10. Covid in Germany

10. Covid in Germany

Current Events

Covid-19 in Germany

Multiple Choice

Der Arzt/ Die Ärztin

• The doctor

• The arm

• The vaccine

• The virus

Multiple Choice

impfen

• to vaccinate

• to get infected

• to be sick

• to cure

Multiple Choice

Based on the title, what do you think the word “gegen” means?

• against

• for

• more

Multiple Choice

Based on the first sentence, what do you think is happening?

• Now family doctors are also vaccinating people

• Now doctors come to your house during COVID lockdown

Multiple Choice

Was ist ein Hausarzt?

• A doctor that comes to your house

• A general practitioner (family doctor)

Multiple Choice

What does the word Tag mean again?

• day

• tag

• It’s a month

Multiple Choice

Based on the second and third sentence, what do you think is happening?

• Only 650,000 Germans have been vaccinated

• Only some people have been vaccinated and cases have doubled

• On the first day of doctor vaccinating, 650,000 people got it and that's twice as many as on a normal day

Multiple Choice

Was bedeutet doppelt so viel?

• double as much

• more

• increased

• less

Multiple Choice

Was bedeutet Krankheiten?

• illnesses/diseases

• health

They list some diseases that vaccines protect against (just fyi, no need to remember)

Masern = measles

Windpocken = chicken pox

Grippe = flu

Other useful words (they’ll be in a quizlet set)

vor = before, in front of, against

von = from, of

bekommen = get, receive

meistens = mostly, usually

Analyze the three paragraphs

• Study the matching Quizlet on LEARN mode (that's a grade)

• Use those words to help you analyze each paragraph

• Don't translate the whole thing

• In the assignment on GC, in a google doc, write one or two short sentences (in English) about what you think each paragraph says