- •Political science
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with words from the text.
- •5. Find the statements which are not true to the text.
- •6. Translate the following sentences in writing paying attention to underlined words and emphatic constructions.
- •7. Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text.
- •5 . Agree or disagree with the following statements.
- •6. Translate the following sentences in writing into Russian paying attention to different functions of the verb «to be».
- •7. Translate the following sentences in writing into Russian:
- •Make up a short summary of the text.
- •Compare the u.S. Constitution with that of Russia. Speak on their advantages and disadvantages.
- •10. Read the text and render its content in Russian:
- •1. Read and translate the text
- •2 . Answer the following questions.
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Find the beginning for the following endings.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with words from the text.
- •5. Find in the text the definitions of the meanings of the following words. Translate them into Russian in writing.
- •6. Translate the following sentences in writing paying attention to the underlined words and constructions.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text.
- •5. Find in the text the definitions of the following terms.
- •6. Translate the following sentences in writing paying attention to the underlined words and constructions.
- •8. Compare the system of checks and balances of the us with that of Russia. Pay attention to the differences in these systems. The plan below may be helpful.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •4. Insert the English equivalents used in the text.
- •Political Parties
- •Give the general idea of the text.
- •Read the following joke and retell it:
- •12. Read the article and do the tasks that follow it:
- •13. Answer the following questions:
- •14. Agree or disagree with the following:
- •16. Review the article.
- •17. Read and translate the article:
- •20. Answer the following questions:
- •21. Find in the article the facts to prove that:
- •22. Read the following quotations by Churchill:
- •23. Review the article.
- •I . Read and translate the text:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •IV. Find in the text the facts to prove that:
- •V II. Could you give any examples from history or your personal experience when «the rule of law» works? do you support the idea that «the law is the highest judge»?
- •VIII. Read the following item and render its idea in russian:
- •X . Answer the following questions:
- •Xl agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •XII. Divide the text into logical parts, make up an outline of the text and speak on the text in accordance with your outline. Word study
- •I. Give russian equivalents for:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •Word study
- •V. Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •Word study
- •Authority
- •The state
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •Word study
- •IV. Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:
- •Word study
- •III. Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •Word study
- •The philosophical tradition
- •The empirical tradition
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •Word study
- •I I. Answer the following questions.
- •Word study
- •T he Evolution of Pluralism
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •Word study
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Answer the following questions:
- •IX. Complete the following sentences:
- •XXIII. Answer the following questions:
- •Word study
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •Word study
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •Text IV
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •XIII. Answer the following questions:
- •In children (by Christine Russell)
- •XXIII. Answer the following questions:
- •Text VI
- •Text VII
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •Word study
- •T ext VIII
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •Postmodern tv (by Steven Connor)
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
XXIII. Answer the following questions:
Is television a good or bad influence on the way children learn?
Is television more pervasive in a child's world than school?
Why is it called the «first curriculum»?
How does TV hurt a child's linguistic ability?
Television molds intelligence and character of youth, doesn't it?
Is watching TV a passive and active experience?
What positive influence can TV exert on children?
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XXIV. FIND IN THE ARTICLE THE FOLLOWING WORD-COMBINATIONS:
To damage ability; to shorten attention span; an entertainment medium; cognitive habits; to be doomed to failure; to convey ideas; to mold intelligence and character; a valuable capacity.
REPRODUCE IDEAS WHERE THESE WORD-COMBINATIONS MAY BE USED. MAKE UP YOUR OWN SENTENCES WITH THE SAME WORD-COMBINATIONS.
XXV. DIVIDE THE ARTICLE INTO LOGICAL PARTS.
XXVI. REVIEW THE ARTICLE.
XXVII. EXPRESS YOUR OWN POINT OF VIEW ON POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF TELEVISION IN GENERAL.
XXVIII. DEVELOP THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS: 1. You are conducting an interview with an internation ally known child psychologist who is sure that TV stereo types are devastating to young minds.
Ask him:
2. TV has become an integral part of our lives. It is means of information, entertainment and education. You are conducting an interview in one family.
Ask family members:
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if it is possible to become addicted to TV like to drugs or alcohol;
what role parents must play in monitoring TV pro grams;
what influence TV exerts on developing mind;
what shows are the most dramatic for children;
what recommendations he gives for children;
why violent episodes are dangerous for children.
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i f they watch TV regularly or occasionally;
what programs they like particularly;
whose commentary they find most informative and interesting;
if TV stopped them from reading or stimulated to read more;
if they watch the same programs;
what is their attitude towards news programs.
3. You are talking with a sociologist who has conducted a survey in order to find out how harmful TV violence is for the children's psychic development.
Ask him:
how many families have been polled;
if there is a correlation between TV violence viewing and troublemaking behaviour;
what programs should be excluded from viewing;
how violent films influence academic background;
if cartoons with incidents of physical force are harm ful;
what it is necessary to do within the television in dustry.
4. Your friend is much interested in seeing films about exotic animals. He is sure that TV programs about animals teach us to love animals and protect them.
Ask him:
what is his favourite program on animals;
what mostly attracts him in such shows;
how long he has been watching such programs;
if these programs give our children a sense of love to animals;
what he feels when he watches shows on gradual ex tinction of some rare animals;
if these programs are a means of enlightenment and education.
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