2. General Comprehension.

On reading the article say what it is about. Several statements can be suitable:

a) trade wars;

b) scenes of marches, street theatre and civil disobedience;

c) tariffs, subsidies, antidumping measures, investment agreements;

d) the antiglobalist message;

e) human rights issues.

3. Detailed comprehension.

Read the article thoroughly a second time for details and answer the following questions:

1. What is the principle task of the WTO?

2. Is trade important for WTO-member-countries or is it a choice?

3. Are anti-globalists against international trade?

4. What are the principle conflicting groups on the world trade scene? Can their differences be resolved?

5. Can WTO, in principle, make the world a better place indeed?

III. Vocabulary exercises.

1. Explain the meaning of the following words or paraphrase them:

a) antidumping measures;

b) civil disobedience;

c) a bid for admission;

d) a tariff;

e) to swaddle in subsidies;

f) a backlash;

g) to slash barriers.

2. Give Russian equivalents of the following English collocations:

a) genetically modified food;

b) one-size-fits-all rules;

c) cultural identity;

d) e-commerce;

e) to get concessions from;

f) antisweatshop protests;

g) gross domestic product (GDP)

3. Give the English for:

1. устанавливать правила,

2. прийти к согласию по повестке дня,

3. оказывать давление на делегатов,

4. осуществлять защиту,

5. культуры с генетически измененной структурою,

6. финансовые услуги,

7. увольнения,

8. в след за...

4. Fill in the blanks with the right words in the correct forms:

concessions, to overshadow, to threaten, violence, to slash

1. The ... during the G-7 summit shocked the world.

2. The U.S. will drive hard to get some ... from the global community.

3. The chief executive of the conference fears it can be ... by protests.

4. Antiglobalization forces are ... to turn the WTO's meeting into a disaster.

5. The U.S. wants to ... barriers to e-commerce.

IV Grammar exercises.

While translating the chains of words given below, mind that the last word in a row is the principle noun:

Geneva—based WTO low-wage countries

hormone-fed beef left-wing groups

feel-good fellowship WTO member countries

onetime meatpacker endanged species trade

corporation-friendly rules far-flung cranny

non-government organisations all-out defence

high-quality foodstuffs anti-dumping laws

e-commerce

V. Rendering.

Use the outline given below to render the contents of the article:

a) the role of the WTO;

b) WTO's far-reaching powers;

c) no alternative to trade cooperation;

d) causes of conflicts between chief trade players;

e) a built-up of popular protest;

f) a focus on market globalization;

g) a possibility of a better world

VI. Discussion.

Set up a round-table talk with participation of major world trade partners. Focus the discussion on the future of the WTO and a chance for Russia to join the organization and get there a fair treatment.

Unit III CLIMATE CHANGE

I. Pre-reading task:

a) Before reading the article study the following list of collocations on the topic:

1. industrialized countries' greenhouse gas; to reduce/to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide; to call for binding cuts in greenhouse gas emissions;

2. a big cause of global warming; to fight global warming;

3. to organize an expert panel to meat the request;

4. human-induced (man-made) warming;

5. a rise of sea level;

6. the U.N. Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC);

7. research activities in climate science;

8. to highlight the role of aerosols;

9. to slow / to accelerate the warming trend;

10. to look for a solution to the problem (phenomenon);

11. big environmental fears: depletion of natural resources, growing population levels, extinction of species, deforestation, collapse of fish stocks, etc.

12. not to bear out the predictions;

13. to ratify a treaty on global warming; the treaty takes effect;

14. a round of climate talks;

15. environment(al) minister / commissioner (E.U.); environment ministry;

16. to cut energy consumption;

17. an emissions-curbing scheme;

18. to be a world leader in green technologies;

19. to meet emission targets;

20. to be an effective mopper-upper of waste

b) Discuss the following points. Make use of the vocabulary listed above:

1. Do you feel climate change on your personal level?

2. Is it possible that humanity may end up killing itself in the process of its activity?

3. What do you think of the four big environmental fears: depletion of natural resources, rapid population growth, deforestation, air and water pollution? Can those dangers be exaggerated?

4. Do environmentalists always look on the dark side of life?

5. Some scientists think that largely imaginary environmental fears can divert political energy from dealing with real problems such as: poverty, starvation, Aids epidemic, water and sanitation. What do you think about it?

6. Some experts believe that if the Kyoto treaty were implemented inefficiently, the cost of it could approach to $1 trillion. For comparison, the total global aid budget today is about $50 billion a year. Do you think it is worth implementing it?