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Reading

II. Read the texts and decide if the following statements are true or false:

1)You must have a green card before you can apply to become a US citizen.

2)Naturalized citizens have to promise to be loyal to the USA.

3)The citizenship exam is an oral exam.

4)Naturalized citizens automatically get green cards for their families.

5)Your citizenship can be taken away from you if you are sent to prison.

III. Read the sample questions from the US citizenship exam. How many of them can you answer?

Speaking

IV. Do you think that making immigrants take citizenship exams is a good idea? How far should immigrants integrate into the culture of their host countries? How far should they keep their own customs?

GREAT BRITAIN AND THE USA

GLOBALISATION: Global vs. Local

In November 1999 a collection of 50,000 environmentalists, students, anarchists and ordinary members of public gathered in Seattle, USA, to protest against a meeting there of the World Trade Organisation. The demonstration began peacefully, but by the end of the day, protestors had smashed shop windows and destroyed property, the police had fired plastic bullets and gas into the crowd. The “Battle of Seattle” is now seen as the start of a world-wide anti-globalisation movement.

Similar demonstrations have now spread outside of the USA and have become common in cities that host global monetary meetings. In

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London’s financial district anti-globalisation demonstrations take place annually every 1st of May.

Anti-globalisation protestors are protesting about the dominance in the world economy of large (usually American) multi-national companies. They consider that these companies spread their own western culture and exploit developing countries and the environment in general. Targets for violence and vandalism are often American companies such as McDonalds, GAP, Starbucks.

Vocabulary

1. Match the words with the definitions:

2. Can you match these American company names to their

Can you buy these products in your country? Do you like them?

Reading

3.Match these titles to the paragraphs of the text: a. The spread of the anti-globalisation movement. b. The reasons for the protests.

c. The first anti-globalisation demonstration.

4.Answer the questions about the the text:

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1)Why was Seattle chosen for the first anti-globalisation demonstration?

2)Was the demonstration completely peaceful?

3)When and where do anti-globalisation demonstrations regularly take place in London?

4)What are anti-globalists protesting about?

5)What specific companies do they protest about?

Speaking

5. What is your point of view on the growing influence of large multi-national companies absorbing or ousting smaller native companies from local markets?

Writing

6. Imagine, your city is going to host an international financial meeting. Write a letter to your friend expressing your feelings and ideas concerning this event.

Listening  10 a

BUSINESS ETIQUETTE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

7. Listen to three people describing business etiquette in their cities – Sydney, London and New York – and answer the questions.

In which city...

... do people like to be informal?

…are people very competitive?

…are things changing?

Complete the table.

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UNIT 11

MODERN FAMILIES

GREAT BRITAIN

CARING FOR THE ELDERLY

The UK, like many European countries, has an aging population. At the start of the new millennium 18% of the British population were aged

over 60. As a result, the UK has a booming care home industry, with nearly a quarter of a million old people currently resident in 13,000 different institutions where they receive varying degrees of nursing care.

The Pinewood Nursing Home

The Pinewood Nursing Home is a beautiful Victorian house converted into a 25-bed nursing home. Nursing care is provided by a professional team, but we aim to provide a relaxed, intimate atmosphere. There are no restrictions on visiting hours – relatives and friends are always welcome.

All rooms have their own television and telephone, and 12 of the rooms have en-suite toilets. Residents are encouraged to personalize their rooms with their own furniture, pictures and so on. We have two comfortable lounges and a large dining room that overlooks the garden.

Meals can also be taken in the resident’s room.

We believe that elderly people need social interaction and mental stimulation. So we offer a full programme of activities, crafts and hobbies to suit our residents. There are regular trips to local shops and places of interest. Besides a local vicar comes to the home to give a church service once a week.

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4. Discuss these questions:

1)Do you think the number of old people in British care homes is high? What about your country?

2)Why do you think putting elderly family members into a care home is quite common in Britain?

3)Do you think it is wrong to put old people into nursing homes? Why (why not)?

Writing/Speaking

5. Imagine that one of your relatives needs to go into a care home. Write a list of questions that you would like to ask the manager. Then use the prepared questions to role play an interview with a partner who takes part of the care home manager. Then swap roles with your partner.

THE USA

THE RISE OF THE ONLY CHILD

Jill Kirk (37) has ever wanted only one child. Her son, Elliot, is now five and she is happy with her decision. Jill is one of the increasing number of women having just one child. The reasons may vary: a desire to the child everything, an inability to have more than one, or financial restrictions, but one-child families are becoming more common.

The latest official statistics on the birth rates in Britain show a noticeable fall from 2.9 in 1960 and 1.8 in 1992 to 1.65 in 2009. One of the main reasons for the falling birth rate is the continuing rise of women’s age to give birth to a child. Now the average age for birthgiving is 29. Demographers are worried about the situation, because the population is inevitably decreasing. Psychologists on their part warn about the phenomenon of the only child, saying that such children are different from those growing with brothers or sisters.

Jill and her husband Ray say that, because Elliot spends a lot of time with adults, he is sociable and polite. He also has many friends, as the couple meets with other families every weekend. Ray however has some worries: “He has never had to compete for time or attention and I

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feel that this makes him less prepared for the real world. He doesn’t have to fight for his needs. He doesn’t have to compete, because life is easy and comfortable. And in the long term all this might be not in his interests.”

Ann Richardson, an infant psychotherapist, says that growing up as an only child is completely different from growing up with siblings.

“Being an only child means being the focus of your parents’ hopes and expectations. You can feel a pressure, a real emotional pressure. Parents often force their only child to higher accomplishments without paying attention to their abilities and wishes.” Richardson says that such children as Elliot are usually well-behaved, self-sufficient and ambitious.

But they are less competitive as well. They don’t have to fight for toys and parents’ attention and love. Later on in life these skills would be useful. It’s basic socialisatoin. Children with siblings learn to share things when they don’t want to. They learn that sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

inability – неспособность restrictions – ограничения rate – уровень

noticeable – заметный inevitably – неизбежно to warn – предупреждать sociable – общительный polite – вежливый

to compete – соревноваться expectation – ожидание

to force – заставлять, принуждать accomplishment – достижение well-behaved – ведущий себя хорошо self-sufficient – самодостаточный

Vocabulary

1. What’s the English for:

единственный ребенок, причины могут варьироваться, финансовые сложности (ограничения), уровень рождаемости, заметное снижение, продолжающийся рост, родить ребенка, быть обеспокоенным чем-либо, бороться за свои потребности, надежды и

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ожидания, достижения, обращать внимание на что-либо, способности, умения, делиться чем-либо;

вежливый, самодостаточный, хорошо себя ведущий, общительный, подготовленный к реальной жизни.

2. Fill in the gaps in the table:

Reading

3. Find the following facts in the article:

-the members of Jill Kirk’s family;

-the number of children most women want to have;

-the current birth rate in Britain;

-the trend in the birth rate over the last 40 years;

-the average age when women give birth to a child.

4. Explain why:

1)one child families are becoming more common;

2)the birth rate is falling;

3)demographers are worried about the future;

4)Jill Kirk wants only one child;

5)Ray Kirk is worried about Elliot;

6)emotional pressure is greater for the only child;

7)only children are less competitive.

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Speaking

5. Discuss with your groupmates:

-What are the advantages and disadvantages of being an only child?

-What is your personal experience? Do you regret being/not being an only child?

-How many children would you like to have? How are you going to combine your career and the children?

GREAT BRITAIN AND THE USA

WORKING MOTHERS

These days better education and career for women in the Englishspeaking world are of great importance and there for many women leave it until the age of 30, or even 40, to start a family. By this age they already have successful careers which they are not willing to give up. These days there are a number of men, especially in the couples where the woman earns the most money, who are happy to stay at home in the traditional role of a “housewife”. But for many couples this is not an option. Financial pressures, particularly in the UK, where house prices have reached astronomical heights, mean that many couples cannot afford to give up one of their salaries when the baby is born. In 39% of British families with children, both parents work, some women return to work their babies are only three or four months old. So who is looking after the babies for these families?

Jenny Cope

childminder, Lincoln, England

“I look after five different children, but they come on different days of the week, so I only have three each day. My house isn’t big enough for any more! Today I’m looking after Kieran, who’s three, Toby, who’s two and George, who’s fourteen months. Their parents all work full-time and they bring them at different times of the day. I play with them, give them their meals, do some educational staff with them. We go out a lot too – for walks or picnics.”

Tricia Mitchell

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