ELTON JOHN/LOCARNO

http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_high_intermediate.php?id=2744&pagenum=3

Elton John – Imagine, posted with vodpod

As Elton John is coming to Locarno/Ticino/Switzerland on the 12th July to give a concert I would like to remind you

of that event. He is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor. In his four-decade career

the artist has sold more than 250 million records, making him one of the most

successful artists of all time. His single “Candle in the Wind“

which he produced in 1997 was sold 33 million times.

IMAGINE, originally by John Lennon, was covered by Elton John in 1980 in Central Park to pay a tribute to the former artist.

I’ve prepared you a “drag & drop”  (drag the parts of the sentences from the right hand side to the left)

exercise about the song which you can correct online.http://www.langedi49.ch/Imagine.htm

Which song by Elton John do you like best ?

MILCH/MILK/LATTE

ZUM TAG DER MILCH/FOR THE DAY OF THE MILK/PER IL GIORNO DEL LATTE

habe ich heute frische Knöpfli /Spätzli mit Milch gemacht. Mein Rezept setzt sich wie folgt zusammen:

Audio zu Rezept und Zubereitung:Knöpfli

I’ve prepared  today fresh Knöpfli/Spätzli with milk. My recipe is composed as follows:

ho fatto oggi dei Knöpfli/Spätzl freschi con latte. La mia ricetta è composta come segue:

1 Kilo Mehl (flour/la farina)

6 Eier (eggs /ouva)

Salz (salt/sale)

6 dl Milch (6 decilitre of milk/6 decilitri di latte

1 Esslöffel Olivenöl (1 tablespoon of olive oil/ un cucchiaio d’olio d’olivo

ANDREAS CAMINADA/Drei-Sterne-Koch/THREE STAR CHEF

FOR ENGLSIH SEE FURTHER DOWN – WITH GAME

Da Essen und Trinken im Sprachtunterricht immer wieder ein Thema ist, möchte ich euch den Drei-Sterne-Koch, Andreas

Caminada, vorstellen. Schaut euch bitte die folgenden Videos auf Deutsch, Englisch, oder in beiden Sprachen an. Ich habe

dazu eine Zusammenfassung geschrieben Andreas Caminada und ihr könnt mit lingofox/DW einen Lückentest erstellen.

Hier ist der Link.http://lingofox.dw.de/index.php?url=c-test Kopiert einfach meinen Artikel in das vorgegeben Fenster und

klickt auf erstellen. Vergesst auch nicht anzugeben nach wie vielen Wörtern ihr wieder eine Lücke wollt.

Andreas Caminada, posted with vodpod

Three-star-cook, posted with vodpod

As food and nutrition are continuously topics in language lessons, I would like to present you the Swiss three-stars-chef

Andreas Caminada. At his restaurant/hotel in the Schauenstein castle,  reservations

for dinners have to be made months in advance. Guests, therefore, expect a great meal.

Augusto Gansser/berühmter Schweizer Geologe

Da dieser unglaubliche Mann am 9. Januar 2012 in Massagno, Tessin verstorben ist,  möchte ich euch hier das folgende,

http://www.videoportal.sf.tv/video?id=4aabf41a-b317-4296-acc1-fded32ea3dce

im Jahr 2008 gemachte Video empfehlen, das uns einen Einblick in sein Leben gibt, obwohl Herr Gansser Dialekt spricht.

Wer hat schon von diesem interessanten Mann gehört?

Auch für Deutschlerner in der Schweiz ist es ja interessant den Unterschied zwischen Hochdeutsch und Schweizerdeutsch zu

hören.

Wortschatzhilfe /Vocabulary: Italienisch/Italian +Englisch/ English siehe unten/see below

Avalanche airbags

Avalanche airbags – swissinfo, posted with vodpod

Watch the above video and download the following worksheet. You can play the game in class or a single person can do it on his own.

Draw a dice, if you like and jump forward as many points as it indicates. Go one field backwards, if your answer is wrong.

Here is the board AIRBAG

Here are possible answers to the questions on the game board.

- an avalanche / I would pull the rope

-on steep drop faces

-avalanches

-They float to the surface and may save your life

-increased survival chances

-a rope attached to the backbag

-Mr. Aschauer

-to manage the big break-through in mass producation

-popular

-yes, they say that avalanches can kill even with an airbag.

Magic plants to cure, kill or express love

Summary of the video in English with translation of certain words into German.

As I’ve recently published a post in German about fruits, plants and spices  and I thought that from the above video about the garden of the Allerheiligen cloister

in Schaffhausen/Switzerland we could learn some interesting things in English about flowers and plants.

I, therefore, summarized the content here below.

The garden in question seems to be a favourite spot for tourists to have lunch or from

where they can admire the church buildings. The visitors can also see many medicinal

plants such as the conflower or echinacea (Sonnenhut) to fight infections.

The foxglove (Fingerhut), and the deadly nightshade (Tollkirsche) for example,

Lake Ritom/Ticino

From Piotta, in the Leventina Valley in Ticino Switzerland to the Ritom region by the steepest funicular in Europe

It’s really a very special attraction to go up to the Ritom Lake and its uncontaminated and isolated places in the Val Piora

by one of the steepest funiculars worldwide. (Click here to listen to the sentence. Which word is spoken in German?RITOM1

Once up there you have a great choice of excursions or hiking tours. We, for example, just walked around the lake in approximately three hours, picknick inluded.

(Click here to listen to the sentence and say which word is spoken in German? RITOM2)

The other day there was very little water in the lake so that there were sandy beaches I had never seen before. The surrounding was breathtakingly beautiful

thanks to a big variety of flowers, orchids included. (Click here to listen to the sentence and say which word is spoken in German?RITOM3)

Zu Swissinfo.ch

Deutsch und Italienisch siehe unten/Italiano e tedesco vedi giù.

I would like to recommend www. Swissinfo.ch to language learners. On this website you have the possibility to read  articles, listen to them  or watch videos in various languages

such as, German, Italian, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese. Chinese and others  which, unfortunately, I ‘m not even capable of reading..

There are  also reports about national and international topics on sport, culture, economics, politics or science.

This video, for example, is about Mr Christoph  Zürich who brought skiing to Afghanistan.

Skiing in Afghanistan – swissinfo, posted with vodpod

To the vocabulary:

Bamian is a save haven: B. è un posto/rifugio  sicuro/ein sicherer Ort

to be driven out/ essere spinto fuori/ausgewiesen werden

ski challenge/race/gara da sci/Skirennen

sth. can be rented/qc.p uò essere noleggiato/etwas kann gemietet werden

equipment/equipaggio/die Ausrüstung

Last but not least here is a link for people interested in Swiss emigrant to Utah in the 19th century http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/How_the_Swiss_founded_a_Mormon_town.html?cid=29937810

SMALL WORLD/Martin Suter

Die obige Graphik zeigt die Figurenkonstellation am Anfang dieses Buches, welches ich hier kurz skizzieren  möchte.

Zum Wortschatz  auch auf  Englisch und Deutsch siehe unten.

Vocaboli in italiano/tedesco/inglese/vedi alla fine di questo articolo.

To the vocabulary in German/English/Italian/scroll down the page.

SMALL WORLD, so lautet der Titel, ist  äuserst spannend und sehr gut recherchiert. Es wurde auch bereits verfilmt mit Gérard Depardieu in der Hauptrolle. E’ già stato fatto il film con G.D.nella parte del protagonista/The film is with G.D. as the leading actor.)

Hier der Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-SLKKuYDsk

Welches Buch von Martin Sutter könnt ihr empfehlen?

 

Moon & Stars/Locarno/Switzerland

Avete già sentito del programma musicale stupendo tra l’8.8.2011-17.7.2011 che sarà offerto a Locarno nell’ambito dei famosi “MOON & STARS”? Spero che possiate così

anche migliorare le vostre conoscenze linguistiche. (Oltre a questo mio blog vi consiglio anche il mio nuovo sito www.langedi49.ch per migliorare le vostre conoscenze

linguistiche oppure per avere ulteriori informazioni sul Ticino.)

Have you already heard about the fantastic artists Locarno is expecting for the open-air concerts in Locarno between the 8th and 17th July 2011? I hope that you can in this way

also improve you language knowledge.

Habt ihr schon von den fantastischen”Moon & Stars” Konzerten gehört, die zwischen dem 8.und 17.Juli 2011 in Locarno gegeben werden? Ich hoffe, dass ihr dank dieser Musik

auch eure Sprachkenntnisse verbessern könnt.

Ecco un link al programma detagliato./Hier ein Link zum detaillierten Programm./Here is the link to the detailed programme. http://www.moonandstarslocarno.ch/

Great artists, such as BLIGG, STING, SANTANA, ZUCCHERO, JOE COOKER and GIANNA NANINI, ROXETTE, AMY WINEHOUSE, BRYAN ADAMS or JACK JOHNSON will take part!

BRYAN ADAMS

Here is the link to the song”EVERYTHING I DO I DO IT FOR YOU”: http://www.lyricstraining.com/game3256.htm You can listen to the song and at the same time do an exercise.

There are three difficulty levels in this kind of exercises.

You have to fill the missing words into the gaps and the music will stop if it is to fast for you to follow. Click on “backspace” if you want to relisten to the music or on “tab” for the missing

word to be filled in..

Some words or expressions from the song: Don’t tell me it’s not worth trying/fighting: Non mi dire che non vale la pena di provare/di battersi/ Sag mir nicht, dass sich ein Versuch nicht lohnt

/dass sich kämpfen nicht lohnt.

You know it’s true./Sai che è vero./Du weisst, dass es wahr ist.

There’s nothing to hide/Non c’è niente da nascondere/Es gibt nichts zu verbergen.

There’s nowhere unless you’re there./Non c’è nulla, (nessun posto) se tu non ci sei./Es  gibt nichts, (keinen Ort) ausser du bist dort.

Here is a link to a video where it is explained how to create your own song activities:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPIXUZY5mPQ

YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL/ JOE COCKER

Joe Cocker , posted with vodpod

This is the link to the song activity I created for beginners  “You are so beautiful”http://www.lyricstraining.com/game5852.htm

ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK/STING – with subtitles!

ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK, posted with vodpod

Amy Winehouse: Rehab, posted with vodpod

Click here and you can listen to  the song REHAB / by AMY WINEHOUSE.http://www.lyricstraining.com/game3314.htmand do another exercise as above explained.