1a Task: Introduce yourself

to visit your grandma BUT: you attend school/ go to school, to go to the cinema,
to take lessons on horse riding
to be good at playing the piano,
NO comma before that!!!
1 cattle – 30 cattle neighbouring village - Nachbarort It is fun – es ist lustig/es macht Spaß But: it is funny (komisch, blöd) to learn skiing, to learn for life BUT: to study for a test
in my town there live about 15000 people
to help my father with the farm work
listen to music, listen to the radio,
to have blond hair!! gym/ gymnasium = Turnsaal those friends of mine Upper Austria, West Styria
to drive (selber fahren) your car BUT: to go by bus! marks: Schulnoten BUT: notes: Noten (Musik) by in NOT: bei!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Help somebody with doing something we meet in a café…sich treffen! hobby - hobbies (b, p,k,t,...) BUT: boy - boys (a,e,I,o,u) my favourite subject at school is mathematics (maths)
to work at a chemist’s/ pharmacy (in einer Apotheke arbeiten)
I come from Austria
she is the youngest of us
to choose BUT: it was the right choice/decision
one calf – two calves, this is quite ok – the street is quiet (ruhig)!!!!
to take the “Matura”, to do an exam, to take an exam,
to have much fun, party – parties – to have much fun at parties (by is NOT: bei) Sturm Graz is the best team in the world / on earth
before in June, in September, on Wednesday, in winter, in summer,
aunt: Tante BUT: ant: Ameise to play a musical instrument quite well
to have a lot of work (=plural) BUT: works of art (Kunstwerke) I have been playing tennis since 6 years (seit) …………………………...for 6 years (6 Jahre lang) one sheep – two sheep one fish – two fish get – bekommen/ become – werden

to be good at football/ playing tennis
at 14, at the age of 14, she is 14 years old, she is a 14 year old girl
people (Leute) BUT: peoples (Völker) this thing – these things

surveillance – to surveil
people – Leute (one people – ein Volk)
in GB there are …
this camera – these cameras
people who – cameras whichtoday we are also watched (be +3.Form)she has nothing to hide – for her it is ok
spy out
to live – life – livesthere are cameras everywhere
a few people can see it - in my view..., to have a nice view over the city
every person – some people
__________________
many = viele – much = viel
_________________________for her it is important
to get information easily
data (plural) – Daten!

Nobody can hide
In their opinion
Useful
People –peoples (Völker)
They are faster and more effective
Too much
Personal opinion
data (plural) – dates (you meet a girlfriend/boyfriend)
positive, negative
to be worried about sth.
On the internet
The cameras helt the police
They always know
These films will not be deleted
IRR. Verbs catch – caught – caught, etc.
Many cameras
In Britain there are
In Austria there are cases which
In every street there are…
On the internet
To save money (sparen)
To be safe (sicher)
These cameras
To be solved with these controlling systems
We are recorded
We should be worried about – don’t worry
You can´t go out without being seen
This is also a reason why…
Today there are….

!!!!!!!!!

in the corner there is

on the burial case there is

to be at war

it´s = it is

its = besitzanzeigend, sächlich

technology vs. technique

economy - economic (sparsam, wirtschaftlich)
another

tsunami - it! not: he!

wood -it!

if -Teil des Satzes NO would!!!!

on the one hand... but on the other hand

many people lost their lives

to do something about the greenhouse gases!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lose vs. loose (lose!) NOT: people they BUT: people who!

in the morning

too little ... zu wenig ... less - weniger

too short

to work well

why do people do such brutal things

at this time

to handle a problem

teach vs. learn

at the beginning

nobody knows

this - these

Please don´t make these mistakes again!

then - dann
than - als
to remember a situation quite well (adverb -bezieht sich aufs VERB - WIA?)
every year there are accidents because of ....
Have you ever heard about this film?
a danger – dangerous!
life – das Leben …cats have seven lives! likes knives, wives,...
to live – leben
he lives in Austria
these withdrawal symptoms become worse and worse
this teenager – these teenagers
teenagers who – horses which
a bad witch (HEXE) - a wish (Wunsch)
to begin – at/in the beginning (anfänglich, am Anfang)
too much
to buy drugs from a drug dealer
quiet (ruhig) – quite good (recht gut)
to consume drugs – drug consumption
cigarette – cigarettes
no comma before that!!!
in the UK, in the USA, in GB
ID (Ausweis) http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/ID.html
I hate it if someone next to me smokes a cigarette
they start smoking at eleven or twelve.
you are addicted to drugs - you become addicted to drugs
personal opinion - eigene Meinung
during the week - under the bridge
to feel - the feeling
the police are/were there
he is a politician - four policemen
he is interested in politics (allgm.) agricultural/ foreign policy
the government wants/ the government has - the USA wants -
the United States of America wantat our school
country - countries BUT: boy – boys
to look after (aufpassen) - to look at (anschauen) - to look for (suchen)
another problem
at our school
every week (jede Woche) - all week (die ganze Woche)too many people
teenagers who
one teenager – two teenagers
one beer – two beers!!!
one smoker – two smokers
cigarette –cigarettes
by the way, ….always comma!!!
European
after getting high
one child – two children!!!!
to be drunk!!!
we hear much about it
to consume (verb) – consumption (noun)
crisis – crises (plural) die Krise – die Krisen

to use – using
dependant on drugs
addicted to drugs
whole (ganz) – hole (Loch)
steel (Stahl) – steal (stehlen)one beer/ two beers:
to have a poor taste in beers – keine Ahnung von Bier haben!

And again!

to do something about it
everyone knows, everyone takes ....
knock at the door
to be horribly scared, I opended the door
at school !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
in Austria there are a lot of....
cattle/ two cattle (plural)
this school - these schools !!!!!!!!!!
Americans, the Second World War, Texas, Tyrol,...
themself/myself/themselves
much money - many guns/people
they did nothing/ they didn´t do anything about it
to die in a car accident
in 1994
will ... werden
want ...wollen
one child - two children
in the room there was a big dog...
these people
anothertoo much
to produce -productionbad - worse - worstat school
in the lake there are
small farmer - Kleinbauer
big farms vs. big farmers (they are fat!) confusing!
to sell at a low price
in reality
it´s = it is
its = e.g. every dog has its day (dog = sächlich)
all the data (plural)
the medium/ the media are...
the police are....
the economy = die Wirtschaft
economic = sparsam, wirtschftlich
their/there = dort
to rent ... mieten
But: rent out http://www.dict.cc/?s=vermieten
in the world
to learn (lernen) - to teach (lehren)
difficult- more difficult - most difficult (3 Silben!!!!)on 9/11 in 2001
to be interested in things
on TV, on the radio, on the internet, listen to music, listen to the radio
the/ they!!!!!!!!
it was fun - macht Spaßit was funny - komisch, eigenartig
country/land/state
NOT: people they BUT: people whoto be proud of something
technology vs. skiing technique
a solution to the problems
wake - woke - woken

- 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