FOCUS ON MODERN TECHNOLOGY 3 CHRONOLOGICAL WORD LIST

Chronological word list

Focus on Modern Technology 3

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FOCUS ON MODERN TECHNOLOGY 3

CHRONOLOGICAL WORD LIST

Dieses Wörterverzeichnis enthält alle neuen Wörter aus Focus on Modern Technology 3 in

der Reihenfolge ihres Erscheinens im Buch.

Wörter des aktiven Wortschatzes sind fett hervorgehoben- Wörter, die in den

Hörverständnisübungen vorkommen, sind kursiv gesetzt.

Unit 1

6 cross-cultural kulturübergreifend, interkulturell

image Bild

accurate genau, zutreffend It is important to be accurate when writing down telephone numbers.

to mention erwähnen, nennen, anführen

prepared vorbereitet, bereit I wasn’t prepared for what happened next. It came as a complete surprise.

guidebook Reiseführer

immigrant Einwanderer/in Immigrants may find it difficult at first in their new country.

extract Auszug

extrovert extrovertierte Person

chance hier: Wahrscheinlichkeit Is there any chance you could finish that task by tomorrow?

there is little chance es ist unwahrscheinlich, dass

to mug überfallen Many people are mugged on dark streets late at night.

to rob ausrauben

Hungarian Ungar/in

to put on weight zunehmen

skier Skifahrer/in

7 to socialize Kontakte knüpfen, geselligen Umgang pflegen

Some people socialize with one another by going to the theatre, cinema or a bar.

reserve Zurückhaltung

introverted introvertiert

fear Angst

pickpocket Taschendieb

mugger Straßenräuber/in

rapist Vergewaltiger

violent gewalttätig

crime Verbrechen, Straftat

violent crime Gewaltverbrechen Some people believe that violent crime is linked to playing violent video games.

to all intents and purposes

im Grunde, praktisch

ethnic ethnisch, Volks-

ethnic group Volksgruppe

to form bilden

empire (Kaiser-)Reich

at one time einst

i.e. d.h.

Czech tschechisch

unpopular unbeliebt Bad behaviour can make you very unpopular.

to treat behandeln

to flash one’s lights mit den Scheinwerfern blinken





fog Nebel

accomplishment Leistung, Errungenschaft His many accomplishments are listed on his CV.

course (Menü:) Gang

mainly hauptsächlich The book is mainly about how to cook meat and fish.

veal Kalb(fleisch)

turkey Truthahn, Pute

regularly regelmäßig

dumpling Knödel

to accompany begleiten

desire Verlangen

to get comfortable sich immer wohler fühlen

to become used to sich gewöhnen an You become used to a person by spending time with them regularly.

attitude Haltung, Einstellung

to handle umgehen mit, fertig werden mit

to complain sich beklagen

to carry on with weitermachen mit

leisure Freizeit It is very easy to do exciting leisure activities nowadays, such as rock climbing or windsurfing.

to be second nature in Fleisch und Blut übergegangen sein

to be among gehören zu

to empty sich leeren

to flock strömen

resort Urlaubsort, hier: Wintersportort

sb takes to the water es zieht jdn ans Wasser

to sail segeln

customs Sitten, Bräuche

to make a point eine Aussage treffen

partially teilweise

rubbish hier: Unsinn

It’s fair to say that … Man kann sagen, dass …

8 monolingual einsprachig

headword (Wörterbuch:) Stichwort

depending on abhängig von Depending on how tired I am, I

may come out to the bar tonight.

context Zusammenhang

appropriate angemessen, passend, richtig A pocket knife is not an appropriate present for a 10-year-old child.

unlikely unwahrscheinlich

to study hier: genau durchlesen

to pay attention to achten auf

original ursprünglich

sample Beispiel, Probe, Muster

expression Ausdruck It is good to learn useful expressions in a foreign language.

to match passen zu, übereinstimmen mit

Those pink trousers really don’t match that red jumper.

feeling Gefühl, Ansicht, Meinung

to be worth it es wert sein

embarrassing peinlich I gave her a book on gardening when she really wanted one on karate. It was very embarrassing!

to communicate sich verständigen, kommunizieren

fluently fließend

to turn out to be sich herausstellen als

nightmare Albtraum The flight to Spain was a nightmare – the plane was very full and arrived very late!

foreigner Ausländer/in





memory Erinnerung I do not have many memories of my childhood before the age of 6.

to interact miteinander umgehen

self-confidence Selbstvertrauen Acting with self-confidence and politeness will get you far.

in public öffentlich, in der Öffentlichkeit

can Dose

public transport öffentliche Verkehrsmittel

to strike sb jdm auffallen

to appreciate schätzen, zu schätzen wissen She appreciates it when he cooks her meals.

features Eigenschaften, Eigenheiten

to care about sich kümmern um

strict(ly) streng

to take for granted für selbstverständlich halten The children took it for granted that dinner would be ready at 6.00 p.m.

to let down im Stich lassen

to cringe schaudern

relationship Beziehung, Verhältnis

to imagine sich vorstellen

hurt verletzt

Thank heavens! Gott sei Dank!

understanding verständnisvoll She was very understanding when I made mistakes, because I was new.

misunderstanding Missverständnis

9 importance Bedeutung

to outsource (Arbeit) auslagern

service Dienstleistung

bright gescheit, intelligent

research Forschung In order to get more information, more research will be necessary.

development Entwicklung A lot of practice will help the development of a new language.

HQ Zentrale

to step off (Zug, Flugzeug, etc.:) aussteigen

sticky schwül

narrow eng, schmal

inhabitant Einwohner/in

variety Sorte, Art

vehicle Fahrzeug Cars, motorbikes and lorries are types of vehicle.

three-wheeled dreirädrig

rickshaw Rikscha

truck Lastwagen

ox Ochse

cart Karren

crumbling in Auflösung begriffen, zerfallend

excited aufgeregt, begeistert

view Blick

to be based in seinen Sitz haben in

developer Entwickler/in

ride Fahrt

campus Gelände

impressive beeindruckend

steel Stahl

to surround umgeben A wooden fence surrounds the garden.

lawn Rasen(fläche)

to protect schützen, beschützen My big brother protected me when I was younger.

security guard Wachposten

to meet hier: abholen

facilities Einrichtungen





golf course Golfplatz

employee Angestellte/r The company provides health benefits for all of its employees.

to encourage ermutigen, ermuntern

option (Wahl-)Möglichkeit

average Durchschnitt, Durchschnitts- The average temperature in July is about 21° C.

conditions Bedingungen

salary Lohn, Gehalt The director’s salary is much higher than her secretary’s.

similar ähnlich, vergleichbar

10 opportunity hier: freie Stelle

frequently häufig, oft We go to the cinema quite frequently.

to advance one’s career

beruflich aufsteigen

recently neulich, jüngst

involved in beteiligt an

client Kunde/Kundin

to provide bieten, zur Verfügung stellen You don’t have to bring lunch. We’ll provide it.

varied verschieden(artig), abwechslungsreich

The work is very varied. I never do the same thing twice.

constantly ständig

to compete with konkurrieren mit

labour cost Arbeitskosten Labour costs are much lower in India than in Austria.

subheading Zwischenüberschrift

to be missing fehlen

arrival Ankunft

suburb Vorort

subject Thema

section Abschnitt

to report on berichten über

11 to manufacture herstellen This company manufactures parts for mobile phones.

recording Aufnahme

building site Baustelle

reserved reserviert, zurückhaltend

relaxed entspannt, locker

trained ausgebildet People with vocational degrees are trained for specific jobs.

hard-working fleißig

enthusiastic begeistert

concerned besorgt, beunruhigt My brother is in hospital. I am concerned.

unreliable unzuverlässig

power Energie, Strom

supplies Versorgung Power supplies are unreliable in this area – it is a real problem.

lack Mangel

reliable zuverlässig

cardboard Karton

load Last, Ladung

to dig graben

hole Loch

grown erwachsen

child labour Kinderarbeit

poverty Armut

solution Lösung The solution may not be obvious, but we need to keep thinking about it.

the big picture das große Ganze

training Ausbildung His previous training made his new job much easier.

bits and pieces Kleinteile, Bruchstücke

meanwhile während I was drinking coffee. Meanwhile, my family were planning a surprise party.

head office Zentrale





responsible verantwortlich, zuständig Becoming an adult means learning to be responsible for yourself and others.

disaster Katastrophe

power cut Stromabschaltung, Stromausfall

When there was a power cut, we had to use torches.

incredible unglaublich There’s an incredible contrast between rich and poor.

work placement Praktikum

briefing Informationen, Instruktionen

topic Punkt, Thema

noise Lärm

car horn Hupe

rubbish Abfall, Müll

address hier: Anrede

behaviour Verhalten, Benehmen His behaviour indicated that he was not happy.

colleague Kollege / Kollegin

12 permanent dauerhaft, andauernd

regular regelmäßig wiederkehrend

event Ereignis

to supply liefern The company supplies components to the automotive industry.

component Bauteil, Komponente We need to have all the components before we can build the machine.

rapidly schnell

to take on einstellen

otherwise ansonsten, sonst Please be here on time tomorrow. Otherwise we will be late for the meeting.

to occur stattfinden, geschehen

to make matters worse

zu allem Übel

fortunately zum Glück

item Artikel, Gegenstand

13 to amplify verstärken Music is amplified at concerts so that everyone can hear it.

converter Wandler

storage Speicherung How big is the storage space on your MP3 player?

to decompress dekomprimieren

memory Speicher The memory is where the digital information is saved.

to play back abspielen

solid-state memory Halbleiterspeicher (ohne bewegliche Teile)

to store speichern

to transfer überspielen, übertragen Do you know how to transfer MP3s onto a CD?

embedded eingebettet

application Anwendung, Programm I’m downloading an application which will help my computer to read music files.

to allow gestatten, erlauben

to include einschließen

utility Dienstprogramm

to create erstellen

order Reihenfolge

reliability Zuverlässigkeit The reliability of this system is very good. We have never had a problem.

skip Aussetzer

encoding Verschlüsselung, Kodierung Your computer needs to know what sort of encoding was used in order to decode and process the file.

DSP (digital signal processing)

digitale Signalverarbeitung

to convert umwandeln





sound wave Schallwelle

to add hinzufügen

FM UKW

unused unbenutzt, hier: frei

port Anschluss, Schnittstelle

display Anzeige

controls Tasten, Steuerung

amplifier Verstärker

power supply Stromversorgung Batteries are the normal type of power supply for MP3 players.

speaker Lautsprecher

to attach anschließen

to enable ermöglichen, befähigen

to increase erhöhen

volume Lautstärke

brain Gehirn

to monitor überwachen, verfolgen They monitored his progress by discussing his projects regularly.

instructions Anweisungen, Befehle The processor sends instructions to the hard disk.

compressed komprimiert

space hier: Speicherplatz There is enough space on the memory for about 300 songs.

to process verarbeiten

file Datei

to run betreiben

rechargeable wiederaufladbar

to display anzeigen

available verfügbar This offer is only available for one more week.

to plug in einstecken, anschließen

14 keypad Tastenfeld, Nummernblock

button Knopf, Taste

to retrieve abrufen, wiederfinden I have pressed the wrong button and have lost all my data and I can’t retrieve now.

to design entwickeln, entwerfen

lossy verlustbehaftet

codec Kodierer-Dekodierer

to discard verwerfen

portable tragbar Technology is portable now: I take my mobile phone and my iPad with me everywhere.

lossless verlustfrei

spreadsheet Tabellenkalkulation(sprogramm)

findings Ergebnisse What are the findings from your latest experiment?

speed Geschwindigkeit

to time die Zeit stoppen Please can you time how long it takes me to run a kilometre?

ratio Verhältnis

support Unterstützung

operating system Betriebssystem I have problems with this software. I don’t think its runs with this operating system.

user friendliness Benutzerfreundlichkeit

interface Schnittstelle, Interface

error Fehler The teacher discovered lots of errors in my homework.

to receive empfangen

to lock sperren Could you close and lock the door when you leave?

15 inexpensive preisgünstig

alarm Wecker, Weck-

GPS Globales Positionierungssystem

heart rate Puls, Herzfrequenz

monitor Anzeige-/Überwachungsgerät The monitor follows his heart rate so we can see if it is OK.





wireless drahtlos, Funk-

connection Verbindung

specification (detaillierte) Beschreibung The specifications of the computer are more important than how it looks.

features Ausstattung

dimensions Abmessungen

power source Stromquelle

to support unterstützen

visuals visuelle Hilfsmittel

brief kurz, knapp

overview Überblick Could you give me an overview of the project before you begin?

content Inhalt

talk Vortrag I’m giving the class a talk on this new software next week.

to interrupt unterbrechen

to deal with sich beschäftigen mit, sich kümmern um, umgehen mit

to read out vorlesen, ablesen

by heart auswendig When you know it by heart, you won’t need to bring the book with you anymore.

essential wesentlich

prompt card Moderationskarte

to keep oneself on track

hier: nicht den Faden verlieren

to sum up zusammenfassen

to refer to verweisen auf She referred to recent research to support her ideas.

attention Aufmerksamkeit

background Hintergrund

clearly ohne Frage, zweifellos

thought Gedanke

process Prozess

that’s why deswegen This is very difficult. That’s why I need your help.

to come up with sich etw ausdenken, vorschlagen

The marketing team have come up with a new idea for advertising this product.

concept Konzept

unlike anders als, im Gegensatz zu Unlike my brother, I like classical music a lot.

This is how it will look.

So wird er/sie/es aussehen.

16 culture shock Kulturschock I grew up in the country, so life in London was quite a culture shock.

to feel like an outsider

sich als Außenseiter/in fühlen I wasn’t very happy in that group. The others made me feel like an outsider.

to adopt a custom einen Brauch / eine Gewohnheit annehmen

Many people in this country have adopted the American custom of celebrating Halloween parties.

to adapt (oneself) to

(sich) anpassen an Do you find it easy to adapt yourself to the people around you?

to observe beobachten After the operation, we observe the patients carefully for 24 hours.

foreign fremd, ausländisch Do you speak any foreign languages?

clichéd klischeehaft Is it a clichéd idea that men can’t cook and leave the kitchen in chaos?

overwhelming überwältigend We were surprised by the overwhelming support we got for our idea.





unexpected unerwartet Many people find it hard to deal with unexpected changes in life.

information and communication technology

Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie

data storage unit Datenspeicher My computer crashed, but I’ve saved all my important files on an external data storage unit.

file type Dateityp What file type is this? I can’t open it with any of my programs.

power Leistungsfähigkeit My computer is too old. I need a new one with more power.

to compress a file eine Datei komprimieren The file was 2 MB before I compressed it, now it’s only 1.5 MB.

to process data Daten verarbeiten I never allow online shops to collect, use or process data about me.

abroad im / ins Ausland I worked abroad for two years. It was such a good experience.

working environment

Arbeitsumfeld My office is clean and nice, and I like the people I work with. That’s what I call a good working environment.

business orientated

unternehmensbezogen We are a business orientated IT company and offer support and services to our customers.

to learn on the job am Arbeitsplatz lernen Even if you have studied at university, there is still so much you have to learn on the job.

to take sth in etw verstehen There’s so much to learn. Sometimes I find it difficult to take everything in.

to find your feet sich zurechtfinden, sich orientieren

At first I found it difficult to find my feet at my new school.

to take a risk ein Risiko eingehen You always take a risk when you buy an old car.

preparation Vorbereitung Working abroad is a great experience, but it takes some preparation.

to prepare for sth sich auf etw vorbereiten I really should start preparing for my exams

research Recherche A quick Internet research into this topic will give you the basic facts.

investigation Untersuchung This is an interesting investigation into the leisure activities of teenagers.

17 native speaker Muttersprachler/in

familiar (to sb/with sth)

(mit jdm / etw) vertraut Are you familiar with this subject? Is this subject familiar to you?

current aktuell

everyday alltäglich, Alltags-

specialized text Fachtext

audience Zuhörer/-schauer, Publikum Thank you for your attention – you have been a wonderful audience.

to relate to sich beziehen auf, im Zusammenhang stehen mit

straightforward einfach, klar (ausgedrückt)

to maintain (Gespräch) führen, aufrechterhalten

conversation Gespräch, Konversation

polite höflich

to take on (a role) (eine Rolle) annehmen

to simulate simulieren

to summarise zusammenfassen He summarised his talk into three main ideas.

descriptive beschreibend

factual Sach-





assignment Aufgabe, Referat

18 to remove entfernen "Please remove any keys from your pockets when you go through security."

to hurt schaden He’s so lazy! It wouldn’t hurt him to get a bit more exercise.

Say … Angenommen, …

to add up to sich summieren auf

to multiply by multiplizieren mit

music recording company

Tonträgerunternehmen (Plattenfirma)

CD case CD-Hülle

manufacturer Hersteller, Produzent The product was faulty, so we sent it back to the manufacturer and asked them to repair it.

CD jacket cover CD-Cover (gestaltete Hülle oder Booklet)

lawyer Rechtsanwalt/-anwältin

promotional Werbe-

to deliver liefern

staff Personal, Belegschaft

consequence Folge

economics (die) (Volks-)Wirtschaft

… is no different ist/verhält sich nicht anders

to make up for sth etw ausgleichen

when it comes down to it

letztendlich

distributor (Vertrags-)Händler/in

19 to affect beeinflussen, beeinträchtigen, sich auswirken auf

I cannot ignore his decisions because they affect me personally.

anyway sowieso I don’t like this band, and I never go to pop concerts anyway.

to raise erhöhen, (an)heben

the very people that …

genau/gerade die Menschen, die …

She never tells us what’s wrong, and that’s the very problem.

comprehension Verständnis

to match zuordnen

purpose Zweck What is the purpose of so many different types of mobile phone?

to grasp verstehen, begreifen

progression (Weiter-)Entwicklung

clue Hinweis, Anhaltspunkt

sense Sinn

final endgültig, abschließend

Unit 2

20 satisfaction Zufriedenheit

robot Roboter

education Bildung(swesen), Ausbildung, Erziehung

survey Umfrage, Untersuchung, Erhebung

Recent surveys have shown that more and more people have given up smoking.

to carry out durchführen

vocational school Berufsschule, berufsbildende Schule

At vocational schools, people are trained for a specific career.

Hungary Ungarn

aim Ziel, Zweck The aim of the exchange programme is for students to learn more English.

satisfied zufrieden

chart Diagramm, Grafik

to summarize zusammenfassen He summarized his talk into three main ideas.

overall allgemein, gesamt, Gesamt-

21 canteen Mensa, Kantine

to assess beurteilen, einschätzen





guidance Beratung, Leitung, Rat

counselling Beratung I went to counselling to learn how to cope with my parents’ divorce.

score Ergebnis, Punktestand

value Wert

variation Schwankung

to suggest hinweisen auf, hindeuten auf

to apply zutreffen

feature Merkmal, Kennzeichen

similarity Ähnlichkeit, Gemeinsamkeit There is a lot of similarity between these two mobiles, in fact they are almost the same.

to draw a conclusion eine Schlussfolgerung ziehen

22 line graph Liniendiagramm

to rise (an)steigen Temperatures in Arizona can rise to 50°C in the summer.

sharp scharf

to level off (sich) abflachen

developing world Entwicklungsländer

steep steil

pie chart Tortendiagramm, Kreisdiagramm

by age nach Alter (aufgeschlüsselt)

range Bereich, Umfang

to represent ausmachen, darstellen These articles represent the biggest part of our sales.

proportion (An-)Teil

surprisingly überraschenderweise

to swap tauschen

to interpret interpretieren

diagram Diagramm

general allgemein, generell Just give me a general idea, I don’t want the details.

description Beschreibung

bar chart Balken-, Säulendiagramm

segment Abschnitt, Segment

to note zur Kenntnis nehmen, feststellen

Please note that the delivery does not include batteries.

imbalance Ungleichgewicht

growth Wachstum

decline Rückgang

to peak den Höchststand erreichen

to bottom out den tiefsten Punkt erreichen

slight geringfügig, leicht There are only slight differences between these two products.

steady gleichmäßig, stetig

peak Höhepunkt, Höchststand, Gipfel, Spitze

23 to illustrate zeigen, veranschaulichen These statistics illustrate that more and more people are giving up smoking.

increase Anstieg

decrease Abnahme, Rückgang

over the last … years im Lauf der letzten … Jahre

disparity Ungleichheit, Unterschied

global global, weltweit

access Zugriff, Zugang The aim of many Western countries is to give everyone equal access to education.

advance Fortschritt The speed of technological advances today is amazing.

performance Leistung

to draw attention die Aufmerksamkeit auf sich ziehen

to tutor unterrichten

tutor Lehrer/in, Dozent/in, Kursleiter/in





confused verwirrt My grandmother often gets confused between an email and a text message!

session Sitzung, (Unterrichts-)Stunde

appropriately hier: entsprechend

computerized Computer-

to alter ändern, abändern

rising steigend

demand Nachfrage

to detect wahrnehmen, bemerken, erkennen

The software didn’t detect any viruses, so my computer is OK.

vital unerlässlich Eggs are a vital ingredient if you want to bake a cake.

24 billion Milliarde

to recognize anerkennen Sorry, I didn’t recognize you. You have a new hairstyle!

goal Ziel

facial Gesichts-

response Reaktion The response to the survey was very positive.

to sound klingen

to capture (Daten:) erfassen, einfangen

additional zusätzlich

resistance Widerstand

implications Auswirkung, Konsequenz

to take note of zur Kenntnis nehmen

summary Zusammenfassung

to require verlangen, erfordern, benötigen

Learning Chinese requires a lot of patience.

likely wahrscheinlich

creator Schöpfer/in

to transmit übertragen

equipment Geräte

to display ausstellen

exhibition Ausstellung The new exhibition opened in the museum yesterday.

to beam strahlen

remote entlegen

specialist Fach-, Sonder-

minority Minderheit

uneconomic unwirtschaftlich

transparent durchsichtig

apparently anscheinend I haven’t seen the new employee but apparently he started yesterday.

hidden verborgen

to come up auftauchen, vorkommen That question comes up in the exam every year!

presenter Vortragende/r

25 to call a strike zu einem Streik aufrufen

scheme Plan, Programm

to cut costs Kosten senken We must spend less money. How can we cut costs?

to wonder sich fragen

punishment Strafe, Bestrafung Fair punishments are a form of helpful discipline.

to give sb the sack jdn entlassen, hinauswerfen

to resent übel nehmen

lenient milde, nachsichtig I will be lenient with you this time because you normally give so much attention to your work.

26 to demonstrate vorführen I would like you to demonstrate the to the class how the new software works.

to impress beeindrucken

to frighten Angst einjagen, verängstigen He tried to frighten the children, but they just laughed at him.

to replace ersetzen My mobile was stolen last week. I must replace it.

27 robotics Robotertechnik





lecture Vortrag, Vorlesung

to be made up of bestehen aus Milkshakes are often made up of yoghurt, milk, ice cream and fresh fruit.

major Haupt-, wesentlich, größer

to activate aktivieren

intangible nicht greifbar, unbestimmbar

morality Moral, Sittlichkeit, Ethik

sheer rein

to cover abdecken

essentially im Wesentlichen Architecture is essentially a form of engineering.

to replicate nachbilden The builders worked hard to replicate the building’s original design.

lawnmower Rasenmäher

plant Werk, Fabrik

to fix befestigen

to perform ausführen

device Gerät, Vorrichtung Nowadays you can find a device for every possible purpose.

to achieve erreichen If you work hard, you can achieve everything you want out of life.

actuator Steller, Aktuator

servomotor Stellmotor, Servomotor

solenoid Magnetspule, Solenoid

hydraulic hydraulisch, Hydraulik-

pneumatic pneumatisch, Pneumatik-

drive Antrieb

pressure Druck If your blood pressure increases, you may develop a headache.

moveable beweglich

fluid Flüssigkeit Water and oil are types of fluid.

to respond to reagieren auf They don’t respond to my emails. I’ll have to phone them.

(in) a certain way auf (eine) bestimmte Art/Weise

stimulus, pl. stimuli Stimulus, (Außen-)Reiz

bump-and-go robot Bump-and-go-Roboter (ändert beim Aufprall auf ein Hindernis eigenständig die Richtung)

illustration Veranschaulichung, Verdeutlichung

bumper sensor Aufprallsensor

obstacle Hindernis

impact Zusammenstoß, Aufprall

to reverse rückwärts fahren, umkehren

bump (leichter) Zusammenstoß

to encounter sth auf etw stoßen/treffen If you encounter any problems with this software, you can phone this number.

roboticist Robotik-Wissenschaftler/in

autonomous autonom (selbstständig, unabhängig)

military reconnaissance

militärische Aufklärung

rescue operation Rettungseinsatz

28 input Eingabe; Zutun, Hilfe

effective effektiv

a variety of … eine Reihe von …, verschiedene …

environment Umgebung, Umwelt He always feels comfortable in a familiar environment.

infrared Infrarot

ultrasound Ultraschall

beam (of light) (Licht-)Strahl





reflection Reflexion, Rückstrahlung

based on auf der Basis von, basierend auf

We’ll have to make a decision based on the little information that we have.

to bounce back zurückkommen, zurückgeworfen werden

stereo(scopic) vision räumliches Sehen

depth Tiefe The hole was 2 metres deep. It went down to a depth of 2 metres.

perception Wahrnehmung Your perception of time changes

a lot as you grow up.

recognition Erkennung, (Wieder-)Erkennen

to locate ausfindig machen, orten The building is easy to locate. You really can’t miss it.

to classify klassifizieren, einteilen

smell sensor Geruchssensor

to analyze analysieren, untersuchen Scientists analyzed the

substance and found that it wasn’t dangerous for children.

limited begrenzt

marker Markierung(spunkt)

limit Grenze, Beschränkung What’s the limit to the number of people in this club?

to manoeuvre manövrieren, steuern

rough rau, grob, uneben With a good mountain bike you can cycle over rough ground easily.

terrain Gelände, Terrain

rover Forschungsfahrzeug, Geländewagen

pattern Muster All the crimes seem to follow the same pattern.

approach Ansatz, Herangehensweise

randomness Zufall(sprinzip)

to get stuck sich festfahren, stecken bleiben

limbs Gliedmaßen

every way hier: in jede(r) Richtung

force Kraft, Stärke

close eng, nah, dicht They’re a good team and close friends.

29 to hit (auf)treffen auf

to strike treffen (auf), stoßen (gegen)

advantage Vorteil Our products are good and cheap. That’s our biggest advantage.

unable to do sth unfähig, etw zu tun I’m very sorry, but I’m afraid I’m unable to help you here.

rather than statt Walking or cycling rather than driving short distances can save a lot of money.

to compute berechnen

vision Sehsinn

touch Gefühlssinn

hearing Gehör(sinn)

super-human übermenschlich

X-ray Röntgen(strahlen)

domestic Heim-

disabled person Behinderte/r

exploration Erkundung

capability Fähigkeit When you drink alcohol, you lose the capability to react quickly and so you shouldn’t drive.

30 national curriculum Lehrplan





teaching method Unterrichtsmethode Our maths teacher had her own teaching methods, but we learnt a lot in her lessons.

written assessment schriftliche Leistungsfeststellung

facility Einrichtung This school has very good study facilities, e.g. library, laboratories or IT rooms.

extra-curricular activity

Aktivität außerhalb des Lehrplans

to collect data Daten sammeln / erfassen I don’t want to enter my personal details here. Why does this

company need to collect personal data about me?

data input Dateneingabe "Your task will be data input and processing."

variable Variable A variable is a number or quantity which may change.

range Wertebereich, Bandbreite This program variable can only take a restricted range of values.

data set Datensatz All our friends’ addresses are in a database. There’s one data set for each person or family.

table Tabelle A list of numbers or facts arranged across and down the page is a table.

histogram Histogramm

to fall sinken The prices of houses in this area went up last year, so will the number of buyers now fall?

to remain bleiben "Today it will remain sunny and dry, but tomorrow the weather is going to change."

stable stabil, konstant House prices haven’t risen or

fallen, they’ve remained stable.

trend Tendenz

correlation Korrelation Doctors are sure that there is a direct correlation between smoking and heart disease.

simultaneous gleichzeitig Simultaneous events are events which happen at the same time.

upward aufwärts There’s a strong upward trend in the unemployment rate.

downward abwärts If you always spend more money than you earn, you might end up in a downward spiral of poverty.

to compare vergleichen You can compare your answers with those in the book.

to conclude schließen, schlussfolgern Let’s take a close look at the facts. What can we conclude from them?

revolutionary revolutionär It’s time for some revolutionary changes in this company. We need a completely new concept.

new age neues Zeitalter, New Age

virtual virtuell Switch on your computer and go on a virtual tour of our museum!

design Aufbau, Konstruktion

limitation Beschränkung, Grenze There are sometimes limitations on what technology can do.

31 to solve (a task / a problem)

(eine Aufgabe) bewältigen, (ein Problem) lösen

I think this problem isn’t difficult to solve. Just let me think for a moment.

specific spezifisch

various (mehrere) verschiedene

to connect verbinden

creative kreativ

32 outback australisches Hinterland

Why, … Na ja, …

supplies Vorräte

boarding school Internat





distant (weit) entfernt

to consider sth sth etw halten für etw, etw betrachten als etw

Please be careful with these substances. They are considered very dangerous.

frequency Frequenz

means Möglichkeit, Mittel Is a letter or a fax still a useful means of communication?

mains electricity Stromnetz

not … either auch nicht I don’t eat meat, and I don’t eat fish either.

pedal Pedal

to link to verbinden mit

generator Generator (Gerät zur Stromerzeugung)

to pedal in die Pedale treten; Fahrrad fahren

to attend (hin)gehen zu Unfortunately not many people attended the meeting.

square Quadrat

these days heutzutage

satellite Satellit, über Satellit

to set up einrichten It took a lot of time to set up this complicated experiement.

broadband Breitband(-)

whiteboard Whiteboard, Weißwandtafel

to flood überschwemmen, überfluten

to install einbauen, einrichten, aufbauen

Our old security system is not very good. I would like to install a new one.

antenna Antenne

33 nowadays heutzutage

to listen for achten auf (beim Zuhören), horchen auf

This exercise will help you to understand spoken language and listen for specific information.

what is being said was gesagt wurde

individual einzeln, individuell

to reread nochmals lesen

Unit 3

34 to keep in touch in Verbindung/Kontakt bleiben I very much hope we keep in touch.

a matter of seconds ein paar Sekunden

caller Anrufer/in When the caller phoned, he wanted to speak to the boss.

judgement Urteil We often base our judgment of others on how we see ourselves.

anxious unruhig

sincere aufrichtig, ehrlich

to dictate vorschreiben

to state erklären, angeben, sagen

party (Gesprächs-)Teilnehmer

to address anreden You must always address the Queen with the word ‘ma’am’.

to put aside zurückstellen

approval Erlaubnis, Einwilligung His parents needed the school’s approval to take him on holiday during term-time.

to put sb on hold jdn in der Warteschleife halten While you ask your colleague for advice, it is a good idea to put the caller on hold.

to diffuse zerstreuen

willingly bereitwillig, gern

confident zuversichtlich I had a good interview and I’m confident that they will offer me the job.

duties Aufgaben

35 quotation Angebot, Kostenvoranschlag





complaint Beschwerde, Reklamation There were many complaints made to the phone company about the recent power cut.

order Auftrag, Bestellung

power tool Elektrowerkzeug

query Anfrage

range Produktreihe

lathe Drehbank

woodworker Holzarbeiter/in

suitable geeignet Small parts are not suitable for children under three years of age.

supplier Lieferant, Anbieter

to place an order einen Auftrag erteilen, eine Bestellung aufgeben

36 fault Defekt, Fehler, Mangel

extension (Telefon:) Durchwahl You can reach Mrs Griffin on extension number 8106.

to be available (Telefon:) zu sprechen sein

37 enquiry Anfrage, Erkundigung I’ve made some enquiries into the use of the Internet in Austrian schools.

38 yet doch, aber, trotzdem

to envision sich vorstellen, vorhaben

reliant on angewiesen auf, abhängig von Some young people are reliant on their parents until they get a job and move away from home.

expectation Erwartung

39 merely bloß, nur

to dial (Telefon:) wählen

to skyrocket in die Höhe schnellen

connectivity Konnektivität

generation Erzeugung

to cure heilen

to diagnose eine Diagnose stellen

to generate erzeugen

to charge (Batterie:) laden, aufladen

to point out auf etw hinweisen Somebody should point out that mistake to her or she will always make it.

battery life Batterielaufzeit

manual Handbuch

Go ahead. Nur zu!

40 to embed einbetten

augmented erweitert

to obtain erhalten

to access zugreifen auf

to agree to do hier: sich bereit erklären, etw zu tun

inbuilt eingebaut

remarkable bemerkenswert It is remarkable to see how quickly children learn things.

review Rezension, Kritik

privacy Privatsphäre

to keep in mind daran denken Keep in mind that you are still learning. Don’t expect to know everything now.

in effect praktisch

to paraphrase umschreiben, mit anderen Worten sagen

on an upbeat optimistisch, zuversichtlich

to role-play in einem Rollenspiel aufführen

to pick out heraussuchen, herausgreifen

to conduct durchführen

Not at all. Gern geschehen. / Nichts zu danken.

41 to express ausdrücken

interest Interesse

understanding Verständnis, Verständigung





We’re out of time. Wir haben keine Zeit mehr.

It is / It has been a pleasure.

Es ist / Es war mir ein Vergnügen.

42 receiver Empfänger As well as receiving signals, receivers also convert them into sound or another form of data.

Department of Defense

Verteidigungsministerium

intended for gedacht für

space All, Weltraum The idea of travelling into space fascinates many of us.

to orbit sich in der Umlaufbahn bewegen

orbit (Erd-)Umrundung

to travel sich fortbewegen

backup Reserve

in the event of im Falle In the event of a fire, this is the way out of the building.

solar eclipse Sonnenfinsternis

rocket booster Raketentriebwerk

to circle umkreisen

triangulation Triangulation, Dreiecksvermessung

location hier: Aufenthaltsort

to be locked on (to a signal)

(ein Signal) empfangen

latitude geografische Breite

longitude geografische Länge

to track verfolgen

altitude Höhe

bearing Peilung

track Kurs

trip distance zurückgelegte Entfernung

destination Zielort

to designate bezeichnen

band Frequenzband

to pass through sth durch etw hindurchgehen

pseudorandom pseudozufällig

ephemeris Ephemeride (Bahndaten des Satelliten)

to identify erkennen, feststellen She identified the taller man of the two as the criminal.

orbital Umlauf-

43 status Zustand

interference Störung

dense dicht

foliage Laub, Blattwerk

reception Empfang The reception is really bad – can I phone you later?

reading hier: Bestimmung

to launch (Rakete:) starten, (Satellit:) in Umlauf bringen

lifespan Lebensdauer

first off zunächst einmal

to last halten

across im Durchmesser

transmitter Sender

power Leistung

to consider bedenken

to compare to sth sich mit etw vergleichen lassen

clock Uhr

signal multipath Mehrwegempfang

44 to brainstorm Ideen (ungeordnet) sammeln What can we do about this problem? Let’s sit down and brainstorm some new ideas.

to invent erfinden The piano was invented around 1700 by someone called Bartolomeo Cristofori in Padua, Italy.





to envisage sth sich etw vorstellen Can you envisage a world without war?

to apply for a patent ein Patent anmelden

research and development (R&D)

Forschung und Entwicklung (F&E)

advanced technology

Spitzentechnologie Advanced technology can make our lives so much easier nowadays.

template Schablone

second generation zweite Generation

improved efficiency verbesserte Wirtschaftlichkeit Our research and development

engineers always work towards improved efficiency of our products.

unique selling proposition (USP)

Alleinstellungsmerkmal

to launch a product ein Produkt auf den Markt bringen

This product was launched last summer and it has been a big success.

to relaunch a product ein Produkt erneut auf den Markt bringen

a huge success ein Bombenerfolg Many people have bought the app. It is a huge success.

advertising campaign

Werbekampagne Although the company launched an expensive advertising campaign, their products weren’t a huge success.

satnav Satellitennavigation, Navi

location Lage We had a look at the bungalow, and we liked its size and location.

accuracy Genauigkeit Many people think that the accuracy of weather forecasts has improved a lot over the past few years.

information processing

Informationsverarbeitung Computers can do information processing, but so can your brain.

to update aktualisieren

to introduce oneself

sich vorstellen Let me introduce myself. I’m Jim Smith, and I work in R&D.

to request information

um Information bitten If you wish to request more information, please click here and fill in the online form.

to enquire about sth

sich nach etw erkundigen I phoned the ticket office to enquire about tickets for the show.

to find out further information about sth

über etw mehr herausfinden Click on the pictures to find out further information about our products.

to hold the line am Apparat bleiben

to put sb through to sb

jdn zu jdm durchstellen Let me put you through to Mrs Johnson. She’s the one who usually deals with questions like this.

professionalism Professionalität

etiquette Etikette, Umgangsformen

manners Manieren It’s not good manners to interrupt others when they’re speaking.

Please tell me about …

Könnten Sie mir etwas über … erzählen?

Where do you stand on …?

Was ist Ihre Meinung zu …?

So in other words …

Anders gesagt … I think this product isn’t very successful. So in other words, I think we should take it off the market.





disappointment Enttäuschung You’re right. This didn’t go well at all. I understand your disappointment, but I’m afraid I can’t do anything about it right now.

to apologise sich entschuldigen

Let me put you through to my manager.

Ich möchte Sie mit meinem Vorgesetzten verbinden.

Could we reach an agreement concerning compensation?

Können wir uns auf einen Schadenersatz einigen?

45 detailed ausführlich, detailliert

to handle sth etw bewältigen, mit etw. umgehen

46 individual long turn mündlicher Vortrag, längere selbstständige Rede

to contrast vergleichen, gegenüberstellen Please contrast the Scottish educational system with the English one. What are the differences?

preference Präferenz, Vorliebe

to note down sth (sich) etw notieren

thorough gründlich He found every mistake in the text because he was thorough.

on the one hand … on the other hand

einerseits …. andererseits On the one hand she’s very successful, but on the other hand, she doesn’t have any friends.

to fit passen These jeans are too long, but if I cut off a bit, I think I can make them fit.

to breathe atmen

Unit 4

47 administrative Verwaltungs-

customs Zoll

ATM (= automated teller machine)

Bankomat

counter Schalter

48 utterance Äußerung

conveyor belt Förderband

unattended unbeaufsichtigt Baggage left unattended by its owners will be taken away and destroyed.

departure Abflug The plane arrives at 8:30 so the departure will be at 9:15.

49 to agree hier: sich einigen

security machine hier: Röntgenscanner

measure Maßnahme What measures can we take to make traffic in our town safer?

belt Gurt, Gürtel

50 Department of Homeland Security

Heimatschutzministerium

to screen untersuchen, überprüfen They didn’t find any metal or explosives when they screened my bags.

explosive Sprengstoff

to step through sth durch etw hindurchgehen

past sth an etw vorbei

energetic energiereich

to penetrate sth in etw dringen

to absorb absorbieren

at different levels unterschiedlich stark

operator Anlagenbediener/in

distinct deutlich, unterschiedlich





suspicious verdächtig If you see any suspicious luggage which is unattended, please contact the police.

common weit verbreitet, häufig

carry-on items Handgepäck

to destroy zerstören

sufficient genügend, hinreichend Her new salary is sufficient for her to go on an expensive holiday.

evidence Beweis(e)

skilled erfahren, geübt, gelernt Immigrants may find it easier to fit into a community if they are skilled workers.

sniffer Chemikaliendetektor

security attendant Sicherheitsbedienstete/r

to swipe wischen

cloth Tuch

trace Spur

51 employment Beschäftigung Many large companies provide great employment opportunities for immigrants.

site hier: Betrieb, Werk

subsidiary Tochter(gesellschaft)

workforce Belegschaft, Arbeiterschaft The general workforce today is more educated than 100 years ago.

x-seater X-Sitzer

aircraft Flugzeug

boost Steigerung

wingspan Spannweite

to employ beschäftigen

to put emphasis on Wert legen auf

to date bislang

located gelegen

rural ländlich

shortage Mangel The children are not allowed to have water fights because there is a water shortage.

aeronautical Luftfahrt-

for the long term langfristig

to be committed to sich engagieren für He always liked to win. He was committed to success.

to recruit sb jdn anwerben, jdn neu einstellen

The army recruits people with many different skills to fill different roles.

off-site hier: außerbetrieblich

centre of excellence Kompetenzzentrum, Spitzenforschungszentrum

primary operator Vorarbeiter/in

introduction Einleitung

conclusion Schluss (eines Textes)

52 to join (a company) (bei einer Firma) anfangen

to verify nachprüfen

long-range Langstrecken-

to take up a career eine Laufbahn einschlagen Starting new things very late in life can be more difficult, such as taking up a career in medicine.

delighted froh, erfreut

initially anfangs, anfänglich

rewarding lohnend, erfüllend He could see how his work was contributing to society. This was rewarding.

issue Frage, Problem The latest political issue is how to share money between schools across the country.

panel Platte

to coach sb jdn schulen

variety Abwechslung

satisfying befriedigend





achievement Errungenschaft, Leistung

53 airliner Verkehrsflugzeug

range Reichweite

to serve bedienen, hier: anfliegen

long-haul Langstrecken-

aviation Luftfahrt

large type große Schrift

54 possession Besitz

long-distance Langstrecken-

to cross out durchstreichen

to assemble montieren, zusammenbauen

clerk hier: Angestellte/r

to spot entdecken She spotted him in the crowd after looking for several minutes.

to scan hier: durchleuchten

55 power unit Triebwerk, Aggregat

turbojet Strahlturbine

chamber Kammer

combustion Verbrennung

combustion chamber Brennkammer

fan Ventilator

to suck saugen

to force zwingen, zwängen, hier: pressen

I have no other choice. I am forced to leave.

funnel Trichter

…-shaped …förmig

duct Rohr, Kanal

vaporized verdampft

to ignite entzünden

to expand sich ausdehnen She blew air into the balloon, which made it expand.

rear Rückseite

exhaust Auspuffgas, Abgas

to provide sorgen für

thrust Schub(kraft) The turbofan engine produces thrust which pushes the plane forward.

blade Rotorblatt, Turbinenschaufel

shaft Welle

to cause sb/sth to do sth

jdn/etw etw tun lassen His lack of interest caused her to re-think their relationship.

shaped geformt

aeronautics Luftfahrttechnik

trainee Auszubildende/r There are many trainees working for this company.

to derive sth from sth etw aus etw gewinnen

crankshaft Kurbelwelle

in turn wiederum, seiner-/ihrerseits

tube Rohr, Röhre

to accelerate beschleunigen She kept accelerating until she had overtaken her husband on the motorway.

turbofan Zweistrom-Strahltriebwerk

intake Zufuhr

core Kern-

56 in essence im Wesentlichen

conventional herkömmlich, konventionell

fitted with versehen mit, ausgestattet mit

to rush out hinausströmen

to expel ausstoßen

nozzle Düse, Öffnung

axle Achse

to extract entnehmen, herausziehen, extrahieren

A key skill for exams is being able to extract important information from texts.

remainder Rest





scramjet (= supersonic combustion ramjet)

Überschall-Verbrennungs-Staustrahltriebwerk

ramjet Staustrahltriebwerk

57 counter-terrorist cooperation

Zusammenarbeit bei der Terrorismusbekämpfung

anti-terrorist operation

Antiterroreinsatz

bomb threat Bombendrohung We all had to leave the building after a telephone bomb threat.

terrorist attack Terrorangriff What caused the explosion in the city centre? Police think it may have been a terrorist attack.

explosive device Sprengkörper A bomb is a very dangerous explosive device.

unattended luggage unbeaufsichtigtes Gepäck

metal detector Metalldetektor

sniffer dog Spürhund

magnetic sensitive

device

Magnetfelddetektor

electromagnetic wave elektromagnetische Welle

X-ray radiation Röntgenstrahlung

hazardous chemical gefährliche Chemikalie .

closed-circuit TV monitor (CCTV)

Überwachungsmonitor We have several closed-circuit TV monitors so that we can watch all vehicles entering and leaving the car park.

to search sb thoroughly

jdn gründlich durchsuchen All visitors to the prison will be searched thoroughly.

to be suspicious of sb

jdm gegenüber misstrauisch sein

Police were suspicious of the way the car was driving, so they stopped it and checked the driver.

to frisk sb jdn durchsuchen, filzen Security staff frisked everybody who wanted to enter the building.

cautious vorsichtig If you get a strange email like this, be cautious and don’t open the attachment.

to be wary of sth vor etw auf der Hut sein Always be wary of downloading files from suspicious websites. They might contain viruses.

determination Entschlossenheit My sister has always had a strong determination to be successful, and now she’s the boss of 10,000 people.

hard graft Knochenarbeit

relentlessness Unbarmherzigkeit

a high / growing demand for sth

eine große / wachsende Nachfrage nach etw

Electric bicycles, or e-bikes, are becoming more and more popular. There is a growing demand for them.

to train an employee

eine/n Arbeitnehmer/in ausbilden

All our employees are trained to do exactly the right things in case of an emergency.

turbofan engine Mantelstromtriebwerk

turbine blade Turbinenblatt

compressor blade Verdichterschaufel .

high pressure / low pressure

Hochdruck / Niederdruck

to rotate (sich) drehen

59 evaluation Auswertung, Einschätzung

initiative Initiative

emission Emission

environmentally friendly

umweltfreundlich Going by bike is very environmentally friendly.

popularity Beliebtheit, Popularität

to evaluate einschätzen, auswerten

failure Scheitern, Misserfolg

to divide into einteilen in





heading Überschrift

to be aimed at sb sich an jdn richten This course is aimed at students who want to improve their creative writing skills.

60 Do you remember? 1

provider Anbieter, Versorger

banking Bankwesen

to take advantage of sb/sth

jdn/etw ausnutzen I’m hungry. Let’s take advantage of the free coffee and biscuits!

annual jährlich

consumption Verbrauch Cars with big engines have high fuel consumption.

gradually allmählich, langsam

61 to reject ablehnen Tom’s kind offer to cook dinner was rejected by his girlfriend.

to redesign überarbeiten, umgestalten

delayed verspätet The film was supposed to come out this year but it has been delayed.

departures lounge Abflughalle

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

Geschäftsführer/in, Vorstandsvorsitzende/r

to crash abstürzen

contents Inhalt

Unit 5

62 uniform einheitlich

to struggle kämpfen, sich abmühen

necessity Notwendigkeit Enough sleep is a necessity.

excessive übermäßig, übertrieben Many people find the large amount of money spent at Christmas excessive.

biofuel Biotreibstoff

fossil fossil

geothermal energy Erdwärme, Geothermie

hydroelectric energy Wasserkraft

nuclear energy Kernkraft, Atomkraft

carbon-neutral CO2-neutral

eco-friendly umweltfreundlich A lot of scientists who care about the planet are developing more eco-friendly technology.

intermittent zeitweise, periodisch

sustainable nachhaltig The lifestyle of our generation will not be sustainable for the generations to come.

63 shape Form

share Anteil

64 to outline skizzieren, beschreiben, darstellen

domestic hier: inländisch

provided ausgestattet, versehen

natural gas Erdgas

to prevent sb from doing sth

jdn davon abhalten etw zu tun The government cannot stop people harming themselves but they can try to prevent them from harming others.

to flow fließen

stove Ofen, Herd

to pollute verschmutzen

requirement Bedarf

environmental Umwelt-

medical centre Klinik

resource (Hilfs-)Mittel, Ressource

community centre Gemeindezentrum

65 used up aufgebraucht, verbraucht Is there any paper left in the printer? – No, it’s all been used up.





usage Gebrauch, Verbrauch

impact Auswirkung, Folge

consider hier: zum Beispiel

to consist of bestehen aus This product consists of metal and plastic.

shift Verlagerung, Wandel, Verschiebung

large-scale groß, groß angelegt

installation Anlage

vast riesig

hydrogen Wasserstoff

finite begrenzt, endlich

proposition Vorschlag, These

to support hier: untermauern

66 quantity Menge

hydrocarbon Kohlenwasserstoff

plastics Kunststoff(e)

infinite unendlich, unerschöpflich

to run out ausgehen If the sugar runs out, can you go and buy some more please?

to tackle sth etw angehen, in Angriff nehmen

Do you have any suggestions as to how I tackle this design problem?

threat Bedrohung

rumbling Grollen, Donnern

below Vesuvius am Fuße des Vesuvs

to face stehen vor, konfrontiert sein mit

projection Voraussage, Hochrechnung, Prognose

attributed to sb jdm zugeschrieben

to fail versäumen

to switch wechseln, umstellen

67 gasoline Benzin

wacky ausgeflippt, schräg

proclamation Ankündigung, Bekanntmachung

doomsday der Jüngste Tag

rather vielmehr

respected geachtet, respektiert

to be terrified of schreckliche Angst haben vor She is terrified of monsters under the bed.

to deplete abbauen, erschöpfen

to collapse zusammenbrechen The books on the table were too heavy and it collapsed.

shortfall Defizit, Fehlmenge, hier: Differenz

demand and supply Nachfrage und Angebot You learn a lot about demand and supply in economics classes.

to sound alarmist nach Panikmache klingen

construction Bau(gewerbe)

to stem from herrühren von

pesticide Unkrautvertilgungsmittel

commercial handelsüblich

fertilizer Dünger

implement Arbeitsgerät, Maschine

trailer Anhänger

derived abgeleitet

storage Lagerung

refrigerator Kühlschrank

to distribute verteilen, vertreiben

to run on sth mit etw betrieben werden This car is electric and doesn’t run on petrol.

to bear in mind bedenken, daran denken

crop Feldfrucht, Anbaupflanze Certain types of crop are grown as fuel.

corn Getreide

canola Raps(öl)

ethanol Äthylalkohol, Ethanol

derivative Derivat, Abkömmling





to rely on sth auf etw angewiesen sein

sophisticated hoch entwickelt

metallurgy Hüttentechnik, Metallurgie

copper Kupfer

machinery Anlagen The machinery in the factory stopped working but we had no replacement parts.

68 to exaggerate übertreiben Sometimes she exaggerates to show the importance of her ideas.

to predict vorhersagen, prognostizieren People often predict unpleasant things about the world but some will certainly come true.

horrible schrecklich, furchtbar

to insist on sth auf etw bestehen I was lucky because my rich uncle insisted on paying for my train ticket.

miserable elend, unglücklich

to be stuck festsitzen

69 tubular Röhren-

concrete Beton

nacelle Gondel

upwind windwärts, gegen den Wind

downwind windabwärts, mit dem Wind

to face gegenüber sein, hier: gerichtet sein

yaw Gier, Gieren

yaw drive Giersteuerung

wind vane Windfahne

controller Steuerung, Steuereinheit Motion controllers are often used to move machines.

anemometer Windmesser, Anemometer

hub Nabe

to pitch neigen

emergency Notfall You may use my credit card but only in an emergency.

disc brake Scheibenbremse

to apply betätigen The driver didn’t apply the brakes in time and crashed into the car in front.

gear box Getriebe

70 to decrease senken, verringern

DIY Selbstbau-, Heimwerker-

pylon Mast, Pfeiler

to vary schwanken

voltage Spannung The voltage is too high and it is giving off sparks.

charge Ladung

DC (direct current) Gleichstrom

AC (alternating

current)

Wechselstrom

inverter Wechselrichter

71 wake hier: Nachlaufströmung

to figure sth out etw herausfinden

spacing Abstand

payoff Lohn, Ergebnis

wattage elektrische Leistung

to stretch sich erstrecken My Internet cable stretches from one end of my bedroom to the other.

72 solar energy Solarenergie I’ve got a watch which uses solar energy: it gets its power from the sunlight.

methane Methan

biomass Biomasse In a biomass power station they

use plants or other biological material to generate power.

wind power Windkraft Wind power or solar power are sustainable sources of energy.





disadvantage Nachteil At first the plan seemed perfect, but later we began to see its disadvantages.

efficient effizient The city has a fast, efficient public transport system.

inefficient ineffizient This old, inefficient heating system uses a lot of energy and doesn’t work very well.

detrimental to schädlich für These pesticides are detrimental to the environment and people’s health.

unsustainable nicht nachhaltig Governments shouldn’t support

unsustainable forms of energy which are bad for the environment.

microgeneration Energieerzeugung im kleinsten Maßstab

international conference

internationale Konferenz

to raise awareness of sth

Bewusstsein für etw wecken We must raise people’s awareness of how to live a sustainable life all over the world.

to reduce waste Abfall reduzieren If we all try and reduce our waste and recycle whatever possible, it will help our environment a lot.

to fight against climate change

gegen den Klimawandel kämpfen

Each of us can do something to fight against climate change. For example, use your bike, not your car!

wind turbines Windkraftanlage Wind power is an environmentally friendly source of energy, so they’re building more and more new wind turbines in many places.

to generate electricity

Elektrizität erzeugen With the solar panels on our roof we generate our own electricity.

wind speed Windgeschwindigkeit Tornados can have wind speeds of over 400 km/h.

rotations per minute Umdrehungen pro Minute

tower Turm The company’s new building is a tall glass tower designed by a famous architect.

rotor Rotor

comment Kommentar The reporters asked the president for his comment on the situation, but he said nothing.

According to the author …

Laut dem Autor / der Autorin According to the author of this text it is too late to save the planet, even if everybody did their best.

The statistics suggest that …

Die Statistiken deuten an, dass …

The statistics suggest that more and more children don’t do enough sport and are overweight.

However, I do not agree with the author.

Ich stimme dem Autor / der Autorin jedoch nicht zu.

According to this text climate change is no dramatic problem. However, I do not agree with the author because some of the facts just are not right.

cause Ursache What was the cause of the fire? Have they found out what started it?

outcome Folge, Resultat More and more forest disappears from Brazil, and the outcome is that animals will die out.

main reason Hauptgrund The main reason why you should accept this job is that you really need the money.





to deny leugnen You cannot deny that there are problems, so let’s talk about them.

to suggest vorschlagen You don’t know what to do? Well, I suggest that you do the shopping, how’s that?

73 argumentative argumentativ

74 scale Umfang, Ausmaß I make my own clothes , but only on a small scale, for myself or for good friends.

carbon dioxide Kohlendioxid When wood or coal are burned, carbon dioxide is produced.

heat pump Wärmepumpe

solar panel Sonnenkollektor

benefit Vorteil, Nutzen

climate Klima

contribution (to) Beitrag (zu)

to transform verwandeln

to suit passen zu, entsprechen It’s not easy to find a house that suits all our requirements.

75 increasingly in zunehmendem Maße

Unit 6

76 greenhouse effect Treibhauseffekt We do not yet know for certain how much environmental change is caused by the greenhouse effect.

to release hier: freisetzen

glacier Gletscher

77 incoming solar radiation

Sonneneinstrahlung

outgoing solar radiation

Sonnenabstrahlung

to emit emittieren, abstrahlen Planes have been made lighter so that they use less fuel and so emit less greenhouse gas.

to re-emit wieder abstrahlen

vapour Dampf

nitrous oxide Distickstoffmonoxyd, Lachgas

critical to sth entscheidend (für etw) His agreement is critical to the plan working.

to trap einschließen, fangen

thus so, auf diese Weise

wet nass, feucht

to expect annehmen

airfare Flugkosten

78 violent hier: heftig

scare stories Panikmache

to misinterpret falsch interpretieren

to input eingeben

band Gruppe, Schar

to be worthwhile sich lohnen It’s worthwhile to spend a bit extra on good food.

conservation Erhaltung, Bewahrung People are afraid of the planet changing too much. They promote planet conservation.

dependence Abhängigkeit

to occur auftreten, auftauchen

to prove beweisen I don’t believe you. Can you prove your theory?

unavoidable unvermeidlich Conflict is unavoidable. There will always be some things you disagree on.

to adapt sich anpassen

79 to create schaffen

to attract sb jdn anziehen, anlocken

to prepare hier: erstellen

leaflet Informationsblatt

chilling schaudererregend, schrecklich

avalanche Lawine





landslip Bergsturz, Erdrutsch

flood Hochwasser, Überschwemmung

to defrost tauen, auftauen

gross national product

Bruttosozialprodukt

80 meltdown Schmelze

to endanger bedrohen, gefährden Killing certain animals has endangered their species.

plains Ebene

researcher Forscher/in He’s one of the best researchers in his field.

to devastate zerstören, verwüsten The flood devastated all the houses there. They had to be rebuilt.

rise Anstieg

prospect Aussicht She was very excited at the prospect of starting a new job.

insufficient unzureichend You give me insufficient reasons to agree with you. I do not see why I should.

agriculture Landwirtschaft

to generate erwirtschaften

loss Verlust

to experience erleben Have you ever experienced such a cold winter? I have never seen such deep snow.

vulnerability Verwundbarkeit

to highlight unterstreichen, verdeutlichen

to point to verweisen auf Her silence points to guilt.

81 severe schwer

Danube Donau

property Eigentum, Immobilie(n) My aim is to buy lots of property for my retirement.

deforestation Waldzerstörung

drainage Trockenlegung

wetlands Feuchtgebiete, Sumpfgebiete

floodplain Überschwemmungsgebiet

line Leitung

authority hier: Experte/-in, Koryphäe He is a great authority on anything to do with football.

occurrence Ereignis, Vorkommen

case Fall

to rush to do sth hier: etw voreilig tun

to cut down hier: abholzen

run-off Abfluss, Oberflächenabfluss

to drain trockenlegen

sponge Schwamm

to soak up aufsaugen

bank (Fluss-)Ufer

to burst its banks (Fluss:) über die Ufer treten

flood defence Überschwemmungsschutz, Deich

downstream “ flussabwärts

quick fix schnelle Lösung

82 carbon Kohlenstoff, CO2

to last dauern

83 design Entwurf

to maintain unterhalten, warten The house was very large and difficult to maintain.

radiator Heizkörper

insulated isoliert

substantially erheblich, wesentlich

affordable erschwinglich Most technology is initially expensive and becomes more affordable later on.

obsolete überholt, veraltet

draft (Luft-)Zug





ventilation heating Luftstromheizung

insulation Isolierung Our house is always warm in winter because the insulation is so good.

thermal bridge Kälte-/Wärmebrücke

to utilize nutzen

heat recovery Wärmerückgewinnung

ventilation Luftzirkulation

subsoil heat exchange

Wärmeaustausch mit dem Erdboden

durable langlebig, robust How durable is the material? I don’t want to buy it if we will have to replace it in a few years’ time.

84 to be keen on sth auf etw wild sein, etw unbedingt wollen

vice versa umgekehrt

airtight luftdicht

envelope Hülle, Umhüllung

layer Schicht

to short circuit kurzschließen

conductivity Leitfähigkeit

exhaust air Abluft

stale verbraucht, muffig

supply air Zuluft

to recover (rück-)gewinnen

counterflow Gegenstrom

to replenish wiederauffüllen

85 virtually praktisch

EC motor kollektorloser Gleichstrommotor

pipe Rohr, Röhre

to consider erwägen, in Betracht ziehen I’m considering changing my hairstyle. What do you think?

savings Ersparnisse

suitability Eignung

pane Fensterscheibe

glazing Verglasung

extraction Absaugung

ground-source heat pump

Erdwärmepumpe

86 climate system Klimasystem Greenhouse gases can cause changes to the climate system.

global warming globale Erwärmung The rise in temperature of the earth’s atmosphere is called global warming.

atmospheric gas atmosphärisches Gas Greenhouse gases are atmospheric gases too, but if there’s too much of them, they can cause climate change.

infrared radiation Infrarotstrahlung

negative impact negativer Einfluss Nobody can deny the negative impact of bad marks on students’ motivation

to change (sich) (ver)ändern We can’t change the world, but we can try to make things a little better.

carbon footprint CO2-Fußabdruck How much carbon dioxide do you produce every day? Use this calculator to find out about your carbon footprint.

myth Mythos There is no Loch Ness Monster. That’s just a myth.

reality Realität It seems as if Peter is very rich, but reality looks different: he only borrows the money.

theory Theorie I believe that she killed her husband and then collected the insurance money. What’s your theory?





conspiracy theory Verschwörungstheorie I don’t believe all those conspiracy theories about the princess’s death. I think she really had an accident.

scandal Skandal This stupid sex scandal is very likely to end his career as a politician.

ulterior motive Hintergedanke I don’t know what his ulterior motive is, but I think there must be a reason why he’s so nice to me all of a sudden.

to maintain perspective on sth

etw nüchtern betrachten It’s important to maintain perspective on how much production costs, and how much profit the products bring in.

ozone Ozon On hot days there can be too much ozone in the air, which can affect your health.

natural disaster Naturkatastrophe Floods or tornados, for example, are natural disasters.

landslide Erdrutsch

drought Dürre

earthquake Erdbeben During an earthquake the earth suddenly starts moving quite violently. It can destroy buildings.

economic wirtschaftlich, Wirtschafts- Many companies have closed down, millions of people don’t have jobs, so the country might be moving towards an economic disaster.

loss of life Verluste an Menschenleben, Todesopfer

The country has had long periods of drought, people didn’t have enough to eat, and this resulted in massive loss of life.

tourism Tourismus Many people visit California. Tourism is an important industry there.

mass tourism Massentourismus I like to travel on my own, away from crowds and mass tourism.

ecotourism Ökotourismus We prefer ecotourism to mass tourism because it doesn’t harm the environment so much, even if it is a bit more expensive.

agritourism Agrotourismus, Landtourismus Many families spend their holidays on farms, so agritourism is a growth industry in many parts of the world.

green tourism sanfter Tourismus If you want to see different places in the world, but don’t want damage to the environment because of your holidays, then go for green tourism.

human activity menschliche Aktivität There’s no doubt that global warming is caused by human activity.

to interfere with nature

in die Natur eingreifen When you feed birds in winter, do you actually help them or do you just interfere with nature?

disruption Störung It snowed all day, and there were massive disruptions to train services.

88 to draw sb to a place

jdn an einen Ort ziehen

crisp knirschend (Schnee)

unspoiled unverdorben, unberührt

scenery Landschaft

to uncover aufdecken After some research we were able to uncover the truth.

aspect Aspekt, Gesichtspunkt

infrastructure Infrastruktur





that bad so schlimm I knew he had some problems, but I didn’t know the situation was that bad.

typically typischerweise

to involve beinhalten, mit sich bringen My new job will involve a lot of travelling, and I’m looking forward to that.

overnight stay Übernachtung

to take place stattfinden

to tend to be/do sth

dazu neigen, etw zu tun/sein, etw meist sein/tun

In winter we tend to get fewer visitors than in summer.

pollution (Umwelt-)Verschmutzung

effect on Effekt, Auswirkung auf

Furthermore, … Des Weiteren …, Außerdem …

ecosystem Ökosystem

to damage (be)schädigen, schaden My brother damaged our car when he hit a big stone wall.

to recover sich erholen

hiker Wanderer, Wanderin

lodge (Berg-, Ski-)Hütte

accommodation Unterkunft/Unterkünfte, Unterbringung

We always go to the Austrian or Italian Alps because holiday accommodation in Switzerland is so expensive.

to conserve sparen, schonen, erhalten

snowmaking Schneeerzeugung (mit Schneekanonen)

profitable Gewinn bringend, einträglich

scarce knapp, rar

depressing deprimierend

For a start, … Zunächst einmal …, Erst einmal …

to educate sb jdn unterweisen, aufklären

chalet Ferienhaus, Ferienhütte

off-piste abseits der Piste(n)

vegetation Vegetation

to disturb stören

renewable erneuerbar

potential Potenzial, Möglichkeit(en)

to operate sth etw betreiben

to harm schaden, (etw) zuleide tun Our dog is very big and looks dangerous, but he couldn’t harm a fly.

harmful to schädlich, schlecht für

properly richtig, ordentlich, sachgemäß If you don’t understand somebody properly, you should ask them to repeat what they have said.

Unit 7

89 to attach importance to sth

etw Bedeutung zumessen

rite of passage Initiationsritus, Übergangsritus

to damn verdammen

parking lot (AE) Parkplatz

rear view mirror Rückspiegel

to be about to do sth

im Begriff sein etw zu tun Are you coming home now? – I was about to go to the shops, actually.

to strap sb in jdn anschnallen

to bury begraben

freeway Autobahn

90 regulations Vorschriften

widely stark

crossroads Kreuzung

driver’s license (AE)

Führerschein She got her driver’s licence straight away, because she was so keen to be independent.

to be in a rush es eilig haben





to beg sb for sth jdn um etw anbetteln

lift Mitfahrgelegenheit

91 premium erstklassig

to speed zu schnell fahren

dare do sth sich trauen, etw zu tun I’d never dare say something like that to my teacher!

to run a red light bei Rot über die Ampel fahren

ticket Strafzettel

to scratch (zer)kratzen

buddy Freund/in, Kumpel

in the middle of nowhere

in der Pampa

lame lahm, langweilig

back road Nebenstraße, Seitenstraße

blaring (Radio etc.:) voll aufgedreht

to whoop around auf den Putz hauen, herumblödeln

to corner Kurven fahren

patch Stelle, Stück

to spin out ins Schleudern kommen

torn apart in Stücke gerissen

92 to evolve sich weiter entwickeln

motoring Autofahren, Kraftfahrzeugwesen

Improving road surfaces could make motoring a better experience for everyone.

driverless fahrerlos

artificial künstlich Artificial flowers are never as attractive as real ones.

production car Serienwagen

economy hier: Sparsamkeit, Wirtschaftlichkeit

Using water with economy may save the planet from further destruction.

cruise control Tempomat

hazard Gefahr

avoidance Vermeidung

pedestrian Fußgänger/in In the countryside, looking out for pedestrians on the road is important.

vigilance Wachsamkeit

to nod off einnicken

lane Fahrbahn, Spur

to create havoc verheerenden Schaden anrichten

lock Sperre

congestion Verstopfung, Stau It was early evening and the congestion had built up from workers driving home.

theft Diebstahl The theft of her jewellery made her very sad.

to hook up verbinden

road sign Straßenschild, Verkehrsschild

traffic signal Verkehrsampel

to steer steuern, lenken

adaptive lernfähig, anpassungsfähig

93 packed (knall)voll

to zip by vorbeizischen

exhaust fumes Abgase

to issue (heraus)geben

transmission Getriebe

tyre Reifen

lane change Spurwechsel

beacon Signalstation

up-to-date aktuell If your satnav is not up-to-date, you may easily get lost.

to pass by vorüberfahren, vorbeifahren

to fail safe ohne Gefahr fehlschlagen

time scale Zeitrahmen

94 memorable gut zu merken

hovercraft Luftkissenboot





urban städtisch, Stadt- Urban areas with high populations produce less pollution per person than greener suburbs.

glass fibre Glasfaser

carbon fibre Kohlefaser

to distract ablenken If she had let you distract her, she might have crashed the car.

slide Dia, (Präsentations-)Folie

95 auxiliary Hilfsverb

96 ultimate oberste/r/s, endgültig

significantly erheblich, wesentlich

mileage Kilometerleistung The mileage on that car was very low, considering it was ten years old.

to overcome überwinden

shortcoming Manko, Defizit, Mangel

minimum requirement

Mindestanforderung

to re-fuel (nach)tanken

charge Laden, Aufladen

inconvenient unpraktisch, unpassend Could you call again later? I’m afraid it’s rather inconvenient at the moment.

to recharge wiederaufladen

97 density Dichte

series Reihe

propulsion Schub, Vortrieb

98 body Karosserie (Auto)

chassis Fahrgestell (Auto)

capable of fähig zu, imstande zu They’re a good team, but are they capable of winning the World Cup?

handling Umgang, Handhabung

lead Blei

acid Säure

cell Zelle

measurement Maß, Abmessung

diameter Durchmesser

18 by 65 18 mal 65

length Länge

entire gesamte/r/s I was very hungry and I ate the entire giant pizza.

to weigh wiegen I want to find out whether I’ve lost weight or whether I still weigh the same.

equivalent Äquivalent, (entsprechender) Gegenwert, Gegenstück

You can either pay 15 pounds or the equivalent in euros.

amount Menge

to operate arbeiten, in Betrieb sein

to be comprised of bestehen aus, umfassen

control Kontrolle, Regulierung, Steuerung

logic Logik

PCB (printed circuit board)

Leiterplatte

microprocessor Mikroprozessor

microcontroller Mikrocontroller

to catch fire in Brand geraten

to contain enthalten

failure Versagen, Ausfall, Zusammenbruch

Last Monday we had a complete power failure for over an hour in our part of the town.

protection Schutz

to serve to do sth dazu dienen, etw zu tun This simple device serves to prevent small children from falling down stairs.

to disconnect abtrennen, die Verbindung unterbrechen

fuse Sicherung





short circuit Kurzschluss

in addition to zusätzlich zu If you want further information in addition to what you find on the Internet, please phone us.

to guard against sth schützen vor etw, einer Sache vorbeugen

continually ständig, ununterbrochen

current Strom(stärke)

crash Zusammenbruch, Absturz

99 bicycle (bike) Fahrrad Oxford is very flat. That’s why so many people ride bicycles.

(aero)plane Flugzeug In his free time Jeff builds models of old aeroplanes. They can even fly!

underground (train)

U-Bahn In the afternoon everybody wants to get home. So the underground is very crowded.

traffic jam Stau When there is an accident on a motorway there’s usually a long

traffic jam.

motorway Autobahn You aren’t allowed to walk or ride a bike on a motorway, but you can drive very fast there.

car crash Autounfall A car hit a wall, but the driver was lucky, he wasn’t even hurt in the car crash.

breakdown Panne Our holiday started with a breakdown on a small road in the middle of nowhere. Terrible!

driving licence (BE)

Führerschein It’s illegal to drive a car if you don’t have a driving licence.

highway code Straßenverkehrsordnung

to act with caution vorsichtig handeln

age restriction Altersbegrenzung

drink-driving Autofahren unter Alkoholeinfluss

You shouldn’t drink any alcohol when you have to drive a car. Drink-driving is very dangerous.

hybrid car Hybridauto A hybrid car uses two or more different sources of power.

electric motor Elektromotor Many people like e-bikes. They have an electric motor, so it’s much easier to ride up a hill.

petrol engine Benzinmotor Is a petrol engine better than a diesel engine?

charging station Ladestation Every 100 miles I have to charge the battery of my electric car at a charging station.

car mechanics Automechanik My sister chose car mechanics as a subject at school. That was very helpful when we had a breakdown.

rechargeable battery pack

wiederaufladbarer Akkupack

horsepower Pferdestärke, PS

acceleration Beschleunigung

lithium-ion battery Lithium-Ionen-Akku

petrol Benzin I want a new car – shall I buy a diesel or with a petrol engine?

to hold a discussion

ein Gespräch führen We need a quick decision, so let’s not hold long discussions about this.

101 to own besitzen

to intend to do sth

beabsichtigen etw zu tun What do you intend to do about this problem? Talk to your boss and your colleagues?

examiner Prüfer/in

to avoid vermeiden





sb is running out of sth

jdm geht etw aus Oh dear, we’re running out of coffee! Could you go to the supermarket and buy some, please?

to be supposed to be/do sth

etw tun/sein sollen

monologue Monolog, Selbstgespräch

to involve sb in jdn einbeziehen in, beteiligen an

We want to involve our children in the decision where to buy a house

Unit 8

102 shelter Unterkunft, Obdach

103 to glitter glänzen

beggar Bettler

wit Witz, Geist

to fool around herumblödeln, Unsinn machen

to have a ball sich bestens amüsieren

to fancy sb an jdm Gefallen finden

fortune Vermögen Property costs a fortune nowadays.

104 to trust vertrauen

current account Girokonto I would like to move some money from my savings into my current account, so that I can access it.

to withdraw money

Geld abheben I can only withdraw a certain amount of money in one day.

to manage verwalten My wife is very good at managing money, so she takes care of our finances.

105 ATM card Bankomatkarte

incentive Anreiz

deposit Einlage, Guthaben

to deposit (Geld:) einzahlen I got a lot of money for my birthday, so I am going to deposit it into my savings.

interest Zins(en)

to negotiate verhandeln, aushandeln

overdraft (Konto-)Überziehung I needed a sofa before I was paid this month, so I used my overdraft to buy one.

to borrow leihen

fee Gebühr When I was a student, I didn’t have to pay any fees to use my overdraft.

branch Filiale

application Antrag

balance Kontostand, Guthaben The ATM prints out a receipt showing my balance every time I withdraw money.

to sign up sich anmelden

to safeguard schützen

mechanical engineering

Maschinenbau

plant manufacturing

Anlagenbau

intellectual property geistiges Eigentum

federation Verband

to claim erklären, behaupten

subsequently später, daraufhin They raised her salary. Subsequently, she bought a larger flat.

home-grown einheimisch

contractor Unternehmer/in, Unternehmen

a case in point ein typisches Beispiel

to announce ankündigen They announced that the train would be arriving early.

maglev train Magnetschwebebahn

the only recourse das einzige, was übrig bleibt





contract Vertrag His contract required him to work 40 hours a week.

developing country Entwicklungsland

deal Geschäft

106 to involve betreffen

progress Fortschritt(e)

unauthorized copy Raubkopie

trade fair Handelsmesse

to catch sight of erblicken, erkennen

to mistake sth for sth

etw für etw halten, etw mit etw verwechseln

agreement Vereinbarung After five hours of discussions, they finally came to some sort of agreement.

all terrain Gelände-

on display ausgestellt

admittedly zugegeben(ermaßen) I would like to see the concert. Admittedly, it will cost a lot of money.

reference Bezug

to profit Gewinn machen Producing the film was a difficult experience but I’m sure you profited from it.

at sb’s expense auf jds Kosten

designer Konstrukteur/in

consumer Verbraucher/in

medication Arzneimittel

affected by sth betroffen von etw

globally operating weltweit tätig

to survey untersuchen, erfassen

detection Entdeckung, Aufdeckung

to become aware of sth

sich einer Sache bewusst werden

audit Überprüfung, Revision

to estimate schätzen If you had to estimate the length of the River Nile, how long would you say it is?

to associate sth with sth

etw mit etw in Verbindung bringen

reputation Ruf

to sue verklagen

liability Haftung

product liability Produkthaftung

recognisable wiedererkennbar

labelling Kennzeichnung

tiny winzig

solid Festkörper

liquid Flüssigkeit

fake falsch, gefälscht

107 proprietary firmeneigen, geheim

to eat away at nagen an, zerfressen

counterfeit gefälscht, nachgemacht; Fälschung, Nachahmung

border patrol Grenzschutz

agent hier: Beamter/-in

to seize beschlagnahmen

shipment Sendung, Ladung

keyboard Tastatur

drop Tropfen

pharmaceuticals Arzneimittel

revenue Einkünfte, Einnahmen

annually jährlich

corporate Unternehmens-

deputy Stellvertreter/in, stellvertretende/r

head Chef/in





trade Handel International trade can be made difficult by conflict between different cultures.

to beware of sth sich vor etw in Acht nehmen

pirated raubkopiert, nachgemacht

to engage in sth sich an etw beteiligen The politicians engaged in a war of words over environmental issues.

embassy Botschaft

to structure strukturieren

bullet point Aufzählungszeichen

formal formell

impersonal unpersönlich

to examine untersuchen

to compile zusammenstellen

to indicate hinweisen auf

to recommend empfehlen The hotel in London where I always stay is very good. I can really recommend it to you.

108 questionnaire Fragebogen

purchase Kauf You should keep an account of your online purchases in case the products don’t get sent.

fraud Betrug

109 teller Kassierer/in

to route leiten

to key in eintippen The shop assistant asked me to key in my password.

inquiry Abfrage, Nachfrage

verification Überprüfung, Beglaubigung When the verification for the card did not come through immediately, I began to worry.

to cancel abbrechen We had to cancel the whole process and start again.

to insert einstecken, einführen

auditory akustisch

to prompt weiterhelfen, unterstützen

bottom portion unterer Teil

safe Tresor, Safe

slot Schlitz

110 cash dispenser Geldausgabe, hier: Bargeldausgeber

to dispense ausgeben

reject Ausschuss

bin Behälter

count Zählung

to record aufzeichnen

journal Protokoll

to stick together aneinander kleben

worn abgenutzt

folded gefaltet

to load bestücken, beladen

rate Rate, Quote

to request sth etw beantragen, bestellen If a website requests your password, make sure it is a safe site.

111 point of sale Verkaufsstelle

unauthorized unbefugt Unauthorized use of a computer system is a criminal offence.

reader Lesegerät

contact pad Kontaktfeld

encryption Verschlüsselung

to encrypt verschlüsseln

biometrics Biometrie, biometrische Daten

physical körperlich

segmented unterteilt

to operate hier: funktionieren

ground (Elektrotechnik:) Erde

to defend verteidigen She does not like fighting but will still defend herself from attacks.





112 consumerism Konsumdenken We could try not to buy so many things. If we reduce consumerism, it would really help the environment.

to be able to afford sth

sich etw leisten können A house in Central London? No, we’ll never be able to afford that.

essentials lebensnotwendige Güter Shelter, food, water – are these the three most important essentials of life?

to open an account

ein Konto eröffnen When I move to France, I’ll have to open a new account at a French bank.

to print a statement

einen Auszug drucken How much money do I have? Let me print a statement and check my account.

to transfer online online überweisen When I transfer the money online today, it will be in your bank account tomorrow or the day after.

to overdraw überziehen I don’t want to spend money that I don’t have, so I try not to overdraw my bank account.

interest rate Zinssatz If you overdraw your bank account, you have to pay very high interest rates to the bank.

loan Kredit, Darlehen When I studied at university, I

got a student loan, but now I have to pay the money back.

cash card Bankomatkarte My cash card was stolen, and then somebody withdrew 1,500 Euros from my bank account at an ATM.

credit card Kreditkarte These days you can pay with a credit card, or ’plastic money’, almost everywhere.

pirate copy Raubkopie

fake Fälschung

licence agreement Nutzungsvertrag

radio frequency identification (RFID)

RFID (Identifizierung mit Hilfe elektromagnetischer Wellen)

display screen Bildschirm The text on the display screen said, "Please enter your PIN."

receipt printer Quittungsdrucker With a trick the criminals can use the receipt printer of the ATM to get people’s bank card numbers.

deposit slot Einzahlungsschlitz

smart card Chipkarte A smart card is a small plastic

card on which information is stored.

data storage device

Datenspeichergerät CDs, DVDs or USB memory sticks are all data storage devices.

113 to work sth out etw herausfinden, verstehen I must work out how this new device functions.

to get sth across vermitteln, rüberbringen

114 advertisement Werbung, Reklame

wallet Brieftasche, Börse

on the brink of an der Schwelle zu

to turn sth into sth

etw in etw verwandeln Will global warming one day turn all the ice on earth into water?

version Version

to tap anzapfen

eventually schließlich, am Ende

leather Leder

regular normal, regulär

loyalty Treue

gift Geschenk

receipt Quittung, Beleg

boarding pass Bordkarte





potential potenziell, möglich

convenience Bequemlichkeit, Annehmlichkeit

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reservoir Stausee

119 intern Praktikant/in

to settle sich einleben

to feel comfortable sich wohlfühlen

noisy laut, lärmend

to drop fallen lassen, verlieren

120 to prefer vorziehen, lieber mögen

unfortunately unglücklicherweise

vegetarian Vegetarier/in

dish Speise, Gericht

surprised überrascht

to discipline disziplinieren

result Folge, Ergebnis

121 instead of (an)statt

jet engine Düsentriebwerk

theoretical theoretisch

supersonic Überschall-

122 to be contained in sich befinden in

globe Globus

instead stattdessen

challenge Herausforderung

in spite of trotz

123 plausible plausibel, glaubwürdig

reasonable vernünftig

implausible unglaubwürdig

moreover außerdem, zudem

reassuring beruhigend

sensible vernünftig, sinnvoll

logical logisch

therefore deswegen

unfounded unbegründet

illogical unlogisch

to research (er)forschen

total gesamt

primary primär

to project voraussagen, hochrechnen

124 net netto

thermal thermisch, Wärme-

appliance Gerät

lighting Beleuchtung

principle Prinzip

heat sink Kühlkörper

practicality Durchführbarkeit

geology Geologie

125 certainly sicher(lich)

to take sth into account

(mit) berücksichtigen

vision Vision

ownership Besitz

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