CBG Mag 2.09 | Das Leben der Anderen

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🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

We’re discussing a film in this episode of the Coffee Break German Magazine: ‘The Life of Others’ by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Set in 1984, the film portrays life in the German Democratic Republic, in East Berlin, and follows a couple being spied on by a member of the Stasi. We hear more about the film through the text featured in this episode and Mark and Andrea focus on some of the key grammar points including: the passive, man and je… desto. Be sure to listen out for some new vocabulary, such as the words: bespitzelt, verdeckt and abgehört.

In each episode of this 10-lesson season for intermediate learners you can build your vocabulary, increase your understanding of grammar and learn to use the German language in a more natural way. This series follows on from Seasons 1 and 2 of Coffee Break German.

There will be a total of 10 episodes in Season 2 of the Coffee Break German Magazine. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine on the Coffee Break Academy.

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0:00.0	Coffee-Big German Magazine, season 2. Episode 9.
0:14.0	Hallo und herzlich willkommen zu Coffee Break German. Ich bin Marc.
0:17.0	Und ich bin Andrea. Wie geht's dir heute?
0:20.0	Mir geht es wunderbar, danke Marc und dir.
0:23.0	Ihr geht's auch sehr gut heute, weil wir über die Filme reden.
0:27.0	Ja, einen ganz speziellen Film, ein particular Film.
0:31.0	Und es ist das Film, das lieben der Anderen.
0:36.0	Ja.
0:37.0	So, der Life of others, literally in Translation,
0:40.0	und das ist ein faszinierter Film,
0:42.0	sagt ein sehr spezialer Teil in historien.
0:45.0	Ja, genau. Während der Zeit der DDR,
0:49.0	so, during the time of the GDR.
0:52.0	Okay, let's listen to the text.
0:54.0	Oliver ist hier, again, to read the text.
0:56.0	And then we'll go through it in detail,
0:58.0	talking about all the interesting language points coming up.
1:01.0	Also, los geht's!
1:09.0	Hallo Andrea. Hallo Marc.
1:11.0	Und Hallo, liebe Zuhöre.
1:13.0	Ich habe wieder einen tollen Text für euch mitgebracht.
1:16.0	Dann es geht um einen deutschen Film.
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