- •Предисловие
- •Individual and society
- •Basic vocabulary terms
- •Vocabulary development
- •Reading practice
- •Reading Activity
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Reading Activity
- •Defining democracy
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Reading Activity
- •Amish folk
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Listening practice
- •The comparison game
- •Listening Activity
- •Post-listening Activity
- •Speech practice
- •Writing practice
- •Achievement test
- •I. Give the term to the following definition.
- •II. Match the synonymous pairs.
- •III. Choose the most suitable word to complete the sentence.
- •IV. Fill in the blanks with the proper words given below.
- •V. Give the appropriate translation to the Russian words.
- •Unit II freedom of the individual
- •Basic vocabulary terms
- •Vocabulary development
- •Word-Form Chart
- •Give synonyms to the following words.
- •Give antonyms to the following words.
- •Reading practice
- •Reading Activity
- •Kinds of freedom
- •Post-reading Activity
- •A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is a possession of only a savage few . Juge Learned Hand
- •Face up to the euthanasia debate
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Reading Activity
- •State its topic and main idea;
- •Censorship
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Listening practice
- •Listening Activity
- •Speech practice
- •Role-Assignments
- •Writing practice
- •Achievement test
- •I. Give appropriate terms to the following definition.
- •III. Choose the most suitable word to complete the sentence.
- •IV. Fill in the blanks with the proper words given below.
- •Unit III law and order social problems
- •Basic vocabulary terms
- •Vocabulary development
- •Word-Form Chart
- •Close in meaning,
- •2. Abuse b) making somebody have a particular set of beliefs by giving them no opportunity to consider other points of view;
- •Reading practice
- •Reading Activity
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Reading Activity
- •What a teenager can do in britain
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Reading Activity
- •(By Maxim Kostyukovich from his article “Juvenile delinquency in Belarus: problems, causes, solutions” www. Belarustoday.Com)
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Work in pairs. Compare your results and explain your decision.
- •Reading Activity
- •Find the answers to the above questions;
- •State the topic of the text and its main idea;
- •Name the key-words or phrases to support the main idea terrorism
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Listening practice
- •Listening Activity
- •Listening Activity
- •Speech practice
- •Role-Assignments:
- •Writing practice
- •Achievement test
- •I. Give appropriate terms to the following definitions.
- •III. Choose the most suitable word to complete the sentence.
- •IV. Fill in the blanks with the proper words given below.
- •V. Give the appropriate translation to the Russian words.
- •Living in a multicultural society
- •Basic vocabulary terms
- •Vocabulary development
- •Reading practice
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Reading Activity
- •The history of borders
- •Ancient migrations
- •Bonded serfs
- •Nation states
- •Slave labor
- •Right to leave
- •War wounds
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Reading Activity
- •Nation of diversity
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Prospective immigrants please note Adrienne Rich
- •What does “the door” in the poem symbolize?
- •Reading Activity
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Reading Activity
- •A scholar’s view on nationality stereotypes
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Reading Activity
- •The english
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Reading Activity
- •The people of belarus
- •Post-reading Activity
- •Listening practice
- •To make chocolate bars;
- •Listening Activity
- •Post-listening Activity
- •Five o’clock news
- •Listening Activity
- •Post-listening Activity
- •America as seen by britons
- •Listening Activity
- •Post- listening Activity
- •England as seen by americans
- •Listening Activity
- •Post-listening Activity
- •Speech practice
- •Writing practice
- •Achievement test
- •I. Give the term to the following definition.
- •Match the synonymous pairs.
- •Choose the most suitable work to complete the sentence.
- •Choose the most suitable word from the box to complete the sentence.
- •Translate the words given in the brackets.
- •Appendix supplementary reading unit I
- •We’re all middle class now
- •Standard marketing definitions of social grading
- •(Barry Hugill “The Individual in Society” 2000)
- •Consumer society and identity
- •A mobile society
- •Animal farm
- •Unit II
- •Rights and restraints
- •Dissemination of liberties
- •The fashion police
- •Racial discrimination,
- •Xenophobia and related intolerance
- •Unit III
- •Licence to kill must be revoked
- •Girls and boys come out to play… aftercurfew
- •Juvenile delinquency
- •Real crime and pseudo crime!
- •From the history of terrorism
- •Unit IV
- •The filipino and the drunkard
- •For asian immigrants in u.S., a wall of words separates generations
- •The british people as they are
- •The english character (Serious approach)
- •Americans as tourists
- •Our people
- •Affluent (adj) – богатый, изобильный
- •Terminally ill – неизлечимо, смертельно больной unit III
- •Unit IV
- •Adjust (V) – приспосабливать, приводить в порядок
- •Bibliography
Post-listening Activity
Task 1. Answer the following questions.
What arguments does the speaker produce to prove that people are tought almost from birth, to compare themselves with the others.
Do you share the speaker’s concern about the competition in a society?
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.
People feel themselves safer living alongside with somebody who shares their ideas, traditions, way of life.
Family is the nucleus of our society.
Advantages and disadvantages of co-parenting.
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.
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.
Is “bowling alone” the problem of American society only?
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.
a system in which everyone right to vote, make decisions etc.;
the principle that people of different races religious and political beliefs can live together peacefully in the same society;
a particular large group of people who share laws, organizations, customs etc.
a group of people who are related to each other, especially a mother, father, and their children;
living or working in a particular place or institution;
a group of people who try to persuade a government that a particular law or situation should be changed.
II. Match the synonymous pairs.
community a) problem/subject
issue b) control
power c) people
association d) organization
institution e) teams
league f) establishment
III. Choose the most suitable word to complete the sentence.
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