A German Reader with Practical Exercises 18

A German Reader with Practical Exercises 18

Seite 49: »... die Stiefel haben’s gut«, auch Seite 54: »... kein

Mensch hat’s so sauer wie ein Minister«: ~_a._ Fred had an easy time

of it as‿long‿as (~solange~) he was with his uncle (~Onkel~). _b._ You

will have a hard time of it there. _c._ If I had a hard time of it

here, I should not stay.~

 

3. Seite 50: »... gehen sie im Sonnenschein spazieren«: ~_a._. We had

been taking a stroll in the forest. _b._ Will you go for a walk with me

this afternoon?~

 

4. Seite 50: »... sie aber machen sich’s bequem«: ~_a._ Come in

(~herein~) and make yourself comfortable. _b._ After I had made myself

comfortable, I began to read.~

 

5. Seite 50: »... trug er lieber« und Seite 53: »Am liebsten hätte

ich...«. Merken Sie sich: »Ich lese gern« ~I like to read~ oder ~I

am fond of reading.~ »Aber ich singe (noch) lieber« ~But I prefer to

sing~ oder ~I like singing still better.~ (»Aber ich singe lieber, als

daß ich lese« ~But I had rather sing than read.~) »Am liebsten jedoch

spiele ich die Flöte« ~Best of all, however, I like playing the flute~

oder ~What I prefer above all, however, is playing the flute.~ -- Nun

sagen Sie auf deutsch: ~_a._ Are you fond of dancing (~tanzen~)? Yes, I

am very fond of dancing. _b._ If you had rather go on foot (~zu Fuß~),

why don’t you say so (it)? _c._ She prefers walking to driving (goes

rather on foot than that she drives, ~fahren~). _d._ What I prefer

above all, however, is riding‿on‿horseback (~reiten~). _e._ I should

have liked best to stay at home to-day. _f._ I think he will prefer to

read this book rather than the other.~

 

6. Seite 51: »... wenn er Lust hat« und »Ich habe die Plackerei satt«.

Merken Sie sich: »Ich habe Lust (keine Lust) es zu tun« ~I feel (don’t

feel) like doing it.~ »Ich habe keine Lust dazu« ~I don’t feel like

it.~ »Ich habe es (die Sache, das Singen, Tanzen usw.) satt« ~I am

tired of it (of the thing, of singing, of dancing, etc.).~ Sagen Sie

also auf deutsch: ~_a._ Do you feel like taking a stroll with me?

_b._. If you feel like taking a walk, why don’t you do it? _c._ If

I had felt like it, I should have done it. _d._ I don’t feel at‿all

(~gar~) like speaking with him. I am heartily (~herzlich~) tired of

him. _e._ If I were not so tired of riding (~Reiten~), I should buy me

a horse again.~

 

7. Seite 52: »Ich befinde mich gar nicht wohl«. Merken Sie sich: »Ich

befinde mich (sehr) schlecht« ~I feel (very) ill (sick)!~ Sagen Sie auf

deutsch: ~_a._ How do you feel now, Mr. Collier? [I] thank [you], Mrs.

Fisher, I feel (already) much better than an hour ago. _b._ I always

feel (~am~) best when it is warm and dry (~trocken~). _c._ If he had

felt ill when we were there, he would have told us (it).~

 

 

Die Wunderlampe.

 

~1. On one of those long winter‿evenings shortly before Christmas

(~Weihnachten~) (the) Father returned from Graz, shook the snow from

his shoes, called us all together (~zusammenrufen~), and said: “Now you

shall just see what kind of Christmas‿present (~Weihnachtsgeschenk~) I

have brought you!”~

 

~2. While (~während~) he unpacked his wares, (the) Mother said: “I hope

it is a new American (~amerikanisch~) kerosene‿lamp, for I am heartily

tired of the dim candlelight.”~

 

~3. “You have guessed (~erraten~) it, Mother,” he laughed, “and now

I’ll show you what a wonderfully‿fine light it gives. 4. First (~erst~)

you fill the lamp with kerosene from this keg here. 5. Then you take

the burner (~Kapsel~) with the wick in‿it and screw (~schrauben~) it on

(~darauf~), this way (~so~). 6. Then you light the wick and quickly put

this glass‿tube over‿it: there‿now (~so~)!”~

 

~7. “But it smokes,” I cried; “the glass‿tube is getting all (~ganz~)

black, and I don’t see the light at all!” 8. “Be still, Peter,” said

(the) Father, “or I’ll...” 9. Then he turned the wick up a little

higher, and as (~da~) it then smoked still more, he turned it down

again, but there (~es~) came no bright light yet.~

 

~10. At (in) that (~dieser~) moment (~Augenblick~) my older brother

Fred said: “Perhaps the wonderful‿lamp will burn (_pres._) brighter if

we remove the glass‿tube altogether,” and with‿that he tried to take it

(~dieser~) off (~abzunehmen~), but it was so hot that he screamed aloud

(~laut aufschreien~) as‿soon‿as his fingers touched (~berühren~) it.

11. The rest of us children (We other, _weak infl._, children) laughed

at (~über~, _acc._) him.~

 

~12. “Well,” said our mother finally, “I should not wonder (it would,

~sollen~, not surprise, ~wundern~, me), Father, if the wick were still

standing too high. 13. Turn it down lower, please, till it goes clear

back into the shell.”~

 

14. Hardly (~kaum~) had (the) Father done that when (~so~) the flame

blazed forth out of the slit, so bright that we were almost (~beinahe~)

frightened. 15. “Mother,” cried he, “you have done it! The lamp

belongs (~gehören~) to you! 16. But I was (already) beginning to think

(believe) that the merchant had taken me in. 17. Now we’ll blow out all

[the] candles!”--and so (~das~) we did.~

 

 

Kurze Reise nach Amerika.

 

~A.~ 1. Warum kann man von Deutschland aus nicht ganz zu Fuß nach

England gehen? 2. Wer hatte die neuen Stiefel bestellt, an denen

Andreas arbeitete? 3. Was bedeutet es, wenn die Mutter sagt, der

selige Vater habe zwanzig Knieriemen an sich und an dem jungen

Andreas zerrissen? Warum sagt sie, auch an Andreas? 4. Was ist ein

Hofschuhmachermeister? 5. Woher wissen Sie, daß die Witwe Palmberger

gerade nicht arm war? 6. Warum sollte Andreas am ersten Tage nur bis

Merkendorf gehen? 7. Hatte die Mutter wohl noch einen anderen Grund,

ihm das zu raten? 8. Wo bekam Andreas das Heimweh? 9. Was für eine

Lampe brannte in der Herberge? 10. Was für ein Ding ist ein Scheffel?

Und was tat Andreas mit dem Scheffel? 11. Erzählen Sie die Geschichte

selbst weiter bis dahin, wo Andreas wieder heimkommt zur Mutter! 12.

Was war die erste Arbeit, die Andreas nach seiner Rückkehr vornahm? 13.

Wie lange blieb Andreas noch unverheiratet? 14. Wodurch machte er den

Schaden, den er dem Merkendorfer Wirt zugefügt hatte, wieder gut?

 

~B. 1. I will tell you briefly why Andreas was dissatisfied, why he

wanted [to go] to England or America, what he went‿through (~erleben~)

on the journey, and why he so soon returned to his mother. 2. He

believed that there (~es~) was no money in (nothing with) the

shoemaker’s‿business at (in) his home (~Heimat~). 3. “If I stay

here,” he said to his mother, “I must remain all my life what I am

now, but in England I may (~können~) perhaps become His Majesty’s

Court‿(Master)‿Shoemaker.” 4. So (~also~) he strapped up his knapsack,

took leave (~Abschied~) of his mother, and went off. 5. In the inn

at (~zu~) Merkendorf, where he spent (~verbringen~) the first night,

he had‿to sleep beside (~neben~) a Würzburger teamster (~Fuhrmann~)

who seemed to be dreaming about a fight and struck Andreas in(to) the

back‿of‿the‿neck. 6. The poor shoemaker jumped up frightened and looked

about for another place‿to‿sleep, which he also soon found. 7. But as

it was very dark in the room, he did not see that he had lain (laid

himself) [down] on a long kneading‿trough instead‿of (~anstatt~) on

a bench. 8. Soon he too began to dream and turned (himself) on his

side, the trough‿cover gave‿way and tipped over, and Andreas slipped

down into the warm, white dough, at‿which (~worüber~) he woke up. 9.

With one big jump he was out of it, shook himself, and was‿about‿to

(~wollen~) raise [a] racket. 10. But how angry (~zornig~) the innkeeper

would have been (become), and how the teamsters, the servants, and

the children would have jeered‿at (~verspotten~) him! 11. Therefore

he took [his] hat, cane, and knapsack, climbed (~steigen~) out of

the window (~zum... hinaus~), and ran back (~wieder~) home, where he

arrived (~anlangen~) just before daybreak, and without (~ohne~) having

(to have) been seen by anyone (~irgend jemand~) except (~außer~) his

mother. 12. After this short journey to America he no longer desired to

go abroad, but picked out a wife (for himself) and had a grand wedding.~

 

 

Wie man Diebe fängt.

 

~A.~ 1. Haben Sie nicht schon einmal in diesem Buche von Dieben

gelesen? Wissen Sie noch, wo das war? 2. Wo kam der Kaffee her, den

der Kapitän trank? Und wo liegt der Ort? 3. Wovor fürchtete sich der

Kapitän, als die Nebel heraufstiegen? 4. Was oder wer weckte ihn aus

dem ersten Halbschlummer? 5. Wie kam es, daß der Alte sich anfangs

wehrlos glaubte gegen den Dieb? 6. Womit wehrte er sich dennoch

zuletzt? 7. Wozu schüttelte er die Flasche noch, ehe er an dem Kork

drückte? 8. Erzählen Sie, was weiter passierte, und vergessen Sie ja

nicht, uns zu sagen, was die Moral von der Geschichte ist!

 

~B. 1. Half an hour (~Stunde~) after we had left (~verlassen~) the city

of Haarlem we came to (~an~) a large country‿house with a beautiful

veranda, and sure enough (~richtig~), there sat the old sea‿captain.

2. As‿soon‿as he saw (~erblicken~) us, he invited (~einladen~) us to

drink a cup [of] Mocha‿coffee with him, which (~was~) we did only too

gladly, for he always drinks (of) the best and dearest.~

 

~3. “(Mr.) Captain,” said my friend after a while (~Weile~), “is it

true that you had (_perf._) [an] unannounced visitor (~Besuch~) last

(yesterday) night (~nacht~)?” 4. “That is true,” he answered smiling

(~lächeln~), “but where did you hear (_perf._) of‿it?” 5. “At (~auf~)

the Haarlem Police‿Station,” I said, “only we cannot believe that you

defended (_perf._) yourself with a bottle [of] Seltzer‿water when

(~da~) you have so many Turkish sabers and other weapons (~Waffe~)

in your house.” 6. “Unfortunately (~leider~),” said the captain, “my

collection of arms is (~sich befinden~) not in the‿same end of the

house in which I sleep; but, as (~wie~) you will now believe, (the)

Seltzer‿water, thoroughly shaken, is just‿as (~ebenso~) good (in order)

to catch burglars with‿(it) as (in order) to quench (~löschen~, the)

thirst. 7. You ought to have (~sollen~; _past perf. subj._) heard

how it popped, just like (~gerade wie~) a pistol.” 8. “And didn’t

your servant, the old sailor, help (~helfen~; _perf._) you [to] catch

the thief and hand‿[him]‿over‿to‿the‿authorities?” we asked again.

9. “No,” was the answer. “I had sent him to (~in~) the city and he

had not yet returned when I went to bed; so (~also~) I had‿to do it

all (~ganz~) alone and with‿my‿own‿hands. 10. But the burglar was

so stunned from (~von~) his fall (~Fall~) that I did not find it

very difficult (~schwer~) to tie his throat with a long Chinese silk

(~seiden~) handkerchief which I always take to bed with [me].” 11.

“Do you think, (Mr.) Captain,” I asked, “that the Chinese make these

silk handkerchiefs so long and strong for that very purpose (~gerade

zu dem Zweck~)?” 12. “Hardly (~schwerlich~),” he laughed, “but I do

not believe either (also not) that our burglar had brought‿along a

rope in‿order‿that (~damit~) I might tie (_past subj._) his hands

on his back, and yet (~doch~) both‿things (~beides~) have happened

(~geschehen~) here. 13. The only (~einzig~; _neut._) [thing] that

(~was~) I regret (~bedauern~) is that I caught (_perf._) a terrible

(~fürchterlich~) cold‿in‿the‿head while (~während~) I was taking

(~bringen~) the malefactor to the Haarlem Police‿Station, for you know

that we sailors (~Seeleute~) cannot bear (~ertragen~) the fog as well

as you landlubbers (~Landratte~).”~

 

 

Die Grenzfichte.

 

~A.~ 1. Um was handelte es sich in dem Streit zwischen den beiden

Bauern? 2. Wie und wann entstand der Streit? 3. Warum nahm nicht

jeder Bauer einen Advokaten an? 4. Wer nahm sonst noch teil an dem

Streit? 5. Warum wird die Fichte ein »Bretterbaum« genannt? 6. Was

ist ein Friedenstifter? Und wie würden Sie einen Menschen nennen, der

den Frieden stört? 7. Zu welchem Jahrhundert gehört das Jahr 1845?

Und wie nennt man das vorhergehende Jahrhundert und das folgende?

Aber zu welchem Jahrhundert gehört das Jahr 1900? 8. An welche andere

Geschichte in diesem Buch erinnert Sie das Binden der Erntegarben?

9. Wie ging der Wunsch des Dorfschmieds in Erfüllung, und wer teilte

endlich die Grenzfichte?

 

~B. 1. The Teacher: Mr. R. will begin to tell us the story of (~von~)

the boundary‿spruce. If he makes mistakes (~Fehler~), correct

(~korrigieren~) him, please. 2. Mr. R. begins: About the middle of the

eighteenth century... 3. Miss W.: Wrong (~Falsch~)! Of the nineteenth

century! 4. Mr. R.: But we are told (it is told to‿us) that the

lightning (~Blitz~) struck (into) the giant‿spruce in‿the year 1845.

5. The Teacher: Quite right (~recht~), but that was in‿the nineteenth

century, was it not? 6. _a_. Mr. R.: Well, I’ll begin over again

(~wieder von vorn~). _b._ About the middle of the nineteenth century

two big farmers had a long, long quarrel over (~um~) a magnificent

spruce tree which stood on the boundary of their lands. _c._ Each said

that it belonged to him alone, and each had already paid his lawyer as

(so)‿much as the entire tree was worth... 7. _a._ Mr. B.: Wrong! For

that (~dazu~) they were too sensible. _b._ But the two farmers, their

wives, their children, their hired men, and their maidservants finally

lived in deadly enmity with‿one‿another, and even their dogs growled

at‿each‿other. 8. The Teacher: Mr. B., you may go on (~fortfahren~). 9.

_a._ Mr. B.: Several (~mehrere~) good men had tried to make (~stiften~)

peace between the two farmers, but these were too obstinate, and

the village‿blacksmith had said one day he wished (~wünschen~) that

(the) lightning would strike (into) the spruce, and that’s just what

happened (and just that happened) in‿the summer [of] 1845. _b._ Both

farmers with their help were in the adjoining fields. _c._ Both were

casting longing looks up to the spruce, (the) one from the right,

the other from the left. 10. The Teacher: Miss W., you may tell what happened then. 11. Miss W.: Then black thunderclouds came on over the mountains, from the southwest (~Südwest~)...