VIII. Fill in the gaps with the proper word to complete the sentence:

1. Suicide is a … uniquely human act. 2. Those who complete suicide are likely to … from mental illness. 3. The suicide rate … by age group. 4. Usually depression … most suicides. 5. Certain aspects of a person’s life … the likelihood of committing suicide. 6. Suicide prevention efforts aim to … people with the highest risk of suicide. 7. … is one of the best predictors of suicidal intent. 8. In about 80 percent of suicidal cases … signs are given by people who complete suicide. 9. Since the suicidal state of mind is usually … most suicides can be prevented. 10. One of the prevention methods involves … access to means of killing oneself.

IX. Correct the following statements:

1. The suicide rate is the number of suicide deaths per 1,000 people.

2. Suicide occurs only in some cultures.

3. Of all age groups, young women have the highest suicide rates.

4. Men attempt about 80 percent of all suicides.

5. Countries with the highest suicide rates include Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Armenia, Russia.

6. Official suicide statistics are very accurate.

7. Young women have a greater risk of suicide.

8. School suicide-prevention programs are considered to be very effective.

X. Answer the following questions:

1. What people are likely to attempt or complete suicide?

2. What are important ways of preventing suicide?

3. What aspects of person’s life can increase the likelihood of attempting or completing suicide?

4. What warning signs are given by people who complete suicide?

5. What is the major function of suicide-prevention telephone hotlines?

XI. Make a brief summary of the text

Text IX Euthanasia

I. Practice the reading of the following words.

Euthanasia, incurable, lethal, physician, abhorrent, unconscious, controversy, overwhelmingly, Christianity, Judaism, Islam.

II. Translate the following derivatives and fill in the blank with the proper ones. Learn them and use in the sentences of your own.

a) To violate – violation – violator.

1. This country is notorious for gross … of human rights. 2. She felt that her privacy had been … .3. They are proved to be …. of public order. 4. He was in open … of the treaty. 5. All terrorist organizations … international law.

b) Mercy – merciful – mercifully – merciless.

1. God have … on his soul. 2. He is reported to be a … killer. 3. They showed no … to their captives. 4. He was in despair because the critics were … towards his last play.5. The play was very bad, but … it was also short.

c) To legalize – legalization – legal.

1. Should euthanasia be made … ? 2. The 1973 ruling … abortion. 3. What’s the legal position on this? 4. He drank more than the … limit of alcohol for driving. 5. Attempts for … of marijuana caused a public outcry.

d) To refer – reference.

1. Try to avoid making any … to his illness. 2. The book is full of … to places I know. 3. This paragraph … to the events of last year. 3. There is a list of … at the end of each chapter. 4. When I said some people are stupid, I wasn’t … to you.

III. Match the words with similar meaning in A and B.

A B

intentional	supporter
advance	to ban
reason	cause
to prohibit	deliberate
request	to have
to possess	Petition
proponent	progress

IV. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right. Use them in sentences of your own.

1) physician	a) the scientific study of the properties of matter and energy, eg heat, light, sound, gravity, and the relationships between them
2) physicist	b) an expert in physics
3) physics	c) a doctor, esp one specializing in areas of treatment other than surgery

V. Learn the following words:

To apply – применить, применять; lack – недостаток, отсутствие, нужда; to bring about – вызывать, осуществлять, to condemn – осуждать, порицать; to restrict – ограничивать; to contribute – способствовать, содействовать; misuse – неправильно обращаться, злоупотреблять; burdensome – обременительный, тягостный.

VI. Translate the following word-combinations:

Incurable disease, intolerable suffering, undignified death, an artificial respirator, severe birth defects, restrictions on euthanasia, a life- sustaining treatment, severely brain- damaged.

VII. Read the text and name the types of euthanasia.