15. Sort out the political terms given in the box into the corresponding columns of the table according to the words with which they can go with:

national	human rights	demonstration	political	reform
situation	educational	point of view	summit	big
country's	Ukrainian	growth	planning	career
position	important	environmental	party	key
local	recession	major	system

politics/policy	economic	issue	political

Note: Policy - is a set of ideas or plans that is used as a basis for making decisions, especially in politics, economics or business. Politics - are the actions or activities which people use to achieve power in a country, society or organisation.

16. Complete the gaps with one of the words given in the box in Activity 4. The first sentence is done for you:

1. The key issue in the next election will be unemployment.

2. The worsening situation in the southern regions of the country means that many people will lose their jobs.

3. The 1950s saw a period of growth in the UK.

4. The Prime Minister of that country left teaching to pursue a _______ career.

5. The President discussed the _______ of human rights during his visit to Geneva.

6. Many young people nowadays are not interested in _______.

7. The latest book of this writer who is the leader of the Green Party is dealing with issues.

8. The former president's economic _____ put a lot of people out of work.

9. Unemployment and crimes were the_______ issues in the election campaign.

10. Even when she studied at university, Margaret Thatcher was deeply involved in local .

17. Supply the missing members of these words families. Check your answers with the dictionary. The first word is done for you:

    1) economy - economic, economics, economy, economist, economically, to economize.
    2) to govern	7) to qualify	12) to support	17) campaign
    3) to elect	8) bureaucrat	13) to contribute	18) law
    4) to employ	9) to corrupt	14) power	19) to solve
    5) to inflate	10) democrat	15) industry	20) politics
    6) to educate	11) nature	16) environment

18. Read the texts below. Use the words given next to each line in the appropriate form related to its root to fit the space. The first is done for you:

Text 1. Vote on April 10th! Vote for the Social Democrats in the next election (1)! If you look at the record of our present_________ (2), you will see a huge increase in taxes and _________ (3), and a rate of ____(4) which is out of control. If we win, we will tackle the____ (5) situation by investing in______(6) projects and training courses to help our young people become better_______(7). We will make it our priority to eliminate______(8) and to fight ___________ (9) wherever we find it. So, exercise your____ (10) right and vote on April 10th! Text 2. Join Friends of the Earth! Our campaign to protect the _____ (11) world could not have succeeded without our____ (12), whose____ (13) have helped us win some significant victories against some of the most_____(14)_______(15) companies in the world. We have raised public awareness of______(16) issues in general, and recently we have ____ (17) to make the use of ozone destroying CFCs______(18). Join us now and help us find alternative______(19) to world problems, and make our____ (20) sit up and listen.

elect govern employ inflate economy, educate qualify bureaucrat, corrupt democrat nature support, contribute power, industry environment campaign legal solve politics

UNIT 4