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ACTIVITY
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In
Chapter 6 you learned to look at graphs and pictures to help you learn
what a text is about. In Activity
4 of Chapter 6, you saw that graphs can help you get the gist of a
text, and more easily understand some of its main ideas. This activity
will make it even clearer for you.
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Please take a look at the following two graphs on the picture below and see what they are about: Arbeiten
in Deutschland |
| Source: Friedrich Bubner, Transparente Landeskunde, Inter Nationes 1997; part 12, "Arbeitszeit, Urlaub, Freizeit", part of graphic. |
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Now read the first two paragraphs of the text (printing it out if you'd like) and look again at the two graphs above that accompany it. |
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Arbeitszeit |
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Urlaub
(source: Friedrich Bubner, Transparente Landeskunde, Inter Nationes 1997; part 12, "Arbeitszeit, Urlaub, Freizeit"; extract of text, slightly changed) |
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Consider
the context and guess what the following terms mean.
Also, use your knowledge about compound nouns and cognates. |
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In
the activity below, fill in the blanks with the missing information. |