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| Ihre 10 Minuten Englisch pro Woche |
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Dear email,
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Life often offers up interesting coincidences. In this newsletter, we focus on environmental topics and, purely by chance, Iâm currently listening to a book called Less: Stop Buying So Much Rubbish: How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier. Itâs by a Scottish businessman and TV presenter called Patrick Grant, and he makes a good case for living a more sustainable lifestyle. While I think of myself as quite green, I do confess to at least some âwishcyclingâ (see below).
On another green topic, I recommend that you listen to our podcast episode on gardening. Susanne, a colleague on the Spotlight editorial team, said that while gardening is not her thing, she really enjoyed listening to other Spotlighters exchange garden stories. So tune in if you want to find out what a strawberry tree is and why my colleague, Owen Connors, named his lawnmower âthe beastâ.
Next week, my co-host Judith Gilbert will have more interesting stories to share from around the English-speaking world.
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Inez Sharp
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Editor-in-chief, Spotlight
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coincidence: Zufall, FĂŒgung | by chance: zufĂ€llig(erweise) | presenter: Moderator(in) | case: make a good ⌠for sth.: ĂŒberzeugend fĂŒr etw. plĂ€dieren | sustainable: nachhaltig | lawnmower: RasenmĂ€her | co-host: Co-Moderator(in)
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Word of the Week
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wishcycling
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Did you know...? Are you a hopeless optimist when it comes to waste disposal? Then you might be practising âwishcyclingâ: throwing everything into the recycling bin, without checking whether itâs recyclable or not.
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waste disposal: Abfallentsorgung
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Anzeige
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Kennen Sie âcircle backâ oder âtouch baseâ?
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Lernen Sie echte Business-Englisch-Vokabeln fĂŒr internationale Meetings, verstĂ€ndlich und praxisnah.
Ihr Schulenglisch bringt Sie im Berufsleben nicht weiter? Mit Redewendungen wie âLetâs circle backâ oder âtouch baseâ kommunizieren Profis weltweit. Bei Kaplan International Languages lernen Sie die GeschĂ€ftssprache, die in der globalen Arbeitswelt tatsĂ€chlich gesprochen wird. Mit praxisnahen Kursen in GroĂbritannien, den USA oder Kanada erlangen Sie nicht nur sprachliche Kompetenz, sondern auch das Selbstvertrauen fĂŒr internationale Kommunikation.
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Iconic Products
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Heinz baked beans
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How did a simple can of beans become a culinary classic? From Native American roots to the iconic âBeanz Meanz Heinzâ slogan, discover the surprising history behind Heinz baked beans.
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can (N. Am.): (Konserven)Dose | Native American:âder indigenen Völker Nordamerikas
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© Image: Alamy Stock Photos
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Podcast
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Put on your gardening gloves (and your headphones)!
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Do you still have work to do in the garden? We recommend listening to the latest episode of our podcast English, please! while youâČre out there. Inez Sharp from England, Mae McCreary from the US and Owen Connors from Ireland talk about their childhood gardens, language differences and lawnmowers that are more stubborn than Irish wolfhounds... Plus: why daisies are associated with death in the English language.
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lawnmower: RasenmĂ€her | stubborn: hier: störrisch | daisy: GĂ€nseblĂŒmchen
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© Image: Africa Images via Canva.com
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Language
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How green is your English?
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Is your English up to the challenge of helping to save the planet? Find out with this short quiz!
1. What do we mean by âsustainabilityâ?
A. Returning to a pre-industrial lifestyle
B. Using as few of the Earthâs resources as possible
C. Meeting our present needs while making sure that future generations will be able to meet their needs, too
2. What are the âthree Rsâ of sustainability?
A. Reduce, reuse, recycle
B. Run, ride, rest
C. Reaction, rebellion, revolution
3. If you calculate the amount of greenhouse gases that you personally are responsible for, what do we call this figure?
A. Your âcarbon fingerprintâ
B. Your âcarbon handprintâ
C. Your âcarbon footprintâ
4. What is âgreenwashingâ?
A. A process that removes poisonous chemicals from our water supplies
B. A project to make an area greener by planting more trees
C. A marketing technique that makes a company appear more environmentally friendly than it actually is
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greenhouse gas: Treibhausgas
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© Image: Georg Lechner with Leonardo AI
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Answers: 1. C., 2. A., 3. C., 4. C.
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Profile
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From burgers to billions
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Sebastian Siemiatkowski's path to success wasnât easy, but giving up was never an option for him. Today, heâs at the helm of the Swedish payment provider Klarna â and says that he learned a lot about management from when he was still flipping burgers at Burger King.
As a special gift, our newsletter subscribers can read the online version of the article for free â but only for a week!
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helm: be at the â: an der Spitze stehen | flip: hier: wenden | subscriber:âAbonnent(in)
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© Image: imago/tt
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Ihr Gutschein fĂŒr Spotlight
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Sie erhalten die erste Ausgabe unseres Abonnements gratis
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Facts and Figures
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Remote and hybrid work
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Itâs been five years since the Covid-19 pandemic forced people around the world into an unexpected social experiment. The disruption this caused in many workplaces was unprecedented, and the effects of this can still be felt today. Covid has stopped appearing in news headlines, but at least for those of us in jobs that can be done remotely, the way we work may never go back to how it used to be. Or could it?
Actually, across the EU, working completely on-site is becoming more common.
Percentage of people in EU working fully on-site:
2023: 36%
2024: 41%
However, more people wish to work remotely at least some of the time.
Wish to work exclusively from home:
2020: 13%
2024: 24%
Wish to work from home multiple times a week:
Women: 56%
Men: 54%
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remote: hier: von anderen Orten aus, auf Distanz, nicht vor Ort | disruption: Unterbrechung, Umbruch, Störung | unprecedented: beispiellos, noch nie da gewesen | headline: Schlagzeile | on-site: vor Ort | percentage:âProzentsatz, Anteil
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© Image: iStock.com
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Im aktuellen Magazin
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Adolescence
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Why the British TV series is moving hearts and minds everywhere | Fighting Trump: The opposition is growing... slowly | Language test: How green is your English? | A trip to Essex
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Quiz
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Teatime!
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Itâs no secret that Brits love a brew. Indeed, they drink 100 million cups daily â thatâs almost 36 billion per year. Test your knowledge of the topic of tea in our fun quiz!
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brew (ifml.): Tasse Tee
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© Image: Debbie Hudson / Unsplash.com
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From the ZEIT SPRACHEN App
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Do you know the differences?
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đ Chips or French fries? 𧳠Holiday or vacation? There are many differences between British and North American English. đŹđ§ đșđž What are they? And where do they come from? Learn more in our fun course!
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© Image: Pia Spieler
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