Raumberg 5U students´ blog: March 2021

Grammar & Listening

Grammar

Grammar Exercises 😎

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Good, better, perfect! p. 94ff

Listening

Listening EASY😊

Listening INTERMEDIATE 😉

Listening DIFFICULT 😜

Small Talk / Flirting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGoIoDuf83o START 2.32

Conversation Starters:

https://wehavekids.com/parenting/Conversation-Starters-for-Teens

https://www.scarymommy.com/conversation-starters-for-teenagers/

Which is your favorite TV show? Which is your most liked TV Character? What do you like about them?
What do you love to do in your free time?
Do you like to read? Which is your favorite book?
Which food do you like the most?
Do you cook? If you could cook anything for yourself, what would you cook?
Which is your favorite film? Why?
Who is your favorite actor/actress? What do you like most about them?
If you could meet anyone, dead or alive, who would that be?
What is your favorite season and why?
What is your favorite holiday to celebrate? Why?
What kind of music do you listen to? Who is your favorite musician?
Have you ever been to a foreign country? Where would you like to travel to the most?
Who is your closest friend?
Which traits do you look for in a best friend?
Are you dating someone? Do you have a crush on someone?
What are the traits you seek most in a partner? Why?
What do you think is most important when it comes to dating?
Who or what makes you laugh the most?
What is your biggest fear? Why?
How do you soothe yourself when you’re feeling scared?
What makes you sad? Why?
What do you do when you’re sad?
How many cities have you lived in? Would you want to live in a different city? Where?
What’s your ultimate Sunday Funday? What would you be doing? Who would be with you?
What are the five most favorite things you like about yourself?
What is one thing that you would want to change about yourself, and why?
What is your favorite part about school?
Which subject in school do you enjoy most? Why?
Which subject do you dislike the most? Why?
What are your future plans? Will you go to college or start working or take a break after high school?
What is your dream job?
What or who inspires you?
What is the one thing that you feel most passionately about in life?
Do you live by any life motto?
What is a skill that you would like to learn?
Should cell phones be allowed in schools?
What are your thoughts about social media?
How do you feel about money? What does money mean to you?
What is your most embarrassing moment? Why was it embarrassing?
What have you learned the most about yourself in the last year?
What is the first thing on your bucket list? Why is that on the top?
What are you most grateful for in your life?
Has there been any incident in your life, which you think has had an impact on the way you think or live your life?

Flirting Tips:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxQZ05lpZSQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ObDYK5JYug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISxxDWS4uc

Milk Production

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmNzUEmFZMg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwb2uZLSLhw&t=28s

https://www.statistik.at/web_en/statistics/Economy/agriculture_and_forestry/livestock_animal_production/milk/index.html

Talking activity:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QftuC3IrFCE

· Give a short interpretation of these cartoons above. Analyse the present situation of milk and beef production in Austria.

· You have applied for a very interesting and profitable job in the US- milk business. You have been invited to a job interview. You have the best chances to get the job. Sitting there, you are asked to give a short introduction to the milk production in Europe. What about organic farming in the USA?

· With farming in Austria, which problems and future perspectives do you see? Do you see chances for Austrian small structured farming, when the subsidies from the EU are cut?

Forestry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUhTijm-_nQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un2yBgIAxYs

Read the text in the supplement - it will provide necessary information and should inspire your individual long turn talk.

Imagine the following situation: Presentation University

Individual Long Turn 4-5 min

You study forestry at the University of Natural Resources and Life Science, Vienna (BOKU). You are spending an exchange semester at the University of Sibiu (Romania) at the moment. For a seminar you have to prepare a short presentation about forestry in Austria.

Inform your fellow students about the importance and functions of forestry in Austria
Explain why wood becomes increasingly important also in the field of architecture
Outline the increasing importance of wood in the field of energy supply

Paired Activity 8-10 min.

After your seminar you take some drinks with your colleagues. There you converse about:

the importance of our woods for biodiversity and Austrian tourism
the advantages of wood as building material
problems in Austrian forests
the risks of global deforestation
sustainable ways of wood production and energy supply

http://www.wallpaperup.com/74771/Rivers_Forests_Stones_Salzach_Austria_Moss_Trees_Nature.

THE AUSTRIAN FOREST ACT

About half of Austria's area is covered by forest land. Therefore, the right use of sustainable management can only be done by a natural oriented forestry. This guarantees a continuous supply of timber, a steady flow of income for the owners - the employers as well as for the employees of the forest industry - and it is also the basis of settlement and agricultural utilization of our environment. Natural oriented forest management can only be a compromise between ecological conditions and economic objectives. The conflicting interests of economy and ecology compel foresters to be flexible since they must deal with public interests more and more.

A basic principle of Austrian forestry is the principle of sustained yields to preserve the forests, their functions and social benefits. This does not necessarily mean to merely copy the regularities of nature but to think in economic terms as well. The strategy of a natural oriented forestry is to combine economy and nature. A well-planned forest policy could be applied to the high standards of environmental policy. However without the natural protective effects of forests - especially regarding avalanches, torrents and mud-rock flows - our Alpine region could not be settled and inhabited.

By Dieter Hanak-Hammerl, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna http://www.fao.org/docrep/w3722e/w3722e05.htm

Vienna plans world's tallest wooden skyscraper

Architects hail environmental benefits of HoHo project – but the city’s fire brigade has concerns

A wooden skyscraper that Austrian architects say will be the tallest of its kind in the world is to be built in Vienna next year. The 84-metre (276ft) HoHo project in the Seestadt Aspern area, one of Europe’s largest urban development sites, will house a hotel, apartments, restaurant, wellness centre and offices, and is expected to cost about €60m (£44m). Project developer Caroline Palfy, of Kerbler, which is behind the building, said the firm chose wood because of its environmental benefits. “I think it is important everyone now in 2014 thinks in different ways. We have wood, which is a perfect construction material for building,” she said. “It was used 200 years ago and it was perfect then and is perfect now. ”With 76% of the building expected to be made from wood, architects say it will save 2,800 tonnes of CO2 emissions when compared with a similar concrete structure, the equivalent of driving a car 25 miles every day for 1,300 years. Compared with wood, which absorbs CO2 from the air while a tree is growing, the production of concrete causes high levels of carbon emissions. The Vienna fire service has concerns about the wooden structure, however, and is working with the architects to test their plans. “The main factor is that everyone wants to build higher and higher buildings. An 84-metre-high building in Europe is not usual and there are a lot of necessities that have to be realised,” said fire service spokesman Christian Wegner. “A few of us were upset because it was crazy to present an idea like this that has not been discussed with everyone yet. “They have to carry out special tests on the correct combination of concrete and wood. We also want to develop a more fail-safe sprinkler system. I expect they will pass the tests but if they develop the building as they say they will, it will be a serious project.” Other high-rise buildings in Vienna have attracted concerns from politicians, who have described their height as “exorbitant” and complained they were not being filled. But Katrina Riedl, spokeswoman for the ÖVP, the Austrian People’s party, defended the latest project. “Vienna is not a skyscraper city but innovation is part of our city and why not try new things,” she said.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/mar/01/vienna-plans-worlds-tallest-wooden-skyscraper