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Dear email,
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Have you ever cried at work? I don’t think I have – maybe I blocked it out of my memory, but I don’t think so. So I consider myself lucky. Usually crying is seen as a bad thing in a professional context, but we have an article for you that rethinks this position.
What might justifiably bring tears to one’s eyes is the decision the UK made, ten years ago, to leave the EU. A decade later, Brexit is a sore point, even for many of those who voted for it. They are suffering from a sentiment for which a new word has been created, and you can read what that is below. You can also learn more about Brexit and its consequences. Would be nice if the Union Jack once again were part of that other Union.
Next week, my colleague Inez Sharp will be back with more stories from around the English-speaking world.
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Judith Gilbert
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Editor-in-chief, Business Spotlight
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block sth. out: hier: etw. verdrängen | consider sb./sth. sth.: jmdn./etw. als etw. erachten, jmdn./etw. für etw. halten | rethink sth.: etw. umdenken, überdenken, neu durchdenken | position: hier: Standpunkt | justifiably: berechtigterweise, verständlicherweise | sore point: wunder Punkt | Union Jack: Nationalflagge des Vereinigten Königreichs
Note: Judith's editorial is written in US English.
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Word of the Week
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Bregret
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Did you know...? Brexit has spawned enough new English words and phrases to start its own “Brictionary”. “Bregret” combines the words “Brexit” and “regret”, also known as “regrexit”, to convey the remorse many Brits feel over the exit from the European Union.
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spawn sth.: etw. hervorbringen | Brictionary: Kofferwort aus „Brexit“ und „dictionary“ | convey sth.: etw. vermitteln, rüberbringen | remorse: Reue, Bedauern
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Anzeige
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Ins Englische eintauchen – mit tollem Programm, freundlichen Native Speakern und erstaunlich viel Spaß
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You understand English – but would like to speak it more freely?
Bei Englischhausen erleben Sie sechs intensive Tage voller Gespräche, gemeinsamer Aktivitäten und Englisch vom Frühstück bis zum Abend.
So entsteht mitten in Deutschland eine kleine englischsprachige Welt – für mehr Sprachgefühl, mehr Sicherheit und flüssigeres Englisch.
Regelmäßige Kurse, Ermäßigungen und Last-Minute-Plätze verfügbar. Alle Altersgruppen und Niveaus sind herzlich willkommen.
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© Image: Englischhausen
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Society
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Brexit: Who’s sorry now?
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Was it really ten years ago that Britain voted to exit the European Union? The world’s been through so many catastrophic events since the Brexit referendum that it now seems like a distant footnote in the nation’s history.
The referendum was a painful experience for the country, signalling the beginning of a new era of extreme polarization supported by social media outrage that has now become totally normalized – transferring to other debates, such as gender identity and the Gaza war.
Until now, Brexit was a bit of a taboo subject in UK politics, but with the world in tumult, this is changing. Prime Minister Starmer is now realizing that this is no time for a small nation to be alone, and is trying to strengthen Britain’s ties with the EU again. In Starmer’s words, Brexit caused Britain “deep damage”. Figures on the economic effect of Brexit vary but show a clear downward trend, with some studies suggesting that UK exports to the EU, still the nation’s biggest trading partner, are down by as much as 27 per cent.
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outrage: Empörung
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© Image: Rocco Dipoppa / Unsplash.com
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Quiz
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British slang
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1. Which British slang word means happy?
A) chuffed
B) gutted
2. Which British word means money?
A) dosh
B) tosh
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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| Answers: 1. A) Gutted means “disappointed”; 2. A) Tosh means “rubbish” or “nonsense”.
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How to sound natural in English
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Sie erhalten die aktuelle Ausgabe "Sound natural in English" gratis. Die zwei Folgeausgaben von Business Spotlight lesen Sie zum Vorteilspreis von 11,70 €.
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Language
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“I’ve yet to see any of the upsides of Brexit”
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British author Adam Fletcher was living in Germany when the Brexit referendum took place. He applied for German citizenship because of it, and stayed put. Listen to him talk about his feelings towards Brexit.
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upside: Vorteil, positive Seite | take place: stattfinden | stay put: an Ort und Stelle bleiben
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© Image: dr
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Workplace
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Crying at work
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There were tears in many offices the day after the Brexit referendum, in 2016. Most colleagues reacted with sympathy, but are tears in the workplace acceptable? Discover why emotions at work might be a positive thing.
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sympathy: Mitleid
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© Image: Stocksy United
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Profile
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Flower farmer
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Alfie Nickerson began growing cut flowers as a hobby, but it quickly became his passion. Money he’d earned from working as a model helped him start his business, Burnt Fen Flowers, located in the network of rivers and lakes known as the Norfolk Broads, in eastern England.
Things began small but, today, Nickerson sows 20,000 flower seeds every season (April–November), using about 100 varieties. His farm works on biodynamic principles, so it’s almost a complete ecosystem: Manure comes directly from farm animals; pests are kept away naturally by ladybirds and other insects. The business has grown as more and more consumers look for natural, consciously sourced flowers – similar to trends in supermarkets.
Nickerson learned about biodynamic farming from books and from other farmers. But he says the most important lessons were about farming of any kind. “Most of all, I learned about showing up in the pissing rain, that no day ends until the work is done, and ... there is no such thing as a sick day,” he told the Financial Times.
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grow sth.: etw. anpflanzen | cut flower: Schnittblume | sow sth.: etw. ansäen | seed: Samen | manure: Mist, Dünger | pest: Schädling | ladybird (UK): Marienkäfer | consciously sourced: aus bewusster Herkunft | show up (ifml.): erscheinen | pissing rain (UK vulg.): strömender Regen | sick day: Krankheitstag
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Quiz
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Australia
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See how much you know about Australian culture in our fun quiz!
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© Image: Caleb / Unsplash.com
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Mitarbeit: Dennis Draber, Judith Gilbert, Susanne Krause, Mae McCreary, Richard Mote, Rachel Preece, Inez Sharp, Lorraine Turner Akcakaya.
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