World and Press May 1 2022
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Im Abo PREMIUM sehr viel günstiger! www.sprachzeitungen.de €2,80 [a] CHF4,50 [ch] | Photo: Picture Alliance MONARCHY The trip by Prince William and his wife dramatized how Queen Elizabeth II is losing her grip on dominions where she is still head of state. By Mark Landler President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. If confirmed, she would become the first black woman on the court. Read more on pag e 4 0 – 1 GAFFE “gœf‘ Fauxpas — miscue “mI"skju…‘ (fig) Ausrutscher — to mar trüben — to dramatize h.: deutlich aufzeigen — to lose one’s grip (fig) Einfluss verlieren — dominion Herrschaftsgebiet — to scotch s.th. (fig) etw. e-n Riegel vorschieben — to move on from s.th. etw. hinter s. lassen — to call for fordern — slavery reparations Wiedergutmachung für die Sklaverei — to acknowledge “´k"nÅlIdZ‘ anerkennen; s.w.u. acknowledgment 2 – 3 duchess “"døtSes‘ Herzogin — pileup “"-Æ-‘ Anhäufung — proxy Stellvertreter(in) — to cast off s.o. s. von jdm. lossagen — emboldened ermutigt A US study of hundreds of eagles showed that nearly half of them had chronic lead poisoning. This can lead to death and slow population growth. Read more on pag e 14 Gaffes and miscues mar a royal tour of a republic-minded Caribbean Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attending a parade in Jamaica in March. | Photo: Chris Jackson /Getty Images 1 IN BELIZE,a visit to a cocoa farm was scotched after residents protested. In Jamaica, the prime minister declared his country was “moving on” from the British monarchy. In the Bahamas, the couple arrived to demands from a group calling for slavery reparations that they acknowledge Britain’s economy “was built on the backs of our ancestors.” 2 For Prince William and his wife, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, it has been a turbulent tour of the Caribbean – one that has dramatized, through a pileup of gaffes and miscues, how rapidly Queen Elizabeth II is losing her grip on these distant dominions, even when she sends her most popular proxies. 3 Barbados cast off the queen as head of state last November, and Jamaica seems emboldened to follow suit, though it would require a referendum to amend the island’s constitution. William, second in line to the throne, got a taste of how the mood toward the monarchy has changed in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and a renewed call for reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade. 4 “We intend to fulfill our true ambitions and destiny as an independent, developed, prosperous country,” Jamaica’s prime minister, Andrew Holness, said Wednesday as a po-faced William looked on. 5 On many stops of their tour, the couple was greeted warmly, even jubilantly. But even those encounters were marred by offkey images. During a military parade, William, resplendent in a white dress uniform, rode with his wife, also in white, in the same — to follow suit dem Beispiel folgen — to amend “´"mend‘ ändern — constitution “ÆkÅnstI"tSu…S´n‘ Verfassung — to be second in line to the throne “Tr´Un‘ an zweiter Stelle in der Thronfolge stehen — in the wake of infolge 4 – 5 to fulfill erfüllen; h.: folgen — destiny Bestimmung — prosperous “"prÅsp´r´s‘ blühend; wohlhabend — po-faced mit versteinerter Miene — jubilantly “"dZu…b´l´ntli‘ jubelnd — off-key unpassend — resplendent “rI"splend´nt‘ prachtvoll — dress uniform Paradeuniform — locals Einheimische — caricature “"kœrIk´tSU´‘ — proconsul | Photo: Unsplash open-top Land Rover that carried the queen and Prince Philip in 1962. To some locals, it was a caricature of a colonial proconsul inspecting his troops. 6 In Trench Town, the Kingston neighborhood famous as the home of Bob Marley, the couple tried their hand at reggae and mixed with friendly crowds. But the enduring image of the stop was likely to be them touching the fingers of children stretched through a chain-link fence – the kind of public relations gaffe that afflicts other members of the royal family but has rarely tarnished this couple. 7 The dissonance is about more than poor stagecraft, according to scholars and royal watchers. Sentiment toward the royal family has shifted perceptibly in the Caribbean since the killing of Black people by the police in the United States inflamed a longsimmering debate in Britain and its former colonies about the legacy of empire. Barbados’ decision to remove the queen was a tipping point. 8 “Barbados is seen as the conservative of the Caribbean,” said Richard Drayton, a professor of imperial history at Kings College London, who spent his childhood on the island. “So when Barbados takes a step like this, it creates space for other Caribbean countries to move in that direction.” Continued on page 12 “pr´U"kÅns´l‘ Statthalter 6 to try one’s hand at s.th. etw. ausprobieren — enduring “In"dZU´rIN‘ bleibend — chain-link fence Maschendrahtzaun — to afflict “´"flIkt‘ heimsuchen — to tarnish beflecken; h.: passieren 7 – 8 dissonance “"dIs´n´ns‘ Missklänge — stagecraft Dramaturgie — scholar “"skÅl´‘ Experte(-in) — watcher Beobachter(in) — sentiment Stimmung — perceptibly “p´"sept´bli‘ merklich — to inflame entfachen — long-simmering seit Langem schwelend — legacy “"leg´si‘ Erbe — tipping point Wendepunkt
