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| (1) | A special label made up of thick and thin lines on products in shops, it can be read by a computer |
| (2) | An ancient sign, used in the 20th century as a sign for the Nazi Party |
| (3) | also called the Aids Awareness Ribbon. People show their support for people with AIDS by wearing a small red ribbon (= a piece of cloth) on their coats. |
| (4) | A red cross on white stands for the Red Cross (an international organization that helps people suffering from wars and other disasters) |
| (5) | One of the most common symbols. It is used in the flags of some 35 countries, both Western and Eastern. It is also a symbol of ideologies: together with the hammer and sickle a red star represents Communism. |
| (6) | The six torches in this coat of arms stood for the six republics in ex-Yugoslavia. |
| (7) | A symbol of ideologies - it represents Communism / Socialism. |
| (8) | A symbol for Christianity, death (on tombstones), sorrow, and for Christ's death on the cross (because Christians believe that Jesus Christ was killed on a cross). |
| (9) | The five Olympic rings are the symbol of the Olympic Games, or the Olympics. Each of them is a different colour. They represent the five inhabited continents (the Americas are treated as one continent). The rings are interlaced to represent the idea that the Olympics bring athletes from the entire world together. |
| (10) | A modern sign warning against dangerous radiation, radioactivity |
| (11) | A little "a" with a circle curling around it. It is found in email addresses, and is called the "at" symbol. Several languages use words that associate the shape of the symbol with some type of animal. |
| (12) | The Venus sign is used to indicate the female sex, the Mars sign stands for the male sex. In the biological sciences these signs are used to represent the male and female of plants and animals. |
| (13) | It represents the ancient Chinese understanding of how things work. The black and white shapes within the circle represent the interaction of two energies, called "yin" (black) and "yang" (white). |
| (14) | This is an anti-nuclear symbol. Some believe that the symbol was designed by placing the signs N and D (for Nuclear Disarmament), and circumscribing the combination with a circle. It was first used at an antinuclear demonstration in 1958. |
| (15) | A black flag with skull-and-crossbones. It was meant to strike mortal terror in the hearts of the pirates' victims. |
| (16) | Colours symbolize different things from culture to culture. |
| (17) | A symbol that looks like a sideways 8 represents infinity. It was first introduced by John Wallis in 1655. It is possible that he got the idea from the lower case omega, omega being the last letter of the Greek alphabet. |
| (18) | The scales are the symbol for justice: in many cultures associated with
the judicial system, and Justice - a blindfolded woman holding a balance (as
an indication that when meting out justice she must not be subject to influence). |
E-Touchstone 9 – (1.0)elektronska oblika učbenika Touchstone 9 za učitelje avtor: Janez Skela scenarij za predelavo v elektronsko obliko: Andrea German Velušček in Bernarda Avsenik tehnična izvedba: Svarog d.o.o. založnik: Založba Tangram d.o.o Ljubljana 2013 |
