Photo Exercise - Intermediate - Key
Foto-Übung für Fortgeschrittene
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Answer Key • Foto-Übung für Fortgeschrittene
Correct answers are shown in ALL CAPS.
A. Eins von diesen Verkehrszeichen weist auf eine ___ hin.
1. Einbahnstraße [one-way street]
2. SACKGASSE [dead-end road]
3. Schnellstraße [limited access, high-speed road]
FOTO 2 (Austrian Autobahnvignette)
B. Die Markierung auf dieser Vignette bedeutet eine Gültigkeit von ___.
1. einem Jahr ab Juli 1998
2. EINER WOCHE AB DEM 12. JULI
3. einem Monat ab dem 7. Dezember
C. Man braucht diese österreichische Vignette, um ___ zu fahren.
1. einen Mietwagen
2. als Ausländer
3. AUF DER AUTOBAHN
All motorists in Austria must buy and affix this sticker to their windshield before driving on the Autobahn. Residents usually purchase a one-year sticker. Tourists can buy a short-term sticker valid for a week or a month, etc. The numbers around the edge represent days (Tage) or months (Monate). The Vignette in the photo is marked "W" for "Woche" (week). The punched numbers indicate this sticker is valid for one week starting on the 12th day of the 7th month (July).
FOTO 3 (Newspaper stand in Munich)
D. Nach Hinweisen auf dem Bild wissen wir, dass diese Zeitungen sich in ___ befinden.
1. Norddeutschland
2. Österreich
3. SÜDDEUTSCHLAND [Munich is in BAYERN in the south]
E. In der heutigen "tz" kann man über eine Dame lesen, die ___ .
1. ZWEI REICHE MÄNNER BETROGEN HAT [die Heiratsschwindlerin]
2. im Fernsehen beliebt ist
3. in Japan lebte
FOTO 4 (Tabakgeschäft in Eisenstadt, Austria)
F. Das, was ich hier nicht kaufen kann: ___.
1. Zigaretten
2. LEBENSMITTEL
3. Ansichtskarten
G. Dieses Geschäft befindet sich in ___.
1. München [in Germany]
2. EISENSTADT [the only city on the list in Austria]
3. Zürich [in Switzerland]
The TABAK or TRAFIK shop is unique to Austria. It is a sort of government-regulated mom-and-pop mini-mart without groceries. You can buy tobacco products (hence the name "Tabak"), tickets for public transportation, phone cards, stamps, postcards, etc.
FOTO 5 (Haltestelle in Munich)
H. Hier wartet man auf ___.
1. DIE TRAM [auch Straßenbahn]
2. ein Taxi
3. die U-Bahn [subway, metro, underground]
I. Das Schild links bedeutet ___ .
1. Bahnübergang [RR crossing is a triangle w/ base at BOTTOM]
2. VORFAHRT GEWÄHREN ["yield right-of-way"]
3. halten [says "STOP" - a normal red octagonal stop sign]
The sign in this photo lights up to indicate how many minutes you have to wait for the next streetcar - and which number streetcar will arrive next, when there are two or more lines that stop at that location. The yellow-green "H" symbol is the German-wide sign for a bus or streetcar stop
("Haltestelle"). It is also a legal warning that auto drivers must slow or stop for boarding or deboarding passengers.
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