18:45 Lois og jeg spiser aftensmad. Derefter går jeg i gang med at
skrive 100 engelske sætninger, jeg vil have vores danske gruppes medlemmer til
at oversætte til dansk, når gruppens næste møde i morgen hos os finder sted.
Jeg er så krævende – ha ha ha! Vi læser højt Lektion 10’s dialog sammen og
prøver at forbedre vores udtale – du godeste, dansk er så svært at udtale!
22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzzzz!!!!
03:15 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet. Bagefter
fortsætter jeg med at kopiere mine gamle vhs-bånd til dvd. Vi er nu i 1994, og jeg
falder over et afgørende afsnit af den australske tv-sæbeopera, ”Neighbours”,
som vores døtre Alison og Sarah dengang var meget vilde med. I dette afsnit
havde desværre seriens ”faderfigur”, Jim Robinson (spillet af Alan Dale), et
massivt hjerteanfald og døde. Ved slutningen af
afsnittet spillede man ikke den sædvanlige upbeat udgave af showets
kendingsmelodi (fortolket af Barry Crocker, den australske sanger), men en
langsom, smagfuld, klaverudgave, der bliver til en ”tudemelodi” – hurra!
Tilsyneladende har Alan Dale skændtes med showets producere – han ville få
flere penge, ha ha ha! Uha!
1994: afsnittets
afsluttende titler og en stribe triste stillfotos: Jim Robinson (til højre) har
en vanskelig/pinlig diskussion med Paul, sin søn (spillet af Stefan Dennis)
tilbageblik til
lykkeligere tider: Jim Robinson (står til højre) sammen med forskellige
familiemedlemmer (stillfoto)
Uh-oh! Jims
hjertanfald (stillfoto) – du godeste! Stakkels Jim!!!
lige så snart afsnittet
er slut, råber vi alle ”Uha!!!!”. Du godeste – det føles som i går!!!!
09:00 Jeg går i gang med at
rydde op og støvsuge i huset, fordi vores U3A danske gruppes næste møde finder
sted i eftermiddag hos os.
10:00 Lois og jeg går i gang
med at skrive nogle linjer på dansk, som vi kan læse højt i eftermiddag til
gruppen. Lois skriver om et usædvanlig jul vi oplevede i 1981, da Sarah på 4 år
skulle indlægges på Battledown-børnehospitalet
julen og nytår over på grund at en øjeinfektion – du godeste! Stakkels Sarah! Men Cheltenhams borgmesterfrue besøgte
hospitalet juledag og gav Sarah en dejlig bamse – hurra!
Tilbageblik til jul/nytår 1981-2. Sarah
sidder i Battledown-børnehospitalet.
Hun holder i hånden den
dukke, Lois og jeg forærede hende som julegave.
Tilbageblik til januar
1982. Sarah er blevet udskrevet fra hospitalet, men venstre øjen ser stadigvæk
lidt hævet ud – stakkels pige! Men hun er meget glad for at være hjemme igen –
det ved jeg med sikkerhed!
Jeg skriver om vores kommende
ferie i Australien – hurra! Vores danske gruppe skal tage en 2-måneders pause,
mens vi er væk hjemmefra – det kan ikke undgås!!
11:00 Vi kører ned til det
lokale Sainsburys-supermarked og købe en buket blomster til Jeannette, vores
danske veninde, der deltager i vores gruppe og hjælper os med at forbedre vores
danske udtale. Også har Jeannette for nylig fejret en fødselsdag, og kunne ikke
deltage i vores seneste møde i januar måned.
12:00 Vi spiser frokost og
derefter går jeg i seng og jeg tager mig en lang lur – zzzzz!!!!
13:30 Jeg står op og
forbereder mig på vores danske møde.
14:30 Vores danske gruppes
medlemmer ankommer: Scilla, Diana, Joy og Jeannette. Joe kan ikke komme i dag.
Han er for tiden på ferie på Antigua – stakkels Joe! Vi studerer dansk i én og
en halv time. Ved slutningen af mødet, forærer vi Jeannette hendes buket
blomster. Hun er meget glad for at modtage den, fordi den buket, hun for 2 uger
siden fik som fødselsdagsgave, er visnet – uha!
16:00 Gruppens medlemmer skal
af sted, og Lois og jeg slapper af med en kop te i sofaen.
English translation
18:45 Lois and
I eat supper. Then I start to write 100 English sentences I want our Danish
group members to translate into Danish when the group's next meeting takes
place tomorrow at our place. I am so demanding - ha ha ha! We read aloud Lesson
10's dialogue together and try to improve our pronunciation - my goodness,
Danish is so hard to pronounce!
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzzz !!!!
3:15 I get up early and take a look on the internet. Afterwards I continue to copy my old VHS tapes to DVD. We are now in 1994 and I come across a crucial episode of the Australian television soap opera "Neighbours" which our daughters Alison and Sarah were crazy about. In this episode unfortunately the series' "father figure," Jim Robinson (played by Alan Dale), had a massive heart attack and died. At the end of the episode they played not the usual upbeat version of the show's theme song (interpreted by Barry Crocker, the Australian singer), but a slow, tasteful, piano version, which becomes a "weepie-melody" - hurray! Apparently Alan Dale quarreled with the show's producers - he wanted to get more money, ha ha ha! Oh dear!
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzzz !!!!
3:15 I get up early and take a look on the internet. Afterwards I continue to copy my old VHS tapes to DVD. We are now in 1994 and I come across a crucial episode of the Australian television soap opera "Neighbours" which our daughters Alison and Sarah were crazy about. In this episode unfortunately the series' "father figure," Jim Robinson (played by Alan Dale), had a massive heart attack and died. At the end of the episode they played not the usual upbeat version of the show's theme song (interpreted by Barry Crocker, the Australian singer), but a slow, tasteful, piano version, which becomes a "weepie-melody" - hurray! Apparently Alan Dale quarreled with the show's producers - he wanted to get more money, ha ha ha! Oh dear!
The episode's final titles and a string of dismal still photos: Jim
Robinson (right) has a difficult / embarrassing discussion with Paul, his son
(played by Stefan Dennis)
flashback to happier times: Jim Robinson (standing to the right) along with
various family members (still photo)
Uh-oh! Jim's heart attack (still photo) - my goodness! Poor Jim !!!
as soon as the episode is over, we cry all "Ugh !!!!". My
goodness - it feels like yesterday !!!!
9:00 I begin to clean up and vacuum the house, because our U3A Danish group's
next meeting will take place in the afternoon at our place.
10:00 Lois and I begin to write some lines in Danish, that we can read aloud in the afternoon to the group. Lois writes about an unusual Christmas we experienced in 1981 when Sarah at 4 years old was hospitalized in Battledown Children's Hospital over Christmas and the New Year due to an eye infection - my goodness! Poor Sarah! But Cheltenham's mayoress visited the hospital on Christmas Day and gave Sarah a lovely teddy bear - hurray!
10:00 Lois and I begin to write some lines in Danish, that we can read aloud in the afternoon to the group. Lois writes about an unusual Christmas we experienced in 1981 when Sarah at 4 years old was hospitalized in Battledown Children's Hospital over Christmas and the New Year due to an eye infection - my goodness! Poor Sarah! But Cheltenham's mayoress visited the hospital on Christmas Day and gave Sarah a lovely teddy bear - hurray!
Flashback to Christmas / New Year 1981-2. Sarah sits in
Battledown Children's Hospital.
She holds in her hand the doll Lois and I gave her as a Christmas present.
She holds in her hand the doll Lois and I gave her as a Christmas present.
Flashback to January 1982. Sarah has been released from hospital, but her left
eye looks still a little swollen - poor girl! But she is very happy to be back
home - I know for sure!
For my part, I write about our upcoming vacation in Australia - hurray! Our
Danish group will have to take a two-month break, while we are away from home -
that cannot be avoided !!
11:00 We drive down to the local Sainsbury's supermarket and buy a bouquet
of flowers for Jeannette, our Danish friend who participates in our group and
helps us improve our Danish pronunciation. Also, Jeannette recently celebrated
a birthday and could not attend our last meeting in January.
12:00 We eat lunch and then I go to bed and I take a long nap - zzzzz !!!!
13:30 I get up and prepare for our Danish meeting.
14:30 Our Danish group members arrive: Scilla, Diana, Joy and Jeannette.
Joe cannot come today. He is currently on holiday in Antigua - poor Joe! We
study Danish for one and a half hours. At the end of the meeting, we're give
Jeannette her bouquet of flowers. She is very happy to receive it, because the
bouquet she got 2 weeks ago as a birthday gift has withered - oh dear!
16:00 Group members must be off, and Lois and I relax with a cup of tea on
the sofa.
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