German lesson notes 06/01/14

In the first lesson back we practised translation skills.

verletzt wurden - was injured
getragen is the past participle of tragen
der Rassismus - racism
tausende von Deutschen - thousands of Germans
der Angriff - attack
in dem/in der - in which
mit den Worten... darauf
tolerant is a cognate
Angst haben
aus anderen Ländern - from other countries
hierherkommen - to come here

One of my main issues is choice of prepositions, which I could improve by researching each preposition individually to collate their precise uses.

Wider Reading: Bangen um Michael Schumacher

Vokabel:
der Zustand - state/condition
die Verletzung - injury
voraussagen - to predict/prognosticate
sich ereignen - to take place/occur
der Felsen - rock
das Hirn/ Gehirn - brain
geschehen - to happen
der Hubschrauber - helicopter
künstlich - artificial
sicherstellen - to assure
der Sauerstoff - oxygen
erfolgreich - successful
sich verbreiten - to spread (things)

Summary:
This article is about the skiing accident suffered by Michael Schumacher in France. No other skiers were involved and Schumacher fell and hit his head on a rock. Despite wearing a helmet, he sustained a serious brain injury and was taken to hospital by helicopter. After an emergency operation, he was put into an induced coma, and doctors can only say for certain that his brain is receiving enough oxygen. The final paragraph summarises Schumacher's achievements: he is the most successful F1 driver, having been the world champion seven times, and has millions of fans who have been posting "get well soon" wishes on his website.

Frohes Neues Jahr!

I haven't made any proper resolutions this year, but if I had resolved to use this blog more, this would be a good start! I've created a study planner on Get Revising and during this session I'm going to read at least one German article from sowieso.de. Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!