GeA2 Section B

1. er : which masculine noun does this refer back to?

2. wird ... erklärt: passive voice

3. nicht nur ... sondern auch: a logical connector

4. in denen: dative plural of relative pronoun (either masc or neuter)

5. betroffen sein von etwas: to be affected by something

6. empfangen, empfing, empfangen: to receive

7. seinen Anfang nehmen: it is quite easy to work out the meaning of this verb-noun combination &ndash but watch out for the tense here.

8. gegründete: past participle used like an adjective before a noun &ndash in English this is usually put after the noun, or a relative clause is used.

9. wird... produziert und ... finanziert: passive voice

10. Reichweite: of the two components of this noun, the first is the tricky one: has it to do with das Reich (empire: noun), reich (rich: adjective), or reichen (to reach: verb)?

11. einschalten (sep): compare der Schalter(switch)

12. Anteil nehmen an (dat): you can easily work out the meaning by looking at Teil (part) and nehmen (to take).