Business_Spotlight_-_Nr.2_2020

80 Business Spotlight 2/2020 WORK & RELAX

FUN

Instagram is full of ridiculous selfies and pushy promo-

tions, but it has other uses, too. It’s good for a laugh. Some

of the funniest Instagram posts come from Celeste Barber,

an Australian comedian. In them, she pokes fun at celeb-

rity fashion shots, particularly photos and videos that are

painstakingly staged. Only she recreates the scenes from

a more realistic — and often painful — perspective. Pop-

ular victims include the actress Gwyneth Paltrow and

entrepreneur Victoria Beckham. The good-natured tone

has made them a winner with the spoofed celebrities, too.

Search on Instagram for #celestechallengeaccepted.

celebrity [sE(lebrEti]

, Promi(nente(r))

good-natured

[)gUd (neItSEd]

, harmlos, gutmütig

painstakingly

[(peInz)teIkINli]

, in mühevoller

Kleinarbeit

poke fun at sb./sth.

[)pEUk (fVn Ät]

, sich über jmdn./etw.

lustig machen

pushy [(pUSi]

, aufdringlich

spoof sb. [spu:f] ifml.

, jmdn. auf die Schippe

nehmen

stage sth. [steIdZ]

, etw. inszenieren

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Just good fun?

Imitating Beyoncé

(far left) and

Gwyneth Paltrow

WORK & RELAX

AWAY FROM YOUR DESK

TRAVEL

Lonely Planet, the special-

ist in travel guides, recent-

ly named England as the

world’s second-best tourist

destination for 2020, in its

Best in Travel 2020 book (af-

ter Bhutan). It singled out

the England Coast Path as

a highlight, which, when it’s

completed in the summer

of 2020, will be just over

2,800 miles long — that’s

4,500 kilometres. This will

make it the world’s long-

est coastal path, but you

don’t have to walk it in

one go. Choose a section

of the path and find out

where you can stay along

your chosen route at http://www.

nationaltrail.co.uk/england-

coast-path

in one go

[In )wVn (gEU] ifml.

, in einem Rutsch

route [ru:t]

, [wg. Aussprache]

single sth. out [)sINg&l (aUt]

, etw. herausgreifen

It’s a long walk: take

the scenic route

for beautiful views

Verbannen Sie die englische Sprache nicht an den

Arbeitsplatz! Mit Büchern, Kunst und anderen

Dingen räumen Sie ihr auch in Ihrer Freizeit einen

Platz ein. Von DEBORAH CAPRAS

MEDIUM