III. Agree or disagree with the statements:

1. In 1936 the government established Broadcasting Corporation.

2. BBC provides a public service in radio.

3. In 1936 BBC began Broadcasting on television.

4. BBC changed the entertainment habits and culture of the nations.

5. BBC provides an important service now.

6. BBC runs local radio stations, providing material of local interest.

7. BBC has seven radio stations.

8. There are 180 independent local radios.

9. Commercial radio offers three nationwide services.

10. BBC is popular among people of Ukraine.

IV. Answer the questions:

1. When was British Broadcasting Corporation established?

2. Why did the government establish BBC?

3. What sort of programmes do five radio stations of British Broadcasting Corporation provide?

4. How many independent local radio stations are there in Britain?

5. What sort of programmes do they provide?

V. Match the first part of the sentence (1-5) with the second one (a-e).

1	Commercial radio offers three nationwide FM,	a	removed the BBC's broadcast­ing monopoly.
2	The establishment of independent and commercial television and ra­dio	b	the en­tertainment habits and the culture of the nation.
3	Tel­evision and radio changed	c	which broadcasts classical music.
4	There are inde­pendent local radio stations which provide	d	to provide a public service in radio.
5	In 1936 the government estab­lished the BBC	e	news, information, music and other entertainment.

VI. Make up a plan of the text.

VII. Retell the text in a written form (in English or Ukrainian). Unit 3. Ukraine. Political system of ukraine text 16. Ukraine

I. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:

To border – межувати, medieval – середньовічний, to disintegrate – розпастись, regional powers – місцеві органи влади, a dissolution – розпад (держави), market economy – ринкова економіка, a unitary state - унітарна держава, autonomous – автономний, legislative – законодавчий, executive – виконавчий, judicial – судовий.

II. Listen to the text: Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania, Moldova (including the breakaway Pridnestrovie) to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.

The nation's modern history began with that of the East Slavs. From at least the 9th century, the territory of Ukraine was a center of the medieval East Slavic civilization, forming the state of Kievan Rus' which disintegrated in the 12th century. From the 14th century on, the territory of Ukraine was divided among a number of regional powers, and by the 19th century, the largest part of Ukraine was integrated into the Russian Empire, with the rest under Austro-Hungarian control. After several attempts at independence (1917–21) following World War I and the Russian Civil War, Ukraine emerged in 1922 as one of the founding republics of the Soviet Union.

The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic's territory was enlarged westward shortly before and after World War II, and again in 1954 with the Crimea transfer. In 1945, the Ukrainian SSR became one of the co-founding members of the United Nations. Ukraine became independent again after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. This began a period of transition to a market economy.

Ukraine is a unitary state composed of 24 oblasts, one autonomous republic (Crimea), and two cities with special status: Kiev, its capital, and Sevastopol, which houses the Russian Black Sea Fleet under a leasing agreement. Ukraine is a republic under a semi-presidential system with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Since the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine continues to maintain the second largest military in Europe, after that of Russia.

The country is home to 46.4 million people, 77.8 percent of whom are ethnic Ukrainians, with sizable minorities of Russians, Belarusians and Romanians. The Ukrainian language is the only official language in Ukraine, while Russian is also widely spoken and is known to most Ukrainians as a second language. The dominant religion in the country is Eastern Orthodox Christianity, which has heavily influenced Ukrainian architecture, literature and music.