202 VOCABULARY pollen [*pOlEn] My sister is allergic to pollen. Pollen, Blütenstaub to prevent sth. etw. vorbeugen/verhindern infection Infektion, Entzündung to tackle sb. You’re allowed to tackle other players in rugby and ice hockey. jmdn. angreifen lack of sth. Mangel an etw. to reduce sth. etw. reduzieren/verringern to come down with sth. Last week I came down with the flu – it was terrible! sich etw. eingefangen haben, an etw. erkranken 12 heart monitor Herzüberwachungsgerät CT scan Suzie had a CT scan last week and it showed she was healthy. CT, Computertomographie MRI scan MRT, Magnetresonanztomographie power steering Lenkhilfe, Servolenkung self-driving selbstfahrend vaccination [+vxksi*neISEn] Impfung X-ray machine Röntgenmaschine to get by with/without sth. How did people get by without the internet in the past? mit/ohne etw. auskommen 15 vehicle [*vIEkEl] Fahrzeug to steer steuern, lenken to adjust sth. If the chair is too high or low, adjust it. etw. anpassen/ausrichten dashboard Armaturenbrett steering wheel Lenkrad 17 traffic accident Verkehrsunfall partial automation teilweise Automatisierung collision [kE*lIZEn] Kollision, Zusammenstoß to alert sb. to sth. Traffic signs alert drivers to possible dangers. jmdn. auf etw. hinweisen, jmdn. vor etw. warnen to brake The car had to brake sharply but was able to avoid a collision. bremsen benefit Nutzen, Vorteil surroundings Umgebung, Umfeld as a unit als Einheit acceleration [EkselE*reISEn] Beschleunigung traffic congestion Verkehrsstau traffic jam Verkehrsstau to drink and drive betrunken Auto fahren at the wheel am Steuer human failings menschliche Schwächen to swerve [sw3"v] The bus driver swerved so he wouldn’t hit the cyclist. ausscheren, ausweichen lane Young drivers often don’t enjoy driving in the fast lane. Fahrspur to eliminate sth. etw. eliminieren/beseitigen to change lanes die Spur wechseln selfishness Egoismus, Selbstsucht autonomous [C"*tOnEmEs] autonom, selbständig to adopt sth. Once we adopt the idea of the self-driving car, there will be far fewer accidents. etw. übernehmen/ annehmen innovation Innovation, Neuerung to beat The human heart beats 50 to 100 times per minute. schlagen heartbeat Herzschlag to pump pumpen heart disease Herzerkrankung cause of death Todesursache heart attack Herzinfarkt to recover (from sth.) It took me a long time to recover from my accident. sich (von etw.) erholen whilst He got interested in football whilst taking P.E. at school. während lung Lunge oxygen [*OksIdZEn] Sauerstoff to breathe (in/out) (ein-/aus-)atmen bloodstream Blutkreislauf carbon dioxide [+kA"bEn daI*OksaId] Kohlendioxid cancer Krebs to narrow Look out, the road narrows after the bridge. sich verengen liver Leber organ [*C"gEn] Organ ability Fähigkeit antibodies Antikörper hormone [*hC"mEUn] Hormon vital [*vaItEl] Doctors check a patient’s vital organs after an accident. wichtig, lebenswichtig to process [*prEUses] sth. I’m lactose intolerant, which means I can’t process milk. etw. verarbeiten/abbauen drugs Drogen; Medikamente kidney Niere to throw up sich übergeben appetite [*xpEtaIt] Appetit 6 sprained She couldn’t walk well with her sprained ankle. verstaucht to have a sore throat [+sC" *TrEUt] Halsschmerzen haben medication Medikamente scar Narbe ligament [*lIgEmEnt] Band, Sehne prescription You can’t get these pills without a prescription. Rezept (für Medikamente) X-ray My son needed an X-ray of his arm. Röntgen runny nose laufende Nase, Rotznase open wound [+EUpEn *wu"nd] offene Wunde to have a fever Fieber haben to be allergic to sth. gegen etw. allergisch sein painkiller Schmerzmittel plaster cast Gipsverband bandage [*bxndIdZ] Verband unconscious [0n*kOnSEs] bewusstlos to get stitches genäht werden GP: (abbr. for) general practitioner Allgemeinarzt/-ärztin 7 (doctor’s) surgery [*s3"dZEri] Ordination 8 medical facility medizinische Einrichtung 9 a torn ligament ein Bänderriss Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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