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  • What I like

1. Music: Linkin Park,Limp Bizkit,Billy Talent,Bloodhound Gang,Sum 41,Blink 182,Green Day...
Linkin Park

2. Movies: Underworld,Resident Evil,Ironman,Jumper,Equilibrium,The Fighters,Shooter,Transformers 1+2,Bourne-Collection,Riddick,Die Hard-Collection,Forrest Gump,Death Race,Casino Royal,Quantum of Solace,21
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3. Cars: Lamborghini (my Favourite), BMW, Audi, Koenigsegg
Lamborghini Embolado Superleggera

4. Sports: Swimming, High-Jumping, Mountain-Biking, Curling (just watching on TV ;D ), Icehockey, etc.

5. Favourite subjects: Sports, English (LK`s)


  • What I dislike
  1. Music: Hip-Hop,Tearjerkers (ger: Schnulzen)
  2. Reading Books
  3. Cars: Japan-Crap [1]
  4. Subjects: German, Chemie (deselected), Sozialkunde (deselected)



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English Stuff

Hispanic and Latino Americans

Facts

The number of Hispanic and Latino Americans is 45,427,437. That are 15.1% of the U.S. population.

Regions with significant populations are for example the Southwest,Florida,Chicago, and the BosWash Region of the Northeast.

Spoken languages are predominantly American English and Spanish.

The main religion is predominantly Roman Catholicism;significantly Protestantism;Judaism, Islam and others. Related ethnic groups are Latin Americans, Spaniards, Latin Europeans and others.


Article

US Hispanics Pin Hopes on Obama Administration


  1. Largest minority group. Hopes: resolve economy crisis,immigration education
  2. More than 45 Mio. People. 15% of US-population ; critical part of workforce in industrie and agriculture ; fast growing minority
  3. Education,Economy,Prosperity,Health Care Access,Safety in streets (inner cities)
  4. Hispanics identify with Obama
  5. Many Hispanics in Obama`s Cabinet
  6. Hispanics want to help Obama in his administration
  7. Tackle issues of immigration reform and border security
  8. Hispanics risk break of families
  9. Latino community younger than the American one. ==> Education most important
  10. Many Hispanics serve in U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan ==> Stop war
  11. 70% of Hispanics voted for Obama
  12. 30% of U.S. population are Hispanics by mid-century


Supreme Court

[...]The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the law violates the Second Amendment, which states: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” The decision broke with the great majority of federal courts that have examined the issue, including the Supreme Court in 1939. Those courts have held that the constitutional right to bear arms is tied to service in a militia, and is not an individual right.[...]

Translation/Übersetzung

Das U.S.amerikanische Bundesberufungsgericht des Bezirks Columbia beschloss, dass das Gesetz gegen den zweiten Zusatzartikel der (U.S.) Verfassung verstößt, in welchem es heißt: „ Das Recht auf eine wohl geregelte Bürgerwehr, derer es zur Sicherheit eines freien Staates bedarf, und/d.h. das Recht des Volkes, Waffen zu besitzen und zu führen, darf nicht eingeschränkt werden.“ Dieser Entschluss steht im völligen Widerspruch zu (den Entscheidungen)der großen Mehrzahl der U.S.amerikanischen Gerichtshöfe, die sich mit dieser Problematik auseinandergesetzt haben, wie unter anderem dem Obersten Gerichtshof von 1939. Diese Gerichte waren der Auffassung, dass das verfassungsmäßige Recht, welches erlaubt Waffen zu führen, (fest) an den Dienst in einer Bürgerwehr geknüpft ist, und dies kein Recht des Einzelnen sei.


Nobel Prize

The already high bar set for President Obama got even higher Friday, when the Nobel Prize Committee shocked the world, and the president himself, by announcing he was to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Just nine months into his presidency, Obama has set an ambitious diplomatic agenda, calling for peace between Israel and the Palestinians and a decrease in the world's nuclear weapons, but has yet to achieve any real results.

Already faced with the challenge of working to ensure his actions keep pace with his rhetoric, the president now has an even higher standard by which his accomplishments will be gauged.

As his former opponent, Sen. John McCain, R- Ariz., put it: "He now has even more to live up to."

The committee said it awarded the prize to Obama for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," but made the clear the prize was intended to encourage Obama to greatness rather than celebrate any achievement.

"I hope it will help him," Nobel committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said of the award. "Obama is the right man at the right time, and that's why we want to enhance his efforts."


Translation/Übersetzung

Die ohnehin schon sehr hohen Erwartungen an Präsident Obama wurden am Freitag noch höher, als das Komitee für die Vergabe des Nobelpreises die Welt und den Präsidenten selbst schockierte, als es bekannt gab, dass er den Friedensnobelpreis erhalten solle. Nach nur neun Monaten seiner Präsidentschaft hat Obama ehrgeizige diplomatischer Themen auf die Tagesordnung gesetzt, z.B. mit der Forderung nach Friedensgesprächen zwischen Israel und den Palästinensern und nach einem Abbau der weltweiten Atomwaffenarsenale, tatsächliche Ergebnisse/Erfolge muss er aber erst noch erzielen.

Der Präsident, der ohnehin schon vor der Herausforderung steht, daran zu arbeiten, dass seine Taten mit den Worten Schritt halten, muss seine Erfolge jetzt an einem noch höheren Standard messen lassen.

Sein ehemaliger Gegner im Rennen um die Präsidentschaft, Senator John McCain, drückte es folgendermaßen aus: "Er muss jetzt noch höhere Erwartung erfüllen."

Das Komitee sagte, es Verleiheropa mal den Preis für seine "außerordentlichen Bemühungen, die internationale Diplomatie und Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Völkern zu stärken", machte aber klar, dass der Preis eher dazu beitragen solle, Obama zu großen Taten anzuspornen, als einen bestimmten Erfolg zu würdigen/feiern.

"Ich hoffe das hilft (ihm)", sagte der Vorsitzende des Nobelpreiskomitees, Thorbjoern Jagland, über den Preis. "Obama ist der richtige Mann zur richtigen Zeit, und deswegen wollen wir seine Bemühungen unterstützen."


Expectations to Barack Obama


U.S. Politics

Article about -Expectations from Obama -US Supreme Court -Lobbying



Usefull words from: "Britain has become markedly less class-bound. How did this happen?"

  • Line 11
  1. albeit

(formal) although: He finally agreed, albeit reluctantly, to help us.

  • Line 25
  1. distinctive

having a quality or characteristic that makes sth different and easily noticed syn characteristic: clothes with a distinctive style * The male bird has distinctive white markings on its head.

  • Line 34
  1. dichotomous

{adj} [divided into two parts]

  • Line 54
  1. acquiesce

(formal) to accept sth without arguing, even if you do not really agree with it: Senior government figures must have acquiesced in the cover-up. * She explained her plan and reluctantly he acquiesced.

  • Line 62
  1. wisdom

1 the ability to make sensible decisions and give good advice because of the experience and knowledge that you have: a man of great wisdom

  • Line 71
  1. squire

also Squire) (in the past in England) a man of high social status who owned most of the land in a particular country area:

  1. yokel (often humorous)

if you call a person a yokel, you are saying that they do not have much education or understanding of modern life, because they come from the countryside

  • Line 83
  1. hitherto

(formal) until now; until the particular time you are talking about: a hitherto unknown species of moth * Her life hitherto had been devoid of adventure.

  • Line 89
  1. meritocracy

a country or social system where people get power or money on the basis of their ability

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  1. sham (disapproving)

a situation, feeling, system, etc. that is not as good or true as it seems to be: The latest crime figures are a complete sham. * She felt trapped in a sham of a marriage,.

  • Line 93
  1. heir

a person who has the legal right to receive sb’s property, money or title when that person dies: to be heir to a large fortune * the heir to the throne (= the person who will be the next king or queen) * the son and heir of the Earl of Lancaster

  • Line 96
  1. amorphous (formal)

having no definite shape, form or structure syn shapeless: an amorphous mass of cells with no identity at all


Answer of Question 1 from Text "Oi! Just you mind your language!"

There are some different influences and changes to English spoken in Britain mentioned in the text.
First of all the language is influenced by TV and cinema. When the first showmaster spoke Estuary English in a show people were horrified because they thought its a sign of the end of civilisation. But today it`s quite normal to speak Estuary English even on TV.
A second influence are popular slang words which are even mentioned in dictionaries. Anyone can create a new word like "downsizing" or "delayering".(Neologisms)
Moreover the number of people who speak Estuary English which has its origin in London is increasing and spreading up all over Britain.
The fourth influence on English language are middleclass pop-stars,who speak classless Estuary English to hide their upper-class origin.
The last influence mentioned in the text is the transatlantic influence. Many american slang words are integrated into English. Upperclass white kids are adopting the pronunciation of maximum-pigmented-afro-americans to increase their coolness in the streets.
All in all there are many influences to English language and the language has changed seriously in past few years and the change will go on.




Love Symbols

  1. Heart = Color of passion,Organ of Feelings
  2. Roses = beautilful, can hurt (thorns), color of passion love
  3. Angel = pretty, from heaven, godlike
  4. Stars =far away, hard to reach, live forever,
  5. Fireflies =light in the night, only shining spot in the darkness, hope,
  6. Music =awaking fellings, happy/sad,
  7. Ocean =reflects the sun light, wide, dont know whats in deep, undiscovered
  8. Space =endless, open for more, many possibilities, dont know whats far away
  9. Fish =moveable, shining, beauty but cold, wet so hard to catch and hold


Blur - Song 2

Songtext

Wohoo!
Wohoo!
Wohoo!
Wohoo!

I got my head checked
By a jumbo jet
It wasn´t easy
But nothing is, no

Chorus:

Wohoo!
When I feel heavy metal
Wohoo!
And I´m pins and I´m needles
Wohoo!

Well I lie and I´m easy
All of the time,but I´m never sure,why I need you
Pleased to meet you

I got my head done
When I was young
It´s not my problem
It´s not my problem

Chorus:

Wohoo!
When I feel heavy metal
Wohoo!
And I´m pins and I´m needles
Wohoo!

Well I lie and I´m lazy
All of the time,but I´m never sure,why I need you
Pleased to meet you

Yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah!
yeah, yeah!
Oh yeah!


Video


Analysis

1.Content

1+2.Stanza: The guy was taking drugs and has now a headache.
3.Stanza (Chorus): He is listening to music and taking new drugs.
4.Stanza (Chorus): He has a melanconic phase and thinks about his love (could be a girl or drugs)
5.Stanza: He is talking about his past and that when he was young he did not care about how things went.
6.Stanza (Chorus): He is listening to music again and taking new drugs, too.
7.Stanza (Chorus): He has his melanconic phase again and thinks about his love.
8.Stanza: He is going crazy...(YEAH!)

2.Main Points /Turning Point

The main point is that he is easy going because of the drugs he took. (Well I lie and I´m easy/lazy)
The turning point is when he starts to talk about his love. When he comes from the story of the last days to his girlfriend/his drugs.
(All of the time,but I´m never sure,why I need you...)

3.Charakters

Persons appearing in the song are he the drug taker and his love (girlfriend/drugs).
The speaker is he.

4.Setting

The place where the man is at the song is probably his house, because he is able to listen to music and take drugs.

5.Images etc.

I got my head checked
By a jumbo jet
= he has a headache from too much partying

When I feel heavy metal
=he is listening to music.

I´m pins and I´m needles
= he is excited (perhaps because of the drugs)

The speach is a youth speach so he is probably between the age of 18 and 25.
The leitmotiv could be: Wohoo! (10 times in the song) ; could express his good feelings

6. Stylistic Devices

But nothing is, no
= double-no

All of the time,but I´m never sure
= contrast -> confussion, he is unsecure

It´s not my problem
It´s not my problem
=repeating, to stress: he doesn't care

Yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah!
yeah, yeah!
=Alliteration and Anapher, to stress the crazyness

7.Form

8 Stanzas
Sets of lines: 4-4 -5-3-4- 5-3-4

Wohoo!
Wohoo!
Wohoo!
Wohoo!
= Double Couplet? Quadret?: AAAA

All of the time,but I´m never sure,why I need you
Pleased to meet you
=Couplet

Yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah!
yeah, yeah!
= Tritet?: AAA



Men and Women - basically different

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Advertising

Table

Aids is a mass murderer


The advert AIDS is a mass murderer
question answer
what product? Against Aids
aim and target group? aim: people should be careful with which person they have sex with

target group: especially women because its a woman in the picture who sleeps with the wrong person but also man because of the pretty woman in the front

elements (description, relation between them? a beautiful naked woman in the front and a ugly aids-infected man (Hitler) at the back of her having sex with her
how is "customers'" attention attracted? Man look at the advert because of the pretty woman but then the shock-effect is used because she sleeps with a mass murderer (Adolf Hitler)
message (of text and image)? Aids is dangerous and kills many people.
how does the advert work, how are people influenced/conviced?
  • advert shocks because of Hitler having sex with the woman
  • advert appeals to humour
  • message is supported by a very eyecatching picture
  • message is very sarcastic
  • metapher for aids=hitler means aids murders people

Essay

The picture shows a beautiful naked woman in the front and a ugly aids-infected man (Hitler) at the back of her having sex with her. Down in the picture there is a text, the slogan of the advert, and a little sign, the Anti-Aids sign. The text says: "AIDS IS A MASS MURDERER". The aim of this advert is to convince people that they should be careful with which person they have sex with and that they should protect themselfs for example by condoms. The target group are women because its a woman in the picture who sleeps with the wrong person and she can get Aids by not using a condom but also man because they get also animated to use condoms too, so that they don't seem as bad as Hitler and be able to contract some woman with Aids. The customers' attention is attracted by man looking at the advert because of the pretty woman but then the shock-effect is used because she sleeps with a mass murderer (Adolf Hitler). The message of text and image is that Aids is dangerous and kills many people and that you should protect yourself and your sex partner by using condoms to avoid a sexually transmissible disease. People who look at this advert are influenced/conviced in many ways. One thing is that the advert shocks because of Hitler having sex with the woman. Another point is that the message is supported by a very eyecatching picture because everyone immediately notices Hitler. Also the message is very sarcastic and there is a metapher for aids=hitler means aids murders people.



Romeo & Juliet

Question about Act1

Act 1: How does Benvolio react to Romeo's problem with being in love (p. 17 and 23)? (Notes)

He
- tells him to forget her: "Be ruled by me, forget to think of her."[p17 216]
-should look at other women: "Examine other beauties."[p17 218]
- should compare her with other women. "At this same ancient feast of Capulet's 
,Sups the fair Rosaline whom thou so loves, With all the admired beauties of Verona" [p23 82-84] - should not only see her alone but with other people around: "none else beeing by"[p23 94]


Characterize Romeo as lover from what you have read about him!

Romeo talks a lot about love, mostly all the time. He says for example that love makes him sad, that love confuses him and that love makes him sick. Also he says that love is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and that it pricks like thorn. Moreover he says that touching women makes blessed his rude hand, and that he never saw true beauty till this night when he saw Juliet. Since then he is totally obsessed with her, and he doesn't want to meet other "beautiful" women because he only sees her and no other people around him. Also all he wants from this on is getting a kiss from Juliet, so he seems really fallen in love and a kind of paranoid. One other thing is that he prays Juliets body many times especially her cheek that he would like to touch. Also he wants to marry Juliet which is another proof of his true love.


Act 2 Scene 3 in Modern English

English Stuff II (Usefull)

Answering a question

1. Key Words

-Don`t forget parts of question!

2. Question -> Answer

-Content / Topic
-Tense!
-Don`t start with "Because..."

3. Mirror the question

"What is the reason..."
->" The reason (for...) is ..."
-First sentence
-> structure of answer
("there are two main reasons...")


Introduction of an Essay


Act 2 Scene 3 in Modern English
Old New
ROM:
   Good morrow, father. 
FRIAR:
Benedicite!
What early tongue so sweet saluteth me?
Young son, it argues a distempered head
So soon to bid good morrow to thy bed.(35)
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuff'd brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
Therefore thy earliness doth me assure(40)
Thou art uprous'd with some distemp'rature;
Or if not so, then here I hit it right—
Our Romeo hath not been in bed to-night.
ROM:
That last is true—the sweeter rest was mine.
FRIAR:
God pardon sin! Wast thou with Rosaline?(45)
ROM:
With Rosaline, my ghostly father? No.
I have forgot that name, and that name's woe.
FRIAR:
That's my good son! But where hast thou been then?
ROM:
I'll tell thee ere thou ask it me again.
I have been feasting with mine enemy,(50)
Where on a sudden one hath wounded me
That's by me wounded. Both our remedies
Within thy help and holy physic lies.
I bear no hatred, blessed man, for, lo,
My intercession likewise steads my foe.(55)
ROM:
Then plainly know my heart's dear love is set
On the fair daughter of rich Capulet;
As mine on hers, so hers is set on mine,(60)
And all combin'd, save what thou must combine
By holy marriage. When, and where, and how
We met, we woo'd, and made exchange of vow,
I'll tell thee as we pass; but this I pray,
That thou consent to marry us to-day.(65)
Check if the introduction
* introduces the topic (+)
* gives readers an idea of what dirction the essay will take (+)
* provides an overview of the structure/line of argument (+)
* implies/poses a question and creates an expactation/interetst in the readers (+)
* states general truths/defines what needs no definition (-)
* asks questions/announces answers but does not give them (-)

Paragraph Writing

Paragraph Writing


Linking words

If you don't know the meaning of a linking phrase/word, look it up HERE!

How to describe a Cartoon

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Rhyme scheme

A rhyme pattern is the scheme of lines which rhyme in a poem or a song.

1. Couplet:AABB, pair of lines of verse, first and second, third and fourth line rhyme.

       Where-e'er you find "the cooling western breeze," A
       In the next line, it "whispers through the trees;     A
       If crystal streams "with pleasing murmurs creep,"  B
       The readers threatened (not in vain) with "sleep."   B


2. Enclosed Rhyme: ABBA, first and fourth, second and third line rhyme.

   How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,    A
   Stolen on his wing my three and twentieth year!  B
   My hasting days fly on with full career,               B
   But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th.    A


3. Four-line stanza:ABAB, first and third,second and fourth line rhyme.

   Bid me to weep, and I will weep         A
   While I have eyes to see;                    B
   And having none, and yet I will keep     A
   A heart to weep for thee.                    B


Rhyme Scheme @ Wikipedia


Estuary English

Estuary English is a name given to the dialect(s) of English widely spoken in South East England, especially along the River Thames and its estuary. The name comes from the area around the Thames Estuary, particularly London, Kent and Essex.

The variety first came to public prominence in an article by David Rosewarne in the Times Educational Supplement in October 1984. Rosewarne argued that it may eventually replace RP (Received Pronunciation). Studies have indicated that Estuary English is not a single coherent form of English; rather, the reality behind the construct consists of some (but not all) phonetic features of working-class London speech spreading at various rates socially into middle-class speech and geographically into other accents of south-eastern England.


Estuary English

Accents and Dialects of the UK


Listening Example of Estuary English in Canterbury


Elements of Drama- as a literary Genre-(5-7)

Content, Main aspects of Drama

Characterisation

=the way an actor plays a role depending on his skills

  • the actor is playing in many ways: -by his body language e.g. moves, dances, walks -by his vocal qualities e.g. the way he speaks - and by his reactions
  • techniques: -hot-seating -other aspects to make the character "come alive"

Dramatic conventions

=techniques to create dramatic effects

  • slow motion
  • freeze-frame
  • audience aside
  • soliloquy
  • establishing one part of the space as one location, and a different part of the space as another location


Symbols

=standing in for real things

  • props
  • gestures
  • expressions
  • costume
  • lighting
  • setting

Sonstiges

Doppelhalter-Bastelanleitung

Hier bekommt ihr einige nützliche Tipps zum Erstellen von Doppelhaltern.

1. Suche nach dem Motiv Erst einmal solltet ihr Euch über das Motiv des Halters im Klaren sein. Hier sind Eurer Kreativität eigentlich keine Grenzen gesetzt, wichtig ist nur, dass das Motiv möglichst großen Bezug zum FCB hat. Comicfiguren z.B. sind eher langweilig und haben keinen Bezug zum Verein oder zur Kurve. Jede Menge Motive findet ihr am besten im Internet (Google-Bildersuche oder www.es97.net).

2. Größe des Doppelhalters Die Größe des Doppelhalters könnt ihr eigentlich vom Motiv abhängig machen. Ihr müsst lediglich darauf achten, dass ihr den Doppelhalter gut halten könnt (keine zu große Spannweite). Zu klein sollte der Doppelhalter auch nicht sein. Ca. 120cm x 120cm sollte das Mindestmaß sein.

3. Der Stoff Beim Stoff habt ihr ziemlich freie Wahl. Ihr müsst lediglich darauf achten, dass der Stoff saugfähig ist, damit die Farbe auf dem Stoff gut rüberkommt. Billigen Stoff gibt es z.B. bei Ikea oder bei Stoffrestpostenläden. Die Farbe des Stoffes kann grün oder weiß sein, wobei es immer besser ist, auf weißem Stoff zu malen. Der Stoff sollte nicht zu klein sein, da ihr die Seiten noch umnähen oder tackern müsst, damit die Stangen halten. Ebenfalls müsst ihr die umgenähten Seiten (so breit, dass der Stock reinpasst) oben zunähen oder zutackern, damit der Stock nicht wieder rausfluscht. Wenn ihr den Stoff tackert, solltet ihr die getackerten Stellen am Besten mit starkem Klebeband (z.B. Gaffer-Tape) überkleben, damit die Stellen halten.

4. Die Farben Zum Ausmalen der Doppelhalter benötigt ihr Farbe. Am Besten eignet sich Abtönfarbe, die es in jedem Baumarkt oder auch in manchen Restpostenläden (z.B. Zimmermann) gibt.

5.Die Stangen Kabelrohr aus dem Baumarkt eignet sich am Besten. Nicht teuer, macht beim Einlaß ins Stadion kaum Probleme und liegt gut in der Hand. Also ab in den Baumarkt!

6. Übertragen des Motivs auf den Stoff Hierfür solltet ihr euch einen Tageslichtprojektor suchen. Ihr kopiert das Motiv auf Folie (gibt’s in jedem Copy-Shop), hängt euren Stoff an die Wand, schnappt euch einen Edding und übertragt das Motiv auf den Stoff. Solltet ihr an keinen Tageslichtprojektor rankommen, so meldet euch bei uns oder schaut einfach mal auf einem Eastside-Treffen vorbei.

7. Ausmalen: Nach dem Vorzeichnen müsst ihr die Flächen nur noch ausmalen. Hierzu solltet ihr Plastik unterlegen, da Zeitung oder anderes Papier schnell kleben bleibt. Benutzt möglichst unterschiedlich dicke Pinsel, damit ihr auch die Feinheiten sauber malen könnt.