The UK – Tradition and Change



The UK – Tradition and Change

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Words in Context (WiC)

Words in Context: A Dynamic Country Steeped in Tradition

|Word / Phrase |Memory help |German |

|national region |England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are national |Region, in der eine Nation lebt, |

| |~s belonging to the United Kingdom. |z. B. Wales oder Schottland |

|island nation |Tonga is an ~ nation in the South Pacific. | |

| |At its greatest the British ~ covered almost a quarter of |Imperium; |

| |the world. |Kaiserreich |

| |other collocations with permanent: |ständiges Mitglied |

| |permanent damage / basis / staff | |

|United Nations Security Council |China is one of the five permanent members of the ~ Nations | |

| |Security Council. | |

|trendsetter |example sentence: |Trendsetter |

| |Ice swimming is a ~ tradition in Russia. |althergebrachte Tradition; |

| | |altehrwürdige Tradition |

|constitutional monarchy |other collocations with constitutional: |konstitutionelle Monarchie |

|Established Church |The ~ Church is the official religion in a country. | |

|Church of England |example sentence: |Anglikanische Kirche |

|monarch |Should a ~ have the right to be above the law? | |

| |The ~ of Canterbury has appealed for funding for the |Erzbischof von Canterbury |

| |restoration of the cathedral. | |

| |opposite: |herrschen |

| |(to) serve | |

|(to) rule (a country) |word family: |(ein Land) regieren |

| |The British ~ plans to introduce a minimum price for |Regierung |

| |alcohol. | |

|Prime Minister |The ~ Minister will hold talks with state leaders this week.| |

| |The ~ discussed new immigration laws at the meeting today. |Kabinett, |

| | |Ministerrat |

|Parliament |The British ~ has been criticised on its lack of checks on | |

| |ministers’ expenses. | |

| |There are 646 MPs in the ~ house. |Unterhaus |

|House of Commons |example sentence: |Bezeichnung des Unterhauses im |

| | |Parlament des Vereinigten |

| | |Königreiches |

| |Members of the ~ house are not elected. |Oberhaus |

| |The amendment was passed today in the ~ of Lords by 210 |Bezeichnung des Oberhauses im |

| |votes to 90. |Parlament des Vereinigten Königreichs|

|written constitution |definition: |schriftliche Verfassung |

|legislative power has been devolved |definition: |die Legislative wurde auf lokale |

| | |Ebene übertragen |

| |Teenagers will address the Scottish ~ this week on the topic|schottisches Parlament |

| |of education. | |

| |other collocations with national: |Nationalversammlung |

| |national election / heritage / identity | |

|devolution |In September 1997 Northern Ireland and Scotland voted in | |

| |favour of ~. | |

| |= the highest court of a state |Oberster Gerichtshof |

| |= the court where a decision made by a lower court can be |Oberstes Berufungsgericht |

| |changed | |

|constitutional court |= the court which deals with constitutional matters | |

| |= change of the constitution with the intention to improve |Verfassungsreform |

| |it | |

|school system |example sentence: |Schulsystem |

|national curriculum |The government has recently changed the national ~ to | |

| |include more modern technology. | |

|(to) eliminate inequalities |synonyms of eliminate: |Ungleichheiten aus der Welt schaffen |

|political reform |other collocations with political: |politische Reform |

| |Early settlers in the US wanted to establish a classless ~. |klassenlose Gesellschaft |

|social status |Social ~ is very important to the Smith family. | |

Part A: On Being British

A1 Looking for Mr Average

|Word / Phrase |Memory help |German |

|(to) be in debt |example sentence: |verschuldet sein |

|(l. 2) |I was in debt for a long time after leaving university. | |

| |S~s show that over £7.5 billion are spent abroad by British |Statistik |

| |tourists. | |

| |The age of people in my knitting group ~s from 17 to 88. |sich erstrecken |

| |opposite: |übergewichtig |

| |underweight | |

|average person |In the UK the ~ person does not own a BMW. | |

|(l. 14) | | |

| |Your taste in clothes can ~ a lot about your personality. |etwas über jdn./etwas verraten |

| |I’m sorry, but unfortunately you don’t match many ~ for the |vielen Kriterien entsprechen |

| |vacancy. | |

|(to) narrow the search |We have found clues which will help us ~ the search. | |

|(l. 24) | | |

|(to) specialize in sth. |example sentence: |spezialisiert sein auf etwas |

|(l. 25) | | |

|(to) stand out from the rest |example sentence: |aus der Masse herausstechen |

|(l. 47) | | |

| |I’ve lived on the ~ of London for about 10 years. |Vorort; |

| | |Stadtrand |

|(to) become apparent |synonym(s): |bekannt werden; |

|(l. 57) | |sich herausstellen |

|virtual |I’ve ~ly finished my homework – I’ve only got one more | |

|(l. 64) |paragraph to write. | |

| |‘Your plan is a ~ for success!’ |(Koch-)Rezept; |

| | |Garantie |

|contentment |opposite: |Zufriedenheit |

|(l. 83) | | |

A2 A Humble People

|Word / Phrase |Memory help |German |

|self-assessment |definition: |Selbsteinschätzung |

|(l. 2) | | |

|inventive |word family: |einfallsreich |

|(l. 3) | | |

| |Driving while using a mobile phone is extremely ~. |verantwortungslos |

|ill-educated |definition: |schlecht ausgebildet |

|(l. 5) | | |

| |She’s so ~ – she just ate all the sweets without offering me|(hab)gierig |

| |one. | |

| |opposite: |unhöflich; |

| |polite |rüpelhaft |

| |I’d like to start an art course to help me build up my ~. |Selbstachtung, |

| | |Selbstwertgefühl |

|composite term |definition: |zusammengesetzte Bezeichnung |

|(l. 18) | | |

|racial and religious tension |example sentence: |ethnische und religiöse Spannungen |

|(l. 27) | | |

A3 Benjamin Zephaniah on Britain

|Word / Phrase |Memory help |German |

|(to) adapt |word family: |anpassen |

|(l. 11) | | |

Part B: Who’s in Charge

B1 The Queen

|Word / Phrase |Memory help |German |

|(to) attend a reception |I ~ed a reception at the palace and met the Queen and lots |einem Empfang beiwohnen, |

|(l. 3) |of actors. |einen Empfang besuchen |

| |She spent whole afternoons ~ing through the park. |schlendern, flanieren |

|(to) be moved |example sentence: |gerührt, ergriffen |

|(l. 14) | | |

| |He has a very ~ sense of humour. |intelligent, |

| | |scharfsinnig |

| |The President can ~ his power by vetoing laws made by |Macht ausüben |

| |Congress. | |

|popular consent |other collocations with popular: |Volkskonsens, |

|(l. 31) | |Übereinstimmung eines Volkes |

| |Red post boxes are ~ to the UK. |eigentümlich; |

| | |eigen |

B2 The Church

|Word / Phrase |Memory help |German |

| |He ~d the warning and entered the lion’s cage. |jdn./etwas ignorieren |

|irrelevant |opposite: |unwichtig; |

|(l. 6) | |belanglos |

| |Are you ~ing that the butler had something to do with the |andeuten |

| |murder? | |

|a degree of |There is a ~ of uncertainty over where the funding of the | |

|(l. 11) |project will be found. | |

| |I auditioned for PopPrincess but they ~ed me. |jdn./etwas ablehnen |

| |The opinion ~ indicated that the Democrats have a strong |Meinungsumfrage |

| |lead. | |

|(to) take sth. at face value |You can’t just ~ things at ~ value; you have to think for | |

|(l. 14) |yourself. | |

| |Since Julie didn’t care about school, she was also ~ to her |gleichgültig (gegenüber jdm./etwas) |

| |grades. | |

|objection to sb./sth. |word family: |Einwand, Widerspruch gegen jdn./etwas|

|(l. 26) | | |

|(to) refrain from doing sth. |example sentence: |etwas unterlassen |

|(l. 33) | | |

| |synoym: |langweilig |

| |boring | |

|suspicious (of/about sb./sth.) |word family: |verdächtig, suspekt |

|(l. 38) | | |

B3 The Political Parties

|Word / Phrase |Memory help |German |

|credible |opposite: |glaubwürdig |

|(l. 5) | | |

| |What’s on the ~ for today’s meeting? |Tagesordung |

|(to) govern |word family: |regieren; |

|(l. 13) | |führen |

| |I’ve got an ~ at the doctor’s so I won’t be in class |Termin |

| |tomorrow morning. | |

| |They were so ~ to get a job that they took the first one |verzweifelt |

| |they were offered. | |

B4 The National Assemblies

|Word / Phrase |Memory help |German |

| |The people went to the streets in their thousands to protest|politische Richtlinien; |

| |against the new ~ policies. |Regierungspolitik |

| |other collocations with public: |öffentlicher Dienst |

| |public money / spending | |

|devolved government |There has been a ~ government in Scotland since 1999. | |

|(l. 3) | | |

| |There are plans for a ~ on Scottish independence. |Volksbegehren, |

| | |Bürgerentscheid |

| |Mike was ~ed from one department to another. |jdn./etwas versetzen; |

| | |etwas an jdn./etwas übertragen |

|range |synonym(s): |Auswahl |

|(l. 7) | | |

| |The staff provided both technical and ~ support. |Verwaltungs-; administrativ |

B5 The USA I

|Word / Phrase |Memory help |German |

|increasing |opposite: |zunehmend |

|(l. 7) | | |

| |She’s ~ to win the competition. |etwas bestimmt tun werden |

|it’s no accident that … |It’s no ~ that the two suspects were in the bank at the same| |

|(l. 13) |time – they’re working together! | |

|(to) see the need (for sb.) to do |example sentence: |die Notwendigkeit sehen, etwas zu tun|

|sth. | | |

|(l. 15) | | |

| |She’s very ~ of herself. |von jdm./etwas überzeugt sein |

|to be in short supply |Bananas were in short ~ during the war. | |

|(l. 21) | | |

| |The charity has just ~ed a campaign for the protection of |eine Kampagne starten |

| |children. | |

| |People ought to be allowed to die with ~. |Würde |

B7 The European Union

|Word / Phrase |Memory help |German |

| |synonyms: |vorsichtig |

| |careful / prudent | |

| |The soldiers built a road block on the ~. |Grenze |

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