WASSER/ACQUA/WATER

TRINKWASSER/ACQUA POTABILE/DRINKING WATER

Italiano:

English:

In den Entwicklungsländern sterben täglich 4’000 Kinder,  weil sie kontaminiertes

Wasser trinken. Jeder Schluck kann der Überträger von Cholera , Typhus  und anderen tödlichen Krankheiten sein.

Schon heute sind 40% der Weltbevölkerung von der Wasserknappheit betroffen.

Nei paesi in sviluppo, ogni giorno 4’000 bambini muoiono a causa del consumo di acqua

contaminata. Ogni sorso può essere il vettore del colera, del tifo o di altre malattie lettali.

Già oggi , il 40% della popolazione mondiale è toccata dalla penuria di acqua.

4’000 children day  each day In developing countries because they drink contaminated

water. Each mouthful  can  be the vector of cholera, typhoid fever or other deadly sicknesses.

Already today 40% of the world population are touched by water shortage.

Wo ist eurer Meinung nach das Wasser teurer, in  New York oder in Manila?

Dove è, secondo voi l’acqua più cara, in Nuova York oppure a Manila?

Where is, according to you, water more expensive, in New York or in Manila?

Die Antwort findet ihr hier unten./ La risposta trovate qui di sotto./For the answer see here below.

http://www.globalissues.org/article/601/water-and-development

Ich habe daher auch ein Video im Zusammenhang mit dem WASSER gemacht, das ich euch hier vorstellen

möchte.

Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DywyUbOkxtw&feature=youtu.be

Poverty as Business for the future

 oder ARMUT ALS BUSINESS DER ZUKUNFT

I’ve recently come across the following

http://www.nzz.ch/finanzen/webtv/impulse/september_2010_1.7381710.html?video=1.7577389

very interesting interview by the NZZ journalist Marco Metzler in which Prof. Stuart L Hart from the Corell University answers questions about how it should

be possible  in the future to help poor countries/people at the bottom of the pyramid protocol  and at the same time earn money.

I’ve also prepared you a gap exercise with the above text. Click here http://www.langedi49.ch/POVERTY1.htm and you can reread the article and fill the missing words

into the empty spaces and correct it online. Good luck!

Here below I’m going to summarize the interview.

Prof Hart says that large companies can actually focus business attentions on 1/3 of  the humanity that has been ignored in the past. According to  (gemäss/secondo)him it can

be seen as a business opportunity to engage in local people, slums shanty towns or rural villages in the developing world.  Enterprises that improve peoples’ lives generate

livelihood ( der Lebensunterhalt/sostentamento)for them and produce growth (das Wachstum/crescità) and opportunities for the companies themselves.

How has this to be done?

For the professor it is clear that large corporations play a role in serving the poor. It can’t just be done through the development of products by people in Europe or America and then

go to those poor countries and market them. This procedure does not work for a variety of reasons:

a) The typical product developer or marketer does not understand much about the local context.

b) To succeed it is required that people from the company develop partnerships on the grounds with NGOS and local players.

c) People from these companies have to live on the ground for a certain period of time to get immersed and become able to develop partnership with local people and co-

generate and co-create the business concept with those in the communities because they have a big influence over what  product  get developed and how that product is

embedded in a larger business model  that really has value in the community and from their point of view.

MUTUAL VALUE HAS TO BE CREATED!

d)  Multinational companies have  to face these new challenges and develop new skills.(Fähigkeiten/capacità)

e)  Companies have to create entirely new markets that did not exist in the past. This takes new efforts. It is not enough to do  market research, figure out the market

work, set  prices and  start selling the product, Companies have to be engaged.

f) They have to develop a native capability of how to get embedded in the local community.

At the moment there are no big success stories with this approach! (das Vorgehen/procedere) There are, however,many initiatives. To be able to reach the poor people and have the

price right is necessary but it is not sufficient.

Kunstdenkmäler/Sights/monumenti

Deses Jahr möchte ich euch einige wichtige Kunstdenkmäler aus verschiedenen Ländern mittels meiner Fotos, Beschreibungen , Fragen oder Quiz, sei es auf Deutsch wie auf Englisch

vorstellen. Es soll sozusagen eine interdisiplinäre Arbeit werden, die ich mit der Zeit auch erweitern will, sofern ich Zeit finde und jemand interessiert ist. In der Klasse könnten

die Lernenden darüber sprechen, warum sie lieber an den einen Ort, anstatt an einen anderen gehen würden. Versucht auch selbst mehr herauszufinden über die verschiedenen

Kunstedenkmäler. Am Ende dieses Artikels gibt es ein kleines QUIZ auf Deutsch zu den verschiedenen Sehenswürdigkeiten.

Quest’anno vorrei presentarvi alcuni monumenti culturali  importani che ho visto in diversi paesi, tramite foto, testi, domande o anche quiz. Vorrei farvi fare un piccolo lavoro

interdisciplinare sia in tedesco che inglese. Spero di potervi motivare di andare a visitare qualcuno o qualche paese straniero . Col tempo vorrei ampliare il lavoro in questo senso, se trovo il tempo.(Traducete dall’italiano in tedesco oppure in inglese.) Si potrebbe anche discutere sul perché piuttosto vedere un luogo invece di un altro. Cercate anche voi stessi di trovare ulteriori inform-

mazioni in merito ai monumenti indicati.

This year I would like to present you some important cultural monuments which I’ve seen in the hope to motivate you, too to go and visit them. I’m going to show you pictures, texts

with some questions and also a quiz and it’s intended to be an interdisciplinary work in German, English and Italian. I would like to slowly  add some more articles in this sense, if I find the

time and if you should be interested in this. In class students could also discuss why they would rather visit one place instead of another. Try to find more information on the monumnets

shown here.

You can do a drag & drop exeercise if you click on this link monuments trying to match the pictures with the sentences on the right.

Unjumble the words in bold letters.

The Alhambra is located on a strategic point, with a view over the whole city of Granada/Andalucia and the a) wodaem (la Vega), and this fact leads to believe that other buildings were already

on that side before the Moslems arrived. I have, however, to say that this castle with its great gardens and fountains or its b) strapmar belong to the most beautiful cultural sights

I’ve ever seen. I would like to mention „Il Patio de los leones“ The first historical documents c)nwonk about the Alhambra date from the 9th century.

It was only after the fall of Cordoba, in 1236, that the centre of Moorish power was transferred to d) adanarG – bringing a massive influx of nobles, architects and money which led to the construction of a fabulous new castle on the hill across the river valley. It seems that the e) dirsaN Dynasty founded this castle in order to avoid persecution by Ferdinando III of Castile and

his Reconquista.

Yusuf I (1333-1353) and Mohammed V (1353-1391) are responsible for most of the constructions we can still admire today.

In 1492 Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinando of Aragon concluded the  Catholic Reconquista in the victory over the battle of Granada. Does this date remind you of another very important event? I would like to get a comment on this!!

We know that the Catholic Monarch  http://www.andalucia.com/cities/granada/alhamhistory.htm f) selrahC V ordered the demolition of a part of the

complex in order to build his palace which is nearby and which looks horrible and bulky in comparison, at least, according to me.

Würstchenstand+Shakira

Deutsche Welle – GLOBAL 3000-stellt immer wieder sehr interessantes Material zur Verfügung, sei es für Personen, die Sprachen lernen ,wie für allgemein interessierte Menschen.

Im folgenden Video spricht zum Beispiel Faruk Hossain aus Bangladesh, der zur Zeit in New York lebt, über die Gloabalisierung, über die Vor-und Nachteile der Stadt

in der er lebt, über sein Lieblingsessen und über seine Zukunftspläne. Es werden auch einige Fragen schriftlich gezeigt.

http://www.podcast.de/episode/1373672/Fragebogen%3A_Faruk_Hossain_aus_New_York

Ich habe dazu eine “drag & drop” Übung gemacht; das heisst ihr könnt die Satzteile auf der rechten Seite zu den Satzteilen nach links ziehen

und dann auf “check” drückt,um zu sehen, ob die Antworten stimmen.http://www.boeckli-spoerri.ch/martina/NewYork.htm

Ausserdem habe ich einen Bericht über Shakira gefundent mit Arbeitsblatt zum  Wortertschatz und Fragen zum Text.. Wir erfahren hier, dass die Künstlerin, wenn sie nicht

auf der Bühne steht, durch ihr Land Kolumbien fährt und sogar Schulen bauen lässt, um den Kindern zu helfen.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6324173,00.html

Zum Schluss noch den “Song”, oder das Lied GYPSY, was so viel, wie Ziegeunerin heisst.

Shakira – “Gypsy”, posted with vodpod

Ich habe hier die Strophen auf Englisch mit deutscher Übersetzung gefunden.http://www.songtexte.com/uebersetzung/shakira/gypsy-deutsch-43d6a77b.html

Zum Schluss eine Liste mit einigen Verben, die im Lied vorkommen, im Infinitiv und Präteritum.

Infinitiv /Deutsch/Italienisch	Präteritum/1.Person Einzahl
brechen (rompere)	brach
verbringen (passare)	verbrachte
gehen (andare)	ging
lernen (imparare)	lernte
fliegen (volare)	flog
kommen/gehen (venire-andare)	kam/ging
wissen (sapere)	wusste
finden (trovare)	fand
können (potere)	konnte
gewinnen (vincere)	gewann
stehlen (rubare)	stahl
fragen(chiedere)	fragte
sein (essere)	war
tun(fare)	tat

BROWNIES IM ADVENT

Hat jemand Lust  in der Adventszeit  diese aussergewöhnlichen Brownies zu backen, anstatt nur Weihnachtseinkäufe Einkäufe zu tätigen ?

C`è qualcuno che durante il periodo d’Advento  ha voglia di provare questa ottima ricetta dei brownies invece di fare solo provviste?

Is there anybody who  during the Advent Season would like to try this very special BROWNIES’ recipe instead of just doing Christmas shopping?

GROSSMUTTERS BROWNIES/I BROWNIES DELLA NONNA OR MY GRANDMA’S BROWNIES

Zutaten/Ingredienti/Ingredients:

200 gr. Butter /200 grammi di burro /200 g butter

135 gr. schwarze, bittere Schokolade /cioccolato scuro e amaro/dark, bitter chocolate

4       Eier /uova/eggs

320 gr. brauner Zucker /zucchero greggio/brown sugar

125 gr. Mehl /farina/flour

1   Prise Salz/ presa di sale /a pinch of salt

100 gr. Baumnüsse nicht fein gehackt/noci tagliate, man non troppo fini/  choppedwalnutsbuts

Wenn ihr die Zutaten verdoppelt, kann man ein Backblech genau füllen.

Se raddoppiate la quantità  si possono riempire una lamiera piena

If you double the quantity you can exactly fill a whole backing-try.

Das Vorgehen / il procedere /the procedure:

1-    Die Schokolade im Wasserbad schmelzen lassen und zur Seite stellen.

-     Far fondere il cioccolato – a bagnomaria- e mettere da parte.

-     Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie.

2.   Nun die Butter schmelzen lassen und dann die anderen Zutaten zugeben.

-    Adesso far fondere il burro ed aggiungere allo stesso gli altri ingredienti,

     uno   dopo l’altro.

–    Now melt the butter and add one after the other all the other ingredients.

3.  Jetzt die Masse auf ein Backblech geben, nachdem man dieses mit 

      Backpapier belegt hat.

-    Spalmare il tutto su una lamiera del forno, dopo averla foderata con carta di separazione per 

      cottura al forno.

–     Spread  out the  whole mixture onto a backing-try after having it covered with

      backing paper.

4.   Backzeit ungefähr 25-30 Minuten. 

  –   Den Backofen auf 250Grad vorheizen und auf 180 Grad reduzieren,

       wenn ihr die Masse in den  Ofen schiebt.

  -  Preriscaldare il forno a 25o gradi e al momento di infornare ridurre la temperatura a

     180 gradi. Tempo di cottura circa 25-30 minuti.

-   Preheat the ofen to 25o dregrees and the moment you put the backing-try

     with the mixture into it reduce the heat to 180 degrees. Cooking time: 25-30 minutes.  

5. Lasst  den Kuchen einige Minuten abkühlen und zerschneidet ihn dann in

     kleine Vierecke.

-  Lasciate raffreddare il  tutto per alcuni minuti e poi tagliate la torta in piccoli cubetti.

– Let the cake cool down for some minutes and cut it then in small cubes.

Ich habe hier  noch ein ganz eindrückliches Video und Erkärung zur Zubereitung von “Cupcakes” gefunden.

http://www.hausgemacht.tv/essen-trinken/desserts-backwaren/3381,53,meisterkoch-cupcakes.html?node_id=53

Viel Spass beim Backen!

Das Rezept wird auch angezeigt und rechts werden die jeweiligen Vorgänge kurz angezeigt.

Quantitative easing/monetary policy

The video below about the American monetary policy, which I discovered on “My Forex Space”, is according to me, quite interesting. We are informed about Ben Bernanke,

the actual Chairman of the Boards of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, his predecessor, Alain Greenspan or William Dudley who was a partner at the Goldman Sachs Bank

and is now  running the New York branch of the FED and about why is seems to be necessary to print 600 billion dollars with which to buy treasury bonds.

If you click on the following link you can watch the video and do  and correct my exercise at the same time. MONEY1

I wonder whether it  would really be advantageous for the Americans to let the printing presses humming indefinitely

and so destroy the standing of the dollar.

It would be interesting to hear your opinion on this topic.

Pirates of Silicon Valley

1st collector for Pirates of the Silicon Valley
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This is the link to the whole film:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIC5wxT_zOU

For more exercises see at the bottom of this site.

You can also download the film with torrent (http://torrentz.eu/319e4a1d7c40a943633f9101a1af0e843b77f3d8) on your computer and then download the subtitles as well. 

To watch the film with subtitles is, of course, much easier. (Subtitles are free.)

The Pirates of Silicon Valley-summary

This highly interesting video informs us about the breathtaking steps

made by Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Steve Anthony Ballmer and others in order to make a dent in the Universe or to create a new consciousness as Steve Jobs says.

Computers are the big passion for this group of young people and, as we know, Bill Gates is now the richest man in the world.

As the video is quite long, I’ve tried to summarize it and you can maybe only watch it in parts, according to your interests.

At approx. 3.20 minutes

Steve Jobs is standing on a stage in Boston with Bill Gates (big brother) in his rear, where he says that the competition between him and Bill is over and that the world will become a better place. This speech seems weird. (This scene refers to the end of the story.)

Brücken/Bridges

DEUTSCH: Wortschatz, Grammatik, Bildbeschreib

FOR ENGLISH LERNERS SEE BELOW

Wie erreicht man diesen Ponte Romano im Centovalli, Tessin? Zuerst fahren Sie nach Intragna, oder gehen zu Fuss dorthin. Man muss das Dorf durchqueren und geradeaus in Richtung Re gehen. Beim Grotto du Ri gehen wir vorbei und wandern weiter bis zur Abzweigung nach rechts. Nach weiteren 5 Minuten geht es nach links . Man muss  über die Gleise der Centovallibahn gehen und  dann durch den Wald wandern. Es geht so hinunter zum Ponte Romano. Diese hübsche Brücke stammt aus dem Jahr 1578 und ist die älteste in der Region.

Nicht vergessen nach Präpsitionen, nach, aus, zu, mit,bei, gegenüber,seit, von =immer den Dativ anwenden!

Nach den Präpositionen, durch, bis, entlang, für, gegen ohne, um= immer den Akkusativ anwenden!

Dativ und Akkusativ nach an, auf, hinter, in, neben, über, unter, vor, zwischen, ja nachdem, ob es sich dabei um ein Verb der Bewegung handelt, oder um ein Zustandsverb.

Einige Erklärungen

nach- verso-towards

zu Fuss-a piedi-on foot

Nach dem Grotto-dopo il grotto-after the grotto

nach rechts-a destra-to the right

nach links-a sinistra-to the left

durch-a traverso-through

Die wunderschöne Römerbrücke steht im Verzascatal, oder genauer in Lavertezzo.

Die führt dort über den Fluss Verzasca, Das smaragdgrüne Wasser fasziniert die

Menschen immer wieder, so dass die umliegenden Steine im Sommer von vielen

Touristen belagert werden. Die Steinbrücke mit zwei Bögen, wurde im Mittelalter ge-

baut. Nach der teilweisen Zerstörung im Jahre 1868 wurde sie 1960 neu aufgebaut. In ihrer Nähe befindet sich auch eine Kapelle aus dem 18. Jahrhundert.

in-a-in

über-a traverso-over

im Sommer-in estate-in summer

aus-dal -from

THE TOWER BRIDGE

THE TOWER BRIDGE/LONDON

Unjumble the words in bold letters

This bridge is a combined bascule and 1.noisnespus bridge. It crosses the river Thames and is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name. It has become

an iconic symbol of London. The bridge consists of two towers which are tied together by mean of two horizontal walkways which are designed to withstand

the 2.latnoziroh forces exerted  by the suspended sections of the bridge on the landward sides of the towers.

The construction started in 1886 and it took eight 3.sraey to finish it. 432 construction workers were employed.. The two massive piers, containing over 70’000 tons of concrete, were sunk into the riverbed to support the construction. The bridge was opened on 30 June 1894 by The 4.ecnirP of Wales (future King Edward VII) and his wife The Princess of Wales (Alexandra of Denmark)

The bridge’s present colour dates from 1977 when it was painted red, white and blue for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. Originally it was painted a chocolate brown colour.

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate. the opening

of the San Francisco Bay into the pacific Ocean. The bridge connects the city on the northern tipp of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County.

Before this bridge was built the only possible short route from San Francisco and what is now Marin County, was by boat. Ferry services began

as early as 1820. In the 1920s, engineer and bridge-builder Joseph Strauss became convinced that a bridge should be built across the Golden Gate.

The construction began in 1933 and it was completed in 1937. Strauss was a pioneer in building safety, making history with innovations, including hard

hat and daily sobriety tests. The Swiss engineer Ammann was a consultant in this project.

Unfortunately the bridge in not only the most popular place to commit suicide in the USA but also the most popular place in the entire world.

One can cross the bridge on foot or by bicycle. Just do it!

ARBEITSBLATT7WORKSHEETBrücken-Bridges

ISIS UND OSIRIS/Ägypten für Deutschlerner

Auf den Fotos seht ihr ISIS, eine der wichtigsten ägyptischen Göttinnen, (dea)

mit ihrem Gemahl OSIRIS (marito) und Sohn HORUS (figlio)

Wenn mir jemand bessere Fotos zu diesem Thema zur Verfügungn stellen kann, nehme ich sie gerne an!

Interessiert ihr euch für diese ägyptische Göttin der Magie, Liebe und Erlösung und wollt Ihr euch auch ein bisschen mit Grammatik

beschäftigen, dann empfehle ich die folgende kleine Zusammenfassung zu lesen, die auch gleich eine Übung ist.

ERGÄNZT:Grammatik

(Die Antworten findet ihr unten)

1)Isis …….. die Schwester und Gattin von Osiris. (Verb im  Präsens oder Prät.)

2) Sie ……….. oft mit Kuhhörnern oder ausgestreckten Flügeln …………….

(Präsens passiv)

3) …………..  der eifersüchtige Seth (Satan) ihren geliebten Mann in tausend Stücke zerhackt und über ganz Ägypten verstreut hatte, …………….. Isis ihn zu neuem Leben.

(Im Nebensatz nachdem +Plusquamperfekt und im Hauptsatz Präteritum)

4)Isis setze ihren Mann Stück für Stück wieder zusammen und hauchte ihm neues

Leben ein…………sie liebte ihn. (Konjunktion)

5) Sein Herz ……… sie auf der Insel Philae, dem Herzstück des Isis-Kult. (Verb im

Präteritum)

6) Isis steigt zur Maximalgöttin auf, ………. sie den getöteten Osiris wieder ins Leben

zurückrufen kann. (Konjunktion)

7) Der Isis-Kult kommt sogar ins Römische Reich, ………….Cäsars Legionen Ägypten

erobert haben. (Konjunktion)

8) In ganz Rom ……….. es zu Ehren der orientalischen Gottheit Kapellen und Tempel.

(Verb im Präsens)

9) Die gefundenen Wasserbecken und Brunnen zeigen, ………… Reinigungs-und  Taufzeremonien zum Ritual gehörten, ………. Verschwiegenheit war das wichtigste.

10) Viele Kunsthistoriker glauben, ………. die Marienfrömmigkeit ein Weiterleben

der Isis ist. (Konjunktion)

11 ) Auch bei anderen Überlieferungen stösst man z.B. auf das Schleier-Motiv.

In der Kabala (jüdische Religion) steht, dass die höchste Wahrheit

verborgen …….. und in der hinduistischen Vedanta zieht die Göttin Maya einen

vor die letzte Wahrheit, die das menschliche Auge nicht sehen soll.

(Verb im Konjuktiv I Präsens)

Die verschleierte Isis soll sagen, dass  Wartenkönnen wichtiger ist …… Wissensgier.

(Komparativ)

Antworten:1=ist,war /2=wird dargestellt/3=Nachdem+erweckte/4=denn/5=fand/6=weil/7=nachdem/8=gibt/9=dass +aber/

10=dass/11=sei+als

FISH EXTINCTION

The words in bold letters are desribed at the end of this text.

You have certainly heard about the drammatic situtaion as far as the emptying of oceans is concerned. It’s alsmost unbelievable but once thriving populations of deep sea fish have been driven to the brink of extinction, because of the expanding fisheries.

Various species of sea fish are at such low levels that they qualifiy for the World Conservation Union’s  list. More and more associations, among them GREENPEACE or polititians ask urgently for  internationally protected reserves to place vast areas of the deep seas out of bounds to fisheries. The trawlers ( fishing nets that is dragged along the seabottom)especially should be checked and pirates arrested. Unfortunately, many, many fish end in their nets without being wanted and die without being eaten. They are called the by-catch fish. These  slow growing fish which reach a length of more than a metre long and live more than 6o years and some become sexually mature only after 30 years. So you can imagine how important it is not to eliminate this kind of fish. It seems that this by-catch fish have also become much smaller in the past 15 years.

a)On the brink of extinction means to be at risk of being extinct.

b) to be out of bounds to fisheries means that fishing is prohibited in that place.

c)Unfortunately wants to say that you wish something was not true.

Click on this link FISHEXTINCTIONand you can do an exercise dragging the word from the right and drop on the left side.

Some  of  the endangered fish species which we shouldn’t eat are:

cod/ – North Sea/il ;merluzzo/der Kabeljau;

sharks/ in the North Atlantic/ i squali/die Haie;

Chinook salmon– Pacific Nothwest / il salmone/der Lachs;

steelhead trout/ la trota-California/ die Stahlkopf Forelle;

swordfish/il pesce spada/der Schwertfisch;

bluefin Tuna- Atlantic/il tonno da pinna blu/der Blauschwanztunfisch;

Metkong Giant Catfish/il pesce gatto/der Wels;

Russian Sturgeon/il storione/der Stör;

skate/razza/der Rochen; (on the above foto)

and last but not least don’t forget the little seahorse, which is also on this red list.

Fish parts:

By the way, fish have fins to steer while travellling in the water, gills to breathe with, guts which you take out after having killed the fish, fishbones

you can’t eat, because they would choke you and eggs, of course.

If you click on the following link you can see many more fish species in danger of extinction

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/feb/19/endangered.sharks#/?picture=349300137&index=13

Fish extinction, posted with vodpod

-How can pirates or overfishing be stopped?

-How often do you eat fish?

-Is fish a popular food in your country?

-What kind of fish do people eat in your country?

-Do you intend to reduce fish consumption?

Please stop eating shark-fin soup, because the flavour seems to come from the broth and not the fins! Each year up to 73 million sharks are killed for these fins

which are sliced into noodle-like strips and added mainly for texture!

FISH-WORKHEEET

Please check out also on my homepage blog/E (www.langedi49.che) about Chile’s Salmonfarm eco-horror!