New Opportunities Interm. Mod 4

Unglück

e.g. Forty people were killed in the rail ... .

Hilfe, Hilfsgüter

e.g. We are sending ... to the victims of the war.

Unfallopfer, Verletzte

e.g. There were twenty ... following an accident on the motorway.

Erdbeben

e.g. More than two hundred people were killed in the ... .

obdachlos

e.g. In every large city there are ... people sleeping in the streets.

evakuieren, räumen

e.g. The police ... us after they received a bomb warning.

Evakuierung

e.g. He helped in the ... of children from the area of the fighting.

Rettungsmannschaften

e.g. The first ... arrived at the scene two hours later.

verursachen

e.g. Heavy rain ... the floods last week.

bestätigen

e.g. The shopkeeper ... that the money had been paid.

verletzt sein

e.g. Eight people ... in the crash last night.

verzeichnet werden, aufzeichnen

e.g. A gentle breeeze ... 3 on the Beaufort scale.

Richterskala

e.g. The earthquake measured 7.4 on the ... .

vorhersagen

e.g. Her teachers ... that she would get high grades.

beschädigt werden, zu Schaden kommen

e.g. The roof of the house ... in yesterday's storm.

bedrohen

e.g. They ... him until he gave them all his money.

(Gesetz) angenommen werden; (an einem Ort) vorbeigehen

e.g. The government has ... a law to protect consumers.

aufdecken

e.g. The police have ... a plan to shoot the President.

Moderator/in

e.g. He's a TV ... on BBC 2's Newsnight.

herausgeben, veröffentlichen

e.g. Do you know a company that ... children's books?

büssen

e.g. The judge ... them € 500 for stealing last week.

Geschwindigkeit

e.g. What ... were you travelling at?

lebend

e.g. A man was brought out of the wreckage ... .

Überlebende/r

e.g. The ... of the crash are in hospital.

behindern, erschweren

e.g. The search for the men was ... by bad weather.

optimistisch

e.g. She was ... about her chances of passing the exam.

gefangen sein, in einer Falle sein

e.g. Our children were ... in the bedroom after the door handle broke.

biegbare Stabkamera

e.g. Using his ... he could see round corners.

Gerät, Vorrichtung

e.g. Repetitive tasks can be done by robots and similar ... .

lokalisieren

e.g. We couldn't ... the source of the signal.

Flut

e.g. The village was cut off by ... .

eine Konferenz abhalten

e.g. The accountants are ... in Edinburgh this year.

sich abwechseln

e.g. We ... at driving the car when we came back from Italy.

senden, übertragen (Radio/TV)

e.g. The interview was ... live across Europe.