23. 3. 2025
1. Make sure you know this vocabulary.
to spend = utratit
GDP = HDP
roughly = zhruba
fund = fond
motorway = dálnice
to decarbonize = dekarbonizovat
in bad shape = ve špatném stavu
to increase = zvýšit
green policies = zelená politika
to damage = poškodit, ničit
2. Practice the vocabulary here.
3. Listen and click the words that you hear in the listening. They are in chronological order.
| Not in the listening | In the listening |
|---|---|
| military | |
| could | |
| couldn't | |
| about | |
| trillion | |
| fund | |
| motorways | |
| highways | |
| digitalization | |
| decarbonize | |
| criticism | |
| critics | |
| increasing | |
| cheap | |
| expensive | |
| similar |
4. Read the questions in the quiz. Then listen and choose correct answers.
Questions:
1. How much could Germany spend on the army by 2027?
2. How much does Germany spend on the military now?
3. How much is 1% of Germany's GDP?
4. How much money will be in the new fund?
5. Where will the new fund be used?
6. What will 100 billion euros be used for?
7. What do critics say about the German economy?
8. What do critics think about green policies in Germany?
5. Read the text and drag missing words into the gaps. Then listen and correct the words.
Germany to Increase Military Spending
6. Read the text and type in missing words. Then listen and correct the words.
Germany to Increase Military Spending
Transcript
Germany to Increase Military Spending
Germany will spend billions of euros on its military and infrastructure. By 2027, Germany could spend 3.5 per cent of its GDP on the army. Now it is about 2 per cent. One per cent of German GDP is roughly 44 billion euros, more than one trillion crowns. Germany will also have a fund of five hundred billion euros, about 12 trillion crowns. This fund will be used for infrastructure, for example motorways, railways or digitalization. 100 billion euros from this fund will be used to decarbonize the economy. Critics say that the German economy is in bad shape, and that increasing the debt is a very bad strategy. Green policies are too expensive, and damage the German economy. Critics also say that a similar situation existed in Germany before the World War II.
Translation
Německo zvýší výdaje na armádu
Německo utratí miliardy eur na armádu a infrastrukturu. Německo by mohlo už v roce 2027 dávat na armádu 3,5 procenta svého HDP. Teď jsou to zhruba dvě procenta. Jedno procento německého HDP je zhruba 44 milliard eur, tedy víc než jeden bilionu korun. Německo bude také mít fond pětiset miliard eur, tedy asi 12 bilionů korun. Tento fond bude používán na infrastrukturu, tedy dálnice, železnice nebo digitalizaci. 100 miliard eur z tohoto fondu bude použito dekarbonizace ekonomiky. Kritici říkají, že německá ekonomika je ve špatném stavu a zvyšování dluhu je velmi špatná strategie. Zelená politika je příliš drahá a ničí německou ekonomiku. Kritici také říkají, že podobná situace byla v Německu před druhou světovou válkou.