- •Доброва т. Е., Копыловская м. Ю. Worldwide news (listen and speak)
- •Методическая записка
- •Раздел in class содержит:
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- •4 A). Match these words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of expressions above:
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- •B - Comprehension Test 1
- •A - Comprehension Test 1
- •?Text 2.
- •4 A). Match these parts
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •In Class
- •B - Comprehension Test 2
- •A - Comprehension Test 2
- •Text 3.
- •4 A). Match these parts
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
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- •1. Listen to the Webcast Britain in hot water over alleged Taliban meetings and do the exercises below.
- •2. Match positions with the names
- •3. Group these names into these two columns. Provide some arguments to justify your decision.
- •C - Comprehension Test 3
- •B - Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •Text 4.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •5.Translate the sentences:
- •B - Comprehension Test 4
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- •Text 5.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
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- •1. Listen to the Webcast Oil row threatens European supply.
- •2. Match the names with the positions.
- •3. Group these word combinations into these columns following the principle: who is/are actor(s)? what action ?
- •4. Give the synonyms to the words: to feud, a stand-off c - Comprehension Test 5
- •B - Comprehension Test 5
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- •Text 6.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •5.Translate the sentences:
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- •Text 7.
- •4 A). Match the words:
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •5. Translate the sentences:
- •B - Comprehension Test 7
- •A - Comprehension Test 3
- •Text 8.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •In class
- •1. Listen to the Webcast Obama’s Landmark Speech and do the exercises.
- •Text 9.
- •4 A). Match these words
- •4 B).Fill in the gaps with the help of expressions above:
- •In Class
- •B - Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •Text 10.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above.
- •5. Which is not related to bones?
- •B – Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •Text 11.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above.
- •5. Arrange these words in the right order. Do not add any prepositions.
- •C – Comprehension Test 1
- •B – Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 2
- •Text 12.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above.
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- •1. Listen to the Webcast Ice use drops, heroin use rises and do the exercises.
- •2. What do these countries Denmark, the Netherlands, Jamaica, The Check Republic have in common?
- •3. Listen and decide “who is who”?
- •C – Comprehension Test 1
- •B – Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above.
- •In class
- •B – Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above.
- •5. Translate these sentences into Russian
- •In class
- •B – Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •Text 15.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B).Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •B – Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •Text 16.
- •4 A). Match the words
- •4 B).Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:
- •5. What do words Watergate, Monicagate, Irangate, Cablegate have in common? What does this affix mean? Speak about scandals when newspapers teemed with these words.
- •B – Comprehension Test 2
- •A – Comprehension Test 3
- •Testing section
- •6. Israel says it took the action
- •8. Palestinian leader blamed Israel for the deaths and said that
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- •8. After accession the Centre of European Reforms is going to provide both countries with
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- •10. The Bulgarian Ambassador to the uk
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- •1. Pakistan's President is
- •2. Analysts say
- •4. It was one of the attacks in the past six months
- •8. John Bolton believes that situation in Pakistan is
- •1. What is the current state of affairs in Liberia? Where is Charles Taylor now?
- •Vocabulary 2
- •1. Is the illegal entrance to Australia still an acute problem?
- •Vocabulary 3
- •1. How often is the extradition practiced in politics? What can be a reason for this?
- •Vocabulary 4
- •1. What is the current state of affairs of Iran’s nuclear program?
- •2. Work out a set of measures to prevent a threatening scenario and discuss it. Try to predict possible countermeasures of Iran.
- •Vocabulary 5
- •1. Study and speak about the consecutive steps undertaken by the European community to protect the European economy from unpredicted shut-offs.
- •2. Map out the most problematic areas
- •Vocabulary 6
- •1. Find information about latest terrorist attacks committed on public transport.
- •2. Speak about security measures that can be undertaken to protect civilians from terrorist attacks.
- •Vocabulary 7
- •1. Speak about the current state of affairs of us-Russian cooperation in the sphere of the most advanced technologies.
- •2. Suggest a joint project and present it to an imaginary body which is to decide whether invest your project or not.
- •Vocabulary 8
- •1. Speak about b. Obama’s policy in the Middle East.
- •2. Work out a declaration on us-Middle East cooperation in the sphere of education.
- •Vocabulary 9
- •1. Find information about the latest multinational space missions and speak about them.
- •2. Think about possible tasks of such a mission in a five years. How can the goals change with time?
- •Vocabulary 10
- •1. What is being done by scientists to prevent damage to cosmonauts’ health?
- •2. Discuss the possible recommendations to space tourists
- •Vocabulary 11
- •1. Study the media information related to drug issues. What are the most flagrant cases?
- •2. Set up an imaginary commission which is to deal with police involvement in drug trade. What experts should be invited? Why?
- •Vocabulary 12
- •1. What countries are the most successful in their war on drugs?
- •2. Compose a charter of an international organization which can aim to protect society from the drug-related crime.
- •Vocabulary 14
- •1. What is the situation in Cuba like today?
- •2. Compose three possible scenarios of Cuba’s development in the next decade?
- •Vocabulary 14
- •1. What natural disasters are most often reported in news programs?
- •2. Analyse the measures of airports and airlines in April,2010 after Iceland’s volcano eruption?
- •Vocabulary 15
- •1. Why situation in the Korean Peninsula is especially dangerous?
- •2. Write a note of protest of one party to another bearing in mind the situation in the Korean Peninsula.
- •Vocabulary 16
- •1. Why has Julian Assange’s case acquired the worldwide publicity?
- •2. Write a norm for the International Law that can help local jurisdictions to deal with the
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- •Ice use drops, heroin use rises
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- •Israel kills 17 in response to Palestinian attacks
- •International intervention needed in Pakistan: experts
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B – Comprehension Test 2
Part 1
How long has Fidel Castro been in power?
How old was he in 2008?2Why did he find it necessary to hand power over to his brother?
What groups of people were observed to see their reaction to the news about Castro’s resignation?
Part 2
North America correspondent Kim Landers reports.KIM LANDERS: Fidel Castro is a _________________- famous for his ____________ green military ____________________, his beard, his long speeches and the cigars he once smoked.(Fidel Castro speaking)KIM LANDERS: During his 49 years in power he’s ________________everything his enemies threw at him - a US invasion bid, assassination __________________ and a trade embargo.He even took the world to the _______________ of nuclear ___________________when he _________________ Moscow _______________ballistic missiles in Cuba leading to a 13-day _______________between president John F. Kennedy and the Soviets.JOHN F. KENNEDY: By the presence of these large, long range and clearly offensive weapons of sudden mass destruction constitutes an _____________________ to the peace and security of all the Americas.
Part 3
(Extract from television from Cuba)PETER KORNBLUH: Most leaders of his kind don’t leave office except in a _______________ or during a military _________________ and he is now going out on his own terms, securing a __________________transition to his brother and to a younger generation of leadership.KIM LANDERS: Peter Kornbluh is a senior analyst at the National Security ___________________ at George Washington University.He says the Bush administration’s policy of trying to stop Fidel Castro from _________________________ power to his 76-year-old brother Raul, obviously hasn’t worked.PETER KORNBLUH: And that plan has failed as has every ________________________ of the United States - paramilitary intervention, _______ assassination plots, economic embargoes, you name it. Those have failed. Other countries have ________________ a much more rational _________________ to Cuba and they have more influence in Cuba and I think the next president of the United States is going to be ________________ in the direction of a far more pragmatic policy of civil relations, normal relations with Cuba.
Part 4
KIM LANDERS: In the Little Havana section of Miami, a huge Cuban flag has been hung between two _________ trees and motorists are ________________ their horns as they drive down the main street.But reaction among Cuban Americans hasn’t been as ________________________ as when Fidel Castro temporarily handed power to his brother 19 months ago.VOX POP: I think this is a great day for all of us if we take advantage of it, because today with his resignation is accepting he’s __________________________.VOX POP: I remain _________________until his brother die and then it will be a close proximity to the states and maybe things will change but I don’t see any change so far.KIM LANDERS: Fidel Castro remains the head of the Communist Party in Cuba for the ________________ and he says he’ll continue to write his newspaper column.It’s as if he’ll go from Commander-in-Chief to Commentator-in-Chief as one dictator is replaced by another.This is Kim Landers in Washington for AM