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Tenses – time
to get on track!

O
nce, a few years ago, I spent my holidays babbling 
on a small French island. On the last day, , Gestammel
I set out on foot for the port, but soon lost condiment 
my way. I asked a friendly looking local , Gewürz
for help. The lady listened to my babbling and smiled grip sth. 
calmly, as if she’d been enjoying a fun story – which ,  etw. packen
she had. I’d been talking in the past tense! Only when ingredient 
I gripped her arm in panic – this was pre-pandemic – [In(gri:diEnt] 
, Zutat
did she understand. I ended up catching the ferry, but
boarded it red-faced, bags flying and minus my sunhat. tone up sth. 
,  etw. auffrischen
Have I convinced you of the importance of using
the right tense? I hope so. You can tone up your tenses track: get on ~ 
,  auf die (richtige)
beginning on page 48. As always, our author Vanessa
Spur kommen
Clark makes it a fun experience.
We have two new sections in this issue of Spotlight.
In Science and Nature, we look at why monkeys may
change their accents, depending on where they are.
Titelillustration: Sylvia Wolf; Illustration: Sylvia Wolf; Foto: Gert Krautbauer

Find out more on pages 12–13.

In the last issue, we also changed the focus of our
food section. From now on, we will be looking at
foods, ingredients and condiments specific to the
English-speaking world. Last time, we presented mint
sauce – its history and how to make it. This time, we
examine the backstory to a delicious Indian spice mix
called panch phoron. Find out more on pages 18–19.

INEZ SHARP, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

i.sharp@spotlight-verlag.de

EDITORIAL SPOTLIGHT 2022 3

 CONTENTS

38Palace of
wonders
M  +

The city of Udaipur, in the Indian state

of Rajasthan, has many architectural
jewels. We begin a tour of the city at the
beautiful Fateh Prakash Palace with
views across Lake Pichola.

6 In the Picture  E  US

Plains bison – very nearly driven
to extinction

8 N
 ames and News  E  M  A 
News and views from around the
English-speaking world

 ooks and Films  E  M  A

10 B
Our recommendations on what
to read and watch

12 Science and Nature  M

Why monkeys change
their accents
14 Britain Today  M    +
Colin Beaven takes a humorous
look at Britain and the Brits
New
column!
26 Society  A 37 American Life  M  US 
Creative escape – the arts in Ginger Kuenzel on what’s
prison happening stateside
30 Peggy’s Place  M  45 Around Oz  A
Jan Wlodarczyk/Alamy Stock Photo; Illustration: Sylvia Wolf

Visit Spotlight’s very own Peter Flynn writes to us

Fotos: www.visitbristol.co.uk/Tamany Baker, Paint Pot;

16 I conic Products  E  London pub from down under

A symbol of Irish athleticism and
courage: the hurling stick 32 Poetry Corner  A    + 46 F
 eedback and Proverb  M
“When We Two Parted” Your letters to Spotlight
18 Foods and Flavours  A by Lord Byron and a useful proverb
A magical mix from India:
panch phoron 34 Short Story  A 
“Ein Stück, bitte!”
20 A
 Day in My Life  M    +
Meet Martin McLoughlin, a 36 The Lighter Side  E  47–68 The language section
salmon smoker from Dublin Jokes and cartoons

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22
Looking at
Lives
M
Banksy
We might not know who
he is, but his graffiti is
recognized and loved all over
the world: the artist known
as Banksy has become a
household name.
48
Tone up
your tenses! E
Is your English fit enough to
talk fluently about activities
in the past and present? In
the first of a two-part series,
we take you through a work-
out of some basic English
tenses. We promise that your
English skills will come out in
much better shape!
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 IN THE PICTURE

Plains bison
Keine andere Tierart wurde derartig schnell
dezimiert wie der von Europäern gejagte
Bison in Nordamerika. Von MARTHA PARIS
EASY  US

B
efore Europeans arrived in North America,
there were more than 30 million bison – or
“buffalo,” as Americans often call them
– living on the continent’s Great Plains.
The animals were an important part of the Na-
tive American peoples’ economy. As Europeans
pushed across America in the 18th and 19th centu-
ries, they killed millions of bison for their meat and
skins, but also for sport. By the late 1880s, fewer
than 1,000 bison were left in North America.
Today, the plains bison number around 20,000
and are being looked after by Native American
tribes supported by the World Wildlife Fund
for Nature. A male plains bison can be up to two
meters tall and weigh more than 900 kilograms.

look after sb./sth.  plains bison [(baIs&n]  tribe [traIb] 

,  sich um jmdn./etw. , Präriebison ,  Stamm, Volk
kümmern
push [pUS]  weigh [weI] 
male  ,  hier: vorstoßen , wiegen
, männlich
support [sE(pO:t] 
, unterstützen

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 Foto: Mark Newman/Getty Images

GOOD
SHORTTO KNOW
STORY SPOTLIGHT 2022 7
 NAMES AND NEWS

Texts by TALITHA LINEHAN

compassionate
[kEm(pÄS&nEt] 
, anteilnehmend

displacement 
, Vertreibung

Here comes the fun 

,  Wortspiel auf den
Beatles-Song „Here
comes the sun“
heritage [(herItIdZ] 
,  Erbe, Kultur

impact
,  Einfluss, Einflüsse

overthrow sb.
,  jmdn. stürzen

persecute sb.
[(p§:sIkju:t] 
,  jmdn. verfolgen

refugee [)refju(dZi:] 

Fotos: Tolga Akmen/Getty Images; BBC; JohnCarnemolla, GlobalP/iStock.com; A. Jamal, My Photo Buddy/Shutterstock.com; Illustration: Anita Ponne/Shutterstock.com
, Flüchtling

uncompromising 
[Vn(kQmprEmaIzIN]
, kompromisslos

LITERATURE
WHO EXACTLY IS… ABDULRAZAK GURNAH?
MEDIUM  AUDIO

W hen someone phoned Abdulrazak Gurnah

to tell him he’d won the 2021 Nobel Prize in
Literature, he thought it was a joke – but it wasn’t.
The 73-year-old won the prize for his “uncompro-
mising and compassionate” writing about refu-
gees, making him the first African to win it since
J. M. Coetzee won in 2003.
Gurnah was born on Zanzibar into a Muslim
family. He left the island at 18, when African revo-
lutionaries overthrew the Sultan of Zanzibar and
began persecuting local Arab families. He arrived
as a refugee in England, where he still lives today.
Gurnah became a professor of English and post-
colonial literatures at the University of Kent and
worked there until he retired in 2017.
In his 20s, Gurnah began writing about his expe-
riences as a refugee, and these writings developed
into his first novel, Memory of Departure (1987).
He went on to write nine more novels and many Diesen Text hier
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EDUCATION
A MAGICAL MYSTERY COURSE
MEDIUM

Here comes the fun! The University of Liverpool is now

offering a year-long programme that explores the soci-
ological, financial and historical impact of the Beatles.
All four band members are from Liverpool and Dr Holly
Tessler, a Beatles expert, told the BBC that the course is as
much about the wider study of Liverpool’s – and Britain’s
– heritage, tourism and culture sectors as it is about the
role the Beatles played in them.

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 THE NEWCOMERS
JACK, WESLEY
AND DARCY
EASY

Ages: 14 and 15 ENVIRONMENT

From: Melbourne, Australia
Background: When Jack had
problems finding Covid-19
data, the three boys started a
website anonymously to track
the virus. The site, CovidBase­
AU, became very popular.
Famous because: Many
people were surprised when
– after getting their first
Covid-19 vaccines – the boys
explained online that they had
started the site.
Quote: Jack told the BBC: “It’s
been really wild how much
attention that’s given us.”
GOATS AGAINST WILDFIRES
ADVANCED  US
Every year, firefighters risk their lives battling wildfires in California. Because
of climate change, wildfires have become bigger and more destructive in
recent years. Last year, they burned about 2.5 million acres and destroyed
over 3,500 buildings there, including people’s homes.
Goat herder Lani Malmberg is now helping to prevent wildfires in the
American West by releasing goats onto the land. The goats eat the vegeta-
tion that fuels wildfires and that other animals such as cows won’t eat – and
the waste they produce increases the soil’s potential to hold water.
Through her organization, the Goatapelli Foundation, Malmberg, 64, is
also helping others to train goats to prevent wildfires.

CULTURE eekly
tle W
A HISTORIC DEAL Seat
h e
nt
ADVANCED di
te
uo
nq

Long before Europeans first arrived in Australia, in the early 1600s,

to

Being president is like

Clin

the country’s indigenous people were living on and looking after its
t Bill

lands. Now, in a historic deal, the state of Queensland has returned

running a cemetery:
U.S. Presiden

more than 160,000 hectares to the care of a local indigenous group

called the Eastern Kuku Yalanji.
From now on, this group – described by Queensland Environment
you’ve got a lot of
Former

Minister Meaghan Scanlon as “one of the world’s oldest living cul-

tures” – will help to manage four of the state’s national parks. These
people under you and
include the Daintree Rainforest, which is thought to be more than nobody’s listening
130 million years old.

cemetery herder  soil  wildfire 

[(semEteri]  ,  Hirte, Hirtin , Erdboden , Waldbrand,
, Friedhof schwer kontrollier­
indigenous vaccine [(vÄksi:n] 
barer Großbrand
goat  [In(dIdZEnEs]  , Impfstoff; hier:
, Ziege , eingeboren Impfung

GOOD
SHORTTO KNOW
STORY SPOTLIGHT 2022 9
 BOOKS AND FILMS
Reviews by
EVE LUCAS
FILM | CRIME
EASY  US
Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci arrived in cinemas
in a whirlwind of publicity. Critics were quick
to write about its more extreme aspects, such as
the less-than-perfect Italian accents the film’s
English and American actors use for their roles.
The story, though, is fascinating. Lady Gaga
plays Patrizia Reggiani, an ambitious, lower-
class woman who marries Maurizio (Adam
Driver), heir to the Gucci fashion business. The
love match turns into a mismatch, with results
that everyone can read about on the internet.
Lady Gaga saves the film by embracing the
melo­drama of extrovert Italian lives, throwing
herself into the role of Patrizia with an enthu-
siasm that makes her desperation believable.
The film is worth watching for her performance
alone.
10 SPOTLIGHT 2022
PODCAST | GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE
MEDIUM  US
You’re Wrong About is a podcast that
explains popular misconceptions.
Does our addiction to true crime
stories turn us into competent de-
tectives or make us afraid to open the door? Did Catherine
the Great really enjoy strange sex practices? Created by jour-
nalists Michael Hobbes and Sarah Marshall, the podcast is
now in its third year. Since Hobbes recently left the show,
Marshall has remained as solo host. She presents new and/
or popular stories by interviewing an expert so that Marshall
herself can take on the role of the badly informed public.
Albert Einstein said that: “A little knowledge is a dangerous
thing. So is a lot.” This podcast fits nicely between those ex-
tremes by looking at the availability of information and how
to use it. https://yourewrongabout.com/
BOOK | FICTION
addiction 
,  Hang, Sucht ADVANCED
embrace sth. 
,  etw. annehmen
heir [e&r] 
,  Erbe, Erbin
host 
, Moderator(in)
misconception 
[)mIskEn(sepS&n]
, Missverständnis,
falsche Vorstellung
mismatch 
,  hier: gestörte
Beziehung
shortlist sth.  A Passage North by Sri Lankan author Anuk
,  etw. in die engere Wahl Arudpragasam was shortlisted for the 2021
nehmen Booker Prize, but did not win the award.
stupendous Yet, the quality of the writing in his second
[stju(pendEs]  novel is stupendous. He takes an ordinary
, überwältigend
situation, the death of an old lady’s carer,
war-torn  and turns the narrator’s trip to her funeral
,  vom Krieg erschüttert
into a long, inward journey – and makes it
whirlwind  look brilliantly simple. As in E. M. Forster’s
, Wirbelwind
Passage to India, travel is a catalyst, bringing
back memories and creating understand-
ing. We move with the narrator into the
Fotos: picture-alliance/Netflix; pr
formerly war-torn north of Sri Lanka. Time
stretches like passing countryside, making
space for trauma, destruction, pain and
awareness. Readers will return time and
again to these moments of longing and
insight. Granta Publications, €13.39
GOOD TO KNOW
 BOOK | EASY CLASSIC
EASY

avalanche [(ÄvElÄntS]  I Capture the Castle by English author Dodie Smith

, Lawine is the story of 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain,
conscientious objector who lives with her poor family in a derelict Eng-
[)kQnSi)enSEs Eb(dʒektE]  lish castle. She would like to be a writer, and in the
, Wehrdienstverweigerer
six months that the book covers, she describes
derelict [(derElIkt]  her life – in the style of a diary – with her family,
, verfallen
her first experiences with love and her efforts at
director  writing. Smith (the author of The Hundred and One
, Regisseur(in)
Dalmatians) wrote the book while living in Califor-
homesickness  nia during the Second World War. She had moved
, Heimweh
to America because her husband was a conscien-
star sb.  tious objector, which made life in wartime Britain
,  jmdn. in einer Hauptrolle
zeigen
difficult for them. Out of Smith’s homesickness
for England came I Capture the Castle. The story is
widow 
, Witwe
sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always en-
tertaining. Vintage Children’s Classics, €8.37

Lost: Kirsten Dunst in

The Power of the Dog

FILM | DRAMA
ADVANCED  US
One of the best films of the year, showing on Netflix,
is the new movie by Jane Campion, who gave us The
Piano (1993) and Bright Star (2009). The Power of the Dog
adds another title to her impressive body of work.
Campion concentrates once again on a small circle of
characters, whose inner lives, long hidden, are slowly
uncovered, releasing an avalanche of consequences.
Set in 1920s Montana – but filmed in New Zealand
– the movie stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil, a bit-
ter cowboy who guards a secret about his personal life
that threatens his role as a tough, alpha male. Jesse Ple-
mons plays his quiet brother, George, whose decision
to marry an unhappy widow (Kirsten Dunst) shakes
up the brothers’ lives. When the widow’s son, Peter
(Kodi Smit-McPhee), arrives, he soon understands
what needs to be done to help his mother survive Phil’s
low opinion of her. The Australian director takes her
time looking at the personalities and placing them in
extreme situations. This contrast – between majestic
landscapes and people trying to keep an identity –
makes it an uncomfortable film to watch. Still, Campi-
on may have made her best movie yet as she uncovers
the layers until only the bare truth is left.

GOOD
SHORTTO KNOW
STORY SPOTLIGHT 2022 11
 SCIENCE AND NATURE
New
column!
Why monkeys
change their
accents
In diesem ersten Artikel unserer neuen Serie über Wissenschaft und
Natur geht es um Affenarten im Amazonasgebiet, die ihre Sprechweise
ändern, je nachdem, mit wem sie kommunizieren. Von FIONA BRUTSCHER
H
ave you ever found your-
self changing your accent
to match that of the person
you’re talking to? Or tried to
match an accent that’s spoken in the
area you’re visiting? It makes life easier
if others understand you better – and
people may even like you more if you
sound like them. It helps you “fit in”.
It turns out that our close relatives
do the same. A recent scientific study
found that monkeys, our primate cous-
ins, change their “accent” when they’re
in the territory of another species.
Published in the monthly journal
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, the
study observed the behaviour of 15
groups of tamarin monkeys in the Bra-
zilian Amazon. These included endan-
gered pied tamarins, that live mainly
in a small area near the city of Manaus,
12 SPOTLIGHT 2022
MEDIUM
and red-handed tamarins, that live all
over the north-eastern Amazon.
The study was written by scientists
at the Anglia Ruskin University in
Cambridge and the Instituto Nacional
de Pesquisas da Amazônia in Manaus.
Fotos: lookphotos/age fotostock; IrinaDvilyuk, matsabe/iStock.com
They found that when red-handed
tamarins enter an area they share with
pied tamarins, they change their calls.
The authors of the study assume that
“So, what’s the this behaviour helps to avoid conflict.
local dialect?”:
a red-hand­ed Since the two tamarin species are close-
tamarin monkey ly related, they already “speak” the same
language. Nevertheless, a shared accent
helps them identify each other more
assume [E(sju:m] 
, annehmen easily in situations where they might
be competing over resources.
endangered 
,  vom Aussterben
bedroht Peace through understanding
pied [paId]  When two related or similar spe-
, buntscheckig cies live close together in the same
GOOD TO KNOW

environment, this can lead to an evolu-
tionary change that scientists refer to as
“character displacement”.
A better-known type of displace-
ment is “divergence”, a process in which
two or more related species develop
different features through evolution,
with the result that they don’t compete
for food, places to live or sexual mates.
The tamarin study, on the other hand,
shows a type of displacement called
“convergence”. This is when unrelated
species become more similar in shared
territory, helping them to recognize
each other.
The goal of the two types of dis-
placement is the same. The monkeys
can live together more peacefully if
GOOD
SHORTTO KNOW
STORY
Red-handed tamarins
are at home in the
Brazilian Amazon
they “understand” each other better.
This becomes even more important
as their environment continues to
change. The study points out that
red-handed tamarins change their
calls only when they share “primary
forest” with pied tamarins. Primary
forest is forest that hasn’t been dis-
turbed. When they’re in secondary
adapt  forest, where trees have been cut
,  anpassen, angleichen
down, sound travels differently, and
displacement  the tamarins don’t adapt their accent.
,  Verdrängung, Verschie-
bung This shows that cutting down
trees in the Amazon rainforest can
divergence
[daɪˈvɜːdʒəns]  influence the behaviour of these tiny
, Abweichung monkeys, too. Further studies could
mate  support efforts to save the parts of
, Partner(in) the rainforest they live in.
SPOTLIGHT 2022 13

Gut for the gut
Beim Aufessen der Feiertagsreste denkt
unser Kolumnist über die britische
Nahrungsmittelindustrie nach.
T
he end of January is a difficult time in
Britain. Not just because it’s the deadline
for doing our tax returns. If we don’t de-
clare our income by 31 January, we risk
being fined.
It’s also the date shown on many of the millions
of packets of mince pies sold in British supermar-
kets over Christmas. We all buy far too many of
them, so it’s like an amnesty: we’re given till the
end of the first month of the new year before they
all go bad.
Huge numbers are probably eaten in the last
week of January, to prevent massive mince pie
deaths as midnight strikes on 1 February. Sadly,
they’re not like Cinderella’s coach, which turned
into a pumpkin – eating more vegetables would
help to improve our diet.
The date does seem strange. The modern food
industry uses clever technology, but can it really
create mince pies that are programmed to become
poisonous at one and the same moment?
Perhaps the date is really a gentle reminder
that the food industry has plenty more prod-
ucts to sell us. Should we already be thinking
about hot cross buns for Easter, or other ultra-
processed food, such as pizzas and burgers?
All these things remind me of a German col-
league I worked with years ago. Her favourite
comment about work done by others was “fast gut”.
It’s a brilliant phrase – a backhanded compliment
meaning “not good at all”. It wasn’t just my work
she was talking about, by the way.
Thanks to her, I can’t help thinking of fast food
as “almost food”. In other words, not really food at
all. But that’s never stopped me eating mince pies
and hot cross buns. They may not be very fast, but
they are still ultra-processed.
The shops don’t always help us to choose
well. Big supermarkets put colourful fruit and
vegetables at the entrance, but small ones often
make you walk past shelf after shelf of snacks and
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BRITAIN TODAY
MEDIUM  AUDIO  PLUS
COLIN BEAVEN is a free-
lance writer. He lives and
works in Southampton on
the south coast of England.
backhanded
compliment 
,  zweideutiges Kom-
pliment
bun  
, Brötchen
coach 
,  hier: Kutsche
diet [(daIEt]  sugary drinks first, when what you real-
, Ernährung ly want is a satsuma or a banana.
fined: be ~  Ultra-processed foods are blamed
,  Strafe zahlen müssen for many of Britain’s health problems.
Good Friday  At the same time, increasing num-
, Karfreitag bers of such products are plant-based,
gut  and we’re told that many plant-based
, Darm products are good for us. For one thing,
gut microbiota some of them help to feed the bacteria
[)gVt )maIkrEUbaIˈəʊtə]  that keep our gut healthy.
, Darmflora
Gut health is a fairly new topic for
pumpkin  me. At first, I thought it was a phrase
, Kürbis
combining the two languages that
spice  German and English drinkers say to
, Gewürz
each other in beer tents – and that “gut
tax return  microbiota” was how German vegans
, Steuererklärung
wished each other bon appétit.
Fotos: JohnGollop, ekazansk/iStock.com; privat
ultra-processed  There’s a lot of work to be done on
,  übermäßig verarbeitet
food in the UK. We have families who
are so poor that they go hungry. Other
families don’t make good choices about
the food they buy – as healthy food is of-
WORDS TO GO ten expensive. There’s a long way to go
“Mince pies” – small pies filled before our national diet is even “fast gut”.
with dried fruit and spices – are Now that I mention it, “fast gut”
served at Christmas in Britain.
“Hot cross buns” are sweet buns might also be one of those illnesses
traditionally eaten on Good Friday. caused by a poor diet.
BRITAIN TODAY
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Hurling stick
Der aus Eschenholz gefertigte Holzstock ist seit vielen Jahrhunderten
Teil des irischen Sportlebens. Von JULIAN EARWAKER
EASY  AUDIO

I
t looks like a large wooden spoon, or perhaps a ash [ÄS] 
, Esche
paddle for a small boat. In fact, it is part of Ireland’s clash  [klÄS]
very old sports of camogie and hurling. , Zusammenprall

Hurling sticks are traditionally made from the curved 

, gebogen,

strong, flexible wood of the ash tree – which is native geschwungen

famine [(fÄmIn] 
to Ireland. For a short time in the 1970s, hurling sticks , Hungersnot

were made of plastic, but today’s top players use tradi- Gaelic [(geIlIk] 
, gälisch
tional wooden sticks. impact [(ImpÄkt] 
Also known as “hurls” or “hurleys” (camáin in Irish), , Aufprall

opponent [E(pEUnEnt] 
the sticks are 45 to 96 centimetres long, with a flat, , Gegner(in)

curved head, or “bas”. The bas – the part of the stick set up 
, gründen
that is used to hit the ball – often has a metal band suppress [sE(pres] 
around it to make it stronger. The ball, called a “sliotar”, , unterdrücken

wooden spoon 
is made of cork and covered in leather. Hurley sticks do , Holzlöffel

break. The impact with another stick, or even with the

body of an opponent, is known as the “clash of the ash”.
A popular sport in Ireland for centuries, hurling
almost died out in the late 18th century. In 1798, a
rebellion against English rule in Ireland failed and
hurling – a symbol of Irish identity – was suppressed.
The situation was made worse by famine and migra-
tion in the 1840s.
Foto: Dorling Kindersley ltd/Alamy Stock Photo

Then, in the 1880s, Michael Cusack, a teacher and

Irish nationalist from County Clare, set up the Gaelic
Athletic Association to protect and promote Gaelic
sports, including hurling. And the game was back on.
Presented as gifts for visiting VIPs and politicians,
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 FOODS AND FLAVOURS

Panch phoron
Diese alte Gewürzmischung verbessert nicht nur den
Geschmack Ihrer Gerichte, sie enthält auch viele gesundheits-
fördernde Stoffe. Von LORRAINE MALLINDER
ADVANCED

P
anch phoron has a special place five spices offer surprising health ben-
in the kitchens of the Indian efits. BENGALI FIVE-SPICE
subcontinent. Used to flavour Fenugreek can help to manage blood CHICKEN
dishes for more than a millen- sugar levels and is great for cleansing INGREDIENTS
nium, this combination of five spices – the body. Nigella seeds can reduce the • 500 g chicken, cut into
pieces
fenugreek, cumin, fennel, nigella seeds symptoms of coughs and colds. Fennel • 2 heads of garlic, peeled
and mustard seeds – is the crown jewel and cumin have strong digestive prop- • 100 g ginger, peeled
• 3 tbsp rapeseed oil
of Bengali, Nepalese and Bangladeshi erties, and mustard seeds are full of sele-
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
cuisine. nium, which makes your bones strong- • 2 tsp chilli paste
The mix has a much milder appeal er. These are all good reasons to spice up • 1 tsp tomato puree
• 3 tsp panch phoron
than the fiery heat we know from the your food with this magical mix., • salt, to taste
menus of this region. Just a little of it in
your vegetable and meat dishes adds RECIPE
airtight  nigella [naI(dZelE]  Make a paste from the
wonderful richness and depth. , luftdicht ,  Wilder Schwarz­ garlic and ginger. Heat
Panch phoron was introduced dur- kümmel the oil in a non-stick pan
cough [kQf] 
ing the Pala Empire, a devout Buddhist , Husten non-stick pan  and add the panch phoron
dynasty that ruled over the region from ,  beschichtete Pfanne
(recipe below). Add the
cumin [(kVmIn]  ginger and garlic paste
the 8th to the 12th century. Panch trans- , Kreuzkümmel peel  to the pan. Cook on high
lates as “five”, a significant number ,  schälen, häuten heat for five to six minutes
devout [di(vaUt]  until it turns brown. Add
in Buddhist tradition with universal , gottesfürchtig pungent [(pVndZEnt]  the turmeric, chilli paste,
symbolism. ,  scharf, herzhaft tomato puree and salt. Add
digestive [daI(dZestIv] 
There are the five senses: sight, , verdauungsfördernd rapeseed [(reIpsi:d]  the chicken and mix well.
sound, smell, taste, touch; the five ele- , Rapssaat
Cook for 10 to 15 minutes,
fennel  until the chicken is cooked
ments: earth, wind, fire, air, space; and , Fenchel selenium [sE(li:niEm]  through. Add water if the
the five heavenly Buddhas, said to have fenugreek [(fenjugri:k] 
, Selen sauce is too thick or dry.
Serve with boiled rice or
existed since the beginning of time. , Bockshornklee spice up  chapatti.
Rounding off the numerical perfec- fiery [(faI&ri] 
, aufpeppen

tion are the five flavours in the mix: , feurig store  PANCH PHORON
sweet, salty, bitter, sour, pungent. The , lagern INGREDIENTS
ginger [(dZIndZE] 
phoron in the name translates as “explo- , Ingwer tbsp (tablespoon)  • 1 tbsp fenugreek
• 1 tbsp cumin
sion”, to describe the release of this va- ground [graUnd] 
, Esslöffel
• 1 tbsp fennel
riety of flavours when the mix is com- , gemahlen tomato puree • 1 tbsp nigella seeds
bined with hot ghee or oil. [tE(mA:tEU )pjUEreI]  • 1 tbsp black mustard
head of garlic 
Foto: Kathrin Koschitzki

, Tomatenpüree seeds
The spice mix also has roots in , Knoblauchknolle
Ayurvedic medicine, one of the world’s tsp (teaspoon)  METHOD
jar  , Teelöffel
oldest healing systems, which pro- ,  Glas, Gefäß Combine the ingredients
motes a balance between mind, body turmeric [(t§:mErIk]  and store in an airtight jar.
mustard seed  , Kurkuma
and spirit. Grouped together, the , Senfkorn

18 SPOTLIGHT 2022 LIFESTYLE

LIFESTYLE
SHORT STORY SPOTLIGHT 2022 19
 A DAY IN MY LIFE

The salmon smoker

– a real family affair
Wollten Sie schon immer mal wissen, wie Lachs geräuchert wird?
JOHN STANLEY hat den Besitzer und Manager der letzten traditionell
arbeitenden offenen Räucherei in Dublin gefragt.

MEDIUM  AUDIO  PLUS

“My father and

Fotos: John Stanley; Lorna Roberts/Alamy Stock Photo; alle12, gabort71, AlexRaths/iStock.com
his father were
both fishermen”

M
y name is Martin McLough-
lin and I’m 57 years old. I own
and manage a fishmonger’s
and salmon smokehouse
called Nicky’s Plaice on the West Pier at
Howth, a fishing port just outside Dublin.
My father and his father were both fisher­
men, and it was my father who set up this
business. I started working here when I was
ten years old and joined full-time when I
was 16. We now employ 14 people, includ­ brother-in-law 
ing my brother, my brother-in-law, my son , Schwager
and, occasionally, my daughter. Before the fishmonger’s  [(fISmVNgEz]
pandemic, my father also used to help out , Fischhandlung
several hours a week. It’s a real family affair. salmon [(sÄmEn] 
As well as selling fresh fish, we operate the , Lachs
only traditional open-fire smokehouse left smokehouse 
in Dublin. Although this process is harder , Räucherei
to control than the modern electric smoking unmatched 
method, it delivers an unmatched flavour. , unvergleichlich

20 SPOTLIGHT 2022 PEOPLE

 The way we work mirrors the 24-hour cycle of the smoking
process. It begins with the morning delivery of a pallet of
salmon from one of the nine salmon farms on Ireland’s west
coast. There are about 400 sides of salmon to a pallet. We sell
half in the shop as fresh fish and keep half for smoking.
At 6 a.m., we check that the overnight smoking has gone
as planned. If we’re happy with the result, we remove the
sides of salmon from the kiln and let them cool down, before
slicing and packing them.
A little later, the filleting staff begin the next smoking.
Before salmon is smoked,
each fillet is salted (above); They remove the tiny pin bones by hand, then salt the filleted
a McLoughlin family product sides. About four and a half hours later, they wash off the ex­
(right) sold at their shop cess salt and leave the sides to dry. That can take eight to 12
hours.
Next, we put the sides on to racks in the kiln, which is the
size of a small room, and build a mound of wood shavings
underneath. We use pine to provide heat, and oak on top for
flavour. We’re aiming for a kiln temperature of 27 degrees.
The smoking itself takes from 12 to 15 hours. This depends
on the weather. Sometimes, we have to light a second, small­
er fire, to finish the sides off.

The salmon is smoked for up
to 15 hours in the kiln (left)
using pine and oak wood
(below)
Smoked salmon served
with buttered bread –
only the wine is missing
When the sides are ready, we take them out on the “high
risk” side of the kiln. This is a room that meets hygiene
standards, so we have to wear special clothing. Here, the fish
is sliced, weighed and vacuum-packed.
About 25 per cent of our product goes on to our own
shelves. The rest goes to restaurants and hotels, and some
for export. Year-round, we do one smoking a day, five days
a week. At Christmas, that goes up to two smokings a day in
order to meet increased demand.
To smoke a side of salmon takes experience and good or­
ganization. You need the right people in the right place at the
right time. This is a natural process that has stayed virtual­
ly unchanged for hundreds of years. There are no short­
cuts to producing what we consider to be the perfect side
of smoked salmon.­
excess [(ekses]  pin bone  slice 
, überschüssig , Gräte ,  in Scheiben schneiden

filleting  [(fIlItIN] pine  virtually [(v§:tSuEli] 

, Filetier- , Kiefer , praktisch

kiln  plaice [pleIs]  wood shavings 

, Räucherofen , Scholle ,  grobe Holzspäne

mound [maUnd]   rack 

, Wall ,  Gestell, Rahmen
WORD TO GO
oak  shelf (pl. shelves)  “Nicky’s Plaice” is
, Eiche , Regal; hier: Laden a play on the words
“place” and “plaice”,
pallet [(pÄlɪt]  shortcut  which is a type of fish.
, Palette , Schnellverfahren

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 Fotos: XXX

22 SPOTLIGHT 2022 PEOPLE

 LOOKING AT LIVES

“Taking vandalism
in an entirely
new direction”
Von Sprühdosen und Schablonen zu
internationalen Auktionshäusern: Der als Banksy
bekannte Künstler hat Straßenkunst populär
gemacht und mit seinen Graffitis weltweiten
Ruhm erlangt. Von JULIAN EARWAKER
MEDIUM

A
teddy bear faces a group of police officers. In
its left hand, the bear holds a Molotov cocktail,
ready to be thrown as the police move forward
with their riot shields. This mural, titled The Mild
Mild West, is on an old building in Bristol and dates back
to 1999. Painted as a protest against the way the police
handled illegal rave parties, it’s one of the earliest surviv-
ing works by the mysterious graffiti artist Banksy.
Said to have been born in Bristol, the artist’s identi-
ty and personal details are a closely kept secret. Not so
his artwork, which is subversive, humorous, intelligent
and very popular. Focused on politics and social issues,
Banksy’s special style expresses emotive themes of in-
justice, homelessness, poverty and asylum, often using
scenes of innocence and love contrasted with cynicism,
violence and greed.

Painting something big where you shouldn’t

Few journalists have interviewed this famously elusive
artist. When Banksy met a journalist from The Guard-
ian newspaper in July 2003, it was to discuss Turf War,
his first gallery exhibition in Britain, held in an old ware-
house in London’s East End. The interview describes
Banksy as “white, 28, scruffy casual – jeans, T-shirt, a
silver tooth, silver chain and silver earring”.
Foto: AFP/Getty Images

elusive [i(lu:sIv]  mural [(mjUErEl]  scruffy 

,  schwer fassbar, , Wandgemälde ,  schlampig, unge­
scheu pflegt
Street art that may be riot shield
by Banksy appeared greed  [(raIEt Si:&ld]  warehouse 
on a wall in Lowestoft, , Habgier , Einsatzschild , Lagerhalle
Suffolk, in August 2021

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SHORT STORY SPOTLIGHT 2022 23
 Banksy says that he was an unhap-
py schoolboy who expressed himself
through graffiti. He says that the “buzz”
from painting “something big where
you shouldn’t” is “better than sex, bet-
ter than drugs”. By the time of the Lon-
don exhibition, he was already making
a name for himself with works clearly
influenced by French graffiti artist Blek
le Rat. Today, almost 20 years later, his
body of work has expanded into sculp-
ture, installations, films and books.
Banksy is one of the world’s most recog-
nizable artists.
Urban art goes mainstream
In a recent online art survey, 66 per
cent of respondents said Banksy in-
spires them, and 42 per cent found his
art powerful yet easy to enjoy. When
asked how Banksy’s art made them
feel, 51 per cent said “thoughtful”, while
22 per cent replied “rebellious”.
In his 2010 Oscar-nominated doc-
umentary film, Exit Through the Gift
Shop, Banksy questions whether his
lead character is “a genius ... or got a bit
lucky”. It’s certainly true that Banksy
was helped when street art went main-
stream in the 1980s and ’90s. He joined
a wave of contemporary artists whose
work was being sold by the world’s
major auction houses. Jean-Michel
Basquiat, Invader, Keith Haring and
Palestinian side of the barrier to show
hope coming from despair. The previ-
ous year, it had been the simple beauty
of his iconic Kissing Coppers that caught
the eye, painted on the wall of a pub in
Brighton to show solidarity with the
city’s LGBTQ+ community.
Sometimes, a simple “art interven-
tion” works best: in October 2003, a
heavily disguised Banksy hung one
of his own paintings among the land-
scapes at Tate Britain. Eighteen months
later, he displayed Peckham Rock, a fake
BIOGRAPHY
“cave painting”, in the British Muse-
Name: Possibly Robin
um’s Roman Britain gallery (it went
Gunningham
unnoticed for three days). More than
just high-profile pranks, these actions Born: Possibly Bristol, UK
ask questions about what we exhibit in Famous for: Subversive,
major institutions, and why. intelligent graffiti art on
political and social themes
Using art as a political weapon Latest work: A Great British
Banksy shows an intuitive feel for the Spraycation (2021)
zeitgeist, his artwork frequently reflect-
ing public concerns and opinions. In
May 2017, a year after the UK’s historic
Brexit vote, a giant new artwork ap-
peared near the ferry terminal in Dover.
It showed a man on a ladder, chipping
away at one of the yellow stars on the
EU flag, with small cracks spreading buzz  ifml. high profile 
outwards. , Begeisterung ,  mit hohem Bekannt­
The following year, Banksy sold a cave painting 
heitsgrad
motorized refugee boat from his Disma- , Höhlenmalerei launch [lO:ntS] 
land installation and donated the mon- chip away at sth. 
,  starten, einführen

Kaws – they all have their roots in ey to fund a real-life rescue boat used in ,  an etw. herummeißeln NHS (National Health
urban art, whether it’s through their the Mediterranean. To reinforce where Service) 
copper UK ifml. 
,  britisches Gesundheits­
stencils, stickers, posters, sculptures or his priorities lie, during the first wave , Polizist(in)

Fotos: ART-Banksy/www.visitbristol.co.uk; mauritius images/Photozaic/Alamy

system
graffiti. Within the genre, Banksy has of Covid-19, Banksy produced Game deliberation 
prank 
created his own style. Genius or not, Changer, a painting of a young boy play- ,  Bedacht, Überlegung
, Streich
he’s provocative and creative. To quote ing with a superhero NHS nurse doll. deprivation
raise 
Banksy himself, he’s “taking vandalism The artwork was later auctioned, rais- [)deprI(veIS&n] 
,  hier: einbringen
, Entbehrung
in an entirely new direction”. ing more than £16 million for the NHS.
recognizable 
Most recently, in the summer of despair 
, wiedererkennbar
, Verzweiflung
What is art (for)? 2021, while Brits prepared for their
reinforce 
Although long associated with the “staycation” instead of travelling disguised [dIs(gaIzd] 
, bekräftigen
, verkleidet
city of Bristol, which offers tours of his abroad, Banksy launched a series of
respondent 
artwork, Banksy has worked all over new works. Called A Great British Spray- doll 
,  befragte Person
, Puppe
the world. As an artist and activist, cation, his installations appeared in
staycation  ifml.
he chooses the mood and location of East Anglian seaside towns known as donate  [dEU(neIt]
,  Urlaub zu Hause,
, spenden
his artworks with great deliberation. much for their social deprivation as Urlaub auf Balkonien
One repeat site for his work is the Is- for their sandy beaches and sea views. entirely [In(taIEli] 
stencil 
,  komplett, gänzlich
raeli West Bank barrier separating You can watch the video on YouTube, , Schablone
Israelis and Palestinians. In 2005, he for example, at: www.youtube.com/ ferry terminal 
unnoticed: go ~ 
, Fährhafen
painted Unwelcome Intervention on the watch?v=v450Acut8Q0 ,  nicht bemerkt werden

24 SPOTLIGHT 2022 PEOPLE

Graffiti that’s worth millions
Banksy’s work is collected by celebrities
across the world. Bono, Brad Pitt, Drake
and Robbie Williams, among others,
have bought his artwork, while Justin
Bieber has the famous Girl with Balloon
tattooed on his arm.
With fame, however, comes a prob-
lem: what to do with the growing num-
ber of Banksy artworks illegally painted
on buildings and public spaces? The art-
works are valued at tens of thousands
of pounds or more, and homeowners
and councils now face a dilemma: how
to protect it.
Should it be sold? How can the phys-
ical artwork be safely removed with-
out causing structural damage? Whole
brick walls have been lifted away and
sold, while large areas containing paint-
ings have been removed from proper-
ties and made available for auction.
Banksy’s attitude to the commercial
art world has always been ambivalent.
He keeps tight control over authen-
tication through his official website:
pestcontroloffice.com But the auction of his
much-loved Girl with Balloon at Sothe-
by’s in October 2018 perhaps best sums
up Banksy’s opinion of the mainstream.
To the shock of the auction room, just as
the hammer came down on the winning
bid of £1.1 million, the painting began
to self-destruct through a shredder hid-
den in its frame. Ironically, the partially
shredded artwork, retitled Love Is in the newspaper claimed that it had iden- Gorilla in a Pink brick 
Mask is an early
Bin, then was auctioned in September tified Banksy as Robin Gunningham, Banksy image in
,  Ziegel, Backstein
2021, with a guide price of between who was born in Bristol in 1973 and at- Bristol commission 
£4 and £6 million. tended the exclusive Bristol Cathedral ,  in Auftrag geben

School. This is accepted as the most crap: be ~ vulg. 

Anti-establishment – or part likely theory. ,  schlecht sein

of it? Whatever the truth, the question of enigma [i(nIgmE] 

Who is Banksy – and does it really mat-
ter? Some theories suggest the artist is
Robert Del Naja, a graffiti artist (known
as 3D) and frontman of the Bristol-
based band Massive Attack. Others
say he’s Jamie Hewlett, comic-book
artist and founder of the virtual band
his identity remains part of a carefully , Rätsel
INFO TO GO
spray-painted mythology. Despite this, guide price 
What’s the difference , Richtpreis
or because of it, a 2019 YouGov survey between “urban art”, “street
found that Banksy was the UK’s most art” and “graffiti”? household name 
popular artist of all time. Not bad for “Urban art” is the term used ,  gängiger Name, Begriff
to describe visual art
someone who in 2003 said: “Because I created in urban areas, image-based 
was quite crap with a spray can, I start- including street art and , bildbasiert

Gorillaz. Or could Banksy actually be ed cutting out stencils instead.” From graffiti. Street art is usually shredder 
image-based and painted ,  Schredder, Akten­
more than one person, perhaps even a painting guerrilla art in public spaces to with permission or
vernichter
group of people working together? becoming a household name, Banksy is commissioned. Graffiti is
In July 2008, after a year-long in- a truly anti-establishment enigma who often word-based and is suggest [sE(dZest] 
usually illegal. , nahelegen
vestigation, the British Daily Mail is firmly part of the art establishment.

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 SOCIETY

Creative
escape – the arts
in prison
Studien belegen, dass Kreativprogramme in Gefängnissen
dazu beitragen, die Rückfallquote zu senken und eine positive
Veränderung bei Gefängnisinsassen zu bewirken. MARK FISHER hat
unmittelbare Erfahrung damit, welche Auswirkungen künstlerische
Aktivitäten hinter Gittern haben können.
ADVANCED

Y
ou know that poem we read
last week? It really hit me
hard,” says Callum (not his
real name). Callum is in
his early 30s but, like many prisoners,
looks older. We’re sitting together in
an office in a prison in the east of Eng-
land. He has come to find me before
this afternoon’s shared reading group.
He’d like to talk about a poem we read
he explains that his mother died earlier ain’t  ifml.
this year and that he’s been struggling ,  hier: ist nicht
to deal with the loss, that she had al- implore 
ways encouraged him to improve him- , anflehen
self. The poem brought up many emo- kinder (kind of)
tions in Callum and he’s been alone non-standard 
,  irgendwie, ziemlich
with them all week, inside his five-by-
two-metre cell. He’s now able to talk rehabilitation
[ˌriːhəbɪlɪˈteɪʃən] 
openly about his mother and family,
, Resozialisierung
and about his passion for books. When
Fotos: Jeff Morgan 11 / Alamy Stock Photo; wacomka/iStock.com

in the group last week: “Mother to Son”
by Langston Hughes. In the poem, a
mother reminds her son that “Life for
me ain’t been no crystal stair” – but
implores him to keep on climbing the
metaphorical staircase, as she has done,
to find a better life: “So boy, don’t you
turn back. / Don’t you set down on
the steps. / ’Cause you finds it’s kinder
hard.”
When he heard those words last
week, Callum had taken a deep breath
and said: “Yeah, my mum was like that,”
and then subsided into silence. Now,
subside 
he first came to prison, aged 18, Callum
, versinken
could neither read nor write.
The view from inside
I’ve worked in prisons for more than 11
years, as a writer in residence and crea-
tive arts coordinator, and more recently
with the national charity, The Reader.
I’ve met lots of people like Callum and
seen first-hand the positive effect of the
arts on their personal development and
rehabilitation. Staff are often surprised
and inspired by the creative sessions
they attend.

26 SPOTLIGHT 2022 SOCIETY

 The creative arts
can help people in
prison change the
way they look at
themselves

The Reader trains and supports Reader
Leaders like me to take great literature
into the community, including criminal
justice settings. Each week, I choose a
short story, poem(s) or book extract to
read out loud, in a structured session.
As a group, we discuss our reactions
to the piece of writing, our emotional
responses, ideas, observations and any
life experiences that might connect to
the writing. Although I guide our mem-
bers through the text, it’s sharing, not
teaching. If other members would like
to read part of the text, they’re encour-
aged to do so. All literacy levels are wel-
come, and coming to sessions is entire-
ly voluntary. That’s very important in
prison, where choice is strictly rationed.
As Callum discovered, literature
has the power to inspire, unsettle and
arouse our emotions without warn-
ing. It can cast a spell, make us reflect,
see parts of ourselves in the words we
read and help us to find solutions to
our problems. Other creative arts have arouse  [E(raUz]
a similar effect. , aufrütteln
“The imagination is the only legal assault [E(sO:lt] 
escape from prison.” I remembered ,  tätlicher Angriff,
those words when, in September 2010, Überfall
I walked through the prison gates for cast a spell 
, verzaubern
my first day as writer in residence at
a Young Offender Institution in East criminal justice 
, Strafjustiz
Anglia. The quotation was used by my
trainer at the Writers in Prison Net- literacy [(lIt&rEsi] 
,  Bildung, Lese- und
work, which at the time placed writers
Schreibfähigkeit
like me in prisons around the country.
offender 
Every week, I worked with young,
, Straftäter(in)
male offenders aged 15 to 18, some-
ration [(rÄS&n] 
times in one-to-ones, but mostly in
, rationieren
small groups. Some of these young
serve a life sentence 
men – children, actually – were serving ,  eine lebenslange
a life sentence for murder. Many were Freiheitsstrafe absitzen
involved in gangs and drug dealing. The setting 
level of violence and number of fights , Umfeld
and assaults were shocking. The lack of unsettle 
positive role models in their lives was ,  aus dem Gleichgewicht
all too clear. Yet their curiosity, energy bringen
and willingness to take risks creatively

SOCIETY SPOTLIGHT 2022 27

 were inspiring. As was their talent. One
17-year-old I worked with completed
a novel, another wrote his life story.
Many of them created powerful lyrics,
poetry and stories for the first time in
their young lives. We started a prison
magazine (which still runs to this day)
and my team learned interviewing and
editorial skills.
With the support of our governor, I
organized author vis-
its and even a two-day
mini arts festival. The
prison was buzzing as
“I’ve witnessed
rapper Akala brought people become
in hip-hop Shake-
speare to rapturous calmer when they
applause, and writer
Anthony Horowitz
get involved in
revealed the secrets creative projects,
of his Alex Rider series.
What good did all this
and be more
creativity do? I’ll let empathetic and
one young offender
answer that: “It has collaborative”
changed the way I
look at myself and the way others look
at me.”
The evidence shows
Research from the Koestler Arts, the
UK’s best-known prison arts charity,
shows that those involved in the arts
have higher levels of self-reflection,
hope, resilience and well-being. If
you want people to change, they
need the confidence and self-
belief to do so. The annual Koestler
Awards, involving more than 7,000
prisoners from around the country
working in every art form, are a way
for inmates to be noticed for some-
thing other than crime. “It changes
your whole line of thinking when
someone gives you praise,” says one
Koestler Award winner.
I’ve witnessed people become calm-
er when they get involved in creative
projects, start to take an interest in
learning and be more empathetic and
collaborative. That’s not surprising:
evidence from the National Criminal
Justice Arts Alliance (NCJAA) shows
that engaging in the arts improves well-
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being and “can help people build new
positive identities ... and lead to new
skills and employment opportunities”.
I understand people’s scepticism
about the chances of rehabilitating
hardened criminals through crea-
tivity, but the arts should be seen as
just one part of a holistic approach to
reform and desistance. Prison is not
full of bad people. It’s full of people
who have made bad
choices – many of
them inevitable when
you look at the path
of their lives from a
very early age. Prison
is a dumping ground
for the failings of so-
ciety: for those with
addictions, family
breakdowns, mental
health problems and
learning difficulties.
The Prison Reform
Trust says that 24
per cent of the pris-
on population have been through the
care system, 41 per cent saw violence
at home, 29 per cent experienced abuse
and 59 per cent regularly truanted from
school. The average literacy level of the
prison population is that of an 11-year-
old. The effect of their crimes on them-
selves, their families, and on the victims
and their friends and families is terrible
and lasting.
The arts as a catalyst for change
Britain has the highest imprisonment
rates in Europe, yet only seven per
cent of the population believe that
more people in prison is the solution
to crime. And those who think of the
arts as a soft option should remember
that almost every prisoner will eventu-
ally be released. Do we want them to re-
turn to our communities rehabilitated,
with positive things to offer society, or
as prison-hardened criminals destined
to commit another crime and return to
jail?
It’s a privilege to witness talent blos-
som in a prison, to see an appetite for
learning grow and the imagination
being used for creative rather than de-
structive purposes. The arts are not a
panacea, but I’ve seen that they provide
a vital catalyst for change. What­ever the
art form they choose, those who get
involved are less likely to reoffend. As
one Koestler entrant says: “Being cre-
ative has opened up new avenues of
progression that I did not previously
know existed.”
Callum is right to be proud of his pro-
gress since he entered prison. He smiles
when I tell him about this morning’s
shared reading session, and the two
poems we read there: “Happiness” by
Raymond Carver and “The Orange” by
Wendy Cope. Both poems are about
finding contentment in the small
moments of the everyday. Staff short-
ages mean that our afternoon shared
reading session is cancelled. Callum is
locked in his cell. It’s very cramped. His
collection of books keeps growing.
addiction  governor 
,  Abhängigkeit, Sucht ,  hier: Gefängnis­
leiter(in)
avenue 
, Weg holistic approach
[hEU)lIstIk E(prEUtS] 
blossom  ,  ganzheitlicher Ansatz
, erblühen
imprisonment rate 
buzzing  [Im(prIz&nmEnt]
, geschäftig
, Inhaftierungsquote
contentment  inmate [(InmeIt] 
, Zufriedenheit
, Häftling
cramped  lasting 
, beengt
,  dauerhaft, fortwährend
desistance  [di(zIstEns]
lyrics [(lIrIks] 
, Unterlassung
, Liedtext
destined [(destInd] 
panacea [)pÄnE(sIE] 
, vorherbestimmt
, Allheilmittel
dumping ground  rapturous [(rÄptSErEs] 
, Müllhalde
,  begeistert, stürmisch
editorial skills  reoffend [)ri:E(fend] 
,  redaktionelle Kompe-
Fotos: Julian Earwaker
,  rückfällig werden
tenzen
resilience [ri(zIliEns] 
entrant  , Widerstandsfähigkeit
, Teilnehmer(in)
truant [(tru:Ent] 
failings  ,  unentschuldigt fehlen
, Versäumnisse
SOCIETY
 The annual Koestler Awards encourage
prisoners from around the UK to work in
every art form, offering a way for them to
showcase their skills and creativity

SOCIETY SPOTLIGHT 2022 29

 PEGGY’S PLACE

The dating game

In Spotlights ganz eigenem Londoner Pub schwärmt
Helen noch immer still und heimlich für Sean.
Von INEZ SHARP
MEDIUM  AUDIO

Peggy: What’ll it be, Helen? buy a new game each Christ-

Helen: I’ll have a glass of
Chardonnay.
Peggy: How’s the situation
with Sean?
Helen: If you’re asking
whether Sean has sudden-
ly and surprisingly fallen in
love with me, the answer is
definitely no.
Peggy: Oh, I am sorry, Helen.
Unrequited love is a downer.
George: Hello! Whose love
is unrequited?
Peggy: Never you mind.
What can I get you?
George: I’ll have a half of
lager, thanks.
Helen: May I ask how you
met your wife, George?
George: Sure. I met Maggie
over a game of Monopoly.
Peggy: Sounds intriguing.
George: Not really. It was at
university. A friend of mine,
Terry, had board game eve-
nings. One Thursday, I had
nothing to do and went
along. Maggie was there.
Peggy: You don’t make it
sound very romantic.
George: I know, but what
better way to get to know
someone? You sit close to-
gether for a couple of hours,
“You don’t make it mas.
Peggy: So, what game have
sound very romantic” you chosen this year?
George: Maggie got a game
called “Exploding Kittens”.
Helen: I’ve heard of that. It’s
and during that time, the other person a card game, isn’t it?
might well show their best and their George: Apparently!
worst character traits. Peggy: Simone asked for
Helen: That’s an interesting take. something called “Love
George: Think about it: if someone’s a Letter” for Christmas. We
terrible loser, they’ll probably have dif- haven’t played it yet, but Phil
ficulty hiding it. rolled his eyes when he saw
Peggy: And if someone’s fair and plays the cards.
by the rules, you’ll see that, too. George: Is it all about ro-
George: Exactly! mance?
Helen: Now, of course, I have to ask Peggy: Judging by those
how Maggie behaved over your first cards, yes.
game of Monopoly. George: I suppose some-
Peggy: Oh, I bet you she was a fair play- one who wants to have a
er and probably didn’t mind losing. romantic evening could
George: Wrong! My wife’s terrible at los- do worse than play a game
ing. Last Christmas, we played Scrabble called “Love Letter”. Can it
three times until she finally won. be played with two players?
Helen: But you still fell in love with her Peggy: Yes, that’s what it says
back then over Monopoly? on the box. Hmm, Helen, are
George: Oh, definitely! Maggie can you thinking what I’m think-
really focus if something interests her. ing?
And she forgets everything that’s hap- Helen: Well, I suppose it’s
pening around her. I think that’s a love- worth a try.
ly character trait – even if she’s in a foul George: Ah! Are we back to
mood when things don’t go her way. the topic of unrequited love?
Helen: Do you still play board games? Helen: Mind your own busi-
George: Yeah. Like a lot of families, we ness, George!
Illustration: Jill White

apparently  business: mind your character trait  downer ifml.  intriguing [In(tri:gIN]  take 
, anscheinend own ~  , Charaktereigenschaft ,  deprimierende Sache , faszinierend ,  hier: Ansicht
,  kümmere dich um
board game evening  definitely  foul mood: be in a ~  ifml. never you mind  unrequited  
deine eigenen Angelegen-
, Spieleabend ,  ganz bestimmt ,  miese Laune haben ,  das geht dich über- [)Vnri(kwaItId] 
heiten
haupt nichts an , unerwidert

30 SPOTLIGHT 2022 CHAPTERS AND VERSE

 INFO TO GO
When you order
a drink in a pub in
Britain, the person
serving you will
probably ask either
“What’ll it be?” or
“What can I get
you?”

Sean George Phil Peggy Helen Jane

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

NOW, TRY THIS! M

Find the four words and expressions in the dialogue

that have to do with games or are a kind of game.
List them below in the order they are mentioned.

A. _______________________________

cabbie  ifml. grumpy  B. _______________________________

, Taxifahrer(in) ,  mürrisch, grantig D. card game
C. player C. _______________________________
chef  sensible  B. rules
, Küchenchef(in) , vernünftig A. board game D. _______________________________
Answers

CHAPTERS AND VERSE SPOTLIGHT 2022 31

 POETRY CORNER

VANESSA CLARK präsentiert ein leidenschaftliches

Gedicht von Lord Byron – einem berühmt-berüchtigten
Vertreter der englischen Romantik.
ADVANCED  AUDIO  PLUS

When We Two Parted

by Lord Byron (1788–1824)

In silence and tears, They name thee before me,

Half broken-hearted A knell to mine ear;
To sever for years, A shudder comes o’er me –
Pale grew thy cheek and cold, Why wert thou so dear?
Colder thy kiss; They know not I knew thee,
Truly that hour foretold Who knew thee too well –
Sorrow to this. Long, long shall I rue thee,
Too deeply to tell.
~
The dew of the morning ~
Sunk chill on my brow – In secret we met –
It felt like the warning In silence I grieve,
Of what I feel now. That thy heart could forget,
Thy vows are all broken, Thy spirit deceive.
And light is thy fame; If I should meet thee
I hear thy name spoken, After long years,
And share in its shame. How should I greet thee? –
With silence and tears.

brow  dew  grieve [gri:v]  pale  sever [(sevE]  sorrow  [(sQrEU]

, Stirn , Tau , trauern , blass , trennen ,  Trauer, Leid

deceive  [di(si:v] foretell  knell [nel]  rue  shudder  vow 

, täuschen , voraussagen , Totengeläut , bereuen , Schauder ,  Schwur, Gelübde

32 SPOTLIGHT 2022 CHAPTERS AND VERSE

 What’s it about?
The title says it all: this poem is about the
parting of two lovers. The poet is remember-
ing the end of a secret affair. He can’t express
his feelings in public, so he imagines that
he’s speaking to his former lover. He is full of
sorrow, regret and grief at the end of the rela-
tionship, but also feels ashamed. His lover has
lost her good reputation (“light is thy fame”).
When he hears her name spoken by friends,
it sounds to him like a death bell (“knell”). In
the last stanza, he sounds bitter: his lover has
already forgotten him and was untrue to him
(“thy spirit [could] deceive”). He wonders how
brooding  [(bru:dIN] eagle  infamous [ˈɪnfəməs]  notorious [nEU(tO:riEs]  skull  and poetic English forms of the
, grüblerisch , Adler , berüchtigt
crow  falcon [(fO:lkEn]  marital  [(mÄrIt&l]
, Krähe , Falke , ehelich
CHAPTERS AND VERSE
SHORT STORY
it would feel to meet this person sometime in
the future and realizes that he wouldn’t know
what to say to her.
An infamous poet
George Gordon Byron, the great Romantic poet, was notorious
for his scandalous private life. He had many relationships with
women (and one very short marriage), as well as relationships
with men. He fathered several children, including one with his
own half-sister, and was described by one of his lovers as “mad,
bad and dangerous to know”. Under increasing pressure because
of his failed marriage, shocking affairs and huge debts, Byron left
England for Europe at the age of 28, never to return.
Did you know?
⋅⋅
Here are a few more strange facts about Lord Byron:
Byron wasn’t allowed to take his dog to Cambridge – so he
bought a bear instead and walked it around the college on a
⋅⋅
chain.
Byron took animals with him on his travels – ten horses,
eight big dogs, three monkeys, five cats, five peacocks, an
eagle, a falcon and a crow. Apart from the horses, they were
⋅⋅
all allowed to move around his home.
Byron was massively famous in his lifetime and fashionable
people tried to copy his “brooding poet” style – which is
⋅⋅⋅⋅
why he’s sometimes called “the first modern celebrity”.
Illustrationen: Everett Collection, Morphart Creation/Shutterstock.com
Byron used real skulls as flowerpots and drinking cups.
His only marital child was Ada Lovelace, who became a
⋅⋅
mathematician and an early computer pioneer.
Byron died at the age of 36, while helping Greek forces in
their fight for independence from the Ottoman Empire.
INFO TO GO
“Thou” and “thee” are archaic
, berühmt-berüchtigt , Totenschädel singular “you” (du and dich/dir).
“Thy” and “thine” are Old Eng-
peacock [(pi:kQk]  stanza  lish equivalents of the singular
, Pfau , Strophe possessive “your” (dein).
SPOTLIGHT 2022 33
 SHORT STORY

Ein Stück,
bitte!
Manchmal können auch Worte einer fremden
Sprache Sehnsüchte wecken, die einen ein ganzes
Leben lang begleiten. Von MARTHA PARIS
ADVANCED  AUDIO

H
enry loved German bakeries. At assist anyone. They were the rulers in their almond  [(A:mEnd]
home in England, baked goods aromatic palaces – something the customers , Mandel
were horribly artificial: the white clearly respected. Loitering Englishmen did apron 
bread at the office canteen looked not belong. , Schürze

like the flabby upper arms of his elderly The summer visit to Bonn in 1977 seemed bee 
aunts; the doughnuts his mother served on to Henry to be an especially sad holiday. It , Biene

special occasions were cartoonishly orange rained for days on end. This meant Liese did bun 
in colour, decorated with bright white cream most of the shopping alone – after all, there , Brötchen

and neon red jam. In Henry’s opinion, the was no point in both of them getting wet. So, canteen 
products sold in German bakeries were su- even the daily visits to the bakery were cur- , Kantine

perior in every way.
Each year, Henry and his wife, Liese, vis-
ited her family in Bonn for the summer
holidays. The West German capital was not
an exciting place. One visit each year to the
house where Beethoven had lived and two
trips on a Rhine cruise boat were the most
Henry could hope for.
The bakeries in Bonn, though, Henry
found fascinating. He liked to stand and
admire the rows of heavy brown loaves, the
piles of golden breakfast buns, the creamy
yellow discs of cheesecake.
Henry spoke no German, so Liese ex-
plained the different breads and cakes on
display. She told him that a cream-filled cake
with almonds on top was a “bee sting” and an
elegant chocolate cake called “Sacher” came
originally from Austria.
Henry would happily have stood there for
whole minutes considering which cake to try
tailed. Henry sat on his mother-in-law’s sofa, cartoonishly 
stared out into the wet garden and counted [kA:(tu:nISli]
,  im Comicstil; hier: grell
the days until they could travel home.
One rainy morning, on their way home confection 
, Praline
from a visit to Bonn’s main market square,
Liese suggested they cheer themselves up counter 
, Ladentheke
by buying some cake together to have with
their afternoon coffee. cruise boat [(kru:z bEUt] 
, Ausflugsdampfer
The baker’s they stopped at was not one
curtail [k§:(teI&l] 
Henry knew and, as he stepped inside, he
, einschränken
felt this was no ordinary bakery. The lighting
edge towards sth. 
was soft and the displays had been arranged
,  sich etw. (vorsichtig)
with special care. Most of all, though, it was nähern
the welcoming smile of the shop assistant elaborate [i(lÄbErEt] 
that convinced Henry that this shop was dif- , kunstvoll
ferent. The young woman had large brown flabby 
eyes like melting chocolate drops and glossy , wabbelig
brown hair piled up like an elaborate confec- glossy 
tion. As Liese was inspecting what Henry , glänzend
knew was called a “Frankfurt crown cake”, loaf (pl. loaves) 
he edged towards the counter and pointed , Laib
Illustration: Natle/iStock.com

were it not for the shop assistants. He didn’t to a “bee sting”. loiter  [(lOItE]
know what their job title was in German, but “Ein Stück?” asked the assistant. , herumstehen
the English word “assistant” certainly wasn’t Henry held up a finger and added one of mother-in-law 
the word he would have chosen. These la- the few German words he knew. , Schwiegermutter
dies in their perfect white aprons did not “Ein Stück, bitte.”

34 SPOTLIGHT 2022 CHAPTERS AND VERSE

Liese was surprised at how much her hus-
band seemed to enjoy his coffee and cake
that afternoon, and she was even more
surprised at how often Henry insisted on
buying cake that summer. Rain or shine, he
went out almost every day. Despite his very
limited German, Henry appeared to have no
difficulty ordering a lovely selection of cakes
and pastries and he always came back with
one slice of each cake.
The next winter, Henry received a promo-
tion at work. As a result, Liese and Henry’s
summer routine changed. Thinking that they
needed to broaden their horizons in line with
his new status, Liese suggested they travel to
France and Italy for their summer holidays –
to tour Paris and Rome and visit all the major
sights. Henry was against it. He liked Bonn,
he told his wife. So quiet. So relaxing. Not
used to any resistance from her husband,
Liese went ahead and booked a holiday in
Rome without asking Henry again.
Five years passed before Henry and Liese
returned to Bonn. This time, it was a scorch-
ing hot summer and Liese, who had devel-
oped a passion for ice cream and espresso
after their holiday in Rome, told Henry
not to bother buying cake. Each afternoon,
while Liese went to the local gelateria to get
ice cream, Henry sat on his mother-in-law’s
terrace and looked at the yellowing grass.
Ice cream, even Italian ice cream, made his
English teeth ache. He wished for a slice of
smooth, sweet German cheesecake.
Afterwards, Liese couldn’t explain to her-
self what had happened. On one of the ter-
ribly hot afternoons that summer, Henry
disappeared. She’d left her husband sitting
on the terrace, reading one of his favourite
crime stories, although Liese suspected that
he had simply been staring at a page and not
really reading. Henry had seemed very dis-
tant – that she did remember. When Liese
came back from the gelateria, his chair on
the terrace was empty, the crime novel lying
on the ground beside it. Nobody had seen
Henry leave.
First, she wondered whether he’d gone
for a walk, but that would have been un-
like him. After an hour, she began to worry
CHAPTERS AND VERSE
and de­cided to take her bike and look for ache [eIk] 
him. , schmerzen
Just as Liese was pushing the bicycle frail 
through the gate, she saw Henry coming , gebrechlich
along the road. rain or shine 
He offered no immediate explanation for ,  bei jedem Wetter
his disappearance, and it was only after Liese scorching hot 
had questioned her husband over and over ,  brütend heiß
again that he finally responded. suspect [sE(spekt] 
“I wanted to have some cake.” , vermuten
And that was it. That was all he said. ward 
, Station
Liese walked slowly up the steps of St
Stephen’s Hospital and turned into ward
B6, where Henry was lying in bed. “Not long
now,” the doctor had said on her last visit,
and as she approached the bed and looked at
her husband, looking so frail and small, Liese
knew the doctor was right.
“Excuse me!” said a voice behind her. Liese
turned around. A young nurse with soft
brown eyes and shiny dark hair smiled from
behind her mask.
“Your husband,” said the nurse, “he keeps
trying to tell me something, but I don’t think
he’s speaking English.”
“Henry doesn’t speak any other lan­guages.
I’m from Germany, but he never really
learned the language,” said Liese.
“I did German at school,” the nurse said
a little shyly, “and it sounded like ‘Ein Stück,
bitte’. Does that mean anything to you?”
“No,” said Liese staring at Henry as he lay
there. “I have no idea what he means by it.”
NOW, TRY THIS! M
How carefully have you read this short story? Decide
whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
E. true T F
that year.)
A. Henry likes English bread and cake.
go to Rome
D. false (They
B. Liese explains the names of German cakes.
C. true
B. true C. One day, Henry begins buying cake alone.
goods.)
baked D. Liese and Henry visit Bonn in 1978.
German
prefers E. Years later, as he is dying, Henry remembers
A. false (Henry
some German words. 
Answers
SPOTLIGHT 2022 35
 THE LIGHTER SIDE

The Argyle Sweater

“Doing nothing is very INFO TO GO

hard to do. You never know “Onomatopoeia” is the use
of words that sound like the

when you’re finished” thing they describe – such

as “bang” or “click”. In the
cartoon, the “Onomatopoe-
Leslie Nielsen (1926–2010),
Canadian actor and comedian ian” soldiers are imitating
the sounds of the weapons
they don’t have.

by Scott Hilburn

Looking for a job FORGETFUL

A man has a meeting at an employment agen- While on a road trip, a couple stop at a restaurant for
cy. As the recruiter looks at his CV, she notices lunch. Unfortunately, the woman has left her glasses
that the applicant has been fired from every on the table, and she doesn’t miss them until after
job he has ever had. “If you don’t mind me say- they have been driving for about 30 minutes. The

ing so, your employment history is terrible,”
the recruiter says. “You’ve been dismissed
from all 12 jobs you’ve had.” “I know,” agrees
the applicant. “Well, I’m afraid it’s not much of
a recommendation,” says the recruiter. “Can
you think of one good reason why a compa-
ny should give you a job?” “Well,” says the
applicant, “at least it shows I’m not a quitter.”
Cartoons: © 2021 PEANUTS Worldwide LLC, Dist. by Andrews McMeel Syndication/Bulls Press; © 2021 Scott Hilburn/Distributed by Universal Uclick/Bulls Press
whole way back, the husband complains to his wife
for being forgetful. They finally arrive at the restau-
rant and, as the woman hurries over to the entrance,
the man shouts to her: “While you’re in there, you
might as well get my hat, too.”
Compiled by Owen Connors

Shine a light
adversary  [(ÄdvEsEri] firefly  recruiter [ri(kru:tE]  Some children from the city are on
, Gegner(in) , Glühwürmchen , Personalchef(in) a camping trip. The mosquitoes are
CV (curriculum vitae) onomatopoeia torch  so bad that the children have to hide
[)si: (vi:]  [ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːə]  ,  Fackel, Taschen- under their blankets to avoid getting
, Lebenslauf , Lautmalerei lampe
bitten. Then, one of them sees some
dismiss sb.  quitter  turn sth. in  fireflies and says to her friend, “We
,  jmdn. entlassen , Aufgeber(in); hier: ,  etw. abgeben
jmd., der häufig kündigt might as well give up. They’re coming
doomed: be ~  after us with torches.”
,  verloren sein

Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz

36 SPOTLIGHT 2022 THE LIGHTER SIDE

 AMERICAN LIFE

Tales of intrigue
MEDIUM  US  AUDIO

Im kleinstädtischen Amerika machen Gerüchte das

Leben erst so richtig interessant. Jede Familie hat
ihre Geschichten – so auch die von Ginger.

E
very year in early November, when the days
in northeastern New York turn cold and
gray, I pack up my car and drive to Florida.
GINGER KUENZEL is a
And every year in late May, when the Flor- freelance writer. She divides
ida heat and humidity become too much, I repack her time between Florida
and a small town in upstate
my car and head north.
New York.
My initial move to Florida wasn’t easy. Moving
to a new town means finding new friends as well
as a new doctor, dentist, hairstylist, stores, and res-
ancestor [(ÄnsestE] 
taurants. It all takes time, and it makes me value , Vorfahr(in)
my hometown in New York, where I have deep generous [(dZen&rEs] 
roots. It’s where I was born and have spent at least , großzügig
part of every year of my life. This town is so small humidity 
that the postmaster, who knows what kind of car , Luftfeuchtigkeit
I drive, will call to let me know if there’s a package initial [I(nIS&l] 
waiting that may not fit in my vehicle. There’s a , anfänglich
sense of community in small towns, and people intrigue [(Intri:g] 
are always willing to help each other. ,  Intrige, heimliche
My family has a long history in this town. I often Liebschaft
dream about inviting some of my ancestors for a man cave 
glass of wine to ask them about missing pieces of , Männerhöhle

that history. I want to know, for example, about the plaque [plÄk] 
inscription on the back of a large oil painting that ,  Tafel, Schild

hangs in my house. postmaster 

It was painted by a moderately famous New
York City artist who summered in our town and
was close friends with my grandmother. Taped
to the back of the painting is a handwritten
note from the artist, wishing my grandmother a
very happy first anniversary. I always thought it
strange that he would give her such a generous
Fotos: Bombaert; Annet Rijk/iStock.com; privat
,  Leiter einer Postdienst-
stelle
refer to sth.  the boathouse for himself. I think it was
,  sich auf etw. beziehen
his “man cave” – long before anyone
rumor  used that term. The plaque has a long
, Gerücht
list of names of boats that were kept
tape sth.  in the boathouse over the years. But

gift as an anniversary present. And why is it in-
scribed only to her and not also to her husband?
Was it perhaps a different kind of anniversary he
was referring to, a secret event that only he and my
grandmother knew about?
My grandfather may have had some secrets of
his own. I have a large wooden plaque that used to
hang in his boathouse. According to family legend,
Grandpa bought the property as a first wedding
anniversary present for Grandma and then built
,  etw. festkleben
INFO TO GO
“New York” here refers to
the state of New York, not
to the city. The New York
state capital is Albany.
were some of them – Betty, Chloe, Penny,
Princess – really just boats, or did he in-
clude names of lady friends whom he
had entertained across the lake?
Are these stories true? Who knows?
My ancestors are not here to tell us, and
people in this town love nothing more
than a good rumor. Far be it from me to
take away the pleasure of these tales of
intrigue.

AMERICAN LIFE SPOTLIGHT 2022 37

 TRAVEL
Der Taj Fateh Prakash Palast in Udaipur ist ein architektonisches
Wunderwerk und eine historische Schatztruhe – ein perfekter
Ausgangsort, um Rajasthans „City of Lakes“ zu erkunden.
APARNA PEDNAKAR taucht in Pracht und Glanz
der Vergangenheit ein.
MEDIUM  AUDIO  PLUS

Palace of
wonders
Foto: Marina Pissarova/Alamy Stock Photo
 O
ften referred to as the “Venice of Maharanas and maharanis amenities [E(mi:nEtiz] 
the East” or the “City of Lakes”, The palace’s rooms and suites now in- , Annehmlichkeiten
Udaipur, in Rajasthan, tops every clude modern amenities such as tele- anti-inflammatory 
Indian bride’s wedding destination visions, Wi-Fi and jacuzzis, but details , entzündungshemmend
list, thanks to its calm weather, dreamy palaces and of the original decoration remain. The arch 
grand houses. state of Rajasthan is home to one of ,  Bogen(gang), Gewölbe
Udaipur is the capital of the 1,500-year-old India’s most distinctive styles of archi- cupola  [(kju:pElE]
Mewar dynasty, which was founded by the tecture, featuring arches, marble floors, , Kuppel(gewölbe)
descen­dants of Surya, the Hindu sun god. One of latticework and cupolas. descendant [di(sendEnt] 
the dynasty’s greatest visionaries was Maharana There are multiple windows in the ,  Nachfahre, Nachfahrin

Fateh Singh, ruler of Mewar from 1884 to 1930. palace, with cushioned window seats, dusk 
Not only did he build the modern infrastructure from where I look out at the gardens , Abenddämmerung

of Udaipur, including its roads and irrigation sys- and lake, feeling like royalty from an- fountain  [(faUntIn]
tem, but he stood firm against British interference other era. Walls and corridors are lined , Springbrunnen

in how he ruled his kingdom. with miniature paintings cre­ated with fragrant: be ~ with sth. 
When Edward, Prince of Wales, visited India in gemstones and gold foil. Royal heir- , duften; hier: von etw.
erfüllt sein
1921, Fateh Singh was the only ruler in the coun- looms and furniture from the royal
try who refused to receive the prince, stating that storerooms celebrate the warrior her- gemstone 
, Edelstein
his loyalty lay with his own kingdom and people itage of courageous kings and queens,
instead of with Queen Victoria. Taj Fateh Prakash the maharanas and maharanis. gold foil 
, Blattgold
Palace, built during Fateh Singh’s rule as a place Udaipur is a popular place for mar-
to hold royal events, reflects his personality: the riage proposals and anniversary cel- grain 
, Getreide(sorte)
victory (fateh) of light (prakash) over darkness. ebrations. An ideal location for a spe-
cial dinner for two is the palace’s long hearty 
,  herzhaft, deftig
A royal welcome Sunset Terrace, which overlooks the
Taj Fateh Prakash Palace is part of Udaipur’s lake. This has been voted one of India’s heirloom [(eElu:m] 
, Erbstück
splendid City Palace complex. Built by different best restaurants. While a variety of
rulers over a period of 400 years, the 11 palaces international cuisines are served, the heritage [(herItIdZ] 
, Erbe
that make up the complex shine like jewels on the chefs have revived regional delicacies
hospitality [hQspI(tÄlEti] 
eastern shores of peaceful Lake Pichola. Next door that aren’t found anywhere else in the
, Gastfreundschaft
to Fateh Prakash, the current descendants of the country.
interference
Mewar dynasty live in Shambhu Niwas Palace. If Warrior cuisine has its origins in [)IntE(fIErEns] 
water flows out of the fountain in the Shambhu hearty, simple produce that includes , Einmischung
Niwas garden, it means the royal family is at home. meat, grains and rich sweets. I discov- irrigation system 
Fateh Prakash Palace has 65 rooms and suites, er rare dishes on the menu, such as , Bewässerungssystem
now managed by the Taj group of luxury hotels. Rajwadi Amba Haldi ki Sabji, a thick jacuzzi [dZE(ku:zi] 
You don’t have to be a member of a royal family to curry made with a special variety of , Whirlpool
stay here, but all guests receive a welcome fit for a fresh turmeric. An important part of latticework  [(lÄtIsw§:k]
prince or princess. On my arrival, I’m met at Udai- a royal warrior’s meal, this winter spe- , Gitterwerk
pur’s Maharana Pratap Airport by a chauffeured ciality was once served to soldiers for marble 
vintage car from the famous Mewar collection. its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and ,  (aus) Marmor
You, too, can expect to arrive at the palace in one of antibacterial properties. marriage proposal 
its beautiful cars, such as a 1947 Chevrolet Fleet- The Suryadarshan Bar is the perfect , Heiratsantrag
master, a 1965 Mercedes 190 or a 1964 Stampro spot for English afternoon tea. After revive sth. 
Herald. dusk, it transforms into a romantic set- ,  etw. aufleben lassen
Fotos: PR; Purepix/Alamy Stock Photo

I’m struck by both the setting and the atmos- ting for champagne and hors d’oeuvres. shore 
phere of the palace. The glittering waters of Lake Western influence mixes easily with , Ufer
Pichola contrast with views of the majestic Ara- Indian customs and traditions, reflect- turmeric [(t§:mErIk] 
vallis, India’s oldest mountain range, which sur- ing the trade and travels of maharanas ,  Kurkuma, Gelbwurz

rounds the city. The air is fragrant with hospital- to distant lands during colonial times. vintage car [(vIntIdZ] 
ity. From palace staff to people on the streets, the One of the best-kept secrets of this , Oldtimer

Rajasthani warrior class, or Rajputs, are known for palace is a result of this union of East warrior class  [(wQriE]
their courage, elegance and pride. and West. ,  kriegerischer Stamm

40 SPOTLIGHT 2022 TRAVEL

 A luxury suite at Taj Fateh
Prakash Palace (top);
a fruit and vegetable market
in Udaipur (bottom)

TRAVEL SPOTLIGHT 2022 41

 Durbar Hall Sabhagaar,
Taj Fateh Prakash Palace

banqueting hall
[(bÄNkwItIN] 
, Festsaal

canopied 
, überdacht

commission sth. 
,  etw. in Auftrag geben

crockery 
, Geschirr

curio  [(kjUEriEU]
, Kuriosität

encrust 
,  hier: überziehen

etch 
, einätzen

fan 
, Ventilator

fertility [f§:(tIlEti] 
, Fruchtbarkeit

footstool  [(fUtstu:l]
, Fußschemel

goddess 
, Göttin

Gypsy [(dZIpsi] 
,  Sinto bzw. Rom

legend: ~ has it 

,  der Legende nach

mansion 
A crystal showstopper sofas and tables, a royal punkah, or large cloth fan, ,  Herrenhaus, Villa
The next day, I explore the palace’s Durbar Hall and a showstopping, crystal-encrusted carpet,
pass away 
Sabhagaar, one of the largest and most majestic woven with gold and silver threads. , sterben
banqueting halls in the country. It’s easy to ima­
refuge [(refju:dZ] 

gine the pomp and ceremony with which royal
guests were entertained here. The architecture of
the hall, measuring more than 450 square metres,
is a blend of Mewari and Victorian styles. And the
upper wing of the hall is home to the palace’s most
wonderful treasure: the world’s largest private col-
lection of crystal objects, or “curios” (600 in total).
Most of these items were commissioned in
1887 by the young Maharana Sajjan Singh. He
chose the leading British glassmaking company
of its time, F. & C. Osler & Co., to make the crys-
tal objects. Unfortunately, there was a delay in the
shipment and the maharana passed away, aged
just 26, before his collection arrived in Udaipur.
For the next century, the collection was kept at the
palace in boxes, until 1994, when it finally went on
public display.
Today, I take an English audio tour of the gallery,
studying these amazing works of art. Each of the
objects was originally etched with the Mewar roy-
al sun emblem. There are perfume bottles, lamps,
footstools, washing bowls and crockery sets.
Among the large works are a crystal bed, chairs,
Fotos: PR; bpk/National Portrait Gallery, London/Bourne & Shepherd; byheaven, f9photos/iStock.com
Goddesses and glamour , Zuflucht
Overwhelmed by the opulence of the Crystal
shipment 
Gallery, I step out of the palace on to the shore ,  Transport, Lieferung
of Lake Pichola, where boats await. Pichola boat
showstopping ifml. 
rides, a “must-do” activity in Udaipur, especially , fantastisch
at sunset, allow you to admire the region’s beauty.
socialize [(sEUSElaIz] 
Legend has it that this lake was made by a ,  Kontakte pflegen
Gypsy in the 14th century and was extended in
sunset 
the 16th century. Gliding along in a canopied boat, , Sonnenuntergang
I watch as the history of Udaipur unveils itself in thread  [(Tred]
opulent mansions, temples and ghats. , Faden
One of the most popular of these, Gangaur unveil [)Vn(veI&l] 
Ghat, gets its name from a local festival where , offenbaren
idols of husband and wife Lord Shiva and Goddess
Parvati are worshipped for 18 days during March
and April, in a celebration of spring, the harvest,
marriage and fertility. INFO TO GO
Another highly requested stop on the boat A “ghat” is a waterfront
ride is Jagmandir, or the Lake Garden Palace, on bathing place where Hindu
religious rituals are carried
the south side of the lake. The Mughal Prince out and locals socialize.
Khurram, later Emperor Shah Jahan, sought ref-
uge here in 1623. He found it so beautiful that it
inspired him to build the Taj Mahal in Agra, one

42 SPOTLIGHT 2022 TRAVEL

 The Fateh Singh of Udaipur
and Mewar in the 1920s
(left); traditional slippers from
Rajasthan (below); Lake
Garden Palace on Lake
Pichola (bottom)

Caption

TRAVEL SPOTLIGHT 2022 43

 of the world’s most breathtaking monu-
ments of love. With its beautifully kept
lawns and pavilions, Jagmandir is often
referred to as a “garden of heaven”.
These attractive locations on the
Pichola boat ride are ideal for taking
photos and videos. Indeed, the area has
been shown memorably in many Bolly­
wood movies, as well as in the 1983
James Bond adventure Octopussy and
in the 2011 British film The Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel.

The Venice of the East

As magical as its palaces are, Udaipur
has much else to offer when you step
on to its streets. With their winding
lanes, the city’s bazaars are a source of
endless delight.
Each market has its own specialities,
from local food to colourful handi-
crafts. At Hathi Pol Bazaar (Elephant
Gate Market), I admire the miniature
Pichwai and Phad paintings, made on
cloth, while the popular Chetak Circle
market is full of stalls selling colourful
Rajasthani puppets and carved wooden
boxes, to take back home.
The Sadhna Emporium on Jagdish
Temple Road is an outlet for crafts
made by artisans belonging to the
rural and tribal minorities of Rajas­than. Treasure of Rajasthan: a detail from
a stone carving at Chittor Fort (top);
I could spend hours here, looking at the the fortress at sunset (below)
beautiful textiles, colourful bed and
table linen and cushion covers. But I’ll
have to leave that for my next visit.
The second most important Mewar artisan [)A:tI(zÄn]  sloth bear [(slEUT] 
Forts and safaris fortress, Kumbhalgarh, is 85 kilometres , Kunsthandwerker(in) , Lippenbär
The concierge at Taj Fateh Prakash Pal- away from the palace and surrounded carve  species [(spi:Si:z] 
ace is the best guide to plan day trips by a wildlife sanctuary. There are many , schnitzen , (Tier-)Art
Fotos: imageBROKER/Alamy Stock Photo; Roop Dey/iStock.com

around Udaipur. Whether you’re look-
ing for UNESCO World Heritage Sites
of historical significance, magnificent
temples or wildlife, there’s plenty to
choose from.
Just over 100 kilometres away by car
from Udaipur is the honey-coloured
Chittor Fort, also known as Chittor-
garh, one of the largest forts in India.
According to legend, this is where
beautiful Queen Rani Padmini stood
fearlessly against an attack on the fort
in 1303 by Alauddin Khilji, the Sultan
of Delhi.
hotels and safari camps here, from handicraft  stall 
where you can explore rich biodiver- , Kunsthandwerk , Verkaufsstand
sity that includes leopards, wolves, jungle cat  table linen 
sloth bears, deer, jungle cats, nilgai (the , Sumpfluchs , Tischwäsche
largest Asian antelope) and more than lane  tribal minority
200 bird species. ,  Sträßchen, Gasse [)traIb&l maI(nQrEti] 
, Stammesminderheit
From royal palaces and forts to tem- lawn [(lO:n] 
ples and sanctuaries with magnificent, , Rasen wildlife sanctuary
[(sÄNktSuEri] 
rare wildlife – there are rich secrets wait- leopard [(lepEd]  , Naturschutzgebiet
ing to be discovered in Rajasthan. And ,  (wg. Aussprache)
World Heritage Site 
there’s no better location to use as a base puppet  [)w§:ld (herItIdZ )saIt]
from which to discover them than Fateh , (Glieder)Puppe , Weltkulturerbestätte
Prakash, the splendid palace of wonders rural [(rUErEl] 
on the shores of Lake Pichola. , ländlich

44 SPOTLIGHT 2022 TRAVEL


Smart goals
Sind Sie es auch leid, jedes Jahr gute Vorsätze
zu haben und sie dann doch nicht einzuhalten?
Werden Sie realistisch! Hier verrät unser
Korrespondent seine Ziele für 2022.
T
his is about the time of year when many
of us start to feel bad because we haven’t
been able to keep our New Year’s resolu-
tions. Those promises we made – to stop
drinking or smoking, to start regular training, to
lose weight or not to be angry at colleagues – have
all been a failure.
But before we start to feel guilty, we should
remember that there are plenty of others in the
same boat right now. And the reason is probably
that we attempt too much too quickly.
I know someone who’s qualified to give advice
on mental health, and her strong recommenda-
tion is to set goals using the SMART method.
That means goals that are: simple – measurable –
achievable – realistic – time-effective.
For this reason, I’ve decided to start each day
in 2022 with an early-morning walk in the park
rather than a hard climb up a mountain. As Dirty
Harry (Clint Eastwood) famously says in the 1973
movie Magnum Force: “A man’s got to know his lim-
itations.” He says this immediately after his cor-
rupt police boss gets blown up in a car by a bomb
that was intended to kill Harry.
Anyway, a walk around the lakes at my nearby
park meets all the SMART standards. Even better,
we get first light here at five in the morning, so be-
ing out of bed early means I can avoid the summer
heat. The two coffee shops along the way are an
added bonus.
Another thing is that the early-morning walkers
– some with babies, others with dogs – are gener-
ally cheerful and friendly. I don’t know whether
these folks are still in a good mood later in the day.
Fotos: Delpixart/iStock.com; privat
Maybe I’m just lucky to see them at their best.
Of course, I could go to early-morning yoga
classes instead – in the church that’s only 100
metres from my home – but that wouldn’t be
SMART. I can’t do half of the movements and, to
be honest, I would find it embarrassing that I’m
unable to stand on one leg for more than a few
AROUND OZ
AROUND OZ
ADVANCED
PETER FLYNN is a
writer based in Perth,
Western Australia.
blow up  group organizes kayak events on the
,  explodieren, in die Luft
fliegen
freshwater  city. We already own a couple of kayaks,
, Süßwasser
mental health  [(helT]
,  geistige, psychische
Gesundheit
resolutions 
[(rezElu:S&nz]
,  hier: gute Vorsätze
seconds. I don’t need to pay money to
learn my limitations again.
Another of my goals for this year is
to join a social group here in Perth. The
Swan River, as well as camping week-
ends on freshwater rivers close to the
so these short, five-kilometre paddle
trips seem quite attractive.
What’s more, the paddle practice on
the rivers will make me feel more con-
fident about fishing from a kayak. That
may sound easy, but the challenge is to
keep the kayak balanced while dealing
with bigger fish.
I have a few other goals to explore
this year, mainly about healthy living,
but they will come later.
Compared with more typical New
Year’s resolutions that always seem
rather urgent, SMART decisions are
meant for the long term. And they allow
you to change your priorities without
having to judge their success or failure.
I wish all our Spotlight readers a posi-
tive year ahead.
SPOTLIGHT 2022 45
 PROVERB FEEDBACK

Dear Ms Daniell

There’s none There is a song from the Foo Fighters

called “Waiting on a War”. I learned that
the correct preposition should be “for”

so blind as those because “wait on” has a different meaning,

namely, to “serve someone something”.
But that makes no sense in this context.

who will not see Can you help me with this?

Michael Riese, by e-mail

Dear Mr Riese
Keiner ist blinder als der, der nicht sehen will Yes, you are right. The more usual colloca­
MEDIUM
tion would be “wait for war”. “Wait on”, as
you correctly point out, generally means
“serve someone” or “attend (to) someone”.
“Isn’t it obvious that another lockdown is unavoidable?” – However, in American English, “wait
on” can also mean – and I quote from the
“Maybe. But there’s none so blind as those who will not see.”
Oxford English Dictionary – “stay where one
is or delay action until someone arrives or
This phrase means that some people their eyes and say: “There’s none so is ready, or until a particular time or event”.
refuse to see what’s really happening. blind as those who will not see!” Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of American
They close their eyes to the truth, Like many common sayings and English lists in third place “wait for” as a
even when it’s totally obvious to phrases, this proverb is based on a synonym for “wait on” – after the much
everyone else. They choose to ignore verse from the Bible, from the Book more common meanings “attend as a ser­
the signs, to put their fingers in their of Jeremiah (5:21): “Hear now this, vant” and “make a formal call on”.
ears and not listen. They don’t want O foolish people, and without under­ So, it’s just a peculiar American way of
either to see or hear the truth. Their standing; which have eyes, and see saying “wait for” – and one that I wasn’t
friends and family can only sigh, roll not; which have ears, and hear not.” aware of either. It’s always good to learn
by Vanessa Clark something new!
All the best
Petra Daniell, language editor
PS: One of my colleagues just pointed out
proverb [(prQv§:b]  that there is a song called “Waiting on a
, Sprichwort Friend” by the Rolling Stones.

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 Welcome
to the
language
pages
Over the next 19 pages, we
give you the opportunity to
learn about grammar and
expand your vocabulary in an
up-to-date context. To start
with, we take you to the lan-
guage gym for a light workout
on the use of different tenses
– your English skills will come
out in much better shape!
THESHORT
LANGUAGE PAGES
STORY
19 Sprachseiten
48 TONE UP YOUR TENSES! E
Is your English fit enough to talk
fluently about activities in the
past and present?
52 THE BASICS E +
A conversation in easy English
 Offboarding: Ken Taylor looks at
– this time, with nail technician
Lauren Carlini
54 VOCABULARY M +
Hands up! Learn all the words
and phrases you’ll need to
describe two highly versatile
parts of the human body
56 THE GRAMMAR PAGES M +
The passive voice: master this
key point of English grammar
with the help of a short dialogue
58 EVERYDAY ENGLISH M   +
Brush up on your conversational
English. Our topic this time:
in the pub
LANGUAGE SECTION
60 SPOKEN ENGLISH M +
Colourful idioms and useful
expressions to talk about matters
of importance
62 ENGLISH AT WORK M   +
the skills and language needed in
the modern workplace
64 THE PUZZLE PAGES E M A
Solve our puzzles, find the

solutions and win a prize
66 LOST IN TRANSLATION A
What does “pundit” mean and
where does the word come from?
67 LANGUAGE CARDS
Pull out and practise some of

the finer points of the English
language
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Tone up your tenses!

Wie fit sind Sie, wenn es um den Gebrauch der englischen Zeiten geht? Sind Sie top
in Form oder könnten Sie ein wenig Übung gebrauchen? VANESSA CLARK präsentiert
eine kleine, aber feine Trainingseinheit rund um die verzwickten Tenses.
EASY

Stand up, grab a bottle of water and come to

the gym for a low-impact, full-body workout
of the basic tenses – but no sweating, guaran­
teed! Read our short rules on when to use
each tense, familiarize yourself with key
words and phrases to help you choose the
correct one and do a short exercise to practise
what you’ve learned. In this issue, we start
with the present simple, the present continu-
ous, the past simple and the past continuous
– we’ll look at more tenses in Spotlight 3/22.
Are you ready to work out? Then off we go!

grab  issue [(ISu:] 

,  greifen, schnappen , Ausgabe
Fotos: XXX

gym [dZIm]  tense 

, Fitnessstudio ,  (grammatikalische) Zeit

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PRESENT SIMPLE
The present simple is used for general statements – things

⋅⋅
that are always true:
The gym has two studios and a weights room.

The present simple is also used when talking about rou-

⋅⋅
tines – things that we do often or regularly:
I go to the gym twice a week.

Key words and phrases

often, usually, sometimes, always, every day, twice a week,
once a month, every Monday, on Fridays

⋅⋅⋅⋅
Remember!
“He / she” forms end in an “-s”.

⋅⋅
Use “do / does” to form questions.
Use “doesn’t / don’t” to form negatives.

1. PRESENT SIMPLE E

Look at this timetable of classes at the gym. Then complete the sentences below with
the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.

TIME MONDAYS

06.00–08.00 Senior swim

08.00–08.45 Yoga

12.00–12.45 Daily dancers

13.00–14.00 Spin

19.00–20.00 Cardio with Cate

H. Do; need
19.00–20.00 Aquarobics G. doesn’t take place
F. meet
A. These classes _______________ (take place) every Monday. E. lasts
D. teaches
B. The gym _______________ (have) a pool. C. does; start
B. has
C. What time _______________ senior swim _______________ (start)? A. take place

D. Cate _______________ (teach) the cardio class.

1. Present simple
Illustrationen: Sylvia Wolf

E. The spin class _______________ (last) for an hour.

F. The daily dancers _______________ (meet) every day. bracket 
, Klammer
G. The aquarobics class _______________ (not take place) in the studio.
weights room
H. _______________ I _______________ (need) to bring a mat to the yoga class? [(weIts ru:m] 
, Kraftraum

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5
4

2
1

PRESENT CONTINUOUS 2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS E

The present continuous is for “now”
– things that you are doing at the Complete the sentences below using the verbs in brackets

⋅⋅
moment of speaking: in the present continuous. Then use the information to
This is a hard workout – I’m match the names to the silhouettes.
sweating!
A. Zara and Tim __________________ (use) machines.
The present continuous is used to
B. Zara __________________ (sit) on an exercise bike.
talk about projects – things you’re
C. Danny and Chris __________________ (lift) weights.

⋅⋅
doing this week, month or year:
I’m learning to swim this summer. D. Chris __________________ (lie) down.
E. Why __________________ Rosie
Key words and phrases __________________ (stand) on one leg?
(right) now, at the moment, today,
this morning, this week, this month
3. PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS M
E. is rebuilding Remember!
Some verbs – such as “own”, “want”,
D. wants
C. is trying Why are these people in the gym? Choose the present sim-
B. needs “like”, “understand”, “know” or ple or the present continuous for each of these sentences.
“need” – are normally used only
A. is training
present continuous
3. Present simple and in the present simple, not in the A. Tim trains / is training for a half-marathon.
present continuous. The active form
Illustrationen: Sylvia Wolf

B. Danny thinks he needs / is needing to lose weight.

E–2; is; standing of “have” requires the present con-
D–4; is lying tinuous: “We’re having dinner.” For C. Zara tries / is trying to get fit.
the possessive form of “have”, use D. Rosie wants / is wanting to be more flexible.
C–3; 4; are lifting
B–1; is sitting
A–1; 5; are using only the present simple: “We have E. Chris rebuilds / is rebuilding his strength after an accident.
a cat.”
2. Present continuous

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PAST SIMPLE
4. PAST SIMPLE E
The past simple is used for things that

⋅⋅
happened once in the past:
Meet Nancy, an instructor and personal trainer at the gym.
I met my new girlfriend at the gym.
Read about her fitness journey and complete the sen­
tences in the past simple. Use the verbs given in brackets.
The past simple is also used for things
that happened more than once in the
A. How ______________ (you become) a fitness instructor?

⋅⋅
past:
I went to the gym five times last B. I ______________ (not go) to a gym until I was about 30.
week.
C. A friend ______________ (take) me to her gym – and I
loved it!
The past simple is for things that hap-

⋅⋅
pened over a period of time in the past: D. I ______________ (qualify) as an instructor in 2015.
I trained for 90 minutes last night.
E. After about two years, I ______________ (give up) my
day job.
Key words and phrases
yesterday, last night, last month, in G. moved F. All my friends ______________ (think) I was mad, but I
2010, six months ago, for two years F. thought; knew ______________ (know) it was the right thing to do.
(meaning “for two years in the past” –
E. gave up
D. qualified G. At the start of the pandemic, I ______________ (move) a
the period of time has ended)
lot of my classes online or outdoors – so now I can work
C. took
B. didn’t go
A. did you become anywhere!

⋅⋅
Remember! 4. Past simple
Some verbs have irregular past tenses

⋅⋅⋅⋅
(such as “met”, “went”, “saw”, “took”).
Use “did” to form questions.
Use “didn’t” to form negatives.

PAST CONTINUOUS

⋅⋅
The past continuous describes a scene:
It was busy at the gym today. Lots of
people were working out.
The past continuous works in combi-
nation with the past simple to set the
scene for something that then hap-
All the tenses we looked at here can,
of course, be used in the passive
voice – turn to our grammar section
on pages 56–57 to find out how. In
the next issue of Spotlight, we’ll be
back in the gym to extend our gram-
mar workout.

⋅⋅
pened:
I was waiting for my Zumba class 5. PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS M
when I saw my neighbour.
How did these accidents and emergencies happen at the
Key words gym? Choose the correct forms of the verbs.
when, while
A. The man was lifting / lifted a heavy weight when he was
Remember! dropping / dropped it.
The past continuous isn’t for things that
happened regularly in the past. For that, B. I was hurting / hurt my knee while I was doing / did a
high-impact class.

⋅⋅
use the past simple (or “used to”): E. was changing; fell
I often went to the gym when I was a looking C. The woman was doing / did a cardio class when she was

⋅⋅
student. D. happened; wasn’t
feeling / felt a pain in her chest.
I used to go to the gym when I was a
C. was doing; felt
D. The accident was happening / happened while the in-
B. hurt; was doing
student. A. was lifting; dropped
past continuous structor wasn’t looking / didn’t look.
5. Past simple and
E. I was changing / changed into my gym shorts when my
chest  phone was falling / fell out of my trouser pocket.
, Brust

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Easy English
VANESSA CLARK führt ein Gespräch mit einer Nageltechnikerin –
und präsentiert passendes Hintergrundwissen auf Sprachniveau A2.
EASY  PLUS

FASCINATING FACTS
...about fingers and fingernails:

ini, nail te
chnician
⋅⋅ Fingernails grow 3 to 4 millimetres
per month. They grow faster in the
ren Carl
Lau summer. Toenails grow half as fast as

⋅⋅
fingernails.
Hair and nails are made of the same
A CONVERSATION WITH LAUREN CARLINI
⋅⋅
protein: keratin.
Here, we present interesting lives from around the Your fingernails can show health
English-speaking world. This time, we talk to Lauren Carlini, problems such as a lack of minerals or

⋅⋅
who works as a nail technician. vitamins.
The colour of the nails and the small
What do you do in your job? “moons” on each nail can show the

⋅⋅
Manicures. We do acrylic nails and gels and nail art. level of oxygen in the blood.
You can’t get a suntan on the under­

⋅⋅
Where do you work? side of your fingers.
At a nail bar in a shopping centre. A lot of my clients come In the US and the UK, wedding rings
in for a manicure while they’re shopping, or for an express are worn on the left hand, as it was
manicure during their lunch break. once believed that a vein went from

⋅⋅
the left hand directly to the heart.
Why are there so many nail bars now? The medical name for nail-biting is
Nails are really important. If you take a lot of care with your onychophagia. WORD TO GO
Like the German word
clothes and hair and make-up, of course, you want your nails Nagel, the English word
Turn the page to find a lot of useful words about hands.
to be perfect, too. “nail” has two meanings:
“fingernail” and the metal
“nail” we hammer into
Are all of your customers women? wood.
About 99 per cent of them are, yes. I think men will follow
soon. Now that they care more about their hair and skin,
I think manicures for men will be the next thing.

Do you have an ambition in your work?

Illustration: Martin Haake

cruise ship  nail technician  oxygen [(QksIdZEn] 

I’d like to work on a cruise ship – and open my own nail bar. , Kreuzfahrtschiff , Nageltechniker(in) , Sauerstoff

extension  onychophagia suntan 

What advice do you have for people who bite their nails? , Verlängerung [ˌɒnɪkəʊˈfeɪdʒɪə]  , Sonnenbräune
Get a good manicure and have nail extensions, so that your , (zwanghaftes)
manicure [(mÄnIkjUE]  Nagelkauen vein 
real nails can grow underneath. , Maniküre , Vene

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 ANZEIGE

Schulpatenschaften: Junge Menschen sind unsere Zukunft

Einander besser verstehen

Junge Menschen auf allen Kontinenten unserer Erde sind unsere Zukunft. Zur Sicherung eines dauerhaften interkontinentalen
sowie friedvollen und hilfsbereiten Zusammenlebens haben sie daher eine große soziale, ökologische und ökonomische Verantwor-
tung. Um dieser Verantwortung gerecht zu werden, müssen sie sich zum einen gemeinsam verständigen und gegenseitig verstehen,
zum anderen miteinander reden und Lösungen zu ihrer Existenzsicherung erarbeiten. Damit ist die Sprache ein wesentlicher
Grundstein für die Kommunikation junger Menschen untereinander und für das gegenseitige Verständnis. Folglich ist es unsere
Aufgabe, jungen Menschen unabhängig von ihrer gesellschaftlichen Herkunft mit allen zur Verfügung stehenden Lehr- und Lern-
methoden das Erlernen von Sprachen zu ermöglichen. Die Erledigung dieser Aufgabe ist ein wichtiges und dringendes Anliegen von
MitMenschen – Stiftung der PSD Bank Hessen-Thüringen eG. Bernd Michael Matt, Vorstandsvorsitzender, Stiftung MitMenschen

Die zur PSD Bank Hessen-

Thüringen eG gehörende Stiftung
Gelbes Haus Offenbach MitMenschen unterstützt als Pate Upstairs, Wiesbaden
Verlässlichkeit für eine gute Zukunft Schulen mit Sprachmagazinen und Anlaufstelle für junge Menschen in Not
fördert seit vielen Jahren Sozial-
Im Gelben Haus Offenbach, verbringen Jugend- Upstairs, ein Projekt des Evangelischen Vereins
und Hilfsangebote. Eine Auswahl
liche in der Produktionsschule
tionsschule Holz ihren Arbeits- für Innere Mission in Nassau, berät und begleitet
der geförderten Projekte
alltag miteinander. Da wird gelernt, geschwitzt, Jugendliche, die von sich aus präventiv um Hilfe bitten,
stellen wir vor:
geflucht und oftmals auch gestritten. Wichtigster damit sich ihre akute Notsituation nicht noch weiter
Ansatz ist daher, ein Umfeld anzubieten, in dem verschlimmert. Insgesamt haben seit 2001 viele
die Jugendlichen sinnstiftende Resonanz erfahren: Lernerfolg, Hundert Jugendliche das Angebot genutzt.
Verantwortung und Ermutigung ebenso wie Konfrontation,
Auseinandersetzung und Diskussion. Eine Sozialpädagogin,
ein Schreinermeister und weitere Lehrende arbeiten bei uns
mit 15 Jugendlichen – ein ganzes Jahr und manchmal noch länger.

Jugendberufsförderung Erfurt
Jugendwerkstatt Gießen
Neue Perspektiven für benachteiligte Jugendliche Erfolg mit wohnortnaher beruflicher Rehabilitation
Die Teilnehmer der wohnortnahen Maßnahmen sind vor allem
Die Jugendwerkstatt Gießen bietet für Jugendliche in schwierigen
beim Lernen beeinträchtigte junge Menschen. Ihre Aussichten auf
Lebensphasen Ausbildungs- und Berufsvorbereitungsangebote
berufliche Eingliederung sind wegen der Art ihrer Behinderung nicht
sowie eine Förderung der Persönlichkeitsentwicklung. Die Jugend-
nur vorübergehend stark gemindert. Es werden junge Menschen in
werkstatt ermöglicht den Betroffenen eine umfassende pädago-
den Berufsfeldern der Metalltechnik, Holztechnik, Farbtechnik, in
gische und psychologische Betreuung, kombiniert mit praktischer
Gastgewerbe und Hauswirtschaft, in Wirtschaft und Verwaltung
handwerklicher Förderung und Qualifizierung.
unterstützt.

Evangelische Fachstelle Pilot, Hanau

Das Bildungsprojekt Schulpatenschaft
Berufsorientierung vor dem Hauptschulabschluss
Fremdsprachen lernen fördert die Allgemeinbildung und macht
„Wie soll es nach der Schule weitergehen? “ Diese und weitere Fragen,
Jugendliche fit für Ausbildung und Beruf. Werden auch Sie ein Teil des
stellen junge Menschen an die Mitarbeitenden von Pilot, der Evan-
100ProLesen-Netzwerks, und fördern Sie als Lesepate die Lese- und
gelischen Fachstelle Jugendberufshilfe in Hanau. In Einzelberatung
Lernkompetenz von Schülerinnen und Schülern. Informieren Sie sich
und Seminaren wird die Berufsorientierung in den achten Klassen
unter 0221-65 08 08 69 oder per E-Mail an lesepaten@100prolesen.de
und den neunten Vorbereitungsklassen für den Hauptschulabschluss
oder www.100prolesen.de.
umgesetzt.
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10

8
9

7
11
15
1

16

14 4

12

13
6
17
Illustration: Martin Haake

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Hands up!
VANESSA CLARK präsentiert viele nützliche Wörter rund um unser
wichtigstes Werkzeug – die Hände.

MEDIUM  PLUS

1 cuticles [(kju:tIk&lz]
, Nagelhaut Handy hands
2 fingernail Our hands are always busy: holding, pressing, squeezing, scrolling,
, Fingernagel clicking… thousands of fine motor movements every day.
Hands can be aggressive: making a fist, slapping or punching.
3 fingertip
Or they can be gentle: stroking, caressing and smoothing things
, Fingerspitze
out. Hands can communicate: waving, pointing or gesturing. They
4 hand cream can speak in sign language. If you visit a palm reader, perhaps your
, Handcreme hands can even tell your future.
5 index finger Our hands work hard for us, so we need to look after them. Take
, Zeigefinger care to avoid repetitive strain injury (RSI). Flex and stretch the
6 knuckle [ˈnʌk&l] fingers and rotate the wrists regularly to give them a break from
, Fingerknöchel the keyboard or touchscreen.
To avoid dry or cracked skin, moisturize your hands regularly
7 little finger,
with hand cream, especially after washing them or using hand
pinkie ifml.
sanitizer. Rub the cream into the nails and cuticles as well as the
, kleiner Finger
fingertips, the backs of the hands and the knuckles. Wear rubber
8 middle finger gloves when doing the washing up, and gardening gloves for out-
, Mittelfinger side jobs.
9 nail brush Get the dirt out from under your nails with a nail brush. Keep
, Nagelbürste your nails short with clippers, or maintain long, elegant nails with
10 nail clippers a file. Chipped nail polish looks bad, so remove old polish and
, Nagelknipser apply a fresh coat, or get a professional manicure at a nail bar.
11 nail file, Turn to page 52 to read a short conversation with a nail technician who works at a nail bar.

emery board
, Nagelfeile
12 nail polish,
nail varnish
, Nagellack
INFO TO GO apply  maintain  rotate 
13 nail polish remover
The medical name for ,  hier: auftragen , pflegen ,  drehen, kreisen
, Nagellackentferner “finger” is “digit”.
caress [kəˈres]  moisturize [ˈmɔɪstʃəraɪz]  slap 
14 palm [pA:m] This gives us “digit”
, liebkosen , befeuchten ,  mit der offenen Hand
for the ten numbers from
, Handfläche zero to nine – and the schlagen, ohrfeigen
chipped  nail bar 
15 ring finger adjective “digital”.
, abgeplatzt , Nagelstudio smooth: ~ sth. out 
, Ringfinger ,  etw. glätten
coat  palm reader  [pA:m]
16 thumb [TVm] ,  hier: Schicht , Handflächenleser(in) squeeze 
, drücken
, Daumen cracked  punch 
, rissig , boxen stroke 
17 wrist [rIst] , streicheln
, Handgelenk fist  repetitive strain injury (RSI)
, Faust [ri)petEtIv (streIn )IndZEri] 
,  Verletzung durch wieder-
hand sanitizer  holte Bewegungsabläufe
You’ll find our Vocabulary archive at: , Handreinigungsmittel,
(RSI-Syndrom)
www.spotlight-online.de/teachers/picture-it Desinfektionsmittel

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LANGUAGE SECTION

The passive voice

ADRIAN DOFF erklärt grundlegende Grammatikpunkte anhand eines kurzen Dialogs.
MEDIUM  PLUS

Katie and Andy are both teachers. They’re talking about the fees of celebrity speakers.

It’s amazing how much

famous people Yes, especially retired
are paid 1 to give politicians. Apparently,
speeches. Tony Blair gets paid 2
around £330,000 for a
20-minute speech. That’s
about £270 per second!
That’s nothing. Prince
Harry was invited 3 to
give a speech at a J. P.
Morgan event in Miami last
year, and people say he
was paid 3 around Crazy, isn’t it? I bet
a million dollars. he was given 4 free
accommodation in a luxury
hotel, too. I hope it was a
good speech.
Well, I’ve just been
invited 5 to speak at a
teachers’ conference this
summer.

Oh, yes? How

much will you be
paid 6 for that?

I won’t get paid 7

anything. I’ll even have to
pay for my own travel and
hotel.

You’re in the wrong

profession. You should
have become a
politician.
Yes, or a member of
the royal family!
apparently  [E(pÄrEntli] pull down 
, scheinbar , abreißen

fee  rather than 

,  Gebühr, Honorar , anstatt

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 LANGUAGE SECTION
GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT
BEYOND THE
1 Katie uses the present simple pas- BASICS
sive (“am/is/are” + past participle). We normally use
the passive with
The emphasis here is on the people transitive verbs
who receive the money, not the (verbs that have a
direct object):
people who pay it. • Someone stole
the painting. →
2 Instead of am/is/are + past parti- The painting
was stolen.
ciple, we can also form the passive
with get + past participle. It has We can also
use the passive
THE RULES
the same meaning. with intransitive
verbs (verbs that We use the passive to emphasize what happened
3 Here, Katie uses the past simple have an indirect
rather than who did the action. The passive is
object):
passive (“was/were” + past parti- • Before the dive, formed with be + past participle. Verbs can have a
ciple) to talk about an event that we were shown passive form in various tenses:
how to use the
happened at a specific time in the equipment.
past (here, last year). (= Someone Present simple passive: “am/is/are” + past
showed us.)

⋅⋅
• She hasn’t been participle:
4 We can also use the passive with told the news yet. Most computer parts are made in China.
(= They haven’t

verbs that have an indirect object:
“They gave him...” → “He was
given...”
⋅⋅
told her yet.)
Past simple passive: “was/were” + past participle:
Many houses were destroyed in the hurricane.
Present perfect passive: “has/have been” + past

⋅⋅
participle:
5 Here, Katie uses the present Let’s celebrate! I’ve just been promoted to
perfect passive (“has/have been” + manager.

⋅⋅
past participle) to talk about some- Past perfect passive: “had been” + past participle:
thing that has just happened. The town looked completely different. All the
old buildings had been pulled down.
6 Andy asks a question using the
⋅⋅
Future passive: “will be” + past participle:
future passive (“will be” + past An e-mail will be sent to you later today.
participle).

7 As in example 2 above, we can

form the passive with get instead
of “be”. Here, Katie could also say
“I won’t be paid anything”. attention!
given enough NOW, TRY THIS! M
F. I’m really not
broken into. Change the active sentences below into passive
sentences. Make sure to use the correct tense.
had been
Illustration: GoodStudio/Shutterstock.com

E. Their house
million.
A. Help! Someone has stolen my wallet!
was sold for €2
D. The painting
form... B. They have invited us to a party next weekend.
asked to fill in a
C. You will be C. They will ask you to fill in a form before you check in.
D. They sold the painting for €2 million.
party...
invited to a
E. Someone had broken into their house.
B. We have been
been stolen!
A. My wallet has F. They really don’t give me enough attention!
Answers

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LANGUAGE SECTION
DAGMAR TAYLOR präsentiert Dialoge und Sprachtipps,
mit denen Sie spielend Ihr Alltagsenglisch auffrischen.
1. AN EVENING OUT
Students Rosa and Alex are making plans to meet friends in a pub.
Alex: I bumped into Bryn and Millie
on the way home, and they’d
be up for going to the pub to-
night. What time do you want
to go?
Rosa: Which pub are we going to?
Alex: I thought we could just go to
the Wild Boar. It’s the closest.
Rosa: Do we have to book a table?
Alex: No, you can’t book a table
there. If we’re there early
enough, we shouldn’t have
any problem getting a table.
2. LET’S NOT WAIT
Rosa and Alex have arrived at the pub.
Alex: Where do you want to sit? Is
this table OK?
Rosa: This is fine. Do we order at the
bar?
Alex: You can, but you can order on
the app, too, and they’ll bring
your drinks to you. I’ll check in
first, then we can look at the
drinks menu on my phone.
Rosa: Shouldn’t we wait for Bryn and
Millie?
by chance  definitely  equal sth.  text sb.  venue [(venju:]
, zufällig ,  ganz bestimmt
crisps UK  draught beer [drA:ft]  jug  www.spotlight-online.de/
, Kartoffelchips ,  Bier vom Fass
58 SPOTLIGHT 2022
In the pub
MEDIUM  AUDIO  PLUS
Rosa: Well, let’s meet them early
then. How about seven?
Alex: OK, I’ll text them now.
Rosa: I haven’t been to the pub for
ages! Is everything back to
normal now?
Alex: You still have to wear a mask
when you go in, or when you
get up to go to the toilet, but
when you’re sitting at your
table, you can take it off. Oh,
and you have to check in on
the NHS app.
Alex: (phone pings) Oh, Bryn’s just
texted to say they’re going to
be ten minutes late. They’ve
missed the bus.
Rosa: We’re definitely not waiting for
them then. (laughs)
Alex: I’ll get the first round. What
are you having?
Rosa: Have they got any cocktails?
Alex: Yes, I think so. Let’s have a
look.
,  etw. entsprechen ,  jmdm. eine SMS,
Textnachricht schicken
, Krug
WORD TO GO
“Pub” is short for
“public house”.
Tips
⋅⋅ If you bump into someone (ifml.),
⋅⋅
you meet them by chance.
If you are up for something or up
for doing something (ifml.), you
are willing to join in a particular
⋅⋅
activity.
When you book a table, you
arrange to have the use of it for a
⋅⋅
certain time.
When you check in at a pub,
cafe, restaurant, etc., you use a
smartphone to indicate on an app
or website that you have arrived at a
⋅⋅
place and will spend time there.
The NHS app – or National Health
Service Covid-19 app – is a contact-
tracing app for England and Wales.
Visitors to a pub, restaurant or
event scan a QR code displayed at
⋅⋅
the venue when they arrive.
This is fine or “That’s fine” can be
used to say that you are happy with
⋅⋅
a person’s suggestion or decision.
You can say I’ll get the first round
if you would like to pay for the first
set of drinks for each person in the
⋅⋅
group you are with.
What are you having? is an offer to
buy a drink for someone.
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hier kostenlos anhören!
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Tips
3. WHAT ARE YOU HAVING?
Alex and Rosa are deciding what to order while waiting for their friends.
⋅⋅ A pint equals 0.568 litres. It is the
standard unit used in the UK to
measure beer that is being served.
Alex: I’m going to have the usual: have to order the tonic water Lager is usually a light-coloured
a pint of lager. Here, have a separately? beer with a lot of bubbles and is

look at what they’ve got on my
phone.
Rosa: Thanks. They don’t have many
cocktails, do they? And they’re
⋅⋅
Alex: No, when you select the gin
you want, you get the option
of ordering a mixer.
Rosa: Oh, right. Got it.
best served cold.
A pitcher is a large jug. In the UK,
the word is used when ordering
beer (or certain other alcoholic

⋅⋅
quite expensive! Alex: Do you want anything else? drinks) in some pubs or bars.
Alex: That’s for a pitcher. But you Nuts? A packet of crisps? When choosing something, you

⋅⋅
can order a glass, too. Rosa: No, thanks. I’m still stuffed can say I think I’ll go for...
Rosa: I think I’ll go for a gin and from dinner. (loudly) You made A mixer is a non-alcoholic drink,
tonic. Oh, my goodness! They it! Hi, you two. Alex is getting such as tonic water, that can be

have so many different gins.
How does it work? Do you
⋅⋅
the first round. What are you mixed with alcohol.
having? If someone says they are stuffed,
it means they have eaten so much
that they are full and cannot
possibly eat anything else.

For more vocabulary

connected to drinks
and drinking, turn to
our language cards on NOW, TRY THIS! M
pages 67–68.

Match these words and phrases to the six things (A–F) you might find in a pub.

barmaid | barman | beer tap | draught beer | packet of crisps | pint glass
Fotos: FG Trade, MarkGillow/iStock.com; Olena Yakobchuk, Anton Bannov/Shutterstock.com

A B C

F. packet of crisps
E. barmaid
D. barman
C. pint glass
D E F
B. draught beer
A. beer tap
Answers

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LANGUAGE SECTION

Does it matter?
Welche Begriffe und Wendungen gibt es im Englischen, um auszudrücken,
dass etwas wirklich wichtig – oder völlig unwichtig – ist? Von ADRIAN DOFF
MEDIUM  PLUS

In English, there are many different ways to

emphasize that something is or isn’t important.
A basic way is to use the verb matter, especially in If you have to take an important

⋅⋅
negative sentences and in questions: decision, you can say there’s a lot

⋅⋅
He’s very ambitious. Being successful really at stake (= A lot depends on it.):

⋅⋅
matters to him. I really hope they manage to
Sorry, I’ve used up all your coffee. – It doesn’t keep CO2 emissions below

⋅⋅
matter. We can buy some more. two per cent. After all, the
Does it matter what time we get to the future of our planet is at stake.
meeting?
You can also use the phrase no matter..., followed

⋅⋅
by what, where, how, etc.:
No matter what I say to him, he seems to find
it annoying. (= It doesn’t matter what I say...) Some things are so important that
To emphasize that something is very important, we say they’re a matter of life and

⋅⋅ ⋅⋅
you can use the adjectives crucial, vital or key: / or death:
It’s absolutely crucial that we send the e-mail You should check all your

⋅⋅
off today. equipment before you go
It would be nice to win the contract, but it diving. It could be a matter of

⋅⋅
isn’t vital to the company’s survival. life or death. (= If you don’t,
Leonard Cohen was a key figure in 1970s you could die.)
music. (= He played an important role.)
You can also combine these with the words im-

⋅⋅
portant or importance:
It’s crucially important that I pass the exam,

⋅⋅
otherwise, I won’t get a place in college. The heart of the matter is the
What was discussed at the meeting? – most important aspect of a situa-

⋅⋅
Nothing of vital importance. tion or problem:
Or you can say that something is critical or criti- The heart of the matter is

⋅⋅
cally important: that the company has started
Getting this job is absolutely critical. (= I think making a loss. (= That’s the
my future career depends on it.) most important thing to

⋅⋅
An experience can be life-changing: discuss.)
Working with refugees was a life-changing
experience for me.
And an event or a piece of news could be earth-

⋅⋅
shattering (= It changes the world.):
The news that they are getting married wasn’t
exactly earth-shattering. We all expected it.
annoying 
, lästig

bother 
, stören

molehill 
, Maulwurfshügel

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If something is close (or dear) to If you’ve set your heart on
If you think something doesn’t matter,
your heart, it’s important to you something, you want it very

⋅⋅
you can say Who cares? or So what?:

⋅⋅
personally:
I love the countryside, so
saving bees is an issue that’s
very dear to my heart.
⋅⋅
much:
You’ve got a hole in your jumper.
He’s set his heart on living
– Who cares? (= It doesn’t matter.)
in Italy. He’s already
I’m only taking the dog for a walk.
started learning Italian.

(UN)IMPORTANT
If something isn’t important, it’s
no big deal or it’s neither here nor

⋅⋅
there:
It’s no big deal if you haven’t
got a towel. We can lend you

⋅⋅
Sometimes, people make a big deal one.
out of something or get hung up What happened to you at the
weekend is neither here nor

⋅⋅
about it:
If you get down to the nitty- We were just having a few drinks.
gritty of a situation, you start There’s no need to make a big deal
dealing with the basic facts or out of it. (= make it look like a big
there. (= It’s irrelevant.) You’re
expected to come to work on
time.

⋅⋅
practical details:

⋅⋅
problem)
Let’s not waste any time. We sometimes play music and
We need to get down to our neighbours get really hung up
the nitty-gritty of how to about it. (= It really bothers them
develop the project. and they complain.)

NOW, TRY THIS! M

Choose the correct word from the two options in bold.

PHRASE TO GO A. It doesn’t / isn’t matter if you haven’t got any money.
If you “make a
mountain out of
I can lend you some.
a molehill”, you
make a small B. Making cars is a heart / key industry in Germany.
and unimportant
problem seem much C. The project is close / next to my heart, so I want it to
more serious than it be a success.
really is. In German, D. matter
you’d say aus D. We need to call an ambulance immediately. It’s a
C. close
einer Mücke einen B. key
Elefanten machen. A. doesn’t matter / subject of life or death.
Answers

SPOKEN ENGLISH
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LANGUAGE SECTION

Offboarding
Kommunikations-Experte KEN TAYLOR wirft einen Blick auf die Fähigkeiten
und Sprachkenntnisse, die in der modernen Arbeitswelt unabdingbar sind.
MEDIUM  AUDIO  PLUS

When an employee leaves an organization, good employers follow a REMEMBER!

process known as “offboarding”. Most organizations have procedures • D uring an offboarding KEN TAYLOR
in place to welcome new employees, but not many have well-organized process, it is important not
is a communication
just to focus on the person
offboarding processes. Look at the conversation below and highlight leaving. The remaining consultant. If you have
the words and phrases you might find useful in this context. colleagues are equally any suggestions for topics,
important. Inform them you can write to him at
about changes as soon as ktaylor868@aol.com
possible to prevent rumours
Mike is leaving his company for a new job elsewhere. Mona, from or misinformation. Let them
know what the handover
HR, is talking him through the offboarding process. process will be and how the
vacancy will be filled.
• S ay goodbye properly.
Mona: Everyone is sorry to see you go, Mike. But your new job This should be done both
certainly sounds interesting. officially and in a more alumna, alumnus
Mike: It suits my skill set down to the ground. And the commute is casual setting in order to (pl. alumni) [əˈlʌmnə,
allow colleagues to say əˈlʌmnəs; E(lVmnaI] 
so much easier, too. goodbye, too. A proper , Ehemalige(r)
Mona: We’ve got your letter of resignation. Here’s a copy of the goodbye shows your
appreciation of the person ambassador
non-disclosure agreement. I’ll prepare a benefits document leaving. [Äm(bÄsEdE] 
outlining your pension plan. • Former employees do not , Botschafter(in)
simply disappear. They
Mike: I’ve started writing the knowledge transfer report you’ve remain connected through benefits 
asked for – detailing my main tasks and my main internal professional networks, , Zusatzleistungen
and external contacts. where they can talk about
former employers. How they commute 
Mona: Who will be taking over your work until we’ve found a re- were treated when they left , Pendelzeit

placement? may determine whether exit interview 

their reviews are positive or
Mike: Karen Saunders. She’s been working closely with me for a negative. , Austrittsgespräch

while. I’ll just need to fill her in on some of the details and • Some organizations have fair enough 
an alumni programme ,  in Ordnung
give her a list of priority tasks. that allows them to stay
Mona: Before you leave, I’d like to conduct a formal exit interview in touch with former fill sb. in on sth. 
with you. colleagues. Since there’s ,  jmdn. über etw. in
a shortage of highly skilled Kenntnis setzen
Mike: Sure. What will that involve? staff, ask them to act as
Mona: I’ll ask you questions such as “Why are you leaving?” or your “ambassadors”, to HR (human resources) 
encourage others to work , Personalabteilung
“How satisfied were you with the job, working conditions for you.
and benefits?” I’ll ask about your relations with colleagues ID tag 
,  hier: Firmenausweis
and what we can do to improve the work environment.
Mike: Fair enough. I’ll be as honest as I can. letter of resignation 
, Kündigungsschreiben
Mona: Good. Here’s a checklist of all the things we need handed
back on your last day – your laptop, phone, keys. Oh, and non-disclosure
agreement [dIs(klEUZE] 
your ID tag, of course. , Vertraulichkeits­
Mike: I’ll have everything ready. I’ll be sorry to go, but that’s life, vereinbarung
I suppose. PHRASE TO GO rumour [(ru:mE] 
Foto: Gert Krautbauer

If something suits you , Gerücht

“down to the ground”, skill set 
it’s perfect for you – as if , Fähigkeiten
it has been created with
your individual needs vacancy [(veIkEnsi] 
in mind. ,  freie Stelle

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Cakes and spices

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 the Travel feature on pages 38–44. Find the English
translations of the German words below.
(aus) Marmor
Edelstein
Erbstück
E M S I U C L E N W X E U Kunsthandwerker(in)
K M X U H S U W I N W F R Kuppel(gewölbe)
Kuriosität
J R F C E X E R Y U A I S schnitzen
Sonnenuntergang
M X S K I A R T I S A N U Springbrunnen
S F N G R Z V I C O T O N Ufer

H O T R L B I P A W E E S
V U D S O U D J S V V C E Word search solution
H N M I O C C F R I Q C T C B O N E E N O T S M E G

P T M A M L P A S R O G W
F V F T R A L O P U C N P
X N M S O T W B V J X I G

Q A F A R P C H H M J W V
V W J M H H C P R A F A Q
W G O R S A P L M A M T P

G I X J V B W T O S M N X
T C Q I R F C C O I M N H
E C V V S J D U O S D U V

P N C U P O L A R T F V F
S E E W A P I B L R T O H
N O T O C I V Z R G N F S

G E M S T O N E E N O B C
U N A S I T R A I K S X M
S I A U Y R E X E C F R J
R F W N I W U S H U X M K
U E X W N E L C U I S M E

WORD SNAKE
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In the word snake below, we have hidden the names of spices. In between the words,
you can find letters that can be rearranged to form the name of a spicy Indian curry.
Word snake solution:
“vindaloo”.
The hidden word is

ac arawayoging
um s tardoc ern
cinnamon (Zimt)

inv i clmu cinn

ginger (Ingwer)

clovei m e r amon
nutmegdtur
caraway (Kümmel)
mustard (Senf)
turmeric (Kurkuma)
nutmeg (Muskatnuss)
clove (Gewürznelke)

A spicy Indian curry is a(n) __________________________.

cumin (Kreuzkümmel)

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CROSSWORD
The words in this puzzle are taken from the Short Story.
You may find it helpful to refer to the text on pages 34–35.

ACROSS
2. Reduce or limit something
1. 3. 5. Most important city in a country
or region
2. 4.
8. Physically weak and delicate
6. 7. 9. Extremely hot
12. Protective wear for the kitchen
5. 8. 13. Healthcare worker
11. 14. Detailed, ornamental
10.
17. Small, round type of bread
9. 18. Part of a hospital
19. Piece of cake or pie
12.
DOWN
1. Special or important event or time
13. 3. Bread that has been baked in one
piece
15. 16.
4. Brown-skinned flat nut that tastes
17. 14. slightly sweet
6. Advancement in one’s job
17. 7. Hang around
10. Place where you pay or are served
18.
in a shop
19. 11. Entrance to a garden
15. Hurt
16. Line of something
17. Honeymaker

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LANGUAGE SECTION

VANESSA CLARK betrachtet Worte und Wendungen,

deren Übersetzung nicht immer ganz einfach ist.
ADVANCED

“Pundit claims Tottenham player

could leave the club”

spurs-web.com, 5 September 2021

From a sports report about
London’s Tottenham Hotspur
Football Club

USAGE
A pundit is an expert on a particular subject and is often BACKGROUND
asked to give an opinion in the media. The English word “pundit” comes
The most common use of the word is in the world of from the ancient Sanskrit language.
sports broadcasting. Pundits come together in TV studios In Sanskrit, pandita means “learned
to talk about matches live. They’re often former players or man”, “teacher” or “guru”.
managers. While a sports commentator gives a ball-by-ball
account of the match during play, pundits sit in the studio
and comment before and after the match, or at half-time.
A sports pundit can also be a journalist who writes for a NOW, TRY THIS! A
newspaper or sports magazine.
A “pundit” can also be an expert in other areas of broad- In which of the following contexts
casting or journalism. A political journalist or opinion writer would “pundit” make sense?
could be called a “political pundit”. The term is slightly neg-
ative, and a serious news journalist might not appreciate be- A. “Sky Sports ________________
ing referred to as a “pundit”. criticizes top players.”
Similar negative terms are “an opinion for hire” and “an
armchair expert”. We can all be “armchair experts” when B. “Sky Sports ________________
we sit at home and think we know better than the so-called scores goal in championship final.”
experts on the TV screen.
In the context of sports, the best translation of “pundit” is
simply Experte/Expertin. In a science context, you might prefer
Koryphäe or Spezialist/Spezialistin. And when it comes to culture
Illustration: lushik/iStock.com

account  learned [ˈlɜːnɪd] 

or lifestyle, you often come across the terms Literaturpapst or ,  hier: Bericht , gelehrt
Stilpapst – though this is probably not an option if the pundit armchair  sports broadcasting 
in question happens to be female. ,  Lehnstuhl, Sessel , Sportübertragung(en)

happen: ~ to be 
A
,  zufällig sein
Answer

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Words in context
New words Spotlight — 07Spotlight
— 2016 Global English Spotlight

What would a speaker of Canadian English say?

mocktail
British English speaker:
He doesn’t drink alcohol,
so he’ll be drinking mocktails I never know whether Americans
to celebrate his birthday. want a fizzy drink or soda water
when they ask for soda.

(In)Formal English Spotlight Translation Spotlight

What do these informal words mean?

Translate the following sentences into English:

I asked her if she wanted a pint, 1. Er ist erkältet und soll viel (Tee) trinken.
or a half at least, but she said she
2. Er soll angeblich viel (Alkohol) trinken.
fancied a brew instead.

Pronunciation Spotlight Idiom magic Spotlight

Zeichnung: John and Ching Yee Smithback

Which vowel sound is found in each word? Complete the

phonetic transcriptions below using [aɪ], [eɪ], [u:] or [əʊ].

brew [br____]
mocktails [(mɒkt____lz]
pint [p____nt]
soda [(s____də]
put someone out

False friends Spotlight Grammar Spotlight

brew, boil / brauen, kochen When do the actions in these sentences happen?
➞ Austrennung an der Perforierung

Translate the following sentences: 1. When we’re old, will we still meet up for a pint every
Friday?
1. I’ll be brewing tea soon. 2. This time next week, I’ll be sipping wine coolers on
2. Man braucht kochendes Wasser, um Tee zu kochen. the beach!
3. 1369 begannen Augustinermönche Bier zu brauen. 3. He’ll be drinking mocktails to celebrate his birthday.

7/2017 Spotlight
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Global English Spotlight — 07Spotlight

— 2016 Words in context Spotlight

Canadian English speaker:

I never know whether Americans want pop or soda water
when they ask for soda.
A mocktail is a “mock cocktail” – a mixed drink, such as
a cocktail, but with no alcohol in it. The adjective “mock”
Fizzy drinks (UK) are soft drinks – carbonated, non-
means “not authentic” (Pseudo-, Schein-).
alcoholic drinks such as cola. Canadians call them pop,
Americans usually say soda. In the UK and Canada, soda
(water) is sparkling water – which Americans call seltzer.

Translation Spotlight (In)Formal English Spotlight

I asked her if she wanted a (pint of) beer, or a small beer at

1. He has a cold and should drink a lot (of tea).
least, but she said she fancied a cup of tea instead.
2. He is said to drink a lot (of alcohol).

A pint is a little more than 0.5 litres and the standard mea­
The German verb sollen has different meanings. In sen-
surement for beer in the UK. In informal settings, it is used
tence 1, it is translated as should, which shows a weak ob-
as a short form of a “pint of beer”. A half is a short way of
ligation. In sentence 2, it is translated as is said to, which
saying “half a pint of beer”. A brew can be a particular type
reports a rumour (Gerücht).
of beer, but it usually means a cup or pot of tea.

Idiom magic Spotlight Pronunciation Spotlight

[bru:]
[(mɒkteɪlz]
To put someone out means “to cause someone inconven-
[paɪnt]
ience, trouble or extra work”, which might annoy or upset
them. You could, for example, say: “She’d been in and out
[(səʊdə]
of the kitchen ten times already, so I didn’t want to put her
These words are often mispronounced by learners of Eng-
out by asking for more ice in my fizzy drink.”
lish, so try to remember the pronunciations above to avoid
misunderstandings.

Grammar Spotlight False friends Spotlight

1. Ich werde gleich Tee kochen.

All three sentences refer to the future. In sentence 1, the
will-future is used to predict an action that will happen
regularly in the future. In sentences 2 and 3, the future
continuous is used to show an action that will be in
progress around a certain point in the future.
2. You need boiling water to brew tea.
3. In 1369, Augustinian monks began to brew beer.
In English, you can brew beer, tea and coffee. You can also
use the verb “make” in this context – but not “cook”, which
is used only for foods. When water reaches 100 °C, it boils.
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Pilcher’s dramas given you a taste for Britain’s
picturesque roads? Then why not hitch a ride
with us as we explore some of the loveliest routes
in England and Wales. We visit the historic city
of Wells and the Cheddar Gorge in south-west
England, and then travel on to the mountains of
Snowdonia in Wales. The next beautiful view is
always just around the corner.

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English tenses a workout in
“Tone up your tenses!” (pages
48–51), because there is more
to come in the next issue
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of Spotlight. We’ll guide you

through the most useful ways
to talk about the present and
the future. Your English will
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