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Dear email,
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I’m a stickler for good manners. Not the kind of fancy rules you find in etiquette books or on videos, but the basics like saying “please” and “thank you”. That’s not hard to do. The challenge for me is to keep my mouth shut when I think other people are behaving badly. Rather than accepting what I can’t change and, frankly, isn’t my business anyway, I like to get riled up and begin an altercation. Good manners? Probably not. Find out more about good behaviour in our story “Manners on the move”.
On my list of unacceptable behaviour – yes, I have a list – are boring and badly prepared presentations. How dare anyone waste my time mumbling through a list of bullet points the length of War and Peace? I’m glad to see that, this time, we have a story on preparing a presentation. I’ll be sharing that with a few people I know.
That’s all from me. Next week, my delightful and less censorious colleague, Judith Gilbert, editor-in-chief of Business Spotlight, will be back with more stories.
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Inez Sharp
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Editor-in-chief, Spotlight
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be a stickler for sth.: es mit etw. sehr genau nehmen | not be so.'s business: jmdn. nichts angehen | get riled up (ifml.): sich aufregen | altercation: Auseinandersetzung, Streiterei | mumble: nuscheln | bullet point: Stichpunkt | delightful: reizend | censorious: tadelsüchtig, kritisch | editor-in-chief: Chefredakteur(in)
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Word of the Week
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gigil
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Did you know...? “Gigil” describes the feeling that most people experience when they see a litter of puppies – namely, being completely overwhelmed by their cuteness. The word, a new addition to the Oxford English Dictionary, has its origins in the Tagalog language, spoken in the Philippines.
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litter: Wurf | puppy: Hundewelpe | overwhelmed: überwältigt | cuteness: Niedlichkeit | origin: Ursprung
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Ihr Gutschein für Spotlight
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Sie erhalten die erste Ausgabe unseres Abonnements gratis
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Travel
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Manners on the move
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What do you find most annoying about other tourists? As travel destinations become more and more crowded, getting along with the locals and fellow visitors is becoming increasingly challenging. So, how can you be sure to make a good impression? We have some tips!
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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subscriber: Abonnent(in)
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© Image: Bailey-Cooper Photography / Alamy Stock Photo
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Podcast
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What was your best holiday?
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From Route 66 to the wilderness of West Ireland: as the holiday season draws to a close, Inez Sharp, Nadia Lawrence and Owen Connors reminisce about their favourite travel destinations.
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draw to a close: sich dem Ende zuneigen | reminisce about sth.: in Erinnerungen an etw. schwelgen
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© Image: pierregaschet via Canva.com
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Kilts and Coffee
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Sounds like home
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By human standards, seagulls have terrible manners. Our Scottish author Dagmar Taylor still loves the “labradors of the sky”. Why? Find out in her new column!
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seagull: Möwe
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© Image iStock.com
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Business Skills
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Structuring your presentation
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Have you ever been to a Christopher Columbus-style presentation? This is one in which the presenter and the audience are rather like the famous explorer and his crew: they begin not really knowing where they are or where they’re going – and are still unsure about where they’ve been by the end.
Complete these exercises to help you talk about preparing and structuring presentations.
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© Image: Shutterstock.com
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Anzeige
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Grüezi! … and hello world!
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The ZEIT Switzerland newsletter keeps you up to date with what's going on in Switzerland and how the rest of the world views this small, lovely country. Published every Friday from the ZEIT office in Zurich, the newsletter is written in German and translated into English.
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© Image: Henrique Terreira / Unsplash.com
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Odd Jobs
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Financial investigation
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Christabel Kyeremateng is a forensic accountant and mentor in London, who champions increasing diversity in the field.
“Ever since I was 17, I have wanted to work as a forensic accountant. However, forensics is a niche sector that is not easy to break into. Having worked as a regular accountant since 2018, I finally started in forensic accounting four years ago.
“Many people don’t know that the word ‘forensic’ means ‘for the court’. The product of forensic accounting and investigation is usually a report that is used in court. Our work must be objective and factually accurate, because it could be torn down by the other side. Forensic work can involve investigations into fraud or financial misconduct, or it might be about business valuations, or commercial or matrimonial disputes.
“Sometimes, I analyse the movement of money over a period of time to understand what really happened in a case. At other times, I will be helping to write expert-witness reports for court cases. I also interview potential suspects or witnesses, assessing their body language and answers to questions. This job involves some detective work, which is used to determine the thought processes behind certain actions.”
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forensic accountant: forensische(r) Buchhalter(in) | niche: Nische | forensic accounting: forensische Rechnungsprüfung, Wirtschaftskriminalitätsprüfung | tear sth. down: etw. niederreißen, zerstören | fraud: Betrug | misconduct: Fehlverhalten | business valuation: Unternehmensbewertung | matrimonial: ehelich | expert witness: Sachverständige(r) | interview sb.: hier: jmdn. befragen | suspect: Verdächtige(r) | assess sth.: etw. einschätzen
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© Image: private
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Im aktuellen Magazin
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Are you a good tourist?
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Improve your manners on the move | Driving Route 66 | The gardens of Sissinghurst | A candidate that could make Trump tremble
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Quiz
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New York, New York!
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How much do you know about the City That Never Sleeps? Test your knowledge with this quiz!
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© Image: Hieu Vu Minh / Unsplash.com
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From the ZEIT SPRACHEN App
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Back to school! 📚✏️
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The new school year is about to start – and it usually comes with a long shopping list. But not only for parents... Did you know that many teachers in the US have to pay for classroom materials out of their own pockets, and sometimes even take on side jobs?
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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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