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Ein vergessenes Foto

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Ein vergessenes Foto · B2. Ordne die gefragte Person, Zeit, den Ort oder Betrag dem richtigen Ereignis zu.

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A forgotten photograph — context illustration
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A forgotten photograph

Lies das originale englische Material und antworte mit Belegen. Die Stufe ist eine redaktionelle Orientierung, kein zertifiziertes Ergebnis.

The photograph fell from a book I was packing for the charity shop. At first I recognised only the gate: two pale posts and a latch that had always caught on the sleeve of my coat. Then I saw my brother, small and unsmiling, standing beside our mother. Someone had cut the edge of the picture, removing most of the person whose hand rested on his shoulder.

I was certain I knew the day. It was the afternoon we had been told that we were leaving the house, and my brother had refused to speak because nobody had asked what he wanted. I had repeated that version of events so often that it felt less like a memory than a fact entered in a family record.

I sent him a photograph of the photograph. His reply arrived while I was still packing. “You have the wrong day,” he wrote. “That was before the school play. I was frightened of forgetting my lines.” He remembered the borrowed jacket, which itched, and our mother telling him not to pull at the collar. The departing house and the silent protest belonged to another afternoon.

For a moment, I wanted to defend my account. The expression on his face seemed to support it. Then I noticed the paper flower pinned to his jacket, a detail I had previously treated as an unimportant blur. It did not prove every part of his story, but it fitted a school performance more comfortably than a sudden announcement about moving.

I asked about the missing person at the edge. He thought it was our aunt, though he was not certain. I had assumed it was me. Neither of us could explain why the photograph had been cut. We agreed to ask our cousin, who still had some of our aunt’s albums, rather than invent a reason that happened to suit us.

That evening, I put the photograph in a new envelope and wrote both accounts on a sheet of paper. I marked mine as a memory I was now questioning, not one I had proved false in every detail. My brother’s recollection deserved attention without being promoted automatically into a complete record.

The book continued into the donation box. The photograph stayed. It had become more interesting after it stopped illustrating the story I thought I knew. I no longer looked at my brother’s expression and saw a single obvious explanation. The unfamiliar space around it was not an empty place to fill quickly, but a reason to look again.

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Bezüge im Kontext · Genannte Einzelheiten · Gründe

Verfolge das Wort zurück zu der Person, Sache oder Idee, auf die es im Satz verweist. Ordne die gefragte Person, Zeit, den Ort oder Betrag dem richtigen Ereignis zu. Nutze den tatsächlich genannten Grund; ein nur plausibler Grund von außen reicht nicht.

In “Mia lost her key”, her refers to Mia.

Genannte Einzelheiten · Schlüsse aus Hinweisen

Ordne die gefragte Person, Zeit, den Ort oder Betrag dem richtigen Ereignis zu. Verbinde die tatsächlichen Hinweise, ohne unbelegte Tatsachen hinzuzufügen.

The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.

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A forgotten photograph — context illustration
LesenB2

A forgotten photograph

Lies das originale englische Material und antworte mit Belegen. Die Stufe ist eine redaktionelle Orientierung, kein zertifiziertes Ergebnis.

The photograph fell from a book I was packing for the charity shop. At first I recognised only the gate: two pale posts and a latch that had always caught on the sleeve of my coat. Then I saw my brother, small and unsmiling, standing beside our mother. Someone had cut the edge of the picture, removing most of the person whose hand rested on his shoulder.

I was certain I knew the day. It was the afternoon we had been told that we were leaving the house, and my brother had refused to speak because nobody had asked what he wanted. I had repeated that version of events so often that it felt less like a memory than a fact entered in a family record.

I sent him a photograph of the photograph. His reply arrived while I was still packing. “You have the wrong day,” he wrote. “That was before the school play. I was frightened of forgetting my lines.” He remembered the borrowed jacket, which itched, and our mother telling him not to pull at the collar. The departing house and the silent protest belonged to another afternoon.

For a moment, I wanted to defend my account. The expression on his face seemed to support it. Then I noticed the paper flower pinned to his jacket, a detail I had previously treated as an unimportant blur. It did not prove every part of his story, but it fitted a school performance more comfortably than a sudden announcement about moving.

I asked about the missing person at the edge. He thought it was our aunt, though he was not certain. I had assumed it was me. Neither of us could explain why the photograph had been cut. We agreed to ask our cousin, who still had some of our aunt’s albums, rather than invent a reason that happened to suit us.

That evening, I put the photograph in a new envelope and wrote both accounts on a sheet of paper. I marked mine as a memory I was now questioning, not one I had proved false in every detail. My brother’s recollection deserved attention without being promoted automatically into a complete record.

The book continued into the donation box. The photograph stayed. It had become more interesting after it stopped illustrating the story I thought I knew. I no longer looked at my brother’s expression and saw a single obvious explanation. The unfamiliar space around it was not an empty place to fill quickly, but a reason to look again.

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A forgotten photograph

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In “Mia lost her key”, her refers to Mia.
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Ein vergessenes Foto

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A forgotten photograph

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Bezüge im Kontext · Genannte Einzelheiten · Gründe

Verfolge das Wort zurück zu der Person, Sache oder Idee, auf die es im Satz verweist. Ordne die gefragte Person, Zeit, den Ort oder Betrag dem richtigen Ereignis zu. Nutze den tatsächlich genannten Grund; ein nur plausibler Grund von außen reicht nicht.

In “Mia lost her key”, her refers to Mia.
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Genannte Einzelheiten · Schlüsse aus Hinweisen

Ordne die gefragte Person, Zeit, den Ort oder Betrag dem richtigen Ereignis zu. Verbinde die tatsächlichen Hinweise, ohne unbelegte Tatsachen hinzuzufügen.

The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.

Fragen & Antworten

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D01 · Einstieg

A forgotten photograph

How did the narrator find the photograph?

  1. It arrived with the brother’s account in a new envelope.
  2. It fell from a book being packed for donation.
  3. The narrator found it among albums already borrowed from the cousin.
  4. It was placed in a donation box by the brother.
Antwort und Erklärung
It fell from a book being packed for donation.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „It fell from a book being packed for donation.“. Beleg: „The photograph fell from a book I was packing for the charity shop.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „It arrived with the brother’s account in a new envelope.“. Dies verwechselt zwei Phasen: die Ausgangslage und eine spätere Prüfung oder Entscheidung. Vergleiche die Alternative „The narrator found it among albums already borrowed from the cousin.“. Dies verwechselt zwei Phasen: die Ausgangslage und eine spätere Prüfung oder Entscheidung.

D02 · Einstieg

A forgotten photograph

What did the narrator recognise first?

  1. The borrowed jacket.
  2. The identity of the person whose hand was visible.
  3. The gate.
  4. The paper flower.
Antwort und Erklärung
The gate.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „The gate.“. Beleg: „At first I recognised only the gate“. Vergleiche die Alternative „The paper flower.“. Dies verwechselt zwei Phasen: die Ausgangslage und eine spätere Prüfung oder Entscheidung. Vergleiche die Alternative „The identity of the person whose hand was visible.“. Dies ergänzt ein Detail, das der Text nicht nennt; Plausibilität ist kein Textbeleg.

D03 · Einstieg

A forgotten photograph

What did the narrator initially believe the brother’s expression showed?

  1. Anger about an itchy borrowed jacket.
  2. Reluctance to have a photograph taken before donating the book.
  3. A protest about leaving the house.
  4. Fear of forgetting lines in a play.
Antwort und Erklärung
A protest about leaving the house.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „A protest about leaving the house.“. Beleg: „It was the afternoon we had been told that we were leaving the house, and my brother had refused to speak because nobody had asked what he wanted.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „Anger about an itchy borrowed jacket.“. Dies verwechselt zwei Phasen: die Ausgangslage und eine spätere Prüfung oder Entscheidung. Vergleiche die Alternative „Reluctance to have a photograph taken before donating the book.“. Dies ergänzt ein Detail, das der Text nicht nennt; Plausibilität ist kein Textbeleg.

P01 · Gezielt üben

A forgotten photograph

What does the comparison with “a family record” suggest?

  1. Repetition had made the narrator’s version feel unquestionable.
  2. The family had agreed to preserve both versions before seeing the photograph.
  3. An independently checked family record had confirmed the date.
  4. The narrator had avoided repeating the family story before this discovery.
Antwort und Erklärung
Repetition had made the narrator’s version feel unquestionable.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „Repetition had made the narrator’s version feel unquestionable.“. Beleg: „I had repeated that version of events so often“. Vergleiche die Alternative „The narrator had avoided repeating the family story before this discovery.“. Dies kehrt den im Text genannten Zusammenhang um. Vergleiche die Alternative „An independently checked family record had confirmed the date.“. Dies beansprucht mehr Sicherheit oder eine größere Reichweite, als dieser Beleg erlaubt.

P02 · Gezielt üben

A forgotten photograph

What event did the brother connect with the photograph?

  1. The day the book was first selected for donation.
  2. An announcement that they were moving.
  3. A school play.
  4. A visit at which the aunt deliberately cut the photograph.
Antwort und Erklärung
A school play.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „A school play.“. Beleg: „That was before the school play.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „An announcement that they were moving.“. Dies verwechselt zwei Phasen: die Ausgangslage und eine spätere Prüfung oder Entscheidung. Vergleiche die Alternative „The day the book was first selected for donation.“. Dies verwechselt zwei Phasen: die Ausgangslage und eine spätere Prüfung oder Entscheidung.

P03 · Gezielt üben

A forgotten photograph

How conclusive does the narrator consider the visual evidence for the brother’s account?

  1. It fits the brother’s account but does not prove all of it.
  2. It establishes who stood at the cut edge of the photograph.
  3. It makes the brother’s recollection a complete and independently verified record.
  4. It is no more compatible with the play than with the moving announcement.
Antwort und Erklärung
It fits the brother’s account but does not prove all of it.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „It fits the brother’s account but does not prove all of it.“. Beleg: „It did not prove every part of his story, but it fitted a school performance more comfortably“. Vergleiche die Alternative „It makes the brother’s recollection a complete and independently verified record.“. Dies beansprucht mehr Sicherheit oder eine größere Reichweite, als dieser Beleg erlaubt. Vergleiche die Alternative „It is no more compatible with the play than with the moving announcement.“. Dies kehrt den im Text genannten Zusammenhang um.

P04 · Gezielt üben

A forgotten photograph

Which visual detail made the narrator reconsider?

  1. The visible hand resting on the brother’s shoulder.
  2. The gate latch that had caught on the narrator’s coat.
  3. The expression that had seemed to support the narrator’s first account.
  4. A paper flower pinned to the jacket.
Antwort und Erklärung
A paper flower pinned to the jacket.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „A paper flower pinned to the jacket.“. Beleg: „the paper flower pinned to his jacket“. Vergleiche die Alternative „The gate latch that had caught on the narrator’s coat.“. Dies verwechselt zwei Phasen: die Ausgangslage und eine spätere Prüfung oder Entscheidung. Vergleiche die Alternative „The visible hand resting on the brother’s shoulder.“. Die Hand ist auf dem Foto sichtbar, löst aber in der Erzählung nicht das Umdenken aus; diese Rolle hat die Blume. Prüfe die Textstelle „whose hand rested on his shoulder.“ im Hinblick auf die Frage und die Aussage „The visible hand resting on the brother’s shoulder.“.

R01 · Passende Übungen

A forgotten photograph

What feeling does the brother remember?

  1. Certainty that moving house was unfair.
  2. Comfort in the jacket he had borrowed for the performance.
  3. Embarrassment that the photograph had been cut.
  4. Fear of forgetting his lines.
Antwort und Erklärung
Fear of forgetting his lines.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „Fear of forgetting his lines.“. Beleg: „I was frightened of forgetting my lines.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „Embarrassment that the photograph had been cut.“. Dies ergänzt ein Detail, das der Text nicht nennt; Plausibilität ist kein Textbeleg. Vergleiche die Alternative „Certainty that moving house was unfair.“. Dies verwechselt zwei Phasen: die Ausgangslage und eine spätere Prüfung oder Entscheidung.

R02 · Passende Übungen

A forgotten photograph

What remains uncertain about the cut edge?

  1. Whether the brother connected the image with a school play.
  2. Whether the flower was visible on the jacket.
  3. Whether the image had come from the donated book.
  4. Why the photograph was cut.
Antwort und Erklärung
Why the photograph was cut.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „Why the photograph was cut.“. Beleg: „Neither of us could explain why the photograph had been cut.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „Whether the flower was visible on the jacket.“. Dieses Detail steht in der Erzählung bereits fest; gefragt ist, was ungeklärt bleibt. Vergleiche die Alternative „Whether the brother connected the image with a school play.“. Dieses Detail steht in der Erzählung bereits fest; gefragt ist, was ungeklärt bleibt.

R03 · Passende Übungen

A forgotten photograph

Why do they decide to contact their cousin?

  1. The cousin may have further evidence in the aunt’s albums.
  2. They hope the cousin will choose the more comforting account without more evidence.
  3. They believe the cousin has already identified the missing person with certainty.
  4. They want the cousin to confirm which charity shop received the book.
Antwort und Erklärung
The cousin may have further evidence in the aunt’s albums.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „The cousin may have further evidence in the aunt’s albums.“. Beleg: „our cousin, who still had some of our aunt’s albums“. Vergleiche die Alternative „They hope the cousin will choose the more comforting account without more evidence.“. Dies kehrt den im Text genannten Zusammenhang um. Vergleiche die Alternative „They believe the cousin has already identified the missing person with certainty.“. Dies beansprucht mehr Sicherheit oder eine größere Reichweite, als dieser Beleg erlaubt.

X01 · Textaufgabe

A forgotten photograph

How does the narrator preserve the competing accounts?

  1. By retaining the photograph while omitting both conflicting written accounts.
  2. By marking the narrator’s whole account as conclusively false.
  3. By presenting the brother’s version as a complete official record.
  4. By writing both down and qualifying the certainty of each.
Antwort und Erklärung
By writing both down and qualifying the certainty of each.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „By writing both down and qualifying the certainty of each.“. Beleg: „That evening, I put the photograph in a new envelope and wrote both accounts on a sheet of paper. I marked mine as a memory I was now questioning, not one I had proved false in every detail. My brother’s recollection deserved attention without being promoted automatically into a complete record.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „By marking the narrator’s whole account as conclusively false.“. Dies macht aus einer eingeschränkten Aussage eine Behauptung ohne Ausnahmen. Vergleiche die Alternative „By presenting the brother’s version as a complete official record.“. Dies beansprucht mehr Sicherheit oder eine größere Reichweite, als dieser Beleg erlaubt.

X02 · Textaufgabe

A forgotten photograph

What change is expressed in the final paragraph?

  1. The narrator accepts the brother’s account as the only explanation worth considering.
  2. The narrator considers the image less valuable because its story is uncertain.
  3. The narrator accepts uncertainty as a reason for further attention.
  4. The narrator treats the competing accounts as proof that photographs cannot offer evidence.
Antwort und Erklärung
The narrator accepts uncertainty as a reason for further attention.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „The narrator accepts uncertainty as a reason for further attention.“. Beleg: „I no longer looked at my brother’s expression and saw a single obvious explanation. The unfamiliar space around it was not an empty place to fill quickly, but a reason to look again.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „The narrator treats the competing accounts as proof that photographs cannot offer evidence.“. Dies macht aus einer eingeschränkten Aussage eine Behauptung ohne Ausnahmen. Vergleiche die Alternative „The narrator accepts the brother’s account as the only explanation worth considering.“. Dies kehrt den im Text genannten Zusammenhang um.