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Dear email,
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Why is a smartphone still called a phone? It’s a pocket computer. You can play games on it, read books or magazines on it, access any information you want on it. The smartphone has become an extension of our bodies. Not good! However, there is a movement within Gen Z to preserve their mental and physical health by going offline and using “dumbphones” instead of smartphones. You can read about it below. And, speaking of phones, we also have an article for you on how one of England’s iconic red phone booths was the inspiration for a work of art.
Next week, my British colleague Inez Sharp will be back with some more entertaining stories for you. I sure hope she’s not inside that phone booth, making a call!
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Judith Gilbert
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Editor-in-chief, Business Spotlight
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preserve sth.: etw. erhalten, schützen | dumbphone: Dumbphone (einfaches Handy, das nur über eingeschränkte Funktionen verfügt) | phone booth: Telefonzelle, Telefonkabine
Note: Judith's editorial is written in US English.
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Word of the Week
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guesstimate
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Did you know...? A portmanteau of “guess” and “estimate”, “guesstimate” refers to an estimate that’s made without adequate information.
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portmanteau: Kofferwort
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Technology
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Is Gen Z going offline?
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The average German between the ages of 16 and 29 spends more than three hours a day looking at their phone. To counteract the amount of time spent scrolling, some people are unplugging, heading out for walks, connecting with nature and enjoying hobbies without digital distractions.
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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counteract: gegenwirken | distraction: Ablenkung | subscriber: Abonnent(in)
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© Image: SCOTT ROSSI / NYT / Redux / laif
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In the Picture
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Twisted
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British sculptor Alex Chinneck playfully transforms everyday objects into art. This sculpture is titled Wring ring and shows a phone box that has been twisted 720 degrees. It was temporarily displayed outside the British prime minister’s home in Downing Street.
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sculptor: Bildhauer(in) | phone box (UK): Telefonzelle, Telefonkabine | twist: hier: verdreht sein
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© Image: ALEX_CHINNECK / photography CHARLES EMERSON
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Podcast
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English, please!
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Structural engineer Simon Smith, who helps ensure Alex Chinneck’s artworks are able to stand, talks to Spotlight’s Inez Sharp and Mae McCreary about the challenges he faces when working on an installation.
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structural engineer: Bauingenieur(in)
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© Image: Shutterstock.com
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Profile
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So Stella
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Some children of celebrities walk in their parents’ footsteps, but not Stella McCartney. Rather than follow her father, ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, into music, or try photography, her mother’s profession, Stella was drawn to the world of fashion. After working at the French fashion company Christian Lacroix and doing an internship at British Vogue, she studied fashion at London’s Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design.
Aged 25, McCartney took over from Karl Lagerfeld as creative director at Chloé, and revitalized the French luxury brand. She designed a wedding dress for Madonna, and outfits for actors Gwyneth Paltrow and Liv Tyler. She also created the uniforms worn by the British athletes at the 2012 London Olympics.
In 2001, McCartney launched her eponymous brand through a joint venture with the traditional fashion house Gucci. A lifelong vegetarian, she even got the Italians to agree to her no-fur and no-leather rules. And she wants to go much further in making fashion sustainable. Her new range of trainers, called S-Wave, are compostable – even the soles are made of bio-degradable plastic. Anna Wintour, former editor-in-chief of Vogue, told TIME magazine: “It was impossible for fashion to think of luxury and sustainability in the same breath before Stella changed that.”
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internship: Praktikum | revitalize sth.: etw. neues Leben einhauchen | eponymous: gleichnamig | sustainable: nachhaltig | trainers (UK): Turnschuhe | compostable: kompostierbar | sole: Sohle | bio-degradable: biologisch abbaubar | editor-in-chief: Chefredakteur(in) | in the same breath: im selben Atemzug
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© Image: Getty Images
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Health
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Food for thought
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According to the UK-based Food for the Brain Foundation, humans have a preference for foods with a higher fat and sugar content during periods of stress. This can lead to overconsumption of unhealthy food and drinks with a range of related health problems and, ultimately, lower productivity.
“Breakfast is undoubtedly the most important meal when it comes to fuelling productivity,” Kyle Crowley, a sports nutrition adviser at the food brand Protein Works, told Business Spotlight. “After an overnight fast, your body needs a steady supply of nutrients to kickstart energy production.”
A protein-rich breakfast might include eggs, tofu, smoked salmon, Greek yoghurt and berries. Choices like these are thought to provide energy for longer and leave people less susceptible to snacking later in the day than if they eat cereals, pastries or other foods that are high in sugar.
Lunch, the meal that many people eat at work, should provide between 500 and 700 calories. A study by Brigham Young University, in the US, showed that employees with bad eating habits were 66 per cent more likely to feel less motivated at work, and those who rarely eat fruit and vegetables tended to be less productive during working hours.
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foundation: Stiftung | content: Inhalt; hier: Gehalt | fuel sth.: etw. schüren, antreiben | fast: hier: Fasten | steady: beständig | nutrient: Nährstoff | smoked salmon: geräucherter Lachs | susceptible: anfällig | pastry: Backware, Gebäck
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© Image: Stocksy United
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Quiz
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Food idioms
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1) What does the idiom “bring home the bacon” mean?
A) To earn money to support your family
B) To cook meat after work
C) To fail at an important task
D) To work only in the food industry
2) What does the idiom “have a lot on your plate” mean?
A) To be very hungry at work
B) To have many tasks or responsibilities
C) To eat too much food during lunch
D) To take a long lunch break
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Anzeige
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Grüezi! … and hello world!
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The ZEIT Switzerland newsletter keeps you up to date with what's going on in Switzerland and how the rest of the world views this small, lovely country. Published every Friday from the ZEIT office in Zurich. The newsletter is written in German and translated into English.
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© Bild: Henrique Terreira / Unsplash.com
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Im aktuellen Magazin
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Are you emotionally intelligent?
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Empathy at work | Why dumb phones are back | Zohran Mamdani: New York's rising political star | Tariffs: who benefits and why?
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Quiz
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Gen Z vocabulary
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You’ve just read about a Gen Z trend (above), now it’s time to test your knowledge on Gen Z slang!
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slang: Umgangssprache
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© Image: Wyron A / Unsplash.com
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From the ZEIT SPRACHEN App
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Sunday is James Bond Day
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On 5 October 1962, the first James Bond film, Dr. No, had its world premiere. What better reason to take you on a journey and show you how to travel like Bond, James Bond?
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© Image: Theresa Hering
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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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