Track 8 is an excerpt from Charles Dickens' novel "David Copperfield". Listen to the track and answer the following questions.
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What is the information on David Copperfield’s birth?
Are there any predictions in relation to his birth?
Describe David Copperfield’s own attitude towards his birth and the related predictions.
Explain the expression “posthumous child”.
Retell David Copperfield’s reflection upon never having known his father.
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Vocabulary
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hero
to consider
lucky
strange
remembrance
Mitgefühl
sich beschweren
Glaube
hell, leuchtend
Möglichkeit
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Grammar
Complete the text with the verbs in the future perfect.
When I am in Mexico, I __________________ (pass) my final exams.
After six months of work for this company, Mick __________________ (earn) enough money for our trip to Australia.
Mum, by the time you get back from work __________________ (do) my homework and Timmy __________________ (clean) his room.
By the end of July, my uncle and my aunt __________________ (finish) the construction work in their new house, so that they can move next August.
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Grammar
Will-future, going-to-future or future progressive?
Lea: “ __________________ (you / go out) to the party with us next Friday night?”
Hannah: “No, I won’t. I __________________ (meet) a guy named Johnny. My sister arranged it.”
Lea: “What __________________ (you / do) all night?”
Hannah: “We probably __________________ (have) dinner first. And later we __________________ (go) dancing.”
Lea: “Do you think you __________________ (enjoy) spending your time with a boy you’ve never met before?”
Hannah: “Well, I hope it __________________ (not / be) boring.”
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Translation
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Der Mechaniker wird die Geschirrspülmaschine bis Montag nicht repariert haben.
Was werden wir nächstes Jahr um diese Zeit tun?
Sie heiraten im Mai.
Ich habe mir vergangene Woche das Bein gebrochen.
Laura macht seit drei Stunden ihre Hausaufgaben.
Wann fährt der nächste Zug nach London?
In letzter Zeit hat sich in ihrer Firma einiges geändert.