- •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:
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- •B - Comprehension Test 2
- •A - Comprehension Test 2
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- •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
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- •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 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
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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:
- •B - Comprehension Test 6
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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
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- •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
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- •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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Last year, a Leipzig judge decided that the __________________________________was illegal, but it's still difficult for researchers to get hold of the documents, as every paper request is judged on a case-by-case basis.
An item sold has to be 'of satisfactory quality' and remain so for a reasonable time after sale. A motor car that has a '__________________________________________________' after so short a time of its life can’t be considered to be of satisfactory quality.
If you _______________________________________________ when you didn't like something they said to you and then ask for their badge number or whatever, but you never lay a hand on them or make a threatening gesture, what is their justification if they arrest you?
Acer Incorporated, the world’s second-largest PC vendor, said it signed an agreement yesterday with the Chongqing Municipal Government to ____________ its second operating ______________in China.
Federal officials are studying how the closedown of the plant _____________________________such as pain killers and depression medicine.
5. Translate these sentences into Russian
Hundreds of people crammed into the ferry terminal.
Fears are warranted.
The paralysing restrictions head into a fifth day
It's a scene that epitomises this air crisis.
Commuters abandon one queue, only to find themselves at the back of another.
Airlines say they're bleeding $1.7 million an hour.
There's no duty of care because of adverse weather, or it's an act of god.
Airlines shuffle back their reopening time.
Over the airport fence, columns of salmon ready for import start to go off, and conveyor belts usually heaving with fresh fruit are empty.
Volcanologists say when Iceland's volcano stops spurting ash, the existing plume will take days to dissipate.
In class
1. Listen to the Webcast Concerns about volcano overreaction and do the exercises.
2. Divide these word combinations ban on flights, volcanic cloud, volcanic ash, spurts ash, engine failure, frustrated passengers, an uneasy scene, immigration delays, air lockdown , stranded commuters, lifting people, dissipating plume into two groups. Explain what determined your decision. Write Keyword(s) in the heading line of the table below.
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3. Listen and decide “who is who”?
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1) Tony Eastley |
the UK's Security Minister |
2) Rachael Brown |
a presenter |
3) Siim Kallas |
a surgeon |
4) Christine Mccandy |
the European Transport Secretary |
5) Lord West |
London correspondent |
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Iceland’s Minister for Transport |
C – Comprehension Test 1
1. European airlines and airports are not sure that the current blanket ban on flights
A is the wisest solution B is a sufficient measure C is legal |
2.Emergency talks convened in Britain are about
A legal aspect of the blanket ban B other means of transportation to be called for help C international organizations to be called for help
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It's 3. Passengers at the terminal
A shout at and mock at the police officers B ask the police to insist on further immigration delays C don’t believe the police C
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4. What is the most typical scene that can be observed
A passengers abandoning their luggage B passengers rushing from one queue to another C passengers loosing and finding their relatives
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5. As a result of air lockdown airlines A are losing 63,000 flights and 1.7 tickets an hour B cancelled 53,000 flights C cancelled 63,000 flights and are loosing about $ 2 mln an hour |
6. Test flights from ……….returned unscathed
A France, Germany and Poland B Germany, France and the Netherlands C Wales, Germany and Holland
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7.Two bodies representing Europe's airlines and airports say
A there have never been such restrictions before B that regulator should cancel the blanket ban C volcanoes have never erupted in other parts of Europe
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8. The blanket ban was imposed due to
A the order of European Transport Secretary B the rules accepted before 2004 C the International Civil Aviation Organization’s recommendations
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9. The airlines refuse to provide food and accommodation because A volcano ash can’t be considered as “adverse weather” B volcano eruption is the act of god C the situation doesn’t match the legal grounds for them to fulfil duty of care
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10. Volcanologists say when Iceland's volcano stops spurting ash
A the cloud will disappear in a few days B the existing plume won’t dissipate C it will take days to clean the aircraft engines
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11. The airlockdown also affected A the import\export of foodstuff B fruit, meat and fish deliveries C the conveyor belts
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12. The crisis is starting to causeA health care problems B problems in agricultural sector C excessive bone-marrow donation delivery
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