Joan Baez is one of America's greatest folk singers. She became famous in the 60s and 70s of last century with with many popular songs. These included: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Blowing in the Wind, and We Shall Overcome.
Joan Baez was a civil rights activist and was also involved in the anti Vietnam War movement. Joan Baez was born in 1941 in New York. She still works and is still very popular.
The
world is full of inventions. Some good, some bad, and
some good and bad! Aeroplanes are very good examples. They
can take us to very nice places, and, they can drop bombs on our
heads. Good and evil! Night and day!
So,
what does Maxi B. Acs say? He says that pencil cases are the
most useful inventions he knows. He always knows where his pencils
are.
And,
what does Helga Indra say? Her favourite invention is the mobile
phone. She can speak all-day-long to her friends!
But,
for many people,
the computer is the most important invention of all. I
don't agree. I believe the wheel is the most important of
all! Wheels make life very easy. Imagine a car with no wheels.
Vocabulary
agree
– zustimmen (agree/agreed/agreed)
all-day-long
– den Ganzen Tag
believe
– glauben (believe/believed/believed)
day
– Tag
ever
– jemals
evil
– böse
examples
– Beispiele
important
– wichtig (important/more important/the most
important))
impossible
– unmöglich
inventions
- Erfindungen
many
– viele (much – viel)
mobile
(phone) – Handy -used mainly without „phone“
