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Learn German with Micro Stories
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Learn German with Micro Stories. Sign up at upwordo.com for a weekly email with Micro Story transcriptions, vocabulary and interactive exercises.
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June 1, 2026
In the 90s You Could Call Nintendo If You Were Stuck in a Game [A2] Easy German
Practice this micro story on <a href="https://upwordo.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://upwordo.com/</a> for free this week - with interactive exercises, translation, vocabulary, memo helps, grammar, writing practice, and more.<br /><br />GERMAN:<br />Stell dir vor: Du spielst ein Videospiel. Du suchst eine Tür seit Stunden. Es gibt noch kein Internet. Was machst du?1987 hat Nintendo eine Idee. Die Firma startet eine Telefon-Hotline. Spieler können anrufen, und „Spieleberater“ helfen ihnen. Die Berater sitzen in einem großen Büro in Redmond. Jeder hat einen Fernseher und eine Spielkonsole. Sie spielen die Spiele selbst.Am Anfang gibt es noch keine Datenbank. Die Berater zeichnen Karten von Hand. Sie schreiben Tipps auf Papier.Bald arbeiten dort über zweihundert Menschen. Jeder beantwortet hundert Anrufe pro Schicht. Das sind tausende Anrufe jeden Tag.Ein Anruf kostet 1,50 Dollar pro Minute. Aber die Spieler rufen trotzdem an. Bis 1997 beantwortet Nintendo 28 Millionen Anrufe.2005 ist Schluss. Jetzt gibt es das Internet, und alle Antworten stehen online.Aber ist das der beste Job der Welt — oder der verrückteste?<br /><br />ENGLISH:<br />Imagine this: you're playing a video game. You've been looking for a door for hours. There's no internet yet. What do you do? In 1987, Nintendo has an idea. The company starts a phone hotline. Players can call, and "game counselors" help them. The counselors sit in a big office in Redmond. Each one has a TV and a game console. They play the games themselves. At first there's no database yet. The counselors draw maps by hand. They write tips on paper. Soon over two hundred people work there. Each one answers a hundred calls per shift. That's thousands of calls every day. A call costs $1.50 per minute. But the players call anyway. By 1997, Nintendo answers 28 million calls. In 2005 it's over. Now there's the internet, and all the answers are online. But is that the best job in the world — or the craziest?
May 25, 2026
How a Potato Farmer Beat the Pros in Gumboots [B1] Easy German
Practice this micro story on <a href="https://upwordo.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://upwordo.com/</a> for free - with interactive exercises, vocabulary, memo helps, grammar tips, and more.<br /><br />DEUTSCH:<br />Im Mai 1983 standen die besten Langstreckenläufer Australiens am Start eines neuen Rennens: 875 Kilometer von Sydney nach Melbourne. Dann kam ein 61-jähriger Kartoffelbauer in Arbeitskleidung und Gummistiefeln zum Anmeldetisch und bat um eine Startnummer.Sein Name war Cliff Young, und er stammte aus einem kleinen Ort in Victoria. Die Zuschauer lachten, weil sie dachten, dass der alte Mann nur Spaß macht.Aber Cliff meinte es ernst. Auf seiner Farm hatte er jahrelang Schafe über weite Strecken getrieben – manchmal tagelang, ohne Pause. Dabei hatte er einen besonderen Laufstil entwickelt: kurze Schritte, die wenig Energie kosteten.Das Rennen begann, und die Profis liefen sofort schneller voraus. Cliff lief langsam hinterher, und die anderen überholten ihn.Doch in der Nacht passierte etwas Wichtiges. Die Profis schliefen drei bis vier Stunden, bevor sie weiterliefen. Cliff dagegen schlief überhaupt nicht – er lief einfach weiter durch die Dunkelheit.Nach fünf Tagen, fünfzehn Stunden und vier Minuten erreichte Cliff Melbourne als Erster. Er hatte den Zweitplatzierten um fast zehn Stunden geschlagen und einen neuen Rekord für das Rennen aufgestellt.Sein Laufstil bekam einen eigenen Namen: den „Cliff Young Shuffle“. Ultraläufer auf der ganzen Welt übernahmen die Technik, weil sie weniger Kraft kostete.Manchmal gewinnt nicht der Schnellste, sondern der, der einfach nicht aufhört.<br /><br /><br />ENGLISH:<br />In May 1983, Australia's best long-distance runners stood at the start of a new race: 875 kilometres from Sydney to Melbourne. Then a 61-year-old potato farmer in work clothes and rubber boots walked up to the registration table and asked for a race number. His name was Cliff Young, and he came from a small town in Victoria. The spectators laughed because they thought the old man was just joking. But Cliff was serious. On his farm, he had spent years driving sheep across vast distances – sometimes for days, without a break. In doing so, he had developed a special running style: short steps that used little energy. The race began, and the professionals immediately ran faster ahead. Cliff ran slowly behind, and the others overtook him. But at night, something important happened. The professionals slept three to four hours before continuing. Cliff, on the other hand, didn't sleep at all – he simply kept running through the darkness. After five days, fifteen hours, and four minutes, Cliff reached Melbourne in first place. He had beaten the runner-up by almost ten hours and set a new record for the race. His running style got its own name: the 'Cliff Young Shuffle.' Ultrarunners around the world adopted the technique because it took less effort. Sometimes the winner isn't the fastest, but the one who simply doesn't stop.<br /><br /><br /><br />
May 10, 2026
When the Goats Took Over an Island [A2] Easy German
Practice this micro story on <a href="https://upwordo.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://upwordo.com/</a> for free - with interactive exercises, vocabulary, memo helps, grammar tips, and more.<br /><br />DEUTSCH:<br />Stell dir eine Insel vor, auf der Ziegen in deinen Garten kommen, dein Gemüse fressen und manchmal sogar in dein Haus spazieren. Das ist Alicudi – eine kleine Vulkaninsel bei Sizilien.Hundert Menschen leben hier, aber sechshundert Ziegen. Die Ziegen sind überall: auf den steilen Klippen, auf den Wegen und vor den Haustüren.Das Problem hat vor zwanzig Jahren angefangen. Ein Bauer hat ein paar Ziegen auf die Insel gebracht. Aber die Tiere sind weggelaufen und wild geworden.Jetzt hat Bürgermeister Riccardo Gullo einen ungewöhnlichen Plan: Er verschenkt die Ziegen. Jeder darf welche haben – man muss nur eine E-Mail schreiben und sechzehn Euro bezahlen.Es gibt nur ein Problem: Man muss die Ziegen selbst fangen. Und man hat nur fünfzehn Tage dafür. Wilde Ziegen auf einer steilen Vulkaninsel zu fangen – das ist nicht einfach.Der Bürgermeister sagt, er ist Tierschützer und hat noch nie einen Fisch gefangen. Er will die Ziegen nicht töten, sondern ihnen ein neues Zuhause geben.Dutzende Leute haben sich schon gemeldet – aus ganz Italien. Ein Bauer von einer Nachbarinsel will Käse aus der Ziegenmilch machen. Ein Unternehmer hat angerufen – er wollte alle sechshundert Ziegen.Ein paar Ziegen dürfen aber bleiben. Sie sind nämlich die größte Attraktion auf einer Insel ohne Hotels und mit nur einer Bar.Einer geschenkten Ziege schaut man nicht ins Maul – aber fangen muss man sie selbst.<br /><br /><br />ENGLISH:<br />Imagine an island where goats come into your garden, eat your vegetables, and sometimes even walk into your house. That is Alicudi — a small volcanic island near Sicily. One hundred people live here, but six hundred goats. The goats are everywhere: on the steep cliffs, on the paths, and in front of the doors. The problem started twenty years ago. A farmer brought a few goats to the island. But the animals ran away and became wild. Now Mayor Riccardo Gullo has an unusual plan: he is giving the goats away for free. Anyone can have some — you just have to write an email and pay sixteen euros. There is only one problem: you have to catch the goats yourself. And you only have fifteen days for it. Catching wild goats on a steep volcanic island — that is not easy. The mayor says he is an animal rights activist and has never even caught a fish. He does not want to kill the goats but give them a new home. Dozens of people have already responded — from all over Italy. A farmer from a neighboring island wants to make cheese from the goat milk. An entrepreneur called — he wanted all six hundred goats. But a few goats are allowed to stay. They are, after all, the biggest attraction on an island with no hotels and only one bar. You don't look a gift goat in the mouth — but you have to catch it yourself.
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