Best Wishes - Frohe Weihnachten! - Video

I wish all my students MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR WITH YOUR FAMILIES!

Ich wünsche meinen Schülern und Schülerinnen FROHE WEIHNACHTEN und EINEN GUTEN RUTSCH INS NEUE JAHR ZUSAMMEN MIT EUREN FAMILIEN.

Take a look at this video and take care! Elena Ferro

English abbreviations for texting-

This post was asked by Nikola a student of my 4th  class.

Einfache Videos - Verben Gehen vs Sitzen - Tragen und Kaufen

Wir wiederholen die Verben mit Wechselpräpositionen.

Hier noch ein Video mit den Verben Tragen und Kaufen:

Do you think you cannot draw?

This is an interesting video tutorial. You too can draw!

Hier die wichtigsten deutschen Verben!

WORT FÜR WORT:

Die 30 am häufigsten benutzten deutschen Verben sind:

The 30 most frequently used German verbs are:

Los 30 verbos utilizados más frecuentemente en alemán son:

Les 30 verbes les plus fréquents de la langue allemand:

Quelle: http://bit.ly/deutsche_Verben

SEIN
HABEN
MODALVERBEN UND MEHR!

Calatrava Bridge in Venice

http://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/ponte-di-calatrava.htm

ABOVE: This November, 2007 photo shows the bridge's prefabricated sections in place, with final construction proceeding bit by bit. The bridge finally opened ten months later.

By Durant Imboden

After years of construction delays and cost overruns, Venice has a fourth bridge across the Grand Canal. The bridge is  officially named the Ponte della Costituzione, but nearly everyone in Venice calls it the Ponte di Calatrava.

The bridge was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, whose past projects have included the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain, the Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, and the precedent-setting "twisting torso" skyscraper in Malmö, Sweden.

In January, 2007, construction crews began driving piles for the new bridge in the Canale Grande between the Piazzale Roma and the Santa Lucia Railroad Station. The bridge's prefabricated sections were floated to the construction site by barge in August. Some progress had been made on final assembly when the photo above was taken in November, 2007, and the bridge opened to the public on September 11, 2008.

The Ponte di Calatrava is a long, sweeping curve of glass and steel that is designed to complement both the historic buildings on the Piazzale Roma side of the canal and the 1950s modernity of Venice's main railway station. Now that it's open, travelers won't have to go out of their way to cross the canal via the Ponte dei Scalzi or pay to ride the vaporetto as they've been forced to do in the past.

The bridge has provoked its share of controversies, including concerns about the bridge's accessibility to locals and tourists in wheelchairs. The Comune di Venezia has worked slowly to install a system of egg-shaped gondola lifts for the disabled, but whether they'll be more reliable than Venice's earlier platform lifts on several smaller bridges (which were removed after years of being non-functioning eyesores) remains to be seen.

Tips for using the bridge:

• Although the Calatrava Bridge looks high, the steps are low, and it's fairly easy to cross on a dry day (even with heavy luggage).
• Be careful on wet or icy days, when the glass steps can be slippery. (Walking in the middle, where the steps are made of stone, is safer.)

Types of bridges - Presentation for my students of the fifth year - Surveyors

If you follow the links, you will find nice presentations about the different types of bridges.

 http://www.slideshare.net/adnanmaqsoodjutt/types-of-bridges-33514538?related=1

http://www.slideshare.net/girishanant/types-of-bridgespptx-1