Chapter 1
Die
the
Familie
family
Johnson
Johnson
lebt
lives
in
in
London,
London
England.
England
The Johnson family lives in London, England.
Peter
Peter
Johnson
Johnson
und
and
seine
his
Frau,
wife
Helen,
Helen
haben
have
drei
three
Kinder.
children
Peter Johnson and his wife, Helen, have three children.
Ihre
their
Tochter,
daughter
Mary,
Mary
ist
is
sechzehn
sixteen
Jahre
years
alt.
old
Their daughter, Mary, is sixteen years old.
Ihre
their
Söhne
sons
Paul
Paul
und
and
Mark
Mark
sind
are
vierzehn
fourteen
und
and
zwölf
twelve
Jahre
years
alt.
old
Their sons, Paul and Mark, are fourteen and twelve years old.
Die
the
Johnsons
Johnsons
sind
are
eine
a
glückliche
happy
Familie.
family
The Johnsons are a happy family.
und
and
die
the
Kinder
children
sind
are
beste
best
Freunde.
friends
and the children are best friends.
und
and
arbeitet
works
in
in
einem
a
großen
big
Bürogebäude.
office building
and works in a big office building.
Mary
Mary
möchte
wants
eine
an
Ausbildung
education
zur
to
Krankenschwester
nurse
machen.
make
Mary wants to study to become a nurse,
Sie
she
will
wants
ins
into the
Ausland
foreign country
gehen
go
und
and
einen
a
Ausländer
foreigner
heiraten.
marry
move abroad and marry a foreigner.
Paul
Paul
möchte
wants
ein
an
Ingenieur
engineer
werden.
become
Paul wants to become an engineer.
Mark
Mark
weiß
knows
noch
yet
nicht,
not
was
what
er
he
später
later
studieren
study
möchte.
wants
Mark doesn’t know yet what he wants to study later.
Die
the
Familienmitglieder
family members
sind
are
normalerweise
usually
mit
with
ihren
their
Jobs
jobs
und
and
Schule
school
beschäftigt.
busy
The family is usually busy with their jobs and their school work.
Peter
Peter
und
and
Helen
Helen
gehen
go
heute
today
nicht
not
zur
to
Arbeit.
work
Peter and Helen aren’t going to work today
und
and
die
the
Kinder
children
gehen
go
nicht
not
in
in
die
the
Schule,
school
and the children aren’t going to school,
weil
because
es
it
Weihnachtsferien
Christmas holiday
sind.
is
because it is the Christmas holiday.
Es
it
ist
is
für
for
sie
them
wichtig,
important
viel
much
Zeit
time
zusammen
together
zu
to
verbringen.
spend
It’s important for them to spend a lot of time together.
Es
it
ist
is
dieses
this
Jahr
year
ein
a
sehr
very
kalter
cold
Winter
winter
in
in
England.
England
It’s a very cold winter in England this year.
Die
the
Familie
family
Johnson
Johnson
möchte
wants
in
to
ein
a
warmes
warm
Land
country
reisen,
travel
The Johnson family wants to travel to somewhere warm
daher
therefore
fahren
travel
sie
they
für
for
zwei
two
Wochen
weeks
nach
to
Hawaii.
Hawaii
so they will go to Hawaii for two weeks,
Denn
because
in
in
Hawaii
Hawaii
ist
is
es
it
immer
always
Sommer.
summer
because in Hawaii it’s always summer.
Bevor
before
sie
they
abreisen,
depart
laden
invite
sie
they
ihre
their
Nachbarn
neighbours
zum
to the
Kaffee
coffee
ein.
Before they leave they invite their neighbors over for coffee.
Die
the
Nachbarn
neighbours
kommen
come
zum
to the
Kaffee
cofee
rüber,
over
The neighbors come over for coffee,
und
and
sie
they
kommen
come
auch,
too
um
to
ihren
their
Hund
dog
Mickey
Mickey
abzuholen,
pick up
and they also come to take their dog, Mickey,
weil
because
sie
they
auf
on
ihn
him
aufpassen
guard
werden
will
während
while
die
the
Johnsons
Johnsons
in
in
Hawaii
Hawaii
sind.
are
because they will care for him while the Johnsons are in Hawaii.
Sie
they
bringen
bring
ihr
their
Gepäck
luggage
aus
out of
dem
the
Haus,
house
They bring their luggage out of the house,