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EDITORIAL
Lovely Varanasi
D
evout Hindus are required to visit sev- bank
en sacred places in their lifetime. One of , Ufer
those is Varanasi in the northern Indian devout [di(vaUt]
state of Uttar Pradesh. The holy city on , gläubig
the banks of the River Ganges is home to thou- shrine
sands of shrines and temples. You don’t have to be , Schrein
Hindu, though, to appreciate what Varanasi has to shudder
offer. Our India correspondent, Aparna Pednekar, , schaudern
enjoyed worldly treats such as a walk through the treat
colourful Thatheri Bazaar, where she tried malai – a , Vergnügen
kind of toast filled or covered with cream. Find out
more about Aparna’s trip in our Travel story, which
begins on page 38.
If you ever get the feeling that your English
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skills could do with an update – we hope that is one

reason why you’re reading this magazine – take a
look at “That’s not what I learned at school!” (pages
48–51). Then, next time someone asks how you are,
you can confidently say: “I’m good, thanks.” Purists
may shudder, but language is alive and changing
all the time, and we at Spotlight are good with that.
INEZ SHARP, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

i.sharp@spotlight-verlag.de
EDITORIAL SPOTLIGHT 2022 3

CONTENTS
38
Travel feature
M +
Set on the banks of the River Ganges,
and one of the oldest living cities,
Varanasi mesmerizes visitors from
across the world. Aparna Pednekar
explores its ancient traditions and
discovers the city’s rich contribution to
modern India.
6 In the Picture M
Hadrian’s Wall
8 Names and News E M A 

News and views from around the
English-speaking world
10 Books and Films E M A

Our recommendations on what
to read and watch
12 Science and Nature M

What’s the metaverse? Andrew
Stone on new digital worlds
A Day in My Life M US  +
Fotos: Seth K. Hughes/Alamy Stock Photo; ddp; Illustration: Georg Lechner

20 36 The Lighter Side E
14 Feedback and Proverb M Meet Karsten Banz, a state Jokes and cartoons
Your letters to Spotlight parks officer in California
and a useful proverb 37 American Life M US
26 Peggy’s Place M  Ginger Kuenzel asks why
15 Britain Today E  Visit Spotlight’s very own so many Americans oppose
Colin Beaven takes a humorous London pub gun control
look at Britain and the Brits
28 Poetry Corner A US  + 46 Around Oz A 
16 Iconic Products M  “French Chocolates” by Peter Flynn considers the
Who invented big, colourful Ellen Bass meaning of gifts
Christmas crackers?
30 Short Story M 
18 Foods and Flavours A “The forger – a Ms Winslow
Brown sauce: a quintessentially investigation” by James 47–68 The language section
British flavour Schofield
4 SPOTLIGHT 2022 CONTENTS

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colourful vegetables and Ireland the United States
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CONTENTS SPOTLIGHT 2022 5
IN THE PICTURE
Hadrian’s Wall
Ein Stück Weltkulturerbe feiert seinen 1900.
Geburtstag – unter anderem mit einer farbenfrohen
Kunstinstallation. Von MARTHA PARIS
MEDIUM
W
hen the Roman Emperor Hadrian arrived in
Britain in AD 122, he began to build a wall
along the northern border of Roman Britain
to keep out invaders. The wall stretched from
the River Tyne in the east to the Solway Firth estuary in the
west – a distance of 117 kilometres.
Parts of Hadrian’s Wall can still be seen, and this year
– to celebrate its 1,900th anniversary – events have been
held along the wall. English Heritage, the organization that
looks after the wall, commissioned UK artist Morag Myers-
cough to decorate a Roman gatehouse on the wall. Her col-
ourful installation was created in part with placards made
with community groups. Myerscough told The Guardian:
“I needed to make a work everybody could be involved in
and they could have their voices on it.”
English Heritage UK estuary [(estjUri] placard

, gemeinnützige Organi- , Meeresarm , Plakat
sation für Denkmalschutz
6
Foto: Mark Pinder/Guardian/eyevine/laif
7
NAMES AND NEWS
Texts by TALITHA LINEHAN
Fotos: Getty Images Sport/Getty Images; Featureflash Photo Agency, Denis Makarenko/Shutterstock.com; Ggbrundin, George-Standen/iStock.com
SPORTS
WHO EXACTLY IS… MO FARAH?
MEDIUM AUDIO citizenship
, Staatsbürgerschaft
T he truth is I’m not who you think I am.”

These were the words of British star
athlete Mo Farah, 39, in a BBC documen-
to live with a good family, get British citi-
zenship and become the most successful
male track distance runner ever.
civil war [)sIv&l (wO:]
, Bürgerkrieg
PE (physical education)
tary in which he revealed that his name is For years, Farah told people he had teacher
not really Mo Farah. Born Hussein Abdi come to the UK with his father. In fact, his , Sportlehrer(in)
Kahin in Somalia, he said he was given the father was killed in a civil war, and he was reveal
name by a stranger who trafficked him to separated from his mother before being , enthüllen, offenbaren
the UK at age nine and forced him to work trafficked. He decided to tell his story now track distance runner
as a servant for a family in London. because he wanted “to feel normal. … For , Langstreckenläufer(in) Diesen Text hier
kostenlos anhören!
Farah first told his story to a PE teach- years, I just kept blocking it out. But you traffic sb. www.spotlight-online.
er at school, who helped him. He went on can only block it out for so long.” , jmdn. einschleusen de/audio-gratis/13
HEALTH
FACE TO FACE Brad Pitt:
MEDIUM US he’s not
being rude
It happens to all of us: someone who seems to
know us approaches us, and yet we’re unable to
remember who that person is. This happens to condition
U.S. actor Brad Pitt a lot, not because he’s famous, , Leiden; hier: Wahr-
but because he may have a condition called proso- nehmungsstörung
pagnosia, which is an inability to recognize faces. GQ (Gentlemen’s
Pitt, 58, told GQ that he finds it hard to remem- Quarterly)
, US Männermagazin
ber people even if he’s had “a real conversation
with them. ... So many people hate me because prosopagnosia
, Prosopagnosie,
they think I’m disrespecting them,” he said. He Gesichtsblindheit
plans to be tested for the condition. Experts say
socialize
prosopagnosia, which can make it difficult to , soziale Kontakte
socialize, affects about two per cent of people. pflegen
8 SPOTLIGHT 2022 GOOD TO KNOW

nd comedian
aker a
m-m
o r, fil
c t
Sa
U
l l,
Hi
ah
Jon
WEIRD WORDS Besides the fact
language that’s making the news that I make movies,
EASY there’s nothing
BREADCRUMBING interesting about
my life at all,
If you get only crumbs to eat, you’ll always be hungry for more. The
word “breadcrumbing” is used in dating when someone contacts
unfortunately
you only now and again – keeping you hungry for more. The other
person doesn’t plan to date you, they just want to keep you hoping.
QUIET QUITTING
You’ll find
The phrase describes a person more on this
who does no work more than topic in issue
crumbs [krVmz]
they have to in their job. For a 12/22 of Business
Spotlight. , Krumen, Krümel
“quiet quitter”, life outside work On sale from now and again
may be more important than 23.11.22 , hin und wieder
their career. quit
, aufgeben, resignieren
ARCHITECTURE
BEAUTIFUL CHESTER
ADVANCED
The golden ratio – or divine propor-

tion – is a ratio of 1:1.618. Buildings,
for example, that align with this ratio
are considered to be beautiful. Now,
researchers are saying that Chester in
England is the world’s most beautiful
city because 83.7 per cent of its build-
ings align with the golden ratio.
Researchers in the “Eye-Catching
Architecture” study analysed photos
of thousands of buildings and streets
around the world before coming to
this conclusion. The study lists Venice
as the second-most beautiful city, ahead
of London in third place. Seven British
cities were in the top ten, and the most
beautiful US city, New York, came 17th.
align with sth. [E(laIn] golden ratio

, auf etw. ausrichten [)gEUldEn (reISiEU]
, goldener Schnitt
divine proportion Chester: easy
[dI)vaIn prE(pO:S&n] on the eye
, göttliche Proportion
GOOD TO KNOW SPOTLIGHT 2022 9

BOOKS AND FILMS
Reviews by EVE LUCAS
PODCAST | CRIME
MEDIUM
The true-crime podcast The Teach-

er’s Pet has reached an audience of
around 30 million. Presented by Aus-
tralian journalist Hedley Thomas, it
SERIES | FANTASY explores the 1982 disappearance of
wife and mother Lynette Dawson. Her husband, Chris, was
ADVANCED a sports teacher and rugby player involved with a schoolgirl.
Many thought him the murderer. However, in the absence
With a $465 million budget, it might be the most of hard evidence, it was the interest created by the podcast
expensive TV series ever made. Could expecta- that helped lead to Dawson’s arrest in 2018. He was tried and
tions be any higher for The Lord of the Rings: The convicted of his wife’s murder after a judge-only trial in Au-
Rings of Power (Amazon Prime Video) – and have gust 2022. Thomas turns over every stone and we follow him
they been fulfilled? fascinated. Listen on Apple or Spotify.
Based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s notes, the series was
developed as a prequel to his stories The Hobbit convict sb. judge-only trial try sb.
(1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–55). Some , jmdn. verurteilen , Prozess ohne , jmdn. vor Gericht
Geschworene stellen
critics were unhappy about putting words into hard evidence
the master’s mouth. But if the words “elves”, , stichhaltige Beweise
“orcs” and “Middle-earth” are music to your ears,

you will certainly be delighted and impressed by
just about everything the series offers. There are
epic confrontations between good and evil, fol-
lowed by slower scenes in which goodness and BOOK | NOVEL
wisdom grow with characters as they become he-
ADVANCED US
roes. Watch it on the biggest screen you can find.
U.S. writer Karen Joy Fowler’s novel Booth is a

work of insight and imagination. Actor Julius
Booth left England and his first wife in 1821 to
live in Maryland, where he had ten children with
elf (pl. elves) his second wife. They started out with a farm in
, Elb, Elbe, unsterbliches, Maryland and the family owned slaves. Three
menschenähnliches Wesen
sons (Junius, Edgar, and President Lincoln’s
Middle-earth assassin, John) became actors themselves. Their
, Mittelerde assassin [E(sÄsIn]
, Mörder(in), Attentäter(in) story, and that of the daughters Rose and Asia,
orc creates great tension between the quiet minor-
, Ork, humanoides, counterpart
kriegerisches Wesen , Pendant, Gegenstück ities (slaves and women) and their colourful
counterparts: men who thought themselves
Fotos: dr; AppleTV+
wisdom genius [(dZi:niEs]

, Weisheit , Genie geniuses. A family story but also a commentary
tension on America today, Booth is fact and fiction, and
, Spannung convincing as both. Serpent’s Tail, €12.04

BOOK FOR KIDS
EASY US
This story begins on an important day for

River, a Cherokee girl. Everyone, includ-
ing family and friends, will be meeting at a
tribal powwow – an event where there will
be music, dancing, food, and fun. But River
has been ill and is not yet strong enough
to take part in the dancing. When River
and her family arrive at the powwow, she
is feeling sad. How will things turn out?
Could it be a happy day after all? Powwow
captivating
Day by Traci Sorell, a citizen of the Cher- , fesselnd
okee Nation, is a captivating story with
tribal powwow
beautiful illustrations. Suitable for kids [)traIb&l (pAUwaU]
aged 7 to 8. Charlesbridge, €16.04 , Stammestreffen, Feier
Lost: Britt Lower as

SERIES | FANTASY Helly R. in Severance
MEDIUM
Set in a world split between corporate greed and personal despair, Apple TV+’s series Severance collide [kE(laId]
has been a huge hit. The aesthetics are unusual, but this is a series well worth watching. , aufeinanderprallen
Directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle, Severance is about people who agree to have their corporate [(kO:pErEt]
private lives and working existences “severed”, or separated. Lumon Industries is the company , Unternehmens-
behind the concept and, clearly, it’s about more than worker performance. Mark, Dylan, Helly directed by [daI&(rektId]
and Irving get into the office lift each morning and lose all memories of their private lives. After , unter der Regie von
a day spent doing data analysis, they return home with no memories of work. The difference greed
between the two worlds is brilliantly interpreted. Large, bright offices contrast with private , Gier
lives filmed in dark blues and greys. When these two spaces collide, we see that pain is essential
to human existence. Severance is about humanity’s variety, and courage. Filming for season 2
starts soon.

SCIENCE AND NATURE
What’s the
metaverse?
Das Metaversum wird unser aller Leben beeinflussen und zwar auf
eine Art und Weise, wie wir es uns heute noch nicht vorstellen können.
ANDREW STONE sieht sich in der virtuellen Welt um.
MEDIUM
S
ocial media giant Facebook’s recent Training on virtual machinery
rebrand as Meta has popularized the Many people are convinced that Mark
idea of the metaverse – the three- Zuckerberg is right about the metaverse.
dimensional, immersive virtual They say that this is the inevitable next
worlds that exist “inside” the internet. phase of the internet, and that it will affect
So, what is the “metaverse”? It describes the way all of us socialize, shop, work and
Fotos: XH4D, Thinkhubstudio, jamielawton/iStock.com
a combination of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality learn in the future.
mixed reality worlds that allow us to in- , erweiterte Realität They point to the things that are already
teract in real time. Computing power and beyond possible in the metaverse. Beyond the
, zusätzlich zu
high-resolution VR headsets are now cre- popular gaming and virtual concerts that
ating truly convincing metaverses. We’ll emerge [i(m§:dZ] make up much of current metaverse ac-
, auftauchen
experience the metaverse as holograms tivity on platforms such as Roblox, other
in the physical world, or through special inevitable [In(evItEb&l] uses of the metaverse are here now – and
, unvermeidlich
augmented reality (AR) glasses, or cer- more are constantly emerging.
tain elements of these on a smartphone or rebrand Now, anyone with a computer or a
, Umfirmierung
computer. Think of it as a kind of embod- smartphone can enter a metaverse expe-
ied internet, one we’ll often experience via rience – and VR headsets aren’t always
an avatar inside a virtual space. even necessary any more. Medics can walk

The metaverse: a kind of embodied internet we’ll
experience via an avatar inside a virtual space
around a model of a human heart, and avid [(ÄvId] gamers, few of us will spend hours at a
pharmaceutical researchers can construct , eifrig, begeistert time in the metaverse.
a new type of molecule or look at the way a boardroom What does seem highly likely, though, is
particular protein folds. New therapies can , Sitzungssaal that we will dip in and out of one immer-
be created and tested faster. dip in sive meta reality or another. We’ll do it to
Engineers can walk around and through , eintauchen have a meeting, finish a learning module
the parts of a new jet engine. Factory executive [Ig(zekjUtIv] or buy a new item of clothing after seeing
workers can train safely on virtual machin- , Führungskraft exactly how it will look on us.
ery before they tackle the real thing. Exec- facial expression The metaverse will also bleed into the
utives can meet in a hyperreal boardroom , Gesichtsausdruck real. “ABBA Voyage”, the hit show in which
and see each other’s facial expressions and fold avatars of the band as they looked in the
body language. , sich falten 1970s perform “live” in front of excited
item [(aItEm] crowds, is an early example of this.
Collapsing time and distance , Artikel The metaverse looks as if it will become
So, will the real world one day take second jet engine a valuable digital tool that can collapse
place to the metaverse? Will we carry VR , Düsentriebwerk time and distance to help us create and
headsets around as we do smartphones? tackle connect in new ways. But we’re not going
That doesn’t seem likely. Apart from avid , in Angriff nehmen to live inside the machine full-time.

PROVERB FEEDBACK
Dear readers
Some of you may have noticed that we
did not specify the amount of meat for
the “Beef and Guinness stew” recipe in
Truth is stranger Spotlight 9/22 (pages 18–19).

If you are planning to try this delicious
than fiction recipe, you should use 1 to 1½ kilograms

of beef – chuck steak, also known as gravy
beef or braising steak (Schmorfleisch).
Das Leben schreibt die besten Geschichten Happy cooking!
Inez Sharp, editor-in-chief
MEDIUM
An Irish classic: beef
and Guinness stew
“I couldn’t believe it at first! But truth is stranger than fiction.”
This proverb tells us that strange things can hap-

pen in real life as well as in books. We say it when
talking about unbelievable events or unlikely co-
incidences. Even if something seems incredible,
we have to accept that it is nevertheless possible.
When Mark Twain wrote that “Truth is stranger
than fiction”, he was actually quoting an earlier
poet and writer, Lord Byron: “’Tis strange – but
true; for truth is always strange; / Stranger than
fiction”. proverb [(prQv§:b]
You may also recognize the phrase in connec- , Sprichwort
tion with the American sci-fi TV series Stranger sci-fi [)saI(faI]
Foto: Kathrin Koschitzki

Things, which is partly based on real-life events. , (wg. Aussprache)
A similar phrase is “Well, stranger things have ’tis (it is)

happened!” , es ist
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BRITAIN TODAY
Discounts for dinosaurs

Unser Kolumnist hat kürzlich eine Dinosaurier-Show
besucht – und macht sich Gedanken über ganz andere
Arten von Urviechern, die dort zu sehen waren.
EASY AUDIO
M
y wife and I recently went to see COLIN BEAVEN is a free-
some dinosaurs at a local show – lance writer. He lives and
about 50 of them – and we wanted works in Southampton on
the south coast of England.
to go back again with our grandchil-
dren. My wife was a little confused when I first
suggested buying tickets to see “life-size” dino-
saurs. She thought I’d said “real live” dinosaurs!
Real live dinosaurs would be fun, too, as long
as they were all herbivores. From time to time,
there’s renewed talk of bringing them back from
extinction, after 65 million years.
That’s unlikely to happen soon, but a company
called Colossal is already working hard to bring
back woolly mammoths. They hope this will help
to improve the environment in Siberia. Some An exception was needed when lockdown
scientists think they may have discovered cells in ended and earnings jumped. Now it’s in-
ashes
dinosaur fossils, and possibly even DNA. , Asche
flation that’s jumped, and the government
Are we really on the road towards the world of wants workers to accept pay rises below
Cretaceous period
Jurassic Park? It’s hard to believe it’s 30 years since [krI(teISEs (pIEriEd] inflation to stop it getting out of control.
that iconic film came out. What an impact it had! , Kreidezeit So is it fair for seniors to have bigger rises
Unlike the sixth in the Jurassic series – Jurassic World extinction than workers, as well as the discounts they
Dominion, from 2022 – which some people hope , Aussterben, Aus- get for museums, shows and so on?
will also be the last. The series is facing extinc- rottung And what about bus passes? Since 2007,
tion just as scientists are working on the possible for free there has been free off-peak travel on the
de-extinction of the animals seen in the films. , umsonst, kostenlos buses. In a film from 2021 called The Last
What made tickets for the dinosaurs in the park herbivore [(h§:bIvO:] Bus, an old man takes his dead wife’s ashes
especially interesting was the discount for senior , Pflanzenfresser from John o’ Groats in Scotland to Land’s
citizens. When I was young – back in the Cretaceous impact End in Cornwall. For free! You can see why
, Einfluss, Wirkung
period – they were called OAPs (old-age pensioners). his wife didn’t need a ticket – but was it fair
Fotos: Vac1, erthuz/iStock.com; privat
People spoke about “poor old pensioners”. We now off-peak that he didn’t need one either?
, außerhalb der Stoß-
know that this might hurt their feelings, but calling Tickets for the dinosaur show were
zeiten
them dinosaurs would surely be even worse. cheaper for children and anyone aged 65
Britain’s OAPs really were poor back then, so triple lock UK or over. I imagine that those aged 65 mil-
, Garantie zur jährlichen
in 2010, the government created the triple lock Steigerung der staatlichen lion years or over didn’t have to pay at all.
pension – to guarantee that state pensions keep Grundrente The show was fun, and I hope the life-
up with inflation or average earnings, or increase woolly mammoth size dinosaurs enjoyed being watched by
by a minimum of 2.5 per cent. , Wollhaarmammut real-live dinosaurs with bus passes.
BRITAIN TODAY SPOTLIGHT 2022 15

ICONIC PRODUCTS
Christmas crackers
Diese von einem Engländer erfundenen Knallbonbons gehen auf
eine französische Süßigkeit zurück – und dürfen bei keiner britischen
Weihnachtsfeier fehlen. Von JULIAN EARWAKER
MEDIUM AUDIO
E
very year, just before people around Britain adapt
, hier: umgestalten
begin eating Christmas dinner, they pull these almond [(A:mEnd]

, Mandel
big, colourful “sweets” open with a bang. In- bang

, Knall
side are gifts, paper hats and jokes. cardboard

, Pappe
In the 1840s, Tom Smith, a London confectioner, coat

, überziehen
adapted French bon-bons: sugared almonds inside confectioner

, Konditor(in)
a twist of tissue paper. He created a cardboard tube silver fulminate

[(fUlmIneIt]
, Silberfulminat, Knall-
wrapped in colourful paper and added a love motto. silber
tissue paper [(tISu:]
The magic was the loud “crack” heard when two strips , Seidenpapier
of paper coated in silver fulminate were pulled apart.

He patented his creation and, in 1861, Bangs of Expec-
tation, soon known as “crackers”, went on sale.
Smith’s son Walter put paper hats and small gifts
into the crackers. By the 1890s, crackers were being
made in a London factory employing 2,000 workers.
Crackers are a festive tradition in households across
Britain. They have hardly changed in the past 100 years
– except that the mottoes were replaced by jokes in the
1930s. The Royal Family is known to have used the
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LIFESTYLE SPOTLIGHT 2022 17

FOODS AND FLAVOURS
Brown sauce
Diese fruchtige, rauchige Sauce ist ganz nach
britischem Geschmack. Sie darf auf keinem echten englischen
Frühstück fehlen. Von LORRAINE MALLINDER
ADVANCED
very nation has a flavour. In led to a 21 per cent price increase. Brex-
E France, it’s freshly baked crois-

sants. In Spain, it’s spicy chori-
zo. In Greece, kalamata olives –
enjoyed, perhaps, with a glass of ouzo.
In the UK, it’s brown sauce, the sauce
iteers must have wept at this act of cu-
linary self-sabotage.
Still, there is nothing quite like
brown sauce poured over a full English
breakfast or added to a bacon butty. It
HOMEMADE BROWN SAUCE
INGREDIENTS
• 2 tsp tamarind paste
• 500 g plums or dates
• 1 large onion
• 3 cloves of garlic
of sin. makes filthy food taste, well, filthier and
• 1 tbsp fresh ginger
How else to describe this unholy mix more satisfying. Sometimes, nothing • 1 large chilli, chopped
of tomatoes, tamarind, treacle, dates else will do. • 3 tbsp black treacle or molasses
or plums and malt vinegar – perfectly Up in Scotland, they add more vin- • 1 tbsp tomato purée
good ingredients that normally have no egar – a variation known as “sauce” • 2 tbsp medium strong mustard
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
business being thrown together? (pronounced “soss”) – and pour it over
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
There’s nothing subtle about this chips. • juice of one orange
sauce. Just the thought of that sweet, There are two ways to go if you want • 4 tbsp apple juice
smoky, acrid fruitiness will make you to try this sinful mix: order a bottle of • 5 tbsp vinegar (preferably malt
swallow hard. HP Sauce online or make it yourself. vinegar)
• salt and pepper to taste
Brits know this condiment by its
commercial name: HP Sauce. Originally INSTRUCTIONS
acrid lithograph
called The Banquet Sauce when it was Put all the ingredients into a large pot
, hier: scharf und , Lithographie
created in the late 19th century, its cre- säuerlich and stir well. Heat to boiling point,
malt vinegar [mO:lt] then cook slowly on low heat for
ator, Frederick Gibson Garten, changed
bolshie [(bQlSi] UK ifml. , Malzessig 50–60 minutes. Allow to cool before
the name to HP Sauce after he heard a , aufmüpfig, patzig putting through the blender. Serve at
plum
rumour that it was being served in the room temperature. Brown sauce will
Brexiteer , Pflaume
Houses of Parliament restaurant. , Brexit-Befürworter(in) keep in the fridge for up to six weeks.
rumour
Gibson Garten later sold the trade- butty UK ifml. , Gerücht blender grind
mark and the recipe, but in 1903, it was , Sandwich , Mixer , mahlen
sin
relaunched, with a lithograph image of chips UK , Sünde chop molasses
parliament on the label. And so it has , Pommes frites , hacken [mEU(lÄsIz] N. Am.
subtle [(sVt&l]
remained to this day. condiment , fein, dezent , Melasse, dunkler
cinnamon Zuckersirup
In many ways, HP is the perfect fla- , Würze, Würzsoße [(sInEmEn]
tamarind
vour for bolshie Brexit Britain. A 2016 , Zimt mustard
Foto: Kathrin Koschitzki
date , Tamarinde, indische

survey showed that it was the favourite , Dattel Dattel , Senf
clove of garlic
brand among voters who chose to leave filthy ifml. treacle [(tri:k&l] UK , Knoblauchzehe Worcestershire
the European Union. , dreckig; hier: deftig, , schwarzer Rübensirup sauce [)wUstE (sO:s]
ginger
saumäßig lecker , (wg. Aussprache)
Unfortunately, HP Sauce, owned by unholy , Ingwer
Heinz, is made in Holland and Brexit , sündhaft
18 SPOTLIGHT 2022 LIFESTYLE

A DAY IN MY LIFE
State parks peace officer

– enforcing the laws
ELIZABETH ZACH sprach mit einem
Gesetzeshüter, der in den Parks, an
historischen Gebäuden und Büros in
Kaliforniens Hauptstadt für Recht und
Ordnung sorgt.
MEDIUM US AUDIO PLUS
“I like it when
my work can
help someone”
M
y name is Karsten Banz
and I’m 50 years old. I’ve
been a California State
Parks peace officer since
2004. I work in California’s state capi-
tal, Sacramento – a large area of pretty
parks and museums.
The Capital District includes the
California State Railroad Museum,
Old Sacramento State Historic Park,
the Leland Stanford Mansion, Sutter’s
Fort, and the California Indian Heritage
Center.
I start work at 6 a.m. My uniform
weighs 25 pounds and includes a bul-
Fotos: privat; casch, franckreporter, benedek, JPhilipson/iStock.com
letproof vest, a Taser, pepper spray, a
handgun, and ammunition. I load a rifle,
a shotgun, and medical equipment into
my vehicle and make sure that my radio
has a fresh battery.
ammunition radio
, Munition , hier: Funkgerät
bulletproof vest rifle [(raIf&l]

, kugelsichere Weste , Gewehr
handgun shotgun
, Handfeuerwaffe , Schrotflinte
peace officer N. Am. Taser

, Gesetzeshüter(in) , Elektroschockpistole
20 SPOTLIGHT 2022 LIFESTYLE

Right: forest fire
in California,
December
2017; below:
Old Sacramento
State Historic Then, I start patrolling. I pass by muse-
Park includes ums, historic buildings, and offices, look-
many important
historical ing for illegal activity such as vandalism
buildings or burglary. I also keep an eye out for
camps of homeless people.
As I walk around, I talk to mainte-
nance workers and administration staff
and, later, I meet with my supervisor to
talk about the day. Once a week, I meet with fellow officers
to train in firearms, defensive and de-escalation tactics, and
legal topics.
Though my job is interesting, it can also be stressful. My

job is actually in law enforcement, so it can mean adrenaline,
fear, and being very tired. Sometimes, my working day is 16
hours long, and I often work in extreme temperatures, both
hot and cold. I’m mostly on my feet, but I also write reports.
Sometimes, I work during holidays, such as Independence
Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and even Christmas and New
Year’s.
California is one of the world’s most visited areas. Part of
the California State Park System’s mission is to help protect
the state’s extraordinary biodiversity
and its historic and cultural places. We
take care of 279 parks, including many
beaches.
Right: giant I do everything, from responding to
sequoia trees; medical emergencies, to reporting an
below: the
beautiful coast at
accident or a fallen tree or electric cables.
Channel Islands I help visitors who come to the park,
National Park, giving them historical information or
near Los Angeles
showing them where the restrooms are.
California State Parks have been

struck by wildfires in recent years. I’ve
been sent to some of those, including
the Camp Fire in 2018 that destroyed
the town of Paradise. I watched as it burned and, later, I
saw the helpless faces of people who had lost their homes.
I watched propane tanks shoot up into the air like missiles.
We were only able to evacuate certain areas before the flames
were too much.
I like it when my work can help someone. It’s very rare, but
occasionally, we receive a letter of thanks from someone we
were able to help in some way.
administration staff maintenance worker restroom N. Am.

, Verwaltungsmit- [(maInt&nEns )w§:k&r] , (öffentliche) Toilette
arbeiter , Wartungsarbeiter(in),
Handwerker(in) wildfire
burglary [(b§:glEri] , Flächenbrand
, Einbruch missile [(mIs&l]
, Geschoss, Rakete
law enforcement
, Gesetzesvollzug
LIFESTYLE SPOTLIGHT 2022 21

Ottolenghi: the name has
become synonymous with a way
of cooking and with a lifestyle
22 SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
LOOKING AT LIVES
“I want drama
in the mouth”
Seine Leidenschaft für schmackhafte Gerichte, die er mit farbenfrohen
Gemüsesorten und Gewürzen aus dem Mittleren Osten kreiert, hat aus
Ottolenghi eine Legende gemacht. LORRAINE MALLINDER hat seinen Weg
zum kulinarischen Superstar zurückverfolgt.
MEDIUM PLUS
Name: Yotam Ottolenghi

Born: Jerusalem, 1968
Famous as: Chef, food writer,
cookbook author
Most recent book: Ottolenghi
Test Kitchen – Extra good
things, published September
2022, Dorling Kindersley
T
here was a moment in the Making the world love vegetables cabbage [(kÄbIdZ] larder [(lA:dE]
noughties when Britain’s ur- Nobody does Ottolenghi like Otto- , Kohl , Speisekammer
ban trendies started keeping lenghi. And that is perhaps his secret. cantaloupe [(kÄntElu:p] noughties: the ~
a range of exotic ingredients For this iconoclastic chef has invented , Cantaloupe-Melone [(nO:tiz] UK ifml.
, Nullerjahre
in their larders – items such as pome- a freestyle philosophy on food that is all confess
granate molasses, za’atar, tahini and his own, following his culinary vision , gestehen, zugeben obsessiveness
, Besessenheit
preserved lemons. This turn of events, as far as it needs to go. It takes a certain courgette [kO:(Zet] UK
in a nation not known for its sophisti- type of obsessiveness to find the ulti- , Zucchini plantain [(plÄntIn]
, Kochbanane
cated eating habits, was all because of mate method of cooking unloved veg- flourish [(flVrIS]
the influence of one man. His name has etables like kohlrabi (slice into it, filling , Erfolg haben pomegranate
[(pQmIgrÄnEt]
become synonymous not only with a gaps with anchovies and herbs, before fusion , Granatapfel
style of cooking, but with a lifestyle. roasting). , Verschmelzung
preserved
That name is, of course, Ottolenghi Ottolenghi made the world love herb [h§:b] , konserviert, eingelegt
– Yotam Ottolenghi. You’ll find him in vegetables, yet he didn’t set out with , Küchenkraut
seafood
the weekend edition of The Guardian, this mission. Indeed, as he has often hold back Meeresfrüchte
Foto: Pal Hansen/Contour/Getty Images
,
where he provides recipes for dishes confessed, to the horror of vegetarian , sich zurückhalten
slice
such as courgette and cantaloupe salad purists, he enjoys his meat. It’s not ne- iconoclastic , schneiden
[aI)kQnE(klÄstIk]
or seafood and plantain coconut milk cessarily about healthy eating either:
, unorthodox, mit sophisticated
curry. this chef’s colourful dishes are less to Konventionen brechend , anspruchsvoll,
His dishes don’t quite fit into a spe- do with holding back and more to do gehoben
item [(aItEm]
cific cuisine, such as Middle Eastern with fun, flourishes and lots of flavour. , Artikel, Sache ultimate [(VltImEt]
or Mediterranean. Yet you’d never de- Take cabbage, for example – per- , ultimativ
scribe them as fusion. They are, simply, haps not the most exciting of veg. But
“Ottolenghi”. Ottolenghi knows how to make it
PEOPLE SPOTLIGHT 2022 23

interesting. How about roasted cab- The flavours of childhood
bage with tarragon and pecorino? Or a Ottolenghi grew up in Jerusalem, the
braised version with sherry, prunes and middle child of Jewish parents of Italian
orange? Alternatively, if you really want and German descent. He came from an
to turn on the glamour, throw in some interesting family: his grandmother had
ginger cream and Szechuan chilli oil! been a Mossad agent and had helped
As Ottolenghi said in a 2011 inter- capture Nazi war criminal Adolf Eich-
view with The New York Times: “I want mann in Argentina. His dad worked
drama in the mouth.” But, despite the as a chemistry professor and his mum
elements of spectacle, there’s also a was a headteacher. In interviews, he’s
home-grown wisdom to his style. His described his childhood as loving and
hummus is made with the simplest in- stable.
gredients: chickpeas, tahini, garlic, lem- Food was important in the Otto-
on juice, salt and – don’t forget this part lenghi household. But young Yotam
– a few drops of iced water that makes wasn’t so much interested in cooking
it so smooth. as in eating. Nicknamed “Goloso” (the
Ottolenghi’s hummus comes Italian word for someone who loves
straight from the streets of Jerusalem food), he especially enjoyed prawns
and Tel Aviv. It’s served warm, drizzled with lemon, garlic and butter. In inter-
with olive oil and a bean topping, eat- views, he’s reminisced about his Italian
en with freshly made pita. He says it’s grandmother’s polpettone, a meatloaf
better than other versions around the made with minced beef, rolled up with
Middle East because the texture is olives, pistachios, eggs and cold meat,
lighter. If you try Ottolenghi’s recipe, cooked in stock and sliced so you can
you’ll never buy supermarket hummus see all the ingredients.
again. Tragedy struck in the early 1990s,
Ottolenghi’s books
when his younger brother, Yiftach, sell in their millions,
was killed by friendly fire during mil- all over the world
Ottolenghi and Tamimi at “Make
Food Not War”, Paris, 2016 itary service. The loss was immensely
painful. In a 2020 BBC interview, Otto-
lenghi confessed that he hadn’t dealt braised [(breIzd] meatloaf
, geschmort , Hackbraten
with his grief up to that point.
capture [(kÄptSE] minced beef
, ergreifen, fangen , Rinderhack
Magical spices
In his 20s, having completed his own chickpea pistachio [pI(stA:SiEU]
Fotos: Foc Kan/Getty Images; Elena Heatherwick; Monica Wells / Alamy Stock Photo
, Kichererbse , Pistazie
military service, he left Jerusalem for
Tel Aviv. He’d already come out as gay degree: start a ~ prawn [prO:n]
, ein Studium beginnen , Garnele
to some friends and family, and felt
descent [di(sent] prune [pru:n]
that the city would be a more welcom-
, Abstammung , Backpflaume
ing place to live. He started a degree in
drizzled reminisce [)remI(nIs]
comparative literature, working night
, besprüht , sich zurückerinnern
shifts as a sub-editor at a local news-
eventually [I(ventSuEli] stock
paper, Haaretz. , schließlich, letztendlich , Brühe
In those days, he imagined that he
friendly fire sub-editor
might eventually become a professor , Beschuss durch die , Textredakteur(in)
like his father. But the markets of Tel eigene Seite
tarragon [(tÄrEgEn]
Aviv, the smelling of herbs and spices, ginger [(dZIndZE] , Estragon
were already weaving their spell. Four , Ingwer
texture [(tekstSE]
years later, he moved to Amsterdam grief [gri:f] , Konsistenz
with his boyfriend, where he had his , Trauer, Kummer
weave: ~ a spell
light-bulb moment. headteacher UK , einen Zauber wirken
He finally completed his dissertation , Schulleiter(in)
wisdom
– on the philosophy of the photograph- light-bulb moment , Weisheit
ic image – and printed out copies to , Aha-Moment
24 SPOTLIGHT 2022 PEOPLE

send to family and friends back home.
As he said in a 2020 interview at the
Sydney Opera House, it was the reali-
zation that no one apart from his super-
visor would read his dissertation that
made him decide to leave academia.
Doing what you love

Ottolenghi had been planning to go to
Yale. But now he made an important
step towards his true calling, moving
to London to study French cooking at
Le Cordon Bleu. His father was disap-
pointed and wrote him a letter saying: The restaurant
“If you feel that’s what you need to do, on Upper
Street Islington,
do it, but I think you’re making a mis- London
take because you’ve worked so hard to
be where you are now.”
The path to superstardom wasn’t
smooth. Ottolenghi worked for a year
as a pastry chef at a Kensington restau-
rant, before joining a chain of bakeries.
Conditions at the freezing-cold bakery Turmeric fried eggs
with tamarind and
were miserable; the cream for the cakes pickled shallots
was produced by machine.
Out on his scooter one day in search Ottolenghi’s prawns
in coconut sauce
of inspiration, he came upon a tradi-
tional bakery called Baker and Spice.
It served exactly the sort of colourful,
freestyle food that he wanted to make.
The chef, Sami Tamimi, came through
from the back of the bakery, and they
started chatting. And so began the
legendary partnership that would
change the food habits of a nation.
A dream team
Ottolenghi and Tamimi had much in
common. Born in the same year, they cookbook on the diverse culinary tradi- It’s been a long journey for Yotam
had both grown up in Jerusalem, Tami- tions of their home. Ottolenghi. The remarkable thing is
mi on the Palestinian side and Otto- Today, Ottolenghi is a bestselling that, with his laid-back, charmingly
lenghi on the Jewish side. And they had author. His books sell in their millions, modest manner, he makes it all look
the same ideas about food. As Tamimi all over the world. Home life, with his so natural. Long may he continue to
said in a 2012 New Yorker interview: “We Northern Irish partner, Karl, and their two inspire with his infectious enthusiasm
both wanted to surprise, but we wanted adopted children, seems just as charmed. for food.
our food to taste comfortable.” He’s spoken publicly about the jour-
It was their joint vision that led to the ney of becoming a parent as a gay man,
opening of Ottolenghi’s gourmet deli a prospect that seemed out of reach laid-back [)leId (bÄk] prospect
ifml. , Perspektive
in 2002 in Notting Hill, London. Today, for a long time. It was a process that , locker, gelassen
there are two more, in Marylebone took years, but which was eventual- seminal
modest [(mQdIst] , bahnbrechend
and Chelsea, as well as restaurants in ly achieved through surrogacy in the , bescheiden
Islington, Spitalfields, Fitzrovia and United States. In a 2013 Guardian arti- surrogacy [(sVrEgEsi]
pastry chef , Leihmutterschaft
Soho. Ottolenghi and Tamimi would cle, he described becoming a father as [(peIstri Sef]
write Jerusalem together, their seminal a “second coming out”. , Konditor(in)
PEOPLE SPOTLIGHT 2022 25

PEGGY’S PLACE
Whose pub is it?

Spotlights ganz eigenes Londoner Pub hat etwas
Geheimnisvolles an sich. Peggy stellt da mal
Nachforschungen an. Von INEZ SHARP
MEDIUM AUDIO
Helen: So, you’re not sure newspaper clipping in the

the pub belongs to you? “This place has some box from around the time
Peggy: Keep your voice down. the pub was sold. It was a po-
Sean: Well, Peggy, you have
dark secrets” lice report...
to admit, it’s shocking news. Helen: I’ve got goosebumps.
Peggy: I think, legally speak- Peggy: ...about the disappear-
ing, the pub does belong to ance of a Thomas Dalton.
me, but... Peggy: Lots of lovely old photos, a led- Sean: Did he ever turn up?
Helen: Take me through the ger showing outgoings for the year Peggy: I don’t know, but I did
facts. Where did this begin? 1949 and a couple of certificates. find one other interesting
Peggy: Well, as you know, Helen: How fascinating! What were thing in the box: a marriage
I’d been sorting through the certificates for? certificate. The husband’s
papers, hoping they might Peggy: It seems this pub won the “Best name was Henry Potter and
provide some interesting Pub in East London” twice: in 1935 and the wife was Cecily Dalton.
background for my book. 1937, I think. Helen: Who’s Cecily Dalton?
Helen: What book? Sean: But what about the ownership Sean: Maybe the wife of the
Sean: Keep up, Helen! Peg- question? man who disappeared?
gy’s writing her memoirs. Peggy: Well, right at the bottom of the Peggy: Maybe. That’s the bit
Helen: Sorry, I have a full- box were some other documents that I still need to investigate.
time job and can’t always looked like deeds. I had a bad feeling the Helen: Why would that af-
keep up with the news here. moment I saw them. fect your ownership of the
Peggy: Calm down, both of Helen: Why was that? pub? It’s such a long time ago.
you, and I’ll explain. As I said, Peggy: Honestly, love, I couldn’t tell Peggy: Well, an elderly gen-
I was looking for material for you. So, I poured myself a stiff drink tleman called Mr Dalton
my book and I came across and started reading. comes in here for a drink
some legal papers in this old Sean: The suspense is killing me. every now and again. And
brown box. Peggy: One document showed the each time he says, “You
Helen: Where’s the box pub’s sale in 1928. The seller was a know, by rights, this pub real-
from? Henry Potter and the buyer’s name was ly belongs to my family. It
Peggy: Honestly, I’m not Thomas Dalton. has some dark secrets.” He’s
sure. I must have inherited it Helen: And? a bit of an old soak, so I never
with the pub when I bought Peggy: Here comes the interesting bit: really took much notice.
this place back in the 1980s. there’s no signature for Mr Dalton. Helen: What’s your next
Sean: What did you find in Sean: What does that mean? step?
the box? Peggy: I’m not sure, but there was a Peggy: I have no idea.
Illustration: Jill White
affect sth. deed inherit sth. ledger outgoings signature [(sIgnEtSE]

, sich auf etw. auswirken , Urkunde, Vertrag , hier: etw. übernehmen , Kassenbuch , Ausgaben , Unterschrift
clipping goosebumps keep up legal papers rights: by ~ suspense

, Ausschnitt , Gänsehaut , bleib dran , Schriftsätze , von Rechts wegen , Spannung

26 SPOTLIGHT 2022 CHAPTERS AND VERSE
WORDS TO GO
A “soak”, a “sot”, a
“drinker” and a “wino”
are all (unkind) slang
words to describe people
who drink too much
alcohol. A kinder way to
say this would be: “He/
she likes to drink one
over the eight.”
Sean George Phil Peggy Helen Jane

Sean, from Ireland, is the George, who’s Scottish, has Phil is in his 60s. He’s Peggy is the owner of the Helen, a regular at the Jane, Peggy’s daughter, is
chef at Peggy’s Place. Sean been coming to Peggy’s married to Peggy. Once pub. Now in her 60s, she’s pub, works as a nurse and egocentric and lazy. She’s
is unconventional but a Place for years. He has a London cabbie, he now kind and reliable, and loves is currently single. She’s a single mother – she has
genius in the kitchen. He’s a business as an events helps out at the pub. the British royal family. organized, punctual and a daughter, Simone – but
also a bit hot-headed. manager. George is married Phil can be a bit grumpy Peggy is happy in her sensible. she’s not good at taking on
to Maggie and has a grown- but he’s a good person. second marriage, responsibility. Jane never
up son, Ian. Unfortunately, he’s not much to Phil. stays in one job for long.
of a businessman.
NOW, TRY THIS! M
Choose the correct word from the dialogue to fit each

sentence.
certificate | deeds | ledger | report
A. Here’s my employee-of-the-month ___________.

B. Where’s the police ___________ on the accident?
cabbie ifml. grumpy D. ledger
C. We can’t sell the house without those ___________.
, Taxifahrer(in) , mürrisch, grantig
C. deeds
B. report
D. He keeps a ___________ with all his expenses in it.
chef sensible A. certificate
, Küchenchef(in) , vernünftig
Answers

CHAPTERS AND VERSE SPOTLIGHT 2022 27
POETRY CORNER
Wie ist man kranken Freunden eine echte Hilfe? Und was sagt man am
Krankenbett besser nicht? Die amerikanische Dichterin Ellen Bass hat
dazu eine klare Meinung. Von VANESSA CLARK
ADVANCED US AUDIO PLUS
French Chocolates
by Ellen Bass (born 1947)
If you have your health, you have everything

is something that’s said to cheer you up
when you come home early and find your lover
arched over a stranger in a scarlet thong.
Or it could be you lose your job at Happy Nails
because you can’t stop smudging the stars
on those ten teeny American flags.
I don’t begrudge you your extravagant vitality.
May it blossom like a cherry tree. May the petals
of your cardiovascular excellence
and the accordion polka of your lungs
sweeten the mornings of your loneliness.
But for the ill, for you with nerves that fire
like a rusted-out burner on an old barbecue,
with bones brittle as spun sugar,
with a migraine hammering like a blacksmith
in the flaming forge of your skull,
may you be spared from friends who say,
God doesn’t give you more than you can handle
and ask what gifts being sick has brought you.
May they just keep their mouths shut
and give you French chocolates and daffodils
and maybe a small, original Matisse,
say, Open Window, Collioure, so you can look out
at the boats floating on the dappled pink water.
Illustration: Mimomy/iStock.com; Foto: dr
arch [A:rtS] brittle float scarlet spun sugar

, sich wölben , brüchig , treiben, schwimmen , scharlachrot , Zuckerwatte
begrudge [bi(grVdZ] cheer: ~ sb. up forge [fO:rdZ] skull teeny ifml.

, missgönnen , jmdn. aufmuntern , Schmiede , Schädel , winzig
blacksmith daffodil [(dÄfEdIl] petal [(pet&l] smudge thong [TO:N]
, Hufschmied(in) , Narzisse , Blütenblatt , verschmieren , Tangaslip
blossom dappled [(dÄp&ld] rusted-out spared: be ~ from sth. vitality
, blühen , gesprenkelt , verrostet , von etw. verschont sein , Lebensfreude

What’s it about?
When Ellen Bass is sick or suffering, wishes them well. However, people
she doesn’t want sympathy or cheerful who are in real pain don’t want healthy
remarks. Friends mean well, but some- friends to offer them empty platitudes,
times, they say the wrong thing. “At least or to stupidly talk about the spiritual
you have your health!” can console over benefits of suffering.
a partner’s affair, or little problems at The end of the poem offers us a better
work, but uplifting phrases aren’t help- way to support a friend who’s suffering:
ful for those in poor health. take them luxury chocolates, beautiful
Bass says she isn’t jealous of people flowers, or a work of art by a famous art-
who enjoy excellent health, and she ist. That will make them feel better!
Good to know
Open Window, Collioure is a painting by Henri Matisse of a sea
view through a window in the French town of Collioure –
it would bring the fresh sea air and vibrant colors into the
sickroom. Bass cheekily wishes for “maybe a small, original
Matisse,” but she would have to make do with a copy, as the
original is in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Info to go
Another poem that combines illness with the joy of Matisse’s
work is “Matisse, Too” by Alicia Ostriker. It describes how
three great painters weren’t reduced by their failing health
or eyesight. Instead, they defied old age by painting bigger
and brighter. You can find the whole poem online, but the
first lines are:
Matisse, too, when the fingers ceased to work,
Worked larger and bolder
bold defy [di(faI] uplifting

, kühn, mutig , trotzen , erhebend
cease [si:s] jealous [(dZelEs] vibrant [(vaIbrEnt]

, aufhören , eifersüchtig , lebhaft, kräftig
cheekily UK platitude [)plÄtE(tu:d]
, frech , Gemeinplatz, hohle
Phrase
console
, trösten

SHORT STORY
The forger –
a Ms Winslow investigation
CHAPTER 1
Spotlights ganz eigene Amateurdetektivin Dorothy

Winslow ist zurück. Diesmal geht es um eine
mysteriöse Nachricht. Von JAMES SCHOFIELD
MEDIUM AUDIO
A
lthough it was cold outside, Georg If he could get home before they found him blast of wind
Steiner felt horribly hot inside the again, he should be safe. They couldn’t try , Windstoß
tram as it rattled along the lines on anything there. brake
Maximilianstrasse towards the cen- On the platform, Georg looked careful- , Bremse
tre of Munich. ly at the people around him. The large man casually [(kÄZuEli]
He loosened his tie a little and then cas- was nowhere to be seen, and so Georg re- , beiläufig, wie zufällig
ually dropped his newspaper, taking a look laxed just a little. A blast of wind down the forger [(fO:dZE]
behind him as he picked it up. The large man, tunnel announced that the train was coming. , Fälscher(in)
who’d been following him since he left his As he moved close to the platform edge, he handkerchief
gallery on Prinzregentenplatz, was still there. suddenly found both his arms being held in [(hÄNkEtSIf]
Georg sat up again and, while polishing his a tight grip. There was a moment of terror , Taschentuch
glasses with a silk handkerchief, thought when he saw the hard faces of the men on head for sth.
, auf etw. zugehen
about what he should do. As he put the hand- either side of him, but the feeling of panic
kerchief back in the pocket of his coat, he felt gave way to a surge of strength. He was able platform
, Bahnsteig
the corners of the postcard he’d prepared be- to pull his arms free, but as one of the men
fore leaving the gallery this morning. Would tried to grab him again, Georg slipped and sigh [saI]
, Seufzer
he get a chance to send his warning? fell forwards. The brakes of the oncoming
The tram stopped outside the central sta- train started screaming as he landed on the silk
, Seiden- , aus Seide
tion, where crowds of people got off and just track.
as many seemed to get on. Then, as the doors slot
, Schlitz
were about to shut, Georg – moving fast for
someone who was nearly 80 – jumped out of surge
, Aufwallen
the tram, leaving no chance for his follower
Illustrationen: FrankRamspott, Ivan96/iStock.com
to do the same.
He ran down the stairs into the shopping
area beneath the station, pushing his way
through the people, the air full of smells from
the bakeries and coffee shops on either side.
He went up the stairs again into the central
station area and looked around for the yellow
postboxes. Once he’d found them, he pushed
the postcard into the slot with a sigh of relief
and then headed back for the underground.

Some days later, Armin von Weiden pushed “Georg Steiner is an art dealer who’s bought
the postcard across the table to his friend a couple of paintings from me over the
Dorothy Winslow, who was once again over years,” Armin explained. “Last time you were
from Cambridge to visit her niece, Lucy here, you chatted with him.”
Tischler. Dorothy picked up a large magnifying
“What on earth do you think this means?” glass from the table and looked carefully at
he asked. “It arrived yesterday, and I don’t un- both sides of the postcard again, then ran her
derstand it.” fingers over the surfaces.
It was a sunny morning and they were “I remember. What do you know about
drinking coffee together in the comfortable him?”
office of the Von Weiden Sammlung, the “Georg? Well, he’s a bit of a character, like
small museum he ran in Heroldstein, near a lot of art dealers. He told me he’d actually
Ludwigshafen. The objects in the museum studied painting but went into the art trade
had been collected by Armin, his father and when he realized he was never going to sell
grandfather, and they were mostly paint- enough paintings to make a living. During
ings and sculptures by local artists, as well as the Cold War, he sold works smuggled into
some interesting prehistoric objects found the West by Russian artists who weren’t ap-
in the area around Heroldstein. proved by the regime. That seems to have
Armin’s pride and joy was a small Renoir, been quite lucrative.”
which had been loaned to him. It was the “Yes, he mentioned that when I told him
first thing visitors to the museum’s newly I’d known a few banned writers when the
launched website saw when they searched diplomatic service sent me to the Soviet
for information about the Von Weiden Union in the 1980s.”
approve
Sammlung. “But what does he mean, ‘Moscow rules’?” , anerkennen, zulassen
Dorothy picked up the postcard. The front “Moscow rules were techniques to help
ban
showed a picture of Red Square in Moscow, spies send information to the West during , verbieten
which – from the way people were dressed – the Cold War. I don’t think Mr Steiner was launch [lO:ntS]
must have been taken back in the 1970s. She smuggling only art out of Russia.” , starten
turned it over: Dorothy examined the stamp once more. living: make a ~
“Hope you are well. I see your museum Then, opening her handbag, she took out , von etw. leben können
now has a website. Congratulations on join- some tweezers and started picking at it until magnifying glass
ing the 21st century. This postcard remind- it gradually came off the card. She placed the , Lupe
ed me of your charming friend Dorothy stamp on its face on a piece of white paper microdot
Winslow, whom I met once when visiting and picked up the magnifying glass again as , Mikropunkt
Heroldstein. If you see her soon, please tell the astonished Armin looked on. prehistoric
her: Moscow rules! “Aha!” she said, pointing at four tiny , prähistorisch
Georg” black spots stuck to the back of the stamp. smuggle
“Mr Steiner has sent us some good old-fash- , schmuggeln
ioned microdots! Do you have a microscope? tweezers
If you do, they should give us some answers.” , Pinzette
E. slipped
D. pull 1. COMPREHENSION M 2. THE LANGUAGE OF MOVEMENT M
C. jump
B. Catch
A. run How carefully have you read the first chapter? Complete each sentence with the correct verb.
Decide whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
Exercise 2
D. true catch | jump | pull | run | slip

loan.)
and it’s a T F
painting,
one famous A. Georg Steiner is being followed in Munich. ☐☐ A. We’ll have to __________ faster to get the train.
has only
C. false (He B. Steiner posts a long letter. ☐☐ B. __________ the ball and then throw it back to me.
postcard.)
B. false (It’s a C. Armin von Weiden has many famous pictures. ☐☐ C. It’s too high! Don’t __________.
D. My dog hates rain. I have to __________ him out the door.
☐☐
A. true
Exercise 1 D. Dorothy thinks she’ll find clues on the stamp.
Answers E. Careful! Someone has already __________ on the ice.

SHORT STORY
CHAPTER 2
Auf der Rückseite einer Briefmarke auf einer Postkarte ist eine
wichtige Botschaft versteckt. Dorothy Winslow glaubt, dass sie den
Code entschlüsseln kann. Von JAMES SCHOFIELD
MEDIUM AUDIO
nly they didn’t. When they looked It was close to six when Dorothy finally re-
O
apparently
at the first three microdots under turned, but she was still without answers. , offensichtlich
Armin’s microscope, they could Lucy had started on the text, but it was dif- armchair
see three paintings, each with a ficult, and Dorothy had to look after her , Sessel
bill of sale to someone called Oleg Melnyk niece’s children while she worked on it. authenticate sth.
and a certificate of authenticity from the Von Finally, when Lucy’s husband, Klaus, re- [)O:(TentIkeIt]
Weiden Sammlung. turned from work and took over, she hurried , etw. für echt erklären
“But I’ve never seen them before,” pro- back to Armin. Things had not gone well. He certificate of authen-
tested Armin. “I’ve no idea what they are and was in a foul temper, walking up and down ticity [)O:Ten(tIsEti]
, Echtheitszertifikat
where they come from.” his sitting room.
decipher [di(saIfE]
“Are they valuable?” asked Dorothy. “I can’t reach Georg. I tried calling his
, entschlüsseln
“I don’t know. I mean they look like Ger- home and the gallery but got no answer at
for goodness’ sake
man expressionist paintings – you know, all. Then I went online to see if I could find
, um Himmels Willen
Franz Marc, Wassily Kandinsky, Otto Dix out anything but found nothing useful. This
foul [faUl]
– those people. So, if they’re real, yes, they is why I hate all this digital nonsense. I never , schlecht, mies
could be worth a lot.” wanted a website in the first place, but Lucy
lily
“And, apparently, you authenticated them. persuaded me that it would make the muse- , Lilie
That’s your signature, isn’t it?” um more accessible. The only person who’s
microdot
Armin looked ill. “No! Like I said: I’ve nev- ever mentioned it is Georg, and now he’s…” , Mikropunkt
er seen them before. But if someone thinks Dorothy looked up from her armchair.
place: in the first ~
I’ve authenticated them and they’re fakes, “That’s a point. Why did he mention the web- , überhaupt erst
then it looks like I’ve done something crimi- site? When did it finally go up?”
random
nal, don’t you see?” Armin sat down. “Three weeks ago. About , wahllos
“Let’s look at the last dot. Maybe that will 20 people have visited it, apparently, which is
signature [(sIgnEtSE]
help.” why I hardly ever look at it. The statistics are , Unterschrift
That also proved to be optimistic. This too depressing.”
Illustrationen: Ivan96, Frank Ramspott/iStock.com
snap
time, there was text, but it seemed to be a “But if that postcard was so important , fauchen
random collection of letters. to Georg, why did he mention the website?
temper
“It’s in a primitive code of some kind,” said There must be a reason…” , Stimmung, Laune
Dorothy. “Whatever Mr Steiner was trying The doorbell rang.
to tell us, he was being very careful about it. “Oh, for goodness’ sake!” snapped Armin.
I wonder if Lucy could help decipher it. She’s “It’s probably Angelika Moser. We’re both on
awfully good at puzzles like this. I don’t have the flower committee at the church and we
the patience. I’ll copy it out for her and come have a disagreement at the moment. I want
back after lunch. And you should try to get in lilies for the altar but she’s insisting on roses.
touch with Georg. I hope he’s all right.” I forgot she was coming round.”

But it wasn’t Frau Moser. Armin came back could be cheated with his fake pictures and cheat
into the room with two men, followed by a your certificates? But I knew straight away , betrügen
heavily built man in a suit. when I saw your website.” dare to do sth. [deE]
“Sit. We have business I think,” he said to “My website?” asked Armin, amazed. “You , es wagen, etw. zu tun
Armin and Dorothy in heavily accented Eng- looked at my website? What’s that got to do sigh [saI]
lish. Oleg Melnyk, thought Dorothy. It has to with this?” , seufzen
be him. Quietly, she placed her mobile phone Melnyk sighed. “One look at your website slap
on a bookshelf behind her. and I could see you were not this mysterious , schlagen
“Who are you?” said Armin. “How dare art collector nobody has ever met that Stein- suspicious [sE(spISEs]
you walk into my hou…” One of the men er claimed. Your collection is a joke. That Re- , verdächtig
slapped Armin across the mouth. A little noir is the only valuable picture, and it doesn’t
trickle of blood appeared in the corner. even belong to you. Now, it’s simple. I want
“Listen, old man. My name is not impor- my €500,000 back. I couldn’t get it from Stein-
tant. Recently, I bought some paintings from er, so, as you two were working together…”
a friend of yours, Georg Steiner, as an invest- The doorbell rang again.
ment. €500,000 for…” “That will be Frau Moser,” said Dorothy
“Ah, you must be Mr Melnyk,” interrupted quietly. “She’s expected. If she sees what
Armin. “I assure you I had nothing to do with you’ve done to Herr von Weiden, she’ll call
those pictures and I certainly…,” he received the police.”
another slap. “Then send her away,” said Melnyk. “But
“So, you know my name? Which proves we’re listening, so make sure she’s happy.
you and Steiner were working on this to- Say something suspicious and things here
gether. You thought I must be stupid and become unpleasant.”
D. sitting room 3. COMPREHENSION M 4. THE LANGUAGE OF HOME M

C. bookshelf
B. armchair
A. doorbell How carefully have you read the second chapter? Complete each sentence with the correct “homey” noun.
Exercise 4
Decide whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
D. true armchair | bookshelf | doorbell | sitting room
C. true
patience.) T F
have the
A. Armin has been selling paintings from
☐☐
doesn’t
says she his collection. A. I think someone just rang the ________.
☐☐
B. false (She
way.) B. Dorothy likes deciphering code. B. That’s a very comfortable ________.
seems that
A. false (It only C. Armin can’t reach Georg. ☐☐ C. Every ________ is sorted by author.
Exercise 3
Answers D. Oleg Melnyk wants money from Armin. ☐☐ D. Please come through to the ________.

SHORT STORY
CHAPTER 3
Dorothy und Armin geraten in noch größere

Schwierigkeiten als Angelika Moser plötzlich
auftaucht. Von JAMES SCHOFIELD
MEDIUM AUDIO
ngelika Moser was very surprised So, while Melnyk sat smoking and read-
A
annoyed
when Dorothy opened the door. ing his phone, his two men began tearing , verärgert, genervt
“Ah, Dorothy,” she said. “It seems Armin’s place apart. They found nothing lily
you’re always visiting dear Armin suitable and Melnyk began to get annoyed. , Lilie
these days. People will start talking. You “I’m a reasonable man,” he screamed in shrug: ~ one’s shoulders
know what villages are like!” She wagged her Armin’s face. “All I want is my money back. , mit den Schultern
finger at Dorothy and gave a girlish laugh. You and Steiner worked together, and since zucken
“Now, I don’t want to interrupt your ren- he’s now dead…” stubborn
dezvous, but Armin and I have something “Dead?” asked Armin and Dorothy togeth- , eigensinnig, stur
important to discuss and…” er. Melnyk shrugged his shoulders. suspect

“I’m sorry, Angelika,” interrupted Dorothy. “Old fool fell under a train. Was it an acci- , vermuten
“Armin is feeling ill, so he’s gone to bed. He dent? Was he pushed? Do you want to find wag: ~ one’s finger at sb.
asked me to tell you that he thinks roses for out?” , jmdm. mit dem Finger
drohen
the church are an excellent idea.” But they never did, because at that mo-
“Are you sure? He was very stubborn at ment, the police came bursting through the wink
, Augenzwinkern
the committee meeting yesterday.” doors.
“Men!” said Dorothy. “Lilies, roses … do
they even know the difference? Roses are
fine.”
Angelika looked disappointed. Dorothy
suspected she had been looking forward to
the argument.
“Well, all right, then. I’ll leave you two
lovebirds alone,” she said, turning away.
“Oh, Angelika,” Dorothy called out. “When
you go past Lucy’s house, could you tell her
I’m staying the night here? I left a message
Illustrationen: Ivan96, Frank Ramspott/iStock.com
on her phone, but she doesn’t always check,

and I don’t want her to be worried and come
round to … um … interrupt things,” and she
gave Angelika a dirty wink.
Thrilled to be able to deliver this unsuita-
ble message, Angelika hurried away.
“Well done, old woman,” said Melnyk.
“I think I like you. Now, we tie you two to-
gether and we search the house. Maybe we
find something to replace my €500,000.”

It was some time before Dorothy and Armin
could sit down with Lucy and find out what
had happened after Angelika delivered her
message.
“Well, I had just finished deciphering
Steiner’s text, when Angelika said you were
staying the night (you should have seen her
face – she even winked at me!). I knew there
was something fishy. So, I went to check my
phone and I heard the recording you’d start-
ed when they came in. It lasted about five
minutes, but that was enough to convince “So, when we created that website, Melnyk bankruptcy
the police to do something.” found out that I wasn’t quite as impressive , Bankrott, Ruin
“You see, Armin?” said Dorothy. “Digital as Georg had told him and wanted his money certificate of authen-
tools can be useful.” back,” said Armin. ticity [)O:Ten(tIsEti]
, Echtheitszertifikat
“Humph! What about Georg’s message? Lucy nodded. “Yes. What I can’t under-
What did it say?” stand is why he didn’t just call you or send an chairman
, Vorsitzender
Lucy sighed. “It was a sort of confession. e-mail when he realized he was in trouble.”
You see, after the end of the Cold War, he “At heart, Georg had remained a spy. He confession
, Geständnis, Beichte
lost his access to Russian artists and the grew up with Moscow rules,” said Dorothy.
intelligence agencies didn’t need him any “He believed phones and e-mails would be decipher [di(saIfE]
, entschlüsseln
more. He was on the verge of bankruptcy monitored. And he was probably right. He
when he had the idea of reviving his artistic just used the techniques that had always fishy ifml.
, suspekt, verdächtig
career. He was very talented at faking pic- worked for him.”
tures in the style of early 20th-century paint- “He was very sorry for what he had done forgery [(fO:dZEri]
, Fälschung
ers – Max Ernst or Heinrich Campendonk, to you, Armin,” added Lucy. “He included
for example.” a list of all the forgeries that he’d sold with intelligence agency
[In(telIdZEns )eIdZEnsi]
“But why did he have to involve me in ‘your’ certificates. Those are some difficult , Geheimdienst
that?” asked Armin. “I thought he liked me!” phone calls the police are going to have to
monitor
“He did. But you had something he need- make.” , überwachen
ed. To sell his fakes as authentic, he had to Armin sighed. “They’re not the only ones.
revive
create a history for them – a collector or I’ve got a difficult call with Angelika Moser , wieder aufleben lassen;
museum where they had been since they this morning.” hier: wieder aufnehmen
were painted in the 1920s or ’30s – and the “To thank her for saving us?” asked Dor- sigh [saI]
Von Weiden Sammlung seemed perfect. othy. “What’s difficult about that?” Armin , seufzen
A small gallery in Rheinland-Pfalz going looked irritated. verge
back three generations; a mysterious owner “Thank her? No, no – it’s about the flowers. , Rand
who isn’t online; nice-looking certificates As chairman of the church flower arranging
of authenticity for each picture – you were committee, I need to make it clear to her that
ideal.” lilies, not roses, are the only acceptable…”
5. COMPREHENSION M 6. THE LANGUAGE OF MOODS M
How carefully have you read the third chapter? Complete each sentence with the correct adjective about
Decide whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F). moods.
D. irritated
C. annoyed
B. disappointed
T F annoyed | disappointed | irritated | stubborn
A. stubborn
Exercise 6 A. Angelika Moser thinks Dorothy and Armin
D. true are lovers. ☐☐ A. You’ll never change his mind. He’s so __________.
☐☐
C. true
wants lilies.) B. Armin wants roses for the church. B. Don’t be __________. We’ll take the trip another time.
B. false (He
A. true C. Lucy contacted the police. ☐☐ C. She was quite __________ about the broken chair.
Exercise 5
Answers D. Steiner used Armin as a cover. ☐☐ D. I get __________ if people talk loudly on their phones.

THE LIGHTER SIDE
EASY
The Argyle Sweater

INFO TO GO
When a number is indivis-
ible, it can’t be divided by
another number exactly
“Freedom for the without leaving a remain-
der. “Indivisible” sounds
wolves has often similar to “invisible”. The
Invisible Man is a horror
meant death to character created in 1897
by H. G. Wells in the book
the sheep” of the same name.
Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997),

invisible [In(vIzEb&l]
Russian-British philosopher
, unsichtbar
remainder [ri(meIndE]
, Rest
by Scott Hilburn
Cartoons: © 2021 PEANUTS Worldwide LLC, Dist. by Andrews McMeel Syndication/Bulls Press; © 2022 Scott Hilburn/Distributed by Universal Uclick/Bulls Press
flap
, schwingen
Flying high
flies higher and faster, he begins to do
Hugo the Hawk has tried for ages to get n
hawk [(hO:k]
- all kinds of tricks: loop the loops, swa Habicht
into the circus. When Franconi’s Trav
,
ersa ults . Fina lly, Hug o
dives and som
elling Circus comes to town, he begs
loop the loop
lands elegantl y righ t in fron t of the cir- , Looping drehen
the owner to watch his act. The owner
s into the ring cus owner. The owner takes a puff on ring
finally agrees. Hugo step you
- his cigar and asks, “So, what else do , hier: Arena
and flaps his arms up and down. Sud ress ions ?”
do besides bird imp
denly, he rises off the ground. As he
somersault [(sVmEsO:lt]
, Purzelbaum
swan dive
, Schwalbensprung
First things first border

, hier: Einfassung
A man phones the fire brigade and says, “I’ve just had my front fire brigade UK
, Feuerwehr
yard landscaped. I have lovely new flower-beds, a rose border,
a little fish pond and a fountain.” fountain
, Springbrunnen
“That sounds very nice,” says the fire chief, “but what does that
front yard
have to do with the fire service?” , Vorgarten
The caller replies, “Because next door’s house is on fire, and I
landscape
don’t want your people trampling all over my front yard!” , gestalten
Compiled by
Owen Connors
Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
36 SPOTLIGHT 2022 THE LIGHTER SIDE

AMERICAN LIFE
The right to bear arms

Für unsere Kolumnistin ist es nicht nachvollziehbar, dass in einem
Land, in dem jedes Jahr Tausende durch Schießereien zu Tode
kommen, so viele Bürger gegen strengere Waffengesetze sind.
MEDIUM US
W
ith all the gun violence in the U.S., GINGER KUENZEL is a
it’s hard to understand why so many freelance writer who lived
people are vehemently opposed to in Munich for 20 years.
She now divides her time
gun control. They insist that their between Florida and a small
right to own guns is protected by the second town in upstate New York.
amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says
that a well-regulated militia is necessary if a state
is to be free, and that the people thus must have
the right to keep and bear arms.
This amendment was written at the end of
the 18th century. After having overthrown their
amendment
British rulers, our founding fathers wanted to , Zusatzartikel, Ver-
limit the powers of their new federal government. fassungszusatz
Because they had seen how European rulers used assault rifle
their armies to oppress their citizens, the founding [E(sA:lt (raIf&l] Even if we view these as valid reasons
fathers didn’t want to establish a professional , Sturmfeuergewehr to own a weapon, do people really need
army. Instead, they decided to rely on citizen duly military-style assault rifles? Surely the
militias to protect the state. And since every white , ordnungsgemäß founding fathers didn’t have this kind of
male was expected to be part of the militia when fast-forward weapon in mind. Yet assault rifles are legal
, vorspulen
called to serve, these people needed to be armed. in nearly every state.
Fast-forward to today: The U.S. has a standing gun control It’s hard to imagine anything more
, Reglementierung von
army and reservists, along with National Guard heartbreaking than the loss of a child.
Waffenbesitz
troops, all of whom are issued weapons by the The many school shootings in this coun-
government. We don’t need militias. Never- gun violence try should be enough to make any sane
, Schusswaffengewalt
Fotos: Militarist/Shutterstock.com; 4x6/iStock.com; privat
theless, tens of thousands of individuals have person demand stricter gun control.
illegitimate
organized behind far-right militias, such as the [Il&(dZIt&m&t]
In 2022, after decades of debate, our
Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys. These believe , rechtswidrig Congress finally passed a new gun con-
that our government is illegitimate and must militia [mE(lISE]
trol law. It expands background checks for
be overthrown. Members of both groups were , Miliz individuals under 21 seeking to buy a gun,
behind the violent attempt on January 6, 2021 oppress and aims to keep guns out of the hands
to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden as , unterdrücken of dangerous people. It’s nowhere near
the duly elected president, and to keep Trump in sane enough, and it comes too late for the near-
office. And because it’s so easy to own a gun in the , vernünftig ly 49,000 people who were murdered by
U.S., these extremists are all armed. standing army gun owners in 2021 alone. But it is at least
Not all gun owners are violent far-right extrem- , stehendes Heer a start, and maybe it will save other lives.
ists. Many say they need guns for self-protection target practice We can only hope – and continue to de-
or for hobbies, such as hunting or target practice. , Schießübungen mand stricter gun control laws.
AMERICAN LIFE SPOTLIGHT 2022 37

TRAVEL
Older than history Varanasi liegt am Ganges und ist eine der ältesten Städte der Welt.
APARNA PEDNEKAR erkundet die uralten Traditionen der Stadt und
entdeckt dabei ihre große Bedeutung für die Region
Uttar Pradesh und das moderne Indien.
MEDIUM AUDIO PLUS
Varanasi
Varanasi: the ancient city on the

banks of the River Ganges
Foto: narvikk/iStock.com
aranasi is known by many oth-
V er names: Banaras, Benaras,

Benares, Kashi (City of Light),
Anandvan (Forest of Bliss)
and Rudravasa (City of Lord Shiva). For
a city that’s been inhabited since the
ninth century by gods, poets and saints,
this probably shouldn’t come as a sur-
prise. As Mark Twain said: “Benaras is
older than history, older than tradition,
older even than legend and looks twice
as old as all of them put together.”
This is my second visit to Varanasi.
The city may be old – but it’s far from
forgotten. Tourists are back, filling
the famous temples and ghats on the
mighty River Ganges. There’s traffic,
noise and chaos!
India’s nation builders

Before jumping into action, I spend a
calm evening at the Taj Nadesar Pal-
ace – once the home of Varanasi’s royal
family – which has been converted into
a hotel. The elegant, ten-room man-
sion is set among lotus ponds, mango
orchards, and marigold gardens. The Taj Nadesar Palace hotel, once
the home of Varanasi’s royal family
It has hosted international celebri-
ties from the 18th century onwards,
including Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru,
the Prince and Princess of Wales and
the Dalai Lama. Charmingly, the rooms Physically, she’s a force to be reck- appointment intervene
, Verabredung, Treffen , eingreifen
are named after these famous guests, oned with. The Ganges-Brahmaputra-
allowing present-day visitors to expe- Meghna (GBM) is one of the largest riv- carriage [(kÄrIdZ] mansion
, Kutsche , Herrenhaus, Villa
rience a slice of history. er systems in the world. It crosses India,
I enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride China, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, convert [kEn(v§:t] marigold
, umbauen , Ringelblume
around the grounds – which include and serves as the life source of millions
the Taj Ganges, a modern, five-star of people, across 11 states in India. crescent [(krez&nt] night: call it a ~ ifml.
, Halbmond , Schluss machen für
Fotos: Taj Nadesar Palace; hadynyah, Arnav Pratap Singh/iStock.com
business hotel – and have a swim in the It’s said that when this great river
heute
pool before calling it a night. goddess decided to “step” on to earth, dawn
, Morgendämmerung orchard [(O:tSEd]
Along with temple and ghat visits, her force could have destroyed it. Fortu- , Obstgarten, -plantage
the hotel can arrange for classical music nately, Lord Shiva intervened, trapping dreadlocks
, hier: dicke Haarsträhne pond
and dance nights on request. Varanasi is her in his dreadlocks, from where she , Teich
the birthplace of Kathak – one of India’s gently flowed down to earth. Shaped forehead
, Stirn reckoned: a force to
most graceful classical dances. like the crescent on Shiva’s forehead, be ~ with
the city of Varanasi presents Ma (Moth- ghat [gA:t]
, eine ernstzunehmende
, Ghat, stufenartige
Meeting the gods er) Ganga in her most glorious form. Uferbefestigung
Größe
Next morning, I wake up before dawn slice
goddess
and hurry to reach Assi Ghat by 5 a.m., Along the ghats , Göttin
, Scheibe, Stück
where I have an appointment with a Assi is one of the 88 ghats (riverfront worship
gossip
river goddess. steps) that physically connect Varanasi , Gebet, religiöse Hand-
, tratschen
lungen
The Ganges (personified in Hindu to the Ganges. As well as being places
host sb.
mythology as the goddess Ganga) is of worship, the ghats are community , jmdn. zu Gast haben,
an integral part of Indian civilization. spaces where people can meet, gossip, beherbergen
40 SPOTLIGHT 2022 TRAVEL

offer prayers, bathe and wash their
clothes.
When I get to Assi Ghat, the ritual-
istic dips in the Ganges have already be- Religious rituals
are performed by
gun, even though the sun is only now Hindu priests
rising above the horizon. I don’t bathe,
but I arrive just in time for Subah-e-
Banaras (a morning in Varanasi). This
is a daily, early-morning programme
of yoga and music at the ghat, and is an
initiative of the government of Uttar
Pradesh.
An hour later, I climb into one of the
many wooden boats waiting to take
people for a ride along the river. Early
morning and sunset are the best times
for this popular Varanasi experience. A
rising sun, lemon chai in hand, the gen-
tle gurgling of the waves, the boatman Hindu holy men’s
lives are dedicated
to achieving
liberation from the
lemon chai ritualistic dip
endless cycle of
, ayurvedischer [)rItSuE(lIstIk]
reincarnation
Zitronen-Kräutertee , rituelles Eintauchen
TRAVEL SPOTLIGHT 2022 41

humming a local song – all this makes with lentil-stuffed, deep-fried kachori
for a picture-perfect Varanasi morning. (flatbread) eaten with sabji (potato
The pyres are already burning. Two curry) and golden jalebis (small swirls
of Varanasi’s ghats – Manikarnika and of gram flour fried and dipped in sugar
Harishchandra – are exclusively re- syrup) is impractical. In Varanasi, it’s
served as cremation sites. Hindus be- the usual breakfast, inexpensive and
lieve that death in Varanasi guarantees delicious. Everything is freshly fried in
moksha (liberation from the endless ghee (clarified butter) and, by 11 a.m.,
cycle of reincarnation). they’re usually sold out.
I recall visiting Varanasi as a 19-year- I loved the malai toast I tried during
old. Seeing a funeral pyre burning at my last visit to Laxmi Tea Stall, so I stop Malai toast: milk
the ghat didn’t shock or scare me. I was for a bite. It’s delicious: thick, home- cream inside fire- bite ifml.
roasted bread
a little sad and philosophical, but this made milk cream slathered over slices , Happen
acceptance of death as a part of life – of fire-roasted bread and served with bump into sb.
often, as the very goal of life – is the chai (spiced tea with milk). Not every , jmdn. zufällig treffen
city’s spiritual lineage. It’s also a good Varanasi dish is a calorie bomb, though! clarified
opportunity for foreigners to learn the At Thatheri Bazaar, the fresh dahi (curd) , geklärt
Indian way of accepting change, which is served in small clay pots; it tastes un- clay
flows like the Ganges. like any store-bought yogurt. In winter, , Ton
the 100-year-old Shreeji Sweets & Milk cremation

A delicious melting pot serves malaiyo, a light, cloud-like dessert , Feuerbestattung
My peaceful morning in Varanasi has made with whipped cream, saffron and curd
ended with the boat ride. Now, it’s time cardamom. , etwa: Quark
to navigate the city’s famous narrow While strolling through Thatheri deep-fried
gallis (lanes) through Godowlia Mar- Bazaar, avoiding the scooters and cra- , frittiert
ket to Thatheri Bazaar. It’s only just past zy pedestrians, I bump into Jeremy flatbread
9 a.m., but I’m already late. The winding Oltmann, an American who’s lived in , Fladenbrot
lanes are lined with small food joints, Varanasi for more than 20 years. He gram flour [(flaUE]
most of which are between 100 and 150 runs “Varanasi Walks”, which intro- , Kichererbsenmehl
years old. duces tourists to unusual sights and hum
There’s a long queue outside the experiences in the city. Varanasi has , summen
Ram Bhandar, whose kachori sabji and always been a cosmopolitan city, so it joint ifml.
, Bude, Stand
jalebi are the best in the city. In cities like isn’t unusual to find people here from
Mumbai or Delhi, starting a workday all over the world. I soon realize that lentil-stuffed
, mit Linsenfüllung
lineage [(lIniIdZ]
, Abstammung;
hier: Geschichte
melting pot
, Schmelztiegel
navigate
, durchstreifen, sich
Fotos: Dinodia Photos, MD Images / Alamy Stock Photo
zurechtfinden
pedestrian [pE(destriEn]
, Fußgänger(in)
pyre [(paIE]
, Scheiterhaufen
slather sth.[(slÄDE] ifml.
, etw. dick bestreichen
stroll
, schlendern
swirl
Sweet golden , Kringel
jalebis, part of the
usual breakfast in whipped cream
Varanasi , Schlagsahne

Shri Kashi Vishwanath
Temple, one of the most
Jeremy is the man you need if you want temple at 2.30 a.m. ensures a much bet- important and famous
a guide to the best cup of cappuccino, ter experience. Later, it gets chaotic and temples in Varanasi, the
“City of Temples”
or a cocktail called a Kathmandu Mule uncomfortably crowded.
(Moscow Mule with Indian liqueur), or Things will be different the next time I
recommendations on the city’s most in- come here. In 2021, the ambitious Kashi
teresting nightlife, or even directions to Vishwanath Dham Project was launched
a secret temple. to make the temple visit a grand and
convenient affair for pilgrims. A 320-
Fire, water and prayers by 20-metre walkway will take visitors
Varanasi is also called the City of Tem- straight from the banks of the Ganges to
ples. There are more than 2,000 known the temple, with guest houses, a library,
temples, as well as others hidden in se- a museum and a cafe along the way.
cret lanes. The most important temple I drop in at the smaller but equally bank launch sth. [lO:ntS]
is Kashi Vishwanath, known as one of important Kaal Bhairav temple. If Shi- , Ufer , etw. starten, anstoßen
the 12 pilgrimage sites that Shiva wor- va is the king of Varanasi, Kaal Bhairava convenient pilgrim
shippers should visit. (a fierce avatar of Shiva) is said to be the , bequem , Pilger(in)
However, on my second day in the guardian of the city. For those interest- drop in pilgrimage site
city, I decide to skip the temple visit: ed, a 30-minute drive from Varanasi will , vorbeischauen [(pIlgrImIdZ]
you have to get there very early to avoid take you to Sarnath, an important Bud- , Pilgerstätte
ensure sth. [In(SO:]
the long queues and crowds. The first dhist site, where the Buddha is said to , etw. sichern sermon
, Predigt
prayer of the day, Mangala Aarti (aarti have given his first sermon. fierce [(fIEs]
means “religious ritual” or “ceremony”), The highlight of my day comes af- , furchteinflößend skip
, überspringen, aus-
starts as early as 3 a.m., so pre-booking ter sunset. I attend the Ganga Aarti at guardian [(gA:diEn] lassen
your ticket online and getting to the Dashashwamedh Ghat. It’s advisable , Wächter

The ghats on
the banks of the
Ganges: where
people meet,
pray, bathe and
wash their clothes
together by all the priests art historian

as they wave and circle the , Kunsthistoriker(in)
lamps. brass
, Messing
Temple of learning chant
The Banaras Hindu Univer- , (im Chor) singen
sity (BHU) is the largest res- circle
idential university campus , kreisförmig schwenken
in South Asia. Spread across commencement

4,000 acres of land, it has five , Beginn
institutes, 16 faculties, 140 enchanting

departments, four advanced , bezaubernd
centres and four interdisci- fragrance

plinary schools. The campus , Duft
is famous for its greenery gorgeous [(gO:dZEs]

and pretty areas in which to , großartig
spend quiet afternoons, even greenery
if you aren’t a student here. , Grün, Grünanlagen
I see peacocks while I’m layer

walking around. , Schicht
I decide to visit the Bharat peacock

, Pfau
Kala Bhavan Museum on
the university campus. It’s populous
, bevölkerungsreich
a wonderfully rich reposito-
ry of India’s art, culture and repository [ri(pQzItEri]
history. Jeremy Oltmann, , Fundgrube
the American guide, rec- residential university
campus [)rezI)denS&l
ommended that I see the )ju:nI)v§:sEti (kÄmpEs]
amazing Alice Boner Gallery. , Hochschule mit Wohn-
Boner was a Swiss painter, heimen
sculptor, art historian and reveal
Flowers are offered Indologist. She lived in Vara- , zeigen, offenbaren
to the sacred River
to get your hotel to plan a trip so that Ganges in religious nasi from 1936 to 1978, after sandalwood
you have a good place to stand and can ceremonies coming to India with the , Sandelholz
watch the prayers up close. I manage to internationally renowned school

reach the ghat at 5 p.m. – early enough Uday Shankar dance troupe. , hier: Fakultät
to avoid getting lost in the crowd as The gallery is designed like a sculptor
the aarti begins at 6.30 in summer and mandala, leading me through , Bildhauer(in)
7 p.m. in winter. The excitement can the various phases of Boner’s vibrant [(vaIbrEnt]
Foto: CherylRamalho, Travel Stock/Shutterstock.com
be felt as the crowd gathers and a loud- fascinating life, reflected in , dynamisch, pulsierend
speaker announces the commence- her sculpture, dance, paint-
ment of the aarti. Despite the large ing and writing.
number of people, the atmosphere is This gorgeous museum is INFO TO GO
quite enchanting. the perfect end to my trip. It Varanasi is in the state
A line of young priests, dressed in offers a multifaceted snap- of Uttar Pradesh. With
more than 200 million
glittering saffron and white robes, con- shot of Varanasi, revealing inhabitants, this is India’s
duct the ritual. Their large brass lamps the many layers of its an- most populous state.
have tall fires burning in them. There’s cient history as well as the Indeed, if Uttar Pradesh
were a country, it would
a fragrance of sandalwood in the air, rich contribution the city be the world’s sixth most
which is an essential component of any has made to shaping India’s populous nation.
aarti. Prayers to the Ganges are chanted vibrant, modern identity.

AROUND OZ
It’s the thought that counts

Geburtstagsgeschenke können gewaltig daneben gehen
– dabei muss man sich doch eigentlich nur Gedanken
machen, was wirklich zu der beschenkten Person passt.
ADVANCED AUDIO
M
y adult children thought a lot about
what to give me for my birthday. I
know this, because they were weeks
late in the delivery.
As they say, the thought is as important as the
gift. I feel sorry for the family who gave their
parents tickets for a cruise, even though both
mum and dad suffer from travel sickness. Imagine
being badly ill on a boat, week after week, with no
way to get off. They just weren’t thinking. PETER FLYNN is a
Anyway, first of all, my kids took me to a writer based in Perth,
Western Australia.
modern burlesque show. Next, they organized a
horse ride for all of us, in the hill forests near Perth.
Now, they were thinking. burlesque [b§:(lesk] Gifts for women require a lot more
My twin boys and I discovered burlesque , Varieté thought. Diamonds are always a good
performance at a local pub a few years ago. The cruise [kru:z] start, but be careful if you decide to buy
women were classically beautiful but their gym- , Kreuzfahrt fashionable clothing. The brand name, col-
nastic skills were even more impressive than their prank our and size must all be perfect. Oh, and
glorious, shiny outfits. Burlesque as an art form is , Streich never, ever get household products, espe-
hundreds of years old. The word comes from the recipient cially cooking and cleaning equipment.
Italian burla – meaning a joke or prank, or making , Empfänger(in); hier: This next idea may sound lazy, but a
der/die Beschenkte
fun of serious subjects. gift card worth a minimum of $100 from
The show we went to this year for my birthday a quality shop is often a good thing to give
was clearly an expression of political correctness, male and female friends and relatives.
making all those on stage feel equal, whatever Theatres, concert and festival organizers
their gender or size. Australia’s national and state and even top restaurants also offer gift
Fotos: purple_queue, pixitive/iStock.com; privat
burlesque competitions became gender-neutral cards. This allows the recipients to make
this year. Winners can identify with whichever a choice for themselves, and to spend a bit
title they prefer – Miss Burlesque, Mr Burlesque more or less money than your gift.
or Mx Burlesque. New consumer protection laws in place
Unfortunately, because of Covid and bad since 2019 mean that gift cards are now
weather, we’ve decided to delay the horse ride for valid for three years. Before that, around
a few months. I’m looking forward to it very much $70 million worth of cards weren’t used
as I love horses: the whole experience of riding a within the 12-month time limit by the
big, intelligent animal in a mountain environment Diesen Text hier people who had received them.
kostenlos anhören!
appeals to me. (Yes, I do realize that, like most www.spotlight-online.de/ Be brave and use your brain. Because, as
men, I’m relatively easy to please.) audio-gratis/13 they say, it’s the thought that counts.
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LANGUAGE SECTION
Welcome
to the
language
pages
20 Sprachseiten
Over the next 20 pages, we 48 THAT’S NOT WHAT I LEARNED 58 EVERYDAY ENGLISH M +
give you the opportunity to AT SCHOOL! E Brush up on your conversational
learn about grammar and Do native speakers really speak English. Our topic this time: an
like they do in your English outdoor exercise class
expand your vocabulary in an
coursebooks?
up-to-date context. We start
60 SPOKEN ENGLISH M +
off with a look at your school 52 JUST A MOMENT M Onomatopoeia: words that
English. Does it stand up to Feeling the heat: Dagmar Taylor’s imitate the sound they describe
the real-life test of being in an personal perspective on life in
English-speaking country? Scotland 62 ENGLISH AT WORK M  +
The family-friendly workplace:
53 THE BASICS E + Ken Taylor looks at the skills and
A conversation in easy English – language needed at work
this time, with candle maker Zara
Channon 64 THE PUZZLE PAGES E M A
Solve our puzzles, find the
54 VOCABULARY M + solutions and win a prize
On a cruise: learn all the words
and phrases that are useful on a 66 LOST IN TRANSLATION A
cruise ship What does “grandstanding” mean
and where does the word come
56 THE GRAMMAR PAGES M + from?
Stative verbs: master this key
point of English grammar with 67 LANGUAGE CARDS
the help of a short dialogue Pull out and practise some of
the finer points of the English
language
LANGUAGE SPOTLIGHT 2022 47

LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE SECTION
That’s not what

I learned at school!
Passt das, was Sie in der Schule gelernt haben, eigentlich noch zum heutigen
Alltagsenglisch? VANESSA CLARK schlägt ein paar kleine Anpassungen vor,
mit denen Ihr gesprochenes Englisch gleich viel authentischer klingt.
EASY
Illustrationen: Georg Lechner
48
LANGUAGE SECTION
f you used some of the standard English simple way to speak. And if you learn those
I coursebooks in circulation in the past, you will

probably remember that “Betty’s dog is called
Barker” and that “the cat sat under the table”.
Learning sentences like these was certainly a good
start, but how does your school English stand up
phrases, you can’t go wrong. As a teacher and a
coursebook writer myself, I’m in favour of giv-
ing one simple way to say things. Why make life
more complicated? But as a native speaker living
in the UK, I also notice that my own day-to-day
to the real-life test of being in an English-speaking English often doesn’t match up with the language
circulation
country? Do people really speak like they do in the in coursebooks. , Umlauf
coursebooks? So, here are a few examples that I’ve noticed
match up with sth.
Of course, books can give only one standard from my own experience, where there’s a differ- , mit etw. überein-
way to say things – one easy, straightforward, ence between “classroom English” and real life. stimmen
Old
New
I’d like…
Can I get…?
Could I get…?
Could I have…?
The phrase “I’d like...” is perfectly fine

– it’s ideal, in fact! But if you sit in a
restaurant with native speakers, you’ll
probably be the only one using it. It’s
the same with the question form “What
would you like?”. It’s great, but you’ll
more likely hear “What can I get you?”.
Can you tell me the way to…?

How do I get to…?
Is there a… near here?
I’m looking for…
Of course, these days, we just get our

phones out and use Google Maps! But if
you’re out of data, just say “I’m looking Good morning, Mr Smith!
for…” – it’s so much easier than the com- Morning, David!
plex alternatives you learned at school.
Family names are rarely used in the UK. Much to
the frustration of some older people, it’s the norm
to be addressed by your first name.

LANGUAGE SECTION
We visited our friends.

We visited my aunt.
We went to see some friends.
We went to my aunt’s.
“Visited” certainly exists, but sounds rather

formal. We usually “go to see someone”
or “go and see someone”. Other informal
options include “go round to someone’s”
or “go over to someone’s”.
Be careful!
Mind out!
Watch out!
If you hear a shout of “Mind out!” or “Watch

out!”, look for possible danger. Like Vor-
sicht! in German, it’s a warning. Don’t get it
confused with “Take care”, which is a friend-
ly way to end a conversation or an e-mail,
another way to say “Goodbye”.
He invited me to a restaurant.
He asked me out to a restaurant.
He asked me out to dinner.
“Invite” is fairly formal in English. You’re

invited to a wedding or to another special
event, but for informal arrangements, you
just “ask someone out” or “ask someone
to come for a meal at your house”.
I’ll try to do it.

I’ll try and do it.
The “to” becomes “and” in everyday speech

– though only in the present simple (e.g. “I
e.g. (exempli gratia) We had visitors at the weekend. always try and eat healthily”) and after some
[)i: (dZi:] Some friends came over. sentence starters: “I’ll try and…”, “I can try
, z.B.
My brother and his family came to stay. and…” and “Why don’t you try and…?”. In
name badge We had someone staying with us for
Illustrationen: Georg Lechner
, Namensschild the past and with progressive tenses, you

the weekend. still need the standard structure “try to”, for
example “I tried to help her” or “I’m trying to
As above, “visitors” sound rather formal, or busi-
help you”.
ness-like. If you ask these people to sign in at
reception and wear a name badge, they’re “visitors”
– otherwise, they’re just “friends” or “people”.
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LANGUAGE SECTION
It was a rainy day.
It was a wet day.
When you did “The weather” as a beginner, you

probably learned a set of words that end with “-y”:
“sunny”, “windy”, “foggy”, “snowy” and “rainy”. The
word “rainy” goes well in that group, but isn’t used He helped me to do it.
very often in everyday conversation. In real life, we He helped me do it.
get a lot of “wet weather” and “wet weekends”.
The “to” is usually dropped in
everyday speech.
My colleagues are very nice.

The people I work with are very nice.
The people at work are very nice.
Everyone at work is very nice.
“Colleague” is a good, simple word for learners

and it’s fine to use in English, especially in a formal
context – but it would be unusual in everyday speech.
A British person will talk about “the people at work”,
while Americans have “coworkers”.
I met a friend. I’m very well, thanks.

I met up with a friend. I’m fine, thanks.
I went out with a friend. I’m good.
I bumped into a friend. Good, thanks.
You “meet” someone only on the first In the past, teachers used to get
occasion (“Nice to meet you”). After that, frustrated when their German
you “meet up with them” or “go out with students answered the question
them” (by arrangement), or you might “How are you?” with “Good”,
“bump into them” (by chance). translating directly from the Ger-
man gut – but now, since about
the year 2000, “good” is … good!
The company organizes courses.

The company runs courses.
“Organize” is a nice, easy word for internation-

al learners to understand – like organisieren in
German – and it is used in English. However,
more often, you’ll hear the word “run”. Com-
panies run courses, training days, schemes,
systems, competitions… “Run” is a useful word scheme [ski:m]
in the world of work. , Programm, Projekt

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LANGUAGE SECTION
Feeling the heat

Unsere Kolumnistin wird nur sehr selten mit extremer Hitze konfrontiert.
Trotzdem: Sollte der unwahrscheinliche Fall eintreten, dass Edinburgh von
einer Hitzewelle heimgesucht wird, hat sie einen Notfallplan parat.
MEDIUM
DAGMAR TAYLOR is a
I
n mid-July, the UK was preparing for a heat- freelance writer and teacher
wave. The Met Office had issued its first-ever trainer. She lives and works
red warning for extreme heat, warning that in Edinburgh, Scotland.
“illness and death may occur”. The news was

full of worrying worst-case scenarios. amber
, gelb
“TINDERBOX BRITAIN,” screamed The Daily
Mail, painting a terrifying picture of forest fires, Downing Street
, die britische Regierung
burning train tracks, heat-related deaths and an
dreich Scot. [(dri:x]
overwhelmed NHS. UK scientists suggested
, trüb, trostlos
starting to name heatwaves, the way they do with clothing and actually apply it to my skin.
medicine cabinet
storms. Bernie, perhaps? “I’m absolutely boiling!” or “It’s roasting!”
, Arzneischrank
It was all very well for me to scoff, sitting in I’d complain.
MET Office UK
Scotland, in my woolly cardigan, a hot cup of tea , nationaler meteoro-
At a music festival a few weeks earlier, I
in front of me. “Parts of London are now set to hit logischer Dienst was reminded of another expression you
41 °C,” announced the newsreader on the radio. NHS (National Health can use in a heatwave. It was a typically
I checked the forecast on my phone. It was going Service) UK dreich Glasgow day. Occasionally, how-
to be 30 °C in Edinburgh: an amber warning, not , Nationaler Gesund- ever, the sun did come out, and someone
red, as it was in England and Wales. How lucky heitsdienst would shout: “Taps aff!” It’s a common
for me that this was the day I’d be visiting friends overwhelm saying in Scotland whenever the temper-
, hier: überfordern
who lived further north, where the temperature ature goes above 15 °C – to announce that
was forecast to be only 28 °C. paving stone it’s warm enough to take your top off.
, Pflasterstein
I remembered the last heatwave I’d experienced “Doctors fear that the NHS will be
scoff Fotos: White Bear Studio, A-Digit/iStock.com; Cordula de Bloeme
in Scotland – on that scorching afternoon in 1976. overwhelmed during the extreme weath-
, spotten
My mother was sitting in the garden IN HER er,” announced the newsreader. “Down-
UNDERWEAR! It was far too hot, even in my scorching ing Street said emergency plans were in
, brütend heiß
plastic pool. The paving stones burned my little place.” But the newsreader didn’t tell us
bare feet as I tiptoed quickly and carefully back tinderbox what those plans were.
, Zunderbüchse
indoors to hide under a table for the rest of the I did some research and found a Twit-
afternoon. tiptoe ter thread, written by an Australian
, auf Zehenspitzen
I’d never known it to be that hot in Scotland. gehen doctor, about how to stay cool and safe.
While I was growing up, we had one tube of sun “Stick your feet in a bucket of ice water,
woolly cardigan
cream – left over from a ski trip my mum had , Wollstrickjacke
keep towels in the freezer or fridge to lie
taken in the 1960s. That tube lasted my whole under at bedtime, stick ice cubes under
childhood. Whenever I wanted to remember your arms.” Being in Scotland, I knew I
INFO TO GO
what summer smelled like, I’d go to the medicine wouldn’t have to do any of those things,
Dagmar jokingly suggests
cabinet and inhale the exotic smell of ancient the name “Bernie” because it should 28 °C become too hot for me.
Piz Buin. Only occasionally did I have to remove sounds similar to “burning”. I would do what I did in 1976: go inside.
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THE BASICS
LANGUAGE SECTION
Easy English
VANESSA CLARK führt ein Gespräch
mit einer Kerzenzieherin und präsentiert
passendes Hintergrundwissen auf
Sprachniveau A2.
EASY PLUS
FASCINATING FACTS
aker ...about the “hand of glory”, an old tradition:
nn on , candle m
Zara Cha
⋅ The “hand of glory” is a European tradition
dating back to the 18th century.
A CONVERSATION WITH ZARA CHANNON
Here, we present interesting lives from around the English-
⋅ It was the hand of a dead man – often the
hand of a murderer who had been hanged
speaking world. This time, we talk to Zara Channon, who for their crime.
makes candles.
⋅ Traditionally, it was the left hand (as “left” is
more “sinister”, coming from the Latin word
Tell us about your candle making. for “left”).
I do it in my kitchen. It started as a hobby, but now I sell my
candles online. I use vegan soya wax and natural colours.
⋅ The hand was cut off the dead body and
dried. It was then used as a candle holder.
What are your bestselling designs?

⋅ For extra horror, the candle for this candle
holder was supposed to be made from the
The most popular ones are my ice-cream candles and my dead man’s fat.
cake candles – they look like real food, good enough to eat!
Cactus candles are popular at the moment, too, and rain-
⋅ Some people said that a hand of glory could
open all doors. Others said that if you gave
bows. They all sell well, but, to be honest, I think they’re a bit a hand of glory to someone, it would stop
boring! them moving. Another story was that
the candle would give its light only to the
And what’s your favourite design? person who was holding it.
I really like making creepy candles. I love horror, so I bring
that interest into my designs. One of my favourites is the
⋅ There’s a hand of glory in the Harry Potter
books and films.
baby’s-head candle – it looks like a baby’s head and is real-
ly creepy. It’s quite difficult to make. But I also do a vam-
pire-blood candle, which is easy to make. For that, you take a
big black candle and just drip red wax over it, so it looks like
Illustration: Martin Haake
blood. You can do it at home really quickly – it only takes ten creepy ifml. sinister [(sInIstE]
minutes. , gruselig, unheimlich , unheilvoll
drip soya wax [(sOIE wÄks] UK
So, what’s your next project? , träufeln , Sojawachs
My next project is a “hand of glory” – they’re absolutely fas- glory
cinating. Do you know what they are? , Ruhm
THE BASICS SPOTLIGHT 2022 53

VOCABULARY
LANGUAGE SECTION
ak
al u
X
w
v
at U
W
54 SPOTLIGHT 2022 VOCABULARY

LANGUAGE SECTION
On a cruise
VANESSA CLARK sticht in See und liefert die
passenden Worte und Wendungen für eine
Reise mit dem Kreuzfahrtschiff.
MEDIUM PLUS
u cabin, stateroom N. Am.

WELCOME ON BOARD!
, Kabine
It’s embarkation time. You can walk up the gangway and go on
v captain board. Crew members are on hand to help you find your deck
, Kapitän(in) and your cabin. Interior cabins are cheaper, but the cabins on the
w cruise ship [(kru:z SIp] outside of the ship will have a porthole or a big window, or even
, Kreuzfahrtschiff a balcony.
x deck It’s fun to join the other passengers on deck for departure, or a
, Deck “sailaway party”, as the captain sounds the ship’s horn, and every-
one cheers and waves as you set sail. If you feel seasick at first,
y deckchair, sunbed,
you’ll soon find your “sea legs”.
sun lounger
Now life on the ocean wave can begin. The cruise ship is your
[(sVn )laUndZE]
floating hotel, with all the amenities and entertainment you could
, Liegestuhl
want. You can swim on the lido deck, have a spa treatment, visit
U gangway the casino, or just sit on deck and watch the horizon.
, Gangway Food, soft drinks (sodas N. Am.), live entertainment and many
V lifeboat activities are included in the price. For extra charges, cruise ships
, Rettungsboot are cashless; instead, each passenger has an onboard expense
W passenger account and can pay with their “cruise card”. What about tipping
, Passagier(in) the crew? A gratuity charge is automatically added per passenger
per day to your expense account.
X porthole [(pO:thEUl]
There will be several ports of call on your itinerary, when the
, Bullauge
boat will dock and you’ll have the chance to disembark and go on
at rails shore on an excursion.
, Reling Whether you’re cruising in the Mediterranean (“the Med”),
ak seagull the Caribbean, the South Pacific or the Norwegian fjords – happy
, Seemöwe INFO TO GO
sailing!
On board, left is “port”,
al seasick right is “starboard”, the
, seekrank front is “fore” and the
back is “aft”.
amenities [E(mi:nEtiz] embarkation port of call

, Annehmlichkeiten, Ein- , Einsteigen, Einschiffung , Anlaufhafen
richtungen
expense account sea legs
cashless , Ausgabenkonto , Seemannsbeine
, bargeldlos
floating shore: go on ~
charges [(tSA:dZIz] , schwimmend , an Land gehen
, Gebühren
gratuity charge spa [spA:]
disembark [grE(tju:Eti tSA:dZ] , hier: Wellness
, von Bord gehen , Trinkgeld-, Servicegebühr
tip
You’ll find our Vocabulary archive at: dock itinerary [aI(tIn&rEri] , Trinkgeld geben
www.spotlight-online.de/teachers/picture-it , andocken, anlanden , Route
VOCABULARY SPOTLIGHT 2022 55

THE GRAMMAR PAGES
LANGUAGE SECTION
Stative verbs
ADRIAN DOFF erklärt grundlegende Grammatikpunkte anhand eines kurzen Dialogs.
MEDIUM PLUS
Tina has gone to work in Lisbon for a year, and she’s telling her friend Matt about it.
How’s life in Lisbon?
It’s great. I’m really enjoying u it.

I’m having u a great time – I’m going
out u a lot and making lots of new
friends. I really like v the people here.
Everyone seems v so friendly and
relaxed. And I love v Portuguese food.
It all sounds w
wonderful.
Yes, it is. The only trouble is,

I’m eating x too much – and
drinking x too much Portu-
guese wine!
Can you speak

Portuguese?
A bit. I’ve been going y

to Portuguese classes and I’ve
been practising y quite a lot.
So, I’m getting better… slowly.
You’re so lucky! I’ve always

wanted U to live abroad and
learn a foreign language. And I’ve
always loved U hot countries.
Well, why don’t you come on
over? I’ve got a spare room!
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LANGUAGE SECTION
GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT
u Tina uses the present continuous

tense (“be” + verb + “-ing”) to talk
about things going on in the pres-
ent.
BEYOND THE
v The verbs like, seem and love are BASICS
stative, or state, verbs: they de- Some verbs can be
either stative verbs
scribe states rather than actions or or activity verbs,
activities. We don’t normally use depending on their
them in the continuous form. So, meaning:
Tina says, “I like the people”, not • I think it’s a good
film. (= my opinion)
“I’m liking the people”. • Be quiet. I’m
thinking. (= a mental
w Verbs describing senses – for exam- activity)
ple “sound”, “look”, “see” or “hear” – • They have a large
house. (= “possess”)
are also stative verbs. So, Matt says, • We’re having a
“It sounds wonderful”, not “It’s good time. (= an
sounding wonderful”. activity)
• You look worried.
(= appearance)
x The verbs eat and drink describe • Are you looking at THE RULES
activities – so, they are used in the me? (= an activity)
continuous form. The verbs “live” Stative, or state, verbs are not normally used in
and “work” can be
either stative or
the continuous form. Instead, we use the pres-
y Tina uses the present perfect con- activity verbs, with ent simple and the present perfect simple:
tinuous tense to talk about activi-
ties that started in the past and are
almost the same
meaning:
• He’s lived here
⋅⋅I wish you were here.
I’ve known him since I was a child.
still continuing. since 1995.
• He’s been living Common stative verbs:
U The verbs want and love are stative
verbs. So, here, Matt uses the pres-
here since 1995.
⋅⋅
hate, like, love, need, prefer, want, wish
believe, know, realize, remember, think,
ent perfect simple, not the present understand
perfect continuous.
⋅⋅
appear, be, hear, look, see, seem, sound
belong to, depend on, include, own
NOW, TRY THIS! M
Choose the correct phrases from the options in bold.

Illustration: Volodymyr Kryshtal/iStock.com
A. We have / We’re having a great holiday and we eat /

we’re eating a lot.
B. We’ve had / We’ve been having our cat for about two
Portuguese [ˌpɔːtʃəˈɡiːz] talking years.
D. They’ve been
, (wg. Aussprache) thinking C. You seem / You’re seeming worried. What do you
spare room [speE] C. You seem; are you think / are you thinking about?
, Gästezimmer
B. We’ve had
eating D. They’ve talked / They’ve been talking on the phone
stative verb [ˈsteItIv] A. We’re having; we’re
for over an hour.
, Zustandsverb
Answers

THE GRAMMAR PAGES SPOTLIGHT 2022 57
EVERYDAY ENGLISH
An outdoor exercise class

DAGMAR TAYLOR präsentiert Dialoge und Sprachtipps,
mit denen Sie spielend Ihr Alltagsenglisch auffrischen.
MEDIUM PLUS
Tips
1. ALL SHAPES AND SIZES
Jess is talking to her friend Kat about going to an outdoor exercise class.
⋅ A boot camp class is a short course of
very hard physical training.
Jess: Remember I was telling you Jess: Well, it’s funny you should say
⋅ Someone who is down to earth is
sensible and practical, in a way that is
about the boot camp I go to? that. The company has a helpful or friendly.
Kat: Oh, yes. Are you still going?
Jess: Yes. They’re such a great
special offer at the moment.
Next week, members can bring
⋅ We say it’s funny you should say
that to indicate that someone has said
bunch of women. They’re all a friend for free. You could something that we were also thinking
ages, shapes and sizes, and all come along. of saying.
really down to earth. We have
a lot of laughs.
Kat: Maybe I will! Do I have to take
out a subscription upfront?
⋅ A special offer is a product or service
that is sold at a lower price than usual
Kat: That sounds fun. It’s outside, Jess: No, there’s no obligation. You to encourage people to buy or use it.
isn’t it? Maybe I should join
you.
can just come along with me
and try it out.
⋅ If you arrange a subscription or pay
for something upfront, you pay for it
in advance.
⋅ A timetable is a list of the times when
classes in school, in a gym, etc., take
place.
2. I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO TRY THAT ⋅ When you sign (yourself) up for
Fotos: Svetlana-Cherruty, GLordn, ima_sidelnikov, PeopleImages, jacoblund, Photology1971/iStock.com

Jess and Kat are talking about which class to try out. something, you arrange to do a class
or course by adding your name to the
Jess: Let’s have a look at the time- Jess: There is, but it’s boxing, not list of people doing it.
table and see which class we
could do together. So, I usually
boot camp. It might be good
fun though.
⋅ Be careful with the pronunciation of
glove(s) – it rhymes with “love(s)”.
go on Thursday evening at
6:30 p.m. and Saturday morn-
Kat: Boxing? I’ve always wanted to
try that.
⋅ If something is provided, it is made
available for you to use.
ing at 9:15. Would either of Jess: Great! I’ll sign us both up for
those suit you? the class on Tuesday then.
Kat: I can’t do Saturday – Lily has Kat: Will I need to buy boxing
her swimming lesson. And I gloves?
can’t do Thursday this week Jess: No. All the equipment is pro-
because it’s my mother-in-law’s vided. You just need to bring a
birthday – we’re taking her out bottle of water.
for dinner. Is there a class on Kat: Great. I’m really looking for-
Tuesday evening? ward to it!
burpee [(b§:pi:] gym [dZIm] sensible subscription

, Liegestützsprung , Fitness-Studio , vernünftig , hier: Mitgliedschaft
for free ifml. mother-in-law squat

, umsonst, kostenlos , Schwiegermutter , Kniebeuge
58 SPOTLIGHT 2022 EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Tips
3. STAYING ACTIVE
Jess and Kat are talking about the boot camp Jess regularly goes to.
⋅ If something is a first for someone,
it is an important achievement or
event that they have never done or
Kat: Have you been to a boxing exercises she tells us to do – experienced before.
class before?
Jess: No, it’s going to be a first for
like squats and burpees – until
she tells us to stop. Sometimes,
⋅ Agility is the ability to move your
body quickly and easily.
me, too. I usually go to boot
camp – only because it’s be-
it’s really hard and everyone
groans, which makes us all
⋅ When you give someone
instructions, you give them
come a habit. laugh. I always feel better after- information about how to do, make
Kat: What do you do at boot camp? wards. or use something.
Jess: The classes are always dif-
ferent. The focus could be on
Kat: I like the sound of boot camp.
Jess: You’d fit right in. It’s so impor-
⋅ If someone groans, they make a deep,
long sound expressing great pain or
strength, agility or cardio. We tant to stay active, isn’t it? And unhappiness.
always start with a warm-up
and then the trainer gives us
if you can have fun at the same
time, it’s so much more motivat-
⋅ If you fit (right) in, you feel that you
belong to a particular group and are
instructions, and we do the ing. accepted by that group. “Right” is
used here for emphasis.
NOW, TRY THIS! M

PHRASE TO GO
“A bunch of women” Match the words from the list below to these six things that you might need for an
is an informal way of exercise class.
saying “a group of
women”.
boxing gloves | resistance band | skipping rope | trainer | trainers | waterproof jacket
A. B. C.
F. boxing gloves
E. skipping rope
D. resistance band
C. trainer
B. waterproof jacket
A. trainers D. E. F.
Answers

EVERYDAY ENGLISH SPOTLIGHT 2022 59
SPOKEN ENGLISH
LANGUAGE SECTION
Click on it!
ADRIAN DOFF hört ganz genau hin – und stellt englische Begriffe vor,
die lautmalerisch auf ihre Bedeutung hinweisen.
MEDIUM PLUS
In English, as in other languages, nouns and verbs

that describe noises often sound similar to the
noise they refer to. So, for example, the word drip “HITTING” WORDS
(= water falling drop by drop) actually sounds bang
like a tap dripping (“drip – drip – drip”). Bees buzz
around flowers, and that’s also the sound they
⋅ If you’re angry, you could
bang your fist on the table; a
make (“bzzz”). And on your computer, you click door might bang in the wind;
on an icon to select it, and that’s the sound made and if you’re running down a
by your mouse or your keyboard as you do it. We crowded street, you may bang
call words like these onomatopoeic words, and into people.
we’re going to look at some more examples here. crash
Onomatopoeic words often contain different ⋅ In a storm, waves crash against

the shore; people may die in
groups of sounds, depending on the area of a plane crash; and if you drive
meaning. Many words that describe movement carelessly, you could crash your
through air have the sounds [S] or [z], which sound car.
like rushing air, for example rush, zoom (the
knock
sound of a low-flying plane) or whizz (the sound
of something moving fast): ⋅ You knock on the door if you
⋅ She whizzed past me on her new e-bike.

want to go in; if you knock a
glass over, it might break.
tap
⋅
Words for water (or any other liquid) flying
through the air often contain the sounds [s] or [S], People sometimes tap their
for example spray or splash: foot to music or tap their
⋅⋅ He sprayed his name on the wall in red paint.

The children were having a great time
fingers on the table; to attract
attention quietly, you could tap
splashing each other in the pool. on the window.
Words that describe sounds made by people and

animals often have [g] or [k] in them, which is
the sound you make in your throat. For example
growl (like a bear or a dog), cough or gasp (the
sound you make if you’re shocked or in pain):
⋅ He gasped in horror when he saw the gas bill. MORE “HITTING” WORDS
⋅ If you drop a ball, it will usually
Even very common words are often onomatopoe- bounce. (= come up again)
ic. Some of these are so familiar, we don’t really no-
tice it: whisper sounds like someone talking very ⋅ If you drop an egg on the floor,
it may break or smash (= break
quietly; sneeze is like the noise you make when into lots of pieces) or it may
you do so; the adjective fizzy sounds like bubbles just crack. (= break along one
in a fizzy drink; and the word bubble itself sounds line)
a bit like a bubble bursting!
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LANGUAGE SECTION
SPEAKING QUIETLY ANIMAL SOUNDS
If you mumble, you speak quietly and un- Wolves howl, dogs bark, cats miaow (or
clearly: purr if they’re happy) and snakes hiss:
⋅ Could you stop mumbling? I can’t
understand a word you’re saying.
⋅ There were dogs barking all night, so I
couldn’t sleep.
If you murmur, you say something very
quietly:
⋅ I stroked the cat till it started purring.
⋅ He was murmuring something to

himself, but I couldn’t hear what it was.
If you mutter, you say something in a low
voice, usually complaining:
⋅ She was muttering something under
her breath about hooligans.
WORDS & SOUNDS
FOOD TWITTER
Food that is hard and breaks easily when you Lots of people use Twitter and they send
bite into it is crisp or crispy, for example bis- tweets. But the original meaning of “twit-
cuits or fresh apples. In British English, crisps ter” is the sound made by a flock of small
are thin slices of fried potato eaten as a snack – birds and “tweet” is the sound that a single
they’re called “chips” in American English. bird makes:
Biscuits, apples and nuts can be crunchy, which
means they’re crisp and pleasant to chew and
⋅⋅ The trees were full of twittering birds.
What’s that tweeting sound? Is it a bird?
they make a noise when you chew them:
⋅ If you rub salt into pork fat before you roast
it, it makes it nice and crunchy.
NOW, TRY THIS! M
Choose the best word from the two options in bold to

complete each sentence below.
A. Be careful with that vase. Mind you don’t knock / tap

it over.
burst shore [SO:]
, platzen , Ufer B. The ball hit / bounced off the goalkeeper’s shoulder
chew [tSu:] slice and into the net.
, kauen , Scheibe C. She always gasps / mumbles on the phone. I find it
flock [flQk] stroke D. whizzing really hard to understand what she says.
C. mumbles
, Schwarm , streicheln B. bounced D. We were driving at 100 miles an hour, but cars were still
icon [(aIkQn] A. knock
howling / whizzing past us in the fast lane.
, Symbol
Answers

SPOKEN ENGLISH SPOTLIGHT 2022 61
ENGLISH AT WORK
LANGUAGE SECTION
The family-friendly workplace

Kommunikations-Experte KEN TAYLOR wirft einen Blick auf die Fähigkeiten
und Sprachkenntnisse, die in der modernen Arbeitswelt unabdingbar sind.
MEDIUM AUDIO PLUS
There are three key benefits of an employer introducing family-friendly REMEMBER!

working practices. Firstly, it demonstrates the importance placed on What steps can you take to
employees’ well-being. Secondly, it reduces stress and helps people make your organization more
family-friendly? KEN TAYLOR
maintain a good work-life balance. Thirdly, it reduces employee turn-
• It’s a good idea to start with is a communication
over whilst attracting qualified staff. a survey of present staff’s consultant. If you have
Have a look at the conversation below and highlight the words and needs and to check what any suggestions for topics,
other organizations offer their you can write to him at
phrases you might find useful when discussing a family-friendly work-
employees. ktaylor868@aol.com
place. • Childcare is a key issue for
many employees. Some
organizations have in-house
crèches and kindergartens.
Lena and Ed own a medium-sized manufacturing company, which Others offer compensation
for childcare costs. accommodate sth.
is expanding. They are discussing the introduction of some new • Providing part-time work or , hier: etw. Rechnung
family-friendly policies to attract candidates for the positions that job-sharing opportunities can tragen, entgegenkommen
will need to be filled. be very helpful to employees commitment
with family obligations.
, Engagement, Einsatz
• The pandemic made working
Lena: I’ve been looking at what some of our competitors offer from home more acceptable. compensation
their staff. Some of them go way beyond their legal require- This option is very useful if a , Ausgleichszahlung
family member needs looking
ments. after. crèche [kreS] UK
Ed: We’re competing to attract skilled workers and keep the • Some employees would like , Kinderkrippe
ones we have. I think we need to offer something unique. to start work later or finish draft
earlier to drop off children at , entwerfen
Lena: As a start, perhaps we should do a survey of our present school or pick them up. Flex-
staff. They could fill in an anonymous questionnaire. ible working times could be health insurance
Ed: Good idea. What sort of questions should we ask them? introduced to accommodate benefits [(helT]
those needs. , Zuzahlungen zur
Lena: We could find out what sort of family obligations they have. Krankenversicherung
• Your organization might
And maybe ask what they find difficult in balancing work extend any private health in- HR (human resources)
and family life. surance benefits to the whole
, Personalabteilung
Ed: Sounds good. We could ask them how they feel about family rather than just to the
individual employee. issue
working from home – and what benefits the company could • Any such benefits affect an , hier: Thema, Problem
introduce to improve their work-life balance. organization’s finances and
the cost-benefit would need obligation
Lena: We should find out about childcare needs. , Verpflichtung
careful calculation. But they
Ed: We should also include parental-leave questions. can help an organization parental leave
Lena: I’ll get John from HR to draft the questionnaire. He’s a new stand out from the crowd. , Elternzeit
parent himself and very aware of many of these issues. They’ll win and retain talent
and increase employees’ questionnaire
commitment and satisfaction. [)kwestSE(neE]
, Fragebogen
turnover
, hier: Fluktuation
ge
langua ss-
Foto: Gert Krautbauer
For the work succe unique [ju(ni:k]

e d to try , einzigartig, besonders
you nelly in English, ght!
fu li
ss Spot re: way beyond: go ~ sth.
Busine he ifml.
t more
Find ouw.business- , weit über etw. hinaus-
gehen
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spot
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LANGUAGE SECTION
Restaurants and religion

Sprachliche Knobeleien zu Texten aus dem Heft. Von OWEN CONNORS
EASY MEDIUM ADVANCED
WORD SEARCH
There are ten words hidden in the puzzle below. All ten are taken from
Looking at Lives on pages 22–25. Find the English translations of the
German words below.
Artikel, Sache
besprüht
E K B L Y V O U D O N E Y Brühe
geschmort
I U L L Y K S E Y Y S H F konserviert, eingelegt
Konsistenz
Y M Q J R N L V G T L I N Küchenkraut
B I F I O Z P S Z Z N O E schneiden
Speisekammer
I Z Y I Z X O H B B O X L Verschmelzung
S D S I Z T E X T U R E A
Z U R T F B R A I S E D R
Word search solution
F D T P O A C K R W A J D Y T U E I T X R C X Z A E
F V G C O I W Q Y F P T A
O H E R B C Q Y O S I S E Y V N I D E V R E S E R P
R T L L C I K M E T I K G
G K I T E M K I C L L T R E S I S O Y Q C B R E H O
D J A W R K C A O P T D F
P R E S E R V E D I N V Y R D E S I A R B F T R U Z
A E R U T X E T Z I S D S
A T P F Y Q W I O C G V F L X O B B H O X Z I Y Z I
E O N Z Z S P Z O I F I B
E A Z X C R X T I E U T Y N I L T G V L N R J Q M Y
F H S Y Y E S K Y L L U I
Y E N O D U O V Y L B K E
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WORD SNAKE
In the word snake below, we have hidden words to do with restaurants. In between the words, you can
find letters that can be rearranged to form the name of a large room where soldiers eat (two words).
“mess hall”.
hm
The hidden name is
waiter (Kellner)
loakroom
en rkscrewlc
cloakroom (Garderobe)
ua neco lwa (Korkenzieher)
tab apki iter
leclot s
corkscrew
hmpeppermillsn
napkin (Serviette)
(Pfeffermühle)
pepper mill
tablecloth (Tischdecke)
The hidden name is __________________________. menu (Speisekarte)
Word snake solution

64 SPOTLIGHT 2022 THE PUZZLE PAGES
LANGUAGE SECTION
CROSSWORD
The words in this puzzle are taken from the Travel feature. You may find
it helpful to refer to the text on pages 38–45.
ACROSS
1. 2. 3. 1. Religious talk
5. Violent, aggressive
1. 4. 8. Person travelling on foot
10. Bird with a colourful tail
6.
11. Pass over, leave out
5. 7. 13. Made cleaner or purer with heat
14. The break of day
15. An area of fruit trees
17. Material used in pottery
9. 8.
DOWN
1. Spiral pattern or motif
10. 12. 2. Cheap bar or restaurant
11. 3. Talk about other people’s behaviour
and private lives
13. 4. Sing, shout in unison
6. Burning of the dead
16.
7. Storehouse, treasury
14. 15. 9. Thin piece
12. Small area of still water
16. Sing a melody without words
17.
Competition
Your chance to win! Solution to crossword 12/22:
potential
Form a single word from the letters in the orange squares.
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T C L O V E V U
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LOST IN TRANSLATION
LANGUAGE SECTION
VANESSA CLARK betrachtet Worte und Wendungen,

deren Übersetzung nicht immer ganz einfach ist.
ADVANCED
“Matthew McConaughey
asked if he’s ‘grandstanding’
after Uvalde speech”
newsweek.com, 7 June 2022
News report about the actor
Matthew McConaughey
USAGE
When the Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey gave an
emotional speech at the White House, calling for greater gun BACKGROUND
control after the mass shooting at a school in his hometown This word dates back to the 1950s,
of Uvalde, Texas, a reporter accused him of grandstanding. to the sport of baseball. A “grand-
This comment suggests that McConaughey wasn’t sincere stand” is the part of a sports arena
in his emotions, but was using the school shooting as a way where the spectators sit. Some
of drawing attention to himself. baseball players developed a
“Grandstanding” is speaking or behaving in an exaggerat- dramatic style of play that real-
ed way to impress the audience or the media. Similar expres- ly excited the spectators. These
sions are “playing to the crowd” or “playing to the gallery”. players were said to be playing to
It’s usually politicians, rather than actors, who are accused the crowd in the grandstand, or
of this – hence the expression “political grandstanding”. “grandstanding”.
Again, this is an accusation of insincerity and pretence. It’s
also called “political posturing”.
In German, you could accuse someone of hochtrabende
Reden halten, große Worte schwingen, eine Schau abziehen or ein
großes Getue machen. Or you could say that someone is guilty
of Selbstdarstellung, Effekthascherei or Profilierungssucht. Take
your pick, depending on the context. NOW, TRY THIS! A
In which of the following sentences would

Illustration: browndogstudios/iStock.com
“grandstanding” make sense?
date back to sth. McConaughey spectator

☐ A. The minister was accused of grandstanding
, aus etw. stammen [mE(kQnEheI] , Zuschauer(in)
after delivering a long, detailed speech
, (wg. Aussprache) about EU fishing policies.
hence pick: take one’s ~
, daher posturing , sich etw. aussuchen ☐ B. The minister was accused of grandstand-
, Getue, Schaugeschäft ing after threatening to deport all criminals
insincerity
[)InsIn(serEti] pretence [pri(tens] B back to their home countries.
Unaufrichtigkeit , Heuchelei
Answer
,

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LANGUAGE CARDS
Words in context Spotlight Global English Spotlight
What would a speaker of American English say?

@
British English speaker:
Don’t @ me! I need to buy a new mobile (phone).
(In)Formal English Spotlight Translation Spotlight
Translate the following sentences into English.

What do these abbreviations mean? Both of them are
used on social media. 1. Wir haben lange über dieses Problem diskutiert.
1. I’ll DM you the details this afternoon. 2. Vielleicht sollten wir eine Lösung im Internet suchen.
2. The phrase TL:DR started on Reddit. 3. Viele Leser haben unseren Post schon kommentiert.
Pronunciation Spotlight Idiom magic Spotlight

Zeichnung: John and Ching Yee Smithback
Say this sentence out loud. What do you notice about

the pronunciations of the letter n?
She usually writes one post with

ten pictures every nine months.
in black and white
False friends Spotlight Grammar Spotlight
texten | text
Insert (einfügen) the adverb usually into the following
➞ Austrennung an der Perforierung
Translate these sentences. sentence. Can you find more than one correct position
for the adverb in English?
1. Ich habe schon mit ihr getextet.
I don’t read long blog posts on my phone.
2. Have you read her text yet?
LANGUAGE CARDS
Global English Spotlight Words in context Spotlight
I need to buy a new cell (phone).
In American English, mobiles / mobile phones are The @ symbol – called at – is often used on social
called cells / cell phones. Note that “smart phone” media to mean “add someone’s name or tag to your
(two words!) is rarely used nowadays, as most phones posts or responses”.
are smart.
Translation Spotlight (In)Formal English Spotlight
1. We discussed this problem for a long time.

2. Maybe we should search for a solution on
the internet. I’ll direct message you the details this afternoon.
3. A lot of readers have already commented on
our post. The phrase too long, didn’t read started on Reddit.
Watch out for the prepositions that are (or are not!)
used with certain verbs.
Idiom magic Spotlight Pronunciation Spotlight
When [n] is followed by a sound made by pressing your

If something is in black and white, it is in writing – lips together (bilabial sounds; Doppellippenlaute), it is
usually in printed form: “I didn’t believe it when often pronounced as [m].
she told me, but it’s in the contract (Vertrag) in black
and white.” [Si: ju:ZuEli: raIts wVm pEUst wID
tem pIktSEz evri: naIm mVnTs]
Grammar Spotlight False friends Spotlight
Usually, I don’t read long blog posts on my phone.

I usually don’t read long blog posts on my phone.
I don’t usually read long blog posts on my phone. 1. I’ve already sent her a text (message).
I don’t read long blog posts on my phone, usually.
2. Hast du schon ihre SMS gelesen?
In English, adverbs can go at the beginning or end of a
sentence, or before the verb – either the auxiliary verb
(Hilfsverb) or the main verb.
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India’s beautiful City of Light

Spotlight hilft Ihnen, die Welt zu verstehen.

Jetzt einfach bestellen unter:

WWW.SPOTLIGHT- ONLINE .DE/ABO

skills could do with an update – we hope that is one

INEZ SHARP, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

EDITORIAL SPOTLIGHT 2022 3

8 Names and News E M A 

10 Books and Films E M A

12 Science and Nature M

Fotos: Seth K. Hughes/Alamy Stock Photo; ddp; Illustration: Georg Lechner

4 SPOTLIGHT 2022 CONTENTS

Spotlight magazine helps you to improve your English and

These correspond to the Common European Framework

Difficult words and phrases are underlined, and the German

Better at English with Spotlight

Looking at What we write about

221022230501UL am 26.10.2022 über http://www.united-kiosk.de

English Heritage UK estuary [(estjUri] placard

T he truth is I’m not who you think I am.”

8 SPOTLIGHT 2022 GOOD TO KNOW

The golden ratio – or divine propor-

align with sth. [E(laIn] golden ratio

GOOD TO KNOW SPOTLIGHT 2022 9

The true-crime podcast The Teach-

“orcs” and “Middle-earth” are music to your ears,

U.S. writer Karen Joy Fowler’s novel Booth is a

wisdom genius [(dZi:niEs]

10 SPOTLIGHT 2022 GOOD TO KNOW

This story begins on an important day for

Lost: Britt Lower as

GOOD TO KNOW SPOTLIGHT 2022 11

12 SPOTLIGHT 2022 GOOD TO KNOW

GOOD TO KNOW SPOTLIGHT 2022 13

Truth is stranger Spotlight 9/22 (pages 18–19).

than fiction recipe, you should use 1 to 1½ kilograms

“I couldn’t believe it at first! But truth is stranger than fiction.”

This proverb tells us that strange things can hap-

Foto: Kathrin Koschitzki

A similar phrase is “Well, stranger things have ’tis (it is)

14 SPOTLIGHT 2022 PROVERB – FEEDBACK

Discounts for dinosaurs

BRITAIN TODAY SPOTLIGHT 2022 15

begin eating Christmas dinner, they pull these almond [(A:mEnd]

big, colourful “sweets” open with a bang. In- bang

side are gifts, paper hats and jokes. cardboard

In the 1840s, Tom Smith, a London confectioner, coat

adapted French bon-bons: sugared almonds inside confectioner

a twist of tissue paper. He created a cardboard tube silver fulminate

of paper coated in silver fulminate were pulled apart.

Diesen Text hier

LIFESTYLE SPOTLIGHT 2022 17

E France, it’s freshly baked crois-

date , Tamarinde, indische

18 SPOTLIGHT 2022 LIFESTYLE

State parks peace officer

bulletproof vest rifle [(raIf&l]

peace officer N. Am. Taser

20 SPOTLIGHT 2022 LIFESTYLE

Though my job is interesting, it can also be stressful. My

California State Parks have been

administration staff maintenance worker restroom N. Am.