Spotlight - 14.2019

Spotlight PLUS

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Englisch für den Alltag 14/2019
Keeping in touch

In Everyday English (pages 54–55), Dagmar Taylor presents four dialogues about
keeping in touch. Here, you can practise the words and phrases you have learned.

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1. What’s the word?

Complete each sentence below with the English translation of the German

word in brackets.

A. I hadn’t heard from him for ages, and then he sent me a(n)

(Nachricht) out of the blue.

B. I haven’t received a handwritten (Brief) for years. But I

haven’t sent one either.

C. I always buy (Postkarten) and stamps when I’m on holi-

day, but I rarely get round to sending them.

D. We received a(n) (Besuch) from a long-lost friend last

week.

E. Using (soziale Medien) is a great way to stay in contact

with friends in far-flung places.

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2. What does it mean?

Which words from the sentences in exercise 1 match the definitions below?

A. a long distance away:

B. not printed or typed:

C. a friend whom you have not seen for a long time:

D. completely unexpected:

E. a small piece of paper that you stick on an envelope before posting it:

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