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Dear email,
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If you’re reading this newsletter, chances are you live in Germany. So let me ask you this question: Have you tried getting an electrician lately? Or a housepainter? I have, and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to do so. Fewer people, it seems, are choosing trades as a profession or career path, so the wait for tradespeople to come and repair or renovate is getting longer. If you can relate, we have an article for you about young men – and women – who have chosen to follow a trade rather than get a university degree. You can also listen to Hospice Nurse Julie (as she’s known on social media), who talks about her chosen profession. Finally, on the lighter side, we recommend another hilarious series by the fabulous Shonda Rhimes.
Next week, my co-host Inez Sharp will have some more entertaining stories for you 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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chances are: aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach | lately: kürzlich, vor Kurzem | trade: hier: handwerklicher Beruf | career path: berufliche Laufbahn | tradespeople: Handwerker(innen) | relate (to sb./sth.): sich (mit jmdm./etw.) identifizieren | university degree: Hochschulabschluss | hospice nurse: Krankenpfleger(in) in einem Hospiz | hilarious: lustig, urkomisch | fabulous: großartig | co-host: Co-Moderator(in)
Note: Judith's editorial is written in US English.
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Word of the Week
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guntuber
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Did you know...? This is a YouTuber who posts videos of themselves using firearms. One of the most popular “guntubers” is a 74-year-old American from Kentucky called “hickok45”, who currently has 7.96 million subscribers. He calls his channel “a drama-free, family-friendly shooting channel”.
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firearm: Schusswaffe | subscriber: Abonnent(in)
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Spoken English
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Give it a try!
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How do we use the word try in English? Here, we look at some common ways of using the word and at similar expressions.
You try to do something that’s difficult (= you may not be successful). For example, if a friend is stressed out, you could say, “Try to relax” – or, if you’ve broken something, you could try to fix it. You can also try hard to do something, and you can keep trying:
• I can’t do the exercise on this page. – Well, you’re not trying very hard!
• We couldn’t open the door, but we kept trying, and it finally opened. (= We didn’t give up.)
You try doing something to help solve a problem. So, if you can’t sleep, you can try counting sheep. If a lock is stuck, you can try oiling it. And if your computer is frozen, you can try turning it off and on again – or even try kicking it! You can also try something to see if it’s good or not:
• Do you want to try my curry? (= taste it)
Try can be a noun, too. Something can be worth a try (= worth trying, even if it’s not successful) or it can be a good try:
• I asked her to lend me €100. She refused, but it was worth a try.
• The ball missed the goal, but it was a good try.
If you’ve never done something, you can give it a try or have a try at it:
• I’ve never been paragliding, but I’d like to give it a try. (= to see if I like it)
• In Morocco, I had a try at riding a camel.
Instead of have a try at, you can also say have a go at or have a shot at:
• I’ve never made bread before, but I decided to have a shot at it. (= try it to see if it succeeds)
• I had a go at doing headstands in yoga class.
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© Image: Umit Y Buz / Unsplash.com
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Series Tip
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The Residence
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If you haven’t watched anything created by the US television production company Shondaland (Bridgerton, Grey’s Anatomy), now might be the time to start. The company’s latest production, The Residence (Netflix), is a murder mystery set in the White House. The president and his husband are hosting a state dinner for the Australian prime minister when the White House chief usher is found dead. Black female detective and enthusiastic birdwatcher Cordelia Cupp (Uzo Aduba) is called in to lead the investigation, taking viewers on a tour of White House rooms and staff
hierarchies that is both authentic and slightly overdone. Cupp’s character carries this show’s screwball humour, while the excellent script and memorable one-liners keep us watching for the pleasure of observing a well-made series.
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murder mystery: Kriminalgeschichte | host sth.: etw. ausrichten | chief usher: Leiter(in) des Hauspersonals | overdo sth.: etw. übertreiben | screwball humour: schräger Humor | script: Drehbuch
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© Image: Netflix
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Odd Jobs
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Care at the end of life
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Julie McFadden is a hospice nurse in the US, caring for terminally ill patients at the end of their lives. Find out more about what her job involves by listening to our audio interview.
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hospice nurse: Krankenpfleger(in) in einem Hospiz | terminally ill: unheilbar krank
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Quiz
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Quiz about job titles
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Match the job title to its German translation:
1. Confectioner
2. Perfusionist
3. Joiner
4. Tiler
A. Fliesenleger(in)
B. Schreiner(in)
C. Konditor(in)
D. Kardiotechniker(in)
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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| Answers: 1. C; 2. D. A clinical perfusionist operates life-supporting equipment during heart surgery; 3. B; 4. A.
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Training
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Where are Britain’s apprentices?
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Germany, Austria and Switzerland have long traditions of industry apprenticeships. Britain’s politicians often point to these countries as examples to be followed. However, many British firms don’t seem very enthusiastic – on average, they spend only about half as much on training as companies in the EU.
The lack of apprentices is concerning. Nearly a third of 18-year-olds in the UK are not in formal education or occupational training, compared with 21 per cent in France and 19 per cent in Germany. Apprenticeships could help set those young drifters on to productive career paths. They can also provide opportunities for career changers – including university graduates who find that their degrees don’t come with easily marketable skills.
However, the number of apprenticeships available in Britain has been falling, and efforts to create more of them might have made things worse. Since 2017, companies with payrolls over £3 million have been required to spend a certain amount on apprenticeships, but many are suspected of spending this money on training for existing employees and not beginners. As the added bureaucracy of these rules may have been discouraging many small and medium-sized firms from offering apprenticeships, the government has recently taken steps to reduce it.
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apprenticeship: Ausbildung | apprentice: Auszubildende(r) | concerning: besorgniserregend | occupational training: Berufsbildung | drifter: Herumtreiber(in), Bummler(in) | career changer: Quereinsteiger(in), Berufsumsteiger(in) | graduate: Absolvent(in) | degree: hier: Abschluss | marketable skills: auf dem Arbeitsmarkt verwertbare Fähigkeiten und Fertigkeiten | payroll: Gehaltsabrechnung | suspected: be ~: im Verdacht stehen
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Im aktuellen Magazin
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101 key business words
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Scam centres | The economics of concerts | How rich is too rich?
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Quiz
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Europe
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There are dozens of countries in Europe, all with their own cultures and peculiarities. Find out how much you know about the culture of countries on the continent in our fun quiz!
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peculiarity: Eigenheit
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© Image: Christian Lue / Unsplash.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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