- •Факультета международных отношений
- •1. Find information about the current situation in Liberia in the www.
- •3. Vocabulary exercise:
- •In Class
- •1. Listen to the Webcast Former Liberian Leader Faces The War Crimes Tribunal and do the exercises below.
- •1.1. Match positions with the names
- •1.2. Group these names into these two columns:
- •3.3. Group these names into these two columns:
- •3. Group these words and word combinations. What principle determined your grouping?
- •Iran's nuclear threat, Tehran, America's allies, Israel, Britain ,France, Washington, friends, America's foes, the White House, Russia, Europe’s approach
- •4. Make up sentences:
- •Comprehension -1
- •Comprehension 2
- •Comprehension 3
- •4.Translate the sentences:
- •5. The verb wane means something is diminishing. Write the Russian equivalent to wane in each sentence.
- •In class
- •Listen to the Webcast eu travellers face tougher us flight security and do the exercises.
- •Match the names with the positions.
- •5. What kind of program is visa waiver program? What is it for?
- •1. People travelling to America from Europe will soon
- •3. He believes that terrorists look to Europe as
- •8. The site
- •9. Dr Peter Neumann explained to the bbc that
- •4. Translate the sentences:
- •Текст 9. Space mission looking for Earth-like planets At home
- •1. Find information about the latest international missions into outer space in the www.
- •2. Vocabulary exercise:
- •3. Match these words:
- •1. Listen to the Webcast Space mission looking for Earth-like planets and do the exercises below.
- •Listen to the Webcast Space mission looking for Earth-like planets , answer the questions and fill in the gaps. Part 1
- •From age 70, ________________________________________ becomes more common in men and can cause spontaneous fractures and increased risk of fractures following falls
- •In class
- •1. Listen to the Webcast New technology may prevent space travel bone damage and do the exercises.
- •2. What do you know about osteoporosis?
- •It's about time….
- •In class
- •1. Listen to the Webcast New South Wales Crime Commission cop on drugs charge and do the exercises.
- •2. What do these words combinations have in common an elite unit, a key player, the top police investigator?
- •In class
- •1. Listen to the Webcast Ice use drops, heroin use rises and do the exercises.
- •2. Denmark, the Netherlands, Jamaika... What do these places have in common?
- •3. Listen and decide “who is who”?
Санкт-Петербургский Государственный университет
Задания по аудированию для студентов
4 курса
Факультета международных отношений
Текст 1.Former Liberian Leader Faces War Crimes Tribunal
At home
1. Find information about the current situation in Liberia in the www.
2. Fill in the gaps with the help of these: rise/ rose, plunge/ plunged, through, into , set(a)new mark
Frederick Chiluba, elected president of Zambia________ to power _________ the Labour movement.
The move _________ the country ________ a political storm in the midst of the long and bloody conflict with the Palestinians.
The athlete ____________________for one mile and five-sixteenths.
The housing market __________deeper ___________despair last month
Saddam Hussein _____________ to power ____________terror of his endless bloody war with Iran, his use of chemical weapons and on the home front his constant purges at all levels of the society.
Digital workstations __________________for speed, price/performance in server computing.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has helped ________ the country _________ a political crisis by firing the chief justice of Pakistan two months ago.
Americans ________________________ for giving money to charitable causes last year.
3. Vocabulary exercise:
Use to be forced to resign, resignation
The director of science curriculum for the Texas Education Agency was told to quit the job after forwarding a short e-mail message announcing a controversial presentation.
Prime Minister Romano Prodi has lost a confidence vote in the Italian Senate and they asked him for abdication.
Use appear with all necessary changes to recast these sentences.
It seems that Finance Minister has a budget able to meet our financing needs.
McCain and Obama has eventually finished the campaign which is understood by many as a protracted battle.
There is revealing information that N. Korea is preparing for Nuclear Test.
Use orchestrate with all necessary changes to recast these sentences.
Father and son are accused of inciting chaos in Williamston.
Mafia based on fixed, rigidly-ordered relationships among the members of the organization is effective for fomenting criminal activity.
Use atrocity with all necessary changes to recast these sentences
CIA-trained death squads roam the countryside, committing savage crimes like that of El Mazote in 1982, where they massacred between 700 and 1000 men.
During the occupation of Nanjing, the Japanese army committed numerous barbarities, such as rape, looting, arson and the execution of prisoners of war and civilians.
4. Match these words:
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the people militia soldiers to charges to the orders charges limbs
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Fill in the gaps with the help of expressions above:
1)Yesterday in Royal Court two men _______________ _____________to _______they created panic.
2) The Johnsons are _____ to a lot of history surrounding the outhouse and are determined to bring the place back to its golden era.
3) We never __________ or intimidate the people," Lieutenant-Colonel told me.
4) We shall not need to __________our __________ any more, if our army becomes an army of professionals.
5) At 1:30 p.m., a bus stopped in front of the entrance gate and ____________of approximately 40 gunmen got out, firing at the people in the encampment.