Version vom 4. Februar 2010, 09:25 Uhr

The election in Germany

1. reasons for less voters

- the people are uninterested (especially the young)

- the people are indecisive

- the party platform is similar to other party platforms

2. counteractive measures

- even celebrities are setting a good example and are going to the polls

- attracting the people with small presents

- advertisement:

- on tv

- in the radion

- on the street

3. differences to America

- less enthusiasm compared to America

- Angela Merkel doesn`t have star qualities like Barack Obama

1. an article after the election of Barack Obama
2. What expectations of President-elect Obama can he fulfill

What do young people expect from Barack Obama?

- The young people think that Obama will make a difference

- They expect him to be a good leader for the country

- They hope that the American troops get home from Iraq as soon as possible

- The youth is concerned with the education that children get the help they needed so they don´t have to stay back

- They hope that Obama can change the economy

Why is the youth interested in Obama?

- "Obama is the embodiment of the possibility of the impossible dream" for youth who suffer unemployment and the lack of equal opportunities

- Obama is young and ambitious

- He broke the stereotype and became the first black American president

- Barack Obama is a moving speaker

- He is charismatic

→Young people rally to Obama

Received Pronunciation

Definition

Received Pronunciation or RP is a pronunciation of standard British English based on the speech of educated speakers of southern British Englishis. This "prestige" accent is associated with the south-east, where most RP-speakers live or work, but it can be found anywhere in the country. Accents usually tell us where a person is from; RP tells us only about a person's social or educational background.

Listening examples

http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/speech/dialects/rp/index.html

http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/case-studies/received-pronunciation/vowel-sounds-rp/ Listening example

Metaphors

• Your smile is like a rising sun in the morning.
  rising sun = warm, shining
• Your face is like the moon in the night.
  moon = shining, mysterious, beautiful
• I´m your shoulder you can cry on.
  = she can count on him, she can trus him, he will comfort her
• Your hair is like black silk.
  silk = valuable, shining, expenisive, smooth
• You are my sun.
  sun = shining, light, warm
• You are my religion.
  religion = divine
• You are like a dream come true.
  dream = unreal
• Without you i´m like a heart without blood.
  = he needs her, without her he is going to die