D-News: Summary of 21 May 2012

 

• Germans tip-top for generosity on holiday http://bit.ly/Jz9pJ1
• Leipzig sets up rapid-reaction library force http://bit.ly/KDjT6d 
• Bruno 'The Orca' takes on mammoth swim http://bit.ly/JyujIn 
• German Music School Association celebrates 60 years http://bit.ly/KcTvCe 
• Nearly a million new immigrants in Germany http://bit.ly/K74JaO 
• Ex-banker: German euro rescue just guilt trip http://bit.ly/KVyFYP 
• Central Bank: there is no 'Plan B' for Greece http://bit.ly/KVyFYM 
• Islamist urges 'death for far-right party members' http://bit.ly/M9Olql 
• NATO gives OK to European missile shield http://bit.ly/M9Ola4 
• Drunken golfer practices in central Cologne http://bit.ly/JxnZkt 

sentence of the day (w/ audio)

Er hat die Weisheit mit Löffeln gefressen.
He makes a great show of learning

word of the day (w/ audio)

beschweren  
1. etwas beschweren = to load sth.
2.  sich beschweren = to complain

 Interesting word! Does that mean that you put a load on your shoulders when you complain??

Luxury car with Honecker photo

I discovered this car today in Berlin. It was parked in Mitte. I have never ever seen a photo from Erich Honecker in the street since the wall came down :-)

D-News: Summary of 18 May 2012

 

• Women's football misses major viewing goals http://bit.ly/KY4mjJ
• German beach bums: naked, wet and friendly http://bit.ly/KY4mjH 
• Merkel's display of steel excites and dismays http://bit.ly/KIjNge 
• Three die in fireball car crash http://bit.ly/KHOxOt 
• Ten greatest German Hollywood villains http://bit.ly/JQWwYL 
• Merkel ally: 'Eurozone could handle Greek exit' http://bit.ly/JVN2Le 
• EU agrees on growth and austerity mix ahead of G8 http://bit.ly/JQE0im 
• The “Jugend forscht” competition for young scientific talent http://bit.ly/JP3Sek 

sentence of the day (w/ audio)

Nur das Genie beherrscht das Chaos.
Organisation is the last refuge of a tired mind.

word of the day (w/ audio)

gestresst sein   
to be stressed