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Engineers from China would like to know what social networks we use here in Germany. For several years, social networks play an important role in Germany - as in many other countries also.
Meanwhile, nearly three-quarters of the population (73.3%) online. 43% of German internet users have created a profile on a social network. The numbers are way out of the current ARD-ZDF online study, so a study was commissioned by the public broadcasters in order.
The most popular network in Germany is currently Facebook. It was different. For in Germany there are some networks that do not exist elsewhere. For example StudiVZ. VZ stands for directory, and there are a whole group of such directories. StudiVZ is a social network for students, SchülerVZ is a network for students, and who is neither students nor student can register with MeinVZ. Another German network is "Who knows who?". And for those who want to network professionally, there Xing - in America is a similar network LinkedIn.
Young people have also used like MySpace, but now it is less than normal network than as a music network where bands can present themselves. Twitter and also plays a big role! For example, if a program running on television, which is interesting for teenagers. These are mostly shows like "Germany seeks the superstar" (in "American Idol"), "Germany's Next Top Model" or similar. Then sit teenagers and young adults watching TV, have their laptop on the knees or a smart phone in hand and twitter. It's fun to read these tweets!
Incidentally, we usually use here the English words when it comes to social networks. We say "followers" on Twitter for the other readers, and not "followers". We also say that we have something "posted" on Facebook. So this is the English word "to post" Germanized. Some words we use in German, for example, we here at Facebook "friends", and we click on the "Like" button, which is called the 'Like'.
A bit more about the language that is related to social networks. Who first visited a social network like Facebook, the register must be first. He sets a username and a password. And he usually needs a valid e-mail address to sign up. If the application worked fine, then he can create his profile. So he feeds Facebook with information about his person. He can give his date of birth and current place of residence, his hobbies and his favorite movies, what music he listens to and what other Facebook pages please him. And he can upload photos or videos. It is important that the account settings and be noticed above all the privacy settings. In Germany Facebook is heavily criticized, because the Germans place great emphasis on privacy and Facebook often infringes upon.
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Engineers from China would like to know what social networks we use here in Germany. For several years, social networks play an important role in Germany - as in many other countries also. Meanwhile, nearly three-quarters of the population (73.3%) online. 43% of German internet users have created a profile on a social network. The ...
Trina from California has many ideas for new episodes of Slow Deutsch. You want to know more about, for example, like zoos. Zoo is short for zoological garden. We also say zoo or animal park this - including you can imagine something safe, right? People have kept various animals in zoos, and for different reasons. For example, people over 100 years ago are still not traveled much, they of course still no TV, so they did not look like a lion or tiger in the wild. At the zoo, these people look at exotic animals. The animals were also studied and observed by scientists. And still another thought is often linked to Zoos: Rare animals are protected from harm and bred here. Zoos are also the type-preservation, that is, they ensure that rare species do not become extinct.
In Germany there are some very famous animal parks. For example, Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg. It was founded by Carl Hagenbeck 1896th This man had an unusual idea: a zoo without bars. He did not confine animals in cages. By ditches or steep rocky enclosures were built, from which the animals can not escape, where they are but should not feel confined. Most zoos keep the grid up today without animal husbandry. In Stuttgart, the Wilhelma is well known, in Munich, there is the Tierpark Zoo. The Zoologischer Garten Berlin is even the richest zoo in the world, especially living here so many different animals.
Every major city has a zoo in Germany. Usually extend the zoo over large areas, they look like large parks where animals are kept. Many families go on the weekend together in the zoo, there are also restaurants and often playgrounds for the children. So you can easily spend a whole day there.
As nice as the idea of a zoo is also - there are always critics who call for their abolition. Animal rights activists point out that not many animals can be kept under appropriate conditions. Wild animals such as tigers have a great freedom in the territory, which extends over several hundred kilometers. In the zoo they have to live on a very small area. Moreover, often for keeping wild animals in zoos are captive.
In Germany, most zoos are trying to treat the animals as well as possible and give them plenty of space. Very popular are regular broadcasts on television, where you can look behind the scenes at an animal park. In these programs keepers are shown in their work, or how it is when the vet examined an elephant.
There are major headlines in the newspapers again and again, if an animal is born at the zoo. For example, was born in Munich, just a small elephant. Even more famous was a young polar bear who was born in Berlin: Knut. He was raised by a man and all went to the zoo to see Knut the cute. There was even merchandising of Knut, little polar bear material for the children, for example. Unfortunately, Knut is now dead
What do you think of zoos? Is there in your home and animal parks? Likes to write in the comment function on www.slowgerman.com or on Facebook. Until next time, your Annik.
Trina from California has many ideas for new episodes of Slow Deutsch. You want to know more about, for example, like zoos. Zoo is short for zoological garden. We also say zoo or animal park this - including you can imagine something safe, right? People have kept various animals in zoos, and the ...
Thu Thuy has wanted a more difficult issue, and that he wants to know about insurance. Everyone in Germany has any insurance. I say this now simply. Most people have such a health insurance. This means they pay money every month, and her employer also pays money. If you get sick then again, the insurance pays the medical bill, for example, or a hospital stay or surgery.
Many people also have a pension. It works similar: workers, so the works of man, and employers, ie the company where you work, pay money every month. If the person then goes into retirement, no longer works, he still gets money every month from this insurance. Even with a life insurance policy you pay a monthly money - after a certain age you get this money back then, so to speak. Or, if you die prematurely, get the members, for example, the wife and children, money. This is a voluntary coverage.
Every person who has a car in Germany, must also complete an insurance policy. This is usually paid once a year. For example, if I cause an accident then the insurance pays for the damage. I have to explain more precisely, I'm afraid. Suppose I drive my car, brake, for example at traffic lights too late. Then I damage the car in front of me. The insurance then pays the other driver the damage to his car. There are different types of auto insurance. If I have a new car, then I usually have a fully comprehensive insurance. The insurance will pay almost all the damage to my car. This insurance is very expensive. With an older car it's not worth it. Then it usually has a comprehensive insurance. This means that if I pay a claim as a car owner a part of yourself, the rest of the insurance takes over. My part, then we call self-interest.
What else is there for insurance? A lot! For example, a liability insurance policy. If I cause an injury, for example, because I've poured a glass of water with a friend on my laptop or a vase has fallen off, then paid the liability insurance. There is also a household insurance - the insured everything in my apartment or my house. If I have very expensive furniture or large electronics equipment, then such a worthwhile insurance. If, for example, thieves will break into my apartment and steal everything, then the insurance pays. Or if it burns.
In a legal expenses insurance helps the insured, if you need a lawyer and is on trial. You notice already, I can not explain all the insurance companies - but they all operate the same way. You pay a price that you get back then in certain cases - usually you pay a little and then gets more money if you really need it. At least in theory. In practice, it is true that many German insurance companies have entered too many and they never need. So every month you pay a lot of money on insurance.
That's it for this episode of Slow Deutsch - more information under slowgerman.com as always, there are learning materials and all old episodes and of course the links to Twitter and Facebook.
Thu Thuy has wanted a more difficult issue, and that he wants to know about insurance. Everyone in Germany has any insurance. I say this now simply. Most people have such a health insurance. This means they pay money every month, and her employer also pays money. If you even then ...
Pál from Romania and Miranda from England interested in the radio station in Germany. Radio is important for all of you: If your German is taught, it is a good way to improve your listening skills. In Germany there are many different radio stations. I'll try to explain to you the system.
First, there is the so-called public radio stations. This means that they are financed by fees. Every German who has a radio, pays additional fees. Even if he has, for example a car radio. Of this money, the public radio stations will be funded. These stations have a so-called educational mission. They will entertain the audience, not only, but also inform.
The public stations broadcast their programs from across the country. Almost every province has its own transmitter. Here in Bavaria, for example, there is the Bavarian Radio. It is divided into five different radio stations. Each channel has different contents. Bayern 1 for example, plays more music from the 60s. Bayern2 spoken content, and also sends a lot of radio plays. Bayern3 is the mass wave that most people listen to that station. There, a typical program is made, the latest music from the charts, so presenters from the top ten of the charts, many jokes and funny. I like this kind of radio not so much. Bayern4 sends all day classical music, so Mozart and Beethoven and so on. Bayern5 and is a pure information channels, here the whole time news magazines and run with journalistic content.
It is similar in other states. There is the SWR in Baden-Wuerttemberg, the WDR in North Rhine-Westphalia, the RBB in Berlin-Brandenburg and so on. By the way: All of these stations also have podcasts! Just google it or even look at iTunes. I recommend you at this point, for example, the interview podcast SWR1 people.
In addition to the public radio stations, there are also private broadcasters. These stations are financed not by fees, but through advertising. Private radio stations exist in Germany for almost 30 years. These stations are usually more focused on entertainment, there are often heard to win games and lots of music, spoken text less.
A few terms that you should know in connection with broadcasting. The people who talk on the radio, called moderators. Important elements of a radio program are often the news on the hour or half hour, the weather forecast and traffic reports - so where are traffic jams or accidents just happen. To find a particular radio station, one should know its frequency, then the search is simple. For each transmitter sends its program on a particular frequency, namely, for example, 97.3 FM, which stands for Very High Frequency, the American is the FM.
Meanwhile, one receives the most radio stations on the Internet or can download podcasts of individual shows. If you find a good radio podcast that is also suitable for learners of German, then please write it in the comment function on slowgerman.com, then enjoy the other handset.
That's it for today, I thank you for listening! Soon there will be some changes to slowgerman.com, so keep your eyes open. If you have topic suggestions for me, and I wrote to podcast@slowgerman.com would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have supported me! Greetings from Germany, your Annik.
Pál from Romania and Miranda from England interested in the radio station in Germany. Radio is important for all of you: If your German is taught, it is a good way to improve your listening skills. In Germany there are many different radio stations. I'll try to explain to you the system. First, there is the so-called ...
