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Hey there, I've got to make a english presentation in school. (For those who don't know: I'm from Germany)
It doesn't matter which topic we talk about, but it has to go about 5 minutes, and it has to be spoken in English.

I think I will choose Steve Irwin.
I will post my presentation in this thread, and I hope you can rate my posting. Or maybie give me a hand, because I don't know what I could tell about Steve Irwin, 5 minutes are pretty long.

Greetings, IndianaStatic		2008-09-28 14:39:00

Author:
Unknown User

Steve Irwin! YAY! AUSSIES! WOOT!

I think the Aussies on here can help ya =D		2008-09-28 14:41:00

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Stix489
Posts: 2080

He had a thing for crocodiles

Say that 		2008-09-28 14:42:00

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DrunkMiffy
Posts: 2758

You could talk about what happened on the day he died. Like the previous events that led up to his death.2008-09-28 14:43:00

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Unknown User

You can say, that of all the creatures he went up against, he died from the most peaceful of them all >_>2008-09-28 14:44:00

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Stix489
Posts: 2080

Yes I already planned to tell about the irony that he died because of a stingray.

Well, I think I can fill up the 5 minutes.		2008-09-28 14:51:00

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Unknown User

You can say, that of all the creatures he went up against, he died from the most peaceful of them all >_>

yeah. he was the third person to get killed by one.		2008-09-28 14:51:00

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Don Vhalt
Posts: 2270

yeah. he was the third person to get killed by one.

Ever? 		2008-09-28 14:53:00

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Unknown User

Ever?

Third who was noticed, but I believe, the species ray is gonna rule the world. Evil creatures!		2008-09-28 14:56:00

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Unknown User

Ever?

well since they started recording deaths. like a caveman might have been killed by 1 but it wouldn't be recorded.		2008-09-28 14:58:00

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Don Vhalt
Posts: 2270

well since they started recording deaths. like a caveman might have been killed by 1 but it wouldn't be recorded.

lol! good example! I'm imagining how a caveman got himself into that situation in the first place. "Leave. Water. Hole!" lol 		2008-09-28 15:01:00

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Unknown User

lol! good example! I'm imagining how a caveman got himself into that situation in the first place. "Leave. Water. Hole!" lol

Oh man, I laughed out loud

Sorry for digging out this thread, but I just accidentaly my whole presentation. I want to share it with you, there are some parts, you sure won't miss it, I need your help (just words I want to know).
Also I please you to check grammar and spelling, if it sounds good, what I should correct, what I should delete, what I should add.

Here you go:


Hello everybody,
today, you will hear something about Steve Irwin in my presentation.
I chose him because I think he is a cool guy and he isn't afraid of anything (nevermind, just for the lulz )
For all those who don't know Steve Irwin, (I put a picture on the overhead projector while I'm describing him) he was a kind of famous animal-explorer, his nickname was "Crocodile Hunter". I will go on with a detailed description of him
First of all, his right, full name is "Stephen Robert Irwin", but Steve Irwin almost sounds better.
Steve Irwin was born in Feburary 1962 in Australia, and he lived until September in 2006.
He started his contact with dangerous animals pretty early, by helping his father, whose job was to get animals like reptilians out of (need a good and easy word for "areas which are inhabited by people).
With 9 years, he caught his first crocodile, cooperated (can I say cooperated here?) by his father.
During the 80's, he lived in the australian bush and he continued what his father did, he was seen as an expert for survival in the wilderness and the transport of dangerous animals like crocodiles, snakes and so on.
And there's also a turtle that's called after him, because he discovered it first.
In June 1992, he married Terri Raines, she is also addicted to animals, and together, they took the "Reptile and Fauna Park" from Steves' parents in Queensland. This park is today also known as the "Australian Zoo"
Steve Irwin worked in this park, and he did the same job his father used to: Get/Rescue animals out from (inhabited areas). Today, there is still a team that is trained for this business.
In 1996, his documentation "The Crocodile Hunter" started to be shown in the australian TV. It became worldwide famous, about 500 million people in around 137 countries watched it. You can imagine how much that is, that's around 8 percent (%) of the whole world, who knew Steve Irwin, and that's pretty much!
He spent all the money he gained from his show and the merchandising, like toys of steve irwin, souvenirs and so on, to the animal rights group and his zoo.
As a result of his show which went (can I use went here?) 15 years long, a whole generation grew up with his documentations. They saw Steve Irwin as (Well I can`t think of a good word here, I'm searching for: "He is seen as the general idol of Australia), moreover as an hero.
Sadly, on the 4th September of 2006, he was accidentaly killed by a sting-ray. It's kind of ironic if you think about it: He met all dangerous animals you can think of, even played with 15 feet long crocodiles.
And then suddenly he was killed by an animal which killed only 3 people, whose are known in world-history yet.
The state offered a state funeral, but his wife declined polite, because Steve Irwin saw himself as a "ordinary guy", he never wanted to be celebrated like a famous star.
Summing up I want to say that I really enjoyed his show whenever I watched it years ago, and it's very sad that he's gone.
May he Rest in Peace.
Thank's for listening, I hope he keeps in your minds.

Do you think I can fill up about 5 minutes with that?		2008-10-28 14:40:00

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Unknown User

Oh man, I laughed out loud

Sorry for digging out this thread, but I just accidentaly my whole presentation. I want to share it with you, there are some parts, you sure won't miss it, I need your help (just words I want to know).
Also I please you to check grammar and spelling, if it sounds good, what I should correct, what I should delete, what I should add.

Here you go:


Hello everybody,
today, you will hear something about Steve Irwin in my presentation.
I chose him because I think he is a cool guy and he isn't afraid of anything (nevermind, just for the lulz )
For all those who don't know Steve Irwin, (I put a picture on the overhead projector while I'm describing him) he was a kind of (you don't really need to say "kind of" here. I'd pull that out all together) famous animal-explorer, his nickname was "Crocodile Hunter". I will go on with a detailed description of him
First of all, his right (again, you don't need the word "right" here. It works, but it's not necessary), full name is "Stephen Robert Irwin", but Steve Irwin almost sounds better.
Steve Irwin was born in Feburary 1962 in Australia, and he lived until September in 2006.
He started his contact with dangerous animals pretty early, by helping his father, whose job was to get animals like reptilians out of (need a good and easy word for "areas which are inhabited by people)(I'd use the word "communities" here).
With 9 years, he caught his first crocodile, cooperated (can I say cooperated here?) by his father. (Instead of "cooperated", say "assisted")
During the 80's, he lived in the Australian bush and he continued what his father did, he was seen as an expert for survival in the wilderness and the transport of dangerous animals like crocodiles, snakes and so on.
And there's also a turtle that's called (instead of "called", say "named") after him, because he discovered it first.
In June 1992, he married Terri Raines, she is also addicted(The word "addicted" does not really work here; you may want to say "obsessed with animals" instead) to animals, and together, they took the "Reptile and Fauna Park" from Steves' (Should be "Steve's")parents in Queensland. This park is today also known as the "Australian Zoo"
Steve Irwin worked in this park, and he did the same job his father used to: Get/Rescue animals out from (inhabited areas) (Again, say "communities"). Today, there is still a team that is trained for this business.
In 1996, his documentation (Close, but you should say "documentary" instead) "The Crocodile Hunter" started to be shown in(Use "on" instead of "in") the Australian TV. It became worldwide famous (Reverse the two words; say "famous worldwide" instead), about 500 million people in around 137 countries watched it. You can imagine how much that is, that's around 8 percent (%) of the whole world, who knew Steve Irwin, and that's pretty much(Instead of "that's pretty much", say "that's a lot of people")!
He spent all the money he gained from his show and the merchandising, like toys of steve irwin, souvenirs and so on, to the animal rights group and his zoo.
As a result of his show which went (can I use went here?...Yes, you can) 15 years long, a whole generation grew up with his documentations(Again, say "documentaries" instead). They saw Steve Irwin as (Well I can`t think of a good word here, I'm searching for: "He is seen as the general idol of Australia... Say "they saw Steve Irwin as a national hero"), moreover as an hero.
Sadly, on the 4th September of 2006, he was accidentaly killed by a sting-ray. It's kind of ironic if you think about it: He met all dangerous animals you can think of, even played with 15 feet long crocodiles.
And then suddenly he was killed by an animal which killed only 3 people, whose are known in world-history yet. (This last sentence is tricky; I would write it like "It's kind of ironic if you think about it: he encountered many different dangerous animals, even played with crocodiles that were 15-feet long. And suddenly, he was killed by an animal that had - according to modern records - had only killed 3 people)
The state offered a state funeral, but his wife declined polite (Say "politely"), because Steve Irwin saw himself as a (Technically, you should use "an" instead of "a") "ordinary guy", he never wanted to be celebrated like a famous star.
Summing up I want to say that I really enjoyed his show whenever I watched it years ago, and it's very sad that he's gone.
May he Rest in Peace.
Thank's for listening, I hope he keeps in your minds.

Do you think I can fill up about 5 minutes with that?

The changes I made are underlined. Hope this helps. Good work overall. English is very difficult along with German ironically.		2008-10-28 15:24:00

Author:
supersickie
Posts: 1366

Wow, thank you for taking your time for my text. I gonna correct it.2008-10-28 16:18:00

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Unknown User

Wow, thank you for taking your time for my text. I gonna correct it.

No problem. Glad to help anyone I can!		2008-10-28 16:34:00

Author:
supersickie
Posts: 1366

No problem. Glad to help anyone I can!

Oh really? Well er-... my roof is broken and my kitchen needs to be cleaned up.. 		2008-10-28 16:44:00

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Unknown User

Oh really? Well er-... my roof is broken and my kitchen needs to be cleaned up..

How about we just keep my assistance based in your perfection of the English language, okay? 		2008-10-28 16:47:00

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supersickie
Posts: 1366

Okey. Deal 2008-10-28 16:48:00

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Unknown User

Okie dokie other than the text and grammar corrections that have mostly been taken care of let me clarify a couple of points of fact.

Firstly Steve Irwin isn't really idolised by Australians at all, he is idolised by Americans and that is where he spent most of his time, made all of his money and mainly where he became famous on television, before that no one had heard of him here.

Secondly most Australians found / find him incredibly embarrassing with his hackneyed over used "Strine" (Australian Slang) I don't know a single person here who A) speaks like him or B) says crikey every 10 seconds. He does not represent the 99.9% of Australians that I know and it is a media impression of Australia and Australians in general that is just plain wrong. Other than that it is a fairly good report, but hey you don't live here so how would you be aware of how real Aussies feel about the guy.

Cheers QuozL		2008-10-28 19:16:00

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QuozL
Posts: 921

not been nasty but if your german how come you can talk english pretty well. And theor been a question that i want to ask german buy scared to ask2008-10-28 20:19:00

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panzer3000
Posts: 362

not been nasty but if your german how come you can talk english pretty well. And theor been a question that i want to ask german buy scared to ask
Why would that be "been nasty"?		2008-10-28 20:24:00

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Unknown User

Okie dokie other than the text and grammar corrections that have mostly been taken care of let me clarify a couple of points of fact.

Firstly Steve Irwin isn't really idolised by Australians at all, he is idolised by Americans and that is where he spent most of his time, made all of his money and mainly where he became famous on television, before that no one had heard of him here.

Secondly most Australians found / find him incredibly embarrassing with his hackneyed over used "Strine" (Australian Slang) I don't know a single person here who A) speaks like him or B) says crikey every 10 seconds. He does not represent the 99.9% of Australians that I know and it is a media impression of Australia and Australians in general that is just plain wrong. Other than that it is a fairly good report, but hey you don't live here so how would you be aware of how real Aussies feel about the guy.

Cheers QuozL

I think he just represents (that was the word I searched a while ago :hero: ) the typical clich? the Americans/Europe/and all other had about Australia- a big dry land, with many bushes and kangaroos and many different, also dangerous animals, and the explorer have these nice short pants.
Same here with Tokio Hotel. For those who know this kiddie-rock-school-band: Don't compare them with the rest of us.

You know what I mean? Some worldwide-famous people of countries, represent for other people who don't know anything about the culture/etc. that land. And then the people think "Oh well he has to fit well with the other inhabitants, let's pretend all act like him HURR HURR"


not been nasty but if your german how come you can talk english pretty well. And theor been a question that i want to ask german buy scared to ask

Thanks. Well, I'm hanging out most time during surfin on websites where English is spoken.
And it's funny though, but since I'm a /b/tard my English improved alot

Just a thought, don't mind me for this but English isn't your mother language? Or you just don't care to type your things right ;] But nevermind, I understood it.		2008-10-28 20:38:00

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Unknown User

Hello everybody,
today, you will hear something about Steve Irwin in my presentation.
I chose him because I think he is a cool guy and he dosen't afraid of anything (nevermind, just for the lulz )


Thats better 		2008-10-28 20:38:00

Author:
MC Banhammer
Posts: 78

wat

I don't get it :		2008-10-28 20:50:00

Author:
Unknown User

He's just messing with you.2008-10-28 21:03:00

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Unknown User

http://jj.am/gallery/d/33579-1/ohyoulazytown.jpg2008-10-28 21:24:00

Author:
Unknown User

you study English and i study German ironic too 2008-10-28 23:39:00

Author:
Snrm
Posts: 6419

do it on earth i did it once, and it super easy to find information on it cuz well...is earth2008-10-28 23:42:00

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Hocobo
Posts: 30

lol! good example! I'm imagining how a caveman got himself into that situation in the first place. "Leave. Water. Hole!" lol

That post I made was a from a exactly one month ago, and reading it now, I don't understand it. lol 		2008-10-28 23:42:00

Author:
Unknown User

I gave supersickie rep for his mad nice-nes skillz in helping you. ALSO Indiana, I've seen you on here before and never knew english was a second language to you. Great Job! I heard it's one of the hardest to learn because there are so many exceptions that don't make much sense 2008-10-29 00:12:00

Author:
Unknown User

It's not so hard, once u speak alot u learn it quick and easy.
French is harder 		2008-10-29 02:37:00

Author:
Unknown User

Quick question:

How do I say that he left his woman and two children?
"He left his wife and his two children behind"
y/n?		2008-11-09 14:44:00

Author:
Unknown User

Quick question:

How do I say that he left his woman and two children?
"He left his wife and his two children behind"
y/n?

That would work fine, but - in terms of a person's demise - we usually say something all the lines of "he is survived by...". For example, you could write, "Steve Irwin is survived by his wife and their two children".		2008-11-09 15:14:00

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supersickie
Posts: 1366

2 questions:

Is this right:

.. the TV show has had been seen by about 500 million people in around 137 countrys ...

... he helped his father by his job, whose job was to...		2008-11-12 12:38:00

Author:
Unknown User

2 questions:

Is this right:

.. the TV show has had been seen by about 500 million people in around 137 countrys ...

... he helped his father by his job, whose job was to...

...the TV show has been seen by about 500 million people in around 137 different countries...

...he helped his father with his job, which was...		2008-11-12 12:57:00

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Tomo009
Posts: 274

The changes I made are underlined. Hope this helps. Good work overall. English is very difficult along with German ironically.

Wow, reading that makes you realise how hard english must be to learn as a second language. And I thought german was hard!		2008-11-13 21:53:00

Author:
floor3013
Posts: 287

English isn't difficult at all.. french is much harder.. as an European it is easy to learn English because the language is pretty similiar.

Topic:
I did it.. yesterday.. he asked a few days b4 who wants to make his presentation, and I wanted to end my excitement.. and said I want2do.. yes.. and today I got the paper with the mark.. I got a 1,2 (1 is the best, 6 the worst), that means I'm a bit better than an A- (A- would be a 1,25)
This presentation counts as much as a test.. and my last test was a 1,3.. I think I will get a good report this year (with this report I want to apply at Gamestio (a gamestop opens next year, October '09) and qualify as a retail salesman		2008-11-14 12:48:00

Author:
Unknown User

English isn't difficult at all.. french is much harder.. as an European it is easy to learn English because the language is pretty similiar.

Topic:
I did it.. yesterday.. he asked a few days b4 who wants to make his presentation, and I wanted to end my excitement.. and said I want2do.. yes.. and today I got the paper with the mark.. I got a 1,2 (1 is the best, 6 the worst), that means I'm a bit better than an A- (A- would be a 1,25)
This presentation counts as much as a test.. and my last test was a 1,3.. I think I will get a good report this year (with this report I want to apply at Gamestio (a gamestop opens next year, October '09) and qualify as a retail salesman

Congratulations on the great mark!

And let's just pretend English is hard to learn, okay? It makes those of us who learned English as our primary language feel better at the end of the day.

Seriously, good job. It's nice when all of your hard work translates into such a good score.		2008-11-14 12:58:00

Author:
supersickie
Posts: 1366

Thank you for the congratz and thank you for your help
I got 5 points on my body language, 5 points in fluently/free speaking, 5 points on the part with the questions at the end (the teacher asks you 3 questions about your presentation and 1 question he searched somewhere else), but only 4 points on the presentation because in his opinion there was a lack of pictures, but in my opinion this is stupid, he wanted pictures of the animals but that presentation was about Steve Irwin and not 'bout animals in Australia

But nevermind, I'm glad.		2008-11-14 13:05:00

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Unknown User

Ah, this spam should have been posted in dawsbr thread. 2010-03-01 08:02:00

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Syroc
Posts: 3193

Ah, this spam should have been posted in dawsbr thread.

MEGA BUMP!
And I don't know what you're talking about either. But that could just be me.		2010-03-01 15:21:00

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thekevinexpress
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MEGA BUMP!
And I don't know what you're talking about either. But that could just be me.
Wasn't me. There was a spammer just before my post who bumped the thread. 		2010-03-01 16:47:00

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Syroc
Posts: 3193

Wasn't me. There was a spammer just before my post who bumped the thread.
Oh, sorry. That's probably also why I had no idea what you were talking about. 		2010-03-01 18:01:00

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thekevinexpress
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Ahh, someone who thinks they can get away with bumping threads then deleting there posts... Well if you're reading this whoever you are... mods can still see your post 2010-03-01 18:33:00

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Doopz
Posts: 5592

Wow, I didn't see how old this thread was when I replied. I thought as it had recent replies that it was new. :kz:

*deletes useless post*		2010-03-01 21:59:00

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Ayneh
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Lol, someone advertised some dating website. I don't know if it was a person or a spambot but honesly, who's gonna see the post from a video game forum and join the site.?2010-03-01 23:14:00

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