.
Supporters of the program see things
differently. They believe the NSA is ope -
rating within the law, because it uses its
data to stop international
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[)deItE In(krIpS&n]
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enforcement [In(fO:rsmEnt]
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(NSA) [)nÄS&nEl sI(kjUrEti
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warrant [(wO:rEnt]
Zusatzartikel
argumentieren, einwenden
bürgerliche Rechte
hier: kopieren
externe(r) Mitarbeiter(in)
Datenverschlüsselung
Unterscheidung
inländisch, national
Vollzug
gewährleisten, sicherstellen
Vermächtnis
Nationale Sicherheitsbehörde
nicht mehr zeitgemäß
verarbeiten
hier: geplant
Überwachung
hier: aufsammeln
willkürliche Durchsuchung
und Festnahme
Verstoß gegen etw.
richterliche Anordnung
threats rather than domestic law enforcement. Furthermore,
they say that the nature of technology
means that legal distinctions between domestic
and foreign intelligence collection are
out of date. According to a number of
polls, the program currently has the
support of about 50 percent of the
country.
Criticism of the program isn’t
limited to concerns about priv -
acy. Many Americans — and
even some analysts inside the
NSA — argue that the program
sweeps up too much information
to be able to process it properly, and
that more targeted spying efforts
should be the goal.
Whatever the legacy of the program,
electronic surveillance has given Americans
much to consider about their relationship
to their own government.
Electronic surveillance:
necessary to stop
terrorism?
Fotos: iStock; A. Kingsbury

Listen to Drew, Krysta, Sandy, and Stephen
Alex Kingsbury asked people in Boston:
Is it OK for the US government to spy on Americans?
Drew O’Brien, 23,
sales manager
Krysta Hartley, 18, political
science student
Sandy Rabb, 59,
environmental worker
Stephen Fox, 25,
law student
Mike Ross, 42,
attorney
Sarah Hut, 45, artist
Mary O’Kaine, 86,
retired
Gavin Belok, 18,
art student
affect [E(fekt]
attorney [E(t§:ni]
drunk text [(drVNk tekst]
infringement [In(frIndZmEnt]
betreffen, tangieren
(Staats-)Anwalt, Anwältin
hier: SMS, die man in betrunkenem
Zustand geschrieben hat
Übergriff, Verletzung
mindset: to have the ~
[(maIndset]
root out [ru:t (aUt]
sales manager
[(seI&lz )mÄnIdZ&r]
der Auffassung sein
entwurzeln, ausmerzen
Verkaufsleiter(in)
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HISTORY | 110 Years Ago
James Joyce and Ulysses
Von vielen als unlesbar bezeichnet, ist James Joyces Ulysses zu Recht in die Weltliteratur
eingegangen. Was an diesem Buch ist so außergewöhnlich? Von MIKE PILEWSKI
One of the most unusual
events in Dublin takes
place every year on 16
June. On this day, called Bloomsday,
hundreds of people celebrate
a fictional character doing some
rather ordinary things in a 700-
page novel that few people have
read cover to cover.
Some stand in a public place
and read aloud from its pages.
Others follow the movements of
the character Leopold Bloom,
going to a particular pub —
among other things — and ordering
precisely the same food
that the character ordered in the
story.
Why do they do this? The
novel, Ulysses, is a masterpiece of
20th-century English literature.
Its author, James Joyce, not only
captured the atmosphere of
Dublin on a single day — 16
June 1904 — in meticulous detail.
He also included a wide
range of literary styles within a
single work.
James Joyce was born
into a middle-class family
in Dublin in 1882
as one of ten children.
He profited from a
quality education at
Jesuit schools, then
attended University
College Dublin.
On 10 June 1904,
he met chambermaid
Nora Barnacle,
who became his companion
and later his wife. Their first rendezvous
took place on 16 June
1904 — the date he immortalized
as Bloomsday.
A couple of violent incidents
led Joyce to leave Ireland, taking
Barnacle with him to Trieste,
where he taught English and
worked on his writing. After receiving
numerous rejections, he
found a publisher in London for
a collection of short stories called
Dubliners in 1914. At the start of
the First World War, Joyce moved
to Zurich. There he met poet
Ezra Pound, who introduced him
to publisher Harriet Shaw Weaver.
Weaver published Joyce’s semiautobiographical
novel A Portrait
of the Artist as a Young Man and
further funded the author so that
he was able to concentrate fulltime
on his main work, Ulysses.
That story follows the two
main protagonists, Stephen
Dedalus and Leopold Bloom, as
they wander through Dublin,
Above: Joyce in
1904, around the
time of Bloomsday
Left: a portrait of
the artist as an old
man (1935)
chambermaid [(tSeImbEmeId]
cover to cover [)kVvE tE (kVvE]
immortalize [I(mO:t&laIz]
meticulous [mE(tIkjUlEs]
semi- [(semi]
Zimmermädchen
von vorne bis hinten,
vollständig
unsterblich machen, verewigen
äußerst genau, akkurat
halb-
Fotos: akg-images (2)

Dubliner abroad: Joyce
in Zurich around 1918
first separately, then together. “It’s a Thursday, and Thursday
is a half-holiday, so hardly anybody is doing any work,
and [there is] plenty of opportunity for them to meet people,”
Steven Connor, a professor of literature at the University
of London, explained in the BBC radio programme
In Our Time.
Dedalus and Bloom talk about the philosophical and
the mundane as they go from a pub to a brothel and finally
to Bloom’s house. As the location changes, so do the point
of view and the narrative style. Dedalus, a history teacher,
expresses himself in long, complex sentences. Bloom, who
works in newspaper advertising, uses short, clipped sentences.
In one of the pubs, the point of view shifts between
various people having various conversations. In the chapter
in which Dedalus and Bloom finally meet, the prose uses
antiquated stylistic devices, becoming gradually more modern,
imitating the evolution of English from Anglo-Saxon
to what is spoken today. The chapter that follows, containing
the brothel scene, is written as the script of a play.
More than one chapter expresses a character’s thoughts
as a stream of consciousness: they are refined in the mind,
then interrupted by other, unrelated thoughts, then returned
to. The novel ends with Bloom’s wife, Molly, lying
in bed, her thoughts forming a 24,000-word inner monologue
rendered almost entirely without punctuation.
Ulysses is the Latin name of the Greek hero, Odysseus,
in Homer’s The Odyssey. Both books have 18 chapters and
share certain themes. In addition, each chapter of Ulysses
represents a single hour and corresponds to a particular
colour, a particular science and a particular part of the
body. Joyce himself once said that he had “put in so many
enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy
for centuries arguing over what I meant”.
Fearing that parts of Ulysses might be too explicit for
European publishers, Weaver arranged for an American
journal, The Little Review, to begin publishing Ulysses in
parts in 1918. Twelve of the 18 chapters were published
without incident. The thirteenth, however, contains a
scene in which Leopold Bloom pleasures himself while a
woman exposes herself to him. This caused the work to be
declared obscene and banned in the United States in 1920.
(It was, however, published in Paris two years later and was
frequently smuggled into
the US.)
To try to end the
American ban, Random
House imported the work
in 1933 and made sure it
was impounded. The case
was heard by a federal
judge, John Woolsey. He
asked Random House’s
lawyer, Morris Ernst,
whether he had read the
whole book. Ernst answered
him: “Yes, Judge, I tried to read it in 1923, but
could not get far into it. Last summer, I had to read it in
preparation for this trial. And while lecturing in the Unitarian
church in Nantucket on the bank holiday...”
Woolsey interrupted him, asking, “What has that to
do with my question?”
Ernst continued: “While talking in that church, I recalled
after my lecture was finished that while I was thinking
only about the banks and the banking laws, I was in
fact, at that same time, musing about the clock at the back
of the church, the old woman in the front row, the tall
shutters at the sides. Just as now, Judge, I have thought I
was involved only in the defense of the book. I must admit
at the same time I was thinking of the gold ring around
your tie, the picture of George Washington behind your
bench, and the fact that your black judicial robe is slipping
off your shoulders. This double stream of the mind is the
contribution of Ulysses.”
Woolsey responded: “Now, for the first time, I appreciate
the significance of this book.”
Difficult though the book was to read, in the court’s
opinion, it was not obscene. Joyce spent the rest of his life
working on a much more abstract novel called Finnegans
Wake, published two years before his death in 1941. However,
it is Ulysses that lives on, helped by its detailed characters
and intimate description of Dublin.
In 2012, the copyright on Ulysses expired, allowing fans
of Bloomsday to read, perform and adapt as much of the
work as they like.
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gesetzlicher Feiertag
Bordell
kurzgefasst, abgehackt
entsprechen
hier: Mittel
Rätsel, Geheimnis
ablaufen
sich entblößen
Bundesrichter
beschlagnahmen
Talar, Richtergewand
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[)stri:m Ev (kQnSEsnEs]
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über etw. nachsinnen
Erzählstil
sich selbst befriedigen
Erzählperspektive
sich an etw. erinnern
entwickeln, verfeinern
wiedergeben
Fensterladen
Bewusstseinsstrom
das Alltägliche
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PRESS GALLERY | Comment
It’s breathtaking
Bleibt uns bald die Luft weg? Europa schafft es noch nicht einmal annähernd,
die Feinstaubemissionsbestimmungen einzuhalten. Die gesundheitlichen Folgen:
Herzinfarkte, Lungeninfekte, Krebs.
Air pollution is a killer, more of a killer than obesity
or passive smoking before the smoking ban. It kills
indirectly, through heart attacks, lung infections
and cancers. No one questions its devastating impact —
[in Britain], it is estimated to cause 29,000 early deaths
per year — yet, like much of the rest of Europe, the UK is
falling well short of EU pollution reduction targets and,
on its current trajectory, they won’t be reached in London
for another ten years. ...
Cutting the amount of ambient air pollution — the
concentration of gases like nitrous and sulphuric oxides,
and diesel particulates — is not easy. ... There is a technology
that reduces emissions, but it cannot be retro-fitted,
and because the EU target relates to concentrates rather
than emissions, there has not been enough of an incentive
to drive the change. Faced with the failure of its concen-
tration targets, the European commission is changing
strategy to concentrate on reducing emissions. It is also
launching cases against the worst offending countries. The
UK is top of the list for excessive concentrates of nitrous
dioxide and, if it still fails to conform, may face multimillion
pound fines. That is not the only pressure on the
government. A year ago, the law firm ClientEarth successfully
challenged the UK on its breach of the EU air quality
directive. As a result, later this year, the European court of
justice will rule on how it should be enforced. The decision
of the court will shape policy across the EU. ...
[T]he World Health Organisation warns that air pollution
— now the biggest global killer — has serious
health consequences, even at levels below the EU clean air
directive. ... This is becoming a national crisis. ...
© Guardian News & Media 2014
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devastating [(devEsteItIN]
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[)di:z&l pA:(tIkjUlEt]
enforce [In(fO:s]
EU air quality directive
[i: )ju: (eE )kwQlEti daI&)rektIv]
Umgebungs-
Verstoß
hier: Prozess
verheerend
Dieselpartikel
in Kraft setzen, vollstrecken
EU-Luftreinhaltungsrichtlinien
fall short of sth. [fO:l (SO:t Ev] etw. nicht erreichen
fine [faIn] Bußgeld (➝ p. 61)
incentive [In(sentIv]
Anreiz
law firm [(lO: f§:m]
Anwaltskanzlei
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obesity [EU(bi:sEti]
Adipositas, Fettleibigkeit
offend [E(fend]
hier: gegen etw. verstoßen
sulphuric oxide [sVl)fjUErIk (QksaId] Schwefeloxid
trajectory [trE(dZektEri]
hier: Verlauf, Entwicklung
Foto: Getty Images
Deadly air: the M1
motorway in Hertfordshire,
England
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INFO TO GO
retrofit
Installing new components or devices in an existing
machine or vehicle is called retrofitting. The term is a
blend of the words “retroactive” (applying to a time in
the past) and “fit” (install or equip, in this case). In the
article, we are told that the technology that filters out
emissions is not something that can be retrofitted.
Automobiles would have to be redesigned.
There are other verbs and adjectives that make
use of the prefix “retro-”, relating to past time. Perhaps
the best-known context in which “retro” is used
is with things that remind us of, or have been revived
from, the past, such as retro clothing or retro furniture.
The verb “retrogress” is used to describe something
that returns to a past, possibly worse, condition.
“In retrospect”, like its slightly less formal synonym
“with hindsight”, is used in everyday English to show
a sense of regret: “In retrospect, I think I should have
paid more attention to my parents’ advice.”
IN THE HEADLINES The Week
Listen to more news
items in Replay
“Boys will be boys” is something parents used to say when
their sons broke the rules, got into trouble or participated
in violent sports. These words express a belief that such
behaviour is in the nature of young men and cannot be
changed. If boys are like that, though, is it because of their
genes and hormones or because of cultural factors? Sociologists
still don’t know. Some of them think giving different
toys to boys and girls causes them to prefer
different kinds of behaviour and different kinds of jobs
later in life. This headline refers to an article that describes
efforts in Britain to stop selling toys “for boys” and toys
“for girls”, but instead to sell toys just “for children”. The
fact that this headline can be read in various ways shows
that the outcome of this experiment is not clear.
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prefix [(pri:fIks]
teilnehmen
Vorsilbe
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sich beziehend auf
etw. wiederaufleben lassen
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on the move [)Qn DE (mu:v]
refresh [ri(freS]
subscription [sEb(skrIpS&n]
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unterwegs
auffrischen
Abo
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im ersten Bezugsjahr erfolgt nach Abschluss der Fussball-
WM ab 14.7.2014.

ARTS | What’s New
| Thriller
A bad trip:
Mortensen, Isaac
and Dunst in
The Two Faces of
January
A Greek tragedy
Based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, The Two
Faces of January, directed by Hossein Amini,
starts as Colette and Chester MacFarland (Kirsten
Dunst and Viggo Mortensen) are wandering around the
Acropolis in Athens. It’s 1962, and the American couple
seems to be a perfect example of elegant, US confidence.
But there are two sides to their facade. The MacFarlands
attract the attention of a local tour guide: the young,
charmingly dishonest American Rydal (Oscar Isaac). Rydal
is fascinated both by the older Chester, in whom he sees a
father figure, and by his beautiful, young wife. It’s not long
| Mystery
When a London market becomes the target of a terrorist attack,
all fingers seem to point to a Turkish man seen close to the
scene before the explosion. He’s imprisoned, but the two
lawyers provided by the British legal system for his defence
soon find worrying evidence leading to Britain’s own antiterror
services. Directed by John Crowley, and with Eric Bana
and Rebecca Hall in the main
roles, Closed Circuit takes
place in a beautiful London that
is often filmed from above. But
who exactly is watching whom?
And can the powerful figures behind
the scenes be revealed?
Starts 26 June.
Who’s watching Eric Bana?
before they are exploring the city together — and Rydal
finds out that Chester has some dark secrets. When
Chester is accused of murder, the trio flees to the island of
Crete, hiding from their past in dark ruins and shadowy
rooms until a tragic accident brings passion into the open.
The film brilliantly explores the fine line between emotional
and financial greed — and need. This, combined
with glowing landscapes and beautiful 1960s costumes, is
sure to delight audiences in much the same way as another
Highsmith love triangle involving three Americans abroad
did 15 years ago in The Talented Mr. Ripley. Starts 29 May.
| Drama
In Dallas Buyers Club, Ron Woodroof
(Matthew McConaughey) is a macho,
homophobic Texan who tests positive for
HIV. The year is 1985, and the only medicine
available in the US is still in the testing
stage. Ron starts smuggling in better, unapproved
drugs from Mexico. Seeing a
chance to make money, he forms a business
partnership with Rayon (Jared Leto),
a transsexual AIDS patient with contacts to
many potential customers. When the US
McConaughey:
tragic magic
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tries to stop the business,
Ron becomes a hero in the fight against AIDS. McConaughey
and Leto won Golden Globe and Oscar awards for their performances
in this tough drama. Available on DVD from 6 June.
accused of murder: be ~
[E)kju:zd Ev (m§:dE]
charmingly [(tSA:mINli]
delight [di(laIt]
facade [fE(sA:d]
glowing [(glEUIN]
des Mordes angeklagt sein
charmant
begeistern, erfreuen
Fassade, äußeres Erscheinungsbild
leuchtend, glühend
greed [gri:d]
homophobic
[)hEUmEU(fEUbIk]
imprison [Im(prIz&n]
reveal [ri(vi:&l]
unapproved [)VnE(pru:vd]
Gier, Begierde
homosexuellenfeindlich
hier: verhaften
enthüllen, entlarven, verraten
nicht zugelassen
Fotos: iStock; PR
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| Language learning
| Travel
The Phrasal Verbs Machine:
making learning fun
Do you know the
meaning of these expressions:
“run up”
and “put up with”?
They are examples of
phrasal verbs —
verbs that, combined
with a preposition
and/or particle, take
on a particular meaning.
This makes them
difficult for learners
of English to understand
and remember.
The app Phrasal
Verbs Machine
is an imaginative help in this respect. The user first looks for a
phrasal verb such as “run up” (hinauflaufen, schnell wachsen)
or “put up with” (hinnehmen, ertragen), then watches the cartoon
character Phraso demonstrate the meaning of the phrasal
verb in a short film. Below the film are a definition of the expression
and an example sentence. The user can then try an
exercise. The app, created by Cambridge University Press, is
available for both Apple and android.
If you read the travel feature “On tour in London” in Spotlight
4/14, you will have some idea of just how much there is to see
in the British capital. Many of the sights are hidden away from
public view, or people just don’t know about them. The
Discover London podcast will give you many new and interesting
insights. Created by the Greater London Authority for
visitors to London, one episode will take you around some of
the loveliest parks and outdoor museums with garden designer
Diarmuid Gavin. In another, you can discover the many city
squares with dancer Darcey Bussell. Each of these free podcasts
includes presentations from museum curators or local
experts. They vary in length between 15 and 30 minutes and
are available from iTunes.
A capital idea:
the Discover
London app
| Exhibition
Bowie:
setting trends
Following a hugely successful show at London’s Victoria
and Albert Museum last spring, the David Bowie exhibition
comes to Berlin’s Martin Gropius Bau from
20 May to 10 August. With more than 300 objects, including
some of his most famous costumes, set designs,
interviews and videos, it presents Bowie as a definer of
the zeitgeist from the late 1960s onwards (including the
years he spent in Berlin from 1976 to 1978). Special
multimedia techniques focus on Bowie’s influence on
music, fashion, art and film, and explore the many and
different ways in which the singer’s combination of instinct
and professionalism have kept him at the forefront
of popular culture for more than 40 years. Tickets and
details under www.davidbowie-berlin.de
both: ~ ... and ... [bEUT]
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garden designer [(gA:d&n di)zaInE]
insight [(InsaIt]
onwards: from ... ~ [(QnwEdz]
set design [(set di)zaIn]
sowohl... als auch...
Spitze
Gartengestalter(in)
Einblick, Erkenntnis
ab...
Bühnenbild
Reviews by OWEN CONNORS and EVE LUCAS
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ARTS | Short Story and Books
Spin
Ein gekündigter Mitarbeiter versetzt seinem Vorgesetzten einen Schlag mitten ins Gesicht –
mit ungeahnten Folgen. Von CHRISTINE MADDEN
After a few minutes of pretending to look at the
paintings on the wall of the HR reception office,
Mark went back to the front desk.
“So,” he said.
“I’m sure he will only be a moment,” said Cynthia
without looking up from her computer screen.
“I really like your artwork,” Mark said.
“Thanks.” Cynthia smiled into the screen while continuing
to type away. Then her computer pinged. “Robert
will see you now,” she said. “You can just walk in.”
Robert, the head of HR, watched Mark enter with a
big, sunny smile. “Mark,” he said, “it’s so good to see you!
You’re looking remarkably well today.”
“Thanks,” said Mark. “You’re
looking very well, too.”
“I just can’t believe how great
you look,” said Robert. “Do you
know what? I’m going to do a selfie
of us both.”
Robert jumped up from his chair
and ran around the desk.
“Smile!” he said, as he put his arm round
Mark’s shoulders and held out his smartphone
in front of them.
“Look at that! Amazing! I’m going to put that
on our Twitter feed,” said Robert.
“Wow! Brilliant!” said Mark. “But I’m thinking
you didn’t call me in today to take a selfie.”
“God, you’re clever,” said Robert. “That’s
why I can see really big things for you in the
future.”
“You can? Yes, after all, that’s what hard
work is for.”
“Take a seat, Mark,” said Robert,
pointing to a chair. “I can’t tell you
how impressed we are with your
forward-thinking contribution to our company. You’ve
entered the fast lane and left everyone behind you.”
“Well, thanks...”
“That’s why I feel very strongly about your future. I
know you’re going to do great things. And in order to facilitate
you, I’m going to make sure you have a lot more
flexibility. We want to be certain that you aren’t held back
by your current position, so that you can feel free to follow
new goals.”
“Erm...?”
“I’m pleased to be able to launch you into phase two
of your career. This is a proud day for us both, Mark. Once
you’ve been cut loose, I can see you
rocketing into action.”
“Erm, just a minute, Robert. Are
you making me redundant?”
“Yes, Mark. We’re promoting you
to customer. I am so happy to be able
to deliver a solution that is going to
be good for you and the company.”
“But... but...,” Mark stammered.
“But, Robert, you know my wife has just
had a baby...”
“Double return,” said Robert. “God, Mark!
You’re an action man everywhere.”
“Robert, you’ve just made me unemployed.”
“You’ll be skiing off-piste.”
“Damn, Robert, are you listening to me?”
“This won’t be taking effect until the end of the
month,” said Robert. “Oh, sorry. I meant the end
of the week. Strap it on for a while. See what you
think.”
“Strap this on, you bastard!” Mark
jumped out of his chair and gave Robert
a right hook in his perfect teeth. He expected
(and half-hoped) that Robert
artwork [(A:tw§:k]
cut loose [kVt (lu:s] ifml.
double return [)dVb&l ri(t§:n]
enter the fast lane
[)entE DE )fA:st (leIn]
facilitate sb. [fE(sIlEteIt]
launch [lO:ntS]
make redundant [)meIk ri(dVndEnt]
hier: Illustrationen
losbinden, freisetzen,
freistellen
doppelter Gewinn
auf die Überholspur
fahren
hier: jmdn. unterstützen
hier: schicken, einführen
hier: jmdn. entlassen
off-piste [)Qf (pi:st]
ping [pIN]
rocket [(rQkIt]
selfie [(selfi] ifml.
stammer [(stÄmE]
strap it on [)strÄp It (Qn] ifml.
take effect [teIk E(fekt]
abseits der Piste
einen Klingelton abgeben
düsen, sausen
(digitaler) Schnappschuss von sich
selbst (zum Veröffentlichen in
einem sozialen Netzwerk)
stammeln
lass es auf dich wirken
in Kraft treten, gelten
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would hit him back. Instead, though, Robert’s head spun
round full circle and snapped back into place, then he fell
sideways on to the desktop, eyes open, still smiling.
“Oh my God!” said Mark. “Cynthia!” he screamed.
Robert convulsed on his desk.
Cynthia entered. “Oh, dear!” she said and walked over
to her boss, who still lay on his desk. “He’s late for his
check-up.”
“Is he OK?” said Mark. “I’m really sorry, I... I don’t
know what happened.”
“You hit him. They all do.” Cynthia placed her hand
on Robert’s neck and, it seemed to Mark, lifted open a flap
of skin. Beneath it, little lights flashed. “He badly needs
to be reprogrammed.” She pressed a few switches inside
Robert’s neck, and his body slowly came back to life.
“There. I’ve rebooted him.”
“So...” Mark stuttered. “Robert is actually Robot?”
“Yes, that’s right. It works much better that way,” said
Cynthia, checking her watch. “He’ll be functioning again
in about 90 seconds.”
“I always thought he seemed a bit unnatural.”
“It’s much better not to get too personally involved,”
said Cynthia.
“So,” said Mark, “are you a robot, too?”
A voice came from Robot’s mouth. “Don’t be silly,” he
said. “Look at that gorgeous arse. I’d like to slap it.”
“Oh, dear!” said Cynthia, reaching back for Robot’s neck
controls. “This often happens. The experimental 1950s vocabulary
is activated after a violent trauma. I’ll just start him
up again.” She began operating the switches once more.
“Oh, by the way,” she said, without looking up from
Robot. “Your redundancy papers are on my desk. Would
you pick them up on your way out? Don’t forget to sign
for them.”
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Edgar Allan Poe is the master of the
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frightening figures, from murderers
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arse [A:s] vulg.
check-up [(tSek Vp]
convulse [kEn(vVls]
flap of skin [)flÄp Ev (skIn]
gorgeous [(gO:dZEs]
obsessed [Eb(sest]
Arsch, Hintern
Überprüfung, Kontrolle,
Nachuntersuchung
zucken, sich krümmen
Hautfetzen
hinreißend, prächtig
besessen
plague [pleIg]
redundancy papers
[ri(dVndEnsi )peIpEz]
sign for sth. [(saIn fE]
slap [slÄp]
snap back [snÄp (bÄk]
stutter [(stVtE]
Pest
Kündigungsunterlagen
etw. quittieren
einen Klaps geben
zurückschnappen
stottern, stammeln
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LANGUAGE | Vocabulary
All about dogs
This month, ANNA HOCHSIEDER introduces different breeds of dog and the life they
share with their owners.
4
2
3
5
6
1
12
11
10
9
8
7
1. German shepherd
2. greyhound
3. Dalmatian
4. Great Dane
5. chocolate Labrador
6. Border collie
7. pug
8. Yorkshire terrier (Yorkie)
9. West Highland white terrier (Westie)
10. Scottish terrier (Scottie)
11. toy poodle
12. wire-haired dachshund [(dÄks&nd]
A dog’s life
We never used to want a dog. Having to walk your dog
every day, whatever the weather (and clean up after it!),
always seemed like too much trouble. But everything
changed when we met Presto. Presto’s a mongrel. He
looks like a cross between a cocker spaniel and a corgi.
My husband found him in a car park when he was just
a puppy. He wasn’t wearing a collar and was obviously
a stray. His coat was tangled and matted, and he was
sniffing around a rubbish bin, looking hungry and unhappy.
We discussed taking him to the animal shelter,
but then we decided to keep him.
Presto wasn’t easy to control at first. It took a while to
house-train him and teach him a few simple
commands. He barked a lot and pulled on the lead
whenever we took him out. We had him neutered when
he began to take an interest in female dogs. Now that
he’s a bit older, he’s very obedient. I’ve taught him to
walk to heel, to sit and stay. He used to growl at the
postman, but now he wags his tail when he sees him,
and he’s never bitten anyone. He loves being stroked
and having his coat brushed. Presto needs lots of care
and attention, but he gives us so much love in return.
Illustration: Bernhard Förth
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Practice
Now try these exercises to practise talking about dogs.
1. Find the words on the opposite page that match the definitions below.
a) The thing you put round a dog’s neck is a _______________.
b) The long piece of material with which you control a dog when you walk with it is a ____________.
c) The hair covering a dog is its _______________.
d) A baby or young dog is a _______________.
2. Put the phrases from the box into the correct category.
bark a lot | be obedient | bite people | brush its coat | clean up after it | growl at the
postman | house-train it | pull on the lead | sit and stay | wag its tail | walk it | walk to heel
a) What dog owners should do with their dog:
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
b) What dog owners like their dog to do:
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
c) What dog owners don’t like their dog to do:
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
Answers
1. a) collar; b) lead (US leash);
c) coat; d) puppy
2. a) brush its coat; clean up after
it; house-train it; walk it; b) be
obedient; sit and stay; wag its
tail; walk to heel; c) bark a lot;
bite people; growl at the
postman; pull on the lead
3. a) Dalmatian; b) dachshund;
c) greyhound; d) corgi;
e) Border collie; f) Labrador
(gun dog: Jagdhund; retrieve:
apportieren, zurückholen)
4. a–3; b–1; c–4; d–5; e–2
If you stroke a dog
or other animal, you
move your hand over
it gently to show it
affection (Zuneigung).
Pet is also a verb.
If you pat a dog or
other animal, you
touch it lightly several
times with your
flat hand.
Tips
3. Which breed is it?
a) Dogs of this breed are white with black spots. One
hundred and one of them star in a famous Walt Disney
film: ______________________.
b) The smooth-haired variety of this dog is also known
informally as a “sausage dog”: ______________________.
c) Dogs of this breed are thin, can run very fast and are
used for racing: ______________________.
d) Queen Elizabeth II owns several dogs of this breed:
______________________.
e) This is a working breed of dog often used on hill
farms. It is particularly intelligent and energetic:
______________________.
f) This is a breed of gun dog that loves retrieving birds
(and balls) from the water: ______________________.
4. Dogs appear in a number of idiomatic expressions. Match the sentences below to their meanings.
a) He’s in the doghouse.
b) His bark is worse than his bite.
c) It’s a dog’s life.
d) Let sleeping dogs lie.
e) Love me, love my dog.
a ➯
b ➯
c ➯
d ➯
e ➯
1. He’s not really as aggressive as he seems.
2. If you want me, you have to accept what’s important to me, too.
3. He’s in trouble because he’s done something bad.
4. Life is hard.
5. To avoid problems, don’t mention this subject.
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LANGUAGE | Travel Talk
Visiting a garden
Wander through an English country garden
with RITA FORBES.
Finding the way
Look! There’s the sign for Sissinghurst Castle
Garden. We should be there in about ten minutes.
I can’t believe the kids have slept the whole way
here. Our London holiday has worn them out.
Well, it’s the perfect time for a break at a garden
then, isn’t it? Some fresh air will do them good.
Yes. We’ll just explore and let the kids set the pace.
I think they’re going to love the moat and the towers
and wandering round all the different gardens.
Oh, and we can borrow a pair of binoculars for
them to watch birds and butterflies.
Enjoying the flowers
Mummy, come and smell this flower!
Mmm, that’s lovely! All the roses are in full bloom
at the moment. Did you see the irises over there?
What’s behind that gate? Can I go and look?
That leads to the cottage garden. Go on ahead, but
wait for us at the gate, OK?
All this landscaping is quite inspiring. What would
you say to a few hedges, a stone wall and another
flower bed in our garden at home? Roses, tulips,
irises?
Sounds perfect. But you’re on your own with the
flowers. I haven’t got green fingers, remember?
In the orchard
Listen! Can you hear a bee buzzing?
There it is, on the apple blossom! Is it making
honey? Can we follow it, Dad?
Yeah. Let’s see if it takes us back to its hive. I think
there are some in the orchard. By the way, talking
of honey, is anybody else getting hungry?
Yes! It’s almost lunchtime. I read that the restaurant
here uses fresh, organic products from the garden’s
vege table plot.
We could walk round the estate after lunch. It’s 450
acres — the gardens are only a tiny part of it.
• Sissinghurst Castle Garden in Kent, south-east of
London, is one of England’s most famous and beautiful
gardens. Sissinghurst’s history reaches back to
Saxon times, but the garden was created in the 1930s
by writer Vita Sackville-West and her husband. Tour -
ists have been coming to see the garden ever since.
• If you set the pace, you decide how fast or slow to go.
• A moat is a trench (Graben) filled with water that
surrounds a castle to protect it against attack.
• An English country house may have several different
gardens, such as a rose garden, a herb garden
(Kräutergarten) or a kitchen garden. Any of these may
also be a “walled garden”.
• You look through a pair of binoculars [bI(nQkjUlEz]
to make things that are far away look closer.
• When flowers are in full bloom, they are completely
open.
• A cottage garden is an informal, natural-looking
garden.
• Landscaping is the way a piece of land is designed
and made beautiful by adding plants and other fea -
tures. A person who does this professionally is a
“landscape architect” or “landscape gardener”.
• A hedge divides gardens and fields and is made of
bushes or small trees growing very close together.
• A flower bed is an ungrassed area of garden in
which flowers are grown.
• Someone with green fingers (US a green thumb
[TVm] (Daumen)) is good at caring for plants.
• Blossom consists of the small flowers on a tree.
• Bees live and make honey in a structure called a
(bee)hive.
• A piece of enclosed (eingezäunt) land in which fruit
trees grow is an orchard [(O:tSEd].
• Organic food is produced in a way that is natural,
without using chemicals.
• Here, plot means “a piece of land used for a specific
purpose such as growing vegetables”.
• An acre is an area of land equal to about 4,000 square
metres.
Tips
buzz [bVz]
by the way [)baI DE (weI]
estate [I(steIt]
go on ahead [gEU )Qn E(hed]
summen
übrigens, nebenbei bemerkt
Anwesen
vorgehen
on one’s own: be ~ [)Qn wVnz (EUn]
tiny [(taIni]
tulip [(tju:lIp]
wear sb. out [weE (aUt]
auf sich allein gestellt sein
winzig
Tulpe
jmdn. erschöpfen
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TRANSLATION
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flank / Flanke
Translate the following sentences:
1. The army’s left flank was weakened by the
attack.
2. Kroos schlug dann eine perfekte Flanke von
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Complete the following sentences with
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1. Can you bring the car back _____ tomorrow
evening?
2. You can keep the car _____ tomorrow evening.
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LANGUAGE | Cards
GLOBAL ENGLISH
British speaker: “Are you sure it’s OK to show up at
the dinner in my trainers?”
“Takkies” originates from Afrikaans. You may also
see it written as “tackies” or “tekkies”. It is the
South African word for the type of footwear
(Schuhe) that North Americans call “sneakers”
(Turnschuhe).
NEW WORDS
An exoplanet (from “extrasolar planet”) is any
planet that is outside our solar system.
The word has been in use for a long time in the
scientific community, but the excitement caused
by the new discoveries this year means that it is
now heard more frequently.
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TRANSLATION
1. Theoretically, the German and Swiss teams
could play each other in the quarter-finals.
2. The round of 16 begins on 28 June in Belo
Horizonte.
English has the words “semi-final” and “quarterfinal”,
but there is no single word for Achtelfinale.
Depending on the context, both “round of 16” or
the “last 16” are used.
(IN)FORMAL ENGLISH
The finance department has rejected our
budget, so we have to start again with our project
proposal.
The departments in a firm are often referred to by
a single word, such as “marketing” (the marketing
department). The image of “back to square one”
reminds us of a board game or of the children’s
game hopscotch (Himmel-und-Hölle).
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IDIOM MAGIC
The idiom on a shoestring means “with a very
small (or insufficient) budget”. The expression
“a shoestring budget” is also used.
“Government funding dried up, so the study had
to be done on a shoestring.”
PRONUNCIATION
Here is another tongue-twister based on the
sounds [s] and [S]:
The sixth sick sheikh’s sixth sheep’s sick.
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GRAMMAR
1. Can you bring the car back by tomorrow
evening?
2. You can keep the car until tomorrow evening.
Both “by” and “until” (or “till”) refer to a time
frame that will end at some specific point in the
future. With “until”, a continuous state exists that
will then stop. With “by”, some action will occur at
or before that point in time.
FALSE FRIENDS
1. Die linke Flanke der Armee wurde durch den
Angriff geschwächt.
2. Kroos then made a perfect cross from the
right.
Flanke and “flank” are false friends only in the
vocabulary of sport. In reference to military
tactics or to the body of an animal, they share the
same meaning.
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Listen to dialogues 3 and 4
Everyday English | LANGUAGE
Fotos: Alamy; Ingram Publishing; iStock
On the motorway
This month, DAGMAR TAYLOR looks at the
words and phrases people use when they talk
about travelling on the motorway.
1. Follow the signs
Ferne and Carl are about to leave Manchester to visit
their friend Maeve, who lives in Devon.
Maeve: (on the phone) Do you know how to get here?
I suppose you’ve got a satnav, haven’t you?
Ferne: We have, but I lent it to a colleague who
hasn’t given it back. I think Carl’s printed out
directions from the AA website, though.
Maeve: It’s motorway most of the way. You’re on the
M6 to start with, and then you change to the
M5. You just follow the signs to Sidmouth,
basically.
Ferne: Thanks. You’ve done the journey enough
times. How long do you think it’ll take us?
Maeve: About four and a half hours, depending on
traffic.
Ferne: OK. We’ll be setting off soon, so we should
be there around one, I think.
Maeve: Great! I can’t wait to see you.
• Directions — in the plural — are instructions for
how to reach a place.
• AA stands for the Automobile Association, a British
organization that provides services for motorists
(Autofahrer(in)).
• Motorways (N. Am.: highway) have an “M” prefix
(Vorzeichen) in the British road-numbering scheme
(Plan, System); for example, the M6.
• When you do as the road signs instruct you to do, you
follow the signs.
• The word basically is often used by English speakers
to emphasize the most important point or to summarize
what they have just said.
• If you ask: “How long will/does it take?”, you want to
know how much time is required to do something.
• When you start a journey, you set off.
satnav (satellite navigation system) [(sÄtnÄv]
Sidmouth [(sIdmET]
suppose [sE(pEUz]
Navi
annehmen
Tips
2. Speed limit
Ferne and Carl are in the car on the way to Sidmouth.
Carl: Are you in a hurry or something, Ferne?
Ferne: What do you mean?
Carl: You’re driving so fast.
Ferne: I’m only going... oops! I thought I was doing 70.
Carl: Do you want to swap? We could stop at the
next service area. I think it’s coming up in
about ten miles.
Ferne: Hang on! Traffic news... (turns up volume on
radio)
Radio announcer: On the M5 between junction 12,
Quedgeley, and junction 11a, Gloucester,
there’s a speed restriction of 50 miles an hour
and narrow lanes in both directions because of
a contraflow and bridge maintenance work. Do
expect delays.
Carl: Sounds like it’s a good time for a break.
• Speakers of English often add or something to a
comment to show that they are not being specific or
serious.
• In the UK, the national speed limit on motorways is
70 miles per hour (mph — about 110 kilometres per
hour). When talking informally about the speed at
which you are driving, you can use the verb do: “He
was only doing 30 when the police stopped him.”
• By swap, Carl means to change places so that he can
drive and Ferne can rest.
• At a service area (N. Am.: rest stop) on a motorway,
you can stop to buy food, petrol and use the toilet.
• You leave a motorway at a junction (N. Am.: exit).
• Lanes of a motorway are separated by white lines and
divide the lines of traffic travelling in one direction.
• Maintenance work, or “repair work”, is done to keep
roads and bridges in good condition.
contraflow [(kQntrEflEU] UK
Gloucester [(glQstE]
hang on [hÄN (Qn] ifml.
speed restriction
[(spi:d ri)strIkS&n]
Gegenverkehr
warte mal
Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung
Tips
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LANGUAGE | Everyday English
3. Are we there yet? 4. It was going so well
Ferne and Carl are back on the road after their break.
Carl is driving.
Ferne and Carl have missed their exit.
They are talking about what to do next.
Carl: Can you have a look at the directions and tell me
what junction we need?
Ferne: Yep. Just a sec... Right, here it is. We have to
get off at Taunton, junction 25. I think we
have to follow the signs to Ilminster.
Carl: OK. Hey! Have you seen the guy behind us?
He’s tailgating us. I hate that.
Ferne: Well, move over then, so that he can overtake
you.
Carl: Did you see that? He just stuck two fingers up
at me.
Ferne: He obviously missed that sign back there tell -
ing drivers to be courteous.
Carl: Probably can’t read. Idiot!
Ferne: Er, Carl... I think we’ve just missed our exit.
• When you get off the motorway, you leave it.
• Someone who is driving too closely behind another
vehicle is tailgating (ifml.). The “tailgate” is the door at
the back of a car or truck.
• Ferne says move over, because she thinks that Carl
should change into the slower (left-hand) lane.
• When it is safe to do so, you can overtake (N. Am.:
pass) another vehicle travelling more slowly than you.
• In the UK, sticking two fingers up is a rude (unverschämt)
gesture. A V-sign is made with the first and
second fingers, the back of the hand facing outwards.
• Courteous [(k§:tiEs] is another word for “polite”.
• An exit is an alternative name for a motorway
junction. The road on to or off the motorway is called
a “slip road” (N. Am.: ramp).
Tips
Ferne: Sorry. I should have been paying attention, too.
What are we going to do?
Carl: We’ll just have to get off at the next junction
and turn back.
Ferne: Pity you can’t do a U-turn.
Carl: Yeah. Well, I would, but there’s a crash barrier
in the way. I don’t think the next exit is until
Wellington. That’s about ten miles away.
Ferne: Oh, no! Then we’re going to have to drive all
the way back.
Carl: And we were making such good time. No traffic
jams or anything.
Ferne: Well, there were the roadworks earlier.
Carl: Yeah, apart from them.
Ferne: I’d better call Maeve and tell her that we’re
going to be late.
• A vehicle does a U-turn when it turns 180 degrees
to be able to go back in the direction it came from.
• The crash barrier is the low metal fence between the
two halves of a motorway in an area called the
“central reservation” (N. Am.: median).
• If your journey is taking less time than expected, you
can say that you are making good time: “We made
good time coming back yesterday.”
• Roadworks (N. Am.: roadwork), not “building site”, is
the expression for an area where repairs are being
made to the road.
• To tell someone what you think you should do, you
can say: I’d (I had) better...
Tips
EXERCISES
sec = second [sek]
1. Add the missing words.
a) Carl’s printed _____ directions.
b) Are you _____ a hurry?
c) We have to get _____ at Taunton.
d) Yeah, apart _____ them.
3. What did they say?
a) I suppose you’ve got a s_________, haven’t you?
b) We could stop at the next s_________.
c) I think you just missed our e_________.
d) There’s a c_________ in the way.
2. Replace the words in bold with words or
phrases from the scenes.
a) We’ll be leaving soon. _________________
b) Do expect hold-ups. _________________
c) Move over so that he can pass you. ________________
d) Yeah, besides the roadworks. ________________
4. Underline the correct words.
a) Carl borrowed / lent it to a colleague. ______
b) There’s a speed restriction of 50 kmh / mph. ______
c) Have you seen the guy behind / before us? ______
d) We’ll get off at the next junction and turn
about / back. ______
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Answers: 1. a) out; b) in; c) off; d) from; 2. a) setting off; b) delays; c) overtake; d) apart from
3. a) satnav; b) service area; c) exit; d) crash barrier; 4. a) lent; b) mph; c) behind; d) back

The Grammar Page | LANGUAGE
Using “when” and “if” to talk
about the future
ADRIAN DOFF presents and explains this key point of grammar,
with notes on a short dialogue.
Stella is going to Rome. Her mother, Pam, is worried
about her.
Pam:
Pam: Are you sure you’ll be all right?
Stella: Yes, of course I will. Don’t worry. I’ll phone 1 you
when I get 2 to Rome.
Pam: Will you 3 phone me when you get 4 on the plane
and let me know you’re all right?
Stella: You aren’t allowed to phone from planes, Mum. But
I’ll call 1 you if there’s 5 a problem — if we’re delayed
or something.
All right. And don’t forget to phone as soon as you
land 6 in Rome.
Stella: OK, maybe. I’ll have to see. I might call you from
the hotel. It’s easier. Or maybe later, in the evening
some time.
Pam:
Well, if I don’t hear 7 from you, I’ll phone you. All
right?
Stella: Mum, I’ll be fine. I’ll phone you some time this
evening, if I have time — or tomorrow maybe.
Remember!
Use when + present simple to talk about something
that will certainly happen:
• I’ll phone you when I arrive. (= I’ll certainly arrive.)
Use if + present simple to talk about things that may
happen:
• I’ll phone you if I have time.
(= Maybe I’ll have time, but I don’t know.)
1. Complete each sentence with either “if” or
“when”.
a) ______ you pass your exam, I’ll take you out for a
meal.
b) I’m just watching the news. I’ll come and eat ______
it’s over.
c) Shall I ask her to call you ______ she gets in before
9 a.m.?
d) We’ll move to a bigger house ______ the children
get older.
1 Stella promises to do something in the future, so she
uses will + infinitive. She shortens I will to I’ll.
2 After when, she uses the present simple tense to talk
about the future (“when I get”, not “when I’ll get”).
3 This is a question with “will” (“Will you...?”).
4 This is another example of “when” + present simple.
5 After if, we also use the present simple to talk about the
future (“if there’s...”, not “if there will be”).
6 As soon as means “immediately when”. Like “when”, it is
followed by the present simple.
7 Here, if is followed by the negative form of the present
simple: “if I don’t hear...”
Beyond the basics
Words with a similar meaning to when and if are also
followed by the present simple to talk about the future:
• As soon as I get to the hotel, I’ll ring you.
• I’ll phone you just after I arrive.
• I’ll call you the minute I get home.
• I’ll stay at home until you call me.
• As long as (= If) there are no delays, we’ll arrive
at 6.30.
2. Complete the sentences below with the
correct form of the verbs in brackets.
a) As soon as I ___________ something, I ___________
you an e-mail. (hear / send)
b) She ___________ fine as long as she ___________
calm. (be / stay)
c) I ___________ here until they ___________ back.
(stay / come)
d) The company ___________ in trouble if we
___________ this contract. (be / not get)
e) If you ___________ immediately, I ___________ the
police. (not leave / call)
EXERCISES
Answers: 1. a) If; b) when; c) if; d) when; 2. a) hear, ’ll send; b) ’ll be, stays; c) ’ll stay, come; d) will be, don’t get; e) don’t leave, ’ll call
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LANGUAGE | The Soap
Helen
Phil
Peggy
It’s the Germans!
Join us at Peggy’s Place — Spotlight ’s very
own London pub. By INEZ SHARP
George
Sean
FOCUS
Helen: Don’t worry, Peggy! I’m sure Phil will find a way
to get your breakfast service up and running.
Peggy: Let’s hope so. A pub should be a busy place, full
of people, full of life.
Helen: It’s not that empty.
Peggy: No, but we are losing custom. We need to make
more people aware that we’re here.
Helen: The beer garden was packed last night.
Peggy: That’s seasonal. Hi, George! What can I get you?
George: How about a new job?
Peggy: Not again!
George: No. Not yet, anyway.
Helen: Aren’t things going well at the supermarket?
George: Well, we’ve had all these promotions going on,
so my team’s really busy, and that’s good for us.
Peggy: But?
George: Sales are down, and it’s the same wherever you
look: Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Morrisons are all suffering.
Helen: People must be doing their food shopping somewhere.
George: It’s the bloody Germans.
Peggy: How do you mean?
George: Aldi and Lidl. They’re the ones taking away our
business — them and online shopping sites.
Peggy: Aldi are very cheap, even if their shops are a bit
boring.
Helen: What I don’t understand is why your job would be
affected. As promotions manager, this must be the time
when they really need you.
George: There’s been a lot of talk about restructuring. Last
week, I was on a training course in Swindon, and
everyone was talking about how promotions would be
managed centrally in future — and then they wouldn’t
need people like me. It really puts the wind up you.
Helen: That’s just talk. Have you heard anything specific?
George: No.
Helen: There you go, then.
Peggy: I know what you mean. The government’s talking
about an economic recovery, but it doesn’t feel like
This month, George talks about an old boys’ network. This
is an unofficial arrangement whereby men with influence or
power promote or help their friends. Here, George is referring
to the British prime minister. The education secretary,
Michael Gove, recently accused David Cameron of having
too many old Etonians in the cabinet. David Cameron attended
the elite public school Eton, as did four members of
his inner circle and the mayor of London, Boris Johnson.
“ ”
We need to make people aware we’re here
that. Even if there is an upturn, I can’t believe it’s going
to last, and everyone who comes in here thinks the same.
George: Why would you trust a bunch of old Etonians,
anyway? What do they care? They’ve all got their old
boys’ network to support them.
Helen: Yes. How many of them are working for Cameron?
Peggy: Is that someone’s phone ringing?
George: It’s my BlackBerry. That’s another thing. Having
these devices means you never switch off, even though
most of the stuff is totally trivial.
Peggy: Yes, but if you don’t look at them, you’ll miss that
one really important message.
Helen: Listen to the two of you: all doom and gloom. It’s a
lovely summer evening, and you’ve got a pint of your
favourite beer in front of you, George. We’re all healthy
— touch wood. Now, if you’ll take my advice, you’ll put
that phone thing away, and we’ll take our drinks outside.
George: I suppose you’re right. What did my father use
to say: “I’ve seen a lot of trouble, and most of it never
happened.”
Helen: That’s good. I like that.
George: Perhaps I should just check my messages, anyway.
Helen: You’re off work. Surely it can wait until tomorrow.
Peggy: What’s the matter, George?
George: It’s from my boss, and it says “Urgent”.
a bunch of [E (bVntS Ev] ifml. ein Haufen
affect [E(fekt]
beeinflussen, beeinträchtigen
all doom and gloom
Weltuntergangsstimmung
[O:l )du:m End (glu:m]
bloody [(blVdi] UK ifml.
verdammt
custom [(kVstEm] UK
Kundschaft, Gäste
device [di(vaIs]
Gerät
packed [pÄkt]
voll
promotions manager
Werbeleiter(in)
[prE(mEUS&nz )mÄnIdZE]
restructuring [)ri:(strVktSErIN] Umstrukturierung
there you go, then
na also
[)DeE ju (gEU Den] ifml.
touch wood [tVtS (wUd] UK auf Holz klopfen
up and running: get sth. ~ etw. zum Laufen bringen
[)Vp End (rVnIN] (➝ p. 61)
upturn [(Vpt§:n]
Aufschwung
wind: put the ~ up sb.
jmdm. Angst einjagen
[wInd] UK ifml.
Jane
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English at Work | LANGUAGE
Dear Ken: How should I end
a presentation?
Dear Ken
When I give presentations in English, I always wonder
how to end them in a professional and interesting way.
Can you give me some ideas?
Thanks very much.
Ari G.
Dear Ari
Thank you for your mail. For me, the last words you say
should be the most memorable — and certainly not just a
set of clichés.
I have some basic rules I follow when ending a presentation.
First, here are my five “don’ts”:
1. Don’t say “finally” and then continue for more than 30
seconds. People will start thinking about the coffee break
or lunch and stop thinking about what you are saying.
2. Don’t apologize right at the end — especially for not
covering everything. It is demotivating and undermines
your credibility.
3. Don’t fish for compliments about your English. It’s unnecessary,
it creates an uncomfortable feeling within
your audience, and it shows insecurity.
4. Don’t thank your audience in the last sentence. This is not
a real thank you. It is simply a signal that you are ending.
5. Don’t ask for questions right at the end. If you do, two
things may happen: you won’t get any questions at all,
only an embarrassed silence; or you’ll get several difficult
questions that you’ll have to deal with as best you
can. This may be the last impression you leave with the
audience: your struggle to deal with difficult questions.
Now, here are four “dos”:
1. Do ask for questions before you summarize. Deal with
them and then take back control. This will enable you
to have the last word and leave a good final impression
with your audience.
2. Do show you are coming to the climax of the presentation
by pausing and emphasizing your final messages.
3. Do summarize your key messages. If you can, try to divide
your summary into three key points. People can
remember three things.
4. Do learn your last five or six sentences by heart. This allows
you to concentrate on how to say them rather than
on what to say.
Try these out in your next presentation.
All the best
Ken
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Dear Ken
Yesterday, I got into the lift at work with two visitors who
were leaving a meeting. They were talking in English and
made some comments about a colleague of mine. I think
this is bad business practice. You never know who can
overhear you or understand your language.
What do you think?
Regards
Sara E.
Dear Sara
I agree with you completely.
I follow the “lift rule”. After off-site meetings, I never discuss
my impressions with colleagues until the lift has
reached the ground floor and we’re outside the building.
That’s true whichever part of the world we are in, whatever
language we are speaking and even if we’re the only ones
in the lift or lobby.
I certainly don’t want to risk damaging my reputation by
being overheard saying something uncomplimentary
about my hosts.
Regards
Ken
by heart: learn sth. ~ [baI (hA:t] etw. auswendig lernen
climax [(klaImÄks] Höhepunkt (➝ p. 61)
cover [(kVvE]
hier: erfassen, abdecken
credibility [)kredE(bIlEti]
Glaubwürdigkeit
embarrassed [Im(bÄrEst]
verlegen, betreten
host [hEUst]
Gastgeber(in)
memorable [(memErEb&l]
einprägsam
off-site meeting [Qf )saIt (mi:tIN] externes Treffen
overhear sb. [)EUvE(hIE]
jmdn. belauschen
reputation [)repju(teIS&n]
Ruf, Ansehen
true: be ~ [tru:]
gelten
uncomplimentary [)VnkQmplI(mentEri] unhöflich
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LANGUAGE | Spoken English
No way!
ADRIAN DOFF looks at how we use the word
“way” in spoken English.
Here are some common expressions using the
word “way”. What do you think they mean?
• You’re in my way.
• No way!
• I’ll find my way.
• That’s way too much!
The word “way” appears in many spoken English expressions.
Here, we show you some of the most frequent.
Basic meanings
Way can be used to say how people do things. For example,
if you say something impolite to somebody, that person
may look at you in a strange way (= strangely); or at
Halloween, people like to dress in an unusual way (= they
wear unusual clothes). You can also like or hate the way
people do things:
• I love the way she always says what she means.
• I hate the way people talk in cinemas during the film.
Way can mean the method you use to do something. For
example, there are many ways to learn a language, but the
best way is probably to read a lot and also have lots of practice.
If you learn to paint, your teacher may tell you: “You’re
holding the brush in the wrong way” or “That’s not the
right way to hold it”.
Now look at these expressions:
the right way up (= not upside down, not on its head):
• The milk carton leaks (auslaufen), so make sure you
hold it the right way up.
the wrong way round (= back to front):
• He’s wearing his baseball cap the wrong way round.
Way also means the direction you need to go to get somewhere.
So you might stop someone in the street to ask the
way: “Is this the way to the station?” or “Which way is it
to the town centre?”
Way can mean distance, too, so the other person could
reply: “It’s a long way to the centre” or “It’s a long way
away”. (= It’s far from here.)
Way can also mean the space you need to go somewhere.
For example, you want to leave a shop, but two people are
standing in the entrance chatting — they’re in your way
or blocking your way (= you can’t go past). The polite
thing to say in that situation is not “Could you get out of
the way?”, but “Excuse me, may I get past?”
Other expressions with “way”
Way is often used with particular verbs:
give way (to) sb. / sth. (= let sb. / sth. else go before you):
• Cars should give way to buses.
go out of your way to do sth. (= try hard to do sth.):
• She went out of her way to make me feel at home.
find your way (= find the right route):
• You don’t need to come with me. I’ll find my (own) way.
have / get your own way (= do what you want):
• If my son doesn’t get his own way, he screams at me.
No way
A common expression in conversation is no way, which
means “definitely not”:
• Would you like to be a politician?
— No way!
If a sentence begins with “No way...”, the subject and the
verb change round:
• No way am I going to lend him any money. He’d never
give it back.
• No way would I invite them to my party — I don’t like
them.
Way too...
In informal conversation, people also use the expression
way too... It means the same as “far too” or “much too”:
• This shirt is way too big (= far too big ) for me. I need a
smaller size.
• Oh, dear! You’re putting way too much sugar in your
tea. (= much too much)
Each of the following sentences contains a
mistake. Underline and correct it.
a) Please hold the bottle the right way down — and
don’t shake it. _________
b) Excuse me. Can you tell me the ways to the river,
please? _________
c) He always lets his girlfriend take her own way.
_________
d) I love the way how he speaks English. _________
e) When I started my job, my boss went over his way
to help me. _________
f) Please slow down! You’re driving too way fast.
_________
g) The station is a far way from here. _________
EXERCISE
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Answers: a) the right way up; b) tell me the way; c) get / have her own way;
d) the way he speaks; e) out of his way; f) way too fast; g) a long way

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climax [(klaImÄks] noun p. 59
fine [faIn] noun pp. 8, 40
most exciting or important moment
Höhepunkt
As the film reached its nail-biting climax,
someone’s mobile phone went off.
An important moment that disappoints is an anticlimax.
a sum of money that has to be paid when a
law or rule has been broken
Bußgeld
Perhaps heavier speeding fines could be imposed
on that road. It’s really dangerous.
See the extra notes below on how to use this word.
elaborate [i(lÄbErEt] adjective p. 26
carefully prepared, complex, detailed
aufwändig
I love William Morris’s elaborate designs for
wallpaper and textiles.
other collocations: decoration(s), joke, plan, preparations
immoral [I(mQrEl] adjective p. 67
morally wrong
unmoralisch
To allow slavery to continue in our “civilized”
world is deeply immoral.
For more information on moral, check the dictionary entry.
up and running: get sth. ~ phrase p. 58
[)Vp End (rVnIN]
for instance [fE (InstEns] phrase p. 31
starting to work correctly, functioning
etw. zum Laufen bringen
She got her farm business up and running
within three years.
for example
zum Beispiel
The mineral selenium is found in nuts,
mushrooms and eggs, for instance.
a synonym: (get sth.) off the ground
In writing, e.g. (exempli gratia) is often used.
Foto: Moodboard
How to use the word fine
A small parking fine or library fines for forgetting to
take your books back can spoil (verderben) anybody’s
day. Other, larger fines are meant to shock and deter
(abschrecken) — immediate, on-the-spot or automatic
fines for travelling on a train without a ticket,
for instance. Some fines are designed to hurt; they
may be described as crippling, enormous,
heavy, hefty or stiff. On one
side are those who collect, give, impose
or issue fines, and on the other
are those who face, receive or risk
them. Forgetting to pay a fine is
one thing; not being able to
pay is another. But both
mean that people are in
prison because of unpaid
or outstanding fines.
Complete the following sentences with words
from this page in their correct form.
a) How can we pay for this trip, for ______________?
b) I want just a simple wedding ceremony — nothing
______________.
c) The city has made a lot of money from imposing
parking ______________.
d) The play came to a sensational ______________, and
the audience went wild.
e) Getting this recycling project up and ______________
is taking all my time.
f) Clear up after your dog, or face an on-the-
______________ fine.
g) Wasting food is not just wrong, it’s profoundly
______________.
OVER TO YOU!
Answers: a) instance; b) elaborate; c) fines
(impose: auferlegen, verhängen); d) climax (go wild
(ifml.): rasen, außer sich geraten); e) running;
f) spot; g) immoral (profoundly: zutiefst)
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LANGUAGE | Perfectionists Only!
WILL O’RYAN explains developments in the English language and
examines some of the finer points of grammar.
“Football”
vs “soccer”
“Soccer” is the North
American term for what
the British call “football”,
right? Not entirely. “Soccer” is
originally a British term: it’s an abbreviated
form of “Association (football)”,
with an “-er” ending added. In
fact, the Oxford Dictionary of English
treats soccer as the main name of the
official sport and “football” as a more
general variant. Americans and Canadians
call the sport “soccer” because
“football” means something else to
them. Australians also generally use
the word “soccer”, since “football”
can refer to a rugby-like sport called
“Australian Rules football”. The Australian
national team we will see in
Brazil are known as the “Socceroos”
(a blend of “soccer” and “kangaroo”).
Back to the roots
The two English names for the Christian
festival celebrated on the seventh
Sunday after Easter are the native
“Whitsun” [(wIts&n] (also “Whitsuntide”),
and “Pentecost” from Greek.
Old English Hwitta Sunnandæg
meant “white Sunday”, perhaps because
Christians wore white baptismal
robes (Taufgewand) on this day.
The contraction “Whitsun” arose in
the 13th century. Old English Pentacosten
— the basis of Pfingsten —
comes from the Greek expression for
“50th (day)”. It was the Hellenic
name for an Old Testament harvest
festival observed on the 50th day after
the second day of Passover (Passah).
Sporting tenses
Grammar
As all eyes look to Brazil this month, grammar enthusiasts might notice
some interesting uses of tense in the language of football. Let’s start with
a surprising use of the present perfect. The following quotations, first talking
about the linesman and then the referee (Schiedsrichter), are from a
post-game interview with Harry Redknapp, a former player and manager
of Tottenham Hotspur in England’s Premier League:
a) It was deliberate handball, and everybody’s seen him handle it. He
has put up his flag...
He’s not going to change the decision, is he? I’ve thought he was a
good ref, but he made a real mess of that situation. Gomes has put
the ball down to take a free kick because Nani’s handled.
This use of the perfect in reference to past events is not normal in English.
In standard English, the verbs in bold should, of course, be “saw”, “put up”,
“thought”, “put” and “handled”. This unusual — “incorrect” — use of the
perfect in reports from sporting events is so widespread in Britain that
some have started to call it the “football perfect”. The person reporting is
reliving the game so intensely that it seems as if it were still happening.
This use of the perfect is not limited to just sports. It is also often heard in
the speech of police who are re-enacting a crime on television news:
b) So what’s happened here is that he’s obviously broken the door
down, and then he’s seen the victim reach for the telephone, and
he’s fired three shots.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, it has become common in recent
years for players, managers and television sports reporters to use the
simple present tense in a rather surprising way: to express a past hypothetical
(type 3) condition. Here is an example of a typical sentence spoken
by a player or manager immediately after a game:
c) If we don’t score that last goal, we’re not in the quarter-finals on
Friday.
Again, this is said after the game, so it cannot be a real (type 1) condition,
as there is no possibility of it being fulfilled. Sentence (c) is intended in
the sense of: “If we hadn’t scored that last goal, we wouldn’t be in the
quarter-finals next Friday.” And quite often the “if” is left off and the two
clauses are combined with “and”, which makes the semantics of the statement
even harder to understand. A reporter or commentator might say
in a post-game summary, for example:
d) Jermaine Jones scores that goal in the fifth minute, and it’s a whole
different game.
Translated into standard English: “If Jermaine Jones had scored that goal
in the fifth minute, it would have been an entirely different game.”
Which sentence exhibits the “football perfect”?
1. In the 46th minute, Gerrard’s crossed the ball over to Rooney, who’s
headed it in.
2. Wilshere has never played so well as in yesterday’s match against
Uruguay.
Foto: iStock
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Answer: sentence 1

Crossword | LANGUAGE
A masterpiece
The words in this puzzle are taken from our article on James Joyce and his
novel Ulysses. You may find it helpful to refer to the text on pages 38–39.
1 2 3
5 6
7
8 9 10 11
12 13
14
15
16 17 18
19 20 21 22
23 24
4
Mike Pilewski
Solution to puzzle 5/14:
ANIMALS
S P E C U L A T E D S
E E E T
E T R A D I T I O N A L
T N N N
B Y A F L D O
E W I D E L Y Y N
I F N U E
N L I V E S T O C K
G R E Y N W R
C O U T I
G O U R M E T H A S
S D I E
M O M E N T F I R S T
Across
1. Someone who gives instruction to pupils or students.
3. A piece of paper that is part of a document or book.
5. With careful attention to detail.
7. Therefore.
8. At this moment.
10. To exist.
11. A word of comparison.
13. “Is this ______ copy? Did I leave it here?”
14. A speech by one person in a novel or play, as opposed
to a dialogue.
15. A place where food and alcoholic drinks are served.
16. A notice that an author’s work is legally protected.
19. The help a person gives to something to make it
successful.
23. “______ whom does this book belong?”
24. Often the final words in a book or film are “The ______”.
Competition!
How to take part
Form a single word from the letters in the coloured squares.
Send it on a postcard to:
Redaktion Spotlight, “June Prize Puzzle”, Postfach 1565, 82144 Planegg, Deutsch land.
Ten winners will be chosen from the entries we receive by 20 June 2014.
Each winner will be sent 250 Grammatik-Übungen Englisch by courtesy of PONS.
The answer to our April puzzle was organic.
Congratulations to:
Werner Ammon (Nuremberg) · Therese Rossel-Weber (Steffisburg, Switzerland)
Down
2. “What ______ all these comments about?”
3. The main characters in a story.
4. Which person?
5. An adult male.
6. The events of Ulysses take place ______ Dublin.
7. Identical.
9. Belonging to.
10. To forbid something.
12. Expressed very clearly and openly; often used to refer to
a description of sex or violence.
17. Of us.
18. One more than nine: “James Joyce was one of ______
children in his family.”
20. A negative word.
21. Belonging to it.
22. An individual.
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AUDIO | June 2014
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Improve your listening skills and activate your English with the help of native speakers from
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• Special focus. Every month, Spotlight Audio has a
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magazine. In June, it’s the Southern United States.
First, try our fun quiz on Alabama, Tennessee and
Kentucky. Then listen to an excerpt from the feature
“Southern flavor”. Finally, enjoy an interview with a
successful Kentucky businessman.
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This month’s
audio content
Below is a complete list of
all the tracks on June’s
Spotlight Audio.
The page numbers refer to
those in the current issue of
Spotlight magazine.
1. Introduction
2. World View: Drawing hope (text: p. 10)
3. A Day in My Life: Fisheries officer
Maureen Byrne (interview; see pp. 8–9)
4. Britain Today: Time for tea! (text: p. 13)
5. Travel: The American South
(quiz; see pp. 14–25)
6. Travel: Southern flavor (excerpt)
World View (track 2)
(text: pp. 14–21)
7. Travel: Kentucky entrepreneur Gill Holland
(interview; see pp. 14–21)
8. Everyday English: On the motorway
(dialogues; see pp. 55–56)
9. Food: Queen of cakes Bonnae Gokson
(interview; see pp. 26–28)
10. Replay: International news, with language Travel (tracks 5–7)
explanations
11. Replay: New reports on climate change
12. Replay: Who owns street art?
13. Language: The geography of English
(see pp. 30–33)
14. Language: All about my accent
(see pp. 30–33)
15. Debate: Is it OK for the US government to Language (tracks 13–14)
spy on Americans? (interviews; see pp. 36–37)
16. English at Work: Ending a presentation
(see p. 59)
17. American Life: Laws that will make you
laugh or cry (text: p. 67)
18. Peggy’s Place: It’s the Germans! (text: p. 58)
19. Short Story: Spin (text: pp. 44–45)
20. Conclusion
Debate (track 15)

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Things are going to get
a lot worse before they get worse.
Lily Tomlin (born 1939), American actress and comedian
© Bulls
THE ARGYLE SWEATER
Pirate clothes
The most famous pirate in the world takes on a new first
mate. After a few weeks at sea, the first mate asks, “Captain,
why do you always wear that red shirt when we have battles
with other ships?” The captain replies, “It’s because if I get
cut, my men won’t see the blood. They’ll continue to fight
without worrying about me.” This impresses the first mate
very much.
Later that day, their ship is surrounded and caught by the
British navy. With no way to escape, the first mate says, “Captain,
should I get your red shirt?” The captain replies, “Yes...
and bring me my brown trousers, too.”
Lessons from the world of transport
• Children must always wear a seat belt — unless you
put 50 of them together in a bus.
• The light at the end of the tunnel might be an
approaching train.
• Definition of the word “boat”: a hole in the water
surrounded by wood, plastic or metal into which you
throw all your money.
About those results...
A father asks his son about his exam results.
“Well, Dad, you could say that they’re all underwater,”
says the son.
“What does that mean?” asks the father.
The son replies, “They’re all below C level.”
PEANUTS
Restaurant relations
A man and a woman are enjoying a romantic meal in a
restaurant.
While serving them their food, the waitress notices that the
man slides down off his seat and disappears under the table.
The woman with whom he is sharing the table doesn’t seem
to notice and continues to drink her wine.
The waitress thinks she should say something, so she whispers
to the woman, “Excuse me. I don’t think your husband
is well. He’s just slid under the table.”
“No,” said the woman, “my husband is fine. He’s just walked
into the restaurant.”
approach [E(prEUtS] sich nähern
C level [(si: )lev&l] (Schulnote) befriedigend; Aussprache
N. Am., AUS, NZ wie: sea level: Meeresspiegel
first mate [)f§:st (meIt] Erster Maat
seat belt [(si:t belt] Sicherheitsgurt
take on [)teIk (Qn] hier: an Bord nehmen
whisper [(wIspE] flüstern
© Bulls
66 Spotlight 6|14

“
We need
to stop making
ridiculous
laws
”
American Life | GINGER KUENZEL
Laws that will make
you laugh or cry
Eigentlich ist den Amerikanern ihre Unabhängigkeit heilig. Warum gibt
es dann so viele unsinnige Gesetze, die sie einschränken?
As a member of our town board,
I sometimes have to vote on
whether to pass or amend a
town law. This got me thinking about
some of the more ridiculous laws we
have here in the US.
For example, a Michigan man was
recently arrested during a town-board
meeting because he refused to stop
talking after his three minutes were
up — the town’s time limit for public
comments. Here’s my favorite part of
the story: when he appeared in court
several days later, he said he had no
comment.
Here’s another one: the courts in
Massachusetts decided earlier this
year that existing laws do not make
“upskirting” illegal. This is the act of
taking a photo up a woman’s skirt
without her knowledge or agreement.
To me, this seems like a pretty lowdown
thing to do. But the photographer,
who had taken the photo on a
amend [E(mend]
ändern, korrigieren
be up [bi: (Vp]
vorüber sein
city hall [)sIti (hO:l]
Rathaus
criminal offense [)krImIn&l E(fens] strafbare Handlung
firearm [(faI&rA:rm]
Schusswaffe
free speech [)fri: (spi:tS]
freie Meinungsäußerung
hard labor [)hA:rd (leIb&r]
Zwangsarbeit
immoral [I(mO:rEl] unmoralisch (➝ p. 61)
liability [)laIE(bIlEti]
Haftbarkeit
low-down [)loU (daUn]
fies, gemein
on the books: be ~ [)A:n DE (bUks] rechtskräftig sein
pass: ~ a law [pÄs]
ein Gesetz verabschieden
peeping Tom [)pi:pIN (tA:m] ifml. Spanner, Voyeur
repeal [ri(pi:&l]
abschaffen, aufheben
ridiculous [rI(dIkjElEs]
lächerlich, albern
scumbag [(skVmbÄg] ifml.
Mistkerl
sentence [(sent&ns]
verurteilen
subway [(sVbweI] N. Am.
U-Bahn
town board [taUn (bO:rd] N. Am. etwa: Stadtrat
Ginger Kuenzel is a freelance writer who lived in Munich for
20 years. She now calls a small town in upstate New York home.
Boston subway, said that he was simply
exercising his right to free speech.
I hope that the woman who was
photographed also exercised her right
to free speech and told the photographer
what a scumbag he was. The
court said that “peeping Tom” laws
protect people from being photographed
in dressing rooms
and bathrooms when
naked or partly naked
— but these laws
do not protect
clothed people in
public areas. Fortunately,
the state
legislature quickly
decided to make
upskirting illegal.
Or how about the
law in Carmel, a city in
California, against wearing
high heels? These are defined as shoes
with heels more than two inches
(about 5 cm) high,
or with a base
smaller than one
square inch (6.5
cm 2 ). The law was
meant to limit the
city’s legal liability
should someone fall
down on its streets.
The good news is
that you can get a
free permit at city
hall to wear high
heels in town.
What about the
heels of cowboy
boots? I ask because
Clint Eastwood
served as mayor of
Carmel in the mid-
1980s. The actor,
who first gained fame in TV westerns,
often said that he didn’t like the fact
that the city had so many regulations.
I guess the high-heel rule wasn’t one
of them that he thought needed to be
repealed.
In Alabama, it’s a criminal offense
to do certain activities on Sunday, including
playing cards, shooting,
hunting, and racing.
You can be imprisoned
and sentenced
to hard labor for
up to three
months for being
involved in any of
these “immoral”
acts. You have to
wonder if they can
make you do hard
labor on a Sunday — or
would that also be considered
an offense?
Years ago, my niece Jennifer told
me about a law in her town of Kennesaw,
Georgia. It required every
head of household to own at least one
firearm. At first, I didn’t believe her,
but it’s true: the law has been on the
books since 1982. Other towns
around the country have since passed
similar laws, though they make an exception
for those who can’t afford to
buy a gun. Jennifer said that she and
her husband never paid any attention
to that law. They have since moved to
another town in a different state.
During my time on the town
board, I’m going to make sure that we
keep ridiculous laws off the books.
Maybe I’ll even take a risk and try to
repeal the one passed last year (see
Spotlight 11/13, page 67) stating that
no trees may be planted in our town
park. Wish me luck!
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Practise your
prepositions
Words such as “in”, “on”
and “at” may be small,
but you need them to
join bits of language
together and to talk
about time, space,
movement and more.
Take our six-page test
and see if you are on
top of prepositions or
in need of extra help.
St Lucia, a
Caribbean
island getaway
St Lucia is a popular get -
away for visitors from
Europe and North America.
But there is a lot
more to this island paradise
than meets the eye.
Eve Lucas takes a closer
look at its wonderful
mix of natural beauty
and colonial history.
Green tourism
How do you get African communities
to stop hunting rare animals like the
black rhino? Help them to earn better
money by protecting the wildlife and
showing the animals to tourists. A
biologist in Africa explains how this
kind of “green” tourism works.
Language
Spoken English
Are you sometimes forgetful?
We offer some memorable phrases
to help you talk about memory
and (not) remembering things.
Travel Talk
The British county of Yorkshire
is hosting the start of this year’s
Tour de France. Join us as we
watch one of the “stages”.
Vocabulary
The round block goes in the round
hole. Working with shapes is child’s
play — in your own language. We
help you with the basics in English.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | My Life in English
Foto: action press
Nazan Eckes
Die deutsch-türkische RTL-Fernsehmoderatorin
spricht über ihre Erfahrungen
mit der englischen Sprache und Kultur.
Why is English important to you as a TV presenter?
It is simply the most frequently spoken language
in the world. Thinking about holidays or jobs in other
countries, I would feel kind of lost without it. I wish I
were a native speaker. It would make everything easier.
When was your first English lesson, and what can you
remember about it?
Wow! That was ages ago at school, when I was nine or
ten. I will never forget “Peter Clark” and his family in
my first schoolbook. And I am pretty sure that “cat”,
“dog” and “table” were some of my first words.
Who’s your favourite English-language actor and why?
As a huge fan of Game of Thrones, Peter Dinklage, who
plays Tyrion Lannister. He’s an outstanding actor.
Which song could you sing a few lines of in English?
“When I was just a little girl... I asked my mother...”
What food do you like from the English-speaking world?
I really love bagels in all variations.
Which is your favourite English-speaking city?
I love being in London. We have family there. It is also
one of the best places for art, shopping and dining.
What special tip would you give a friend who was going
to visit this city?
I would recommend visiting Tate Modern first, shopping
in Notting Hill afterwards and then staying in the neighbourhood
for a nice dinner at Chakra — finest Indian
cuisine! The owner of the restaurant is a family member,
and he is really passionate about what he’s doing.
ages ago [(eIdZIz E)gEU]
bagel [(beIg&l]
embarrassing [Im(bÄrEsIN]
get used to sth. [get (ju:st tE]
kind of [(kaInd Ev] ifml.
neighbourhood [(neIbEhUd]
outstanding [aUt(stÄndIN]
passionate: be ~ about sth.
[(pÄS&nEt]
shoot [Su:t]
TV presenter [)ti: (vi: pri)zentE]
vor Urzeiten
Bagel (ringförmiges
Hefebrötchen)
peinlich
sich an etw. gewöhnen
irgendwie, ziemlich
hier: Gegend, (Stadt)Viertel
hervorragend
etw. mit ganzem Herzen tun
Aufnahme
Moderator(in)
Which person from the English-speaking world
(living or dead) would you most like to meet?
Oprah Winfrey, because I believe she is a great person.
Have you ever worked in an English-speaking
environment?
Yes, I’ve done lots of TV shoots in the US, Canada
and Britain. Doing interviews in English was very
challenging at the beginning, but after a while, you
get used to it. I always love it, because it is such
good practice for me.
When did you last use English (before answering
this questionnaire)?
Three months ago. I was in Cuba, again for a TV shoot.
As I don’t speak Spanish, English was the key.
What was your funniest experience in English?
It happened during a car presentation with hundreds of
journalists from all over the world. I was so focused on
not making mistakes that I forgot my interview partner’s
name. Very embarrassing.
What is your favourite English word and why?
“Love.” Everyone knows this word, even people who
don’t otherwise speak English.
Which words do you use most in English?
What the f...?! Sorry, but it’s true.
Which person from the Englishspeaking
world would you
choose to be stuck with
on a desert island
and why?
One of those Hollywood
action heroes, so he can get
me out of there.
Do you practise English,
and if so, how?
As a TV presenter and
journalist, I need it for
my job. Learning by
doing was always my
motto. I love watching
TV series from the US
— in English, of
course. And I read
books in English.
What would be your
motto in English?
Just do it!
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ENGLISCH LEICHT GEMACHT!
Practise using
“how much”
and “how
many”
Read
about Oxford
University’s
anniversary
Learn words
for types
of meat

GREEN LIGHT | News
This month…
Was beschäftigt die englischsprachige Welt im Juni?
VANESSA CLARK spürt die heißen Storys für Sie auf.
One-man show
1214
800 years ago
England The University of Oxford is the oldest university in
the English-speaking world. Teaching began in about 1100, and
the university received its charter on 20 June 1214. Today, Oxford
welcomes more than 22,000 students every year.
Cinema The new British-American thriller
Locke is about Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy), a
man who has everything — until he takes a
phone call in his car and his life starts to fall
apart.
The film is unusual because we see only
one character, and we’re in his car for the
whole film. The levels of stress and suspense
build as he drives and talks to different people.
Director
Steven Knight
tells us, “We shot
the whole film in eight days. The
best performance was when everyone was
most tired, when it was the end of the night,
everyone had had enough, it was too much,
and we said: ‘Let’s just do it one more time’,
and that was the time when it was good.”
A long
and sandy road
Motor sport Are you a good driver? Do
you like a challenge? The Toyota Kalahari
Botswana 1000 Desert Race is an off-road
motor-racing event for cars, bikes and quad
bikes that will take place in Botswana from
27 to 29 June. The terrain of this year’s
1,000-km route includes the sand of the
Kalahari Desert, mountains, dry riverbeds
and thick bush. Event director Allan Reid
says, “It’s an event that always tests man and
machine to the limit.”
bush [bUS]
challenge [(tSÄlIndZ]
charter [(tSA:tE]
director [daI&(rektE]
enough: have ~
[E(nVf] ifml.
Busch
Herausforderung
Gründungsurkunde
hier: Regisseur(in)
die Schnauze voll
haben
auseinanderfallen
Grenze
Gelände-
hier: drehen
Spannung
stattfinden
fall apart [)fO:l E(pA:t]
limit [(lImIt]
off-road [)Qf (rEUd]
shoot [Su:t]
suspense [sE(spens]
take place [)teIk (pleIs]
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8 pictures | GREEN LIGHT
Types of meat
STEPHANIE SHELLABEAR presents words for meat from different animals.
8
1
2
7
3
4
6
5
Write the words below
next to the pictures.
Where does it come from? Fill in the gaps below
with the correct words.
Titel: Alamy; Fotos Doppelseite: Corbis; Hemera; Toyota; Illustrationen: B. Förth
1. chicken [(tSIkIn]
2. duck [dVk]
3. turkey [(t§:ki]
4. beef [bi:f]
5. pork [pO:k]
6. lamb [lÄm]
7. veal [vi:&l]
8. venison [(venIsEn]
a) Meat from a bull is called _____________.
b) Meat from a _____________ is called pork.
c) Meat from a deer is called _____________.
d) Meat from a _____________ is called turkey.
e) Meat from a young bull is called _____________.
f) Meat from a _____________ is called duck.
g) Meat from a chicken is called _____________.
h) Meat from a _____________ is called lamb.
The collective name for the meat of chicken, turkey and duck is poultry [(pEUltri]
(Geflügel). A “poultry farm” is where you will find these types of bird.
Meat that comes from animals that are hunted (jagen), including deer and wild boar
(Wildschwein), is called game (Wildfleisch).
Tips
Answers: a) beef; b) pig (Schwein); c) venison (deer: Hirsch, Reh); d) turkey (Truthahn, Pute);
e) veal (Kalbfleisch); f) duck (Ente); g) chicken; h) lamb (Lamm)
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GREEN LIGHT | Grammar elements
“How much” or “how many”?
STEPHANIE SHELLABEAR presents basic grammar.
This month: asking about quantity.
How much...?
How much starts a question with which you can find out the amount (Menge)
of something that people have. Do they have a little or a lot of it?
How much is used to ask about things that you cannot count (zählen), such as milk,
money, time or work. Look at these examples:
• How much milk is there in the fridge?
• How much money have you brought with you?
• How much chocolate did you eat yesterday?
Short answers to these questions might be:
• Oh, enough.
• Only a little bit.
• A lot!
How many...?
How many begins questions with which you can find out the number of something
that someone has. Does the person have one, two, three or more of a thing?
It has to be something that you can count. Here are some examples:
• How many friends have you got on Facebook?
• How many days holiday do you have every year?
• How many people share your office with you?
Short answers to these questions might be:
• Hundreds!
• Thirty, normally.
• Just two.
Complete these sentences correctly with
“How much” or “How many”.
a) _____________ shoes does one woman need?
b) _____________ players are there in a football team?
c) _____________ sugar is there in this muesli?
d) _____________ does a litre of petrol cost at the
moment?
e) _____________ do you pay your babysitter per hour?
f) _____________ hours do you spend in the gym
every week?
We normally use How
much...? to ask about the
cost of something:
• How much is a
cup of coffee?
• How much does the new
Mercedes model cost?
Answers: a) How many; b) How many;
c) How much; d) How much; e) How
much; f) How many
Tips
Fotos: Hemera; iStock
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Preparations
The Greens | GREEN LIGHT
Paula calls her parents. She’d like to speak to Donna.
By DAGMAR TAYLOR
Paula: Hi, Dad! How are things?
Andrew: Hello, Paula, love! Fine, thanks.
Paula: How was the run?
Andrew: What run?
Paula: What run! The one you and Mum
did for charity, of course.
Andrew: Oh, that. We haven’t done it yet.
It’s next Saturday. We’re training hard.
How about you? How are preparations
for the wedding going?
Paula: Oh, OK. That’s why I’m calling, actually.
Em, Mum’s not around, is she?
Andrew: Yeah, she is — I think she’s in the
garden. I’ll go and get her for you.
Paula: Thanks, Dad.
Andrew: Are you all right? Is everything OK
with you and Matt?
Paula: Yes, Dad, we’re fine. I just want to ask
Mum something. I think I’ve found my
dress.
Complete the missing words.
a) How are t _ _ _ _ _ ?
b) How a _ _ _ _ you?
c) How are the preparations g _ _ _ _ ?
d) Is e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ OK with you?
• Instead of saying “How are you?”,
you can ask How are things? It means
“How is your general situation” and is
more informal (locker).
• Fine, thanks is probably the most
common (üblich) answer to questions
about a person’s situation or health.
• To avoid (vermeiden) repeating a
noun (Substantiv) that has just been
mentioned (erwähnen), you can use
one: “Which dress? The pink one?”
• When someone has asked how you are,
it’s polite (höflich) to return the question.
You can say: How about you?
• Rather than (eher als, anstatt) ask, “Can
I speak to Mum?”, Paula asks more indirectly,
using a question tag (Frageanhängsel)
: Mum’s not around, is she?
This is a gentler (eleganter) way of end -
ing the conversation with her father.
• You will hear many speakers say yeah
(ifml.) instead of “yes”.
Tips
Listen to the dialogue at
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Andrew
charity [(tSÄrEti]
wedding [(wedIN]
wohltätiger Zweck
Hochzeit
Donna
Answers: a) things; b) about; c) going; d) everything

GREEN LIGHT | Get writing
Wedding
congratulations
VANESSA CLARK helps you to write letters, e-mails
and more in English. This month: how to send good
wishes to a newly-wed couple.
Dear Martha and Samuel
Congratulations on your wedding!
I wish you both a very long and
happy life together.
Enjoy your special day and have
a fantastic honeymoon.
Love from
Aunt Carol
• A wedding card is to two people, so you say you both, “both of you” or “you two”.
• Traditional wishes are for a long and happy life together, “many happy years
together” or “a long and happy marriage”.
• A wedding is the couple’s special day or “big day”. The holiday after the wedding
is called a honeymoon.
• You can end a personal note or card with Love from, or just “Love”, followed by
your name.
Tips
Use
it!
Highlight the key words and phrases that you would
like to use if you needed to write a card like this yourself.
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wedding [(wedIN]
Hochzeit

I like…
Culture corner | GREEN LIGHT
marmalade
Jeden Monat stellt ein Redakteur etwas Besonderes
aus der englischsprachigen Welt vor. Diesen Monat
präsentiert Spotlight-Redakteurin DAGMAR TAYLOR
ihre Lieblingsmarmelade.
What it is
Like jam, marmalade is sweet and sticky,
and delicious on toast for breakfast. Jam is
made from soft fruits, such as strawberries,
but marmalade is made from the juice and
peel of oranges. It can also be made with
other citrus fruits, such as lemons. Usually,
when we talk about marmalade,
we mean the fruit
preserve made from oranges.
Traditionally, Seville oranges
are the kind used to make it.
They are available only once
a year in shops in the UK —
for just three weeks in
January. This Spanish fruit
has the bitter taste that
makes marmalade so
special.
Why I like it
Every January, my father rushes out to buy
Seville oranges as soon as they are in the
shops. Then his marmalade-making begins.
The kitchen table is covered with pots and
knives — and orange juice. The tangy smell
of hot oranges wafts through the
house. As soon as it is set, my
dad’s marmalade is ready to
eat. I like it best on (many)
hot, thick slices of buttered
toast. Golden orange jars surround
us when he’s finished
— enough to last us a
whole year, not to mention
the rest of the family, our
neighbours and friends.
It’s almost as good as
Christmas!
Fun facts
Many believe that marmalade was invented by Janet Keiller in Dundee, Scotland.
When grocer James Keiller found out that the large number of Spanish oranges
he had bought were bitter and could not be sold, he gave them to his mother,
Janet, who made them into a sort of jam — or at least, so the story goes.
Although Janet’s creation was the beginning of a very successful business, she
wasn’t the first to make marmalade. The earliest known recipe for a “marmelet
of oranges” is from a book by Eliza Cholmondeley written around 1677.
delicious [di(lISEs]
fruit preserve
[)fru:t pri(z§:v]
grocer [(grEUsE]
invent [In(vent]
jar [dZA:]
marmalade [(mA:mEleId]
peel [pi:&l]
köstlich
Fruchtmarmelade
Lebensmittelhändler(in)
erfinden
(Marmeladen)Glas
Orangenmarmelade
Schale
recipe [(resEpi]
rush [rVS]
set [set]
sticky [(stIki]
strawberry [(strO:bEri]
surround [sE(raUnd]
tangy [(tÄNi]
taste [teIst]
waft through [(wA:ft )Tru:]
Kochrezept
eilen, hasten
hier: fest werden
klebrig
Erdbeere
umgeben
herb, durchdringend
Geschmack
durchwehen
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GREEN LIGHT | Notes and numbers
Speed
The unit of measurement
(Maßeinheit) for
how fast a car, a motorcycle
or a train is
moving is not the same
in every country in the
world. For example, in
Canada and Australia kph (kilometres
per hour) are used, and in the UK and
the United States, the unit of measurement
is
·
mph (miles per hour).
You mustn’t go faster than 20 miles per
hour in this street.
Your notes
Use this space for your own notes.
Write these speeds as you would say
them.
thirty kilometres
per hour
a) 30 kph _______________________________
__________________________________________
b) 70 mph ______________________________
__________________________________________
c) 120 kph ____________________________
__________________________________________
d) 100 mph ____________________________
__________________________________________
e) 180 kph ______________________________
__________________________________________
Answers: b) seventy miles per hour; c) a / one hundred
and twenty kilometres per hour; d) a / one hundred miles
per hour; e) a / one hundred and eighty kilometres per hour
Fotos: iStock
IMPRESSUM
Herausgeber und Verlagsleiter: Dr. Wolfgang Stock
Chefredakteurin: Inez Sharp
Stellvertretende Chefredakteurin: Claudine Weber-Hof
Chefin vom Dienst: Susanne Pfeifer
Autoren: Vanessa Clark, Stephanie Shellabear,
Dagmar Taylor
Redaktion: Owen Connors, Elisabeth Erpf, Anja Giese,
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