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Dear email,
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In English we say, “health is wealth”, and it’s true. Unfortunately, life today has become so digitized that many of us – myself included – lead very sedentary lifestyles. We sit five days a week and maybe get a bit of exercise on the weekends. Below we tell you about a Gen Z term involving grass – not the kind you smoke – that helps alleviate this epidemic of sitting.
And on the subject of health, you can also read about a booming business: The industry of not dying. Do you want to extend your life by years or decades? Do you want to live forever? Some people do and are spending lots of money to achieve that goal.
Finally, we tell you about a sweet American treat, a s’more, that is interesting linguistically and was a childhood favorite of mine (not an example of healthy food, though).
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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sedentary: sitzend, bewegungsarm | alleviate sth.: etw. lindern, abschwächen | treat: Leckerei | s’more: ein traditioneller Lagerfeuersnack | 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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touch grass
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Did you know...? An informal idiom used to suggest that people spend less time online and more time in the real world, “touch grass” can now be found in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. It’s most commonly used in the imperative – an insult to people who spend too much time in front of screens.
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Global Business
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Who wants to live forever?
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Have you heard of Bryan Johnson, the entrepreneur who’s trying to live for as long as possible? Perhaps you watched Don't Die, the 2025 documentary about him on Netflix. In any case, not dying is becoming big business. Cryopreservation, for example, is attracting an increasing number of people. Find out more about it!
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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entrepreneur: Unternehmer(in) | cryopreservation: Kälte- / Kryopreservierung | subscriber: Abonnent(in)
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© Image: Bryan Johnson / Instagram
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Recipe
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S'mores cake
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In 1927, the US Girl Scouts published a recipe for “some more” – a biscuit sandwich with a marshmallow and chocolate filling. Today, they’re available in many variations across the US. The perfect sweet treat for a campfire, here’s how to make a delicious s'mores cake if the weather sends you back indoors:
S'MORES CAKE
(serves 4)
16 crackers (Graham crackers or other brand)
115 g dark or milk chocolate, cut into large pieces
8 large marshmallows
Preparation
Spread half of the crackers out in a pie tin. Top with pieces of chocolate and the marshmallows. Grill until the chocolate melts and the marshmallows begin to singe on top, watching them carefully so they don’t burn. (If you like them blackened, let them grill until they look perfect to you.) Remove from the oven and top with the remaining Graham crackers, pressing down to squash the marshmallows. Serve immediately.
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Girl Scouts: Pfadfinderinnen | biscuit: Keks | treat: Leckerei | Graham cracker: US-Kekssorte, hier ersetzbar durch (Vollkorn-)Butterkekse | pie tin: Pastetenform | singe sth.: etw. ansengen | squash sth.: etw. zusammenpressen, zerquetschen
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© Image: Kathrin Koschitzki
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A Day In My Life
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Rancher – in the great outdoors
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“My name is Rose Goldhahn, I’m 48, and I’m a rancher in Montana. I have a bachelor’s degree in animal science. I’m self-employed and I come from a family that’s always been in this business, and in farming. I’ve always loved animals. In my family, we joke that owning cows is a lifelong affliction! But if you love cows, it’s difficult to imagine life without them.
“The year starts with calving, in early January. We make sure that the calves are warm and healthy, particularly in the first four hours of their lives, which is when they learn to stand. We tag their ears, inoculate and weigh them, and then send them out to the pasture.
“In the spring, we check the fences in the pastures where the cows spend the summer. Some of our pastures are up to 257.5 kilometres away. We take the cows there and check on them and the grass every week or so. The cows come home in the fall, when the grass stops growing.
“There are very few things I dislike about my job, in part because of the diversity: Animals have a way of doing their own thing and throwing your plans out the window! Of course, there are times when we all question our life choices, like when I’m helping with calving in the middle of a snowstorm. But all in all, I wouldn’t change much. Maybe just a few things that would make life easier, like a bigger barn or new equipment. On the plus side, though, I get to take my dog to work every day!”
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animal science: Nutztierwissenschaften | self-employed: selbstständig | affliction: Heimsuchung | tag sth.: etw. markieren | inoculate sb.: jmdn. impfen | pasture: Weide | diversity: Vielfalt
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Quiz
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Ranches
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1) A ranch that offers food, lodging and horseback riding to tourists is called a:
A) ranch B&B
B) bro ranch
C) dude ranch
2) Match the following words to their definition:
A) bronco female horse
B) colt young female horse
C) filly a bucking horse
D) mare young male horse
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lodging: Unterkunft, Beherbergung
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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| Answers: 1. C; 2. A) bronco: a bucking horse (bucking = buckelnd); B) colt: young male horse; C) filly: young female horse; D) mare: female horse
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Facts and Figures
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Full-time or part time?
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Today, the number of hours worked by full-time employees in Europe is much lower than it was in the late 19th century. Since the 1980s, however, full-time workers have continued to work about the same number of hours, despite technology improvements that once promised to reduce the workload.
In the EU, people aged 20-64 worked an average of 36 hours per week in their main job in 2024 – down from 37 hours in 2014. The percentage of part-time workers in the EU has increased only slightly over the past decade.
In 2023, 17.1 per cent of employed people were part-timers – 27.9 per cent of women (aged 20–64) and 7.7 per cent of men. Of women who work part-time, only about five per cent hold management positions, according to the ifo Institute. And there’s more: Gallup reports that women are 8.2 times more likely to be responsible for most of the housework. As these unpaid tasks increase, full-time work becomes harder to manage.
However, Gallup says flexible working models, which have become more common since the pandemic, make it possible for more and more full-time workers to choose the hours they work.
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workload: Arbeitslast, Arbeitspensum | percentage: Prozentsatz | hold sth.: hier: etw. innehaben | times: mal, -fach | task: Aufgabe
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© Image: Moritz Kindler / Unsplash.com
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Im aktuellen Magazin
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How to write a great speech
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Tips from professional speechwriters | The business of not dying | Avoiding negativity at work | Bhutan and its evolving energy policies
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Quiz
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Viva Las Vegas!
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Sin City...the city of gambling, shopping and nightlife: what else do you know about Vegas? Test your knowledge in our fun quiz!
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gambling: Glücksspiel
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© Image: Leo_Visions / Unsplash.com
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From the ZEIT SPRACHEN App
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Running late? Were you celebrating?
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30 July was Zuspätkommtag – Germany’s humorous “Be Late Day”, reminding us not to take delays too seriously. But behind the jokes lies a bigger question: what is time, really – and why does it rule our lives? ⏳ Explore the concept of time and how it shapes us.
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© Image: Pia Spieler
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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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