- •Vocabulary
- •Political System of Belarus
- •2. Pay attention to the following words and memorize them. Make your own sentences with them.
- •3. Match these word expressions with their Russian equivalents
- •4. Read the text and get ready to speak about the political system of Belarus: State system
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Put the right prepositions where necessary:
- •International organizations
- •The United Nations Organization
- •Focus on vocabulary
- •2. Match the columns
- •3. Decipher the abbreviations.
- •4. Insert the prepositions where necessary.
- •5. Translate into English
- •1. Make the statements more factually correct
- •On the international arena
- •Show the activities of the Belarusian Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with foreign countries.
- •Say what you know about the activities of our country on the international arena. Belarus On the International Arena
- •Unit: wars and conflicts.
- •2. Match the words in Column a with their own definitions in Column b. Make up your sentences with these words.
- •3. Match the words in Column a with the words in Column b to make up possible word combinations.
- •4. Translate into English.
- •3. Match the words in Column a with the words in Column b to make up possible word combinations.
- •4. Translate into English.
- •1. Answer the questions.
- •International Cooperation and Trade
- •2. Focus on Vocabulary
- •Scouting
Unit: wars and conflicts.
A 1. Make sure that you remember the following words and expressions:
Air strike, armed conflict/ group, army, attack, to attack, attacker, battle, to battle, battle field, bomb, to bomb, capture, to capture, capturer, to declare war on/against smb./smth., declaration, enemy, to defend, defense, defender, fight, to fight, fighter, a front, to be at/behind/in/on (a) front line(s), hot spot, military campaign/forces/operation, to to take by storm, struggle, to struggle with, surrender, to surrender, to surround smb./smth., troops, to withdraw troops, warfare, warring action/faction/parties, weapon.
2. Match the words in Column a with their own definitions in Column b. Make up your sentences with these words.
A |
B |
1. offensive |
a )an opponent, enemy |
2.hostilities |
b)to win a victory over smb, e.g. in a war |
3. missile |
c)to defeat completely and drive away |
4.to advance |
d)(of war) to make or become more serious by stages |
5.to break out |
e)acts of fighting in war |
6. to rout |
f)a continued military attack |
7.to defeat |
g)(of an undesirable condition) to begin suddenly and often violently |
8.to escalate |
h)to fight against or oppose forcefully |
9.to combat |
i)an explosive flying weapon with its own engine, which can be aimed at a distant object |
10:adversary |
j)to move forward in position |
3. Match the words in Column a with the words in Column b to make up possible word combinations.
A |
В |
1. hostilities |
a)campaign |
2. surface-to-surface |
b)strike |
3. to launch |
c)break out |
4.to rout |
d)an offensive |
5. military |
e)missile |
6. air |
f) the enemy |
4. Translate into English.
Россия и НАТО перешли к сотрудничеству в таких областях, как ситуация в «горячих точках», борьба с терроризмом и распространением оружия массового поражения.
Вчера на территории западной части страны развернулись военные действия.
Ситуация на Ближнем Востоке ухудшилась.
Вооруженная группировка захватила здание детской больницы.
В 1939 году Германия объявила войну Советскому Союзу.
Враг был разбит на голову благодаря использованию ракет типа «земля-земля».
Главнокомандующий приказал перейти в наступление.
B 1. Make sure that you remember the following words and expressions:
army, (innocent) civilians, (a bloody) conflict, defeat an enemy, to open fire on smb, human rights, to occupy a city, to recruit (soldiers), to survive, survival, talks
2. Match the words in Column A with their own definitions in Column B. Make up your sentences with these words.
A |
B |
1. rebellion |
a) an agreement to stop fighting for a certain period, esp. so that a more lasting peace agreement can be established |
2. guerilla |
b) an action, such as the stopping of trade, taken by one or more countries against a country which is breaking international laws |
3. clash |
c) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another |
4. bloodshed |
d) act of reducing or depriving of arms |
5. hostile |
c) a member of an unofficial military group, esp. one fighting to remove a government, which attacks its enemy in small groups unexpectedly |
6. ceasefire |
f) the killing of a whole group of people, esp. a whole race |
7. to mediate |
g) an encounter between hostile forces; a battle |
8.disarmament |
h) flowing of blood or killing of people usu. in fighting |
9. genocide |
i) to act as a peacemaker between opposing sides |
10. sanction |
j) aggressive, intimidating, unfriendly |