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Грам. матеріал: Герундій. Ex. 6-8, p.250-252 (Барановська Т.В. Грам-ка англ. мови.)

Текст іі

Disabled People.

Sad as it is, every year thousands of children are born with mental disorders and physical deformities, thousands of people meet with accidents. However, only in a few civilised states the problems and needs of the disabled are given proper attention and care. In the remaining countries, including Ukraine, discrimination against people with physical and mental disabilities is still being practiced in many areas of social life.

For decades the handicapped have been refused their basic rights. Their job applications were turned down, their active participation in business life has been disallowed on most occasions and there has been little interest in their convenience in public transport. But the less fit part of society wants to be treated in the same way as healthy people and to be normal members of society. They do not expect our mercy but rather understanding and acceptance. For this reason, these people should first be helped to develop their skills and abilities in order to get ajob. This is very important because work gives sense and direction to their lives.

It is also very important for us to change our own attitude towards the handicapped. They need our help and support³¹ and we should not treat them as inferior, worse people.

What else can be done for them? There should be more schools where disabled children can learn together with fit ones. Also in public buildings there should be ramps for wheelchairs.

There should be special invalid cars which enable the handicapped to enjoy greater mobility. We should do everything to make the life of the disabled easier and more comfortable, we should remember that no one has insurance against becoming disabled.

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Практичне заняття №3 Реклама і суспільство.

Advertisement

Although the average citizen is usually annoyed by all the advertisements printed in newspapers and magazines and the commercials broadcast on TV, the impact of the whole advertising industry on a single person is immense and plays a very important role in our lives. Advertising absorbs vast sums of money but it is useful to the community. What are the functions of advertisements? The first one to mention is to inform. A lot of the information people have about household devices, cars, building materials, electronic equipment, cosmetics, detergents and food is largely derived from the advertisements they read. Advertisements introduce them to new products or remind them of the existing ones. The second function is to sell. The products are shown from the best point of view and the potential buyer, on having entered the store, unconsciously chooses the advertised products. One buys this washing powder or this chewing gum, because the colorful TV commercials convince him of the best qualities of the product. Even cigarettes or sweets or alcohol are associated with the good values of human life such as joy, freedom, love and happiness, and just those associations make a person choose the advertised products. The aim of a good advertisement is to create a consumer demand to buy the advertised product or service. Children are good example as they usually want the particular kind of chocolate or toy or chewing-gum. Being naive they cannot evaluate objectively what is truthful and what is exaggerated and select the really good products unless they buy the goods and check for themselves. Thirdly, since the majority of advertisements are printed in our press we pay less for newspapers and magazines, also TV in most countries in cheap. The public advertising seen on street hoardings, railway stations and buildings makes people's life more joyful. Moreover, all those small ads in the press concerning "employment", "education" and "For sale and wanted" columns, help ordinary people to find a better job or a better employee, to sell or to buy their second-hand things and find services, or learn about educational facilities, social events such as, concerts, theatre plays, football matches, and to announce births, marriages and deaths. Thus despite our dissatisfaction when being bombarded by all the advertisers' information we must admit that they do perform a useful service to society, and advertisements are an essential part of our everyday life.