4. Sort out the political terms given in the box into the corresponding columns of the table according to the words with which they can go with:

national	human rights		demonstration		political		reform
situation	educational		point of view		summit		big
country's	Ukrainian .		growth		planning		career
position	important		environmental		party		key
local	recession		major		system
politics/policy		economic		, issue		political

Note: Policy - is a set of ideas or plans that is used as a basis for making decisions, especially in politics, economics or business. Politics - are the actions or activities which people use to achieve power in a country, society or organisation.

5. Complete the gaps with one of the words given in the box in Activity 4. The first sentence is done for you:

1. The key issue in the next election will be unemployment.

2. The worsening _______ situation in the southern regions of the country means that many people will lose their jobs.

3. The 1950s saw a period of ____ growth in the UK.

4. The Prime Minister of that country left teaching to pursue a _______ career.

5. The President discussed the___ of human rights during his visit to Geneva.

6. Many young people nowadays are not interested in ______.

7. The latest book of this writer who is the leader of the Green Party is dealing with ________ issues.

8. The former president's economic ________ put a lot of people out of work.

9. Unemployment and crimes were the ____issues in the election campaign.

10. Even when she studied at university, Margaret Thatcher was deeply involved in local ____________ .

6. Supply the massing members of these words families. Check your answers with the dictionary. The first word is done for you:

1) economy - economic, economics, economy, economist, economically, to economize.

2) to govern - 7) to qualify 12) to support 17) campaign

3) to elect - 8) bureaucrat 13) to contribute 18) law

4) to employ 9) to corrupt 14) power 19) to solve

5) to inflate 10) democrat 15) industry 20) politics

6) to educate 11) nature

Text 1. Vote on April 10th! Vote for the Social Democrats in the next election (1)! If you look at the record of our present___(2), you will see a huge increase in taxes and ___ (3), and a rate of ____(4) which is out of control. If we win, we will tackle the _____(5) situation by investing in __(6) projects and training courses to help our young people become better ____ (7), We will make it our priority to eliminate ____(8) and to fight___(9) wherever we find it. So, exercise your _____ (10) right and vote on April 10th! Text 2. Join Friends of the Earth! Our campaign to protect the__(1l) world could not have succeeded without our ___(12), whose ___(13) have helped us win some significant victories against some of the most __ (14) _____ (15) companies in the world. We have raised public awareness of ___ (16) issues in general, and recently we have___(17) to make the use of ozone destroying CFCs ______ (18). Join us now and help us find alternative ___ (19) to world problems, and make our ____(20) sit up and listen.

elect govern employ inflate economy educate qualify bureaucrat corrupt democrat nature support contribute power industry environment campaign legal solve politics