Unit 12, life erklärung

something that is clear can be seen through easily and has nothing on its surface

someone's celebrity is the fact of their being famous

 something that is black is the colour of complete darkness

 if you are asleep, you are sleeping

 if something is very rich in a particular place, or if a place is rich in something, there is a lot of it there

somewhere that is remote is a long way from towns or cities

 politically correct people do not say anything that might offend people who in the past have been discriminated against. You can also refer to their behaviour and what they say as politically correct

 politics is the work of getting power and running a country. If people are active in politics, you can say they are politically active, or if they are aware of politics they are politically aware

 you use physically when you are describing something to do with a person's body rather than their mind

 you use musically when you are describing things to do with music

 someone who is literate knows how to read and write. Someone who is, for example, economically literate knows about and understands economics. Someone who is geo-literate understands the way the various geographical, political, and social systems operate across the world

 you use internationally when you are describing things to do with many different countrie

 you use intellectually when you are describing things to do with thinking in an intelligent way and applying knowledge cleverly

 you use industrially when you are describing something to do with industry

 in a homogenous group, the people or things in it are all similar or of the same type

 a hemisphere is one half of the planet Earth, especially above or below the Equator. Above the Equator is the northern hemisphere and below the Equator is the southern hemisphere

 you use geographically when you are describing things to do with geography

 if lots of people know about someone or something, that person or thing is famous

 you use ethnic to refer to a particular group of people of the same race or who have the same culture and traditions. If you talk about an ethnically mixed group, you mean the people in it are of different nationalities

something that is environmentally-friendly does not cause damage to the environment

you use economically when you are describing something to do with a country's or region's economy

 you use culturally when you are describing things to do with culture, that is, the art, literature, music, etc of a country or region

 if you are aware of something, you know about it or know that it exists

 if you say that something is appalling, you mean that it shocks you because it is so bad or unpleasant

 something that is amateurish is not very good and has been done in a very crude or simple way

 an aerosol is a liquid kept under pressure that you spray out of a metal container. The container is also called an aerosol

a country or region that is advanced uses modern ideas and up to date technology

if you are active, you have a lifestyle that involves a lot of physical exercise

 vegetation is the plants and trees that are growing somewhere

 terrain is an area of land, especially when you are describing its physical features

 if something is sparse, there is not very much of it or it is spread out over a large area

 mountains or hills that are snow-capped have a covering of snow on the top

 the scale of something is its size or extent

 a rugged landscape is not smooth, has lots of rocks or small bare hills, and not many trees or other plants

something that is lush has a lot of green plants, leaves, etc

 a dune is a hill of sand, for example by a beach or in the desert

 coal is a solid, black substance that is dug out of the ground and burned to provide energy and heat

 a blot on the landscape is something ugly and unattractive that spoils the scenery

if it is cold, the temperature is very low, for example because it is winter or the sun is not shining

 if a bird swoops on something, it flies down quickly towards it from above