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| − | ===summary 1984=== | + | ===Questions on the text=== |
| − | It is 1984 and Winston Smith lives in London which is a city of the country Oceania. The whole world is divided into three countries: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. All of them are totalitarian societies, which are led by Big Brother, which censors everyone’s behavior, as well as their thoughts. Winston hates his oppressed life and secretly wants to join the fabled Brotherhood, a supposed group of underground rebels who want to overthrow the government. Winston meets Julia and they secretly fall in love and have an affair, something which is considered a crime. One day, while walking home, Winston encounters O’Brian, an inner party member, who gives Winston his address. Winston had exchanged glances with O’Brian before and had dreams about him giving him the impression that O’Brian was a member of the Brotherhood. Since Julia hated the party as much as Winston did, they went to O’Brian’s house together where they were introduced into the Brotherhood. O’Brian is actually a faithful member of the Inner-Party and this is actually a trap for Winston, a trap that O’Brian has been cleverly setting for seven years. Winston and Julia are sent to the Ministry of Love which is a sort of rehabilitation center for criminals accused of thoughtcrime. There, Winston was separated from Julia, and tortured until his beliefs coincided with those of the Party. Winston denounces everything he believed him, even his love for Julia, and was released back into the public where he wastes his days at the Chestnut Tree drinking gin.
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| − | ===Translation 1===
| + | 1. The author considers the bombings of Bali and Kenya as one of the most distressing developments of the year because it hit some poor countries which take the biggest part of their income from the tourism and can't afford it to get lost. In countries like those tourism is the best and sometimes only way out of poverty. The author for example thinks of the employment in the region of Bali sinking by more than 20%. And because of especially Bali being an outrider for the region the attacks might influence not only the directly hit countries but also their surrounding ones. |
| − | Ein ständiges Hauptthema von Englischklassen in der High-School, Romeo und Julia wurde von Shakespeare zu einem relativ frühen Punkt in seiner literarischen Karriere geschrieben, höchst wahrscheinlich 1594 oder 1595. Während großer Teile des 20. Jahrhunderts tendierten Kritiker dazu, dieses Stück im Vergleich zu den vier großartigen Tragödien, die Shakespeare im ersten Jahrzehnt des 17. Jahrhunderts geschrieben hat, gering zu schätzen. Neben den Hauptwerken des Dichters bewertet, scheint Romeo und Julia die psychologische Tiefe und die strukturelle Komplexität von Shakespeares späteren Tragödien zu fehlen. Doch über die letzten drei Jahrzehnte oder so haben viele Wissenschaftler diese Einschätzung geändert, was seinen Status innerhalb Shakespeares Gesamtwerk gewissermaßen aufgewertet hat. Von einer modernen Perspektive aus gesehen, ist Shakespeares Tragödie über das "unter einem schlechten Stern stehende" junge Liebespaar als ein außergewöhnliches Werk gesehen. Tatsächlich war Romeo und Julia zur Zeit seiner Komposition ein experimentelles Bühnenstück, das mehrere radikale Abweichungen von langjährigen Gebräuchen beinhaltete. Diese innovativen Aspekte des Stücks bekräftigen außerdem seine Hauptthemen und schmückte sie aus. Letztere beinhalten den Gegensatz zwischen Liebe und Hass, die entsprechende Benutzung einer Licht/Dunkelheit-Polarität, die Handhabung der Zeit (als Thema und als strukturelles Element) und die bedeutende Stellung des Schicksals und seinen Ausdruck in Träumen, Vorzeichen und Ahnungen, die sein tragisches Endergebnis ankündigen.
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| + | 2.The author mentions that tourism, especially the one of the backpackers takes an important role in creating a "world based on mutual respect and understanding between peoples". The development of the backpackers' movement is one of the most significant global social development in our time. As the author says the backpackers respect local cultures more than conservative tourists. Furthermore the money spend by backpackers is more likely to stay in the region they are travelling to and not going to foeign tourism companies. Especially the rapid growth of the number of backpackers is seen as a positive development by the author. |
| − | |+ Vocabulary
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| − | ! English
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| − | ! Deutsch
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| − | |literary career
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| − | |literarische Karriere
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| − | |Bard
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| − | |Dichter
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| − | |mature works
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| − | |Hauptwerke
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| − | |canon
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| − | |Gesamtwerk
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| − | |composition
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| − | |Komposition
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| − | |stage piece
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| − | |Bühnenstück
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| − | ==Advertisement==
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| − | |+ The advert "Buckle up ..."
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| − | ! question
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| − | ! answer
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| − | |what product?
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| − | |using seat belts
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| − | |aim and target group?
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| − | |car drivers/users
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| − | |elements?
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| − | |photos of four people, three of them marked with black ribbon => dead, in one picture the black ribbon stands for a seat belt
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| − | |how is "customers'" attention attracted?
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| − | |no writing, message not to understand on first view
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| − | |message?
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| − | |seat belts rescue lifes
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| − | |how does the advert work, how are people influenced/convinced?
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| − | *advert applies nearly everybody
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| − | *"aha"-effect when you have understood the message
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| − | *message is supported by the four photos
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| − | *viewer is reminded of how fast a car accident can happen and how bad this can end
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| − | *advert uses customers' fear of death
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| − | In the advert "buckle up" by "Deutsche Verkehrswacht" especially car drivers but in general everyone using cars shall be reminded of using seat belts. In the advert the photos of four people are shown. Three of this photos are marked with black ribbons, which symbolize for the death of the people shown in the photos. In the fourth picture there also is a black ribbon, but it lies around the man's breast. Instead of death this ribbon sybolizes a seat belt. So a contrast is created between death and the usage of seat belts, which clearly shows that seatbelts are saving lives. The advantages of this advert are that it applies to nearly everyone and that it reminds the viewers of how fast car accidents can happen. Furthermore the viewer is happy when he has underrstood the message of the advert, which is not easy to understand on the first view. All in all this is an really nice advert about a serious topic.
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| − | == US politics ==
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| − | === Terms/phrases about "US politics" ===
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| − | #president = Präsident
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| − | #constitution = Verfassung
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| − | #law = Gesetz
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| − | #presidency = Präsidentschaft
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| − | #party = Partei
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| − | #"bully pulpit" = "Tyrannenkanzel"
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| − | #political acumen = politischer Scharfsinn
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| − | #economy = Wirtschaft
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| − | #equal rights = Gleichberechtigung
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| − | === Expectations in Obama ===
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| − | #[http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0105/p05s01-wogn.html Great expectations for Obama abroad]
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| − | #[http://www.itop10.com/a27_top-10-expectations-from-obama.aspx A top 10 of the most important expectations]
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| − | == German politics ==
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| − | * the "black-yellow coalition" is i think the best one we could get
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| − | * hopefully they will really be able to lower the taxes and reboost the economy
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| − | * according to the videos about Mr. Westerwelle which can be seen online, i don´t think he is the right one to become foreign minister
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1. The author considers the bombings of Bali and Kenya as one of the most distressing developments of the year because it hit some poor countries which take the biggest part of their income from the tourism and can't afford it to get lost. In countries like those tourism is the best and sometimes only way out of poverty. The author for example thinks of the employment in the region of Bali sinking by more than 20%. And because of especially Bali being an outrider for the region the attacks might influence not only the directly hit countries but also their surrounding ones.
2.The author mentions that tourism, especially the one of the backpackers takes an important role in creating a "world based on mutual respect and understanding between peoples". The development of the backpackers' movement is one of the most significant global social development in our time. As the author says the backpackers respect local cultures more than conservative tourists. Furthermore the money spend by backpackers is more likely to stay in the region they are travelling to and not going to foeign tourism companies. Especially the rapid growth of the number of backpackers is seen as a positive development by the author.
