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Otti moderates a panel discussion

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Otti moderates a panel discussion

The library in Neu-Hohenschönhausen has invited four guests to argue about the library of the future, and Otti, whose team builds its new app, holds the microphone. Learn to introduce a panel, to give and take the floor, to handle interjections and to bring opposing views into a fair discussion.

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  1. Otti

    Guten Abend und willkommen zur Podiumsdiskussion! Ich moderiere heute streng neutral und erteile zuerst der Bibliothekarin auf unserem Podium das Wort.

    Translation

    Good evening and welcome to the panel discussion! I'm hosting strictly neutrally tonight and first give the floor to the librarian on our panel.

  2. Librarian

    Danke. Für mich ist eine Bibliothek kein Bücherlager, sondern ein Ort, an dem man auch laut diskutieren darf.

    Translation

    Thank you. For me a library isn't a book warehouse but a place where you may also discuss things out loud.

  3. Architect

    Translation

    I take the opposing view, quite clearly: without quiet, a library is no longer a library.

  4. Otti

    Da wären wir beim Streitpunkt des Abends. Lassen Sie mich zuspitzen: Ruhe oder Lebendigkeit - muss man sich entscheiden?

    Translation

    That brings us to the point of contention of the evening. Let me put it sharply: quiet or liveliness - do we have to choose?

  5. Librarian

    Keineswegs! Man könnte doch Zonen einrichten, ein ruhiges Stockwerk und …

    Translation

    Not at all! You could set up zones, after all, one quiet floor and…

  6. Architect

    Verzeihung, wenn ich Ihnen ins Wort falle, aber das ist doch utopisch, denn …

    Translation

    Excuse me for cutting in, but that's utopian, because…

  7. Otti

    Darf ich hier einhaken? Damit die Diskussion ausgewogen bleibt: erst ausreden lassen, dann Ihr Einwurf - Ihre Redezeit kommt gleich.

    Translation

    May I cut in here? So that the discussion stays balanced: let her finish first, then your objection - your speaking time is coming up.

  8. Librarian

    Danke. Solche Zonen haben wir in der Kinderabteilung längst, und zwar ganz ohne Kontroverse.

    Translation

    Thank you. We've had zones like that in the children's section for ages, and without any controversy at all.

  9. Audience member

    Und wo bleiben die gedruckten Bücher?

    Translation

    And what about printed books?

  10. Otti

    Translation

    A fair interjection, but I have to stop you there for a moment: we'll take contributions from the audience shortly, and you're first.

  11. Architect

    Dazu nur so viel: Ausgerechnet da sind wir uns einig - ohne Bücher keine Bibliothek.

    Translation

    Just this much on that: that's precisely where we agree - no books, no library.

  12. Otti

    Na bitte: So gegensätzlich und kontrovers die Positionen auch sind, ein gemeinsamer Nenner ist da. Damit leite ich zur Fragerunde über.

    Translation

    There you go: however opposed and controversial the positions may be, there is a common denominator. With that, I'll move on to the questions.

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