Language Awareness 1 SS 2018

FINAL TEST

Student: _________________________ Teacher/Course: _______________

A) TRANSLATION

Heutzutage wählen immer mehr Menschen einen veganen Lebensstil. Dies ist nicht
überraschend, da Veganismus mit den Idealen einer wachsenden Anzahl von Leuten
übereinstimmt, die Haustiere aus Tierheimen retten und Umweltorganisationen Geld spenden.
Außerdem behaupten viele, dass diese Diät das Gehirn vor Schaden und Demenz schützt.

Als Teenager wurde ich zum Veganismus bekehrt, da ich mir Sorgen um Tierschutz und die
Grausamkeit der Fleischproduktion machte. Nach einigen Wochen fühlte ich mich
energiegeladener und enthusiastischer, weil sich mein Früchte- und Gemüse-Konsum
verdoppelt hatte. Ich begann auch vegane Gerichte für meine Familie und Freunde zu kochen
und hoffte, dass sie auch Veganer werden würden.

In meinen frühen Zwanzigern erreichte ich jedoch einen Wendepunkt. Als ich fünf Jahre lang
Veganer gewesen war, begann ich plötzlich, mich nach Fleisch zu sehnen. Zuerst fühlte ich
mich sehr schuldig und erzählte niemandem etwas von meinen Gedanken. Nach einiger Zeit
begann ich, mich in meinem Lebensstil gefangen zu fühlen. Wenn ich nur auf meinen Körper
gehört hätte! Aber ich versuchte noch ein Jahr lang, es zu vermeiden Fleisch zu essen, da ich
dachte, dass ich ein Versager wäre, wenn ich den veganen Lebensstil aufgeben würde.

Letztendlich wurde mein Verlangen zu stark und ich begann wieder, Fleisch zu essen. Zuerst
schämte ich mich und hielt meine neue Diät vor meinen Freunden geheim. Als ich zugab,
wieder Fleisch zu essen, war es für mich eine große Erleichterung und ich habe es bis zum
heutigen Tag nicht bereut, den veganen Lebensstil aufgegeben zu haben. Ich esse auch jetzt
noch nicht viel Fleisch, aber genug, um die notwendigen Nährstoffe zu bekommen.
B) FILL-IN

This is an interview with Rebecca Jones, a GP based in London, also known as “The
Vegan Doctor”. Please fill the gaps in a meaningful way!
I=interviewer
R=Rebecca

I: Good evening and welcome to our programme on veganism. Rebecca, although you
_______________________________________ (1) a vegan only for a year now, you are
incredibly active on social media, advertising a vegan diet.

R: That’s true. Like most vegans, I __________________________________________ (2)

an online group the day I discovered this wonderful way of living and eating for myself. I
actually still remember __________________________________ (3) such a strong sense of
belonging to this close-knit community from the start.

I: But why, after eating meat for your whole life, _________________________ (4) (you) to
a plant-based diet from one day to the other?

R: Well, this is easy to answer. My whole body ______________________________ (5)

from many years of unhealthy eating, so taking this step only seemed logical to me. Of
course, before that day, I ___________________________________ (6) the odd programme
on TV, bringing home to me the cruelty with which animals are being treated in our world.
So, if one of my friends at that time _____________________________ (7) me to give up
eating meat, I’m sure I _________________________________ (8) the decision to become
vegan for the animal rights side of things. But, in the end, I did it mainly for my own health.

I: Could you tell our listeners a bit about the immediate benefits of a vegan diet?

R: Well, in my case, my new vegan diet rebooted my entire being and today, my whole body
___________________________ (9) on this diet. It is well known that our diet
___________________________ (10) our waistline but what is not so well known is that it
also ______________________________ (11) our brain. So I’d definitely blame an
unhealthy diet __________________________ (12) severe damage to our brain. I wish more
people __________________________________ (13) aware of the extent to which the food
we consume influences the activity of our brain.
I: What about your family and friends? What is their take on veganism?

R: My partner is not vegan and he ___________________________ (14) (always) jokes

about how vegans feel this need to tell everyone they are vegan. Over the last few months,
though, he ________________________________ (15) a few vegan recipes himself, to my
great surprise, actually.

I: And your friends?

R: None of my friends is vegan and so far, I ____________________________________ (16)

(never) the need to interfere in their choices. I would never prevent anyone
__________________________ (17) the food they want to eat. But of course I have thought
several times what would happen if I _________________________ (18) my friends how
their omelette _________________________ (19) up on their plate? Maybe they would
reconsider?

I: Rebecca, many thanks for the interview! I’m really looking forward
____________________________ (20) your next blog or article.
C) CUED TEXT
Reconstruct the following text from the cues given; add whatever is needed to make it an
idiomatic text.

The eternal fear

In the past, most people / worry / whether / they / go / hell / because / they / not treat / their
fellow human beings / kindly. Nowadays, they / worry / whether / they / get / early dementia /
because / they / eat / highly processed food. / Hence, / what / once / be / fear / eternal /
damnation / now / change / fear / bad / health. / What is still around, however, is the fear.

Before / I / become / vegan / a few years ago, I / use / eat / animal products / several times /
day. If / someone / suggest / eat / plant-based food instead, I / decline / offer. Then / I / read /
interesting article: / author / argue / that / meat-based diet – especially one based on
processed meats – can / make / brain / age / more / quickly. The more / these processed
foods / you / consume / – the argument went – the more likely / you / suffer / cognitive
decline / later / point / your life. I / immediately / change / diet / and / turn / convinced vegan.
I / object / eat / anything but / plant-based food / and / advise / everyone / stop / eat / animal
products. Now / I / wish / I / not be / such / outspoken convert / because / recently / I / not be /
so sure / veganism / any more.

For the last couple of weeks, my body / crave / “bad” stuff / even though / I / try / hard / shove
/ away / desire. However, you can only take so much. The last time / I / go out / dinner /
with / friend / I / cannot help / salivate / when / waiter / bring / steak / which / my friend /
order. I / really / regret / order / vegan lasagna! When / I / go / home / that night / I / pass /
McDonald’s / and / commit / ultimate sin: I / buy / Big Mac / and / I / enjoy / it. / Perhaps / I /
go / vegan hell / for it / but / as being in vegan hell / probably / mean / have / eat / lots / Big
Macs, I am not too afraid anymore.