Beiträge von Henry

  • Frage zu Klausuren

    Hi Jazz,



    To pay someting off means to pay back money you owe/ to finish paying money owed for something.



    E.g. We should be able to pay off the debt within two years.




    All the best,


    8)

  • Hab ich Fehler?

    Hi,


    Here's what I've changed and corrected. Once again, if you have any questions, please ask.


    I've tried not to change a lot in order to keep your version maintained.


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    Oliver Barret IV is the main figure in this „Love Story“. He is a 20-year old man brought up by his parents. Oliver comes from a rich family. Therefore, he has a very good behaviour and he wears very noble clothes. His father is a wealthy banker, and his mother takes care of the family. Before she didn't finish her studies, she married Oliver Barrett III. He is a very strange and busy man who isn't interessted in the feelings of his son. And that's why both don`t have an intimate father-son-relationship. Oliver studies law at the university of Havard. Both of them don`t see each other often. The biggest passion for him is the hocky play. He loves it above all things and he also tries to be the best one and gets the most points. By playing hockey very well and also being proficient in the studies, he perhaps wants to show his father that he is as good as him. He wants his father to be proud of him some time(irgendwann), I think. Oliver Barret IV is very self-confident, and a little bit arrogant, too. That way he meets his future woman, Jennifer Cavilleri. They meet each other at the Radcliff library. She is a Radcliff scholarship student of music, from a poor Italian Catholic background. But one day she dies of leukemia and Oliver is left alone. He is very sad and misses his big love. Maybe he would ask himself why this happened to him. I believe, this book is an excellent example for the rich people because it shows that they can't buy everything with money. And what counts in this story is love, not wealth!




    All the best,

  • conditional sentences type 1

    Es gibt drei Typen von 'conditional'.


    Type 1.


    E.g. If you work, you will earn money. Wenn du arbeitest, wirst du Geld verdienen.


    (if + S(subject) + present tense , S + will (future or auxiliary) + infinitive )


    Man nennt diese Type 1 auch " zero conditional".


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    Type 2.


    E.g.(a) If I found a million dollars, I would buy a sport car.
    Wenn ich eine Million-Dollar finden würde(/ fände), würde ich einen Sportwagen kaufen.


    (b) If I didn't love you, I would not go out with you.
    Wenn ich dich nicht lieben würde, würde ich mit dir nicht ausgehen.


    (if + S + simple past , S + would + infinitive)


    Man nennt diese Type 2 auch " first conditional."
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    Exercise: Change the following sentences into "first conditional."


    a) I will be angry, if you don't come to the party.
    Answer: I would be angry, if you didn't come to the party.
    b) If I know her mobile number, I will call her.
    Answer: If I knew her mobile number, I would call her.




    Ich hoffe du kannst was damit anfangen.


    8)

  • Fehlersuche2! Wirklich wichtig!DAnke

    Ich versuch' nicht so viel zu ändern bei meiner Korrektur.


    Here goes..


    Except the different social status, both families are completely different.


    Oliver and his father don`t have a real relationship.


    Both behave more like just two acquaintances than like son and father. That's why Olivers father is very busy. ( There is a gap between these two sentences. His father couldn't be very busy, just cos they are like buddies! )


    He doesn`t have much time to pay attention to the thoughts and feelings of his son.


    And maybe in the childhood was that not different. ( I don't get this one. Sorry. :( ) D'you wanna say: He was treated the same in his childhood, too? )



    He doesn`t ask how Oliver feels and what's new in his live. There are no warm greetings at all.
    Everything is cold and there is no family atmosphere.


    But Oliver doesn`t try it, because he knows that his father don’t like that and he knows not differently. (What not try? What doesn't his father like? What d'you mean by"he knows not differently"? )


    The relationship is simply cold and has nothing to do with a father-son-relationship.



    Hope you don't mind my changing your sentences a bit. I am running out of time now.


    See ya later,
    H