Тема 2.8. Культурные и национальные традиции, краеведение, обычаи и праздники

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«Russian Customs and Traditions/Customs and Traditions of our Family»

(Текст вашего эссе) Тема 2.9. Общественная жизнь (повседневное поведение, профессиональные навыки и умения)

Упражнение 1. Прочтите и устно переведите текст «Life in the Society» с английского языка на русский.

Life in the Society

It’s impossible nowadays to imagine a person living totally isolated. Since early times people have realized that it’s much safer and easier to live in groups or communities sharing common interests, traditions, ways of life. A diverse world is around us nowadays. Both an individual and society influence each other. And the more democratic a society is the more guaranteed the rights and freedoms of a person are. But I think there are a lot of different problems in modern society.

First of all, living in countries with different social systems, different political and economic situations people are facing different but often similar problems. And it’s obvious that to solve these problems people should conduct a discussion, to set the conflict on a compromise and to make collective decisions. One of the ways to solution of these problems is to understand man’s place in a society, to see the existence of different opinions, tasks, to try to share your personal views and ideas on the whole society and understand other people.

Moreover, social problems are problems which concern not only society as a whole but also each of us individually. It has been possible for a man to succeed in landing on the moon and yet he has failed to solve the problems of poverty, hunger, unemployment, racism, terrorism etc.

All in all, I think everyone is greatly influenced by the society he lives in: at the same time, the individual person can play a responsible part in the creation and the development of that society. Everyone today belongs to one or more of these kinds of society. Certainly, no individual can ever be totally independent of other people.

Упражнение 2. Составьте 10 предложений с выделенными словами и выражениями из текста Life in the Society. Впишите их в таблицу.

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Упражнение 3. Переведите следующие предложения с английского языка на русский.

1. It is necessary not only to adapt to your society, but also to be confident about your position in five, ten or twenty years.

2. It is possible that the reason for the rise of terrorism lies in social and economic injustices and contradictions.

3. In Russia, everyone has the right to receive education guaranteed by the Constitution.

4. UNESCO contributes to the translation of certain masterpieces of world literature and the recording of traditional music from all regions of the world.

5. UNESCO participates in the prevention of drug abuse and AIDS through educational programmes.

6. Social problems are problems which concern not only society as a whole but also each of us individually.

7. Everyone is greatly influenced by the society he lives in.

8. Emotional problems for young people can be far more difficult than financial ones.

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Упражнение 4. Напишите эссе на тему: «Life in the Society» по плану и образцу из упражнения 1. Используйте слова из раздела “Useful language”.

Plan

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Introduce the subject and express your opinion

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Restate your opinion

Useful language

Paragraph 1. A person / a man is an important / essential / main part of a society. I think / in my opinion / to my mind / in my view / life in modern society has different / various / difficult problems

Paragraphs 2-3. First of all / to start with / people can face such problems as ….

Moreover / furthermore / what is more / in addition to / there is one more serious / important / complicated problem … .

Paragraph 4. I think / in my opinion / to my mind / in my view / every person can influence the society / help to solve the problems of the society

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