A Foundation Course in Reading German, 2017a

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5. The dough for fresh rolls had been delivered, pre-formed and deep-frozen, by
large foodstuff companies, and was baked (to completion) in electronically
controlled ovens.
6. Since 1979, the European Parliament has indeed been elected directly by the
citizens of the member states, but it does not have the power of the modern
national parliaments, which have control over the passage of laws, the budget,
and government formation and operation.
7. Against the rules of the sporting association, cash prizes were awarded at
several tournaments in recent years. In the future, however, it will be less
likely that organizers who wish to offer cash prizes are forced into presenting
their tournaments independently from the association.
8. As a source of utilizable timber, the beech tree, from which the word “book” is
derived etymologically, is treasured in the furniture industry as much as by ice
cream manufacturers, who like to use its wood as a stirring rod – a
contemptible end for one of the most admirable as well as most rigorous
survival artists among trees.
9. In order to to be able to avoid mixtures with genetically manipulated products
in agricultural production, separation between supply channels of food for
human and animal consumption has been urged.
10. Without announcing it, the Defense Ministry (went back / reneged) on its
promise to diminish the noise from low-flying planes with the help of new flight
simulators.
11. The Defense Ministry was originally prepared to spend more than a half billion
euro to change the location of low-altitude flight training.
12. The former official- and garrison-city of Potsdam can still boast of more than
3,000 buildings which are protected as historical monuments, even though it
suffered horrible bombardments in the last days of the war.
13. The so-called “rocket” from the school – an air conditioner designed and built
by the pupils themselves – can be easily transported to the place where it is
needed. At the same time it will not cost more than other air conditioners:
around 2,000 euro.
14. The court in Luxemburg guarantees the communal law, but sees its task more
in keeping the member states on a course of integration than in putting the
communal bodies in their place.
15. From this it follows first and foremost that the necessary parliamentarization of
the EC must be accompanied by a clearer delimitation of authority and
jurisdiction between the Community and the member states.
16. After he had had his friend Knobelsdorff rebuild the old Wasserburg, the crown
prince enjoyed his Rheinsberg Castle, “this place of study, the home of
friendship and peace.”