- •Английский язык для политологов и социологов
- •Калининград 2010
- •Содержание
- •Unit 1 college life
- •1. Read and translate Text 1:
- •College life
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Find words denoting:
- •4. Translate into English:
- •5. Complete the sentences choosing the appropriate word or phrase from the list. Change their form if necessary:
- •6. Put in the missing prepositions:
- •7. Translate the words or expressions given below into Russian and ask your classmates- to translate them back into English:
- •8. Read and translate Text 2: Becoming an effective student
- •9. Write answers to the questions on Text 2:
- •10. Choose the correct collocation:
- •11. Translate into English:
- •12. Read and translate Text 3: Koenigsberg University
- •13. Find English equivalents in text 3:
- •14. Role-play and group work:
- •15. Read and translate text 4:
- •16. Find English equivalents in Text 4:
- •18. Translate the text into English:
- •19. Write an essay on the following topics (200 – 250 words):
- •Unit 2 where in the world…?
- •2. Complete the table about France using the topic areas and examples in the box:
- •France – something for everyone!
- •3. Read and translate Text 1: Getting out of the city
- •4. Fill in prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •5. Choose the word or words that best complete the sentences from the list below:
- •6. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •7. Creative tasks:
- •8. Develop the following ideas. In pairs or groups play the situations:
- •9. Writing:
- •10. Read and translate Text 2: Lessons from Curitiba
- •11. Answer the questions:
- •12. Read the text and decide which answer (а, в, с or d) best fits each space:
- •13. Integrated task: An international trade fair
- •Unit 3 professional interaction
- •1. Read and translate Text 1:
- •Professional interaction
- •3. Complete the sentences below using words from the following list. Referring back to the article will help you with some of them:
- •4. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the words below:
- •5. Role-play and group-work:
- •8. Fill in the right word from the word column: out of work
- •9. Read and translate Text 2: Resume
- •10. Find in the text Russian equivalents to the following:
- •11. Fill out the blanks with prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •12. Take a word from each column to complete the collocations you need for each space in the text:
- •13. Complete each space in the text with a word formed from the word in capitals:
- •14. Translate the sentences:
- •15. Translate the dialogues from Russian into English:
- •16. Topics for discussions and essays:
- •Unit 4 language of the news
- •Language in the news
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Match the word underlined in the headline to the explanation given on the list on the right:
- •4. Do you know the parts of a newspaper? What information can you find on the following pages?
- •5. Complete the text. Use the words given to form new words that fit the gaps:
- •6. Read the text and discuss the importance of being politically correct in the contemporary society:
- •7. Read the text and decide which answer (а, в, с or d) best completes each collocation or fixed phrase:
- •8. Explain in English the meanings of the following words:
- •9. Translate the text into English:
- •10. Group discussions and role-play:
- •Unit 5 religion
- •1. Read and translate Text 1:
- •The Russian Orthodox Church
- •2. Give English equivalents to the following words and expressions:
- •3. Fill in the gaps:
- •Christianity
- •4 Choose the right answer:
- •5. Translate into English: религия в современном мире
- •6 Complete the text with appropriate words: the church of england
- •7. Are the sentences true or false? Write t or f:
- •8. Group-work and discussions:
- •3. Read and translate text 1:
- •4. Scan the report and answer the questions:
- •5. Scan the report again. What do the numbers below refer to?
- •6. Read the report again. Are the statements expressed as fact (f) or speculation (s) in the text?
- •7. Read and translate the article and find the words according to the definitions below:
- •Greenpeace
- •8. Read and translate text 2: War on waste
- •9. Read the text carefully. Match sentences a-g with gaps 1-6. There is one sentence that you do not need:
- •10. Look through the text, ignoring the gaps. What is the main objective of the swag campaign?
- •11. Match the two halves of these expressions from the text:
- •12. Choose the correct preposition in these sentences.
- •13. Read and translate Text 3: what’s the earth coming to?
- •Is there any future in futurism?
- •14. Find English equivalents in the text for the following words:
- •15. Read and translate Text 4: democracy vs. The atom technological euphoria
- •16. Find English equivalents in the text for the following words:
- •17. Discussion:
- •18. Translate into English:
- •19. Group work and essays:
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Find English equivalents to the following:
- •4. Find the words in the text according to the definitions:
- •5. Fill in the gaps in this paragraph:
- •6. Translate into English:
- •7. Read and translate Text 2: Crime and criminal procedure
- •8. Answer the questions:
- •9. Read the story and fill the gaps:
- •10. Translate into English: Дело Стивена Кизко (Stefan Kizsko)
- •11. Read and translate Text 3: The system of justice
- •12. Answer the questions:
- •13. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •14. Explain in English some terms connected with the legal system:
- •15. Match the criminal with the definition:
- •16. Choose the right answer:
- •18. Read and translate Text 4: The legal profession
- •19. Answer the questions:
- •20. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •21.Choose the right answer.
- •22. Choose the correct verb to fill the gaps in this paragraph. Use each verb once only and put it in the correct form:
- •23. Match the headlines from a local newspaper with the first lines of their stories:
- •24. Translate into English: Министерство юстиции
- •25. Write or discuss the answers to these questions:
- •Unit 8 war and terrorism
- •1. Read and translate Text 1:
- •The mass psychology of terrorism
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •4. Choose the correct answer.
- •6. Render the text in English:
- •7. Read and translate Text 2:
- •8. Answer the questions:
- •9. Rewrite the sentences, replacing the words in brackets with collocations:
- •10. Fill in the gaps in the text:
- •11. Render the text in English:
- •12. Scan the text and discuss the situation and measures that could be taken to improve it:
- •Ingushetia - Providing Shelter from the Cold
- •13. Translate from Russian into English:
- •14. Write or discuss the following questions:
- •Unit 9 globalisation
- •1. Read and translate Text 1:
- •Globalisation
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •4. Match the columns:
- •5. Translate the text into English in writing:
- •6. Read and translate Text 2: The new world order
- •7. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •9. Find the words in the text according to their definitions:
- •10. Match the columns:
- •10. During the Cold War, the West defined itself j) maintenance
- •11. Translate into English: Глобализация в экономике
- •12. Read and translate Text 3:
- •13. Answer the questions:
- •14. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •15. Match the columns:
- •16. Put each of the following words or phrases into its cottect place in the text below:
- •17. Render the text into English: Глобализация в политике
- •18. Tasks for writing and group discussion:
2. Give English equivalents to the following words and expressions:
Духовное и политическое влияние; святая Троица; законный наследник; духовенство; раскол; глубокие изменения; вдохновлять; Ограничить роль церкви в светских делах; упразднять/запрещать; распад СССР; расширять количество приходов; сталкиваться с жестокой конкуренцией.
3. Fill in the gaps:
ascended apostles blasphemy brotherhood Christian uprising
condemned creatures crucified dead deliverer Resurrection
disciples doctrines Easter followers heaven religion
humility leaders preaching prophets God
Christianity
Jesus Christ founded the Christian …. . He began His teaching in Palestine, instructing and …. to people about the Kingdom of …. . He travelled around the country with a group of …. called disciples. He chose 12 disciples, called …., to preach His doctrine. Like the Old Testament …., Jesus insisted upon justice toward men and …. toward God. He also preached mercy and the …. of men, and told of the love of …. for all …. .
The Jewish religious …. of Jesus’ time did not approve of His claim that he was the Messiah, or the promised …. of the Jews. They considered this action to be …. . The Roman authorities feared that He meant to lead an …. against Roman rule in Palestine. As a result, He was tried, …. to death, and …. .
After the death of Jesus, His …. scattered in fear. However, they soon reassembled. One after another of them, beginning on the first …. morning, reported that they had met Jesus alive. This rising from the …. is called the Resurrection, and forms one of the basic …. of the Christian faith. According to …. teaching, Jesus remained on earth for 40 days after His …., and then …. into Heaven.
4 Choose the right answer:
1. The nicer conducted the …. in the church.
a) class b) lecture c) meeting d) service
2. They say that the ghost of a nun …. the convent at night.
a) displaces b) haunts c) parades d) shivers
3. The …. listened attentively to every word of the preacher.
a) audience b) congregation c) sightseers d) spectators
4. Early man used to …. the sun, moon, trees and stones as his gods.
a) admire b) consider c) serve d) worship
5. The Hindus are forbidden by their …. to kill cows and eat beef.
a) belief b) confession c) doctrine d) religion
6. In Britain, members of the …. usually wear a special white collar that fastens at the back of the neck.
a) church b) clergy c) priests d) vicarage
7. Although he never claimed to be …., he attended church every Sunday.
a) holy b) moral c) religious d) spiritual
8. Do you really believe in the …. of the evil eye?
a) being b) existence c) occurrence d) realism
9. They are so concerned with …. day-to-day problems that they never stop to think about God.
a) agnostic b) devilish c) mundane d) skeptical
10. Priests like to remind us that life is …. .
a) passing b) short-term c) temporary d) transient
5. Translate into English: религия в современном мире
Одной из древнейших форм культуры является религия. Религия – это определенные взгляды и представления людей, соответствующие обряды и культы.
Сердцем религии является вера. Вера, по словам Евангелия, есть осуществление ожидаемого и уверенность в невидимом. Она чужда всякой логике, и поэтому ей не страшны обоснования атеистами того, что Бога нет, и не нужны логические подтверждения того, что Он есть. В чем особенности религиозной веры? Первым ее элементом является вера в само существование Бога как творца всего существующего, управителя всеми делами, поступками, помыслами людей. Значит, за все поступки человека отвечают управляющие им высшие силы? Согласно современным религиозным учениям, человек наделен Богом свободой воли, обладает свободой выбора и в силу этого сам отвечает за свои поступки и за будущее своей души.
Идея существования Бога – центральный момент религиозной веры. В течение многих веков богословы всех религий стремились доказать существование Бога. Однако, немецкий философ И. Кант убедительно показал в своих рассуждениях, что логическим путем доказать ни существование Бога, ни его отсутствие невозможно, остается только верить.
В мире существует многообразие верований, сект, церковных организаций. Это и различные формы политеизма (многобожия), традиции которых идут от первобытных религий (веры в духов, поклонения растениям, животным, душам умерших). С ними соседствуют разные формы монотеизма (единобожия). Здесь и национальные религии – конфуцианство (Китай), иудаизм (Израиль) и т.д., и мировые религии, сформировавшиеся в эпоху возникновения империй и нашедшие себе приверженцев среди народов, говорящих на разных языках, - буддизм, христианство, ислам. Именно мировые религии оказывают наибольшее влияние на развитие современных цивилизаций.