German 3b; Die Umwelt

German 3b; Die Umwelt

Lektion 10 Stufe 2 Seite C

Dieses Schild mit einer Eule zeigt, dass man in einem Naturschutzgebiet (‚nature protection area') ist. Die "Nuthe-Nieplitz-Niederung" ist vielleicht nicht weltbekannt, aber es ist trotzdem wichtig für die Natur.

Websuche
Es gibt kleinere Naturschutzgebiete, wie die Nuthe-Nieplitz-Niederung, aber es gibt auch ganz große. Mach jetzt diese Websuche.

Der Aletsch-Gletscher in den Schweizer Alpen.

The Alps and their glaciers are a world treasure, yet they are in danger of disappearing. Using the site shown below, read the article and use the questions that follow as your guide. Notice the related links at the end of the article for more interesting facts about the Alps. Use keywords "Alpine Glaciers" to search for more information.

http://www.goethe.de/ges/umw/thm/ntr/en44197.htm

How many Alpine countries are there? Name them.
Why are the Alps in danger?
What convention was established to protect the Alps and what have they been able to accomplish?
Approximately how many million weekend visitors visit the Alps every year? What are they coming for?
How is the loss of ecological balance noticeable to us as the glaciers disappear?
Scientists predict how much of today's Alpine glaciers will be lost by 2050?
How will these falling numbers of glaciers impact the water resources in the surrounding areas?
What is the name of the region that is now a natural monument, much like Yellowstone National Park in the U.S.?

Nun beantworte diese Fragen. Diese Aufgabe hat 20 Punkte.

Kreuzworträtsel

Übe mit den Vokabelkarten auf Seite 1A.
Dann mach dieses Kreuzworträtsel. Vergiss nicht, alles groß zu schreiben.
Ä = AE Ö = OE Ü = UE ß = SS

Wiederholung -- Relativpronomen As we come toward the end of Unit 10, we will be reviewing the grammar topics from this semester, so that you can practice them and get feedback before preparing for the semester exam.

The first one is the relative pronoun. Do you remember what it is in English? Richtig! The words 'who,' 'which,' or 'that,' when used to "relate" one sentence back to a noun in the previous one. Here are some examples:

      A) The boy who lives next door to us is a good athlete.
      B) Here is the video which you wanted to see.
      C) Where is the CD that I loaned you last week?

A fourth possibility in English is to leave it out in some sentences, and that makes it tricky. In German, the relative pronoun is never omitted, so if you overlook an "understood" relative pronoun in an English sentence, you'll make a mistake in the German version. So if you were going to give the German for:
      D) The people you were talking with seem to be very nice.
it would look like:
      The people, with whom you were talking, seem to be very nice.
(Remember, German ALWAYS has the preposition in front of its noun or pronoun, which is not always the case in colloquial English.)

Do you remember what the German relative pronouns are? They look a lot like the definite article, but are not 100% identical. See if you can fill this in without peeking.

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der	die	das	die
Accusative	den	die	das	die
Dative	dem	der	dem	denen
Genitive	dessen	deren	dessen	deren

Did you get them all correct? Refresh this page and try again until you do. Remember, it's just the added -(s)en that's different.

Now, how are they used? That's a bit trickier. Can you answer these 3 questions:

How do you know which gender (column) to use?
How do you know which case (row) to use?
What effect do they have on the word order in the sentence?

OK, here are the answers:

You pick the gender (column) of the "antecedent" (the noun being referred to). In our 4 English samples you would have:
      A) Masculine (der Junge)
      B) Neuter (das Video)
      C) Feminine (die CD)
      D) Plural (die Leute)
You pick the case (row) based on how the pronoun is used it its own part of the sentence. That may or may not be the same case as the original antecedent.
      A) Nominative (subject of "lives")
      B) Accusative (direct object of "wanted to see")
      C) Accusative (direct object of "loaned")
      D) Dative (preposition "mit")
Relative pronouns "kick" their conjugated verb to the end of their part of the sentence.

So what would be the German for our four sample sentences? Try them, then click to see the answers.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Alles klar? Du kannst das Thema "Relativpronomen" in Lektion 8 gründlicher (more thoroughly) wiederholen.

Man findet Relativpronomen sehr oft mit Beschreibungen. Z. B.:
"Eine Katze ist ein Tier, das immer auf dem besten Stuhle im Haus sitzt."
"Das war eine Fledermaus, die normalerweise am Tag schläft."

Schriftliche Aufgabe
Schreib jetzt Beschreibungen oder Definitionen (mit Relativepronomen) für 4 der Tiere, für die du in dieser Lektion das Wort gelernt hast.
Tipp: Wo wohnt es? Was jagt es? Wo findet man es? usw.

Diese Aufgabe hat 16 Punkte.

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