Visit from the Future 
Posted by Roslyn Green and Jana Kühn in October 2022
Besuch aus der Zukunft
This is a story by Jana Kühn about an imaginary teenager whose everyday life involves careless energy consumption.
Could this be you? Click here to listen to the audio and read the transcript at the same time or click on the link in the podcast episode embedded below.
Besuch aus der Zukunft | Visit from the Future
After a typical day of reckless energy consumption, a teenager has a strange and disturbing dream.
Related Blog Pages:
Umwelt A-Z 
| Umweltschutz: Verben A-Z
These pages offer more vocabulary about the environment as well as extra quizzes to practise the new wording.
Fragen zum Hörtext | Questions About the Audio Text
- Warum ist das Kind im Traum böse?
- Welche Umweltprobleme produzieren die Erzählerin und ihre Familie?
- Wie kann die Erzählerin diese Umweltprobleme vermeiden? Schreibe Sätze mit Modalverben.
- (Diese Seite über Modalverben kann dir helfen.)
Audio Quiz on LearnClick: Besuch aus der Zukunft
At the end of a long day filled with poor environmental choices, a teenager dreams that a future grandchild reproaches her.
The worksheet below is a paper version of this quiz.
Audio Quiz on LearningApps: Besuch aus der Zukunft
This quiz is a slightly different task. It provides extra practice with the vocabulary, which is quite challenging.
Worksheet: Besuch aus der Zukunft
This worksheet is based on the audio and text titled Besuch aus der Zukunft, written by Jana Kühn. It provides guided questions for working through the vocabulary in the text, in particular vocabulary relating to environmental choices and separable verbs.
At the end, there is a simple task providing support with developing sentences containing müssen.
The audio quiz above is an online version of this worksheet.