A MAGAZINE FOR STUDENTS LEARNING GERMANSEKUNDAR

ISSUE NUMBER 8 März 2015

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Knut caught up in the World Cup feverHi, everyone! Here I am once again, writing all the way from Germany. Easter is just round the corner and yet, Germany is still singing Deutschland, Deutschland über alles (Germany, Germany above all) and celebrating after winning the World Cup (WM - Weltmeisterschaft) in Brazil last July. As you all know, I am not a professional football player, but in my free time I like to play football (Fußball) with my friends.

2014 has been an amazing year for all German football fans like me. It was Sunday 13th July, when my friends and I were all gathered together at the Berlin zoo, watching

the exciting World Cup final match (Finalspiel) on television. Germany was playing against Argentina, which is a very good team (Mannschaft) with a lot of talented players. The German players (Spieler) tried so hard to score, but nothing seemed to be working at first and Bastian Schweinsteiger was even injured. Finally, with only seven minutes of extra time remaining, Mario Götze scored an incredible goal, to give Germany its World Cup title. My dream to watch the German players lift up the World Cup trophy (Pokal) finally came true! We were all shouting Tor! (goal!) and jumping for joy, while singing Schland, which is the abbreviation of Deutschland (Germany). This new word Schland has evolved during the World Cup games of 2006.

The next morning I was already queueing at the sports shop to buy the new German football t-shirt (Trikot) bearing four stars. Each star (Stern) represents a World Cup win; this means that

Germany has won the World Cup four times: in 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014. But it was West Germany that became World Cup champion (Meister) in 1954, 1974

and 1990. Why is this so? Germany was divided into West Germany and East Germany after World War II. Germany was then reunited again in late 1990. As you can see, 2014 is officially the first time Germany has won the World Cup as a unified country.

Miroslav Klose, my favourite football player, is now the overall top scorer in the FIFA World Cup history with 16 goals. The German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer

was already considered by many to be the best goalkeeper (Torwart) in the world. Now he is officially considered the best goalkeeper of last year’s World Cup after winning the Golden Glove award. Once the World Cup was over, the former team captain Philipp Lahm decided to retire from international football, making way for Bastian Schweinsteiger to wear proudly the captain’s armband. The German national football team, also nicknamed as Nationalelf (National Eleven), Die Adler (The Eagles) and Die Mannschaft (The Team),

is coached by Joachim Loew.

Since I live in Berlin, I was lucky enough to be one of the thousands of fans, who welcomed back home the World Cup heroes from Brazil. 400,000 fans packed the Fanmeile (fan mile), which is a public viewing zone in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Here I had the chance to meet the German football players and sing with them. ‘We’re all world champions!’ Joachim Loew told us. Wow! These words made me feel like a real

World Cup star.

Knut has recently been taken by surprise when receiving the following letter from Manuel Neuer – the goalkeeper of Bayern Munich and of the German National Team:

München, den 01. März 2015

Lieber Knut,wie geht es dir? Hoffentlich geht es Dir gut. Ich habe gehört, dass Du ein großer Fan von mir bist. Deshalb schreibe ich Dir diesen Brief als ein kleines Dankeschön.

2014 war sehr stressvoll für mich, aber ich bin damit zufrieden (satisfied). Deutschland hat die WM (World Cup) gewonnen und ich habe den Preis für den besten Torwart der Welt bekommen (the best goalkeeper of the year). Fußball ist mein Leben! Mit 2 Jahren haben mir meine Eltern einen Ball gegeben und mit 5 Jahren hatte ich mein erstes Fußballspiel. Seit 2011 spiele ich bei FC Bayern München. Aber in meiner Freizeit spiele ich nicht nur Fußball. Tennis ist auch mein Hobby. Ich spiele gern Tennis mit meinem Bruder Marcel Neuer. In meiner Freizeit arbeite ich auch gern mit armen Kindern (poor children) und ich habe das Projekt „Manuel Neuer Kids Foundation“ gestartet.

Ich bin 29 Jahre alt und mein Geburtstag ist im März. Zum Geburtstag feiere ich gern mit meinen besten Freunden Bastian Schweinsteiger und Thomas Müller. Zusammen essen wir italienisch: Nudeln oder Pizza. Ich trinke nicht so gern Bier, obwohl (although) ich aus Deutschland komme. Ich heiße Manuel, aber meine Freunde nennen mich Manu oder Schnapper (catcher or gate). Ich frage mich warum ;-) (I wonder why).

Das ist alles für heute. Knut, schreib mir bitte bald. Ich möchte Dich besser kennenlernen (to get to know).

Viele Grüße,

Dein Manuel

, den . 2015

Lieber ,

was für eine Überraschung! (What a surprise!) Danke für Deinen Brief. Es hat mich sehr gefreut. Mir geht’s super. Ich hoffe Dir auch.

Ich freue mich auf (look forward to) einen Brief von Dir. Grüß bitte Bastian und Thomas ganz herzlich von mir (my best regards).

Liebe Grüße,

Dein .

Imagine you are Knut – the bear. Manuel Neuer wants to get to know you better. Reply to his letter, using the following points:• im Berliner Zoo wohnen • meine besten Freunde: Leo der Leopard und Zoe das Zebra • am 5. Dezember Geburtstag haben • Fisch und Honig gern essen • Hobbys: Joggen, Schwimmen, Fußball spielen • Traumberuf: Profi-Fußballspieler • zwei große Wünsche haben • Dich treffen möchten und mit Dir Fußball spielen

Some animals in the zoo are feeling sick. What would you use from the medicine chest?Thermometer Tabletten Tee mit Zitronen Ohrentropfen Hustensaft

Ich habeKopfschmerzen

Ich habeMagenschmerzen

Ich habe einenSchnupfen

Ich habeOhrenschmerzen

Ich habeFieber

Dialogue: A = Arzt P = Patient

A: Guten Tag. Was fehlt dir?

P: Guten Tag. Mir geht es nicht gut. Ich habe Halsschmerzen und Fieber.

A: Nehmen Sie diese Tabletten und diesen Hustensaft, dreimal täglich nach dem Essen.

P: Vielen Dank.

Fill in the blanks with one of the following professions. Note that when we use the phrase Ich bin followed by a profession, we do not use the article in German.

Ich arbeite in der Schule. Ich bin . (female)

Ich arbeite im Krankenhaus. Ich bin . (female)

Ich repariere Autos. Ich bin . (masculine)

Ich koche das Essen im Restaurant. Ich bin . (masculine)

Ich serviere das Essen im Restaurant. Ich bin . (female)

Ich backe Brot. Ich bin . (masculine)

Ich arbeite im Geschäft. Ich bin . (female)

Der MechanikerDie Mechanikerin

Der LehrerDie Lehrerin

Der KellnerDie Kellnerin

Der BäckerDie Bäckerin

Der VerkäuferDie Verkäuferin

Der KochDie Köchin

Der ArztDie Ärztin

“Although” in German is _ _ _ _ _ _ .

Female: die Köchin, Masculine: der _ _ _ _ .

“Pokal” in English means _ _ _ _ _ _ .

The goalkeeper of the German Football Team is Manuel _ _ _ _ _ .

I am the tenth letter in the alphabet.

Last year Germany won the “Weltmeisterschaft” - in short _ _ .

Important examination: _ _ _ in Deutsch.

Female: die Lehrerin, Masculine: der _ _ _ _ _ _ .

Ich habe Kopf _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

Ich habe den Preis für den besten _ _ _ _ _ _ _ der Welt bekommen.

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