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Dear email,
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Taylor Swift has been “having a moment” ever since she was named Best New Artist by the Country Music Association back in 2007. Last year, she became Spotify’s most played artist and in 2024, she became a billionaire. Find out about the Swiftie fanbase in our newsletter and listen to the Spotlight team talking about Swift in our English, please! podcast. We also write about her path to fame in the current issue of our magazine.
There are thousands and thousands of pictures of the singer, so we found it hard to choose just one for the cover. That's why there are two versions. The eMagazine cover features an intimate, close-up portrait of Swift, where she looks both strong and vulnerable, while the print cover features an illustration by US artist Lisa Merklin. Merklin has interpreted the Swift song "Florida!!!", which was released in 2024, and created a photo illustration for the song.
We hope that, regardless of whether or not you’re a Swiftie, you’ll enjoy finding out about the phenomenal rise and rise of Taylor Swift – it’s her story, of course, but also a story for our time.
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Inez Sharp
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Editor-in-chief, Spotlight
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have a moment: hier: angesagt sein | billionaire: Milliardär(in) | fanbase: Fangemeinde | feature: hier: zeigen | close-up portrait: Nahaufnahme | vulnerable: verletzlich | regardless of…: unabhängig davon, ob…
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Word of the Week
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Swiftie
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Did you know? Swifties make up one of the largest fan communities today. These followers of pop star Taylor Swift are loyal, passionate and, sometimes, invasive.
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passionate: leidenschaftlich | invasive: aufdringlich, (im Bezug auf die Privatsphäre) übergriffig
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Ihr Gutschein für Spotlight
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Sie erhalten die erste Ausgabe unseres Abonnements gratis
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Podcast
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What’s Taylor Swift’s secret?
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The most-streamed artist ever on Spotify. TIME magazine’s Person of the Year for 2023. The first and only artist to win four Grammy Awards for Album of the Year. And the list goes on...
Taylor Swift is a phenomenon. But why has the country-pop singer from Pennsylvania become one of pop’s most influential figures? We shed some light on her success in the new issue of Spotlight – and in the latest episode of our podcast, English, please!
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influential: einflussreich | shed light on sth.: etw. erhellen, Aufschluss über etw. geben | issue: Ausgabe
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© Image: Alamy Stock Photo
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Listening Comprehension
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The weather forecast
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What’s the weather going to be like tomorrow? Mostly sunny or overcast? Will there be occasional rain or a heavy thunderstorm? Test your listening comprehension skills in this audio exercise.
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overcast: bewölkt
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© Image: Raimond Klavins / Unsplash.com
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Finance
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The ABCs of ETFs
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Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are the biggest investment trend of the moment. We explain the basics: what they are, how they work, and the advantages and risks for investors.
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ABCs: hier: Einmaleins | exchange-traded fund: börsengehandelter Fonds
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© Image: Georg Lechner
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Quiz
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How many...
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...of the biographies in Wikipedia are about women?
A. 16 per cent
B. 26 per cent
C. 36 per cent
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© Image: Georg Lechner
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| Answer: A. Only 16 per cent.
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Profile
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Equality in science
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The fact that many women in science have not received credit for all they’ve achieved is well known. What is surprising, however, is just how many overlooked people there are. Dr Jessica Wade, a physicist from the English city of Manchester, has written more than 2,000 Wikipedia biographies of female and minority scientists who are underrated, or not well known. “I’m constantly astounded by who doesn’t have a Wikipedia page,” the 35-year-old told The Guardian. This, Wade says, is because Wikipedia editors are themselves not a very diverse group. So, in 2017, she started taking matters into her own hands, spending a few hours each night writing a new biography.
In STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths), the gender and racial gaps are particularly wide. Among Nobel Prize winners and university professors, women (especially women of colour) are greatly under-represented, while fewer girls than boys choose these subjects at school. Of more than 6,600 professors currently working in STEM in Britain, just 25 are Black.
Wade is a member of the Faculty of Engineering at Imperial College London. “Science has so many huge open challenges – from sustainable materials for electronics to climate change...,” she says. “We need really diverse teams working on them, to solve them and improve public trust.”
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credit: Anerkennung | physicist: Physiker(in) | underrated: unterschätzt | astounded: erstaunt | editor: Redakteur(in) | engineering: Ingenieurwesen | gap: Lücke; hier: Diskrepanz | sustainable: nachhaltig, zukunftsfähig
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© Image: ddps
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Im aktuellen Magazin
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Taylor Swift
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Pop’s megastar: the extraordinary story of Taylor Swift | Wild and wonderful: the Outer Hebrides | Sweet street food from New Orleans | On board: sailing idioms
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Elections in the UK
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Why do Brits usually vote on Thursdays?
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Next Thursday, people from all over the UK will elect the new Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons.
But why are general elections usually held on a Thursday? This is a historical convention rather than a rule: workers often got paid on Fridays and would go to the pub; on Sundays, they’d go to church. Holding the election on a Thursday meant they wouldn’t be influenced by alcohol or the Church. Also, Thursday was often market day in towns and villages, so people were out and about anyway.
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out and about: unterwegs
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© Image: iStock.com
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Quiz
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A magical cast
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The Harry Potter films were both a parade of acclaimed British thespians and a stepping stone for young actresses and actors. What do you know about the magical cast around Daniel Radcliffe and Alan Rickman?
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cast: (Film-)Besetzung | acclaimed: gefeiert | thespian: gehoben: Schauspieler(in) | stepping stone: Sprungbrett
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© Image: Finn / Unsplash.com
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Mitarbeit: Dennis Draber, Judith Gilbert, Susanne Krause, Nadia Lawrence, Richard Mote, Rachel Preece, Inez Sharp
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