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- Herausgeber: Intangible Press
- Kategorie: Fremdsprachen
- Serie: PONS 5-Minuten-Lektüren Englisch A1
- Sprache: Deutsch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022
Haben Sie mal 5 Minuten? - Dann lesen Sie los! Lernen Sie mit 20 kurzen und einfachen Geschichten England und seine Bewohner kennen. Unbekannte Wörter? Kein Problem. Erschließen Sie neue Wörter und Wortfamilien mit anschaulichen und liebevoll illustrierten Mind-Maps – einfacher geht's nicht!
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Die Geschichten
Perfekt für 5 Minuten!In diesem Buch finden Sie 20 kurze englische Geschichten, mit denen Sie wunderbar jede Pause, Wartezeit oder Busfahrt verkürzen können.
Mit locker-leichten Geschichten lernen Sie den englischen Alltag kennen und erweitern mühelos Ihren Englisch-Wortschatz zu grundlegenden Themen.
Lesefreundlich! Über die Fußnoten können Sie direkt zur Übersetzung am Ende des Kapitels springen und wieder zurück zur Geschichte, z.B.: house[1]. Manche Wörter sind farblich markiert. Das sind Wörter, die in den Mind-Maps auftauchen. Dazu mehr auf der nächsten Seite!
Die Mind-Maps
Das wird Ihr Gehirn lieben!Unser Gehirn freut sich über Strukturen. Es sortiert Dinge gerne in Gruppen ein, da es sie sich so leichter merken kann.
Wortfelder statt ListenAuch Wörter lassen sich in thematisch zusammenhängen den Gruppen viel einfacher lernen und merken als in umfangreichen Listen.
Natürlicher GedankengangWenn Sie an einen Begriff denken, dann meistens nicht an diesen allein! In der Regel haben Sie, wie auf einer Gedanken-Landkarte (Mind-Map), verwandte Dinge vor Augen.
INHALT
1 The Full English Breakfast
MIND-MAP ‘an English Breakfast’
2 The Victoria Line
MIND-MAP ‘public transport’
3 A Night at the Cinema
MIND-MAP ‘at the cinema’
4 A Real Cup of Coffee
MIND-MAP ‘at the coffee shop’
5 The First Day of School
MIND-MAP ‘meeting people’
6 A Table for Two
MIND-MAP ‘at the restaurant’
7 The Morning Routine
MIND-MAP ‘daily routine’
8 The Surprise
MIND-MAP ‘family’
9 The Lost Book
MIND-MAP ‘around town’
10 Summer Holidays
MIND-MAP ‘a day at the beach’
11 The Perfect Job
MIND-MAP ‘jobs’
12 This is the Life
MIND-MAP ‘nature’
13 No Pain, No Gain
MIND-MAP ‘at the gym’
14 The Cocktail Party
MIND-MAP ‘in the house’
15 A Very English Thing to Do
MIND-MAP ‘the bank’
16 Flight 105
MIND-MAP ‘at the airport’
17 The Doctor
MIND-MAP ‘at the doctor’s’
18 Football and Shopping
MIND-MAP ‘shopping’
19 The Big Day
MIND-MAP ‘love and marriage’
20 An Emergency
MIND-MAP ‘emergencies’
1 The Full English Breakfast
David Smith turns on[1] the light in the kitchen and closes the door. Outside,[2] it is dark, and the street is very quiet.[3] For a moment, David stands in the kitchen and does not move. He is a thin young man, about 28 years old, with messy[4] blond hair, tired[5] blue eyes and a kind[6] face.
Oh, and he is wearing blue and white pyjamas and brown slippers.[7] He looks at the clock on the wall in the kitchen. It is only 06:55 in the morning. On a normal weekend, David does not wake up until at least[8] 10:30. But today is not a normal day.
No, today is the first wedding anniversary[9] of David and his beautiful wife, Sarah.
Later, he wants to go for a nice walk in the park with her, and after that have a romantic lunch at a fantastic restaurant in the town centre.
But first, David wants to make Sarah a perfect anniversary breakfast.
There is only one problem. David is a terrible[10] cook.
In fact, David never cooks because he is so terrible at it. But, he thinks, how hard can it be?
He walks to the kitchen cupboard, takes out a box of eggs and a tin ofbaked beans.[11] Then he opens the fridge[12] and takes out a box of mushrooms,[13] a packet of bacon[14] and four large sausages.[15]
A full English breakfast; Sarah’s favourite.
He places a large frying pan[16] on the hob,[17]lights the gas[18] and puts the sausages in the frying pan.
He then remembers the flowers. Outside, in the shed,[19] there is a lovely bunch[20] of red roses.
He walks to the back door, opens it, then steps out into the cold morning air. With a smile on his face he runs down the path and opens the shed.
He picks up the flowers and walks back to the house.
He is three metres from the back door when a strong wind moves across the garden and the back door closes with a bang.
David runs to the door and pulls on the handle;[21] but nothing[22] happens. The door does not open. David goes to the window. Inside the kitchen he can see the sausages cooking on the hob. He starts to panic. What can he do? His keys are in the house.
The window?
Yes! The small window at the front of the kitchen is open. But, he thinks, suddenly worried,[23] it really is a very small window. With the flowers in his hand, he jumps up and pushes his head and shoulders through[24] the small gap.
There is quite a bit of smoke[25] in the kitchen; the sausages are starting to burn.[26] Very worried now, he tries to pull the rest of his body[27] through the window; his left arm, his chest, his stomach. He tries to pull his right arm through the window. The beautiful red roses squash[28] against his body. He tries to pull them through gently,[29] but it’s impossible.[30] In fact, he suddenly realises,[31] he cannot move.
He is halfway[32] through the window, the beautiful flowers are squashed against him and smoke is filling the kitchen.
He wants to call for help when Sarah opens the kitchen door. She runs to the hob and turns off[33] the gas.
“Hello, David,” she says, with a thin smile on her face.
“Er … hello, Sarah.” David says. He pulls on his right arm and slowly, painfully,[34] the bunch of squashed red roses appears.[35] “Happy Anniversary.”
For a moment, Sarah says nothing. Then the sound of laughter[36] fills the kitchen.
“Happy Anniversary, David. Should I finish cooking the breakfast?”
2 The Victoria Line
There are many things that Victoria does not like. She does not like small spaces.[1] She does not like dark places. She does not like busy places with lots of people. Also, she does not really like new people and places.
So, you can probably[2] understand why the underground[3] in London is not one of Victoria’s favourite places. Normally, Victoria does not need to use the underground. The small bookshop where she works is very close to her house in Pimlico. Most of her friends live in the same area. Most of the places she likes to visit are in that area, too. But this evening, Victoria has no choice;[4] she must use the underground. Her new friend, Catherine, lives in Brixton and it’s Catherine’s birthday.
Victoria knows Brixton is only three stops on the tube,[5] but it is too far to walk and her blue bike is broken.[6]
“You can do this,”[7] Victoria says in a quiet voice.[8] She is standing on the platform[9] waiting for the train. She is a short young woman with long dark hair, big green eyes and a pretty face. She has her ticket in one hand and a small red birthday gift[10] in the other.
The train arrives at the platform and Victoria closes her eyes. The noise[11] is horrible. The smell is horrible. All of the loud, busy people on the platform are, Victoria thinks, horrible. The door of the train opens. Everyone on the platform moves towards[12] the train and gets on.
“You can do this,” Victoria says again, and before the doors close she runs onto the train, too.
“See, you can do it” she thinks. She wants to smile,[13] when the train starts to move. When she opens her eyes, she is sitting on a young man on one of the seats.
“Oh! Excuse me!”[14] she says as she stands up again. “I’m so sorry!”
“Oh no, it’s fine,” says the young man with a smile. “I hope your gift is OK.”
Victoria sits down on the seat and looks at the gift. “I’m sure it is. It’s only books.”
“Oh,” says the man. “What books?”[15]
“Jane Austen[16] novels,” says Victoria. She normally does not speak to people she does not know.
“Really?” says the man with another smile. “I love Austen. She’s probably my favourite author.”
“Oh. She’s my favourite author, too,” says Victoria.
The train stops at the next station and more people get on. An old woman sits down on the seat next to Victoria, so she moves nearer[17] to the young man. Normally, Victoria does not like to be too near to people she does not know. But, she thinks, there is something very nice about the young man. His face is very kind,[18] and his smile is very pleasant.[19] And, she remembers, he loves Jane Austen.
“So, are you going to a party?” asks the man when the train starts to move again.
“Yes, in Brixton.”
“Oh. I live in Stockwell, the next stop,”[20] says the man.
“Oh.”
Victoria is normally a very shy[21] person. She speaks to her friends. She speaks to the customers[22]
