Fit für die Prüfung - A2 - Hören: Gespräch über einen Besuch in Köln
Exam Ready - A2 - Listening: Conversation about a visit to Cologne
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Sie
you
hören
hear
ein
a
Gespräch
conversation
.
Sie
you
hören
hear
den
the
Text
text
einmal
once
.
Was
what
hat
did
die
the
Frau
woman
in
in
Köln
cologne
gemacht
done
?
You hear a conversation. You will hear the text once. What did the woman do in Cologne?
Wählen
choose
Sie
you
für
for
die
the
Aufgaben
tasks
6
6
bis
to
10
ein
a
passendes
suitable
Bild
image
aus
from
a
bis
to
i
i
.
Wählen
choose
Sie
you
jeden
each
Buchstaben
letter
nur
only
einmal
once
.
Sehen
look
Sie
you
sich
yourself
jetzt
now
die
the
Bilder
images
an
at
.
For tasks 6 to 10, choose a suitable image from a to i. Select each letter only once. Now look at the images.
Sonja
Sonja
,
was
what
machst
are doing
du
you
denn
then
hier
here
?
Ich
I
denke
thought
,
du
you
bist
are
in
in
Köln
cologne
.
-
Letzte
last
Woche
week
war
was
ich
I
in
in
Köln
cologne
.
-
Und
and
wie
how
war
was
es
it
?
-
Ach
oh
,
es
it
war
was
toll
great
!
Sonja, what are you doing here? I thought you were in Cologne. - I was in Cologne last week. - And how was it? - Oh, it was great!
Am
on
Freitag
friday
bin
am
ich
I
hingefahren
went there
.
Meine
my
Freundin
female friend
Julia
Julia
hat
has
mich
me
vom
from the
Bahnhof
train station
abgeholt
picked up
und
and
dann
then
sind
are
wir
we
in
to
einem
a
guten
good
Restaurant
restaurant
essen
to eat
gegangen
gone
.
On Friday, I went there. My friend Julia picked me up from the train station, and then we went to a nice restaurant to eat.
Schön
nice
!
Was
what
habt
did
ihr
you all
denn
then
noch
else
gemacht
do
?
Du
you
wolltest
wanted
doch
though
die
the
neue
new
Ausstellung
exhibition
sehen
see
.
Nice! What else did you do? You wanted to see the new exhibition, right?
Ja
yes
,
eigentlich
actually
am
on
Samstag
saturday
.
Aber
but
das
the
Museum
museum
war
was
wegen
due to
einer
an
Veranstaltung
event
geschlossen
closed
.
Also
so
waren
were
wir
we
im
in the
Theater
theater
.
Yes, actually on Saturday. But the museum was closed due to an event. So we went to the theater.
Du
you
interessierst
are interested
dich
yourself
wohl
seem to
sehr
very
für
in
Kultur
culture
?
-
Ja
yes
,
deshalb
that's why
waren
were
wir
we
auch
also
noch
more
in
to
einem
a
Klavierkonzert
piano concert
.
You seem to be very interested in culture, don't you? - Yes, that's why we also went to a piano concert.
Julia
Julia
wollte
wanted
eigentlich
actually
am
on
Sonntag
Sunday
gehen
go
,
aber
but
wir
we
haben
have
leider
unfortunately
keine
no
Karten
tickets
mehr
anymore
gekriegt
gotten
.
Julia actually wanted to go on Sunday, but unfortunately, we didn't get any tickets.
Also
so
waren
were
wir
we
den
the
ganzen
whole
Tag
day
in
in
der
the
Stadt
city
und
and
haben
have
uns
ourselves
Sehenswürdigkeiten
sights
angesehen
looked at
.
-
Das
that
mach
do
ich
I
auch
too
gern
gladly
.
So we spent the whole day in the city and visited sights. - I like doing that too.
Und
and
wann
when
wart
were
ihr
you
dann
then
bei
to
dem
the
Klavierkonzert
piano concert
?
-
Am
on
Montagabend
monday evening
.
And when did you go to the piano concert? - On Monday evening.
Montag
monday
gab
was
es
there
auch
also
ein
a
kostenloses
free
Konzert
concert
von
by
zwei
two
Bands
bands
draußen
outside
vor
in front of
der
the
Universität
university
.
Das
that
hätte
would have
mich
me
auch
also
interessiert
interested
.
-
Man
you
kann
can
ja
after all
nicht
not
alles
everything
haben
have
.
On Monday, there was also a free concert by two bands outside the university. I would have been interested in that too. - You can't have everything.
Und
and
Dienstag
tuesday
?
-
Ich
I
wollte
wanted
eigentlich
actually
mit
with
dem
the
Schiff
boat
auf
on
dem
the
Rhein
Rhine
,
dem
the
Fluss
river
,
fahren
ride
.
Aber
but
Julia
Julia
hatte
had
eine
one
andere
other
tolle
great
Idee
idea
:
eine
a
Radtour
bike tour
am
along the
Fluss
river
.
And Tuesday? - I actually wanted to take a boat ride on the Rhine, the river. But Julia had another great idea: a bike tour along the river.
Am
in the
Abend
evening
war
was
ich
I
total
completely
müde
tired
.
-
War
was
das
the
Wetter
weather
denn
then
gut
good
?
-
Wir
we
hatten
had
Glück
luck
.
In the evening, I was completely tired. - Was the weather good? - We were lucky.
Am
on
Mittwoch
wednesday
hat
has
es
it
leider
unfortunately
geregnet
rained
.
Das
that
war
was
schade
a shame
,
weil
because
wir
we
auf
to
ein
a
Straßenfest
street festival
gehen
go
wollten
wanted to
.
Das
that
hat
has
dann
then
nicht
not
geklappt
worked
.
Unfortunately, it rained on Wednesday. That was a shame because we wanted to go to a street festival. That didn't work out.
Wir
we
waren
were
dann
then
in
at
der
the
Ausstellung
exhibition
,
im
at the
Museum
museum
.
-
Darauf
to that
hattest
had
du
you
dich
yourself
ja
after all
sehr
really
gefreut
pleased
.
-
Die
it
war
was
sehr
really
schön
nice
.
Kann
can
ich
I
empfehlen
recommend
!
We then went to the exhibition at the museum. - You were really looking forward to that. - It was very nice. I can recommend it!
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Exam Ready - A2 - Listening: Conversation about a visit to Cologne
