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Reading Comprehension

I.1 Being British in Berlin

Read the newspaper article about Britishness in Berlin.

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IDENTITY is often about food, about what tasted good when we were children.
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Dale Carr knows all about the relationship between eating and memory. She’s
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been running English food and gift stores in Berlin for more than two decades.
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Broken English is located in Kreuzberg at Körtestrasse 10 and in Charlottenburg
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at Leonhardtstrasse 23, where Carr sells all things British, ranging from Marmite
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to scones and clotted cream. You’ll also find everything you need for a good
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English breakfast, including teapots. […]
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Her customers are not just Brits. People who have spent a holiday in the
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Yorkshire Dales or on Cornwall’s beaches come in to ask for Cadbury chocolate
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or PG Tips tea. And as for aromas that remind you of home? Imperial Leather soap
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may not be everybody’s idea of fine living, but for me, at least, it comes with
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memories of sitting on the saddle bar of my father’s bicycle when I was small, riding
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home after a walk in the woods. […]
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Berlin is also home to one of the most ritualized of all British pastimes. If
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you’ve ever spent an afternoon watching 22 men (or women) go through an
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elaborate dance involving bats, some running and one small, very hard white ball,
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you’ll know what we mean: cricket.
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The history of the sport in Berlin goes back to the 1860s. Things became
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rather quiet around the “English sport” in the 1920s and 30s, but picked up after
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1945 with the presence of the Allied Forces. By the 1980s, there were three civilian
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teams in Berlin. In 1985, a fourth team was formed, by Bob Sleigh, who placed an
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advert in a local newspaper under the heading: “Cricket, anybody?”
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In the early years, the team called itself The Refugees, and most games
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were played against members of the British military. After 1989, and reunification
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the following year, the team renamed itself the Berlin Cricket Club (BCC). It has
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been an official German sports club since 1995, playing in the regional East
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German Cricket League.
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BCC players are an international mix of Europeans, Asians, people from the
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Caribbean (mainly Jamaicans) and the Antipodes. […] Even when it comes to this
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most English of sports, it’s fair to say that cricket plays an integrative role in a city
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with a large migrant population. Come to the Maifeld and watch the BCC play, and
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this feeling of tolerance – and passion – is what you’ll take home with you.
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As the largest and most cosmopolitan German city, Berlin’s British scene is
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all about finding places to indulge in British pastimes. Now and then, you might
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even find a Brit indulging alongside you.

(adapted from: Spotlight, 2/2018, Zugriff am 06.06.2023)

Answer the following questions. You do not need to write complete sentences.
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What is Broken English?

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What smell lets the author think of his or her childhood?

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What does the author compare cricket to?

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When was cricket introduced in Berlin?

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What did a sports enthusiast use to find members for his team?

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Who were The Refugees' main opponents before 1990?

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What sensations do spectators experience at the match?

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I.2 Time for tea

Read the texts (1 - 5) and match them to the headings (A - G). There are two more headings than you need.

Text 1:

One afternoon in 1840, the Duchess of Bedford asked her butler to bring her a tray of tea, bread and butter, and cake, to bridge the hunger gap between lunch and dinner. She enjoyed this light snack so much that she began inviting friends to join her, and this new “afternoon tea” soon became a very fashionable social event for upper-class ladies in drawing rooms across the country. Now, it’s a treat that everyone can enjoy.

Text 2:

Traditionally, afternoon tea is served in the late afternoon, at around four or five o’clock. The late afternoon is still the most popular time for afternoon tea in hotels, but it’s usually available from after lunch through until around 5 p.m. You can have “afternoon” tea at the Ritz [one of the most iconic hotels in London] from 11.30 in the morning to 7.30 in the evening.

Text 3:

Tea should always be served in the pot. Leave it to brew for a few minutes before you pour it. Proper tea is loose leaf, so you may need to use a strainer. You can pour either the tea or the milk into the cup first – every British person has their own firmly held belief on this topic, but it really doesn’t matter. The Queen’s butler recently revealed that it’s “tea in first” in the royal household, but that hasn’t settled the debate. [...] You can always ask for more hot water to “top up the pot” if the tea is too strong.

Text 4:

It’s important to remember that a British person will understand “black tea” as “tea without milk”. To specify Schwarztee (rather than green tea or fruit tea), you could just say “normal tea” or give an example, such as “English breakfast tea”. A pot of tea served with a scone with jam and cream is called a “cream tea”. It’s a simpler version of the afternoon tea, widely available and especially popular in Devon and Cornwall, where the local cream is “clotted”. [...]

Text 5:

Is afternoon tea part of people’s daily routine in the UK? No, absolutely not. It’s a treat, something to do for fun or on a special occasion. In British homes, the word “tea” (as a meal, not just a drink) is often used to mean an early evening meal for children, or young families, for example: “I’ll give the kids their tea at five and we can have our dinner when they’re in bed.”

(adapted from: Spotlight 10/2022, p. 48-51)

Headings
A A noble invention
B A variety of drinks
C A secret message
D An extended time frame
E An old-fashioned dress code
F A supper habit for the little ones
G A question of personal preference
News Heading
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5 BE

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