gk 2008 10 Götzinger
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Exercises
Handout - Tenses in English
Homework
Working with the speech by Severn Suzuki
- Highlight the main messages in the speech.
- How does Severn convince the adults to listen to her carefully although she is very young?
- Which rhetorical devices does she employ?
Songs to "A Friend of the Earth" by T.C. Boyle
Raps and songs done by the gk e1 to an excerpt of the novel "A Friend of the Earth" by T.C. Boyle
Earth Rap
Earth Rap als mp3
1st verse (by WÜ feat. Nachher)
Hey guys, listen, Earth's gotta tell ya something!
I'm in danger
It's your fault
I won't survive
If you don't change!
You know what?
I'm accusing you
You're killing me
With all your industry
- with all that noise
And you leave me no choice
I'm defending myself
With all that I got:
Earthquake, greenhouse
Monster waves
Droughts and ices
You see?
You're the ones to lose
I'm in danger
It's your fault
I won't survive
If you don't change!
So get a grip or die tryin'!
other verses to follow
Ecology Rocks - Economy Sucks
Ecology Rocks als mp3
I'm driving here in a cool old car
I wanna drive fast and I wanna drive far
I'd like to change my point of view
It's bad for the earth and it's bad for you
I'm flying in a plane to Singapur
It's a very expensive and polluting tour
The service is good and I am fast there
The woods will die but I don't care
And nothing ever happens...
And I wonder...
I wonder how, I wonder why,
yesterday you talked about a better sky
and all that we can do:
is just to change our point of view
I wonder how, I wonder why,
yesterday you talked about a better sky
and all that we can do:
is just to change our point of view
I can't see a reason for riding a bike
'cause I don't care of Carbondioxide
I should switch off my air condition
Tomorrow I'll do it, this is my mission
And nothin ever happens...
And I wonder...
I wonder how, I wonder why,
yesterday you talked about a better sky
and all that we can do:
is just to change our point of view
I wonder how, I wonder why,
yesterday you talked about a better sky
and all that we can do:
is just to change our point of view
Presentations
- Handout Presentation the dos and don'ts...
Worksheets
- Solutions to worksheets (15.12.2008)
- Tenses overview A little aid to memory ;-)
Franconian Blessings
My Irish Blessing
I wish you sunshine,
Every day you open your eyes.
I wish you happiness
And that you can smile every time.
I wish you health,
So that you will get well soon.
Losing you would sadden the world.
May the power be with you to get self-confident and free
May the power be with you to get self-confident and free
May there be a rainbow for you -
for sparkling sunlight after dark showers
sunlight, which charms a warm smile on your face and on the faces of the people you'll met
May the hand of a true friend always be near you
May your life be a never-ending necklace with pearls of fantastic moments
and I wish you to conserve your big heart to keep such moments in memory
When life turns to pain
When life turns to pain,
And you are not strong enough to complain,
When torture starts to absorb the joy,
And optimism seems like a toy,
A light brighter than the sun,
A glow able to stun,
Should release you now and then,
From all the fear things could not move on again,
So I wish you no more or less,
Than the biggest thing you should not mess,
Something better than any dope,
Hope
There are times that make you cry
There are times that make you cry,
There are times you want to die,
There are times that you do not see any light,
But you must never give up and win the fight.
Trust in friends and trust in god,
Don’t let the good things fall apart,
‘cause all your strength comes from your heart.
in your sadness
in your sadness you see only the bad things which exist in the world
but you have to recognize all your friends and relatives who need you and do the best to help you
even though it is now a hard time and everything seems senseless
do not give up because when there are big black clouds in the sky
after the rain and the thunder the sun comes through and lightens the day up.
i know that you can be happy when there is a while left,
you only have to go through it but for all that it is nice to live.
May your life be touched by a bit of luck
May your life be touched by a bit of luck
and comply with the smiles of your friends.
May your heart be brightened by old memories
and warmed be the love of your beloved.
And when the time has come
may God have mercy on your soul,
that someday we meet again.
I Wish
I wish you will have time to forgive
I hope you can understand why it happens
I hope you will understand the reason
I hope you will have the power to handle the situation
so that you can live in freedom again...
The sun will shine on your path
The sun will shine on your path,
Rain clouds will avoid your head
And every cloud has a silver lining,
So sit down and be happy,
It could have come even worse.
If I Only Could
If I only could turn back time
To prevent all the sadness
If I only could dry your tears
To make you a happier person
If I only could solve your problems
To fulfill your dreams of a enjoyable life
If I only could give you the love you need
To stay strong and to survive
…..then I would…..
May love and laughter light your days
May love and laughter light your days,
may safety be your home.
May friends be with you here and there
Wherever you may roam.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
If You're Sad
If you're sad, I'd say:
May you get wealthy. But what does this help if you get ill...
So I'd say:
May you get healthy. But what does this help if you get unhappy...
So I'd say:
May you ever be statisfied with your life.
As satisfaction is the most important thing in the world!
Although
Although you have a painful time,
Someday again the sun will shine!
You lost your laughs, your smiling face,
But hope can everywhere find its place!
The rainy days will clear away,
I’m here for you every single day!
The Day
The day of the leave was one of your darkest days this year,
but what still stays are the precious memories of a wonderful common time.
Don’t let them be the motive of your pain, but take them as a present.
Think of a year full of fun, sunshine, adventures, challenges
and above all think of a year, in which a deep friendship has grown,
that stretches also over the distance of half the world.
May the pictures always stay alive in your heart,
may the impressions calendar you
and may the hope for a reunion always whip a smile on your face.
Thank You
God, thank you for all what you've done and will do,
I hope that everybody's well
and will always be,
I hope that wars won't exist any longer
and that the whole population will be happy
for now and forever.
Amen.
UN Addresses
Good Evening Ladies and Gentleman
Nowadays CO2-Pollution is a growing thread for our world.
Everyone of us pollutes the environment with more Carbon-dioxide than a few years ago. We have to provide a clean and fresh air for our children and their children.
If we pollute the world like we are doing now, no one will be able to live on our earth in a few hundred years. To solve this problem we invented a plan which includes everyone of us. We tried to make the plan so simple, that it gets in everyone's mind. The plan is, to make a CO2-Account for every human being.
They get a fix amount of CO2-points. Everything they do will cost Carbon-dioxide. The industry has to mark their products with the quantity of CO2 they needed to produce it. So the consumer always knows how much CO2 is left on his account. They always have to think about what they consume and think about our earth.
It's THE way to control the huge pollution we produce. With this account we can provide a healthy and clean world or our children.
And everyone in our generation will thank us for our brilliant invention.
Thank you
Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen,
Nowadays pollution of carbon dioxide is a growing threat for our world.
Everyone of us pollutes the environment with more carbon dioxide than a few years ago. We have to provide a clean and fresh air for our children and our children's children.
If we pollute the world like we are doing now, no one will be able to live on our earth in a few hundred years. To solve this problem we invented a plan which includes everyone of us. We tried to make the concept so simple that it gets in everyone's mind. Our idea is to make a carbon dioxide account for every human being.
They get a fixed amount of carbon dioxide points and everything they do will lead to points being withdrawn from their carbon dioxide account. The industry has to mark their products with the quantity of carbon dioxide they needed to produce it. So the consumer always knows how much carbon dioxide is left on his account. They always have to think about what they consume and think about our earth.
But do not be afraid of ending up in the middle of nowhere with your car and not being able to drive on as you have no credits left. In this case you have the possibility to share credits with family members or to buy them from other people having some credits, they do not need, left on their account. This is also good for homeless people because they can earn money to finance their addiction with selling the credits they do not need.
It is THE way to control the huge pollution we produce every second in our life. With this account we can provide a healthy and clean world for our children and our children's children.
Thank you
Dear peoples of the world,
Today this is about a conflict nearly as old as our civilisation. A conflict all about a displaced people driven out of their country by inimical forces. A people claiming rights for a piece of land they vacated now almost 2000 years ago.
In 1948 the British decided to make the Israeli people settle on Palestinian grounds - reconquering their old home. A new old country was founded and the conflicts began.
Since then there were wrong wars and Israel invaded neighbouring states claiming to defend themselves. But by acting as though they alone had the right to settle in the Middle East they planted hatred and resistance in the hearts of the original peoples.
But nevertheless, now that they are there, they own the right to stay. So it is grave injustice to ignite bombs and blow up busses, killing innocent people, passers-by, chrildren. There is no right to justify this kind of violence with being themselves suppressed by others, with Isreali counter-strikes against members of Hamas and Fatah, also killing innocent, children.
You see to what this leads them, us? A cycle of violence. A never-ending cycle of violence. Soon, we have reached the point of no return - but to stop this development, all of us, no matter if Isreali, Palestinian or foreigner, have to unite. Have to help to assemble all those concerned parties around one table talking to each other, recognizing how deeply wrong they both did, stepping back from their falsely superior position.
We, all the peoples of the UN have to ensure that there is peace in both an Israeli and in a Palestinian state.
Thank you.
Dear peoples of the world, Today I am going to talk about a conflict nearly as old as our civilization. A conflict all about displaced people driven out of their country by inimical forces. The people claiming rights for a piece of land they vacated almost 2000 years ago. In 1948 the British decided to make the Israeli people settle on Palestinian grounds - reconquering their old home. A new old country was founded and the conflicts began. Since then there were needless wars and Israel invaded neighboring states claiming to defend themselves. But by acting as if they had the right all by themselves to settle in the Middle East they planted hatred and resistance in the hearts of the original peoples. But nevertheless, now that they are there, they own the right to stay. So it is fatal injustice to fire bombs and blow up buses, killing innocent people, passers-by and children. There is no right to justify this kind of violence only with being suppressed by others, with Israeli counter-strikes against members of Hamas and Fatah, also killing innocent children. Do you see the consequences for us? A circle of violence. A never-ending circle of violence. Soon we have reached the point of no return - but to stop this process, all of us, no matter if Israeli, Palestinian or foreigner, have to unite and have to help to assemble all those concerned parties around one table talking to each other, recognizing how deeply wrong they both act, stepping back from their falsely superior position. We, the peoples of the UN have to ensure that there is peace in both an Israeli and in a Palestinian state. Thank you.
Chris, Katha, Jasmin, Sebastian, Sara
Very best improved version
Dear peoples of the world,
Today this is about a conflict nearly as old as our civilisation. A conflict all about a displaced people driven out of their home by inimical forces. A people claiming rights for a piece of land they vacated now almost 2000 years ago.
In 1948 the British decided to make the Israeli people settle on Palestinian grounds - reconquering their old home. A new old country was founded and the conflicts began: Those superfluous and wrong wars in which Israel – claiming to defend themselves – invaded neighbouring states. But by acting as though they alone had the right to settle in the Middle East they planted hatred and resistance in the hearts of the original peoples.
But nevertheless, now that they are there, most of them willing to live a decent every day life, unharmed and themselves peaceful towards their immediate neighbours, they own the right to stay. So it is grave injustice to ignite bombs and blow up buses, killing those innocent, defenceless people, passers-by, children. There is no way to justify this kind of violence with being themselves suppressed by others, with Israeli counter-strikes against members of Hamas and Fatah, also killing innocent, defenceless people, passers-by, children.
You see to what this leads them, us? A cycle of violence. A never-ending cycle of violence. Soon, we have reached the point of no return - but to stop this development, all of us, no matter if Israeli, Palestinian, Australian, Pole, Brazilian, Indonesian, Dane or any other peaceloving foreigner, have to unite. Have to help to assemble all those concerned parties around one table in order to talk to each other, to recognize how deeply wrong they both did, to step back from their falsely superior position.
We, all the peoples of the UN, have to ensure that there is peace in both an Israeli and in a future and required Palestinian state.
Thank you.
Stefanie, Sophie, Anna
better improved version
Dear people of the world, today we will talk about a conflict nearly as old as our civilisation. A conflict all about a displaced people driven out of their country by inimical forces. A people claiming rights for a piece of land they vacated now almost 2000 years ago. In 1948 the British decided to make the Israeli people settle on Palestinian grounds - reconquering their old home. A new old country was founded and the conflicts began. Since then there were unmotivated wars and Israel invaded neighbouring states claiming to defend themselves. But by acting as though they alone had the right to settle in the Middle East they planted hatred and resistance in the hearts of the native peoples. But nevertheless, now that they are there, they own the right to stay. So it is grave injustice to ignite bombs and blow up busses, killing innocent people, passers-by, children. There is no right to justify this kind of violence being themselves suppressed by others, with Isreali counter-strikes against members of Hamas and Fatah, also killing innocent children. Do you see what this leads us to? A cycle of violence. A never-ending cycle of violence. Soon, we have reached the point of no return - but to stop this development, all of us, no matter if Isreali, Palestinian or foreigner, have to stick together. We have to help to assemble all those concerned parties around one table talking to each other, recognizing how deeply wrong the Israels and Palestinians did, stepping back from their falsely superior position. We, as all the peoples of the UN, have to ensure that there is peace in both an Israeli and in a Palestinian state. Thank you.
Lisa, Teresa, Astrid
Dear representatives of the member states,
if we have a look at our world today, and if we compare it to the past, we see a lot of difference we have passed through. We have new great technologies our forefathers never would have dreamed of. But recent happenings reminded me that this circumstance does not only provide to make our life better, but it can also make it worse.
A few weeks ago, North Korea has started his nuclear weapon program. It fired atomic weapons in a deserted area of the country to test the degree of destruction committed by it. They ignored every warning and made these tests to show the power they have and threaten the world with it. This circumstance can not be tolerated. The power of atomic weapons is unbelievable and terrible, it destroys not only whole landscapes and contaminates them for decades, but also the people are harmed with the deadly and cruel followings. It is out of every charge what can happen if this power is in wrong hands. For this reason we have to advice North Korea to stop their program at once.
We have to convince them that there is no need at all for weapons of mass destruction in the world. We have to get in serious dialogue and make them clear what consequences this will have, to the world itself as to the relationship to the other nations in the world. For this, we need the help of the rest of the world, because if this does not stop, there will be no world any more.
Thank you
(improved version)
Dear representatives of the member states,
if we have a look at our world today - compared to the past - we see a lot of differences we have gone through. We have new great technologies our forefathers never would have dreamed of. But recent developements reminded me that this fact does not only make our lives better, it can also make it worse.
A few weeks ago, North Korea has started his nuclear weapon program. It launched nuclear weapons in a deserted area of the country to test the degree of destruction committed by it. It ignored every warning and made these tests to show the power it has and threaten the world with it. This can not be tolerated. The power of nuclear weapons is unbelievable and terrible, it destroys not only whole landscapes and contaminates them for decades, but also the people are harmed by the deadly and cruel aftermath. It is unthinkable what can happen if this power is in wrong hands. For this reason we have to force North Korea to stop its program at once.
We have to convince it that there is no need at all for weapons of mass destruction in the world. We have to get in serious dialogue and make clear what consequences this abuse of power will have, to the world itself as to the relationship to the other nations in the world. Therefore, we have to get the help of the rest of the world, because if this abuse does not stop, there will be no world any more.
Thank you
(Wacker 'N' Waldi)
Extinction, war and pain all over the world are consequences of one single serious problem - Global Warming!
And that's not only propaganda, it's reality based on facts, proved by statistics.
A rise of water temperature of only one degree makes coral riffs being destructed and fishes being really confused. This of course could lead to a complete extinction of an extraordinary eco-system without a possibility to be brought back.
Global Warming causes the melting of the glaciers and as a consequence of that a higher sea level. So isles would just vanish like many coast areas. Waves of environmental refugees would overcome the world. This mass of emigrating people searching for new homes brings up conflicts.
The loss of natural variety, an ecological chaos, victims of taifuns, tornados or just getting homeless through the consequences of climate change are problems which have to be solved and which we already are faced with.
So I hope you understand that we all have to work together in order to find solutions and try to save our planet.
ACT NOW!!!
(improved version)
Dear members of the United Nations council,
Extinction, war and pain all over the world are consequences of one single serious problem - Global Warming! That's not only propaganda, it's reality based on facts and proved by statistics. Initiating to mention is that a rise of water temperature of only one degree can make coral riffs being destructed and fishes being really confused. The demolition of the coral biotope would lead to a complete extinction of an extraordinary eco-system without the possibility to be brought back. Global Warming also causes the melting of the glaciers and consequentially an increase of the sea level. So isles would just vanish like many coast areas. Waves of environmental refugees would overcome the world. This mass of emigrating people searching for new homes is leading to new conflicts. The loss of natural variety, an ecological chaos, victims of taifuns, tornados or just getting homeless through the consequences of climate change are problems which have to be solved and which we already are faced with. I hope you understand that we all have to work together in order to find solutions and try to save our planet. ACT NOW!!!
Schenk, Voll, Lehrieder
Dear Women and Men,
Today we have to talk about the problems we have with global warming: Higher temperatures, melting icebergs, and the extinction of so many animals and plants.
So many people are driving to work with their car and pollute the air. They do not think about what they do when they pull out so much waste out of their exhaust: The emission, mainly the carbon dioxide, disperses itself everywhere so that the hole in the ozone layer gets bigger and bigger and bigger… Flying all the time with the plain instead of going by train impaired that progress just like the big industries in every country.
So YOU have to change something. Everyone of us has to change something! We have to go by bike for short distances or go by train the next holiday time. We have to produce environmentally acceptable machines for industry. And we have to think about our nature und life and when EVERYONE of us changes a bit we could stop the global warming and all the consequences following.
