{"id":4737,"date":"2013-07-05T09:54:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T09:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=4737"},"modified":"2013-07-05T09:54:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T09:54:16","slug":"practice-your-listening-skills-with-german-radio-program-hosts-tell-about-a-hilarious-sos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/practice-your-listening-skills-with-german-radio-program-hosts-tell-about-a-hilarious-sos\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice your listening skills with German radio program: hosts tell about a hilarious SOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding or listening to spoken language is one of the four major skills when it comes to successful foreign language acquisition. A couple of days ago, I came across the radio sequence below in which the hosts tell about the wireless communication between an American ship and Spaniards.<\/p>\n<p>I find the presenters speak rather distinctly. If you would like to check your comprehension skills I suggest to listen to the out-take first and only then read the text and respective translation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spanischer Funkspruch\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZHHv1AjtUjI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"62\"><strong>Susann:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"398\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Sch\u00f6n\u2019 guten Morgen, Tim.<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(Good morning, Tim.)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"62\"><strong>Tim:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"398\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Sch\u00f6n\u2019 guten Morgen Susann, Morgen Franky.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(Good morning, Susann, morning, Franky.)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"62\"><strong>Franky:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"398\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Morgen.<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"> (Morning.)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"62\"><strong>Susann:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"398\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Du hast uns \u2018ne skurrile Geschichte mitgebracht, ne?<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(You brought a quirky story with you, don\u2019t you?)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"62\"><strong>Tim:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"398\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Einen Funkspruch, den es wirklich gegeben hat, und zwar vor der spanischen K\u00fcste zwischen Spaniern und Amerikanern.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(An electronic ship reporting, before the Spanish coast between Spaniards and Americans.)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080\">Los geht\u2019s \u2026 und zwar mit dem Spanier<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(Here we go &#8230; with the Spaniard.)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funkspruch \u2013 ship reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"83\"><strong>Spanier:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Hier spricht A-853 zu ihnen.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(This is A 853 talking to you.)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080\">Bitte \u00e4ndern sie ihren Kurs um 15 Grad nach S\u00fcden, um eine Kollision mit uns zu vermeiden.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(Please, change your course to 15 degrees south in order to avoid a collision with us.)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"83\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Daraufhin die Amerikaner auf ihrem Schiff \u2026\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(The Americans respond to that as follows \u2026 )<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"83\"><strong>Amerikaner:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Hier spricht der Kapit\u00e4n eines Schiffes der nordamerikanischen Marine. <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(This is the Captain of a ship of the United States Navy.)<\/span> \u00c4ndern sie sofort ihren Kurs um 15 Grad nach Norden, um eine Kollision zu vermeiden.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(Change your course to 15 degrees north in order to avoid a collision.)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"83\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Antwort vom Spanier:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(Respond of the Spaniard:)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"83\"><strong>Spanier:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Dies ist nicht machbar.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(This is not possible)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080\">Weichen sie aus!<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(Do you dodge!)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"83\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Jetzt wider der Amerikaner \u2026<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(The American again \u2026)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"83\"><strong>Amerikaner:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Hier spricht Kapit\u00e4n Richard James Howard, Kommandant des Flugzeugtr\u00e4gers USS Lincoln von der Marine der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, das zweitgr\u00f6\u00dfte Kriegsschiff der nordamerikanischen Flotte.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(This is Captain Richard James Howard, Commander of the US- Navy, the second biggest battleship of the North American fleet.)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080\">Uns geleiten zwei Panzerkreuzer, sechs Zerst\u00f6rer, f\u00fcnf Kreuzschiffe, vier U-Boote und mehrere Schiffe, die uns jeder Zeit unterst\u00fctzen k\u00f6nnen.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(We are followed by two armored cruisers, six destroyers, five cruis ships, four submarine boats and several other ships, which can support us any time.)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080\">Ich befehle ihnen, ihren Kurs 15 Grad nach Norden zu \u00e4ndern.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(I command you to change course to 15 degrees north.)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080\">Sollten sie sich nicht daran halten, so sehen wir uns gezwungen die notwendigen Schritte einzuleiten.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(Shouldn\u2019t you obey we see ourselves forced to take indispensible action.)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"83\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"><strong>Franky:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">Das klingt ja so als wenn die Spanier ziemlich stur w\u00e4ren und einfach nicht vom Kurs weg wollen.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(It sounds as if the Spaniard was rather stubborn and doesn\u2019t want to get off course.)<\/span><strong>Tim: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">Es gibt ja jetzt auch die Antwort des Spaniers.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(Well, here\u2019s the response of the Spaniard.)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"83\"><strong>Spanier:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Hier spricht Juan Manuel Salas Alcantara.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(This is Juan Manuel Salas Alcantara.)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080\">Wir sind zwei Personen.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(We are two people.)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080\">Uns geleiten unser Hund, unser Essen, zwei Bier und ein Gast, der gerade schl\u00e4ft.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(We are followed by our dog, our food, two beers and a visitor who is sleeping at the moment.)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080\">Wir fahren nirgendwo hin.<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"> (We don\u2019t go anywhere.)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080\">Wir sind Leuchtturm A-853 auf dem Festland der K\u00fcste Galiziens.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(We are lighthouse A853 onshore of Galicia.)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080\">Und sie k\u00f6nnen die Schritte einleiten, die sie f\u00fcr notwendig halten und auf die sie geil sind, um die Sicherheit ihres schei\u00df Flugzeugtr\u00e4gers zu garantieren, zumal er gleich an den K\u00fcstenfelsen Spaniens zerschellen wird.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(And you can take any action that you find necessary and you are hot for in order to guarantee for the security of your damn aircraft carrier as it will soon burst on Spain\u2019s coastal rocks.)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080\">Und aus diesem Grund m\u00f6chten wir ihnen nochmal ans Herz legen, ihren Kurs um 15 Grad nach S\u00fcden zu \u00e4ndern, um eine Kollision mit uns zu vermeiden.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(Because of this reason we entrust you change your course to 15 degrees south to avoid a collision.)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding or listening to spoken language is one of the four major skills when it comes to successful foreign language acquisition. 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