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2. Studying integration

Integration is the act or process of combining two or more things so that they work together. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Task I.1. From the list below choose synonyms for the word “integration”: Task I.2.Make sentences with the synonyms, you have chosen.

Task 6: You will hear an expert on European Issues explaining the idea of the European Common Market. Listen carefully to the recording and answer the question:

(a)What events and actions contributed to the European Integration?

also (b) Fill in the chart: match the date with the proper fact. But first listen to the words and phrases below, they are from the text and can be useful for your vocabulary.

• complete – законченный, завершенный. полный

• European Coal and Steel Community – Европейское Объединение угля и стали

• founding fathers – творцы, отцы, создатели (of – чего-л., напр. какой-л. науки и т.п.)

• to deepen integration – делать глубже, углублять интеграцию

• Treaties of Rome - Римский договор (начало создания ЕЭС)

• European Economic Community – Европейское экономическое сообщество (ЕЭС)

• Common Market – «Общий Рынок»

• European Atomic Energy Community – Европейское сообщество по атомной энергетике

• sustainable development – устойчивое развитие

• Member State – член какой-л. организации

• common commercial policy – единая коммерческая (торговая) политика

• free competition – свободная конкуренция

• transitional period – переходный период

• quota – доля, квота, часть

• tariff – тариф, налог, пошлина

• non-tariff barrier – нетарифные барьеры (все препятствия на пути доступа к какому-либо рынку за исключением финансовых препятствий (налогов, тарифов и т.п.))

• incomparably – несравнимо, несравненно

• exchange rate – валютный курс

• taxation – обложение налогом. Налогообложение, взимание налога

• regulation – регулирование, упорядочение

(a) Fill in the chart: match the date with the proper fact.

	date		fact
1	1952		a) A full economic union was established
2	1957		b) The single market of 19 countries entered in to force
3	1969		c) The European Economic Community (Common Market) was set up with the signing of the Treaties of Rome
4	1993		d) The European Coal and Steel Community was founded by 6 countries.

(b) Listen to the talk again and answer the following questions:

1. Why did it take so much time (almost 25 years) to reach the aim of establishing the single European market?

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2. What events contributed to the European Integration?

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