One of the easiest ways to learn a language isto use it actively. I’m used to doing that by reading a publication in the language I’m studying at that time. While I was following the German course, I was frequently in the IMS store buying the german C’t magazine. I tried Der Spiegel, but the heavy language couldn’t really motivate me to read on. With a computer magazine, that problem didn’t really exist.
At the moment I’m following an English conversation course, which means we talk a lot. For that, my subscription to The Economist comes in handy. Earlier, I used to read Business Week, but a few years back publisher McGraw-Hill decided to stop the publication of the European and Asian print editions, and following that it became a bit too US-centric for my tastes. Hence my switch to The Economist, where the editors succeed in providing a balanced overview of what happened in the world, even without regional editions. Sadly, at least one of the editors is a convinced euro-sceptic, which translates itself in a column blowing up some parts of european politics out of proportion and making fun of ut.
The perfect magazine doesn’t exist, that’s true. To my great surprise, I saw today that The Economist is offering an Audio Edition since a few weeks. Gone are the days when only best-selling autors were distributed on a multitude of audio cd’s, enabling the people stuck in trafic to follow the adventures of Harry Potter or Dan Brown. The Economist now offers a weekly
Grote hoeveelheden snoepgoed, de kerstbomen die stilaan opduiken in de huizen, een heel leger van chocoladen sinterklaasfiguurtjes, jengelende kinderen en lange wachtrijen aan de kassa van elke winkel die ook maar iets met amusement te maken heeft. Dat zijn allemaal duidelijk ingrediënten van de sinterklaasperiode.




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