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Rede

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Noch heute wollen Menschen das Halten einer Rede lernen.

Even today, people want to learn how to give a speech.

Für manche Menschen ist es ein Beruf: Sie werden zu einem Treffen oder einer Feier eingeladen, wo eine Rede gehalten werden soll.

For some people, it is a profession: they are invited to a meeting or celebration where a speech is to be given.

Es gibt auch den Beruf Redenschreiber: Da schreibt man eine Rede, die jemand anders vortragen wird.

There is also the profession of speechwriter: one writes a speech that someone else will deliver.

3 words above A2

manche

some (people) indefinite pronoun, plural

vortragen

to present, to deliver (a speech) irregular: trägt vor, trug vor, hat vorgetragen; separable verb to lecture; to give a report; to present; to report; to recite or sing before an audience C2

Redenschreiber

speechwriter plural: die Redenschreiber

Grammar in this text

Infinitive with 'lernen'

Noch heute wollen Menschen das Halten einer Rede lernen.

The verb 'lernen' is followed by an infinitive (here 'lernen' itself is the infinitive after 'wollen'? Actually, the structure is 'lernen' + infinitive: 'das Halten ... lernen' – but the example shows 'lernen' as the main verb after 'wollen'. The pattern is: modal verb + infinitive. However, the text also has 'lernen' + infinitive? Let's check: 'das Halten einer Rede lernen' – here 'lernen' takes a noun phrase, not an infinitive. So better: 'wollen' + infinitive. But the instruction says choose structures that are really in the text. So we have 'wollen' + infinitive: 'wollen Menschen ... lernen' – that's a modal verb construction. Also 'soll gehalten werden' – passive with modal. Let's pick the most relevant: 'werden zu ... eingeladen, wo ... gehalten werden soll' – that's a passive with modal and a relative clause. But the level A2 might focus on modal verbs and passive. Let's decide: 1. Modal verb + infinitive (wollen, sollen). 2. Passive voice (werden + Partizip II). 3. Relative clause with 'wo' (relative adverb). 4. Infinitive with 'zu'? Actually 'das Halten' is a nominalized infinitive, but that's more advanced. Let's choose: Modal verb + infinitive, Passive voice, Relative clause with 'wo', and maybe 'es gibt' construction. But we need 2-4. I'll pick 3: Modal verb + infinitive, Passive voice, Relative clause with 'wo'.

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