I prepared a little story to help you build your vocabulary. You can download it here:
http://www.testmanager.info/Preview_Learn_German_with_a_Story.pdf
Please let me know what you think about that and if you think that kind of story helpful to you. You might want to take a look back at episode 2, which was similar.
Today is the first of August. That is the national holiday of Switzerland.
Am 1. August wird in der ganzen Schweiz der Entstehnung der Eidgenossenschaft gedacht. Die Eidgenossenschaft geht, wie es der Name schon vermuten lässt, auf einen Schwur zurück. Jedenfalls will es die Legende so. Im Jahre 1291 nach Christus trafen sich 3 Vertreter der 3 Waldstätten Uri, Schwyz und Unterwalden auf der Rütliwiese um ein Verteidigungsbündnis gegen die Österreicher und andere Feinde zu treffen. Um das Bündnis zu besiegeln, schworen sie den “Rütlischwur”, den heute jedes Kind in der Schweiz kennt.
[http://www.tell.ch/schweiz/1august.htm]
The picture above is taken above the town Kandersteg, with a view on lake Oeschinensee.
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Lucerne, 01.08.2007
by Stephan Wiesner
stephan@german-podcast.de
Use this free podcast to learn to speak German. http://german-podcast.blogspot.com

Announcement for all My Daily Phrase German listeners

Our task is a simple but common one in this lesson - that is, to make a restaurant reservation. We’ll learn to recognise some common questions which are likely to be put to us by the receptionist and we’ll revise how to spell some words, including one or two surnames.

Apres les contraventions et les delits, que se passe-t-il si l’on commet un crime ? Pas de soucis, il y a le FrenchPodClass 79!

Le sommaire:

- Les infractions (part 2)

- Grammar point (amener, emmener et les autres!)

- Movie review and musical break of the week

If you liked the songs played and/or movie I talked about in this podcast, you can purchase either one from Amazon.FR (France), .COM (USA) and .CA (Canada), iTunes Music Store (USA) even on eBay or find them at your local music store. Here are the links:

Amazon.FR: E. Piaf (fr) Copy cont.

Amazon.COM: E. Piaf (us) - Petit Lieutenant (us)

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iTunes Store (USA): E. Piaf