Day 42: Wind Turbines Above the Village
Walking home from a public meeting in their parents' village in the Hunsrück near Trier, Emma (A) and her older sister Jana (B) talk about the six wind turbines planned on the hill above the village.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a German word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native German, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
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A
Die vom Gemeinderat geplanten Windräder sollen über zweihundert Meter hoch werden. Dann ist unsere Aussicht für immer dahin.
The wind turbines the council has planned are meant to be over two hundred metres tall. Then our view will be gone for good.
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B
Dafür bekäme die Gemeinde jedes Jahr mehrere Hunderttausend Euro Pacht, zumal die meisten Standorte im Gemeindewald liegen.
But in return the village would get several hundred thousand euros a year in rent, especially as most of the sites are in the village's own woods.
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A
Ich bin ja für Windkraft, aber doch nicht auf dem Hügel, auf dem wir als Kinder Schlitten gefahren sind.
I'm all for wind power, just not on the hill where we went sledging as kids.
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B
Das nennt man Sankt-Florians-Prinzip, Emma: Windräder gern, aber bitte hinter dem nächsten Dorf.
That's what they call nimbyism, Emma: wind turbines, by all means, but please behind the next village.
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A
Mir geht's nicht nur um mich. Die Rotmilane, die da oben brüten, fragt auch keiner.
It's not just about me. Nobody asks the red kites that nest up there either.
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B
Die Horste liegen laut Gutachten weit genug entfernt. Und mit dem Geld will die Gemeinde das seit Jahren geschlossene Freibad wieder aufmachen.
The report says the nests are far enough away. And the village wants to use the money to reopen the outdoor pool that's been shut for years.
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A
Unser Freibad, in dem ich schwimmen gelernt habe? Dann will ich aber als Erste wieder vom Dreier springen.
Our outdoor pool, where I learned to swim? Then I want to be the first off the three-metre board again.
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