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14 News & Topics May 2 2022 | World and Press Pine martens to be used as ‘bouncers’ to keep grey squirrels out of Highlands WILDLIFE The predator’s return was found to reduce numbers of grey squirrels. mit Die Nr.1 unter den Vokabeltrainern. By Patrick Barkham ­Vokabeltrainer 1 PINE MARTENSare to be deployed as wildlife bouncers along the east coast of Scotland and the A9 corridor to halt the northward march of grey squirrels. More than 35 artificial pine marten dens are being installed by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) at strategic locations on the grey squirrels’ path of northward migration in an attempt to save the Highland red squirrel populations. 2 Red squirrels have been driven out of most of the British countryside since the introduction of greys in Victorian times, mainly because greys carry the squirrelpox disease, which leaves them unharmed but is fatal to the reds. 3 But recent research has found that the return of the predatory pine marten has reduced grey squirrel populations. Because the native red squirrels and martens evolved alongside each other over thousands of years, the reds appear less affected by martens. In northern England and Scotland, there is a big community effort to control grey squirrels and help the reds survive, but last year saw a dramatic expansion in the grey squirrels’ northward range. … 0 – 1 PINE MARTEN Baummarder — bouncer “"baUns´‘ Türsteher(in) — grey squirrel “"skwIr´l‘ Grauhörnchen — predator “"pred´t´‘ Raubtier; s.w.u. predatory räuberisch — to deploy einsetzen — to halt aufhalten — northward … … gen Norden — artificial “ÆA…tI"fIS´l‘ künstlich — den Bau — Forestry and Land Scotland schott. Forstbehörde 2 – 4 red squirrel Eichhörnchen — to drive s.o. out jdn. vertreiben — squirrelpox disease Pockenvirus der Hörnchen — unharmed unbeschadet — fatal “"feIt´l‘ tödlich — to evolve s. entwickeln — range Verbreitungsgebiet — bumper Rekord- — beech Buche — mast year Mastjahr — trapper Fallensteller(in) 5 roofed mit e-m Dach versehen — fixed befestigt — wood shavings Sägespäne — mortality rate “mO…"tœl´ti‘ Sterblichkeitsrate — juvenile “"dZu… v´naIl‘ Jungtier — density Dichte — to predate 4 “There seems to have been some movement of greys last year linked to a bumper beech mast year and possibly because trappers weren’t out because of COVID,” said Gareth Ventress, an environment forester at FLS. “We need to stop the grey squirrels in their tracks.” 5 The dens are roofed wooden boxes fixed to trees five metres off the ground and filled with wood shavings, providing a secure and cosy nest in which martens can breed safely in spring and shelter in winter, reducing mortality rates for juveniles. It is hoped that the dens will increase the population density of pine martens and ensure they are living in areas where they can predate the greys. … 6 Research from Ireland, Wales, and Scotland was once thought Pine marten. | Photo: Pixabay s.th. “-"-‘ auf etw. Jagd machen 6 – 7 to be susceptible to predation “s´"sept´b´l‘ zur leichten Beute werden (s. anfällig; p. Beutejagd) — to be resurgent “rI"s‰…dZ´nt‘ wieder aufleben; h.: s. bestandsmäßig erholen — prospering wachsend und gedeihend — forester Förster(in) — to strip bark entrinden (b. Baumrinde) — timber Holz — to diversify “daI"v‰…sIfaI‘ für mehr Artenvielfalt sorgen to show that pine martens created “a landscape of fear”, driving away grey squirrels. But ecologists have since found that grey squirrels are in fact naive and “fearless”, and that’s what makes them susceptible to predation. The science is supported by real-world examples of resurgent pine martens alongside prospering red squirrels, which have returned to parts of Aberdeenshire where they haven’t been seen for many years. 7 Ensuring grey squirrels don’t move farther north will also help foresters restore and establish native woodland in the Highlands. Grey squirrels strip bark from young trees, causing disease, damaging timber, and sometimes killing trees. “Keeping the grey squirrel populations back will help us diversify, and nature and woodland restoration has a better chance,” said Ventress. © 2022 Guardian News and Media Ltd Get the vocabulary trainer! www.phase6.de/wp/1022 Die Nr.1 unter den Vokabeltrainern. Shackleton’s lost ship found a century later EXPEDITION The ship, experts said, is looking surprisingly good despite it all. mit Die Nr.1 unter den Vokabeltrainern. By Jennifer Hassan ­Vokabeltrainer 1 THEEndurance, one of the world’s most famous shipwrecks, has been found off the coast of Antarctica more than 100 years after it was slowly crushed by ice, forcing famed British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew to eventually abandon ship before it sank. The 144-foot wooden vessel was discovered almost 10,000 feet below the surface of the Weddell Sea during a mission to locate the missing ship. 2 A team of more than 65 people – including ice experts – made up the expedition named “Endurance 22.” The team confirmed the discovery Wednesday after weeks of searching amid freezing temperatures for the wreckage. The story of the crew’s survival after fleeing the sinking ship is considered one of the most gripping tales of polar exploration. 3 “We have made polar history with the discovery of Endurance, and successfully completed the world’s most challenging shipwreck search,” veteran geographer John Shears, who led the mission, said in a statement shared to Twitter. The expedition set off from Cape Town, South Africa, in February to mark the 100-year anniversary of Shackleton’s death. The team’s goal was to locate the wreck, using drones and specialist equipment including submarines, helicopters, and robots. The team said they used the last known location of the ship to search the area, its last spot recorded in 1915 by the ship’s captain, Frank Worsley. … The ship’s wheel and aft well deck on the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, discovered in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea. | Photo: Picture Alliance 4 British historian Dan Snow said in a video published by the BBC that there was an “overwhelming sense of happiness and relief” among the crew when they learned that the vessel had been found. It was literally “frozen in time,” he said. 5 Before the ship sank, Shackleton and 27 crew members were headed to a bay in the Weddell Sea, where they hoped they would kick-start the first crossing of Antarctica via the South Pole to the Ross Sea. The Weddell Sea is known for its dangerous, icy conditions, which has made searches for the ship difficult, the BBC reported. Sea ice has since reached its lowest level ever recorded, making conditions for the search more favorable. 6 “Nothing was touched on the wreck,” Snow said, calling the mission the “greatest experience” of his career. “It is protected by the Antarctic Treaty,” Snow explained, adding that the team did not “wish to tamper with it.” The 1959 Antarctic Treaty declared the site of the Endurance a historic monument. © 2022 The Washington Post 0 – 2 ENDURANCE “In"dZU´r´ns‘ Beständigkeit; Ausdauer — shipwreck “"SIprek‘ Schiffswrack — 144 feet ca. 43,89 m — vessel Schiff — to locate ausfindig machen — amid “´"mId‘ inmitten; h.: bei — wreckage “"rekIdZ‘ Wrack — gripping fesselnd 3 – 6 veteran langjährig — submarine U-Boot — overwhelming überwältigend — relief “rI"li…f‘ Erleichterung — to be headed to auf dem Weg sein nach — favorable “"feIv´r´b´l‘ günstig — Antarctic Treaty Antarktis-Vertrag — to tamper with s.th. etw. manipulieren; an etw. herumhantieren

World and Press | May 2 2022 Literature 15 By Malcolm Forbes 1 JUST ASfiction takes many inventive forms, so too does it have its share of original narrators, whether children or animals, the unborn or the undead. Occasionally a plucky author will take the ultimate creative risk and employ an inanimate object to tell a tale. Hugo Hamilton has done just that for his tenth novel. ‘The Pages’ is narrated by a book – not just any book, but one that has survived, and borne witness to, a dark chapter of 20th-century history. 2 That book is a first-edition copy of ‘Rebellion’ by the great Austrian-Jewish writer Joseph Roth. Originally published in 1924, Roth’s gritty story about a book world ‘The Pages’ by Hugo Hamilton World War I veteran scorned by society and neglected by the state was branded “degenerate” by the Nazis and burned with other socalled “asphalt literature” in Berlin in May 1933. 3 The book explains at the outset that its owner, a Jewish professor, saved it from the flames by giving it to one of his students, setting in motion “a quiet wave of resistance that has continued to this day.” The student hid the novel, then later passed it on to his son, who eventually gave it to his daughter. Today, Manhattanbased artist Lena Knecht regards it as one of her prized possessions. 4 Lena – German-Irish like her creator – has become intrigued by a map drawn by hand on a blank page at the back of the book. Despite the protestations of her husband, Mike, she decides to fly to Berlin to throw light on the map. Soon after arriving, her book is stolen. Fortunately, it is found and returned to her by Armin, a Chechen who, together with his sister Madina, swapped a warravaged homeland for sanctuary in Berlin. 5 Lena befriends both of them and allows her relationship with Armin to blossom into romance. However, she comes to realize that the siblings are being threatened by Madina’s jilted lover, a trigger-happy right-wing extremist on a mission to stem the migrants who have “flooded” Europe. Another obstacle appears when Lena discovers where her map leads to: As she prepares to embark on her journey, Mike arrives on the scene to pull her in a different direction. 6 ‘The Pages’ isn’t only about Lena’s German adventures. Other stories expertly dovetail or run parallel with them. Hamilton recounts Lena’s upbringing and traces the paths followed by members of her family; he weaves in episodes from real life, dramatizing Roth’s reversal of fortune and transition into a rootless, rudderless refugee, “a man with no borders,” and his wife Friederike’s mental health decline and tragic fate; and he lets the book, his unique narrator, divulge its contents and its experiences. 7 So many narrative voices jostling for attention could have proved shrill and disorienting. In fact, their differing tones and textures imbue the proceedings with variety and complexity. This multifaceted novel about belonging, oppression, and the enduring power of storytelling is brilliantly ingenious and utterly absorbing. © 2022 Star Tribune. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. ‘The Pages’ by Hugo Hamilton, 261 pages, is published by Knopf Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0593320662. 0 – 2 NARRATOR“n´"reIt´‘ Erzähler(in); s.w.u. to narrate erzählen — plucky mutig — to employ einsetzen — inanimate “I"nœnIm´t‘ unbelebt — to bear witness to s.th. von etw. Zeugnis ablegen — Rebellion “rI"beli´n‘ dt. Titel: Die Rebellion — gritty schonungslos — to scorn verachten — to neglect “nI"glekt‘ vernachlässigen — to brand brandmarken — degenerate “dI"dZen´r´t‘ entartet 3 – 4 outset Anfang — to set in motion in Gang setzen — eventually “I"ventSu´li‘ schließlich — prized possession “p´"zeS´n‘ wertvollstes Besitztum — to be intrigued by s.th. “In"tri…gd‘ von etw. fasziniert sein — to throw light on s.th. (fig) mehr über etw. in Erfahrung bringen — Chechen “"tSetSen‘ Tschetschene(-in) — to swap “swÅp‘ eintauschen — war-ravaged “"rœvIdZd‘ vom Krieg verwüstet — sanctuary “"sœNktSU´ri‘ Zufluchtsort 5 to blossom into (fig) s. entwickeln zu — to come to do schließlich tun — siblings Geschwister — jilted “"dZIltId‘ verschmäht — trigger-happy schießwütig — right-wing Rechts- — to stem aufhalten — obstacle “"Åbst´k´l‘ Hindernis — to embark on a journey zu e-r Reise aufbrechen 6 to dovetail “"døvteIl‘ verknüpfen — to recount erzählen — to trace nachzeichnen — to weave in (fig) einflechten — to dramatize erzählerisch aufbereiten — reversal of fortune “rI"v‰… s´l‘ Schicksalswende — transition Verwandlung — rootless heimatlos — rudderless ziellos — mental health decline psychischer Verfall — to divulge “daI"vøldZ‘ preisgeben 7 to jostle for “"dZÅs´l‘ konkurrieren um — shrill h.: anstrengend — disorienting “dI"sO…ri´ntIN‘ verwirrend — texture “"tekstS´‘ Beschaffenheit — to imbue “Im"bju…‘ erfüllen — proceedings Geschehnisse — multifaceted “Æmølti"fœsItId‘ facettenreich — oppression “´"preS´n‘ Unterdrückung — enduring unvergänglich — ingenious “In"dZi…ni´s‘ raffiniert — utterly absolut — absorbing fesselnd Neu! crossword puzzle | By Katrin Günther All the words are in the articles on pages 14 and 15. Solution on page 16. Das Workbook zur Lektüre! • Spielerische Übungen zu Wortschatz, Grammatik und Leseverstehen • Niveau A1 • Lehrermaterialien und Lösungen als PDF zum Download Blinker Workbook 48 Seiten, DIN A4, Softcover ¤ 6,90 [D] ISBN 978-3-7961-1152-5 www.sprachzeitungen.de Across 2 To use s.th. (Pine martens) 4 To fail to care for properly (Book world) 6 A large boat or a ship (Shackleton) 8 To make known (Book world) 10 Rejected (Book world) 11 The act of fighting against s.th. that is attacking you (Book world) 12 Unhurt (Pine martens) 17 Towards the north (Pine martens) 18 A ship that can travel underwater (Shackleton) 19 Made by people, often as a copy of s.th. natural (Pine martens) 20 Experienced (Shackleton) 21 A young bird or animal (Pine martens) Down 1 To develop gradually (Pine martens) 3 An animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals (Pine martens) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 20 5 Fascinating; exciting (Shackleton) 7 To treat with a great lack of respect (Book world) 9 Advantageous (Shackleton) 19 16 13 Lasting (Book world) 14 Uncompromising; harsh (Book world) 15 A badly damaged object (Shackleton) 21 9 16 A feeling of happiness that s.th. unpleasant has not happened or has ended (Shackleton)