UNIT 5 sunshine Florida is called the “Sunshine State”.

UNIT 5
sunshine
Sonnenschein
Florida is called the “Sunshine State”.
state
receptionist
Staat
The receptionist works in a hotel.
sand
Dame/Herr am
Empfang
Sand
I like warm sand at the beach.
beach
pro and con
Strand
Each car has its pros and cons.
engine
Vorteil und Nachteil
Motor
A small car has got an economical engine.
economical
sparsam
gas
In America “petrol” is called “gas”.
Benzin
speed
My car can drive at a speed of 100 mph.
Geschwindigkeit
power
A “Porsche” has got a lot of power.
Kraft, Stärke
table
Look at the table and compare the cars.
Tabelle
space
A rocket flies in the space. (Space-Shuttle)
Raum, Weltall
enough
They have seen enough.
genug
theater (AE)
IMAX-theater
Kino, Theater
flight
Columbia´s first flight to space
Flug
get ready
fertig machen
Let’s get ready for take-off!
take-off
Start
cockpit
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Cockpit
space shuttle
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Raumfähre
ton
The shuttle weighs 2000 tons.
Tonne (Gewicht)
tile
The tiles protect from the heat.
Isolierplatte
atmosphere
---
Atmosphäre
lift-off
Columbia is ready for lift-off.
Start (Raumfähre)
countdown
5 –4- 3- 2 –1 –0
Countdown
finally
The countdown is finally over.
schließlich
push
I push the door open.
schieben, drücken
smoke
Rauch
All you can see is smoke and flames.
flame
Flamme
orbit
80 minutes later the shuttle is in orbit.
Umlaufbahn
rise
The sun rises every morning. (sun-rise)
aufgehen (Sonne)
earth
Erde
ocean
Ozean
continent
Crippen: ”I can see the beautiful earth with it’s
blue oceans, brown continents, yellow deserts
and green rain forests.”
Erdteil, Kontinent
desert
Wüste
rain forest
Regenwald
strange
seltsam, merkwürdig
It is strange to have no weight.
weight
cargo bay
Gewicht
----
press
Frachtraum
drücken
Don’t press the red button!
button
heavy
Knopf
The heavy space ship lands in Florida.
schwer
(space)ship
melt
(Raum-)Schiff
Ice cream melts in the sun.
within
schmelzen
innerhalb
The ship would melt within seconds.
second
Sekunde
thank
danken
Thank God for good friends!
God
Gott
hope
I hope you enjoyed the day.
hoffen, Hoffnung
fly, flew, flown
I believe I can fly.
fliegen, flog, geflogen
times
Columbia has flown 36 times around the earth.
Mal (mathematisch)
ready
bereit, fertig
They are ready to return.
return
umkehren
miles
Meilen
Columbia is 76 miles above the earth.
above
über, oberhalb
pilot
I want to become a pilot.
Pilot
touchdown
30, 20 , 10, touchdown.
Aufsetzen, Landung
airport
Munich has a big airport.
Flughafen
stadium
The biggest stadium is in New Orleans.
Stadion
tower
The highest TV-tower is in North Dakota.
Turm
building
The oldest building is in St. Augustine.
Gebäude
flea market
You can buy cheap clothes at a flea market.
Flohmarkt
safely
Columbia returned safely to Florida.
sicher
destroy
The shuttle was destroyed by the heat.
zerstören
gate
Take gate 5 for your flight to Los Angeles.
Ausgang
model
BMW has brought out a new model.
Modell