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Dear email,
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As the holiday season comes around, I’m reminded that Germans and Brits treat this festive time quite differently. In Germany, these are days spent quietly, mostly with the family – and tradition is centre stage. In the UK, tradition is also important, but it’s imbued with a party atmosphere and the traditions are quite light-hearted. Think of the paper crowns and silly jokes you find in Christmas crackers – and every year a friend of mine puts a miniature farting reindeer on top of the Christmas log she’s baked.
My favourite English tradition is watching lots of cheesy films and series on TV. As soon as the King’s Christmas speech is over, I’ll be ready for a marathon session of Bridgerton. I’ll be looking out for all the gorgeous locations where the historical romance drama was filmed (we describe them below). I might even go a bit mad and create a Fridgerton moment (also see below) and share it with friends.
Next week, my co-host Judith Gilbert will be back with more interesting stories for you from around the English-speaking world.
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Inez Sharp
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Editor-in-chief, Spotlight
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holiday season: Festtage, Weihnachtszeit | imbued: be ~ with sth.: von etw. erfüllt sein | Christmas cracker: Knallbonbon | fart: furzen | reindeer: Rentier | Christmas log: Weihnachtskuchen in Form eines Holzscheits | cheesy: kitschig | gorgeous: prächtig | co-host: Co-Moderator(in)
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Word of the Week
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Fridgerton
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Did you know? The recent trend on TikTok called “fridgescaping”, where people arrange the contents of their fridges to make them look pretty, has now seen an interesting development.
“Fridgescapers” who are fans of the TV series Bridgerton, have begun to display their fruit and vegetables in decorative bowls, vases and baskets. They also use flowers and lighting in an artistic way to make the inside of their fridges look like scenes from a Regency tableau. Mad, but fun!
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content: Inhalt | Regency: britische Epoche Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts | tableau: Gemälde
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Ihr Gutschein fĂĽr Spotlight
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Sie erhalten die erste Ausgabe unseres Abonnements gratis
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People and Places
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Bridgerton: the locations
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The popular Netflix series Bridgerton is known for its steamy romances and opulent costumes. However, the show wouldn’t be the same without the impressive buildings that serve as a backdrop to the events. Did you know that many of the houses and gardens featured in Bridgerton are historical places open to the public? We present some film locations that are worth a visit.
As a special gift, our newsletter subscribers can read the online version of the article for free – but only for a week!
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steamy: hier: heiß, erotisch | backdrop: Kulisse | subscriber: Abonnent(in)
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© Illustration: ddp/LMKMEDIA Ltd.
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Short Story
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Double trouble –
a Ms Winslow investigation
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Make yourself comfortable and listen to all three chapters of our latest crime story about the British amateur detective Ms Winslow. You don’t need to know the previous stories to enjoy this tale about spies, romance and mistaken identities.
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tale: Geschichte | spy: Spion(in) | mistaken identity: Verwechslung
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner with AI
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Odd Jobs
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Wildlife sound recordist
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Andrew Skeoch is Australia’s leading wildlife sound recordist. He is also a naturalist, a speaker and the author of the book Deep Listening to Nature.
I have been recording wildlife soundscapes for more than 30 years. I started in the early 90s with my partner, a pair of borrowed microphones and a digital sound recorder. Over 15 years, we created about 100 wildlife albums in Australia and abroad, cooperating with clients such as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Australian Geographic. These days, my role has grown to include that of educator. I hold talks and workshops, participate in broadcasts, offer deep-listening walks and share my knowledge through writing.
The effects of climate disruption on nature are audible. It’s not as simple as nature becoming quiet – because of smaller populations of animals. The complex patterns and relationships of communication in nature are starting to break down. You don’t find the same balance of species and synchronization of communications that I used to record 30 years ago. Re-recording the sounds in areas where bushfires have occurred, for example, allows us to document the loss. And when species, such as the regent honeyeater, become critically endangered (there are only 300 to 400 left in the wild), specific birdsongs start to disappear. This is comparable to the loss of indigenous human languages, making it all the more important to record them while we still can.
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wildlife: Tierwelt, Wildtiere | naturalist: Naturforscher(in) | soundscape: Klanglandschaft, Geräusche | talk: hier: Vortrag | disruption: Störung, tiefgreifender Wandel | audible: hörbar | pattern: Muster | break down: hier: sich auflösen | occur: sich ereignen | regent honeyeater: Warzenhonigfresser | critically endangered: vom Aussterben bedroht | indigenous: indigen
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© Photo: private
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Quiz
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Nature sounds
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Match these nature sounds to their origin: buzz – crash – rustle – twitter
A. Birds... .
B. Bees... .
C. Dry leaves... .
D. Waves... .
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Solution: A. Birds twitter (zwitschern). B. Bees buzz (summen). C. Dry leaves rustle (rascheln). Waves crash (rauschen, tosen).
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Profile
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Lidiane Jones:
An outlier in the tech world
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The tech industry may be synonymous with innovation and progress, but in terms of gender equality, it seems to be going backwards. Forbes reported that more than a third of tech leaders were women in 1984, but today, women hold just 11 per cent of executive roles in the industry. This is why 45-year-old Lidiane Jones is something of an outlier. She described herself to the BBC as “a woman, an immigrant and a person of colour”.
Born in 1979 as the daughter of a cleaner and a factory worker in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil, Jones had never used a computer until she won a place in a computer-programming class at the age of 13. At 18, she left Brazil for the US with a scholarship to the University of Michigan. After graduating with a degree in computer science, she spent over 13 years working for Microsoft. Jones went on to become the vice president for software management at the audio-equipment manufacturer Sonos and, later, became CEO of the software company Slack Technologies, before joining Bumble in January 2024.
Now, as the CEO of the dating app, Jones is committed to “opening more doors for people like me. I want more women and more CEOs who look like me in the industry. I hope that’s the legacy I can leave.”
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outlier: Ausreißer; hier: Ausnahmeerscheinung | scholarship: Stipendium | degree: Abschluss | computer science: Informatik | CEO (chief executive officer): Geschäftsführer(in) | committed: be ~ to doing sth.: sich dafür einsetzen, etw. zu tun | legacy: Vermächtnis
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© Image: AFP via Getty Images
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Im aktuellen Magazin
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Winter reading
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The best books of 2024 | Bridgerton: the locations behind the popular Netflix show | New Zealand: a trip to the South Island | Don’t I know you? How to react when you’ve got no clue who you’re talking to
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Quiz
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Time to celebrate
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Yesterday, many families in the US came together. Do you know what occasion they were celebrating? We’ve put together five festive questions around the holidays in November and December.
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occasion: Anlass
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© Image: Shutterstock.com
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Podcast
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Film tips from the team
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Are you still unsure what to watch at the weekend? You’ll find plenty of inspiration in the latest episode of our podcast, English, please! The Spotlight team share some of their favourite films and shows.
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© Image: Andrii Zastrozhnov via canva.com
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Mitarbeit: Dennis Draber, Judith Gilbert, Susanne Krause, Nadia Lawrence, Mae McCreary, Richard Mote, Rachel Preece, Inez Sharp
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