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Die Themen in diesem Haft:
This month´s topics:

• People: Names and faces from around the world
• A Day in My Life: An American who plans for disaster
• World View: What´s news and what´s hot
• Britain Today: Colin Beaven on broken Britain
• Play and learn: What´s the oldest city in the US? Who is FLOTUS? How many stripes are on the American flag? Play our fun quiz game and travel across America question by question. Will you be the first to arrive in Florida?
• Food: We visit Launde Abbey in Leicestershire, England, for an “eat and retreat” experience
• Protecting Sharks: Sharks are being killed in great numbers for their fins, which are used in soup. Will governments be able to halt this horrible $800 million business? Learn why the “masters of the underwater universe” must be saved.
• I Ask Myself: Amy Argetsinger on White House secrets
• Bike San Francisco Bay: Join Jan Stuermann to explore the San Francisco Bay Area by bike. He follows the Bay Trail around a region that includes famous sights, such as the Golden Gate Bridge, as well as places hit hard by the recession
• Around OZ: Peter Flynn on the national cricket captain
• Travelogs: Spring is around the corner, so it´s time to plan yourt rip to Brighton, a historic seaside resort on England´s south coast. Toby Skingsley takes you to see the legendary Palace Pier and the colourful Royal Pavilion
• Debate: Should Australia be paying people to have babies? People in Brisbane have their say
• History: Diamond life: Cecil Rhodes in southern Africa
• Press Gallery: A look at the English-language media
• Arts: Books, Films and music, plus a short story about life long ago in Australia
• The Lighter Side: Jokes and cartoons
• American Life: Ginger Kuenzel on public schools
• Talking Point: John Riach on the art of translation

Die Themen in diesem Haft:
This month´s topics:

• People: Names and faces from around the world
• A Day in My Life: A man whose passion is Polynesia
• World View: What´s news and what´s hot
• Britain Today: Colin Beaven on number plates
• A growing problem: Since the 1990s, firms like Monsanto have said that genetically modifed (GM) crops are an answer to the world´s food problems. A new report challenges this and says that global hunger is worse than ever
• Food: Experts explain table manners and how they vary between Britain, Europe and the US
• Off to the Isles of Scilly: Take a helicopter to an area of Britain that is a world apart: southwest of Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly offer a climate warmed by the Gulf Stream, ancient archaeological sites and a chance to chase rainbows
• I Ask Myself: Amy Argetsinger on a Twitter valentine
• Around OZ: Peter Flynn on choosing who may enter politics
• Debate: Should Canada be tougher on young criminals? People in Montreal have their say
• History: Charles Dickens, a literary legend
• Press Gallery: A look at the English-language media
• Arts: Books, Films and music, plus a short story about a homeless woman
• The Lighter Side: Jokes and cartoons
• American Life: Ginger Kuenzel on making winter fun
• Talking Point: John Riach on German words in English

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• Working World

• Language

• Global business

• Intercultural Communication

• Business Skills

• Carreers

• Management

• Technology

• Language section

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What are your favourite moments from 2011? Like millions of people around the world, I loved watching the royal wedding. But now that I know I´m not ever going to marry Prince William (thanks, Kate ;-)),

I´ve decided to start my own outdoor winter glee club instead! What do you think? In winter, no one really wants to go further north, but summer isa great time to visit the Arctic. You can read about one Canadian teen´s northern adventure. From polar bears to huge glaciers, she saw it all. And speaking of the North Pole – Christmas is coming!

If you need a few ideas for your Christmas list, we´ve got great tips for fun language-learning products on pages 24-27. And for some yummy holiday food, don´t miss the recipes on pages 32-33.

Die Themen in diesem Haft:

• Contents:
  • People: Names and faces from around the world
  • A Day in My Life: A woman with a flair for colour
  • World View: What´s news and what´s hot
  • Britain Today: Colin Beaven on the song “Last Christmas”
  • Food: A tasty pizza tour of New York City
  • Index 2011: An entire year of Spotlight
  • I Ask Myself: Amy Argetsinger on an outing by the first lady
  • Around Oz: Peter Flynn on bush fires
  • Debate: Should Britain sell arms to the Middle East?
  • History: Walt Disney, an American master of fantasy
  • Press Gallery: A look at the English-language media
  • Arts Books, films and music, plus a short stor<
  • The Lighter Side Jokes and cartoons
  • American Life: Ginger Kuenzel on America´s wild side
  • Feedback & Impressum
  • Your letters to Spotlight – and our responses
  • Talking Point: John Riach on how English brings us together

WORKING WORLD * Names and News: The latest from the world of business

• My Working Life: Maltese carpenter Mark Grima.

Test

• False Friends: You probably know the difference between Chef and “chef”. But there are many other English-German false friends. Test your knowledge

Global business

• Collaborative Consumption: Do we really make the most of all the things we buy?
• Head-to-Head: Does media concentration threaten press freedom?
• Business Press: Comments from the world´s media – Behind the Headlines – Media WatchLanguage in the news

Intercultural communication

• Culture Shock: Living and working in a foreign country can be stressful. We provide useful advice
• Dialogue: Two mayors, one from Croatia and one from Britain, talk about life in their tourist towns
• The View from Here: Life is no longer golden in California – State File California

Business skills

• Better Communication: Learning from ten typical mistakes
• Language survival guideto cut out and keep
• On the Line Why you should phone a friend
• Meeting Point Asking questions
• Say It in Style Country and place names

Careers

• Office Personalities Understanding behavioural patterns
• The Job Doctor: Crappy co-workers
• My Way Workaholic: Luke Johnson

Management

• Older Entrepreneurs: Starting a business after retirement
• What I´ve Learned: Shirley MacLaine, actress and writer
• Business Basics: Growth strategy tools
• Executive Eye: How to be an inspirational teacher

Technology

• Submarines Underwater adventure for the very rich
• Language Focus: Building and remodelling
• Innovations New product developments
• Technically Speaking: Solving the world´s water problem

Your journey of discovery begins here

Dear Spotlight reader, This month, I´d like to begin by inviting you tojoin me on a visit to London. As you may have guessed from our cover, this is no ordinarytrip. It is a journey into London´s past to discover its ancient secrets and stories. As shopsand offices close and darkness settles over the city, we take a special nighttime tour of one of London´s oldest buildings, the Tower of London. Later, wewalk in the footsteps of a famous local criminal whose real identity has neverbeen discovered. Intrigued? Our adventure begins on page 30.It sounds like the perfect life:a writer, working from her beautiful country home in Quebec, produces a series of bestselling novels and is adoredby her reading public.

Canadian crime writer Louise Penny is living this successstory — and enjoying it. However, for Penny, such success was never guaran-teed. Margaret Davis talks to the author about her life, her writing and her re-lationship with Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, the fictional hero of herbooks. You´ll find the interview on page 14.

Die Themen in diesem Haft:

• Faces: Leute, Leute: die Gesichter des Monats
• Facts & figures: Zahlen, Fakten und Rekorde
• Short story: “Let´s Rock & Roll!”
• Becs in the city: Rebecca Jenkins in, aus und über London
• Tips & trends: Sehens-, Hörens- und Lesenswertes
• The wonder of water: Ganz alltäglich und unendlich kostbar
• Our world: Wichtige Nachrichten aus aller Welt
• Street beat: Wir fragen – Teens antworten

Language lounge

• Exercises & fun: Grammatik- und Vokabelübungen – Kreuzworträtsel – Quiz answers
• Famous phrasal verbs: Deine Sprachkarte zum Sammeln
• Look closer: Landeskunde & Sprache unter der Lupe

High School, here we come!

• In unserem großen Sonderthema dreht sichdiesen Monat alles ums High-School-Jahr:Teens erzählen von ihren Erfahrungen undErlebnissen in Kanada, Australien, Neusee-land und den USA, wir testen dein Wissenüber das anglo-amerikanische Schulsystem– und liefern jede Menge Tipps und Infos,mit denen auch dein Auslandsjahr zum Erfolg wird.

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Die Themen in diesem Haft:

Forced marriages

• As a teenager, Jasvinder Sanghera ran away from hometo avoid a forced marriage. Today, her books and public campaigns help other girls – while telling a shocking story of a largely unnoticed problem in Britain.

Away in Hawaii

• Far out in the Pacific Ocean lies an unusual US state made up of eight main islands. Hawaii is home to volcanoes, beautiful beaches, spinner dolphins – andPresident Obama. Julian Earwaker takes us there.

• People Names and faces from around the world
• A Day in My Life: A woman in Wales who loves flowers
• World View: What´s news and what´s hot
• Britain Today: Colin Beaven on British entertainment
• Food: For a man in Florida, doughnuts are a passion – and a great business idea
• I Ask Myself: Amy Argetsinger on Amy Winehouse
• Around Oz: Peter Flynn on a year of nostalgia
• Debate: Should Muslim women be forced to remove their veils? People in Australia have their say
• History: George Blake, a Cold War double agent
• Press Gallery: A look at the English-language media
• Arts: The latest books, films and events, plus a short story from the wilds of Africa
• The Lighter Side: Jokes and cartoons
• American Life: Ginger Kuenzel on the hunting season

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