- •Практикум по английскому языку Москва
- •Isbn 5-89349-246-3 (Флинта)
- •Предисловие
- •Unit One. The nature of sociology Looking Ahead
- •Learning Objectives
- •Text I. What is sociology?
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Text II. What is sociological theory? origins of sociology
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Revision Exercises on Unit One
- •Unit Two. Methods and techniques of sociological research Looking Ahead
- •Learning Objectives
- •Text III. What is scientific method?
- •In Summary: Scientific Method
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Text IV. Research designs for collecting data. Ethics of research
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Revision Exercises on Unit Two
- •Unit Three. Organizing social life: culture Looking Ahead
- •Learning Objectives
- •Text V. Development of culture
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Text VI. Elements of culture
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Revision Exercises on Unit Three
- •Unit Four. Socialization Looking Ahead
- •Learning Objectives
- •Text VII. The role of socialization. Self-identity and socialization
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Text VIII. Socialization and the life cycle. Agents of socialization
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Revision Exercises on Unit Four
- •Unit Five. Social interaction and social structure. Social control Looking Ahead
- •Learning Objectives
- •Text IX. Social interaction and reality. Elements of social structure
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Text X. Conformity and obedience. Deviance and crime
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Revision Exercises on Unit five
- •Unit Six. Social institutions: the family, the religion Looking Ahead
- •Learning Objectives
- •Text XI. The family: universal but varied
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Text XII. Religion
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Revision Exercises on Unit Six
- •Unit Seven. Social institutions: government and politics. The economy Looking Ahead
- •Learning Objectives
- •Text XIII. Government and politics
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Text XIV. The economy
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Revision Exercises on Unit Seven
- •Unit Eight. Education as a social institution. Social inequality Looking Ahead
- •Learning Objectives
- •Text XV. Education
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Text XV I. Social inequality
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Comprehension exercises
- •Revision Exercises on Unit Eight
Vocabulary practice
I. Read and translate the text using a dictionaryif necessary.
II. Find in the text English equivalents of the following:
производить (распределять, потреблять) товары (услуги), состоять из, поселение, оставаться ограниченным, полагаться на, заниматься чем-либо, предметы домашнего обихода, на последней стадии, создать прибыль (излишек), обеспечить свои потребности, поддерживать, разделение труда, право собственности, иметь специфические последствия, главным образом (2), что касается, средства производства, отличаться по степени, право на владение частной собственностью, свободно конкурировать, вмешательство правительства, ограничение, ввести потребителей в заблуждение, подвергать опасности, обманывать вкладчиков, находиться в коллективной собственности, цель (2), удовлетворить потребности, получить прибыль, государственная собственность, соответствовать одной из двух моделей, разрабатывать и распространять идеи, неравенство (несоответствие), длительный период времени, бывшие колонии, штаб (центр), безработица, во многих отношениях, угроза чему-либо.
III. Supplythe missing words and word combinations choosing among those given below.
1) Like the other social institutions, the economic system ... some aspects of the social order and is ... influenced by them. 2) Technology within the preindustrial society remains rather ... as it mostly ... on the physical power of humans and animals. 3) But at the last ... of the preindustrial society a social surplus is .... 4) As a result, the division of labor into ... tasks is more ... . 5) The industrial revolution focused on the ... of ... sources of power to labor tasks. 6) The process of industrialization produced ... changes and had ... consequences. 7) The industrial society relies ... on mechanization for the ... of its economic goods and services. 8) In practice, capitalist systems ... in the degree to which private ... and economic activity are ... by government. 9) The free enterprise system allows people ... freely with minimal government ... in the economy. 10) Without ... business firms can ... consumers, ... the safety of their workers and even ... the companies' investors. 11) The basic objective of the socialist economic system is ... rather than .... 12) No nation ... fits ... model. 13) The world today can be ... of as a single ... . 14) Most former colonies ... political independence and ... their own governments. 15) Multinationals ... in one country but ... or ... other corporations throughout the world. 16) By the year 2000 a few hundred corporations will ... for more than half the value of goods and services produced in the ... world.
account, entire, headquarter, own, control, achieved, established, conceived, marketplace, precisely, either, to meet people's needs, to make profits, restrictions, mislead, endanger, defraud, to compete, intervention, vary, ownership, regulated, chiefly, production, significant, distinctive, application, nonanimal, specialised, extensive, stage, created, limited, relies, shapes, in turn.
IV. Studythe following word combinations and use them in sentences of your own:
in turn, according to, to be composed of, to be related to, to remain limited, to rely on, to be engaged in, to take on growing importance, to focus on, to produce significant changes, to have distinctive consequences, as for, in practice, to compete freely with, to mislead smb, to endanger smth, to defraud smb, to differ from... in, to exclude smb from doing smth, to be privately owned, to be collectively owned, to be government owned, to meet one's needs, to reject an idea, to make profits, to be devoted to, to generate (to spread) ideas, to be (un)equally shared, to be responsible for, dependence on, independence of, to become a threat to, to account for.