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The friends spend a weekend in the Alps
Berlin is flat, so Kalle has planned a weekend in the Bavarian Alps - a hut at 1800 metres and a summit at sunrise. Learn to talk about the mountains - altitude, the climb, the view from the top, a sudden change in the weather - and to turn back when that is the wiser choice.
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Kalle
Aufwachen, ihr zwei! Es ist halb fünf. Wenn wir den Gipfel bei Sonnenaufgang erreichen wollen, müssen wir jetzt von der Berghütte los.
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Wake up, you two! It's half past four. If we want to reach the summit at sunrise, we have to leave the hut now.
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Otti
Halb fünf? In Berlin nennt man das mitten in der Nacht. Hier oben auf 1800 Metern hätte ich gern noch drei Stunden geschlafen.
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Half past four? In Berlin that's called the middle of the night. Up here at 1,800 metres I'd gladly have slept another three hours.
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Emil
Komm schon, Otti, Hals- und Beinbruch! Bis zum Gipfelkreuz sind es nur 600 Höhenmeter. Mit der Seilbahn wäre es ja geschummelt.
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Come on, Otti, break a leg! It's only 600 metres of ascent to the summit cross. Taking the cable car would be cheating.
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Kalle
Ganz ruhig, das ist ganz normales alpines Gelände. Trittsicherheit lernt man: kleine Schritte, Blick nach vorn, nicht ins Tal.
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Easy now, this is perfectly normal alpine terrain. Sure-footedness can be learnt: small steps, eyes ahead, not down into the valley.
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Kalle
Das gefällt mir gar nicht. Im Gebirge kommt ein Wetterumschwung oft schneller, als einem lieb ist, und für Mittag ist Gewitter angesagt.
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I don't like that at all. In the mountains a change in the weather often comes faster than you'd like, and a thunderstorm is forecast for midday.
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Kalle
Mag sein, aber kein Berg ist es wert, im Gewitter auf dem Grat zu stehen. Wir kehren um - der Gipfel läuft uns nicht davon.
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Maybe, but no mountain is worth standing on a ridge in a thunderstorm. We're turning back - the summit isn't going anywhere.
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Words and Phrases
- der Gipfel summit
- der Abstieg descent
- der Höhenmeter metre of ascent
- der Wetterumschwung sudden change in the weather
- die Berghütte mountain hut
- das Gipfelkreuz summit cross
- die Seilbahn cable car
- die Höhenangst fear of heights
- die Trittsicherheit sure-footedness
- das Panorama panorama
- die Alm alpine pasture
- das Geröll scree
- besteigen to climb
- umkehren to turn back
- schwindelfrei not afraid of heights
- alpin alpine
- atemberaubend breathtaking
- Hals- und Beinbruch! break a leg!
- der Berg mountain
- das Gebirge mountains
- das Gewitter thunderstorm
- wandern to hike
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