Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
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Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
German language -- Readers
~A.~ 1. Sagen Sie uns, was Sie unter dem »Prater« verstehen, unter
einer »Kaiserstadt«, unter einem »Volksfest«! 2. Woran konnte man
den armen Geiger als alten Soldaten erkennen? 3. Wer wurde in der
Schlacht bei Aspern geschlagen, und von wem? 4. Was bedeutet das Wort
»Pension«, wie es hier in diesem Lesestück gebraucht wird? Und kennen
Sie noch eine andere Bedeutung des Wortes? 5. War der alte Musikant
ganz allein, oder hatte er noch einen Freund bei sich? 6. Wieviel Geld
hatte der Pudel schon eingenommen, als der fremde Herr für den Alten zu
spielen begann? 7. Was würden Sie sagen, wenn ich behauptete, daß der
arme Musikant nur eine sehr schlechte Geige gehabt habe? 8. Erzählen
Sie, was geschah, nachdem der fein gekleidete Herr anfing zu spielen!
9. Warum knurrte der Pudel? 10. Was für ein Stück spielte der Fremde
zuletzt, und was taten die Leute dann? 11. Wie kam es, daß der arme
Musikant seinem gütigen Kollegen nicht einmal danken konnte? 12. Wie
bekam das Volk zu wissen, wer der Fremde war? 13. Wie würden Sie auf
deutsch sagen: ~“Long live the good old musician!~”?
~B. 1. This story treats of (~handeln von~) a poor musician who had
been [a] soldier and had lost (~verlieren~) his left (~link~) leg and
two fingers of the right hand in the battle of Aspern.~
~2. Although he enjoyed a small pension, (~so~) he had nevertheless
(~doch~) been‿obliged‿to take to the violin in order (~um~) to earn
(~verdienen~) his daily bread; but that he could [do] the more easily
(~um so leichter~) because he was a Bohemian and had inherited (the)
music, so‿to‿speak, from his father. 3. Whenever he played, his
poodle--the only (~einzig~) friend (that) he had--was accustomed
(~pflegen~) to sit upright before him, with the old [man’s] hat in his
(in‿the) mouth.~
~4. Once (~einmal~) the poor musician had been playing all day in a big
public park where a popular‿festival was being celebrated, yet (~doch~)
when evening came (it became evening) the hat was (always) still empty.
5. Then (~da~) a gentleman stepped up to (~herantreten zu~ _or_ ~an~)
the fiddler and said: “If you are‿willing‿to lend me your violin,
(~so~) I shall be glad‿to (_use a construction with_ ~gern~) play for
you for an hour or so.”~
~6. That the old [man] did only too gladly. 7. And how the gentleman
played! 8. And how the coins now flew into the poor old hat--copper,
silver, and gold! 9. Even (~sogar~) the most aristocratic people had
(~lassen~) their carriages stop, and the poodle growled because he
could not hold the heavy hat any longer. 10. Finally the good colleague
played “God save Francis, the Emperor!” and everybody joined in the
song, for that is the Austrian national‿hymn. 11. But when the disabled
soldier wanted to thank the strange gentleman, he (~dieser~) had
(already) vanished.~
Das Gegengeschenk.
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