- the abuse of illegal/ illicit substances
- this will not work – this will not happen
- have you ever been to London (sprich a)
- have you ever thought about this
- but why do they often drink alcohol?
- The worst things
- In Europe – European Countries, in Russia – a Russian girl
- in Hungary - I´m Hungarian – Hungarian Goulash
- a hungry Hungarian eats Hungarian goulash
- …they smoke more than most Europeans
- alcohol – he is an alcoholic
- in the UK – in the USA
- already, always
- this trip can be ending/ can end in hospital
- a rush: Eile, Ansturm
- gold rush: Goldrausch, Adrenalinrausch
- Rausch: Drunkenness, jag (slang)
- to die at a very young age
- I want to do something: ich will
- I won´t = I will not do something
- I will do something = ich werde- Keep your fingers off the drugs/off drugs
- To have problems at school
- Please, never take drugs!
- But this is only some information about this topic!
- Too much
- Many children start to smoke because…
- At this time – during this period
- Every time you drink alcohol, your brain is a little bit damaged!
- To drink two or three beers – to drink some beer
- The next topic, issue, theme (only in literature, music e.g. theme song of a film)
- ...and there a legal drugs – they make their way
- See you on Saturday, in September, in winter
- It is even more dangerous than…
- You take less drugs (weniger)
- little – less – least- http://www.dict.cc/?s=prolific
- It is interesting – I am very interested in the subject/topic
- The situation gets worse and worse
- More girls than boys are smokers
- In this text we find much information about drugs
- The problem is that some drugs are socially acceptable
- The parents are to be made responsible
- It is horrible to hear this
- To consume drugs – the consumption of drugs is rising
- The sun is rising- To raise children/ cattle – aufziehen!
- Irregular verbs: catch – caught – caught!!!! etc.
- flee – fled – fled
- fly – flew- flown
- Young people- they are young – the youth is taking drugs
- Everybody knows
- An important point is…
- One teenager – two teenagers!
- Some teenagers had been drunk
- They become alcoholics
- When you drink too much you will destroy your body!
- This is the sense/meaning of life
- You become addicted very quickly/easily- They take drugs at a party
- Everybody does it
- The Austrian drug law is…
- Next the text explains the development in the last years.
- People are addicted to/on drugs
- The society does nothing about the problem.
- One child – two children
- To control something
- … alcohol and drugs which/that influence people
- People who…
- Peer pressure –Gruppendruck, Gruppenzwang
- … I want to remind you that cannabis is dangereous
- This reminds me of something
- Smoking figures – die Zahlen der Raucher
- country, land, state
- Before- In my opinion
- To help the people
- When you go out during the week…
- The reason for this is – but: to fall on the ground- …they think about an anti-drug and alcohol policy.
- …don´t begin too early!
- …you are sad and depressive
- …if you are in a pub with your friends…
- Cigarette – cigarettes
- to learn to handle something: lernen mit etwas umzugehen
- …they drink as much as they can
- … this is a friend of mine
- NO KOMMA BEFORE THAT!!!!- This fact – these facts
- …you post on this blog – on the radio – on television – on TV
- …we listen to the radio – listen to music – I like listening to music
- …it is not good for your health – you are healthy – it is unhealthy
- …your brain can be damaged
- To speak about something
- Give me (say: gimme) some tips/ pieces of advice- …big cities – the boy’s girl – the boys´ girls
- …many young people smoke regularly
- …it´s = it is But: every dog has its day
- http://www.dict.cc/?s=handle
- on the one hand…but on the other hand…
- to get weapons – to become president
- the USA is a country which…
- in 1999 there happened a massacre
- try to find a way to solve the problem
- In WWII, in the Second World War
- I like fish
- …there you can eat as much as you can – all you can eat restaurants
- Today the media play a major role in our society

= latin plural: medium/media,

- to have problems at school
- technology – technological – skiing technique
- really- problems in the world
- it was a dramatic day
- he is an expert in farming/ in the field of agriculture
- to give away somebody – jemanden verraten
- everyone in Austria knows…
- these people

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recognize – jemanden wiedererkennen
realize – etwas kapieren
remember something – sich an etwas erinnern
many people
the picturization of Jim Carrol´s life - Verfilmung
to lose something – verlieren
loose – etwas ist lose/ locker/wackelig
http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/balls.html
http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/bullets.html
bullets: Gewehrkugeln
a university: sprich ju!!!!
life: das Leben – to live
rentable – vermietbar
http://www.dict.cc/?s=rentable
es ist rentabel – profitable
http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/profitable.html
everyone in Austria
the USA has – the United Saates of America have
more than 50% of the American population has a gun
to have problems at school
negative – positive
for two years – 2 Jahre lang
2 years ago – vor 2 Jahren
They have problems at school
You visit your grandma but you go to/attend school
Civil rights – gun laws
No comma before that
drinking water - Trinkwasser

Feedback Drugs 3b

bad – worse – worst: it is a bad joke - the situation is getting worse
to be disapproving of it: etwas missbilligen/ nicht wollen
to visualize
visualisieren
legalize drugs
in the end – schlussendlich But: a happy ending!
But not everyone thinks so/ like this.
trouble – to have trouble
in the newspaper it is written that…
there are more and more people who destroy their future
the government wants to legalize drugs
to have a serious disease – a difficult test – it is heavy to carry
Today more and more people get problems with drugs and damage their life. Better: lives!!!
The government in the US says that drugs are horrible for the humans. Better: for the people
to drive home drunk – drunk driving – But: a drunken party
more often
Some politicians want to legalize hard drugs.
Another point is that the government gets money when drugs are legalized.
To have problems at school
I think it’s your personal decision to
My personal opinion not: own!!!!
many people
to buy drugs legally WIA?
legalization of drugs
I was so shocked when I read in the text that the politicians want to legalize drugs.
To have a serious disease/ illness!
Is it only a joke or is it meant seriously?
For many people it’s not conceivable to take drugs in a legal way.
I think it isn’t a good idea to legalize drugs
some politicians want to legalize drugs
the situation gets worse and worse
it is positive – negative – there are advantages and disadvantages
peer pressure
you can get marijuana very easily, and this is a really problem.
They have many problems.
drugs should be legalized
life – to live!
pros and cons
Kids are drunk at the age of twelve
in the world
in this stadium – in diesem Stadion (football,...)
But: at this stage: in diesem Stadium
come to an end

Error File 5b 081109

headmaster … Direktor einer Schule
headquater …. Hauptquartier
director of a film … Regisseur
it is very well shown
in a brutal world – she reactds brutally
to die at a very young age
doesn´t help to do something
nobody knows the number of people who/ that …. for things: which/that
depressive, should,
get... become
The movie illustrates the fate of a young boy
withdrawal symptoms … Entzugserscheinungen
prevent sb from doing something
in a short period of time
ENGl. mobbed: angepöbelt …………….gemobbt werden: to be bullied!!!!!!!!!!!!!
to be addictive – to be addicted to drugs
opportunity – Möglichkeit
these films show us – this film shows us
The movie shows us the story of Jim Carroll’s life.
Fact is that when you are beginning with taking drugs it’s very hard to stop.
… and finally his poems are the salvation.
It’s very sad how the three boys destroy there life. Better: lives!!!
sophisticated {adj}
schick
komplex
mondän
elegant
gehoben
erfahren
Catholic
To play his role very well!!! WIA?The movie about Jim Carroll’s youth…
he begins doing sth. – in the beginning
to do something about the problem/it
to recognize
erkennen
ausmachen
anerkennen
wieder kennen
identifizieren
wieder erkennen
to recognize sb.
von jdm. Notiz nehmen
to recognize that
zugeben, dass
eingestehen, dass

He is able do stop taking drugs.
how brutal it is … do things brutally
act …film…movie…story
And this could end in a vicious circle. …it could have a happy ending!
People – peoples (Völker)
http://www.dict.cc/?s=bei+jemandem+wohnen

Error File 2s

…the weather – the question arises if to whether = die Frage erhebt sich ob
…brand… die Marke, to brand … kennzeichnen But: to extinguish a fire
…the work is hard – the man is strong – there are strong winds in the wide Welsh valleys
…on the one hand … but on the other hand
…I … ich!!! I live near Graz
…I did my work – different kind of work
BUT: works of art (Kunstwerke; the works of .Shakespeare ,…)
…Most of the time – when the weather was fine - …. Wenn das Wetter schön war
…If the weather is fine … falls das wetter schön ist
…driver license or driver’s license or driving license
…be on my side – camping site
…I looked forward to coming back to Raumberg
…I had my knee operated on
…I had some ups and downs
… to ply the role of Jim Carrol – it is the rule ... Regel
…while …während because …weil
…to get drugs ….become pregnant (schwanger warden)
…continue … folgen, weiter lesen …. to understand it/ to get it
…life – to live
…to start taking drugs
….one child … two children to help our children
… pupil – students (older teenagers!)

2b 2. Schularbeit

- at 16 NOT: with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- at the age of 16
- in the evening
- in our village there is a big party
- too many teenagers
- in other counties
- these attacks/ things
- he is a revolutionary president
- we can’t do anything about it - dagegen
- Russia, the Russians
- to be drunk, a drunk teenager, drunk teenagers – they are drunk
- but on the moon there is no air/ wind
- the perfect age – the Peter is older than Thomas
- many people – much money
- if you come home drunk, your mum is…
- a ripe fruit – mature person (Matura – Reifeprüfung)
- it was planned
- everybody knows
- the KKK is a racist organisation
- at this time
- at school – in der Schule!!!
- one theory – more theories!
- Europe, Austria, America… the Americans

Literature

- at the age of / at this age
- at this time/ period

- The meaning of life … der Sinn des Lebens
- they are very dissatisfied with their lives
- it’s another kind of literature
- in the Middle Ages the people believed very strongly in God
- before !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- a lot of reforms took place … es gab viele Reformen
- living conditions … Lebensbedingungen
- living standard / standard of living … Lebensstandard
- in those days wonderful works of art were created, e.g. great poetry
- I have a lot of homework! I do my homework
- to be afraid of something ...vor etwas Angst haben (e.g. tigers)
- to be afraid about ... um etwas Angst haben (e.g. tigers)
- the Renaissance was the rebirth of antiquity … die Wiedergeburt der Antike
... of Classical Antiquity

Raumberg

- agricultural school
- it is = it´s But: Every dog has its day (seinen Tag)
-Bitte bei den Wörtern genau nachschauen:
eg. Adjudication = Gerichtsurteil!!!!
- to mean something seriously … etwas ernst meinen
- during the week But: under the bridge
- Bitte mit WORD schreiben – einige Fehler werden gleich ausgebessert!
- they work togehter well (wia?)- near (to) : NOT: in the near!!!!! That’s not possible in English!
- better say students – pupils are smaller!
- good climate (outside, in the Ennstal) But: a good atmosphere at school
- free time, leisure time, spare time (Freizeit)
- so many people want to come
- you visit your grandmother but you attend/ go to school
- graduate, diploma holder … (Absolvent) ... Raumberg graduate
- the boss (chef in a restaurant kitchen) chef de la cuisine
- another reason is…
- actually (tatsächlich) ... the slogan we have at the moment
- convince somebody of doing something ( jemanden überzeugen)
- lab or laboratory But: labour means ARBEIT Labour Party/GB
- things which – a witch (HEXE) – a wish (ein Wunsch)
- practical training (Praxis)- The LFZ is very good in the field of agriculture
- for instance (zum Beispiel) … instant (sofort)

Atomic weapons

You can say "Gesundheit" AE or "Bless you" ... say: "blescha"

- give away – verraten, preisgeben, etwas weggeben – to give away a secret
- another problem is the dumping of nuclear waste
- to conduct war – Krieg führen
- America
- strategy
- many countries in the world But: on earth
- the Second World War

-If!!!!!!!
If you eat a lot you will be/grow strong.
If you ate a lot you would be/grow strong.
If you had eaten a lot you would have been/grown strong.

- to remember Hiroshima

- to remember to do something

- this reminds me of something … das erinnert mich an…

- please remind me of doing sth... bitte erinnere mich etwas zu tun

- I can remember the situation quite well...

- a safe future (sicher) – to save (sparen) money
- life- to live !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- the USA wants – the United States of America want
- to control everything
- Everybody knows what happened at/in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- We all are living in a world of violence, racism and war.
- People will die again and it will be an ongoing cycle which never ends.

Better: vicious circle (Teufelskreis) – das richtige Wort suchen!
- In this speech he also said seriously that he wants to have a world without atomic weapons
- advice – no plural – to advise
- on the one hand … but on the other hand
- lose – verlieren … loose lose, nicht befestigt – a loose tooth!/teeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Of course, Obama is a respectful and winsome man.
- to feel/ to have sympathy for someone – Mitleid, Mitgefühl ,

to have the deepest sympathy (Beileid)
- sympathetic - mitfühlen
- winsome = charming = nice ,… er ist sympathisch!

- it follows that…daraus folgt But: consequences (die Folgen)
- it’s … it is But: its. Every do has its day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- However, blblblblblb.......Naturally, blablabla….
- a bottle bursts (brechen) –But: War/ a disease breaks out! The 0utbreak!.. Ausbruch

Conspiracies

Conspiracy theories

… but on the moon there is no wind
…in Austria there are also some conspiracy theories
…you go through a dark wood BUT: throw –threw –thrown (werfen)
…more than one man shot at him
…then they took the chance and attacked Afghanistan
…they can find something bad about you
…to come to the public … (öffentlich werden)
…to fly to the moon
…Mr. Kalss decided to bother us with this task (behelligen)
…to catch – caught – caught ---- to be caught…a theory – those theories --- a conspiracy theory – conspiracy theories
…but there are a lot of other conspiracy theories for example about 9/11
…the question arise why they did nothing about it – why they didn’t do anything about it
…there are so many theories
…on the internet
…very strange, isn´t it! Not: or?
…Rudolf Hess went Not: moved (umziehen)
…America just needed a reason to start a war in Afghanistan and Iraq
…in France, Great Britain, in Europe,…
…I will tell you my opinion about/on this topic
…to watch this video
…the most famous topic
…last week I met (with) my friends NOT: me
…the president had known that the plane would crash into the building GONZ VABEI/Vorher
…the pope is also said to be a member of Opus Dei
…black people have been discriminated against…I think aliens don’t exist in our universe but maybe in another one
…Why did they have to die?
…I believe that because I don’t think that… - to believe in God – to have a strong belief…we all know that after the Japanese air strike on the American dock the USA started to fight…
…they didn’t do anything about the Nazis
…everybody should have a personal opinion – a opinion on one’s own Not: own opinion!
…when the attack happened George Bush was in a grade/elementary school and left the class 15 minutes later
…JFK went by car NOT: drove
…only one video was published
…they didn’t want to have a black vice president
…nobody could make such a perfect circle in such a short time
…my opinion is that – in my opinion/view…this is a too sad and harmless word for this day
…the British authorities had her embalmed
…the government had known about the attack
…at the funeral, everyone wanted to say “Good Bye” – a lot of people will never forget him/her
…nobody knows it
…Why did she die so early?
…when I go out at night
…there are so many rumours
…now I will tell you about the moon landing / landing on the moon
…but the film was made on Area 51
…Henri Paul lost control of the car
….Opus Dei says if you are a sinner, you should be punished
…because after 9/11 we are being watched by the state
…no comma before that!!!!!!!!
…there are a lot of/ there are lots of conspiracy theories
…everybody has to choose on one’s one if it is true or false
…the bullet changed directions
…in the Iraq there is a lot of oil
…there is a connection between these two events/incidents
…on TV there is …
…they didn’t have enough time

Feedback Alcohol

…Here in Austria we have/there is…
…learn to deal with, cope with alcohol … (damit umgehen lernen)
…at our age we can take care about ourselves… Or: to look/take care after oneself
…to have a good view about… (eine Meinung haben)
…to have a good/ marvellous view on the village …(eine perfekte Sicht haben)
…in my view … (meiner Meinung nach), my view about this topic is…

...there are a few people (einige, wenige!)
…you should write an appropriate ending of your text
…children at 13 or 14/ at the age of…
…also the introduction was very good – you did your job very well (WIA?)
…I think the text is very good
…a strikter age limit would be suitable…
…a great beginning and a very good ending –
a happy ending- Attention: FALSE FRIEND!
…there are some little mistakes (not liddle – as the Americans say!!!)
…I should also tell you… (sollte)


A S A (sometimes) P O(Wos) A(Wia, Wo, Won)
I always go swimming (wo?) with my friends (Wia)/ to the lake(Wo)/ when the weather is fine (Won)

…so they are drunk (they drink) more often than other teenagers in other countries
…I think in Raumberg there are ….
Wörtlich: in Raumberg dort gibt es – klingt komisch – ist aber so!
…it is a pity that those kids get alcohol so easily
…youth today says that life is…– the young people say …
…the biggest reason is…

...to prevent young people from doing something (vor etwas bewahren)

...you have written,

...look at ... means something different! :) to look after....take care about sth!

Nice mistakes!

…there were explosions during the buildings were crashing down…
…this is another question to be widely discussed in the future
…Why did she die?
…the strange happenings had political reasons
…in reality politics is a big fake BUT: foreign/ agricultural policy
…to show that this had been planned (Past Perfect Tense: gonz vorbei: vor der PAST TENSE)
…there are many pictures on the internet showing/which show that….
…at this time
…theory – theories
…but on the mood there is no wind
…to inform yourself about it – to inform somebody about something
…I didn’t know what the night would bring
…the government is responsible for these tragic happenings
…there are many conspiracy theories in the world/
...it gives you the feeling of being weak… es gibt dir das Gefühl...
…they are still sleeping
…a couple/love (SAY LAV!!!) / BUT: a pair of shoes
…there was a lot of asbestos in the building
…she was going to deliver a baby (bekommen)
Normally: to deliver a letter, pizza,…!
…to prove sth. ( beweisen) – the proof of sth. (der Beweis)
…the descendants (Nachkommen) of Jesus are still alive, some people think
…ancestors (Vorfahren)
…The Last Supper (das letzte Abendmahl)
…Oh God let us pray to thee! (old form of the Gemanic word DU! – Shakespearean language!

Attention:
…Now I will tell you (about) sth. …ICH WERDE!!!
…Now I want to tell you (about) sth. …ICH WILL!!!
…Now I would like to tell you (about) sth …ICH WÜRDE GERNE!!!

…it happened in 1968
…these theories are mostly very strange

…Why did he do that! PAST
…Why does he do that? PRESENT
…Why has he done that? (Auswirkung/ Schoas)
…Why have they done it/that? (Auswirkung/ Schoas)
…Why had he done it? (Gonz Vabei)
…Why will he do it?

…persons – very formal – better: there were many people in the pub!
…the renovation would have been too expensive (wäre zu teuer gewesen!)
…I had my appendix operated on (ich bin am Blinddarm operiert worden)
…operating theatre … (Operationssaal)

to have somehing done... etwas machen lassen
…I will have my hair cut … 3. Form! (ich werde meine Haare schneiden lassen)
…I´m having my car repaired …(mein Auto ist gerade in der Werkstatt)

…she wanted to take her life because … she wanted to commit suicide
…let us now talk about… something totally different
…and now to something totally different (quote: Monty Python :)

Great mistakes!

…it looks real (es ist real) - it is reality
…it is really good (wirklich)
…plane (Flugzeug) – plain (eindeutig, offensichtlich, eben, Flachland) – plan (der Plan)
…map (Landkarte, Plan, Stadtplan)
…sea (das Meer) – to see (sehen) - the lake (der See) – a pond (Teich)
…I like to listen to music, I listen to the radio … I hear every kind of music
…to do it well (WIA?) … she does it well
…this is only something for older people
…my older sister / my elderly sister (this is not nice!!!!)
…we meet very often NOT: meet us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
…we will meet at …(time and place)
…we see/ meet each other very often
…in this song the rhythm is cool … I like classical music … I play a musical instrument
…alpine pasture (die Alm)
…it is a great mystery – it is very mysterious…safe (sicher, in Sicherheit), to put your money into a safe
…to save (jemanden retten), to save money (Geld sparen)
…Latin/Greek Plural: phenomenon… phenomena, medium … the media…at the same time (zur gleichen Zeit)
…please stop crying (schreien, weinen Gerund ing!) weep (weinen), screaming (schreien)

…Register is important when you say something:
Please can you tell me - where is the loo? …very colloquial (umgangssprachlich)
Excuse me Sir, where is the toilet please?
Excuse me Sir, where can I wash my hands?

…the Middle Ages … medieval times = Mittelalter
…Roman/Celtic Times, in Romanicism, … the Early Modern Period
…on the countryside - to be in the country

…PLEASE DON`T SAY: I like to be in the nature!!!! It’s not possible in English!!!!

Better : I like to be outside, ...
…neighbouring country/village … Nachbarstaat/ Nachbarort
…at night, at school (in der Schule!!!!!) to be at school!!!!
…it is beautifully situated in the middle of the country … (wunderschön gelegen)
…this is a big question/ an important question BUT: this is a pig :)

Our best mistakes!

…to legalize or legalise drugs
…they have a very high standard of living (Lebensstandard)
…to be strictly against it/sth.
…technology (Technik, Technologie) BUT: you have a good skiing technique
…they’ll lose their jobs lose, lost. lost BUT: loose (lose, wackelig,…)
…suicide rate – to commit suicide (Selbstmord begehen)
…Monday, February, in winter, in summer, in the First World War or WWI, Green Day
…I go to university (say ju) – so: a university BUT: an exercise (a,e,i,o,u)
…the – Bitte wenig Artikel verwenden!!!!!
…the USA, the government wants to reduce…
…Firstly,
…whether (ob) … the question arises if to whether this is a good idea… die Frage erhebt sich
BUT: we are having nice weather at the moment, isn’t it?
…Attention: FALSE FRIENDS
whirlpool (Stromschnelle) Jacuzzi (der Whirlpool)
standing ovation!, No plural!
mobile/cell phone (das Handy) handy means: handlich
tuxedo, dinner suit (der Smoking)
… he has a negative side But: camping site (Campingplatz)
….football site/ground/ pitch Attention: NOT: bitch!!!!
…Wirtshaus: pub, inn, restaurant BUT NOT: local!!!! means örtlich! the local hero/ heroes
…discriminate (between) … unterscheiden
…to discriminate against … diskriminieren
to be discriminated against … diskriminiert werden!
…it’s …it is
BUT: its (sein, seine, seinen)
e.g. Every dog has its day (Auch ein blindes Huhn findet einmal ein Korn)
Please don´t translate proverbs!!!!!!
…from … I come from Carinthia/ Vienna, Styria, Tyrol, the Burgenland, Upper/Lower Austria, ..
…it’s a picture form my sister = you got it from your sister
…BUT: it´s a picture of my sister! ... she is on it -
...to take a photo Not: make!!!!! just what you make/produce with your hands!!!!
…we are going through hard times …. harte Zeiten durchmachen
…to throw/ threw/thrown ….werfen, warf, geworfen
…omnipresent poverty … allgegenwärtige Armut
…address .. die Adresse, interesting, nonsense, before, cigarette, negative, always, …
…she is beautiful…. She sings beautifully (WIA?) , wonderful, helpful, ... But: to be full of sth.
No ly with: fell, taste, look, stay, seem, remain,…
to find out easily (adverb WIA?)

NO PLURAL:
data, furniture, cattle, information, advice (but to advise), fish,…
Attention:
some words have the Latin Plural: e.g. medium … the media (die Medien)

…Present Tense 3. Person Se.g. England wants to…BUT: they want

…it is fun … the party was great fun!
Funny … komisch, lächerlich… a funny dress, a fancy dress party
…es gibt: there is/ there are ….
… it gives you the feeling of being strong ... es gibt dir das Gefühl...
…this … Plural these
…that … Plural those (zeitlich, räumlich weiter weg)
…to go by bus BUT: to drive a car (lenken)
…they have many problems
…they have much trouble NO: troubles but: the troubles of life! The Troubles in Ireland!
…this is quite ok (ok) BUT: the street is quiet (leise, still,…)
…this is the opinion of the people on the street
…meaning … (Bedeutung) … she means everything to me!
BUT: in my opinion, I think, I blieve (AE)
…handsome boys – beautiful girls
…outgoing – kontaktfreudig BUT: they are often going out
…to begin with… at the beginning … in the end (schlussendlich),
...Finally, they managed to ...
…there was a happy ending – the end ...
…for example, for instance … Aufzählungen
…know – no –now
…drug dealer ...Wörter immer trennen! No: Donaudampfschifffartskapitän in English!
…money (Geld) – currency (Währung) – to pay cash
…to wear trousers
…to carry a suitcase
…country (das Land e.g. Austria) … land (Grund und Boden) … state (Bundsland, der Staat)
…sensible…vernünftig – sensitive … sensible, empfindsam
…to betray… im Stich lassen, preisgeben: Judas betrayed Jesus
…factory (Fabrik) – fabric (Struktur eines Stoffes)
…at a farm (Bauernhof) – agriculture is important (die Landwirtschaft)
…bei: at my aunt’s (house) NOT: by!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
…at my girlfriend’s (house)
…a aunt of my mother – my mother´s aunt
…ant - Ameise
...in the middle of the picture there is ...
Im Englischen wörtlich: in der Mitte des Bildes DORT ist! Klingt komisch - ist aber so :)!

Romeo and Juliet

…they hate each other NOT: themselves!!!
…another…at 16
…the most famous story
…family/ families AFTER consonats e.g. l,k,f, ...BUT: boys AFTER vowels a,e,i,o,u!
…in my opinion
…enemy/ enemies
…to pay attention to sth.
…the two main characters are / actors (Schauspieler)
…in these/ those days
…a play by Shakespeare
…before
…Tybalt reacts violently (WIA?)
…Let me give you a word of advice / to advise somebody/ some tips
…too quickly
…you can’t do this
…at school
…you get more and more work /homework
…BUT: works of art (Kunstwerke) e.g. the works of Shakespeare, Mozart, etc.
…always
…one boy, two boys, the boy’s girl, the boys´ girls
…this is completely normal
…type of stress
…she has (got) red hair
…this is nonsense
…death is cruel/ the dog is dead/ to die, she died
…to see/ watch a movie (AE), a film (BE) ... to go to the movies (AE)
…this is really great
…fate (Schicksal), faith (der Glaube) ...to have faith in somthing
…to believe in God; he has a strong belief
…they have been fighting for/since generations

…Attention:for/since = signal words for the

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (have/has & 3.Form) (SCHOAS! :)

…they get married secretly (WIA?)
…there are 4 types of stress
…it gives you the feeling of being strong
…PRESENT TENSE
he/she/it & S

Stress

…in the past
…to have problems at school
…he doesn’t know the fun of doing something (going out, etc.)
… this is no easy time in your life
…let me give you some tips/ some pieces of advice BUT: to advise somebody
…try to think about other things
…you have no time thinking about/ no time doing sth…
…don´t make the same mistakes
…make (eigentliche nur wenn man etwas mit der Hand herstellt, macht)
…to do an exam/ you have to do your homework
…every teenager has problems – teenagers have problems
…I am sitting in the classroom / to go to school/ to be at school
…another important aspect is
…positive/negative
… you feel this kind of stress when you are doing….
…doing sports/ at sport
…bank (Bankinstitut) – bench (Sitzbank)
…to do things well (WIA?) - ly!!!!!
…to eat at Mc Donald´s
…let’s take a look at Africa
…he lets things slide … Er lässt den lieben Gott einen guten Mann sein
…little money (wenig Geld) – less (weniger) – least (am …)
…everybody in the world knows ….
…this year/ these years
…when you go to the police/ police are there
PAST: police were there
police are/were investigating the case /the murder (Mord)
and will find the murderer (Mörder) soon
…the little black boy smiled at me
… it’s the beginning of the era of Barack Obama
…can we help these counties in another way?
…there is/ this is/ too much stress
…to study for a test (at) the last minute But: you learn for life/ you learn skiing
…cigarette
…many sport activities which/that…
…my girlfriend who/that…
…at these times/ in those days/ at the time of my grandparents
…to be there on time (pünktlich) – to be there in time (rechtzeitig)
…it doesn’t matter if you do…
…to think about two things
…to lack concentration at work
BUT: concentrated apple juice (Konzentrat) NOT: I’m concentrated!!!!!!
I am very focused on the work I have to do
…you search for information on the internet
…for 40 years (40 Jahre lang) – 40 years ago (vor 40 Jahren)
…he is an African-American
…on the one hand it is…. but on the other hand…
…the Americans are very good people
…a people (ein Volk) BUT: there were many people in the pub
…he was born on the 2nd (of) August in 1961
…what can we do about stress? What can we do about the problem? …about it?
…we have so much time to do that…
… policeman – policemen
… we go to school/ we attend school But: we visit (our) grandma!
… I´m interest in politics (Politik allgemein)
agricultural/foreign policy (Agrar/Außenpolitik)
minister of foreign affairs (Aussenminister)
in the USA (= Secretary of State=Hillary Clinton)
…everybody in the world knows/ there are many people who know
…he is a real expert/specialist in the field of agriculture
…when I was at your age…
…African-Americans/ foreigners are often discriminated against, also in Europe
.. this is an important issue/topic (das Thema) BUT: theme only in literature!
…figures: to be good at figures (er kann gut mit Zahlen umgehen)

This and that

…to drink
…to be drunk (adv.)– betunken (adj)… drunken: a drunken party!)
…dead drunk – sinnlos betrunken
…drunk as hell – stockbetrunken
…to get drunk – sich betrinken
…drunk as a lord – voll blau
…drunk/drunken driving – Alkohol
…knee-walking drunk – AE – voll blau

… drunken (adj.)…drunken bet – Wette im Suff
…drunken woman
…drowning – ertrinken

…it´s ok to drink a pint of beer at the age of 16
…Great Britain…Wrong: And so that are very often problems. ….Right: So there are often many problems…Wrong: Nobody of our teacher say anything. Right: of your teachers says……I think it isn’t OK when an educators go in a bar do drink something with their friends and see other students drinking something and then they say/tell it the other educators

…Wrong: Now I’ll tell about the alcoholic problem in Austria. Better. problem of …. /drinking problem…Wrong: In many discos there are which under 16 and drink beer or other alcoholic drinks. Better: there are teenagers…one teenager –two teenagers!
… Wrong: isn´t so much interesting because you are at 16 allowed to drink a beer. Better: at 16 you are allowed to … Better: at 16 you are allowed...

WORD ORDER
Subject – Predicate – OBJECT(=WOS) - WIA – WO – WON?

...Wrong: So have nearly the half of Better: nearly half of the people have…

… It is so strange that they get alcohol so easily! WIA (…ly)!

…everybody has a different opinion about alcohol.

…Wrong: by the Landjugend (by is NOT bei!!!!!!) Better: when they were member of the LJ…for instance: beispielsweise
…wish (Wunsch) – which (welche/welcher) – witch (Hexe)
…In conclusion, …
…many of these cool children take drugs
…drink alcohol illegally at home
…every country has forbidden and legal drugs
…Wrong: At Raumberg the nearly the whole people at school drinks spirits by the Lemmerer . ...Better: At Raumberg nearly all students drink some beer at Lemmerer`s… the Romans, the Celts and the Vikings
Wrong: Our reflexes are not in order and we get tired. Better: become slower
…some people are binge drinkers
…I will tell you about…. Ich werde…I want to tell you about something … -wollen: ich will euch darüber erzählen

Alcohol

Error File 2a, 2b,1s Alcohol

….it was the middle of the night, in the middle of the night
…at night
…at the age of, at 15
to lose (verlieren)– loose (lose)
fun (Spaß) funny (komisch) like a clown!
to have fun, it was fun – the party was fun, to wear a funny dress
… to handle something (mit etwas fertig werden) to handle with care
… there (dort) – their (ihr)
Another!!!!!!
… you have drunk / you are drunk/ to be drunk but: it was a drunken party,
…drink-drivers (hit-and-run drivers ? What does it mean?
… in Raumberg many students (pupils are smaller)
boarding school – Schülerheim
it´s (it is) but: its Every dog has its day!
little – less – least (wenig – weniger - …)
some people – a little people – little people kleine…
by (not bei!!!) with young people it is very dangerous…
from – only: I come from!!!!!
…to drink too much alcohol – I like it too – I also like it
… country – state – land
… in Austria, Green Day, The First World War
… country – countries, party – parties, but: boy – boys (a, e, I, o, u)
…then (dann) – than (größer als)
… nearly everybody drinks some alcohol now and then ... like he, she, it drinks
Das Thema: issue, topic, it’s a big issue but: theme only in literature!
… in other countries there are stricter age limits
… alcohol – why so many people love it?
… at Raumberg there are not so many problems
Finally, I want to mention that…

on tv

Wainting for Godot

WAITING FOR GODOT

• … Inhaltsangaben/ plot in der PRESENT TENSE (oiwei!)
  Paragraphs/ indent
• Wichtig bei der Suche mit dem Wörterbuch: im Englischen haben Wörte oft mehr oder andere Bedeutungen: e.g. victim/sacrifice GENAU SUCHEN UND double check!


• he translated it into English himself


• … this character - these two characters


• no comma before that


• at school


• before


• racist – racism


• get – become: to get money - to become famous


• speak, tell, say


• in the second act


• an interpretation of this play – I come from Austria


• then: dann – than: größer als


• it was written originally in French


• to lose – lost – lost (verlieren) but: loose: nicht festgemacht


• to find a job


• to believe in God / to have a strong belief


• life (noun) 2 lives but: to live, he lives


• Godot doesn’t appear in the play


• they are too stupid to go
  they don’t do anything about their bad situation (it)


• death (noun) – dead: death is cruel – he is dead


• want – wollen but: will: werden,


• they wait and wait – they hope that Godot will come


• to do the job well (wia?)


• at night


• leave – left – left


• they meet (each other) near a tree


• he lived during the war


• Eigennamen: First World War, WWI, etc.


• to sit – sitting, to come - coming


• come to grips with one´s life (sein Leben meistern)