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Post-listening Activity

Task 1. Answer the following questions.

  1. What arguments does the speaker produce to prove that people are tought almost from birth, to compare themselves with the others.

  2. Do you share the speaker’s concern about the competition in a society?

  3. Do you agree that competition is a binding force in a society?

Task 2. Write an answer to Tunbridge Wells, the author of the letter “The Comparison Game.”

Speech practice

Task 1. Work in groups of 3 or 4. Organize a discussion on the quotation below.

“The authority of the government … is still an impure one: to be strictly just, it must have the sanction and consent of the governed. The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is progress toward a true respect for the individual.”

(Henry David Thoreau. American essayist. 1817-1862)

Task 2. Here is a list of statements concerning the position of a person in the society. Choose one and express your point of view on the problem under consideration.

  1. People feel themselves safer living alongside with somebody who shares their ideas, traditions, way of life.

  2. Family is the nucleus of our society.

  3. Advantages and disadvantages of co-parenting.

  4. The reasons for the children’s diligence in being highly moral, that is making sacrifices such as missing out on time with friends in order to spend it with a needy parent.

  5. The problem of increasing civic engagement decline in the USA.

Task 3. Being a member of a debate club work in teams. Give your arguments for and against the following: it's impossible to live in a society and to be free from that society at the same time. Do not forget to elect a spokesman to lead the debates.

Writing practice

Write an essay on one of following themes.

  1. Is “bowling alone” the problem of American society only?

  2. What do you think of the impact of the September, 11, 2001 events in the USA on the global understanding of the values of life and principles of democracy?

Achievement test

I. Give the term to the following definition.

    1. a system in which everyone right to vote, make decisions etc.;

    2. the principle that people of different races religious and political beliefs can live together peacefully in the same society;

    3. a particular large group of people who share laws, organizations, customs etc.

    4. a group of people who are related to each other, especially a mother, father, and their children;

    5. living or working in a particular place or institution;

    6. a group of people who try to persuade a government that a particular law or situation should be changed.

II. Match the synonymous pairs.

      1. community a) problem/subject

      2. issue b) control

      3. power c) people

      4. association d) organization

      5. institution e) teams

      6. league f) establishment

III. Choose the most suitable word to complete the sentence.

        1. The … of the democratic idea evokes the most profound and moving expressions of human will and intellect.

a) power b) ability c) energy

2. Democracy is a … “of the people, by the people and for the people”.

a) act b) process c) government

3. Both an … and society can’t but influence each other.

a) individual b) man c) person

4. The study of society has developed into the important science of … .

a) psychology b) sociology c) philology

5. Today, thousands of children are members of … where only one of their birth parents lives.

a) communities b) societies c) households

6. Americans of all ages, all stations in life, and all types of disposition are forever forming … .

a) institutions b) leagues c) associations