Spotlight - 11.2019

LANGUAGE SPECIAL 11/2019 Spotlight 21

LANGUAGE SPECIAL

Is your English

on point?

Die englische Sprache bietet jede Menge Raum für Kreativität und die

Flut an neuen Wortschöpfungen bricht nicht ab. Halten Sie mit der stetigen

Entwicklung der Sprache noch Schritt? Dieses Quiz von VANESSA CLARK

hilft Ihnen, es herauszufinden. Illustrationen von KATHARINA BOURJAU

MEDIUM AUDIO

H

ow well do you know
the new words and
phrases that have
popped up over the
past few years? What
do these new words tell us about our-
selves and the changes in our society? Try
our fun quiz and find out!

Creative-language quiz
Match the comments (A– O) with suita-
ble responses (1–15).

A. Millennials are such snow-

flakes, aren’t they?

B. I think it looks silly when white

people wear their hair in dread-

locks.

C. The speaker for our conference

has been no -platformed.

D. I find the alt right quite frighten-

ing.

E. What did the president say about

the anti-government protests?

F. Where does the energy come

from to power your electric car?

Unicorn farts?

G. Oh, dear! I have a sunburned

nose and blisters on my feet from

standing around too long at a

Buckingham Palace garden party.

H. We’re friends with benefits.

I. He was helpfully telling me all

the reasons why women earn less

than men.

J. We binge-watched The Crown

last night.

K. My boyfriend and my brother

have a bromance going on.

L. I love your coatigan!

M. It’s great to see plus-size models

in magazines, isn’t it?

N. I’ve signed up for a boot camp.

O. I’ve started using a fertility

tracker app.

1. Can you control how the femtech
   companies are using your data?


2. Good point! We need renewable,
   sustainable energy, not magic.


3. He just said it was fake news —
   obviously!


4. I know. They’re always hanging out
   together.


5. I’m not surprised. She always ex-
   presses very provocative opinions.


6. Oh, dear! Classic mansplaining!


7. Oh, I see. So it’s just casual sex, not an
   actual relationship?


8. Really? You’ll be super fit by the end
   of it.


9. Thank you! Yes, it’s just right for the
   autumn weather.


10. Yes, their nationalist and white-
    supremacist opinions are danger-
    ous.


11. Totally! It’s more body positive.


12. True! They’re so fragile and sensitive.
    Poor little things!


13. Wow! What a humblebrag!


14. Yes, and it’s a sort of cultural appro-
    priation, isn’t it?


15. You must love that show to watch
    six episodes in one evening.

Now turn the page to check your answers

— and to find out more about these new

words and expressions.

benefits [(benIfIts]

, Vorzüge

blister [(blIstE]

, Blase

fart [fA:t] ifml.

, Furz

fertility [f§:(tIlEti]

, Fruchtbarkeits-

on point [Qn (pOint] ifml.

, hervorragend; hier

auch: auf dem neuesten

Stand

pop up [(pQp Vp]

, auftauchen

sensitive [(sensEtIv]

, empfindlich, sensibel

sustainable

[sE(steInEb&l]

, nachhaltig

unicorn [(ju:nIkO:n]

, Einhorn

white supremacist

[)waIt su(premEsIst]

, hier: rechtsextrem