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Practice:

1. Answer the following questions:

  1. What are human rights?

  2. Where do human rights come from?

  3. Are there different types of human rights?

  4. What are the human rights ‘standards'?

  5. Who has responsibility to protect human rights?

  6. Why are human rights important?

  7. Are some human rights more important than others?

  8. Can your human rights be taken away from me?

  9. How are human rights protected different countries and in Russia as well ?

  10. What can you do to promote human rights?

2. Read the text again and find Russian equivalents or explain the following phrases:

  • inherent dignity

  • individual rights

  • respecting a person's human rights

  • lawful

  • fundamental worth

  • value system

  • basic rights

  • adequate standard of living

3. Problem discussion “Violence is always wrong”.

Do you agree? Give reasons to support your answer and show that you have thought about different points of view.?” Organize a group discussion. Use the Language for Agreeing and Disagreeing.

Language for Agreeing and Disagreeing

  • I just wanted to see what kind of feedback you’ve got

  • I really strongly disagree

  • Actually, I think … is right

  • I‘d be much happier

  • Speaking as an expert…

  • I would like to say something

  • If that’s all right

  • That sounds good

  • That’s probably about it

3. Translate the quotations. Find Russian equivalents and try to explain these sayings. Describe the situation where you can use these proverbs or write the essay. Give as many arguments as possible.

  1. A man who lives, not by what he loves but what he hates, is a sick man. Archibald MacLeish (U.S. poet, 1892-1982)

  2. Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression. Malcolm X (U.S. civil rights activist, 1925-1965)

  3. If you wish to know what justice is, let injustice pursue you. Eugenio Maria de Hostas (Puerto Rican patriot, 1839-1903)

  4. No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. George Jean Nathan (U.S. drama and social critic, 1882-1958)

  5. Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am." Theodore Parker (U.S. Unitarian theologian and social reformer, 1810-1860)

Text 2. Youth rights movement

Active vocabulary to remember

movement

liberation

creative solutions

ageism

majority

ostensibly

empowerment

intergenerational

carry out

nascent

grass-roots

non-governmental

youth policy

development

engagement

interdependence

relevant

equality

sustainable

mainstream

launch

in coordination

writing contest

citizenship

primary

media exposure

advocate

support

движение

освобождение, высвобождение

творческие решения

эйджизм, дискриминация по возрасту

большинство

якобы, как будто бы, для видимости

расширение прав, предоставление полномочий

касающийся взаимосвязи поколений

выполнять

возникающий, появляющийся

простые люди, широкие массы

неправительственный

молодежная политика

развитие, разработка

вовлечение, включение

взаимозависимость, взаимное влияние

соответствующий, относящийся

равенство

устойчивый

включать в общий поток, в состав основной группы

организовывать

при содействии, координации

письменный конкурс

гражданство

первичный

воздействие через средства массовой информации

защищать

поддерживать

The "youth rights movement", also described as "youth liberation", is a nascent grass-roots movement whose aim is to fight against ageism and for the civil rights of young people – those "under the age of majority", which is 18 in most countries. It is ostensibly an effort to promote youth voice, youth empowerment and ultimately, intergenerational equity through youth/adult partnerships.