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- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" version="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"><head xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" profile=""><title>Situations</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL-NS Stylesheets V1.76.1"/></head><body><div class="section" title="Situations"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="d0e5963" shape="rect"/>Situations</h1></div></div></div><p> You are now ready for free conversation. Act out the following situations, Which
- are slight variations on the basic sentences, as freely and fluently as you can,
- making use of all the patterns you have learned.</p><p><span class="bold"><strong> Finding the Way</strong></span></p><p> An American has just arrived in Germany and doesn't understand too well yet. He
- asks a German on the street where the hotel is. The German tells him it's over there
- to the left. The American doesn't understand him and asks him to say it again
- please.</p><p> He still does not understand and asks the German to speak slowly. The latter
- repeats much slower and asks the American if he understands. The American says he
- does, thanks him and says good-bye.</p><p> Go through this conversation again with the American asking for the embassy,
- cafe, airport, etc., and the German giving different directions: straight ahead,
- over there, to the right, etc.</p><p><span class="bold"><strong> Question Practice</strong></span></p><p> Each student asks the next student a question in addition (numbers one to
- twelve). He answers it and asks the next student, etc. </p><p><span class="bold"><strong>At the Cigar Store </strong></span></p><p>Mr. Becker is the proprietor of a cigar store. Mr. Schneider stops in for some
- cigarettes. They exchange greetings, and Mr. Becker asks what Mr. Schneider would
- like. After getting him the cigarettes he asks if Mr. Schneider would like some
- cigars, too. He says no thanks, but he would like some matches. Figuring up his own
- bill he says that costs one mark ten, doesn't it, but Mr. Becker says no, it costs
- two marks. Mr. Schneider gives him the money, and they say good-bye to each other. </p><p><span class="bold"><strong>At the Restaurant </strong></span></p><p>Miss Schneider is the waitress in a restaurant. Mr. Kunze greets her as he comes
- in and asks how she is. She returns his greeting and asks if he is well, too. He
- says yes, thanks, and asks if they have sausage and sauerkraut, and how the beer and
- the wine are, etc. Finally he says he'd like to have sausage and sauerkraut, beer
- and some bread. After the meal he pays her - it costs three marks - and says
- good-bye.</p></div></body></html>
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