Hello, hello, and welcome back to German with Carolina, the podcast where you improve your German by listening to stories.
I'm Carolina, and I help you practice your German, expand your German vocabulary, improve your German pronunciation, and test your listening comprehension of the language.
In this podcast, I simply read short stories and fun texts from all different genres and in different styles of literary texts that can hopefully be as entertaining as they are informative, but also helpful to your language learning, of course.
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Hallo, hallo und willkommen zu Deutsch mit Carolina, der Podcast, der dir hilft, dein Deutsch zu verbessern, indem du Geschichten anhörst.
Ich bin Carolina und ich helfe dir, dein Deutsch zu üben, deinen deutschen Wortschatz zu erweitern, deine deutsche Aussprache zu verbessern und dein Hörverstehen in der Sprache zu testen.
In this podcast, I simply read short texts and stories from all kinds of history and literary texts, which can hopefully be entertaining, but of course also informative and helpful for your German learning.
A big thank you and of course welcome to all the new listeners who started this month listening to German with Carolina.
Please, please, please, if you enjoy the podcast, don't forget to like it and subscribe to it so you don't miss any more episodes.And of course, please share German with Carolina with someone else who could benefit from learning German.
Today's episode is sort of a continuation from last week because it is another story with Dr. Berger and the San Rafael Krankenhaus.
However, you do not need to have listened to the past episode, which is episode 51, because the two stories are not connected.I obviously suggest that you do listen to that one, but you don't have to comprehend this episode.
As always, I will start with a six-word German vocab list and their English translation.There will always be two nouns, two adjectives, and two verbs, and I repeat each word twice.
Then I will read the story once and at the end there will be two questions with answers provided.I do always repeat each question and each answer twice as well.
I hope you enjoy the story and make sure to stick till the end to try to answer the questions yourself first. Today's episode is a little extension of the last episode.There is another story with Dr. Berger and St.
Raphael's Hospital, but the two episodes are not connected.So you don't have to listen to episode 51 to understand today's episode.Of course I recommend that you listen to episode 51 first, but you don't have to.
As always, I start the podcast with a German vocabulary list of six German words and their English translation.There are always two nouns, two adjectives and two verbs and I repeat every word twice.
Then I will read the story once and at the end there are two questions with answers.I also repeat every question and every answer twice. I hope you like the story and stay until the end to answer the questions yourself.
Let's get started with the word list.Let's start with the word list.Noun.The blockage.The blockage.The examination. Die Untersuchung.The examination.Adjektive.Bewusstlos.Unconscious.Bewusstlos.Unconscious.Verblasst.Faded.Verblasst.Faded.Verben.
I am about to read the story.I hope you enjoy.Es geht gleich los mit der Geschichte. THE CASE OF THE VANISHED TRUTH Dr. Thomas Berger sat in his office in the St.
Raphael Hospital and stared at the screen of his computer, but the letters disappeared before his eyes.The routine had him in its grasp like an indelible shadow that accompanied him every day.But today it should be different.
A new patient had been admitted and the case was not like the others.In the afternoon he received the report of the emergency.A man in his mid-thirties, unconsciously found, without papers, without a trace that pointed to his identity.
No obvious injuries, no accident, no indication of drug abuse. Only one name was mentioned by a witness who had seen him collapse in a side street.Sebastian Meier.Dr. Berger flew over the report again and felt a tingling in his neck.
Cases like this aroused his curiosity.Sebastian Meier was now in the intensive care unit and none of the previous investigations could explain what had happened to him. Dr. Berger took the report with him and went up to take a picture of himself.
When he entered the room, he saw a man lying peacefully in a hospital bed.His breathing was calm, his pulse was regular.But it was the emptiness in his face that Berger made rise.
It was not the emptiness of a sleeping person, but the emptiness of a person who was deeply trapped in himself. Is there no relative or acquaintance who has asked for him?"Berger asked the nurse who sat in the corner of the room and took notes.
No, doctor, she replied.No one has called.No family, no friends, nothing.Berger nodded thoughtfully.A man who seemed to have been swallowed up by the earth, found unconsciously, without any indication of his condition.
He sat in bed, took the medical file in his hand and studied the previous test results.Everything was inconspicuous.No signs of injuries, no toxicological indications.But something was wrong.He decided to do a deep neurological examination.
A spinal injury or an unrecognized trauma could provide an explanation. But before he left the room, he noticed something.A small tattoo on the patient's wrist.An old clockwork, filigree on the skin, pierced.
It was almost faded, but still clearly visible.Interesting, he muttered and made himself a note.Tattoos were often hints of life sections or memories that could be important to the patient.
Later in the afternoon, when the results of the examination came to his desk, Dr. Berger was again speechless.No symptoms in the brain, no signs of damage.
It was as if this man was simply sleeping, but in a way that could not be explained medically or physiologically.
Confused, Dr. Berger picked up the phone and called Dr. Anna Fuchs, a psychiatrist and old friend who had been consulted for difficult cases.Anna, I need your help, he began without hesitation when she answered the call.
I have a patient here who is puzzling me.Dr. Fuchs appeared in the hospital the next morning.She was a woman who was known for her sharp mind and intuition. Together they went to Sebastian Mayer's bed.
She took time to look at him, almost as if she were seeing through his skin into his soul.He has lost something, she said quietly after a while.Berger rubbed her forehead.What do you mean?
Sometimes it is not injuries or diseases that attract people to themselves, she explained. Sometimes they are memories.He looks as if he had included something in himself.Dr. Berger was skeptical, but he trusted Anna Fuchs' judgment.
And how do we get him to open up?he asked. This is the difficult part, she answered.We have to understand what brought him to this state.It could be a trauma, a shock, maybe even a mental blockade.But we have to be careful.
If we act too quickly, we could push him back even further. In the following days, Berger and Fuchs worked closely together.
Through conversations with the unconscious patient, through touches and quiet words, they tried to find an access to his inner self.They talked about simple things.The sound of the rain, the smell of fresh coffee, memories of childhood experiences.
But nothing seemed to penetrate. One evening, when Dr. Berger was about to leave the hospital, he returned to Sebastian Mayer's room.He stood still for a moment at the foot of the bed and looked at the man.And then he noticed.The tattoo.
The clockwork, he muttered.Time.The next morning he came up with a new plan.He put an old pocket watch on the nightstand next to Sebastian's bed. It was an antique watch that he once inherited from his grandfather.
The hands ticked quietly in a calming rhythm.Perhaps the sound of time and movement would trigger something in the patient.Hours passed, but there seemed to be no change.Until one night, suddenly, a quiet clicking could be heard.
Not from the watch, but from Sebastian himself.His fingers twitched lightly, as if he were grasping for something. Berger, who was still in the hospital by chance, was called immediately.When he arrived, he saw Sebastian's eyelids moving slightly.
He whispered something, barely audible, but it was clear enough.Time is running out.Dr. Berger was stunned. Was it possible that this man actually lost control over his own time?Or was it a metaphor for something much deeper?The end.
I know I left you on a cliffhanger there, but we are going to continue with the questions.Let's start with the questions.Question 1 Was macht Dr. Berger auf das Tattoo von Sebastian Meyer aufmerksam und warum ist es für den Fall wichtig?
Answer Antwort Dr. Berger notices the tattoo on Sebastian Mayer's wrist, an old watch, and finds it particularly striking because it seems like a personal symbol.
The tattoo is important because it will later serve as a key to understand Sebastian's condition.It could indicate a deeper connection to time or a traumatic experience.
Dr. Berger notices the tattoo on Sebastian Mayer's wrist, an old clockwork, and finds it particularly striking because it seems like a personal symbol.The tattoo is important because it will later serve as a key to understand Sebastian's condition.
It could indicate a deeper connection to time or a traumatic experience.Question 2, question 2. Wie versucht Dr. Berger, einen Zugang zu Sebastian Mayers Bewusstsein zu finden und was ist der Wendepunkt?
Wie versucht Dr. Berger, einen Zugang zu Sebastian Mayers Bewusstsein zu finden und was ist der Wendepunkt?Answer, Antwort.
Dr. Berger works together with Dr. Anna Fuchs to find access to Sebastian's consciousness through quiet conversations and sensory stimuli.The turning point occurs when Dr. Berger puts an old pocket watch next to Sebastian's bed.
The quiet ticking seems to cause a reaction and Sebastian begins to whisper quietly, which indicates a breakthrough in his mental blockade. I repeat, ich wiederhole.
Dr. Berger arbeitet zusammen mit Dr. Anna Fuchs, um durch ruhige Gespräche und sensorische Reize einen Zugang zu Sebastians Bewusstsein zu finden.Der Wendepunkt trifft ein, als Dr. Berger eine alte Taschenuhr neben Sebastians Bett stellt.
Das leise Ticken scheint eine Reaktion hervorzurufen und Sebastian beginnt leise zu flüstern, was auf einen Durchbruch in seiner mentalen Blockade hindeutet. Once again, I really hope you enjoyed this episode.
If you did, please do like and rate and subscribe to the podcast on whichever platform you listen to.Thank you so much for listening and I will see you next time.
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