Kompetenzerweiterung II, Tuesday/Thursday Group, Homework for April 16th

For homework, please:

- have a look at the 5 levels playlist on the WIRED YouTube channel, watch one of the videos and think about a topic area you explain on 5 levels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opqIa5Jiwuw&list=PLibNZv5Zd0dyCoQ6f4pdXUFnpAIlKgm3N

- read this article on literary translation and jot down sophisticated vocabulary that is not yet in your active vocabulary (there will be a quiz next week!): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/06/its-a-silent-conversation-authors-and-translators-on-their-unique-relationship

- complete exercises E-J on pp. 89-91.

- complete exercises F-P on pp. 96-99.

Journals will be returned to you on Tuesday, so please get a friend to pick yours up for you if you know you won't be attending class.


Question from class:

"To damn with faint praise" is indeed an expression meaning to comment on something in a seemingly complimentary manner, but using language that in fact thinly veils your disdain. I grew up with this phenomenon being called a "backhanded compliment." In modern parlance, we might call this "throwing shade" ;-).

Example from class: "She looks good for forty."

(From the Collins dictionary) Dominique damned it with faint praise : 'It tastes quite good when you've lived in the UK for 22 years.'