The English Times Issue 2 - Bertha-Krupp

The English Times Issue 2 - Bertha-Krupp

Issue2
January2016
The English Times
atBertha-KruppRealschule
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‘"’Ourhobbies’
‚UnsereHobbys’
Inthisissue…
Dearreaders,
Happy New Year! Welcome back to our second edition of ‘The
EnglishTimes’hereatBertha-KruppRealschule.Afterthesuccessof
ourfirsteditioninDecember,itlooksasifweareheretostayfora
littlebitlonger.
NewYearisachancetostartoverandtrythingsyouhavealways
wantedtotryordothingsyouhavealwayswantedtodo.Aswellas
allthenormal NewYear’sresolutionsthatpeoplemakeincluding;
loosingweight,givingupsmokingandbeingmoreactive,formany
peopleitisachancetotakeupanewhobbyoractivity.Therefore
wehavechosenasouttopicthismonth‘hobbies’.
Onceagainallourarticlesaresubmittedbystudentsattheschool
andIamverygratefultoallthosewhohavecontributed,without
themwewouldnothaveamagazine!Iamalsoveryappreciativeto
thestudentsat‘deFerrersAcademy’inBurton onTrent,England,
who have submitted an article to us, in German, introducing
themselvesandtheirschool.
Happyreading!
KristanBiggs
(EnglishLanguageAssistantatBKS)
(EnglischerFremdsprachassistentanderBKS)
Page1 Afewwordsfromyour
editor
Page2
SayitinEnglish!
BorussiaDortmund
Page3
Anartist’sequipment:
pastels!
Page4 Englishtonguetwisters
HalloausEngland
Page5 UK-GermanConnection–
aprojectupdate
Page6
&7
Myfreetime
WelcometoMorocco
SayitinEnglish!
Weihnachten ist jetzt vorbei und ein neues Jahr ist gerade angekommen! Haben Sie einen Jahresvorsatz
gemacht?HiersindeinpaartypischeJahresvorsätzeaufEnglischfürSie.
MeinJahresvorsatzist...–MyNewYear’sresolutionis...
Gewichtabnehmen–toloseweight
dasRauchenaufgeben–togiveupsmoking
gesundessen–toeathealthily
insFitnessstudiogehen–tohitthegym/togotothegym
neuanfangen–tomakeanewstart
einneuesHobbyanfangen–tostartanewhobby
Geldsparen–tosavemoney
eineneueFremdsprachelernen–tolearnanewlanguage
etwasneulernen/versuchen–tolearn/trysomethingnew
freundlicher/netterwerden–tobecomemorefriendly/nicer
BorussiaDortmund
BorussiaDortmundisafootballclubinGermany.Dortmundhasanothername,whichisBVB09asiswritten
ontheirbanner.Itmeans‘BallspielVereinBorussia1909’.The09meansthatDortmundwasfoundedin1909.
ThestadiumofDortmundistheSingnalIdunaPark,whichisoneofthebiggeststadiumsinGermanywith
over80,000seats.
DortmundhaswontheBundesliga8times,theChampionsLeague2times,theGermancup(DFB-Pokal)5
timesandtheGermanSuper-Cup5times.ThemostpopularcoachwasJürgenKlopp.Hewasthecoachfrom
2008 to 2015. At the moment, Thomas Tuchel coaches
Dortmund. Their most important game is the Ruhr-Derby
againstSchlake04.Dortmundiscurrentlyin2ndplaceinthe
Bundesligaandtheyareinthe8thfinaloftheEuropaLeague
againstFCPorto.
The most popular players are Pierre-Emerick-Aubermeany
(17),MarcoReas(21),MatsHummels(15),SinjiKagawa(23)
and Henrik Miktharian (10). Roman Weidenfeler, Roman
BürkiandHendrikBohrmannsarethegoalkeepers.Bürkiis
theBudesligakeeperandWeidenfelleristheDFB-Pokcaland
EuropaLeaguekeeper.
Youssef–9C
Anartist’sequipment:pastels!
Haveyoueverheardofpastels?No?
Well,pastelsaresticksthatlooklikechalkandtheyarealsoalittlesimilartochalk,butyoudonotuse
pastelstowriteonablackboard!Pastelsareusedtodrawonpaper.
Pastelsaremadeofpigments.Youcaneitherdrawlines
orabiggersurface;itdependsonhowyouholdthepastel
whiledrawing.Whenyoudrawbiggersurfaces,youoften
blur the colour to create a smooth segue between
coloursortomakethedrawinglookmorerealistic.
Pastelsarenotveryeasytouseforbeginnersofdrawing,
becauseyoucannotdrawwiththemlikeyoucanwitha
pencil or with colouring pencils. Well, of course you
could,butitwouldnotlooklikeadrawingdrawnwiththe
correcttechnique.
Mostartistswhodrawwithpastelsdrawlandscapesor
similarimpressionisticsubjects.
Youwillalsoneedalotmoreequipmentthanjustthepastels.Firstofall,youwillneedspecialpastelpaper,
whichisrough,sothatthepigmentsstaywhereyouwantthemtobe.
Youshouldalsokeepinmind,thatthepastels’coloursarenotreallymixable.Thatmeansthatyouneeda
lotofdifferentshadesofcolourstodraw realisticpictures.Ofcourse,theamount ofcoloursyouneed
dependsonwhatyouwouldliketodraw.
Ifyoualreadyknowhowtodrawwithpastels,youcanimproveyourskillswithtoolslikebrushes,abox
cutterorascalpelandoneortwopaperstumps.Paperstumpsareforblurringdetailedoutlines.Forbigger
surfaces,itisbettertouseyourfingers.
If you are now interested in pastels, I can
recommend the book “Pastellmalerei - Farbe,
Form &Ausdruck–schrittweisegestalten”from
the author Barbara Rogge-Fuchs. It shows you
differenttechniquesandexplainstoyouhowto
usedifferenttools.
So now, come on, let’s draw and bring some
colourandcreativityintothisworld!Enjoy.;-)
Kira–10C
Englishtonguetwisters
WollenSieetwasschwierigaufEnglischsagen?HiersindeinpaarenglischeZungenbrecherfürSie:
‘Shesellsseashellsontheseashore’
‘Thethirty-threethievesthoughtthattheythrilledthethronethroughoutThursday.’
‘PeterPiperpickedapeckofpickledpeppers.
ApeckofpickledpeppersPeterPiperpicked.
IfPeterPiperpickedapeckofpickledpeppers,
Where'sthepeckofpickledpeppersPeterPiperpicked?’
deFerrersAcademy–HalloausEngland!
HalloausEnglandundliebeGrüßeanalleSchülerderBerthaKruppRealschule,
wirsindsehrfroheuchallekennenzulernen.WirsitzenhiergeradeinunseremwöchentlichenDeutschClub
miteinerTasseTeezusammenundschreibendiesenArtikel.
WirsindvonderdeFerrersAcademyaus
BurtononTrent.BurtononTrentisteine
Stadt in Mittelengland zwischen
Birmingham und Nottingham. Burton ist
bekanntfürseinBier.ImoldEnglishheißt
„Burton“sogarBeertown.Burtonistaber
nichtderhübschesteOrtinEnglandundes
gibtnichtsehrvielfürjungeLeutezutun.
UnsereSchuleistamStadtrandundsieist
sehrgroß.Sie istinzweiTeileaufgeteilt,
einer für die jüngeren und einer für die
älterenSchüler.Wirhabenca.2000Schülerundca.250Lehrer.DieälterenSchülerhabenalleiPads,diewir
im Unterricht benutzen. Leider sind wir die letzte Klasse, die Deutsch lernen kann. Es gibt nur noch
Französisch,waswirnichtsotollfinden.Esistsehrschade,weilwirDeutschsehrmögen.
WirsindimJahr11undhabenunsereGCSEsimMai.DassindunsereAbschlussarbeiten,bevorwirentweder
indieOberstufegehenoderaufsCollege,umeineAusbildungzumachen.InEnglandgehenwirbereitsmit4
JahrenindieSchule.Deswegensindwir15Jahrealt,wennwirinder11tenKlassesind.
Wirfreuenunssehr,miteuchaneinemProjektteilzunehmenundsindschonsehrgespanntdarauf,euch
näherkennenzulernen.
HerzlicheGrüßeausBurtononTrentundhoffentlichbisbald!
Amber,Emily,Alex,Libby,Caitlin&Georgia–deFerrersAcademy,BurtononTrent,England
UK-GermanConnection–Aprojectupdate
Dearall,
SincethestartofourjointprojectwithdeFerrersAcademyinBurtononTrent,England,Iamveryhappyto
saythatthingsaregoingverywell.InDecembertheclass9CcompletedanEnglishprojectdaywherethey
learntaboutEnglishChristmastraditionsandhadtheopportunitytobakesometraditionalEnglishfoodand
traditionalGermanfood,whichtheythensentinaparcelexchangetoEngland.Theyalsohadtheopportunity
tomakecontactwiththepupilsbysendingthemChristmascards.Inreturnwereceivedalovelyparcelback
fromtheUKwithtraditionalEnglishfoodsthatthepupilshadnevertriedbeforeincludingmincepiesand
Christmaspudding.
Kirstinandmearealsopleasedthatwehavesuccessfullystartedapenfriendexchangeallowingpupilsinthe
10 and 9 Klasse to receive a pen friend in the UK. They have already began writing emails to each other
allowingeachsidetoimprovetheirlanguageskillsandforthepupilstolearnabouteachothersculturesfrom
someonetheirownage.Iampleasedtohearofsomeofthelovelyemailsthepupilshavebeensendingand
receiving.
Thenextpartofourprojecthasalreadybegunherewiththe10KlasselookingataspectsofIndianculturein
theUKandwhatitmeanstobeBritishandthe6KlasseexploringthedifferencebetweenculturesinEngland,
Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIrelandanddiscussingwhetheronewholeBritishcultureexists.
KristanBiggs–EnglishLanguageAssistantatBKS
LiebeBertha-Krupp-Realschule,
einfrohesneuesJahrausBurtononTrent.Ähnlichwiebeieuchsindwirauchschonwiedervollundganzim
SchulalltagangekommenundmeineSchülerhattenindenvergangenenWochenMock-Exameninallenihren
Fächern,umsieaufdiebevorstehendenRealschulabschlussprüfungenimMaivorzubereiten.Daherhabenwir
imneuenJahrleidernurwenigNeueszuunseremProjektbeitragenkönnen–aberdaswirdsichändern.
NochimvergangenenJahrhabenwir–hoffentlich-erfolgreichBrieffreundschaftenindieWegeleitenkönnen
undeinigeSchülerhabenschonvontollenUnterhaltungenundEmail-Wechselnberichtet.Außerdemhaben
sich meine Schülerinnen und Schüler sehr über das Päckchen von euch gefreut und das Auspacken ist in
wirklicheVöllereiausgeartet.Milkaschokolade,LebkuchenundSpekulatiussindhiertatsächlicheineRarität,
über die die Lernenden sich sehr gefreut haben. Auch haben sich viele meiner Schüler daran beteiligt,
Weihnachtskartenaneuchzuschreiben und ich glaube,daswardasersteMal,dasssieimDeutschlernen
tatsächlicheinenSinngesehenhaben.
Im Moment arbeiten wir gerade daran, ein Video für euch zu filmen, in dem wir die de Ferrers Academy
vorstellenwollen.Ichhoffe,dassdasbaldfertigseinwird,damitwirendlichmitdemgemeinsamenProjekt
loslegenkönnen.LetzteWochehabenwirbereitsüberdenBegriff„Heimat“gesprochen,daichglaube,dass
esdafürkeinerichtigeÜbersetzunginsEnglischegibt.Wasmeintihr,„Heimat“bedeutetdochvielmehrals
„Zuhause“,oder?
HerzlicheGrüßeausBurtononTrentundbisbald!
KirstinBecker–Fremdsprachenassistentinander‘deFerrersAcademy’
Myfreetime
Hello my name is Geraldine. My
favourite sport is football. I love
football but I do not like playing
basketball.InmyfreetimeIliketoride
mybike.InmyfreetimeIalsoliketo
readbooksandIalso liketo listento
music.
Geraldine–5B
WelcometoMorocco
Iwanttotellyousomethingaboutmytwofavourite
topics; about Morocco the country where I come
from, or as Moroccans would say, the only place
whereMediterraneanSeameetstheAtlanticOcean,
orthecountrywheretheoceanmeetsthedesert.I
alsowanttotellyouaboutfashion.FirstofallIwill
tell you some facts about Morocco. Morocco is
locatedinthenorthofAfrica.TogetherwithAlgeria
andTunisiatheybuilduptheMaghreb.Moroccois
the most northern country, that’s why Moroccans
name I Maghreb, that means ‘north’ in Arabic.
Morocco’s capital is Casablanca. Casablanca is also
oneofthemostfamouscitiesalongwithMarrakesh,
Agadir and Fes. Casablanca is well known because
thefilm‘Casablanca’wassetinCasablancaandit’s
alsooneoftheonlycitiesinAfricawherehighbrand
fashion shops such as Channel, Lois Vuitton and
Givenchy are. In Casablanca you can also find the
second biggest mosque in the world. The name of
themosqueisHassanII,namedafterourKing’sdad.
Themosquehasroomforover800,000peopleand
itisover200metreshigh.Itisalsoverypopularfor
touristsbecauseitis onthe beachandnexttothe
shoppingcentreofCasablanca.Thatwasafewfacts
aboutCasablancaandnowIwilltellyousomething
aboutthe othercities,forexampleMarrakesh.For
meitisoneofthemostwonderfulcitiesintheworld.
MarrakeshisformetherealdefinitionofMorocco.
It’sinthesouthofMoroccothat’swhyit’svery
hotthereeveninwinter!Marrakeshisknownas
thered cityinMoroccanaseverybuilding inn
Marrakesh is red. That’s because in the past
they built them with a special material that I
don’tknowthenameof,butthismaterialwas
red and protects the people from the heat.
Howevernowtheybuildeveryhouseinredjust
to keep the typical Marrakeshian style.
Marrakeshalsohasoneofthebiggestandthe
mostfamousmarkets,oraswecallthemsouks,
intheworld.It’scalledDjemaualFna.Thereyou
canbuyeverythingthatyouwant.Therearethe
latestbrandsbutalsotraditionalclothing.There
is also a very big place where you can buy
traditionalfoodforexamplecouscousorFagine
andalsothe…
traditional tea called ‘Bereber Whiskey’. I don’t
knowwhyit’scalledWhiskeybecausethereisno
Whiskeyoranyalcoholinit.Atthismarketthere
are also belly dancers, but not normal belly
dancers with flat stomachs and beautiful black
hair.Thesebellydancersaremenwhodresslike
womenanddanceveryverywell.Therearealso
menwhoplaythefluteandthenasnakecomes
outofahat.Youcanalsoplaywithamonkeyand
youcanhaveaboxfightwithanotherpersonand
winmoney.Marrakeshalsohasthemostfamous
sights for example the Koutubia mosque or the
YvesSaintLaurentJardin.That’stheoldhouseof
the fashion designer YSL (he also had another
house in Tangler, another city in Morocco).
Marakesh and Casablanca are one of the ten
most visited cities in the world. 20% of the
Marrakeshian population are not real
Moroccansm, they are foreigners from Spain,
FranceorEngland.NeartoMarrakeshisthemost
beautiful city in the world, Agadir, the place
wheremanysurfingfreakoncewere.Agadirisin
the south of Morocco near the Sahara and the
Berbers also live in Agadir. In Agadir the main
languageisBerbicbutitisnotthenormalBerbic
thatisspokenintheeastofMorocco,itisanother
dialectcalled‘cousse’.FormeAgadiristhemost
perfect city in the world. It is very oriental but
alsoverymodernIthink.Ialsolovethecityso.
muchbecauseit’sacitywhereeveryonewantsto
keep in vogue. Agadirens have a lot to do with
fashion.Everyteenagerhastheirownstyleanda
verygoodstyletoo.That’salsowhymanyfamous
people,forexampleTyga,JenniferLopez,Usher
and French Montana like to go there. That was
somethingsaboutthemostimportantcitiesand
the cities you should keep in mind. For me
Morocco is the most perfect country and I am
100%proudtobeaMoroccangirl.Moroccoisa
mix of everything; we have desserts, beaches,
mosquesbutalsochurches,heatandmountains
where you can go snowbording or visit the
biggestportinAfrica.Moroccowasalsothefirst
countrythatsignedatreatywththeUSA.Itwasa
treatyoffriendship,thatthetwocountrieswould
notattackeachother.Moroccoalso hasoneof
thebiggesthashishfelds.Ithinkthatisbecause
inthe past,theking ofMorocco releaseda law
thatsaid thateveryberbercanhaveahashish
feld legaly, and that the berbers can consume
drugslegallybecausetheArabicpeoplegotthe
country.Sohereweresomefactsaboutmyhome
countryMorocco,thecounrtywheretheocean
meets the dessert and the country you should
visitandkeepinmind.Ihopeyoulikeditandit
wasnottooboringforyou.
Oumaima–10C