gk 2009 11 Götzinger

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== Presentations ==

* The list with the [http://wikis.zum.de/rmg/images/b/b0/Presentationtopics.pdf presentation topics and dates]
* [http://wikis.zum.de/rmg/images/c/c6/Req_presentations.pdf Handout presentations]: the dos and don'ts...

== Useful links ==

* [http://www.lingoes.net/ Lingoes]: Übersetzungsprogramm für den PC, das fast jedes Wort auf dem Bildschirm in jedem Programm sofort übersetzen kann (Freewarealternative zu Babylon Translator)


== Homework ==


==== 17 Sept 2009 ====

While I'm away, please '''prepare''' (read and understand, look up words) the following text and answer the '''questions on the text''' until Monday, September 28 (written and in full sentences!):

Text - [http://wikis.zum.de/rmg/images/8/86/Textamericandreamturnnightmare.pdf "True believers in the American dream wake up to a nightmare"]


# What was the original purpose of the “poem”?
# What is the “nightmare“ O`Toole refers to?
# Explain in detail why “The dream, to an increasing extent, has fueled the nightmare” (l. 35)!
# When and why did the American dream come alive again? In which way has it changed?

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==== 13 January 2010 ====
===== Marina Walla/Thomas Kraus =====
II.2.
Introduction: example for boring holidays/doesn't exist as often as for 10 years/ the high-risk holidays are booming/ how can this trend be explained?

Arguments: 
# people need adventure because their life is too montonous/every day the same boring life/ e.g. people sitting in an office
# more information about such high-risk activities by the media/ because people see this they want to do this/ e.g. you can see free climbers on TV

Conclusion: the booming can be exlained by the montonous life of many people or the information the media gives us/ the whole community is more prepared to take a risk

== Extras ==

* [http://wikis.zum.de/rmg/images/9/90/Gk_grammar_test.pdf Grammar Test] for you to check on your knowledge... [http://wikis.zum.de/rmg/images/0/07/Gk_grammar_test_solution.pdf Solution]