Study the following poem and learn the first TWO stanzas by heart.
Schlagwort: HW Seite 11 von 13
Watch the following video until 11:10.
The world is an unequal and unjust place, in which some are born into wealth and some into hunger and misery. To explore why, in this controversial Channel Four documentary the young Swedish writer Johan Norberg takes the viewers on a journey to Taiwan, Vietnam, Kenya and Brussels to see the impact of globalisation, and the consequences of its absence. It makes the case that the problem in the world is not too much capitalism, globalisation and multinationals, but too little.
Watch Rowan Atkinson’s famous sketch “Drunk English in Indian Restaurant”.
Make sure that you understand why the audience laughs. If necessary go back a few seconds and watch / listen to a passage several times until you get the joke.
Draw conclusions concerning the behaviour of the English people from the waiter’s comments and behaviour (e.g. picking up the menu from the floor at 1:35). As usual prepare a short talk.
Study the following sonnet and look up the linked words. If you don’t understand the English definition look up the word/phrase at PONS.
You tell them (erkennen an) by their wobbling zigzag stride —
They stagger into class for one half-hour,
Head down and collar up, so as to hide
The fact that eyes are glazed and breath is sour.
Study this text and look up and learn the bold words. Look up words at termly or Linguee, the OALD does not work at the moment.
Here’s the original text.
Go to the Germany section of SPIEGEL ONLINE and choose an interesting article. If none of the current articles interests you, go to the archive.
Print out your article and prepare a short talk about it. Practise until you can speak fluently WITHOUT ANY NOTES.
Go to the Englisch Blog, watch the amazing video and learn the given words.
If you aren’t absolutely sure how to pronounce e.g. „blanch“ and „braise“ correctly (and I KNOW that you aren’t ;-)) look them up in the OALD.
PS. The video is a great opportunity to practise your knowledge of film analysis (pdf).
Read this „webtext“, click on the red passages, study the notes
and try to answer the questions orally. If there are any words you don’t know, look them up as usual at PONS and/or the OALD.
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If you like, you may click on „Student discussion after first reading of the story“ at the bottom of the page. There are several „student responses“ of varying quality.
Watch this video. Stop the video from time to time and repeat/summarize in your words what you have seen/heard.