- •Learn to read, think and argue about politics
- •Научный редактор
- •Рецензент
- •Contents
- •Preface
- •Reading newspapers and rendering articles
- •I. The Plan of Rendering Newspaper Article
- •II. Remember some useful expressions that will help you to render the newspaper article
- •III. Read the Russian article and a sample of rendering it in English русские пришли и говорят Как наши соотечественники привыкают к традициям, культуре, языку стран, гражданами которых стали?
- •Надо ли осушать бассейн?
- •The sample of rendering
- •V. Read Russian articles and render them into English
- •Не только егэ Как дальше развивать систему оценки качества знаний
- •Нельзя лететь с одним крылом Деятели культуры продолжают обсуждать встречу Дмитрия Медведева с руководителями Федерального Собрания
- •Человек - это не звучит никак
- •Disaster
- •Ex. 1. Answer the following question: What disaster is described?
- •Медведев подписал постановление о содействии занятости населения в пострадавших от паводка регионах
- •Число жертв стихии в мексике достигло 110 человек
- •Спасатели ликвидируют в сочи последствия урагана
- •Бушующий в тихом океане тропический шторм "мануэль" усилился до урагана и движется к побережью мексики
- •В результате наводнений в республике нигер около 136 тысяч человек остались без крова
- •В туве произошло очередное землетрясение магнитудой 3,8
- •All but one member of Arizona's Granite Mountain Hotshots crew died on June 30 in a blaze that suddenly grew in intensity
- •Uk scientists call for global 'Sunpower' programme to boost cheap solar energy by 2025 in wake of climate change report
- •Глобальное изменение климата: холодно или горячо?
- •Ex.1. Match the words with their definitions
- •Multilateral disarmament
- •Организация по запрещению химоружия утвердила план по сирии
- •Нато пообещала сербии, что силы безопасности косово не превратятся в полноценную армию
- •Палестина заявила об исполнении обязательств перед мировым сообществом
- •Совбез оон принял резолюцию по сирии
- •Тамилы выиграли выборы на севере шри-ланки
- •Иванишвили выступает за "восстановление доверия между грузинами и абхазами"
- •Токио намерен создать систему слежения за значительной частью тихого океана с помощью беспилотников - министр обороны
- •Kenyan authorities had been warned about threat to buildings 'day before attacks'
- •Intelligence agents are said to have been in Westgate mall just hours before killings, as criticism over government grows
- •B) syrian government says war has reached stalemate Exclusive: Deputy pm says neither side is strong enough to win and government may call for ceasefire at Geneva talks
- •Thirty-one people killed and scores wounded in explosion in north-western frontier city week after church bombing
- •Elections
- •Types of elections
- •Ex.1. Match the words with their definitions.
- •Австрийцы выбирают новый парламент
- •В гвинеи начались парламентские выборы
- •Выборы в косово должны показать истинные настроения населения - кэтрин эштон
- •German elections 2013: 'do as we do' will remain the message to europe Whoever ends up sharing power with Angela Merkel, eurozone countries will wait in vain for a break with austerity politics
- •Russian election dogged by accusations of vote fixing Opposition leaders say vote even more rigged than December's parliamentary elections
- •The 2009 french caribbean general strikes
- •Более 100 человек собрались в центре москвы, протестуя против закона о реформе ран
- •В судане полиция применила слезоточивый газ против манифестантов, требующих отставки президента
- •На филиппинах освободили всех захваченных боевиками заложников
- •По факту массовой драки в капотне возбудили дело
- •Малийские повстанцы отказались от переговоров с правительством
- •В петербурге азербайджанцы устроили драку со стрельбой
- •Убит лидер сирийских радикальных исламистов
- •Иран и аргентина в ноябре начнут совместное расследование теракта против еврейского центра в буэнос-айресе
- •В ливане близ границы с сирией произошла перестрелка между бойцами "хезболлах" и неизвестными боевиками
- •В центре москвы прошел митинг против реформы ран
- •Суданскую полицию обвинили в намеренном убийстве демонстрантов
- •Egypt braces for more unrest as muslim brotherhood calls for fresh protests Military-backed government signals that crackdown will continue amid defiant campaign to rebuff international criticism
- •At least 10 soldiers are killed as army closes in on mosque where supporters of Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir are taking cover
- •Демонстранты вступили в афинах в столкновения с полицией во время антифашистской манифестации
- •Politics
- •Ex.1. Match the words with their definitions
- •Iraq close to forming new government Kurdish mPs deciding whether to back Nouri al-Maliki, as Iraq breaks record for time taken to form government
- •Посол сомали в рф: войска кении спасают сомалийцев от террористов
- •Italy plunged into chaos as berlusconi withdraws ministers from coalition Move damned as 'mad and irresponsible' by prime minister of a country that is enduring its longest recession in decades
- •Мид азербайджана: прекращение оккупации арменией нагорного карабаха - единственный путь к нормализации двусторонних отношений
- •Перемена мест слагаемых: президентские выборы в грузии снизят ожидания сближения с россией
- •Следующий саммит нато состоится в 2014 году в великобритании
- •Саммит g20: путь из кризиса к развитию
- •Social problems
- •Unemployment
- •Безработица в россии 2014 году будет расти и составит около 6% - улюкаев
- •В кемеровской области с 2014 года заработает первый центр для временного содержания мигрантов
- •Канада обеспокоена тем, что христиан в сирии принуждают принять ислам
- •The death of the job
- •Spain youth unemployment reaches record 56.1% Number of young Spaniards belonging to 'lost generation' is up 2% since June, despite government claims that the worst is over
- •Правительство рф утвердило новые положения о квотах на иностранных работников
- •Лидеры стран g20 договорились повысить эффективность служб занятости
- •References:
- •Learn to read, think and argue about politics
- •Научный редактор
- •Рецензент
- •Contents
- •Preface
- •Reading newspapers and rendering articles
- •I. The Plan of Rendering Newspaper Article
- •II. Remember some useful expressions that will help you to render the newspaper article
- •III. Read the Russian article and a sample of rendering it in English русские пришли и говорят Как наши соотечественники привыкают к традициям, культуре, языку стран, гражданами которых стали?
- •Надо ли осушать бассейн?
- •The sample of rendering
- •V. Read Russian articles and render them into English
- •Не только егэ Как дальше развивать систему оценки качества знаний
- •Нельзя лететь с одним крылом Деятели культуры продолжают обсуждать встречу Дмитрия Медведева с руководителями Федерального Собрания
- •Человек - это не звучит никак
- •Disaster
- •Ex. 1. Answer the following question: What disaster is described?
- •Медведев подписал постановление о содействии занятости населения в пострадавших от паводка регионах
- •Число жертв стихии в мексике достигло 110 человек
- •Спасатели ликвидируют в сочи последствия урагана
- •Бушующий в тихом океане тропический шторм "мануэль" усилился до урагана и движется к побережью мексики
- •В результате наводнений в республике нигер около 136 тысяч человек остались без крова
- •В туве произошло очередное землетрясение магнитудой 3,8
- •All but one member of Arizona's Granite Mountain Hotshots crew died on June 30 in a blaze that suddenly grew in intensity
- •Uk scientists call for global 'Sunpower' programme to boost cheap solar energy by 2025 in wake of climate change report
- •Глобальное изменение климата: холодно или горячо?
- •Ex.1. Match the words with their definitions
- •Multilateral disarmament
- •Организация по запрещению химоружия утвердила план по сирии
- •Нато пообещала сербии, что силы безопасности косово не превратятся в полноценную армию
- •Палестина заявила об исполнении обязательств перед мировым сообществом
- •Совбез оон принял резолюцию по сирии
- •Тамилы выиграли выборы на севере шри-ланки
- •Иванишвили выступает за "восстановление доверия между грузинами и абхазами"
- •Токио намерен создать систему слежения за значительной частью тихого океана с помощью беспилотников - министр обороны
- •Kenyan authorities had been warned about threat to buildings 'day before attacks'
- •Intelligence agents are said to have been in Westgate mall just hours before killings, as criticism over government grows
- •B) syrian government says war has reached stalemate Exclusive: Deputy pm says neither side is strong enough to win and government may call for ceasefire at Geneva talks
- •Thirty-one people killed and scores wounded in explosion in north-western frontier city week after church bombing
- •Elections
- •Types of elections
- •Ex.1. Match the words with their definitions.
- •Австрийцы выбирают новый парламент
- •В гвинеи начались парламентские выборы
- •Выборы в косово должны показать истинные настроения населения - кэтрин эштон
- •German elections 2013: 'do as we do' will remain the message to europe Whoever ends up sharing power with Angela Merkel, eurozone countries will wait in vain for a break with austerity politics
- •Russian election dogged by accusations of vote fixing Opposition leaders say vote even more rigged than December's parliamentary elections
- •The 2009 french caribbean general strikes
- •Более 100 человек собрались в центре москвы, протестуя против закона о реформе ран
- •В судане полиция применила слезоточивый газ против манифестантов, требующих отставки президента
- •На филиппинах освободили всех захваченных боевиками заложников
- •По факту массовой драки в капотне возбудили дело
- •Малийские повстанцы отказались от переговоров с правительством
- •В петербурге азербайджанцы устроили драку со стрельбой
- •Убит лидер сирийских радикальных исламистов
- •Иран и аргентина в ноябре начнут совместное расследование теракта против еврейского центра в буэнос-айресе
- •В ливане близ границы с сирией произошла перестрелка между бойцами "хезболлах" и неизвестными боевиками
- •В центре москвы прошел митинг против реформы ран
- •Суданскую полицию обвинили в намеренном убийстве демонстрантов
- •Egypt braces for more unrest as muslim brotherhood calls for fresh protests Military-backed government signals that crackdown will continue amid defiant campaign to rebuff international criticism
- •At least 10 soldiers are killed as army closes in on mosque where supporters of Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir are taking cover
- •Демонстранты вступили в афинах в столкновения с полицией во время антифашистской манифестации
- •Politics
- •Ex.1. Match the words with their definitions
- •Iraq close to forming new government Kurdish mPs deciding whether to back Nouri al-Maliki, as Iraq breaks record for time taken to form government
- •Посол сомали в рф: войска кении спасают сомалийцев от террористов
- •Italy plunged into chaos as berlusconi withdraws ministers from coalition Move damned as 'mad and irresponsible' by prime minister of a country that is enduring its longest recession in decades
- •Мид азербайджана: прекращение оккупации арменией нагорного карабаха - единственный путь к нормализации двусторонних отношений
- •Перемена мест слагаемых: президентские выборы в грузии снизят ожидания сближения с россией
- •Следующий саммит нато состоится в 2014 году в великобритании
- •Саммит g20: путь из кризиса к развитию
- •Social problems
- •Unemployment
- •Безработица в россии 2014 году будет расти и составит около 6% - улюкаев
- •В кемеровской области с 2014 года заработает первый центр для временного содержания мигрантов
- •Канада обеспокоена тем, что христиан в сирии принуждают принять ислам
- •The death of the job
- •Spain youth unemployment reaches record 56.1% Number of young Spaniards belonging to 'lost generation' is up 2% since June, despite government claims that the worst is over
- •Правительство рф утвердило новые положения о квотах на иностранных работников
- •Лидеры стран g20 договорились повысить эффективность служб занятости
- •References:
B) syrian government says war has reached stalemate Exclusive: Deputy pm says neither side is strong enough to win and government may call for ceasefire at Geneva talks
Jonathan Steele in Damascus The Guardian, Thursday 19 September 2013
The Syrian conflict has reached a stalemate and President Bashar al-Assad's government will call for a ceasefire at a long-delayed conference in Geneva on the state's future, the country's deputy prime minister has said in an interview with the Guardian.
Qadri Jamil said that neither side was strong enough to win the conflict, which has lasted two years and caused the death of more than 100,000 people. Jamil, who is in charge of country's finances, also said that the Syrian economy had suffered catastrophic losses.
"Neither the armed opposition nor the regime is capable of defeating the other side," he said. "This zero balance of forces will not change for a while."
Meanwhile, he said, the Syrian economy had lost about $100bn (£62bn), equivalent to two years of normal production, during the war.
If accepted by the armed opposition, a ceasefire would have to be kept "under international observation", which could be provided by monitors or UN peace-keepers – as long as they came from neutral or friendly countries, he said.
Leaders of Syria's armed opposition have repeatedly refused to go to what is called Geneva Two unless Assad first resigns. An earlier conference on Syria at Geneva lasted for just one day in June last year and no Syrians attended.
Jamil's comments are the first indication of the proposals that Syria will bring to the table at the summit, which Russia and the US have been trying to convene for months.
Asked what proposals his government would make at Geneva, he said: "An end to external intervention, a ceasefire and the launching of a peaceful political process in a way that the Syrian people can enjoy self-determination without outside intervention and in a democratic way."
Although both Moscow and the Obama administration seem committed to convening Geneva Two, a major split has emerged between Russia and the US over who should take part. The US has been urging the Syrian National Coalition, the western-backed rebel group, to drop its boycott but wants the SNC to be the only opposition delegation.
"The paradox now is that the US is trying to give the SNC the leading role. We're fed up with this monopolistic view," Jamil said.
Jamil is one of two cabinet ministers from small secular parties who were appointed last year to end the monopoly of the Ba'ath party.
By joining the government, he said, "we wanted to give a lesson to both sides to prepare for a government of national unity and break the unilateral aspect of the regime – and break the fear in opposition circles about sitting in front of the regime".
Jamil's comments on why he joined the cabinet were those of his party, but his other comments in the hour-long interview represented the government's position, he said.
He repeatedly stressed Syria was changing but it needed support rather than pressure. "Let nobody have any fear that the regime in its present form will continue. For all practical purposes the regime in its previous form has ended. In order to realise our progressive reforms we need the west and all those who are involved in Syria to get off our shoulders," he said.
Jamil said that last week's UN report on the 21 August chemical weapons attack which killed more than 1,000 people was "not thoroughly objective".
He said Russia had produced evidence showing the rockets that were identified by the UN inspectors as carrying sarin were indeed Soviet-made. But he said they had been exported from Russia to Libya in the 1970s.
"They were loaded with chemicals by Gaddafi and exported to fundamentalists in Syria after Gaddafi fell," he said.
On Friday Vladimir Putin said he could not be sure that Assad would fulfil the US-Russian plan to identify and destroy his chemical weapons stocks, but "all the signs" suggested the Syrian regime was serious.
"Will we be able to accomplish it all? I cannot be 100% sure about it," said Putin, speaking at a discussion forum with western politicians and Russia experts in the north-west of the country. "But everything we have seen so far in recent days gives us confidence that this will happen … I hope so."
Details of Russia's position on who should represent the opposition at Geneva Two have also emerged. Members of the National Co-ordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria, an umbrella group for several internal parties, met Sergei Ryabkov, a Russian deputy foreign minister, in Damascus on Thursday evening.
Safwan Akkash, an NCB leader, told the Guardian afterwards that Ryabkov told them Russia was proposing there should be three opposition teams at Geneva. These should be the NCB, the Syrian National Coalition, and a combined delegation of Kurds.
The SNC, while cautiously accepting Geneva Two as a means of breaking an entrenched stalemate, insists that Assad's resignation remains non-negotiable.
It is also sticking to a position that a transitional government must follow the ousting of Assad.
It has remained insistent that those who carried out the chemical attack must be held to account – a point it has hammered home ever since the Russian-US deal to force Syria to hand over its chemical weapons stockpiles.
This article was amended overnight on 19-20 September 2013. It originally attributed the use of the term 'civil war' to Qadri Jamil. He did not use this term during the interview. This has been corrected.
Ex. 6. Read and render the articles
PAKISTAN: DEADLY BOMB BLAST KILLS DOZENS IN PESHAWAR