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Dear email,
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I don’t know how you feel, but I am disturbed to my core by the state of the world today. Whole fractions of people in various countries see the world in terms of “us” and “them” and fail to understand that we are all inhabitants of this planet and would be well advised to live and work as one. Even some politicians and oligarchs on the global stage scorn and attack the concept of empathy as part of their agenda. Really?
Fortunately, there are forces working against this behavior. Below, you can read about one small example. A Netherlands-based company has come up with VR technology to help encourage and enable empathy at the workplace, putting you in the place of someone who is a member of a vulnerable group to help foster understanding and prevent negative behavior.
You can also read about a scientist who has developed technology for space exploration that may help to prove that we are not alone in the universe.
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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disturbed: ∼ to my core: tief erschüttert | fractions of people: Bevölkerungsgruppen | in terms of: unter dem Aspekt | scorn sth.: etw. verschmähen | empathy: Mitgefühl, Einfühlungsvermögen | vulnerable: schutzbedürftig, verletzlich | foster sth.: etw. fördern, begünstigen
Note: Judith's editorial is written in US English.
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Word of the Week
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lifestyle creep
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Did you know...? This expression refers to the tendency to spend more extravagantly as income increases. Lifestyle creep often happens gradually, making it hard to notice.
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extravagantly: verschwenderisch
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Good to Know
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Faking it
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If you think fake photos are only a modern phenomenon made possible by AI, think again. One of the historical photos included in this year’s celebrations marking 250 years of US independence is actually a fake — and was faked back in 1865. It combines President Abraham Lincoln’s head from a photo taken in 1864 and the body of a politician named John C. Calhoun from a portrait made in 1852.
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© Images: David Monette / mauritius.images / Alamy Stock Photo
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Business Spotlight im Vorteilspaket
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Sie lesen 2 Print-Ausgaben Business Spotlight zum Vorteilspreis von 11,70 €. Die aktuelle Ausgabe „Wasting time?“ erhalten Sie gratis dazu!
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Language
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Always + -ing
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You can use “always” with different tenses to mean different things.
If you use “always” with the present simple, you talk about something that happens regularly. For example:
• “Her family always comes round for Sunday lunch”
If you use it with the present continuous, it can mean someone does something you find annoying. For example:
• “Her family is always coming round for Sunday lunch” – it gives the impression that it’s too often. Instead of “always”, you can use adverbs such as “forever” or “constantly” to show that you find something annoying.
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© Image: Lisa Baker / Unsplash.com
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Technology
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Virtual empathy
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Alex Tavassoli, the founder of Enliven Empathy, a Dutch company specializing in virtual-reality (VR) experiences, spoke to Business Spotlight about the power of VR to increase empathy in the workplace. The idea is that a team experiences a situation through a VR headset. After, they have conversations about the experience, which can help influence the company environment.This can lead to real change.
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founder: Gründer(in) | enliven sth.: etw. beleben
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© Image: mauritius images
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Quiz
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The universe
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1. If you were to drive a car to Pluto at motorway speeds, how long would it take to get there?
A) 100,000 years
B) 6,000 years
C) 125 million years
2. How big is the Milky Way?
A) 100,000 light years across
B) 6,000 light years across
C) 125 million light years across
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Profile
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Looking for life
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Are we alone in the universe? Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock doesn’t think so. “I truly believe there’s life out there, because it would be conceited to think not,” she told the Financial Times. “But the problem is, the distances between the stars are so vast, will we ever find each other?”
In the search for life beyond earth, a thrilling discovery has been made recently by the James Webb Space Telescope, for which Aderin-Pocock helped design an instrument called a spectroscope. On the planet K2-18b, which is about 120 light years away, molecules have been detected that, on earth at least, are produced only by living organisms.
Born in London in 1968, Aderin-Pocock studied physics and mechanical engineering at Imperial College London. As a scientist and educator, she has designed specialized scientific instruments, including handheld landmine detectors, but also co-hosts the BBC astronomy programme The Sky at Night. In 2009, she was awarded an MBE for her work teaching kids about science and space.
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conceited: arrogant, eingebildet | vast: gewaltig, riesig | mechanical engineering: Maschinenbau | co-host sth.: etw. gemeinsam ausrichten, moderieren | MBE (Member (of the Order) of the British Empire): Angehörige(r) des Ordens des Britischen Weltreichs | thrilling: spannend, aufregend
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© Image: picture alliance / Photoshot
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Im aktuellen Magazin
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Are you wasting time?
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Top time-wasters and how to avoid them | Two brothers remeasuring the world's tallest mountains | Virtual empathy | Why do brands do F1?
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Quiz
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AI
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AI is proliferating across all sectors. Do you use it often? See how much you know about the topic in our fun quiz!
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proliferate: sich ausbreiten
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© Image: Steve A Johnson / Unsplash.com
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From the ZEIT SPRACHEN App
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Sherlock Holmes Day
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Honouring the birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author who created the detective, 22 May is Sherlock Holmes Day! Practise talking like a detective with our vocabulary workout!
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© Image: Jana Trampert
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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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