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Here is the 1.
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German TV with the Tagesschau.
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Today is Susanne Daubner.
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Good evening, I welcome you to the Tagesschau.
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Minister Klingbeil will with his Einkommensteuer reform is to last families, small and low income.
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He has his plans in the Bundestag.
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He has a higher budget budget, more Kindergeld and fewer Steuers on Sunday and Sunday.
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Kritik comes from the opposition, but also from the union.
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Klingbeil has his reform.
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Lars Klingbeil kommt mit einer Schiene am Knie.
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Seine Bewegungsfreiheit eingeschränkt seit einer Sportverletzung.
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Wenig Spielraum, als Finanzminister kennt er das schon.
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Wir entlasten die Bürgerinnen und Bürger in unserem Land mit 10 Mrd.
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Euro.
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Und ich will hier betonen, das ist angesichts der schwierigen Haushaltslage, in der sich unser Land befindet, keine geringe Summe.
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Bei der geplanten Steuerreform soll etwa eine Familie mit 2 Kindern
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and 60 .000 Euro Bruttoeinkommen um 600 Euro im Jahr entlastet werden.
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600 Euro, das ist für eine Familie eine Menge Geld.
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Und es macht einen Unterschied im Leben.
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V .a wenn man am Monatsende, wie das für viele in unserem Land der Fall ist, jeden Euro 2 -mal umdrehen muss.
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Die Opposition kritisiert, gleichzeitig soll es aber neue oder höhere Steuern auf Plastik, Tabak und Alkohol geben, sowie Kürzungen im Gesundheitssystem.
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So many of the people are under the Strich, they are not allowed to do that.
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If you say that you have a lower and lower income with the Einkommenssteuer here, then that is for millions of people just wrong.
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And that they know the people.
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Who has a small income, that it falls under the Grundfreibetrag, can not be done by the Einkommenssteuer -Reform.
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The AfD for a more and more reform.
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The forecast is not possible for the Kalte Progression,
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if a total increase will lead to a higher Besteuerung.
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Here will also the union change.
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This is a million dollars, but Bezogen auf den Gesamthaushalt ist das überschaubar.
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Das sollten wir gemeinsam angehen.
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Der Gesetzentwurf soll nun in den zuständigen Ausschüssen noch mal diskutiert werden.
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Soweit also die Pläne der Bundesregierung.
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Wie hoch die Entlastung der Bürgerinnen und Bürger am Ende tatsächlich ausfällt, das hängt von verschiedenen Faktoren ab.
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Etwa von der Höhe des Einkommens und der Anzahl der Kinder.
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So mancher hat schon jetzt mal durchgerechnet, what this would mean for him or him personally.
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For example, 2 women in Teilzeit.
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Since 20 years kümmert Marie -Therese Neumann um old people.
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Knapp 3 .700 Euro brutto verdient the married mother with her 70 % -Stelle.
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From the Einkommenssteuer -Reform herhofft she a month.
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200, 300 Euro wären was, that would man merken.
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But so much will it will not be in the next year for the Pflege -Fachkraft.
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We're at about 10 Euro per month.
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With a Kind -of -Freibetrag.
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It's a bit higher, but only 15 Euro per month.
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Also, it's a bit too big.
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In 2020, if the 2 stage of reform will be greased, it's only a small amount of money.
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The Steuerexperte is surprised.
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I've actually done with more.
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There are other things that are still there, such as an increase in the Krankenversicherung then the Ersparnis, if you want to have the Ersparnis title, will be completely broken.
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The teacher Katrin Kentischer -Merkeler works in Teilzeit.
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She has to rechnet and comes for the next year on a lower rate than from the Ministry of Finance.
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If I think it's right, it will remain for a teacher for a teacher alone.
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It's about 13 -15 Euro.
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This is not the steuerliche Entlastung, but especially in Kindergeld.
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Sorgen make something different.
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I think at the moment there is a great understanding of the society.
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That was the right signal, to give the Geringer -Bediends more and the Besser -Bediends better.
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In the end, she says, every Euro in Entlastungen is welcome.
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For those who earn less than themselves, She would have hoped to have more.
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Minister Reiche has released her new prognosis.
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And then it goes with the Konjunktur again.
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In the Frühjahr, the government went for this year from 0 ,5 % of the economy.
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In the summer, she expects a plus of 1 ,3%.
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For the next year, the prognosis was from 0 ,9 % of now 1 ,1%.
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One important reason is the investment of the state's financial investment in the infrastructure.
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Here is the example of a school in Kernen in Baden -Württemberg.
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The Grundschule von Kernen in Stuttgart is already marode.
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But here is finally something.
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Even a new Turnhalle exists, because the community has more than 8 Mio.
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Euro from the budget of the Bunda.
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We invest in the future of our children, in the building.
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And it is important to build in Germany, because it is very important for the entire Volkswirtschaft.
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And more or less direct, sometimes indirect profit by us.
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The massive Schulden bring the Wirtschaft into the role, not only here in Kernen.
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The government expects a higher Wirtschaftswachstum of 1 ,3%.
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Die Sondervermögen leisten einen großen konjunkturellen Schub.
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Das ist wichtig.
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Aber kein staatliches Geld kann private Investitionen auffangen, die wir brauchen, um das Wachstumspotenzial zu heben.
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Mehrfach betont Reiche, es brauche nun dringend Reformen.
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Die AfD glaubt aber nicht, dass die Regierung dazu noch in der Lage ist.
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Der Kanzler klebt an seinem Job.
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Aber reformiert wird hier überhaupt nichts mehr.
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Also reformiert wurde auch von Anfang an nicht.
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Also Deutschland steckt in einem Reformstau und wir müssen unbedingt doch die viel zu hohen Energiepreise angehen.
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Ökonomen sehen in dem erwarteten Aufschwung zwar positive Aspekte, aber auch ein großes Problem.
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Das ist allerdings ein Konjunkturaufschwung, von dem wir nicht wissen, wie lang er anhält.
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Er ist sehr stark getrieben durch Staatsschuldenausgaben, die mit Schulden finanziert werden.
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However, not only the exports are going to be better, so that's a good sign.
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Now we only need more reforms.
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That's the idea of the experts is clear.
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If the reforms are going to be the new wave, it's probably going to be soon.
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There was a lot to talk about, when the government -in -law came last night in the Berliner
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Kanzler -Amt from the planned reforms at the rent to the election of an AfD -Politiker.
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After a press conference, for a text message from Union and SPD.
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It was said, man should not leave the country to extremists.
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The planned reforms were to be done.
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In Berlin, What came at the meeting now?
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I would say, in terms of the really difficult situation, politically and politically, it was very little.
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Yesterday, we could experience this, what was often happened.
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The CDU, the CSU and the SPD are fighting during such a period of time, which will then slay the Wagon.
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Then, the atmosphere was very good.
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And now, we will now work together and will work, but where the compromise or the decision in the case is,
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the question, whether the government will be in the Bundestag, that's still open.
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And so is it also happened yesterday.
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All the people have been saying, they have been together, now will soon be the rent reform.
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But Lars Klingbeil nennt today again the open question.
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The sogenannte Rente mit 63, möglich changes in the mini jobs.
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And by the Umsetzung scheint man also further back to the back, instead of this year, well, next year.
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The government of the Deutsche Handwerks criticizes today that a reform -time plan should be, quote, not recognized.
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Markus Preiss in Berlin, thank you.
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In the Rated House in Berlin could now with Elif Eralb a Prime Minister of the Links.
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Your party, the Greens and the SPD have been involved today, discussions for a possible coalition.
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It was a reason for that antisemitic events should not be judged
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and that it should not be organized to organized criminal justice.
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Who should be able to stop, should be careful.
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The Berliner Linken will be aimed at anti -Semitism and a close to Clan -Milieus. In Russia. In Russia.
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There were massive Luftcrifers in Ukraine.
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Today and yesterday were almost 50 people, including several children.
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One of the hardest attacks was in Kramatorsk. In Kramatorsk.
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Kramatorsk is in the east region Danetsk, near the front.
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The state is for the logistics of ukrainians of great importance.
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These two busses are at the morning near the center of Kramatorsk, as they were from a russian Gleitbombe.
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We bring you in the Unfallklinik.
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How are you?
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How are you?
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Tanja?
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Good, you're lying.
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Do you have your feet?
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No, no, no. Mindestens 30 Zivilistinnen und Zivilisten werden bei dem Angriff getötet, viele weitere schwer verletzt.
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Behördenangaben nach sei die Identifizierung vieler Opfer aufgrund der massiven Verletzungen schwierig.
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Ein Ermittlungsverfahren wegen eines weiteren Kriegsverbrechens gegen die Zivilbevölkerung wurde eingeleitet.
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Nach diesem hinterhältigen Angriff wurde beschlossen, den gesamten öffentlichen Nahverkehr vorübergehend einzustellen.
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Denn wie Sie sehen, greift der Feind heimtückisch an.
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Und in der Stadt und in der Gemeinde gibt es inzwischen kaum noch einen Ort, der als sicher gelten kann.
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Kramer -Thorst liegt nur noch wenige Kilometer vom Frontgebiet entfernt.
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Trotz der immer heftigeren russischen Angriffe gegen die Zivilbevölkerung leben noch etwa 34 .000 Menschen hier.
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In Frankreich halten die landesweiten Schülerproteste weiter an.
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In several states there were the police.
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This set the train gas and the water.
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The protests are already weeks ago.
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They richten themselves against the financial aid of the schools.
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And politicians and political groups have closed the demonstrations.
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Anne Carson loves the Wealth and the Leere Islands.
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Sie ist Dichterin, Autorin und Altphilologin und nun auch Literatur -Nobelpreisträgerin.
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Die Entscheidung der Jury in Stockholm war im Gegensatz zu manch anderen Jahren keine große Überraschung.
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Die 76 -jährige Kanadierin wurde bereits im Vorfeld als Favoritin gehandelt.
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Sie gilt als medienscheu.
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Aufnahmen von Anne Carlson wie hier bei einem Auftritt 2024 in London gibt es nur wenige.
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The 76 -year -old poet and philologist was one of the biggest favorites for the Nobel Prize.
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Today, at 13 o 'clock, was it was then finally time.
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The Canadian, whose life is the ancient literature, has since 2022 also the island of the state.
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On the island of the North Atlantic, she was surprised by the island of the island.
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It's crazy.
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It's crazy.
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It's crazy.
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It's crazy.
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You know, it's crazy.
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Here, at the beach, she reached the Swedish Academy with her phone call.
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She said to the phone with Stockholm, she just heard the wind.
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You can't help but listen to the wind.
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We live here in the wind.
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And that's what I've done.
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She's famous for essays and romances in Versform.
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Eines ihrer bedeutendsten Werke, die Autobiographie des Roten.
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Sie nimmt Figuren aus der Antike, Antigone oder Sokrates und konfrontiert sie mit unserer heutigen Lebenswelt und schafft daraus etwas komplett Neues.
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Also aus jedem Buch von Ann Carsten geht man schlauer und auch etwas glücklicher heraus.
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Anstoßen heute auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse.
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In Deutschland werden die Werke von Ann Carsten bei zwei Verlagen herausgebracht.
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Bei Mattes und Seitz musste sie erst einmal die Bücher heranschaffen
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irgendwie haben wir nicht mehr daran geglaubt weil sie die letzten
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jahre immer im gespräch war dafür und ihn dann nicht bekommen hat und deswegen haben wir unsere erwartungen gar nicht
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so hochgelegt und dann war es natürlich eine unglaubliche freude die
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große bühne erwartet n carson zur preisverleihung am 10 dezember auf
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nachfrage des schwedischen fernsehens meinte sie heute jedoch noch stehe da
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ein anderer termin in ihrem kalender und nun die wettervorhersage for tomorrow, Friday, the 9th Oktober.
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From the west of the west will be in the north and in the middle.
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In the middle will be very windy.
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In the night will rain on the Alps for a few days.
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In the south there will be nebel.
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In the south, first in the south -west, sunnige moments.
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In the north -west, then rain on the south.
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In the south of the Donau, the sun is the longest.
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At the north, there are several different different winds.
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In the night 12 -2 Grad.
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Am Tag 9 Grad in der Eifel, 17 Grad in Niederbayern und in Breisgau.
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On Saturday, it is still in the south, from the west west to the west, there are several different temperatures, otherwise it is often cold.
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On Saturday, it is small dicks, small sun, especially in the north, there are some short weather, on Saturday, it is still in the west west, longer sunnish.
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In the Tagesthemen, um 22 .15 Uhr, asks Ingo Zamperoni, the Wirtschaftsweise Monika Schnitzer, how healthy the growth is.
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It's also about how Italiens Ministerpräsident Meloni will and how the role the Wahlrechtsreform plays.
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I wish you a nice evening.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “tagesschau 20:00 Uhr, 08.10.2026”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: der, die, und, Euro, reform. This video has 191 sentences and 2106 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:32. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 59% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| politically adverb | In a political manner. | |
| earn verb | /ɝn/ | To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work. |
| atmosphere noun | /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/ | The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body. |
| infrastructure noun | /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/ | An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system. |
| protest noun | /ˈpɹoʊ.tɛst/ | A formal objection, especially one by a group. |
| mini adjective | /ˈmɪn.i/ | Miniature, tiny, small. |
| clock noun | /klɑk/ | A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day. |
| invest verb | /ɪnˈvɛst/ | To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in. |
| romance noun | /roʊˈmæn(t)s/ | An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair. |
| fewer | /ˈfjuː.ɚ/ | Less; a smaller amount of something non-integral commonly expressed as an integer |
| export noun | /ˈɛks.pɔɹt/ | Something that is exported. |
| coalition noun | /koʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ | A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage. |
| essay noun | /ˈɛs.eɪ/ | A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject. |
| poet noun | /ˈpoʊ.ət/ | A person who writes poems. |
| compromise noun | /ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/ | The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fall under verb | To belong to for purposes of categorization. |
| work together verb | To be coworkers with someone; to share a workspace with someone. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I've actually done with more.
- Do you have your feet?
- You can't help but listen to the wind.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if a total increase will lead · if the 2 stage of reform will be · If I think it's right, it will remain |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are not allowed · can not be done · will be greased |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've actually done · has released · have been |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | those who earn · time, which will |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as I've, can't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: coalition /koʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/, demonstration /dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/, schwar /ʃwɑː(ɹ)/
- Long words — get the stress right: infrastructure /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/, coalition /koʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/, demonstration /dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like politically, earn, atmosphere.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.