20.1 why education

Question 1

the inability to read or write

Analphabetismus

Answer 1

illiteracy

adj. illiterate, opp. literate

Question 2

the practice of staying away from school without permission.
Someone who does this is….

unentschuldigtes Fehlen

Answer 2

truancy

….playing truant

Question 3

(of bad or unpleasant things) very common: corruption is…

weitverbreitet

Answer 3

rife = widespread

Question 4

tested and shown to be true

bewiesen

Answer 4

proven

Question 5

the chances of being successful in the future

Aussicht

Answer 5

prospects

Question 6

give sb opportunities

zugänglich

Answer 6

open doors

Question 7

the chance of sth happening

Wahrscheinlichkeit

Answer 7

likelihood = probability

Question 8

your social or professional position

Status

Answer 8

status

Question 9

make decisions and accept the consequences if they are wrong

Verantwortung übernehmen

Answer 9

take responsibility for sth

Question 10

live in a particular place

etw bewohnen

Answer 10

inhabit sth

Question 11

choose sb/sth by marking a paper or raising your hand

stimmen

Answer 11

vote for sb/sth

Question 12

the right to say what you want without anyone stopping you

Meinungsfreiheit

Answer 12

freedom of speech

Question 13

intended to stop sth that causes problems from happening

vorbeugend

Answer 13

preventive, preventative

Question 14

be important

bedeutend sein

Answer 14

matter

Question 15

(of a quality, feeling, etc.) that you have when you are born

angeboren

Answer 15

innate

Question 16

ability to do sth

Fähigkeit etw zu tun

Answer 16

capacity to do sth

Question 17

a living person

Mensch

Answer 17

human being

Question 18

the principles of right or wrong behaviour

Moral

Answer 18

morality