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Dear email,
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If the weather holds out this weekend, I’ll put on my hiking boots and head out to the nearest forest. Although I’m not much of a hiker, there’s nothing quite as calming as being out in the woods. As I walk along, I’ll be reciting “Forest” by the poet Carol Ann Duffy to myself and remembering walks taken over the years in lovely Hatfield Forest in my home county of Essex. Discover more British landscapes for yourself in “3 enchanted forests” below.
Thursday was, of course, also Halloween. I was reminded of that when I read our story about ghostbots. I don’t really mind the thought of ghosts – Essex is, after all, one of England’s most haunted counties – but using AI to make an avatar of someone who has died? Sorry, but that’s really creepy.
My colleague Judith Gilbert, editor-in-chief of Business Spotlight, will be back next week with more stories from the English-speaking world.
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Inez Sharp
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Editor-in-chief, Spotlight
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hiking boots: Wanderstiefel | head out: aufbrechen, losziehen | recite: aufsagen | enchant: bezaubern | haunted county: Grafschaft, in der es spukt |
creepy: gruselig, unheimlich
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Word of the Week
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ghostbot
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Did you know? You can’t bring the people you love back from the dead – but you can pay an AI company to make an avatar that looks, sounds and speaks like them and then you can interact with them online. Known as ghostbots, these avatars are becoming more popular around the world. Many people say ghostbots help them to cope with grief, but some experts say they can also complicate the grieving process.
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AI (artificial intelligence): KI (kĂĽnstliche Intelligenz) | avatar: Avatar, virtuelle Figur | interact: interagieren | grief: Trauer
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Ihr Gutschein fĂĽr Spotlight
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Sie erhalten die erste Ausgabe unseres Abonnements gratis
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Travel
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3 enchanting forests
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Whether you want to stroll and reflect, watch wildlife or hike and bike, simply being in a forest is a rewarding experience. We explore some of the most beautiful woods in the UK. Want to come along?
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enchant: bezaubern | stroll: schlendern, spazieren
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© Image: Alamy Stock Photo
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Anzeige
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Eine faszinierende Sprachreise bei Deutschlands intensivstem Englischkurs
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Bei Englischhausen tauchen Erwachsene komplett in die englische Sprache ein, ohne Deutschland zu verlassen. Kursteilnehmer freuen sich auf 6 Tage vielfältiges Programm, begleitet von Englisch-Muttersprachlern in einem schönen Landhotel. Bei dieser Mischung aus Intensivkurs und Sprachreise ist eine interessante und lehrreiche Woche mit tollen Menschen garantiert. Aber Vorsicht! Dieses Erlebnis kann süchtig machen!
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© Image: Englischhausen
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Iconic Products
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Ugg boot
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In Australia and New Zealand, an “ugg” is a generic term for a sheepskin boot. It’s believed to be an abbreviation of “ugly”.
Sheepskin footwear has been worn in Australia since the late 1800s. In the 1960s, ugg boots became part of Australian surf culture. One surfer, Brian Smith, moved to the US and founded a business there in 1978, making sheepskin boots in Santa Monica, California. Durable and waterproof, the footwear had EVA polymer soles to make the foot feel cushioned. Smith trademarked the boot as UGG® and sold the brand in 1995. Today, sheepskin ugg boots, slippers and other styles are worn across the world.
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generic: allgemein | abbreviation: Kurzform | durable: haltbar, strapazierfähig |
EVA: Ethylen-Vinylacetat | trademark sth.: etw. markenrechtlich schützen lassen | slippers: Hausschuhe
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© Photo: MaleWitch / iStock.com
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Facts and Figures
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Working hours
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Are you enjoying a long weekend right now? It might not always feel like it, but in many countries today, people work much less than they did 150 years ago. Since the Industrial Revolution, working hours per worker have decreased.
In Germany, for example, annual working hours have fallen by about 60 per cent since 1870. In that year, Germans worked an average of 3,284 hours (which is more than 60 hours a week). The number today is 1,343 hours, the lowest annual working hours in the OECD.
Employees in the EU are entitled to four weeks of paid holiday each year, unlike in the US. The United States is the only advanced economy that doesn’t guarantee workers paid holiday
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decrease: abnehmen, zurückgehen | annual: jährlich | entitled: be ~ to sth.: Anspruch auf etw. haben
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Quiz
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The longest working hours
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Which OECD country has the highest working hours per worker?
A. Mexico
B. South Korea
C. The US
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© Illustration: Georg Lechner
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Answer: The OECD country with the longest working hours per worker is Mexico. South Korea is in fifth position, the US in ninth position.
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Business Skills
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Designing a good meeting
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Do you feel that you might be able to drastically reduce your working hours if you just cut down on pointless meetings? You’re not alone: 77 per cent of employees say their meetings frequently end in a decision to have another meeting, and 80 per cent think that most meetings could be done in half the time (according to surveys by the software company Atlassian). Couldn’t it be done better? Preparation is the key...
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cut down on sth.: etw. reduzieren | pointless: sinnlos, zwecklos | survey: Umfrage
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© Image: iStock.com
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Im aktuellen Magazin
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Mission: impossible (to pronounce)
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How to pronounce tricky British places & names | The 7 most enchanting forests in the UK | One of the greatest triathletes of all time: Chrissie Wellington
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Podcast
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Our books of 2024
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For our audio editor Owen Connors, Autocracy Inc. by Anne Applebaum is the book of the year: “For anyone who’s worried about the conflicts in the world today, this is an excellent overview of how totalitarian states work together to support each other.”
Want to read something lighter? No problem: listen to the recording of our live podcast at the Frankfurt book fair to learn more about our team’s favourite books of 2024.
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© Image: Andreas Henn für DIE ZEIT
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Quiz
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10 questions about the US election
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By the time you get our next newsletter, we’ll know if the next US president is named Donald Trump or Kamala Harris. Are you as nervous as we are? To pass the time, we’ve put together a special quiz about the candidates, their parties and US elections in general. How many of the 10 questions can you answer correctly?
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© Image: Ernie Journeys / Unsplash.com
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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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