Blood doping

Only a few days before the Winter Olympics start in Vancouver and we hear allegations that someone on the German team has been gaining some performance boost illegally. If you want to follow this on the German news start with Deutsche Olympionikon unter Verdacht on N24. There's also a simple timetable on this page for the various events which are taking place in Whistler as well as Vancouver. However, if you want to follow all the stories it might be better to start with Olympia 2010 in Vancouver

Stern is carrying the doping story as well so if you want to compare stories take a look at Deutsche Wintersportler unter Doping-Verdacht

Deutschlern.net

Jeckylls Heft has links to exercises from many sources. What I plan to do is review these occasionally. I'm also conscious that I need to work through exercises myself. When you learn German your motto has to be üben, üben, üben! - practise, practise, practise!

What I like about Deutschlern.net is the way it uses video and other images to help with learning. So today I looked at some exercises for Fortgeschrittene based on reports about the recent extremely cold weather in Europe. They were not particularly difficult but would help with revision on the associated vocabulary.

When you first go to the site you are asked to register - anmelden. This is easy. Just choose a user name, enter a password and confirm it. You don't have to give any other detail if you wish not to. However, I do recommend giving an email address in case you forget your password.

World Religions

Some time last year I found an interactive animation about three significant world religions found in Germany - Islam, Judaism and Christianity. I was convinced it was on the Planet Schule site but couldn't find it. That's why I ended up blogging on time travel. As soon as I'd published that post I found it. It was there all the time so why I didn't find it I'll never know. I'll let the blurb speak for itself

Wer arbeitet in einer Moschee? Welche Feste feiern Juden? Begleite Jasmin, eine angehende Archäologin, bei ihrer Entdeckungsreise in die Welt von Christentum, Judentum und Islam. Wohnhäuser, Moschee, Kirche, Synagoge und eine Bibliothek bieten Informationen zu den Religionen. In einem Quiz kannst du dein Wissen erproben.

The page where the link is hidden is http://www.planet-schule.de/sf/iq-shuttle/index.html Just one more way of adding to your vocabulary. Let me know what you think.