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Peter Schilling’s song “Major Tom” is one of the most popular German songs of the Neue Deutsche Welle movement in Germany. It has even been translated to English and you may have heard it before - if so, you will definitely recognize the chorus, which has a very nice memorable melody. Discover Peter Schilling’s take on the tale of Major Tom, learn a lot of German words related to space (and not just those), understand Germany’s historic contribution to space research, perfect your knowledge of German participles… GermanPod101 helps you improve your German in a fun and interesting way!
Listen to an excerpt of today’s song at Amazon.com. Americans can also buy a legal mp3 of the full song right there; international visitors will have to go to 7digital instead.
If you’ve ever taken a plane to Europe, you know that jet lag is not a tourist’s friend. In this lesson, John is suffering from it. Join him and Michaela as they debate what to do, and learn what’s so great about German residential areas! GermanPod101 brings to you another fun lesson full of authentic German.
Category: Intermediate music lessons | 1 Comment »
Grammar: past participle, splitting verbs | Function: analysing a song, talking about a historic moment, talking about space and spaceships | Topic: Germany, history, space
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