- •Лазарева о.П., Хвесько т.В., Шулинин и.Н.
- •Sources and Literature ……………………………………………………….…………39
- •1. Answer these questions:
- •2. Read the text and check if you were right. The changing role of women in society
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •9. Write a short summary of the text of no more than 250 words using the guidelines below. The guidelines for writing summary of the text.
- •1. Answer these questions:
- •A female bodyguard fights back
- •6. Give English equivalents to the following words and expressions:
- •7. Fill in the chart with family words. Translate them into Russian.
- •A contemporary family
- •6. Give English equivalents to the following words and expressions:
- •7. Fill in the chart with family words. Translate them into Russian.
- •9. Write a short summary of the text of no more than 250 words using the guidelines on page6.
- •1. Answer these questions:
- •2. Read the text and check if you were right.
- •6. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and expressions:
- •7. Fill in the chart with family words. Translate them into Russian.
- •9. Write a short summary of the text of no more than 250 words using the guidelines on page6.
- •1. Answer these questions:
- •2. Read the text and check if you were right.
- •6. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and expressions:
- •7. Fill in the chart with family words. Translate them into Russian.
- •Unit III. Cultures
- •Superstitions and patterns of behaviour across cultures
- •9. Write a short summary of the text of no more than 250 words using the guidelines on page6.
- •1. Answer these questions:
- •2. Read the text and check if you were right.
- •6. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and expressions:
- •7. Fill in the chart with family words. Translate them into Russian.
- •9. Write a short summary of the text of no more than 250 words using the guidelines on page 6. Unit IV. Media
- •1. Answer these questions:
- •2. Read the text and check if you were right. Media and society
- •9. Write a short summary of the text of no more than 250 words using the guidelines on page6.
- •1. Answer these questions:
- •2. Read the text and check if you were right.
- •6. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and expressions:
- •7. Fill in the chart with family words. Translate them into Russian.
- •8. Translate the passages of the text in written form beginning from
- •9. Write a short summary of the text of no more than 250 words using the guidelines on page 6. Sources
- •Literature
6. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and expressions:
personal behavior, to establish relations, to prepare for negotiations, cultural differences, monkey business.
7. Fill in the chart with family words. Translate them into Russian.
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8. Translate the passages of the text in written form beginning from “Unlike European” up to “possible time”.
9. Write a short summary of the text of no more than 250 words using the guidelines on page 6. Unit IV. Media
Text 1.MEDIA AND SOCIETY
1. Answer these questions:
- What is the mass media?
- What forms of the mass media arc most influential today?
- What problems and issues are connected with the mass media?
2. Read the text and check if you were right. Media and society
The mass media is a significant force in modern society. Sociologists refer to this as a mediated culture where the media reflects and creates culture. Communities and individuals are bombarded constantly with messages from a multitude of sources including TV. Billboards, and magazines, to name a few. These messages promote not only products, but moods, attitudes, and a sense of what is and is not important.
In modern society the availability of the mass media has significantly increased. The media output is highly diverse with TV shows, paper articles, radio programmers, advertisements aimed to please all ages, incomes, backgrounds, and attitudes. This widespread availability and exposure makes the mass media the primary focus of most sociological discussions. The main concerns of sociologists are as follows: privacy, freedom of expression, censorship, morals, ethics, and the others.
More recently, the Internet has increased its role exponentially as more businesses and households "sign on." Although TV and the Internet have dominated the mass media, movies and magazines—particularly those lining the aisles at grocery checkout stands—also play a powerful role in culture, as do other forms of the media.
What role does the mass media play? Legislatures, the media executives, local school officials, and sociologists have all debated this controversial question. While opinions vary as to the extent and type of influence the mass media wields, all sides agree that the mass media is a permanent part of modern society.
Vocabulary Notes
Legislative -законодательный
Executive - исполнительный
Availability - доступность
Billboard – рекламный щит
Censorship - цензура
Although - хотя
Background - заслуги
grocery checkout – бакалейная витрина
3. What is the main idea of the text and the key points of the passages?
4. Write down all the words referring to such issues as:
a) availability of the mass media, b) aimed to please, c) freedom of expression.
Read out the sentences they are used in and translate them into Russian.
5. Look back at the text, find out and write down the answers to the following questions.
-What role does the mass media play in modern society?
-Are TV shows aimed to please all the ages?
-What makes the mass media the focus of sociological discussions ?
-Do the massages promote products or attitudes?
6. Give Russian equivalents to the following words:
legislature, influence, privacy, to be bombarded, controversial.
7. Fill in the chart with family words. Translate them into Russian.
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8. Translate the passages of the text in written form beginning from “In modern society” up to “the others”.