1. Discuss the following questions in small groups and then report the conclusions of your discussion to the class.
I.
What do you know about professional ethics of a specialist?
How do you understand human responsibility of a scientist?
Do you agree or disagree with the statement that science and technological progress have nothing in common with humanistic ethical values? Give specific reasons to support your answer.
Do you believe in the existence of absolute values?
What absolute values can you mention?
Could the spiritual pollution which we face today be as dangerous as the material one?
How can knowledge of ethical values and professional ethics influence our life?
What do you know about global warming and greenhouse effect?
What can you say about supplies of fresh water worldwide?
Do you think that poor land use such as clear-cutting forests, draining wetlands causes destruction of ecosystems? Give extended answers.
How can loss of plant and animal species influence our life?
2. Read the essential vocabulary and translate the sentences:
advertise - рекламувати; to announce, e.g. Alcohol and cigarettes should advertised.
ban v. - забороняти; to forbid, veto, reject, restrict, e.g. The govern banned the use of chemical weapons, n. заборона; prohibition, taboo, country should put a ban on the import of nonstandard products.
claim - 1. вимагати; 2. претендувати; 3. амер. заявляти, твердити; to ask for, require, e.g. Plato claimed that among absolute values are justic nism, love, wisdom and conscience.
conscience - совість, сумління; moral sense, principles, sense of right ar ethics, e.g. Justice, humanism, love, wisdom and conscience are the mail the science of ethics.
3. Match English words with their Ukrainian equivalents:
1. justice |
а) усувати |
2. to violate |
Ь)замінити |
3. realm |
с) вічні цінності |
4. conscience |
d) вичерпування(запасів) |
5. absolute values |
е) пошкодження |
6. threat |
0 виживання |
7. to eliminate |
g) мати на увазі |
8. depletion |
її) справедливість |
9. insurance |
і)забороняти |
10. to ban |
]) совість, сумління |
11. damage |
к)загроза |
12. to bear in mind |
1) порушувати (закон) |
13. to replace |
пі) проявляти(-ся) |
14. to manifest |
п) царина |
15. survival |
о) наслідки |
16. consequences |
р)страхування
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4.Complete the phrases with the words given below:
the results of scientific ...;
violation of the
short-term...;
of the ozone layer;
consequences were not taken ...;
ultimate...;
...a better world;
lack of ... of sense and purpose of life;
ways to ... living standards;
should be created and applied for ...;
human ... of a scientist;
science ... the environment;
to fill technological progress with ...;
should bear ...;
the major ... to our survival;
values, responsibility, in mind, has destroyed, investigation, shape, maintain, the good, ethical values, depletion, into account, threat, human rights, awareness, wellbeing.
