French student fined over Singapore straw licking prank
A bilingual German story with sentence-by-sentence English translation. Level: BEGINNER (CEFR). Tap any word in the DuoBook reader for an instant translation.
Ein junger französischer Student lebte in Singapur.
A young French student lived in Singapore.
Er war neunzehn Jahre alt.
He was nineteen years old.
Er wollte ein lustiges Video für die sozialen Medien machen.
He wanted to make a funny video for social media.
Er sah einen Automaten für Orangensaft.
He saw a machine for orange juice.
Er nahm einen Strohhalm und leckte daran.
He took a straw and licked it.
Dann legte er den Strohhalm zurück in den Automaten.
Then he put the straw back into the machine.
Er filmte diesen Streich mit seinem Handy.
He filmed this prank with his phone.
Das Video wurde im Internet sehr beliebt.
The video became very popular online.
Viele Leute sahen das schlechte Verhalten.
Many people saw the bad behavior.
Die Polizei fand den Studenten schnell.
The police found the student quickly.
Der Student musste eine hohe Geldstrafe zahlen.
The student had to pay a big fine.
Er musste nicht ins Gefängnis gehen.
He did not go to prison.
Jetzt macht er sich Sorgen um sein Visum für die Schule.
Now he is worried about his school visa.
Er versteht, dass er einen großen Fehler gemacht hat.
He understands that he made a big mistake.
Vocabulary (German)
- student
- der Student
- nineteen
- neunzehn
- orange juice
- der Orangensaft
- straw
- der Strohhalm
- to film
- filmen
- prank
- der Streich
- popular
- beliebt
- behavior
- das Verhalten
- fine
- die Geldstrafe
- prison
- das Gefängnis
- worried
- besorgt
- mistake
- der Fehler
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