Summer food in Germany
What do Germans typically eat during the summer months?
You’ll find the answers in Deutsche Welle’s slideshow. Yes, it’s not always sausages, sauerkraut and potatoes!
Twisting your tongue
Tongue twisters are good if you want to practise your pronunciation.
Give this one a try:
“If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?”
to chew = kauen, zerkauen
For grammar lovers
Are you a grammar guru? Do this BBC quiz to find out.
How to stop someone talking for too long
We’ve all been in meetings where one person goes on talking for what seems like hours and hours on end, haven’t we?
To stop someone complaining or speaking for too long, mtdtraining.com suggests that someone hands this person a toffee.
The rule is that the person chewing the toffee can’t talk again until s/he has finished it!
Let’s be a bit more positive
Replace a negative phrase (a phrase with not) with just one word to make your sentences shorter and easier to understand.
So instead of writing: We were not able to …, write: We were unable to ….
Instead of writing: We are not certain if …, write: We are uncertain if …
On happiness
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” Aristotle
