Thursday the 21st of March, 2024

 

Simply translate into English,  suggested solutions belowe. Good luck!

Es ist mitten in der Nacht.  

3 UHR MORGENS.  

Die frühen Morgenstunden.  

Ich bin wach.  

Ich kann nicht schlafen.  

Ich hatte einen schrecklichen Albtraum. 

In der Kneipe gab es kein Bier.  

Was soll ich tun?  

Soll ich aufstehen?   

Soll ich versuchen, wieder einzuschlafen? 

Ich stehe auf und schreibe eine Mail an meinen Bruder.  

Das hätte ich schon gestern tun sollen.  

Ich würde auch gerne in den Garten gehen.  

Aber es ist noch dunkel. 

Eine Tasse Kaffee wäre toll. 

Oder vielleicht eine schöne Tasse Tee.  

Aber auf jeden Fall kein Bier.

It's the middle of the night.  3 AM.  The small hours.  I am awake.  I can't sleep.  I had a terrible nightmare. The pub had no beer.  What shall I do?  Shall I get up?   Shall I try to get back to sleep? I will get up and write a mail to my brother.  I should have done it yesterday.  I would also like to go into the garden.  But, it's still dark.  A cup of coffee would be great. Or, maybe a nice cup of tea.  But, definately no beer.

Easy Quiz

Where is Cape Verdi?

Is Cape Verdi in the northern hemisphere or the southern hemisphere?

Is Cardif or Sydney the capital of Australia?

Is Kufstein in Lower Austria or Upper Austria?

Who wrote The Merry Widow?

When did Emperor Franz Josef die?

Who was the last emperor of Austria?

Where was Empress Elisabeth of Austria assasinated?

Who is the British prime minister?

Is Southern Comfort a medicine that is only taken in the south?

Karli Freund - A short story

Karli Freund is a carpenter, He works with wood. Karli Freund needs many different tools for his work.

He needs saws, chisels, planes, drills, hammers, screwdrivers, and a lathe. Karli Freund also uses lots of sandpaper and glue.

Karli Freund makes window frames, door frames and furniture in his workshop.

And, Karli loves his weekends as well. He has a very nice little wooden house in the Vienna Woods, which, by-the-way, he built himself!

Karli Freund is a carpenter. He loves his job very much.

Vocabulary

built – gebaut (build/built/built)

by-the-way - übrigens

carpenter – Tischler

chisel – Meißel

different – verschieden

door frames – Türrahmen

drill – Bohrer

furniture – Möbel

glue - Klebstoff

lathe - Drehbank / Dressel (Öst.)

need – brauchen (need/needed/needed)

plane - Hobel

sandpaper – Schleifpapier

saw - Säge

screwdriver – Schraubenzieher

tools – Werkzeug

window frames – Fensterrahmen

wooden - hölzern

workshop - Werkstatt

Questions

1 – What tools does Karli Freund need for his job?

2 - Why does Karli Freund make in his workshop?

3 – What does Karli Freund do at weekends?

4 – Where is Karli Freund's little wooden house?

5 – Who built Karli Freund's little wooden house?

6 – Who chose the furniture?

7 - Why is wood beautiful?

Click HERE to listen to Karli Freund on YouTube

Recording with full text.