Benutzer:Rambacher Tobias

English - LK 09/11

Translation

Was die polizeiliche Überwarchung angeht, kam die Einwanderungswelle zusammen mit einem Rückgang der Kriminalitätsrate in Cambridgeshire. Einige Delikte waren Problemfälle, obwohl sich ihre Auswirkungen nur als kurzzeitig erwiesen haben mögen: Die Spitze in Sachen betrunken Autofahren ist beispielweise um zwei drittel seit 2004 gesunken. Das deutet an, dass die Migranten, wenn sie einmal dem lokalen Gesetz begegnen, ihr Verhalten dementsprechend anpassen. Es ist offensichtlich, dass die historisch hohe Einwanderungsrate lokale Brennpunkte zur Folge hat – und deshalb verdienen die liberalen Demokraten das Ansehen, da sie sich mit einem der dornigsten Aspekte von Allen auseinandersetzen: den 310.000 – 570.000 verdeckten Migranten, welche schätzungsweise illegal im Vereinten Königreich leben. Der Pressesprecher der Innenpolitik, Nick Clegg, schlägt vor, dass diese Menschen die Möglichkeit bekommen sollen, die Staatsbürgerschaft zu gewinnen. Ihnen eine Begnadigung anzubieten würde bedeuten, dass mehr Steuern bezahlt werden und könnte helfen das Dumping der Löhne von einheimischen Menschen zu stoppen. Es sollte zudem gut für die Migranten sein, von denen viele die Ausbeutung auf der Arbeit ohne irgendwelche angemessenen Schutzmaßnahmen dulden.

Questions on the text

1. Jamila is karim's cousin and she lives together with her parents in a flat in London.Her nickname is Jammie(l.77) Jamila's parents have a shop and Jamila helps them by making kebabs and chapati.(l.1-2) Their flat is very dirty and run-down and always smells very bad.(l.8-13) She's very desperate because of anwar's behaviour(l.40) and because of that she sometimes gets aggresive.(l.67)But she shows her feeling which can be seen in lines 84-85. There she cries without covering or trying to hide her face. Anwar is Karim's uncle and Jamila's father. His looking is described as unshaven, thin, his lips where try and flaking, his skin is yellow, his eyes were sunken and he wears a frayed and moudly-looking pyjama jacket.(l. 16-22) He seems to be sick but he isn't. He stopped eating and drinking because his daughter doesn't want to marry a boy selected by him and his brother. Karim explaines that Anwar has been very casual in the past but now his attitude changed. The relationship between Jamila and Anwar is very special. On the one handside Jamila loves her dad and doesn't want that he dies but she also doesn't want to marry a boy without loving him. Anwar only excepts his point of view and denies Jamila's meening.

2. The author uses direct characterization in lines 84-85. The narrator explains that Jamila cries and does not hide her face. He also uses indirect characterizaiton in lines 51-52. There Jamila says that her father hasn't eaten or drunken anything for eight days. Direct characerization is done by the author or the narrator while indirect characterization is done by characters in the story.

US politics

Terms/phrases about "US politics"

1. president = Präsident
2. running mate = Vizekandidat
3. constitution = Verfassung
4. law = Gesetz
5. presidency = Präsidentschaft
6. poverty = Macht
7. party = Partei
8. oath = Eid,Schwur
9. "bully pulpit" = "Tyrannenkanzel"
10. political acumen = politischer Scharfsinn
11. social legislation = soziale Gesetzgebung
12. economy = Wirtschaft
13. charisma = Ausstrahlung
14. equal rights = Gleichberechtigung
15. human dignity = Menschenwürde

Expectations

1. List of challenges Great expectations: Obama will have to deliver.
2. Expectations for Obama Discussion about the excpectations on Obama.

Expectations of African American

Wiki-Entry about African Americans

• Fairness,clarity,truthfulness
• Fight hard for civil rights
• Education
• Jobs
• Changes

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German politics

• The "Wahl-o-mat" proposed that I should elect the SPD or the FDP.
• I expect the CDU/CSU to be the party which will have the most voters.

Class and Responsibility

Queen's English

Definition: Queen's English means the standard form of either written or spoken British English regarded as correct.

• Can be traced to the 16th century
• Monarchs usage of language as model in speech and writing
• First only impüortant for aristocraty
• In newer times the gap between the royals etc. and the people is getting smaller.

Examples:

• house = hice
• off = orf
• tower = tar
• refined = refained

What influences on and changes to English spoken in Britain are mentioned in the text ?

The language in Britain is influenced by several factors. Firstly children are adopting other pronounciations to increase their coolness. A second strong influence is the American language from which many words are assimilated into British English. For example American words like "barf" or "vomit" are fully integrated into British English. Furthermore words, which are slang are mentioned in the dictionary. For instance while words like "bobbitt" are not mentioned anymore, new words like "dweeb" appear. Also the media is effecting the British language. The employment of newsreaders that don't speak Received Pronounciation like Anna Ford is an example for this statement. In conclusion you can say if even the upper-class children have given up their Received Pronounciation it is a strong signal for the fast change in speaking culture.

Song analysis

1.Gist: He tries to describe a girl without being disrespectful!
2.Sexy Bitch & Damn Girl
No turning point
3.Singer:

• impresssed
• young
  

Girl (direct Characterization):

• Sexy
• Bad
• Famous
  

4.Disco
5.Modern Style/Language
Image: Diva:

• arrogant
• self-confident
• attractive
  

6.Repetitions: Wants to point out that the girl he describes is very attractive (Sexy)
Comparison: He compares the girl to give the audience an Image of her. (She’s nothing like a girl you’ve ever seen before & Nothing you can compare to your neighbourhood hoe)
7. No regular rhyme pattern! 11 Stanzas

Images/Symbols

• Love is like wildflowers ; It's often found in the most unlikely places. Nearly all flowers are beautiful and pleasant but wildflowers could be toxic and ugly as well.
• Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
• Love is like fire – When it is first kindled in a man, small troubles and temptations smother and hinder it; but when it really burns, having kindled the man's eagerness for God, the more temptations and tribulations meet it, the more it flares, until it overcomes and consumes all injustice and wickedness.
• Love is like war, it's easy to begin but hard to end.
• Love is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.

Advertising

The advert xy ...

question	answer
what product?	Safety, buckling up
aim and target group?	people who use cars
elements (description, relation between them?)	4 pictures, 3 of them show people with a black ribon and one of them shows a man wearing a seatbelt
how is "customers'" attention attracted?	the black color of the ribbons and the seatbelt is very eye-catchin because it builds a contrast between the white and grey clothes and background.
message (of text and image)?	wear seatbelts to save yourself
how does the advert work, how are people influenced/conviced?	people get confronted with the consequences of driving car without wearing a seatbelt; they get caught by their fear of the death applies everybody

The advert called "buckle up" by the "Deutsche Verkehrswacht" wants to warn all cardrivers to put on their seatbelts. Therefore they created four pictures showing casually selected people, men and women, young and old. Three of them are marked by a black ribbon and the man on the fourth picture wears a seatbelt. Black ribbons usually symbolize that the person on the picture is dead. They propably got killed by an car-accident or in other situations on the road. The man on the fourth is still alive because he wears a seatbelt. This contrast is supported by the colors of the advert. The background, the clothes and the picture frames are bright and the ribbons and the seatbelt is deep black. The advert confronts the people with the consequences of not buckling up while driving a car. It uses the fear of death which is typical for every person. This is the reason why this advert applies to nearly everyone because no-one isn't afraid of death. To put it in a nutshell: WEAR SEATBELTS !

Shakespeare

Translation

Es gibt keinen endgültigen Shakespeare Wir können nicht haargenau wissen, was Shakespeares Idee von Shakespeare war. Mozarts Version von Mozart ist nicht die von Karajan. Jetzt sind sie beide Mozart. Alle Zeitalter schauen sich die selben alten Meisterwerke an und sehen dennoch etwas sehr unterschiedliches. Ich bin mir sicher, dass wenn wir uns eine internationale Produktion des 16.Jahrhunderts anschauen könnten, wir nicht viel verstehen würden, da die Kunst des Theaters kurzlebig ist, was auf einer Synthese der Ansprüche des Schreibers, der Schauspieler und des Publikums beruht. Heutzutage verbleiben nur noch die Texte von Shakespeares Werken und obwohl sie Beleg des größten männlichen Genies sind, ist der unabdingbare Dialog zwischen dem Autor und dem Publikum häufig sehr schwierig. Alles was wir durch gewissenhafte Wissenschaft und harte Arbeit machen können, ist es zu versuchen Shakespeares Absichten so darzustellen, dass das moderne Publikum sie versteht. Interpretation ist keine Sünde, sondern eine Notwendigkeit, weil die Anbauten, welche über die letzten Jahrhunderte gemacht wurden,abgestreift werden müssen, da die meisten heutigen Bühnentraditionen Viktorianisch und nicht Elizabethanisch sind - dafür sorgten die Puritaner. Dadurch, dass unsere Sicht auf die Welt anders ist, als die der Elizabethaner, wirkt Shakespeare häufig befremdlich. --- . Die Ausprägungen, Erklärungen und Träume, welche er für sich selbst ausdenkt - diese verändern sich grundlegend. In diesem für unser eins chaotischem Denken, welches sehr konträr zu der Weltordnung der Elizabethaner ist, ist Shakespeare häufig weit entfernt von uns. Und so, welcher Mann glaubt sich selbst, dass er Veränderungen mag, aber nicht, ach, was er in Wirklichkeit mag.Und das ist es, was Shakespeare uns meisterhaft gezeigt hat.

typical 'theatre, Shakespeare, literature' vocabulary

ages = Zeitalter masterpiece = Meisterwerk ephemeral = eintönig, kurzlebig, vergänglich synthesis = Synthese, Darstellung, Entstehung writer = Schreiber actor = Schauspieler, Darsteller audience = Publikum express = etwas äußern, ausdrücken, wiedergeben intention = Intention, Absicht, Zweck stage traditions = Bühnentraditionen alas = ach masterfully = meisterhaft

Two main Characters: Personality, Family, Career

Morris Zapp 40 years old smoker he never left america so far long gorilla-like arms professor of English cannot swimm light-headed veteran of long distance flying he exaggerates he's got a wife

Philipp Swallow afraid of flying 40 years old unaccustomed to traveling unconfident infinitely suggestable observes other people conservative/traditional married too good imagination professor of English excited about flying/travelling

University Life and Academical System

Euphoric State University colloquially known as Euphoric State replica of the leaning Tower of Pisa (white stones, twice the original size) professors get a huge amount of money small state between South and North California mountains, lakes, rivers, forests, beaches and an incomparable bay one of America's major universities most distinguished scholars, laboratories, libraries, research grants, longlegged secretaries not too diffucult to obtain a bachelor's degree students have to work a lot on their own necessary credits are accumulated at free time it's easy to cheat at this school

Rummidge replica of the leaning Tower of Pisa (red bricks, to scale) professors only get a small amount of money large, graceless industrial city, in the English midlands, at intersection of 3 motorways, 26 railway lines, 6 stagnant canals the values changed from old to new ~~> lost prestige disgruntled and discouraged mood middle size university

Life in the USA vs. Life in Britain

USA violent country revolts on the universitie campuses in revolt growing cities and devastated countryside it isn't legal to abort melodramatic and violent country politicians get killed sometimes

Britain school system is not easy bad weather high-level language Rummidge is one of many industrial cities in the Midlands tea time it is legal to abort

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Why does the question of the role of religion divide the USA and Europe according to part 2 (Enlightenment divergence) and 4 (Philosophical Differences)?

Europe and the USA have different points of view about religion. The Europeans think that religion is oppressive and that the enlightenment brought freedom from religion because the churches tried to prevent democracy. Furthermore they have experienced that the church interferes in their private lives and that cruel wars were fought because of religious reasons. Europeans have seen that in past a mixture of patriotism and religion caused pain and desperation. That's why in Europe some people are frightened of the way religion and nationalism are combined in the USA. In America the churches are seen as something positive that fights for the people's rights against slavery and in favour of civil rights. For the Americans the enlightenment means freedom to believe. Due to these different attitudes Europe and America are divided about the role of religion.