Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
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Ährenlese: A German Reader with Practical Exercises
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6. Seite 51: »... wenn er Lust hat« und »Ich habe die Plackerei satt«.
Merken Sie sich: »Ich habe Lust (keine Lust) es zu tun« ~I feel (don’t
feel) like doing it.~ »Ich habe keine Lust dazu« ~I don’t feel like
it.~ »Ich habe es (die Sache, das Singen, Tanzen usw.) satt« ~I am
tired of it (of the thing, of singing, of dancing, etc.).~ Sagen Sie
also auf deutsch: ~_a._ Do you feel like taking a stroll with me?
_b._. If you feel like taking a walk, why don’t you do it? _c._ If
I had felt like it, I should have done it. _d._ I don’t feel at‿all
(~gar~) like speaking with him. I am heartily (~herzlich~) tired of
him. _e._ If I were not so tired of riding (~Reiten~), I should buy me
a horse again.~
7. Seite 52: »Ich befinde mich gar nicht wohl«. Merken Sie sich: »Ich
befinde mich (sehr) schlecht« ~I feel (very) ill (sick)!~ Sagen Sie auf
deutsch: ~_a._ How do you feel now, Mr. Collier? [I] thank [you], Mrs.
Fisher, I feel (already) much better than an hour ago. _b._ I always
feel (~am~) best when it is warm and dry (~trocken~). _c._ If he had
felt ill when we were there, he would have told us (it).~
Die Wunderlampe.
~1. On one of those long winter‿evenings shortly before Christmas
(~Weihnachten~) (the) Father returned from Graz, shook the snow from
his shoes, called us all together (~zusammenrufen~), and said: “Now you
shall just see what kind of Christmas‿present (~Weihnachtsgeschenk~) I
have brought you!”~
~2. While (~während~) he unpacked his wares, (the) Mother said: “I hope
it is a new American (~amerikanisch~) kerosene‿lamp, for I am heartily
tired of the dim candlelight.”~
~3. “You have guessed (~erraten~) it, Mother,” he laughed, “and now
I’ll show you what a wonderfully‿fine light it gives. 4. First (~erst~)
you fill the lamp with kerosene from this keg here. 5. Then you take
the burner (~Kapsel~) with the wick in‿it and screw (~schrauben~) it on
(~darauf~), this way (~so~). 6. Then you light the wick and quickly put
this glass‿tube over‿it: there‿now (~so~)!”~
~7. “But it smokes,” I cried; “the glass‿tube is getting all (~ganz~)
black, and I don’t see the light at all!” 8. “Be still, Peter,” said
(the) Father, “or I’ll...” 9. Then he turned the wick up a little
higher, and as (~da~) it then smoked still more, he turned it down
again, but there (~es~) came no bright light yet.~
~10. At (in) that (~dieser~) moment (~Augenblick~) my older brother
Fred said: “Perhaps the wonderful‿lamp will burn (_pres._) brighter if
we remove the glass‿tube altogether,” and with‿that he tried to take it
(~dieser~) off (~abzunehmen~), but it was so hot that he screamed aloud
(~laut aufschreien~) as‿soon‿as his fingers touched (~berühren~) it.
11. The rest of us children (We other, _weak infl._, children) laughed
at (~über~, _acc._) him.~
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