FUN Hello, today we want to present you some facts about our country.
MAN First we want to introduce ourselves.
ALL My name is _____________________.
I am ______ years old.
HAT Austria is in the center of Europe, sometimes we say it‘s the heart of Europe.
MAR Our neighbours are:
Germany
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Hungary
Slovenia
Italy
Switzerland
and Liechtenstein, which is very small.
MAN Could this be Austria?
No, we have no sea in Austria. If we want to go to the seaside we have to drive to Italy, Slovenia or Croatia.
FUN Here you can see some pictures of Austria.
The biggest part of our country is covered by mountains.
In the very east there are also plains.
MAR Maybe you heard about these cities?
Innsbruck
Salzburg
This is our town –Vienna with about 1.7 million inhabitants. Vienna is the capital of Austria.
STE There are many sights to visit in Vienna. Here you can see some examples:
the danube tower
St. Stephen‘s cathedral
Schönbrunn castle
our House of Parliament
St. Charles‘ church
the Giant Wheel
HAN This is our classroom.
MAR There are two famous football teams in Vienna.
Rapid Wien and Austria Wien.
When they play against each other we call this match the „Wiener Derby“.
FUN Some Austrian football players play for English teams:
Stefan Maierhofer for Bristol
Paul Scharner for Wigan
Emanuel Pogatetz for Middlesbrough
STE Austria is famous for it‘s musicians.
Maybe you know:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Strauß
Falco
Cruder & Dorfmeister
Mr. Lichtenstern will play you some music of them.
AND Here you can see
our federal president – Mr. Heinz Fischer
and our federal chancellor – Mr. Werner Faymann
MAR Maybe you know some famous Austrians:
Arnold Schwarzenegger now is the governor of California.
Niki Lauda was three times formula-one-world-champion. Now he is the owner of an airline.
FUN Hermann Maier is a famous ski-racer.
Christoph Waltz is an Austrian actor. He won an Oscar this year. He now lives in London.
STE Austrians athletes are successful in
skiing
ski jumping
judo
and swimming
HAT Here you can see some Viennese food:
Please try to repeat:
Fiakergulasch
Wiener Schnitzel
Apfelstrudel
Sachertorte
Burenwurst
MAR Thank you for your attention!
We hope to see you in Vienna one time!
Now we will give you a little quiz.
We hope that the questions are not to difficult for you.
If you need help, please call us.
Those who find the right solution can win a Mozartkugel!
