Unit 1 - Station 2: A time of big chances Flashcards
autobiography
Autograbiographie
In his autobiography he tells a lot of uncomftable facts about his life.
youth
Jugend
= the time in your life after you are a child but before you become an adult
mid-
Mitte (der)
How old do you think she is? - In her mid-thirties, I guess.
to exist
existieren; bestehen
Until the mid-sixties, ‘youth culture’ didn’t really exist. = There was no such thing as youth culture until the mid-sixties.
ideal
ideal
! Watch the pronunciation
Fr. idéal/-e
to explode
explodieren
The can exploded in the fire.
fuse
Zündschnur
You set off fireworks by lighting the fuse.
loose
weit; locker
I preffer loose clothes. They’re comfortable.
to fix
in Ordnung bringen; zurechtbiegen
I’ll quickly fix my hair and then I’m ready to go.
commune
(Hippie)Kommune; Gemeinde
! Watch the speeling and the pronunciation.
to spread, spread, spread
(sich) verbreiten
The news that the star was going to visit their town spread immediately.
flower power
Flower-Power (Hippie-Bewegung der 1960er/70er Jahre)
=the name of a youth movement in the 1960ies and 1970ies
to affect (sb/sth)
sich auf jmdn./ etw. auswirken; jmdn./etw. beeinflussen; jmdn./ etw. betreffen
= to have an affect on sb/sth; to influence sb/sth
Lat. afficere
pants
Hose
! These pants are nice
pants (AE)= trousers (BE)
lesbian
lesbisch
My best friend’s parents are lesbian, so she has two mums.
gay
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.
bisexual
bisexuell
I don’t know if I like girls or boys. - Maybe you’re bisexual, so you like both.
transgender
Transgender-
= a person whose gender identity is not the same as the sex they were born with or given at birth
to refurbish
renovieren; aufmöbeln; verschönern; überholen
I got some old furniture from my grandparents which needs to be refurbished.
