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The Appletons

Chapter I

“The Lost Anchor“

(by Silke Gerer, Pierre Hendrickx, Elke Rath)

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"The Lost Anchor"

John Appleton is 65 years old and he is looking forward to meeting his brother Steven Appleton in London.
Forty years ago he emigrated to Canada and became a farmer there. John hasn't seen his brother Steven since then.
John takes a deep breath as he leaves the plane.
He hurries to the gate. / sich freuen auf
auswandern
seit
Atemzug
eilen
John: / (excited)
I hope, I'll recognize my brother. / erkennen
Steven: / (waving and shouting)
Hello John, Here I am!
It's me Steven your little brother!
They run towards each other then they hug. / umarmen
John: / (sniffing)
It's so nice to see you again.
Steven: / Forty years, such a long time.
I almost forgot what you look like!
John: / I am so excited to meet the whole family. / ganz
Steven: / I'll tell you something,
we've got a big surprise for you. / Überraschung
John: / A surprise?
You are making me really curious. / neugierig
Steven: / I won't tell you now.
Let's go to the car.
While they are driving to Canterbury, they are talking about the time when they were young. They stop in front of a very nice old inn called “The Lost Anchor”. Steven and John get out of the car. / Gasthaus
John: / (emotionally touched)
Oh, “The Lost Anchor”
that's where I met my first girlfriend. / gerührt
Steven: / Let's go inside,
I'm sure you are hungry
after such a long trip.
As they enter the inn suddenly a crowd starts to sing a welcome song. / plötzlich
Menschenmenge
John: / (breaking out in tears)
Oh, what a surprise.
The whole Appleton Family is here. /
John takes out a tissue to wipe his eyes.
Craig and Miranda walk up to Steven.
Craig: / Hello Uncle John.
I am Craig, the youngest Appleton. / Present Simple
Miranda: / And I am Miranda,
Craig's older sister.
We are so happy to see you.
Grandpa often tells stories about you.
Craig: / Is it true that you live on a farm?
Do you have animals there?
John: / Of course,
I have a lot of animals on my farm:
cows, horses, some sheep and a big dog.
Miranda: / We have got a dog too.
Look, he is sleeping over there. / Present perfect
Present Progressive
Craig: / Be quiet Miranda!
It's my turn now.
Soooo many animals.
Doesn't that mean a lot of work for you? / Ich bin dran.
John: / Yes it does, but the neighbour's boy
sometimes helps me.
Miranda: / Who is doing the work now?
John: / My two sons
are taking care of the animals
at the moment.
Cathy, Craig's and Miranda's mother, steps forward.
Cathy: / Stop children,
that's enough for now.
Hey Steven tell me,
how was your trip? / genug
Past simple
John: / Well,
when we took off from Toronto
it was raining heavily.
After some time
we got into a storm.
The plane was bumping heavily. / abheben
Past Progressive
Past Simple
holpern
Cathy: / Poor you,
I know that you are afraid of flying.
Is that the reason why you
didn’t visit us before? / Grund
John: / (ashamed)
Hmmmm...
To be honest,
yes it is. / sich schämend
ehrlich
ehrlich
Cathy: / I see.
Five years agowe flew to Greece.
We got into a storm and
I wasscared to death.
Wayne also ... / zu Tode fürchten
Wayne interrupts his wife. / unterbrechen
Wayne: / (angrily)
Come on Cathy,
that's enough!
You have told that story
a thousand times.
We all know that
you are afraid of flying.
I have been travelling a lot.
I have visited Rome.
I have seen Ayers Rock in Australia.
I have worked in Vienna for two months
but I have never been to Canada.
Last winter friends of mine
went helicopter skiing there.
Have you ever done that? / Present Perfect
John: / Yes, I have.
Before our children were born
I had skied a lot.
After I had broken my leg
in an skiing accident,
I stopped skiing at all. / Past Perfect
Unfall
Past Perfect +
Past Simple
Wayne: / Oh yes, I remember.
Dad told me,
that you had been hit
by an avalanche. / Lawine
John: / Yes.
After I managed
to get out of the snow
I noticed
that I had lost my beeper.
I was lucky
that I had only broken my leg.
Later my friends found me
and a helicopter
took me to hospital. / Piepser
Steven: / Now stop talking
about the past, John.
The next days
we will have enough time
to hear more about Canada
and your life.
We are going to have dinner in a few minutes. / will - future
going to - future
John: / That's a good idea.
I'm starving.
Just one more question, Steven.
When are you
going to visit me in Canada? / hungern
Steven: / Helen and I
have been thinking about that.
You know, I am retired now. / pensioniert
John: / Well Steven, listen carefully.
I know you have always wanted
to go fishing in Canada.
I've got a surprise for you:
I won the lottery last month.
You know,
next spring I will celebrate
my 70th birthday.
I am going to have
a big birthday party.
(he takes an envelope out of his pocket)

Here are tickets for the whole family
for a flight to Canada.
I would be very glad
if you all came
to my birthday party. /
Frühling feiern
Umschlag
All: / Hurray!!!!
John: / And while we are having dinner
I'd like to hear more of your daily lives.
Now the family starts to tell their stories:
Chapter II Craig And Miranda's School Day
Chapter III The Birthday Party
Chapter IV Grandfather Past.
Chapter V The First Dates
Chapter VI Trouble Day
Chapter VII Memories Are Made Of This
Chapter VIII The Trip To Future Land

Words List

be looking forward / sich freuen auf / take off / abheben
emigrate / auswandern / shake / schütteln
since / seit / reason / Grund
breath / Atemzug / be ashamed / sich schämen
hurry / eilen / honest / ehrlich
recognize / erkennen / scare to death / zu Tode fürchten
hug / umarmen / interrupt / unterbrechen
whole / ganz / accident / Unfall
surprise / Überraschung / avalanche / Lawine
curious / neugierig / beeper / Piepser
inn / Gasthaus / starve / hungern
emotionally touched / gerührt / retired / pensioniert
suddenly / plötzlich / spring / Frühling
crowd / Menschenmenge / celebrate / feiern
It's my turn. / Ich bin dran. / envelope / Umschlag
enough / genug

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