Showing posts with label Verkehr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Verkehr. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Vorbild sein

3 Guesses:  What does it mean:  Vorbild sein?  Why is the word "Kinder"  (ok:  its dative plural form) included in the text?  Certainly their images are also there.



Do you think these signs are effective?
Clue:  ,,Vorbild" is NOT "hero."

Generalization:  German kids don't tend to have the same hero worship thing going on as we do in the USA.   Would you agree?  
-- Anybody want to take a stab at justifying / explaining that statement? 


Thursday, January 10, 2013

Ampel Spiel? [Pedestrian Pong]!

 Möchtest auch DU spielen?



Die Mitspielerin war besser.   [Das finde ich lustig!] 
 
--Katja, wo hast du dieses Video gefunden?   Echt cool!

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Tom Hanks describes the Autobahn

Mit Dave Letterman spricht er ueber seinen (he --Tom Hanks-- speaks about his) Film, Cloud Atlas, sowohl auch (as well as) seinen Besuch (visit) nach Eisenhuettenstadt, die Traumstadt (dream city) der DDR (of the former East Germany, GDR: German Democratic Republic).



Bist du schon auf einer Autobahn wesen?
-- Hat es dir gut gefallen?
-- War es zu anstrengend, --zu stressig?
-- Oder fandest es lieber berauschend (exhilarating), wie Tom Hanks?

Wenn noch nicht, dann moechtest du auf einer Autobahn fahren?

Finally:  How might YOU interpret this traffic sign, that Tom Hanks described so hilariously???