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[kittydesade]

No, thank you, textbook, I do not need a history lesson. MOVING ON NOW.

Wie geht es den Deutschen heute? Frau Weiß, die während des Krieges eine junge Frau war, erzählt Ihnen und Ihrem Freund, wie sich das Leben in Deutschland seit dem Ende des Krieges verändert hat. Ihr Freund versteht kein Deutsch, also übersetzen Sie die Aussagen von Frau Weiß ins Englische.

1. Der Lebenstandard der Deutschen wird immer höher. The standard of living got higher.
2. Die Wohnungen werden immer größ. Homes got bigger and bigger.
3. Sie tragen immer bessere Kleidung. She wore better clothing.
4. Die Arbeitszeit wird immer kürzer. Work hours(days?) got shorter.
5. Die Ferien werden immer länger. Vacation got longer.
6. Immer weniger Leute bleiben während der Ferien zu Hause. Fewer people stayed at home for vacation.
7. Das Leben wird immer schöner. Life got better and better.
8. Immer mehr Äuslander wollen nach Deutschland einwandern. More and more foreigners want to immigrate to Germany.



Match these pairs of opposites:
lá -- oíche day -- night
maidin -- tráthnóna morning -- evening
amárach -- inné tomorrow -- yesterday

What can you say about the weather? Here is the weather map for tomorrow.
Beidh aimsir fhuar sa tuaisceart. / Beidh sé fuar sa tuaisceart.
Beidh gaoth láidir san iarthar.
Beidh báisteach throm sa deisceart.
Beidh aimsir bhog san oirthear. / Beidh sé go maith san oirthear.

Not from the book: Let's see if I can do local weather.
Tá sé go maith inniu. It is nice today.
Bhí sé ceathach inné. It was showery yesterday. (It was, too.)
Beidh aimsir bhreá amárach. It will be good weather tomorrow.
Beidh sé go hálainn amárach. It will be beautiful tomorrow.
Beidh sé scamallach dé Luain. It will be cloudy on Monday.
Beidh sé fliuch dé Mairt. It will be wet on Tuesday.


Holy crap, I just did the weather forecast in Irish! FUCK YEAH.

Also, now I'm back on a mild surge of want to write Guerrero/Black Widow. Or Guerrero anything. We can blame oldandnewfirm for this, and I'm sure this kick won't last long, and I have approximately 52,714 other things to write. But I'm going to roll around in all the Guerrero until I get to work and actually work on one of those other things. So there.

Talked to Mom yesterday. We commiserated over house buying, she apologized for only sending me money for my birthday (it's FINE, Mom, I promise, money is always useful), and she told me about my cousin getting into trouble with the law in Prince George's County for something utterly fucking stupid. For those of you not in the know, at least as of a couple years ago PG County had the highest rate of officer-involved shootings in the United States. I am not joking. They also seem to have enough excessive force complaints to make it about a third of their wikipedia article, which, well. It's Wikipedia. But when I lived in the area, PG County was not the county you wanted to get arrested in.

And this is the cousin my aunt B (his mother) wanted me to board for a year. Uh. Huh. I don't think I'm equipped to handle this kind of problem, and I'm pretty sure no one else here is either. On the other hand, with the legal crap I think it's pretty much moot now.

Apparently we had a woman in the store yesterday who wanted to buy Stuff. At first the Aunt thought she meant finished things, which people do sometimes think we sell, and tried to direct her to a couple other stores on our street. No, she wanted to know if we had Things. What kind of things? You know, Things to Buy. I leave you to pick out the logic of walking into a store that caters to a specific set of needs and asking about Things To Buy.

And, oh great, now we're two people down on the day we're short staffed. Oh this is going to be fun. Where's Guerrero and his rifle when you need him.