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Germans are known for being hard workers, but they also enjoy a variety of leisure activities, from music and surfing the web to extreme sports.

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Extreme sports

Watch the video about an extreme sport centre in Interlaken, Switzerland.

(This clip is from: BBC TWO German File)

Question

Which five question words do you hear in the video?

Use your knowledge of question words to understand the following questions about the video, and choose the correct answers.

Question

Welche Länder hat die Frau besucht?

  • Neuseeland und Australien
  • Nordamerika und Kanada
  • Schweden und Dänemark

Question

Warum mag sie ihre Arbeit?

  • Verdient viel Geld
  • Macht ihr Spaß
  • Kontakt zu den Leuten

Question

Was macht sie im Winter?

  • Besucht ihre Familie
  • Ski-und Snowboard Lehrerin
  • Arbeitet nur im Sommer

Question

Woher kommen die meisten Touristen?

  • Aus Europa
  • Aus den USA
  • Aus Asien

Question

Wie viel kostet ein 100 Meter Bungeejump?

  • 200 Franken
  • 150 Franken
  • 100 Franken

Question

Welche Extremsportarten siehst du im Video?

  • Skifahren
  • Gleitschirmfliegen
  • Snowbiken
  • Klettern
  • Wildwassersport
  • Wandern
  • Bungeejumping
  • Wakeboarden
  • Abseilen
  • Snowboarden

Did you know?

Swiss German, known as Schweizerdeutsch or Schwyzerdütsch is spoken by all German speakers in Switzerland, and it sounds a bit different from standard German or Hochdeutsch – high German. Schweizerdeutsch is also spoken in some Alpine communities in northern Italy.

Listening in a foreign language is the trickiest skill to master, as accent, speed, tone of voice and clarity of speech all play a part. But just like doing anything new – Übung macht den Meister – practice makes perfect – or literally practice makes the master.

Did you notice that the countdown before the bungee jump in the video sounded a bit different from what you are used to? In Schweizerdeutsch, the numbers one to five are eins, zwoi, drü, vier, foif – instead of eins, zwei, drei, vier, fünf. Watch the end of the video again and see if you can join in the countdown.

Rope jumping
Image caption,
A countdown in 'Schweizerdeutsch' sounds a little different from a countdown in 'Hochdeutsch'

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