9.3Write a letter to a friend telling him/her about the exciting trip you took to South America. You were in Argentina and you also visited Buenos Aires.
Don’t write more than 250 words.
Make sure to include such points as:
- talking about the trip and the experiences you made,
- saying what you especially liked/disliked in Argentina,
- explaining why you would/would not go to that country/city again.
Dear Lana,
I've just returned from my trip to Argentina and there is so much I want to tell you about it. First of all, the flight to South America was pretty exhausting. It took me 14 hours to get from Frankfurt to Buenos Aires. I stayed in the capital city for about a week before I went to Bariloche, which is pretty close to the Chilean border. However, Buenos Aires is insane.
You cannot imagine how big this city is. I booked a hop on hop off Bus tour and it took me all day to finish it. Anyway, La Boca was one of my favourite stops. Those houses are simply beautiful. You need to check this city out. I'm pretty sure you would like it. Once I travelled further south I realized how stunning Argentinean countryside is. The landscape is simply gorgeous.
You know how much I love mountains and there are many of them, which made me incredibly happy. I stayed in Bariloche for about four weeks, where I was working on a farm as a drover. Being outside and working on a horseback all day was definitely a once in a lifetime experience. The farm and the people working there were just wonderful and I lear.....
10.2Please write down the questions to the following answers.
a) I was talking to Jim’s father.
Who were you talking to?
b) I think the train will leave at nine.
What time is the train expected to leave?
c) They will have lunch with her because it’s her birthday.
Why are they having lunch with her?
d) Our company employs a couple of agents overseas.
Where does your company employs a couple of agents?
e) He had a tooth pulled out yesterday.
When did he get a tooth pulled out?
f) She often goes to church.
How often is .....
However, it has to be mentioned that most people realize that time is a valuable recourse and our time in this world is finite, so it's better to do things as quickly as possible. I can only agree with this statement up to a certain point. It surely is important to earn enough money to pay ones bills and to put a lot of effort in the things we want. However, I do believe that time is much more valuable than money.
You can always earn more money, but you can never ever earn back more time. We all go only 24 hours in a day. Its up to ourselves to decide the value of time. We should spend our time and effort on things that achieve the results we are looking for.
How many words did you write in all?
236
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11.1Progress test – Lektion 11
Fill in the correct tenses in the following conditional sentences.
a) Jane would not have been late for the opera, if she would have left (to leave) in time.
b) I could have got a cheaper ticket, if I would have known (to know) before.
c) He’d fly to America in winter, if he was (to be) a bird.
d) If she knew the boy, she would know something about his family or she would be able (to be able) to look him up in the telephone book.
e) If only you would tell (to tell) me the whole story!
f) If Columbus hadn’t discovered America, someone else would have .....
She stood so close to the fireplace that her dress caught fire.
f) Er ertrug seinen Kummer, ohne sein Schicksal zu beklagen.
He bore his misery without complaining about his fate.
g) Die Polizei brach die Tür auf, hinter der sich der Einbrecher verschanzt hatte.
The police broke open the door where a burglar was entrenched behind.
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11.3Answer the following questions concerning ‘Writing’ (page 37) in complete sentences.
a) What was the origin of writing?
The origin of writing is called “hieroglyphic”, which means something like “sacred writing cut in stone”, which was invented by the Egyptians. It was mostly done in ink on papyrus and the writing resembles picture writing, even though some of the signs used express sounds rather than the picture they stand for.
Another ancient kind of writing is 'cuneiform' which means “wedge-shaped. It was invented by the people who lived between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. This particular from of writing was created by pushing a small wooden stick into small brick.....
Furthermore written language tends to be more precisely, due to the fact that writers receive no feedback from their readers. Therefore it is necessary to explain things clearly, because the reader cannot rely on context to clarify things.
However, spoken language is usually transient and speakers have the possibility to correct themselves right away. It is usually used for immediate interactions between two or more people and it tends to be full of timbre to add emotional context. Moreover context and shared knowledge arise from the conversation itself, so many things can be left unsaid.
d) Why is writing so important for the human culture?
Writing is important because it gives us the possibility to pass on knowledge which has been gathered throughout many thousands of years. Therefore we are able to develop and improve our scholarly pursuits, ourselves and knowledge about everything that affects and influences the social heritage of humans beings.
e) Explain why the alphabet became an important breakthrough.
The alphabet became an important breakthrough because it enabled humans to write any word they wanted to by using a simple system that can be understood by anyone.
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to turn against to turn off to turn round
to turn away to turn over to turn to
to turn back to overturn to turn up
to turn into to turn out
a) Is this the place where the road turns off for Newcastle?
b) So many people wanted to attend the meeting that quite a few had to be turned away.
c) We had to .turn round. because the bridges had collapsed.
d) Turn round, so that I can see your face.
e) The more depressed he got, the more he turned to drink.
f) Are John and Mary back? No, they have not turned up yet.
g) The sledge overturned and the three boys fell off.
h) The witch turned the beautiful princess into an ugly frog.
i) You have turned over three pages .....
g) Who has taken away my pen, it was here on my desk!
h) Your daughter doesn’t take after. you at all.
i) Peter has a new hobby, he takes to photography now.
Einsendeaufgabe zu LEF03 Studien-Nr Lehrgangs-Nr Einsendeaufgabe: LEF03 XS Auflage: 5 () bitte sorgfältig aus. 9.1 Progress test – Lektion 9 Use either still or yet in the following sentences. a) The man, who is still. on his way, has not turned up yet.. b) He has treated you badly; still. he is your brother.…
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