Unit 1 - Station 2: A time of big chances

Question 1

autobiography

Answer 1

Autograbiographie

In his autobiography he tells a lot of uncomftable facts about his life.

Question 2

youth

Answer 2

Jugend

= the time in your life after you are a child but before you become an adult

Question 3

mid-

Answer 3

Mitte (der)

How old do you think she is? - In her mid-thirties, I guess.

Question 4

to exist

Answer 4

existieren; bestehen
Until the mid-sixties, ‘youth culture’ didn’t really exist. = There was no such thing as youth culture until the mid-sixties.

Question 5

ideal

Answer 5

ideal
! Watch the pronunciation
Fr. idéal/-e

Question 6

to explode

Answer 6

explodieren

The can exploded in the fire.

Question 7

fuse

Answer 7

Zündschnur

You set off fireworks by lighting the fuse.

Question 8

loose

Answer 8

weit; locker

I preffer loose clothes. They’re comfortable.

Question 9

to fix

Answer 9

in Ordnung bringen; zurechtbiegen

I’ll quickly fix my hair and then I’m ready to go.

Question 10

commune

Answer 10

(Hippie)Kommune; Gemeinde

! Watch the speeling and the pronunciation.

Question 11

to spread, spread, spread

Answer 11

(sich) verbreiten

The news that the star was going to visit their town spread immediately.

Question 12

flower power

Answer 12

Flower-Power (Hippie-Bewegung der 1960er/70er Jahre)

=the name of a youth movement in the 1960ies and 1970ies

Question 13

to affect (sb/sth)

Answer 13

sich auf jmdn./ etw. auswirken; jmdn./etw. beeinflussen; jmdn./ etw. betreffen
= to have an affect on sb/sth; to influence sb/sth
Lat. afficere

Question 14

pants

Answer 14

Hose
! These pants are nice
pants (AE)= trousers (BE)

Question 15

lesbian

Answer 15

lesbisch

My best friend’s parents are lesbian, so she has two mums.

Question 16

gay

Answer 16

homosexuell; schwul
The gay rights movement first became big in the late 1960s in the USA, where New York City and San Francisco were the centres of the movement.

Question 17

bisexual

Answer 17

bisexuell

I don’t know if I like girls or boys. - Maybe you’re bisexual, so you like both.

Question 18

transgender

Answer 18

Transgender-

= a person whose gender identity is not the same as the sex they were born with or given at birth

Question 19

to refurbish

Answer 19

renovieren; aufmöbeln; verschönern; überholen

I got some old furniture from my grandparents which needs to be refurbished.