Pál from Romania and Miranda from England interested in the radio station in Germany. Radio is important for you all: If you learn German, it's 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 for this fee. 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 listeners not only, but also inform.
The public channels 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. Bayern1 for example, plays more music from the 60s. Bayern2 sends a lot of spoken content, and even radio plays. Bayern3 the ground wave, which most people listen to that station. There, a typical program is made, contemporary music from the charts, so moderators of the top ten of the charts, many jokes and funny. I like this kind of radio is not so much. Bayern4 sends all day classical music, so Mozart and Beethoven and so on. And Bayern5 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, North Rhine-Westphalia in the WDR, the Berlin-Brandenburg RBB and so on. By the way: All of these stations also have podcasts! Just google it or look at iTunes once. I recommend you at this point, for example, the interview podcast SWR1 people.
In addition to 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 specialized in entertainment, there are often heard Contests and lots of music, spoken text less.
A few terms that you should know in connection with the radio. The people who speak 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, you 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 majority of radio stations on the Internet or can download podcasts of individual shows. If you find a good radio podcast that is suitable for learners of German, then please write it in the comments 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 suggestions for topics for me, write to podcast@slowgerman.com and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have supported me! Greetings from Germany, your Annik.
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Monica from the United States has asked me what nicknames we use in Germany. For this I must first explain what a term of endearment. When people are very happy to have or make love, they often use different names for each other. This is called nicknames.
The most common nickname in Germany's treasure. A treasure is something very valuable. In stories about pirates, it's usually a treasure box, which is a box full of gold or money which was hidden somewhere. A treasure is something that a person is very important. No wonder then that both men call their women like treasure, and their wives.
Often used as animal lovers name as a nickname. A rather thick, fluffy man is called, for example, like "bear", or men with beards, for example. While women are "rabbit" or "mouse" called. Or sparrow, which is a small bird. It likes to use the diminutive form, ie rabbit or mouse. Or snip. Difficult to pronounce, right?
Women by their husbands also often called angel, an angel is indeed usually a divine being, with blond hair and wings.
Or just sweetness. Just as in America, "Sweetie" is.
Or shine - but that only works on women happy, right?
It is said also like sweetheart or my love for the woman he loves. English or "baby".
For men it is the male form, or sweet darling. Or they say to each other darling. A very nice pet name is "sweetheart". This is actually a little flower.
And of course, not only lovers give themselves nicknames. Also, particularly parents for their children's various nicknames. Or simply use your own pet nicknames. My cat is actually called Tiger, but I call it as many chips. Or mice. Funny, is not it?
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Tam from Pennsylvania asked me how to do it the old people in Germany. I'll try to give some answers.
Old people are called in Germany seniors. You get discounts at various establishments. That is, they can, for example, go to the museum entrance and pay less. Old people in Germany are usually still very fit, they are healthy compared to many other countries, well cared for, but of course there are problems here.
In Germany, listening to older people to work normally. We then say that someone retires or he retires. Most people stop working when they are between 60 and 65 years old. Suppose a man 45 years working in Germany for many. Then he will pay money every month to the national pension. And the company where he works does that for him too. If he then worked for 45 years, for example, he can stop working - and still continue to get money. He gets his pension paid out every month.
This is especially important because the structure of society has changed. Previously we lived in a big family. Several generations lived under one roof. So the grandmother lived together with her daughter, grandson, aunt or uncles or other family members. This had many advantages. The grandmother could take care of the grandchildren, for example, when the parents went to work. Therefore, the parents provided the grandmother when she was old and needed care. But today only a few German living in an extended family. Especially in big cities. The pension fund also can be aged life.
Who stays healthy, which can also live alone in old age. Because, of course, everything gets harder when the body is getting old, you can get help. One can be delivered as food, for example, a service that "meals on wheels" means. Or community service to help the old person in everyday life. Community service, young men who work after school a few months with social services.
There are also the so-called assisted living. Here the old man bought his own sphere of life or rented a room or apartment. Depending on what kind of help he needs, over time, it will be granted them. This of course costs money. Another alternative is nursing homes. Here live together and the elderly are cared for, each of them has his own room, but still. In Germany, people are living longer, and many of them have diseases like Alzheimer's. These people often can not be cared for in their own family, but need professional staff who care for them. There are several insurance companies that take the cost of this care. Almost every German pay into the pension insurance system and the long-term care. Will be maintained when you are old and sick. In nursing homes, it looks more like a hospital - often several people here are in a room.
We hope at least that we are all as healthy as possible and enjoy the old life. Or? And the German senior citizens seem to be pretty fit - at least many of them are on the Internet - they are called in English Silver Surfer.
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Marie-Françoise is a teacher from Belgium. She has asked me to talk about summer jobs. So I'll do that today.
Many students work during their holidays. They earn money and experience new things. Students under 15 years of age may not work in Germany as an adult. There is a law that prohibits child labor. But there is one exception: If the parents allow it, children are allowed to work after only 13 years. But just two hours per day and only during the day. And of course, not during school hours. It is different during the holidays. This allowed pupils aged between 15 and 18 work a maximum of four weeks a year and a maximum of eight hours per day.
Popular jobs for students are, for example, babysitting, delivering newspapers or giving private lessons. Babysitting is clear - as the student adjusts to a smaller child of his parents and get money for it. Newspapers unsubscribe means that students go by bicycle or on foot from house to house, and deliver free sheets for a publisher. So they put in every mailbox a copy and get paid for it. If a student's tuition means that he helps another student who is poor in a school subject. So they learn together, and the parents pay the tuition for teachers. As a rule, are an older student tutoring a younger student in a subject, so for example in mathematics or English.
Those who work only during the holidays, the season usually makes easy work. For example, a student working as an ice cream vendor. Then he sold ice cream to children and adults. It can also work as a pizza delivery man. Then he delivers pizza to people who have ordered them by telephone. Anyone who is athletic and can swim well, can work for a special training as a lifeguard. Then he sits on a lake or in a swimming pool and take care so that no one drowns.
Students will work in the summer of love as an entertainer in a hotel complex. That is, they themselves live abroad, in Spain or Italy, for example, and work at the hotel. You do with the guests special programs, generally the sport. They often work but also in restaurants and cafes as a waiter or waitress. So bring food and drinks to the guests.
Why do students? Of course, one thinks immediately of this question of money. And that is for many the primary motivation. With a little more pocket money a student can probably buy computer games, books and music, which he could not otherwise afford. A student can use the extra money might now and then go drink a cocktail with friends or the cinema. But there is another reason why holiday work is very good: students learn by what it means to work. You must be punctual at work, they need to do a job and many hours do something that makes them unlikely to be as much fun as spending time with friends. And at some summer jobs, students learn and later for all students something their profession. I myself have in the holidays and after school worked at a radio station there and learned a lot. Maybe I have done without this summer job ever to stroll,!
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