A tricky translation
So you go to someone with an Anliegen.
You could say that you have a request to make.
But you could, quite simply, say that you have something important you’d like to talk about.
Overcoming procrastination
When we procrastinate, we don’t do or we delay doing something that needs to be done.
Why do we do that?
It can be because we don’t like the task. Or we have too much to do. Or we don’t know where to start.
What can we do?
- Set ourselves a deadline (it might be good to actually make a note in our calendars).
- Give ourselves a reward once we’ve finished a task.
- Ask a friend or colleague to help us.
What do you do?
If I eat too much chocolate …
We use the first conditional to talk about something that will happen (the result), if a particular condition (which is likely to happen) is met.
An example:
If you eat too much of that chocolate cake, you’ll feel ill afterwards.
If you’re not sure how to form a sentence like this, take a look at the BBC World Service’s web page.
On how to find yourself
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Mahatma Gandhi
Breakfast in Germany
“How to eat breakfast like a weltmeister“? That’s the title of this Deutsche Welle video clip.
Learn what Germans eat for breakfast. And how breakfast at the weekends might differ.
(You’ll also learn how to pronounce the name of that famous Dutch cheese – “Gouda”!)
