LOS Sekundar Issue No. 8

SEKUNDAR
FOUNDED 1962
A MAGAZINE FOR STUDENTS LEARNING GERMAN
ISSUE NUMBER 8
März 2015
Knut caught up in the World Cup fever
Hi, everyone! Here I am once again, writing all the way from Germany. Easter
is just round the corner and yet, Germany is still singing Deutschland,
Deutschland über alles (Germany, Germany above all) and celebrating after
winning the World Cup (WM - Weltmeisterschaft) in Brazil last July. As
you all know, I am not a professional football player, but in my free time I like
to play football (Fußball) with my friends.
2014 has been an amazing year for all German football fans like me. It was Sunday
13th July, when my friends and I were all gathered together at the Berlin zoo, watching
the exciting World Cup final match (Finalspiel) on television.
Germany was playing against Argentina, which is a very good
team (Mannschaft) with a lot of talented players. The German
players (Spieler) tried so hard to score, but nothing seemed
to be working at first and Bastian Schweinsteiger was even injured.
Finally, with only seven minutes of extra time remaining, Mario Götze scored an incredible
goal, to give Germany its World Cup title. My dream to watch the German players lift up the
World Cup trophy (Pokal) finally came true! We were all shouting Tor! (goal!) and jumping
for joy, while singing Schland, which is the abbreviation of Deutschland (Germany). This
new word Schland has evolved during the World Cup games of 2006.
The next morning I was already queueing at the sports shop to buy
the new German football t-shirt (Trikot) bearing four stars.
Each star (Stern) represents a World Cup win; this means that
Germany has won the World Cup four times: in 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014. But it
was West Germany that became World Cup champion (Meister) in 1954, 1974
and 1990. Why is this so? Germany was divided into West Germany and East
Germany after World War II. Germany was then reunited again in late 1990. As
you can see, 2014 is officially the first time Germany has won the World Cup as
a unified country.
Miroslav Klose, my favourite football player, is now the overall top scorer in the
FIFA World Cup history with 16 goals. The German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer
was already considered by many to be the best goalkeeper (Torwart) in
the world. Now he is officially considered the best goalkeeper of last year’s World Cup after
winning the Golden Glove award. Once the World Cup was over, the former team captain Philipp
Lahm decided to retire from international football, making way for Bastian Schweinsteiger to
wear proudly the captain’s armband. The German national football team, also nicknamed as
Nationalelf (National Eleven), Die Adler (The Eagles) and Die Mannschaft (The Team),
is coached by Joachim Loew.
Since I live in Berlin, I was lucky enough to be one of the
thousands of fans, who welcomed back home the
World Cup heroes from Brazil. 400,000 fans packed
the Fanmeile (fan mile), which is a public viewing
zone in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Here I had the
chance to meet the German football players and sing
with them. ‘We’re all world champions!’ Joachim Loew
told us. Wow! These words made me feel like a real
World Cup star.
Knut has recently been taken by surprise when
receiving the following letter from Manuel Neuer –
the goalkeeper of Bayern Munich and of the German
National Team:
Lieber
München, den 01. März 2015
Knut,
wie geht es dir? Hoffentlich geht es Dir gut. Ich habe gehört, dass Du ein großer Fan von mir bist. Deshalb
schreibe ich Dir diesen Brief als ein kleines Dankeschön.
2014 war sehr stressvoll für mich, aber ich bin damit zufrieden (satisfied). Deutschland hat
die WM (World Cup) gewonnen und ich habe den Preis für den besten Torwart der Welt
bekommen (the best goalkeeper of the year). Fußball ist mein Leben! Mit 2 Jahren haben
mir meine Eltern einen Ball gegeben und mit 5 Jahren hatte ich mein erstes Fußballspiel. Seit
2011 spiele ich bei FC Bayern München. Aber in meiner Freizeit spiele ich nicht nur Fußball.
Tennis ist auch mein Hobby. Ich spiele gern Tennis mit meinem Bruder Marcel Neuer. In meiner
Freizeit arbeite ich auch gern mit armen Kindern (poor children) und ich habe das Projekt
„Manuel Neuer Kids Foundation“ gestartet.
Ich bin 29 Jahre alt und mein Geburtstag ist im März. Zum Geburtstag feiere ich gern mit meinen
besten Freunden Bastian Schweinsteiger und Thomas Müller. Zusammen essen wir italienisch:
Nudeln oder Pizza. Ich trinke nicht so gern Bier, obwohl (although) ich aus Deutschland komme.
Ich heiße Manuel, aber meine Freunde nennen mich Manu oder Schnapper (catcher or gate).
Ich frage mich warum ;-) (I wonder why).
Das ist alles für heute. Knut, schreib mir bitte bald. Ich möchte Dich besser kennenlernen (to get to know).
Viele Grüße,
Dein
Manuel
Imagine you are Knut – the bear. Manuel Neuer wants to get to know you better.
Reply to his letter, using the following points:
• im Berliner Zoo wohnen • meine besten Freunde: Leo der Leopard und Zoe das Zebra • am 5. Dezember
Geburtstag haben • Fisch und Honig gern essen • Hobbys: Joggen, Schwimmen, Fußball spielen • Traumberuf:
Profi-Fußballspieler • zwei große Wünsche haben • Dich treffen möchten und mit Dir Fußball spielen
, den
Lieber
.
2015
,
was für eine Überraschung! (What a surprise!) Danke für Deinen Brief. Es hat mich sehr gefreut.
Mir geht’s super. Ich hoffe Dir auch.
Ich freue mich auf (look forward to) einen Brief von Dir. Grüß bitte Bastian und Thomas ganz
herzlich von mir (my best regards).
Liebe Grüße,
Dein
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Fill in the blanks with one of the following professions. Note that when we
use the phrase Ich bin followed by a profession, we do not use the article
in German.
Der Lehrer
Die Lehrerin
Der Mechaniker
Die Mechanikerin
Der Bäcker
Die Bäckerin
Der Kellner
Die Kellnerin
Der Verkäufer
Die Verkäuferin
Ich arbeite in der Schule. Ich bin
. (female)
Ich arbeite im Krankenhaus. Ich bin
. (female)
Ich repariere Autos. Ich bin
Der Arzt
Die Ärztin
. (masculine)
Ich koche das Essen im Restaurant. Ich bin
. (masculine)
Ich serviere das Essen im Restaurant. Ich bin
Ich backe Brot. Ich bin
. (female)
. (masculine)
Ich arbeite im Geschäft. Ich bin
Der Koch
Die Köchin
. (female)
Some animals in the zoo are feeling sick. What would you use
from the medicine chest?
Thermometer Tabletten Tee mit Zitronen Ohrentropfen Hustensaft
Ich habe
Kopfschmerzen
Ich habe
Magenschmerzen
Ich habe einen
Schnupfen
Ich habe
Ohrenschmerzen
Ich habe
Fieber
Dialogue: A = Arzt P = Patient
A: Guten Tag. Was fehlt dir?
P: Guten Tag. Mir geht es nicht gut.
Ich habe Halsschmerzen und
Fieber.
A: Nehmen Sie diese
Tabletten und diesen
Hustensaft, dreimal
täglich nach dem Essen.
P: Vielen Dank.
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