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Sunday is considered a day of rest in Germany, whether people are religious or not. An English family discover that they have broken German law when a policeman tells them that by law, people are expected to be quiet on a Sunday as it is a holy day, or a day of rest. They are shocked to learn that the neighbours have complained that their children have been too noisy. They find out what else is not allowed on a Sunday in Germany. Few shops are open and people are not allowed to do anything which makes a noise and disturbs people. Failure to do so could result in a fine. The policeman explains that there are many foreigners in the city who do not know the laws and this leads to friction between neighbours.

After watching the clip, ask students to describe what happens in Germany on Sundays. This could be a springboard for revising modal verbs (eg ‘man darf’/‘man darf nicht’) with infinitives. The introduction of ‘eine Strafe bezahlen’ would allow the revision of ‘müssen’. Students could use these verbs to write a comparison between how Sundays in Germany differ from how people spend Sundays in the UK.