B1 · 20 words
Kalle reads the newspaper
Kalle still reads a paper newspaper on his bench by the lake and talks about the headlines with Otti. Learn the words of the news - headlines, events, sources - and how to say whether a report is true.
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Kalle
Die Schlagzeile: „Wildschweine in der Stadt!“ Eine Journalistin behauptet, dass wir alle Gärten zerstören.
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Translation
The headline: "Wild boars in the city!" A journalist claims that we destroy all the gardens.
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Otti
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Translation
And official figures?
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Words and Phrases
- die Schlagzeile headline
- das Ereignis event
- das Thema topic
- die Quelle source
- der Journalist journalist
- die Journalistin journalist
- der Leser reader
- die Leserin reader
- die Meldung news report
- das Interview interview
- die Umfrage survey
- erscheinen to be published
- behaupten to claim
- erwähnen to mention
- wahr true
- offiziell official
- die Zeitung newspaper
- der Bericht report
- berichten to report
- aktuell current
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