Author Archives: Daniela Fischer

Lunchtime in the Office

Today is Thursday. It’s raining. The air-conditioning is running in our meeting room.

I’m a little bit early, so I take myself a coffee and look out of the window.

What will we do today?

My 11-o’clock-course would like to prepare for the B1 exam.

Today we will exercise for the oral part.

The candidates have to present a topic,

which then will be discussed by the groupe.

The door opens

Luisa:    Hi Daniela, are you waiting?

D:     No, don’t worry!

L:    I went for lunch with some collegues.

Usually we use the catering service …

D:    I’ve seen a foodtruck in front of the building.

Did you try it?

The other students come in.

We have a discussion about food, about sports and about health.

We also talk about the stressful workday and that it would be best

to spend lunchbreak by jogging or going for a walk.

Traffic Jam on the Kirchberg

Susie:     Sorry for being late!

There was a traffic jam on the Kirchberg.

Daniela:     No problem, we’ve just got started.

Paul:       Why there was a traffic jam?

Susie:    Oh, at the moment there are lots of traffic jams.

because of the construction sides for the new tram.

But I think this will be a good thing.

I’m sure that many people will use the tram instead of their cars.

P:      You don’t have to drive around for a parking place.

S:      Why do you need to look for a parking place?

Our company has reserved parking places for the staff.

P:    Right, I will get my own place next month.

I’m on a waiting list.

At the moment it takes me twenty minutes every morning …

Daniela, you could take the bus from Trier.

There is a direct connection to the Cloche d’Or.

D:   Yes, I’ve seen it, it is the number 306,

but for me it doesn’t make sense to take the bus

because I have courses at many places in Lux.

So it’s better to go by car.

S:    Well it happens that the bus is stuck in a traffic jam, too.

P:     So you have to get out and walk.

S:     Great idee in winter!

Writing German Emails

Es gibt viel zu tun! Alle Leute sitzen in den Büros vor ihren Computern und arbeiten konzentriert. Sie bekommen jeden Tag ein paar Hundert Emails. Sie müssen natürlich alle Emails beantworten oder an eine andere Person weiterleiten. Die meisten Emails sind in Englisch – kein Problem, sie zu verstehen und zu beantworten. Aber manchmal gibt…

German conversation course in groupe

There is not much traffic today on the highway to Esch. Everybody is already in holiday? Usually there is a traffic jam. So I am early and I wait some minutes in the car.   Yesterday I had my course in the city of Lux with five bank employees. Two of them – Jill und…