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Listen to a BBC documentary about Berlin and fill in the gaps with a word or phrase.
1. Every June West Berlin is home to the Film Festival with its ____________
2. In 1961 the Berlin Wall was built to ___________________________ heading West.
3. Berlin had spent centuries behaving like a _________________ of two sides, now it had literally become one.
4. Both the East and West could access each other’s television and radio and waged a battle of words ________________Berlin
5. For the East Germans, the Western sector ____________________.
6. In response to what they saw as the ______________________ of the west, Communist government in East Berlin resurrected a feudal icon of Prussia’s past, Frederick the Great.
7. The Communist regime now saw Frederick the Great as a great example of tolerance, of compassion and of ____________________________.
8. Frederick the Great: “justice must be the main responsibility _____________.
9. Frederick had always wished for ________________ on the hill at Sanssouci, next to his beloved dogs.
10. Love him and ____________ him, even from his self-effacing grave.
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VHS Tape 121
DVD from the
beginning w/ subtitles
1. glamorous stars.
2. stem the haemorrhage of refugees.
Stem: to stop sth that is flowing from spreading or increasing. E.g. “The cut was bandaged to stem the bleeding”
Haemorrhage: (of sb/sth) a serious loss of people, money, etc. from a country, a group or an organization: e.g. “Poor working conditions have led to a steady haemorrhage of qualified teachers from our schools”.
3. schizophrenic city
Schizophrenic: frequently changing your mind about sth or holding opinions about sth that seem to oppose each other
4. in the ether above Berlin
The ether: the air, when it is thought of as the place in which radio or electronic communication takes place
5. had ceased to exist
6. relentless Americanisation
Relentless: not stopping or getting less
strong (incesante)
7. enlightened thought
Enlightened: having or showing an
understanding of people’s needs, a situation, etc. that is not based on
old-fashioned attitudes and prejudice:
“enlightened opinions / attitudes / ideas”
(progresista)
8. of a sovereign
9. a simple burial
10. loathe
Vocabulary:
Wage sth (against / on sb/sth): to begin and continue a war, a battle, etc.
Perch: a high seat or position:
“He watched the game from his precarious perch on top of the
wall” (posición elevada).
Goose-step: a way of marching, used by soldiers in some countries, in which the legs are raised high and straight (paso de ganso)
Beleaguered: surrounded by an enemy (sitiado)
Self-effacing: not wanting to attract attention to yourself or your abilities (modest)
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