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Dear email,
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Do you work in attractive surroundings? I’ve done plenty of jobs over the years, but one of my favourites – other than Spotlight, of course – was at a publishing house in a tiny, old townhouse with creaking wooden floors, beamed ceilings and a view from my window across a river. That job has a special place in my heart mainly due to the wonderful building and its surroundings. What do the employees at the Amazon headquarters in Seattle think of their amazing offices? Do they like going to work? Find the answer to this, and read about other cool office buildings, below.
While I love my job, I love my holidays just a tiny bit more – and this is the time of year when many of us like to plan that time off. If you’re looking for the vocabulary to talk about taking holidays, you’ll find it in this newsletter.
Next week, my colleague Judith Gilbert will be back with more entertaining stories from around the English-speaking world.
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Inez Sharp
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Editor-in-chief, Spotlight
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surroundings: Umgebung | publishing house: Verlag | creak: knarren | beamed ceiling: Balkendecke
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Word of the Week
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tradwife
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Did you know...? Thanks to feminism, women today have more choices than ever before. Some, known as “tradwives”, choose to focus on supporting their husbands, taking care of the kids and keeping the house clean. The word is especially common in social media, where some women advocate for this traditional kind of lifestyle.
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advocate for sth.: etw. verfechten, für etw. eintreten
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Ihr Gutschein für Spotlight
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Language
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Say it in two words
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Full sentences? – No, thanks!
Two words? – Yes, please!
You don’t always need to build complex sentences to express what you want to say. Sometimes two words are enough. Here are some useful two-word phrases for everyday situations:
Aim high! Du musst deine Ziele hoch stecken!
Baby steps! Ein Schritt nach dem anderen!
Back off! Verschwinde! Lass mich in Ruhe!
Deep breaths! Tief durchatmen!
Help yourself! Bedien dich!
My treat! Das geht auf mich! Ich lade dich ein!
Only joking! War nur ein Witz!
Who knew?! Wer hätte das gedacht?!
Must dash! Ich muss los.
So long! Wiedersehen!
You wish! Das hättest du wohl gerne!
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Podcast
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“The Irish have a lot of superstitions”
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Cutting down a fairy tree? This could get you in trouble, according to Irish folklore. The mystical creatures still play a surprisingly important role in modern Ireland. In 1999, construction plans for a highway had to be changed after a folklorist warned about the effects of destroying or replanting a certain whitethorn tree.
Hear more about myths and superstitions − not only from Ireland − in our latest episode of the podcast English, please!
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superstition: Aberglaube | fairy: Fee | whitethorn: Weißdorn
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© Image: Shutterstock.com
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Office Design
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The coolest corporate headquarters
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The phrase “corporate headquarters” makes many people think of concrete towers full of soulless cubicles and fluorescent lights. However, some corporate HQs – such as Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (image above) – are architectural masterpieces. We present six of the coolest corporate buildings.
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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corporate: Firmen- | headquarters: Hauptsitz | concrete: Beton | cubicle: Zellenbüro | fluorescent: fluoreszierend | subscriber: Abonnent(in)
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© Image: NBBJ
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Quiz
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Away from work
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1. Employees get a certain amount of paid holiday time, known as “annual ______”.
A. leave
B. life
C. layoff
2. Complete each phrase with the preposition off, on or out to say that someone is not at work.
A. __ holiday
B. __ of the office
C. __ sick
3. In Britain, public holidays are often called “______ holidays”.
A. shop
B. bank
C. post office
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© Illustration: iStock.com
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| Answers: 1. A.; 2 A. on holiday; B. out of the office; C. off sick; 3. B.
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Vocabulary
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Being away from work
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Looking forward to the weekend? Or maybe even planning a holiday or sabbatical? Find out more about the language of being away from work with these exercises.
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© Illustration: iStock.com
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Im aktuellen Magazin
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100 essential two-word phrases
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Useful expressions with just two words | The wild nature of Oregan | Edith Wilson: the woman who effectively ran the United States from 1919 to 1921
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Quiz
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American football
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How much do you know about the other kind of football? Find out more about the American national sport in our quiz!
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© Image: Dave Adamson / Unsplash.com
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Recipe
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Haupia – Hawaiian Coconut Pudding
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Ingredients
• 1 can of full-fat coconut milk
• 5 tbsp cornflour
• 5 tbsp granulated sugar
• ¾ cup of water
Preparation
Heat the coconut milk in a saucepan over medium heat. Meanwhile, combine the sugar and cornflour in a bowl, then mix in the water. Once the coconut milk is simmering, add the mixture and whisk for about ten minutes, until it thickens and begins to look slightly translucent. Pour into a rectangular pie dish and allow the mixture to cool before refrigerating until solid. Once cold, turn the contents of the dish onto a cutting board and cut the jelly into squares. Serve cold with chopped mango or pineapple on top.
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cornflour: Maisstärke | granulated sugar: grober Streuzucker | ¾ cup: 177 ml | whisk sth.: etw. schlagen | translucent: durchscheinend | rectangular: rechteckig | pie dish: Kuchenform | jelly: Gelee, Pudding | chopped: gehackt | pineapple: Ananas
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© Image: Kathrin Koschitzki
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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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