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English Exam #1 – Oesterle

Gun Control

How it is recently? Gun Control is one real special thing in America . The NRA has a real big

influence in this country, especially on voters. If you want to be voted for

president you have to get anyhow “friendly” with the NRA – cause else the NRA

says to all his members (which are a real big part of American citizens who can

change the result of an election easily) simply that this candidate is against the

2nd amendment and cause of this against his own constitution – and who would

vote such a president.

Barack Obama avoided this topic till now in the white house cause of the NRA and cause he had to

fight against the NRA and that is actually a fight you cannot win!

Arguments

Pro Contra

High rate of murders, suicides, etc. The 2nd amendment allows (interpretet this way) the American citizens to keep a gun

High rate of rampage (e.g. a six year old first grader shot another six year old first grader with a gun of his uncle!)

“Your home is your castle”-image You should be able to self-defend against people who want you anything bad – cause you may not have the time to wait for police

There are always people who are e.g. mentally ill and are still allowed to keep a gun – so they can easily kill anyone

During US-history guns and weapons had always a big thing to gain freedom – e.g. in the colonial wars they got success with this

No security for police or military – they do often get shot and generally innocent people get often shot cause the Americans aren’t all trained that well

For the Americans a gun is as well a symbol for them, that they can do something against their government cause they can ACT not only TALK!

Tabelle 1 - Arguments pro and contra gun control

Americans against Germans opinion about gun control The Americans handle the gun control debate in a very different way, than

we Germans would do. In America you say, if you see the high rates of

murders or suicides, that the citizens need more guns and weapons to fight

against such people. In Germany they probably would say, that you have to

have stricter restrictions, so that no one can have a gun, to kill anyone else.

Another example is that after a rampage in the USA the president of the NRA

came to this town and talked about why every American should be allowed

to keep a gun. So, even though that day many school-aged pupils died

through such a gun, the president of the NRA makes commercial for guns. In

Germany there would be a silence and grief a few days long.

Abbildung 1 - Gun Control is Racist

Abbildung 2 - The experts agree...

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Barack Obama

Flashlights - Keywords First afro-american president

Unfortunate name (“Barack Hussein Obama” ≈“Hussein“ + “Osama“)

Democrat

„Yes we can“ reference to the American Dream

Plans Wants a united nation (“Less divided, more united”)

Health care for everyone

See extrapoint “Health care – RAM”

Higher taxes for companies leaving the country

Less taxes for the American citizens

Fight against problems in economy (“give hope, take fear”)

Create new jobs

Improve infrastructure

Environmental pollution

Solve all the problems peacefully

The US are a “country of peace”

Accept, integrate muslims

Mutual respect

Fight global poverty

Against hunger, suffering

Get everyone on the same level

Out-innovating

Out-education

Out-building

Introduce a new era where everyone is at the

same level (“Change we can believe in”)

Speaker qualities Barack Obama is a very good speaker – it seems as if he

learned his whole speech completely by heard and as if

he hasn’t to read from a teleprompter or anything

similar. On top of that Obama knows how to get the

attention and the support of the audience, so he always

says sentences that directly concern the group in front

of which he’s recently speaking.

As well Barack Obama seems to be very friendly and near to the society and not that far away that

politicians usually seem to be. So he seems to know the problems of the usual citizens, cause he

seems to have experienced the things himself.

Abbildung 3 - Barack Obama

Abbildung 4 - Give hope, take fear

Abbildung 5 - Change we can believe in

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Health Care – RAM

American Health Care System Before Obama there were a lot of problems concerning the U.S. health

care system. There was made a difference between public and private

health insurance. There was a clear dominance of the private element

over the public.

The Private health insurance was divided into two parts: Medicare and

Medicaid – but there are always Problems concerning both parts –

here they’re listed.

1. Private – Medicare

a. Problems

i. Gaps in preventive care coverage

ii. No coverage of dental, hearing or vision care

iii. No covering of skilled nursing facilities (=Pflegeeinrichtungen)

iv. High premiums (22% of the income of a senior)

2. Private – Medicaid

a. Problems

i. Childless adults aren’t covered

ii. Many poor people still gain too much money

iii. Too less coverage

3. Public

a. Problems

i. Companies can say, that they don’t pay the insurance if they would have to pay too much

money as they want to

ii. Pre-existing conditions aren’t covered by a insurance

iii. You have to pay your premium with your money high prices

iv. You have to pay higher premiums if you get ill – so you try to go seeing the doctor as

seldom as possible, cause you have to pay higher premiums if you do go

The red marked problems wants Obama to solve in his “Obama Plan” concerning health care.

RAM (Remote Area Medical) As well there’s another sign for the bad conditions concerning

health care – the RAM. RAM is an organization like “MSF”

(=Ärzte ohne Grenzen), which cares for people who can’t pay a

doctor in any way. In the RAM are lots of voluntary doctors,

dentists,… Who do the jobs for free. The things which are

needed to build such a health care system are financed by

donations and that makes it possible to build up this system.

The RAM usually travels in a truck in which they can transport all their stuff. So they drive e.g. in large

stadiums and build up their medical tools. To this stadiums the people come to from cities kilometers

away to reach the only possibility to get a good health coverage.

Abbildung 6 - public vs. private care

Abbildung 7 - free health care of the RAM

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Poster Analysis

Describe 1. Elements

2. Texts

3. Products

4. Eye-catcher?

Interpretation 1. What do you think is the purpose of the poster?

2. What was it designed for?

3. What might to be the message?

4. What emotions do you feel?

5. Is the poster effective? Why? Why not?

Vocabulary

President Obama

English German

presidential campaign/election Präsidentschaftswahl(-kampf)

caucus; preliminary election Vorwahl

(to) have a vision Eine Vorahnung/einen Traum haben

(to) make promises Versprechungen machen

(to) catch votes Stimmen sammeln

(to) put one’s trust in sb Jemandem vertrauen

(to) be sworn in Vereidigt werden

Inauguration Amtseinführung

(to) hold an office / a position Ein Amt/Eine Position halten

(to) give / deliver a speech Eine Rede halten

Audience Publikum

rhetorical skills/devices Rhetorische Fähigkeiten/Mittel

figurative language Bildsprache (Metaphern,…)

(to) gain sb’s sympathy Die Sympathie von jemandem gewinnen

(to) convince sb Jemanden überzeugen

Abbildung 9 - poster health care Abbildung 11 - Poster health care

Abbildung 8 - Poster gun control

Abbildung 10 - Poster gun control

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U.S. health care

English German

(to) have insurance Versichert sein

private insurance Private Versicherung

(to) be uninsured/underinsured Nicht versichert/unterversichert sein

(gaps in) coverage Lücken in der Abdeckung/Zahlung

(to) deny verweigern

(to) pay out-of-pocket Aus „der eigenen Tasche“ zahlen

pre-existing conditions Vorher bestehende Mängel (Diabetes,…)

low-/high-risk patients Patienten mit niedrigem/hohen Risiko krank zu werden

prescription drugs Verschreibungspflichtige Medikamente

Available Verfügbar/erhältlich

affordable Erschwinglich

Premium Beitrag (bspw. zur Versicherung)

Funding Finanzierung

eye care Augenpflege (vom Arzt)

Dental care Zahnpflege (vom Arzt)

Foreign Affaires

English German

Terrorist attack Terroranschlag

Extremists Extremisten

Global threat Globale Bedrohung

(to) be at war with sb Im Krieg mit jemandem sein

Necessity vs. Choice Notwendigkeit gegen Wahl

(to) breed fear and mistrust Angst und Misstrauen züchten/verbreiten

(to) end the cycle of suspicion Den Zyklus des Verdachts beenden

(to) seek a new beginning Einen neuen Anfang suchen

Mutual understanding/interest Gegenseitiges Verständnis/Interesse

(to) share common principles Gemeinsame Grundsätze teilen

(to) fight stereotypes Ein Klischee bekämpfen

(to) fit a stereotype Ein Klischee treffen

Cooperation, affiliation, isolation Zusammenarbeit, Zugehörigkeit, Isolation

(to) make sb unwelcome Jemanden unwillkommen machen

(to) face sb/sth Jemanden begegnen/gegenübertreten

So, hier wär sie also – die erste Zusammenfassung 12.2 für Englisch beim Oesterle. Ich hoffe ich hab alles drin, was er gesagt hat, was in der Klausur drankommt. Da ich bekannter weise nicht gerade das beste Englisch spreche hat es vermutlich etliche Fehler was Grammatik und/oder Satzbau angeht. Microsoft meint, dass das Vokabular passt – aber darauf auch besser nicht vertrauen. Wie immer – wer (schwerwiegende) Fehler findet, Ergänzungen hat, selbst eine Zusammenfassung hat, oder sonst irgendwelche Probleme hiermit hat schreibt mir eine Mail (wie immer: fsure@web.de). Ansonsten viel Glück mit dieser Zusammenfassung und für das restliche Halbjahr 12.2 Gruß, Florian