Auszug aus dem Tagebuch von Andrea Mewes:
London wir kommen!
Um Fünf am Morgen
ging es los,
da plagten uns alle noch große Sorgen,
doch die Vorfreude war groß!
Wird es uns gefallen?
Wird das Wetter gut?
Oder wird uns allen,
fehlen der Mut?
Doch im Bus,
schliefen viele erst mal ein,
dazu, man wissen muss,
warŽn die Sorgen nur noch klein!
Die Fahrt war sehr lang,
doch irgendwann,
als manch einer schon Lieder sang,
kamen wir auf der Fähre an.
Die Überfahrt ging schnell!
Mit dem riesengroßen Schiff,
und dann – es war noch hell,
kamen wir an – an einem Kalksteinriff.
Sofort ging es weiter,
ab, ins Innenland,
die Stimmung war heiter,
da haben wir alle in der Ferne schon London erkannt.
Endlich sind wir da,
und die Familien sind nett,
juche, jucha,
wir fielen alle todmüde ins Bett.
Letzter Tag
Am Freitag war unser Wandertag,
früh morgens gingŽs los,
das Aufstehen war für alle ne große Plag,
doch die Freude war groß!
Zuerst in den Tower,
und zu den Kronjuwelen,
drumrum war ne große Mauer,
die durfte auf keinen Fall fehlen!
In der Tower Bridge gingen wir hoch hinaus,
einmal hin und wieder zurück,
da packte manche der Höhengraus,
doch runter kamen wir alle wieder am Stück.
Dann ging es – ganz fast
Gleich weiter,
zur HMS Belfast,
dem großen Kriegsfighter.
Am globe dem Theater,
war eine Aufführung,
da bekam Frau Höness nen Kater,
und wir kamen nicht drumrum,
der Tragödie zu lauschen,
so wie früher zu stehn,
und Nüsse zu kaufen,
doch ganz schnell wieder zu gehen.
Mit dem Schiff fuhrŽn wir fort,
hinauf den Fluss,
an einen anderen Ort,
zum Abschied bekam der Kellner einen Kuss.
Auf den nullten Längengrad,
sind wir alle drauf gestiegen,
der geht um die ganze Welt, wie ein Rad,
dann konnten wir zur Rückfahrt
schon wieder in den Bus liegen.
Referatsbeispiele:
London Pubs
The oldest pubs were called "public houses".
These were resting places for country travellers who could get some simple food there.
Today most pubs are just drinking houses.You can go there at midday or in the evening to have some drinks and simple food.
The famous London Pubs have a long history. At first there were the coffee houses. Coffee houses sprang up in the city of London
and the West End when coffee was introduced to England in the 17th century. For a long time there were strict rules of alcohol:
People were only allowed to drink alcohol in pubs for a few hours a day which were called "licensed hours". Those licensed
hours were different from pub to pub, but mostly they lasted for three or four hours around midday and for some hours in the evening
until 11 pm. It was also forbidden to sell alcohol to under 18-year-old people.
In pubs there were usually three rooms: the "saloon bar", the "private bar" and the "public bar". The saloon was the most comfortable
room. Private bars were introduced at the end of the 19th century. They were places where ladies could go to and also others who
did not want to be seen drinking alcohol. People who went to the public bars often played games like domino and darts.
Many pubs have names of animals, for example "The Red Lion", "The Bull" and "The White Horse". Others like "The King's Head" or
"The George" remind of kings who lived a long time ago. The name of each pub is shown on a big painted sign outside.
Today many things have changed in the pubs: Mostly there are not three different rooms anymore, but one big bar. Women, men and
sometimes even children go to pubs together. In many pubs you can get very good meals and also vinegar and some special brown sauce.
But there are also many things which have not changed at all: There is still the same comfortable atmosphere and you can still
choose between special British beers like Stout, Bitter, Guinness, Lager or Shandly. Beer is still pumped in the traditional way,
so there is no cream. (If you drink a glass of beer there is always something white on top of it, which is called "cream" in Britain.)
And there are still the same unwritten rules like: If someone offers you a drink, you have to offer him one, too, if you do not
want to be rude. And also there is still the same rule, that under 18-year-old people do not get alcohol. The pubs still have to
close at 11pm. So shortly before closing time the owner calls for "Last orders, please", every evening and then, when his guests
must leave, "TIME, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE".
Caroline Hussinger, Meike Schneider
Fiktiver Tagebucheintrag zum "Great Fire" 1666
Hi diary, I can only tell you how lucky I was that I can still speak to you.
It was total hell. My father woke me up and told me I had to get dressed.
The first thing I realized was a horrible smell of smoke. And while I got
dressed I looked out of the window and I thought that was hell outside. Even
the sky seemed to burn and the ground was under heavy fire. If I hadn't held
you under my shirt, you would have burned.
I wanted to disappear but my father stopped me and said:
'You must help, my son. We have to put out the fire. It's the city's law.'
So I helped although I was frightened and tired.
After 3 days we had extinguished the fire and we all were quite happy.
But I wasn't happy, because my mother was killed when a huge wood buried her
alive.
After all we knew, that the blaze had broken out in a bakery.
It had lasted for some days and destroyed an area, which was one and a half
miles long and was half a mile broad.
It destroyed houses and churches and St. Paul's Cathedral, too.
Many people died. The fire has changed London into another London which we
don't know yet.
Thanh Minh N. & Robert S.
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