Английский язык для специальных и академических целей: Международные отношения и зарубежное регионоведение. Часть 1 - [52]
8. the act of imposing something unpleasant on smb
9. to make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe
10. to guide the movement or course of
11. to be or cause to be balanced or suspended (figurative)
12. the reluctant acceptance of something without protest
Unit III. EU at the Crossroads
1. This assessment of the candidates makes the assumption that Governor Romney will hold to
his own policy positions, a ______________assumption given Romney has been known to
publicly alter his positions in periods of time occasionally under twenty-four hours.
2. A leading Australian scientist, recognised internationally for his work in wetlands, says better management of the world's wetlands will help ________________ the effects of climate
change.
3. During the latter part of the nineteenth century, the city (Independence MO.) served as a political ________________ to nearby Kansas City and produced the future President Harry S. Truman.
4. George Osborne said encouraging investment and exports was a ________________ a ga i n s t
which the government should be judged.
5. The Pakistani politician said that the present government has neither vision nor capacity and
future planning _________________ the country out of the prevailing crisis.
6. The economic crisis which has _________________ the EU has required some major policy
innovations, and EU institutions now have a much greater say over national economic policies — particularly for states in the euro area.
7. An ________________ culture involves a full and successful integration of diverse people into
a workplace or industry.
8. Strength is an asset and, true, it is an _____________ against unscrupulous aggression, but it also
becomes self-destructive if it grows excessively strong and is crushed under its own momentum.
9. Lord Byron created Manfred when Europe was _____________ between the night of the Napole
onic wars and the dawn of the Age of Revolution — a time that bred charismatic national heroes.
10. Freedom is an _________________ of democracy, but not undisciplined — an irresponsible
freedom by participation of the people directly or indirectly in the making of the laws by which they are governed.
11. This reported behaviour of refusing most requests is at odds with previous observational research in the US that showed ________________ to be the more typical.
12. What is impermissible is for the state to hand over the _________________ of sanctions to
private individuals who ________________ the sanctions on its behalf.
SPEAKING
LISTENING 2
Unit III. EU at the Crossroads
Rise of Eurosceptism; an assertion of identity — Nigel Farage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVorAQUtHHY
1. Nigel Paul Farage (/'tera:3/; born 3 April 1964) is a British politician and leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) since 2010, a position he also held from September 2006 to November 2009. Since 1999 he has been a Member of the European Parliament for South East England. Farage has been noted for his passionate and sometimes controversial speeches in the European Parliament and has strongly criticised the euro, the European single currency.
2. Jose Manuel Durao Barroso (born 23 March 1956) is a Portuguese politician who was the 11th President of the European Commission, serving from 2004 to 2014. He served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 6 April 2002 to 17 July 2004.
3. Charles de Gaulle, in full Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle (born November 22, 1890, Lille, France — died November 9, 1970, Colombey-les-deux-Eglises), French soldier, writer, statesman, and architect of France's Fifth Republic.
4. Patrie (French) — homeland
1. See the note on Nigel Farrage. What is the position of his party on European integration?
2. What are the arguments of Eurosceptics against a closer political integration?
1. Nowadays Eurosceptics in the European Parliament are considered to be
a. mentally ill
b. idiots
c. populists
2. 2005 was the pivotal moment in the history of the EU because
a. the French voted against the European Constitution
b. the Dutch supported the European Constitution
c. the European Constitution was ratified
3. According to Nigel Farrage, the real European debate is about
a. a common economic policy
b. national identity
c. the flag and anthem of the European Union
4. Farrage denies that the Eurosceptic position is
