- •Part two
- •2.1 Anticipating the Issue
- •2. 1A. Man and Society
- •1. Are you a gregarious person, enjoying socializing, or do you prefer to stay alone in a distant place, savouring its tranquility3?
- •2. Explain the meaning of the words in bold and answer the questions that follow.
- •3. Read the text, find equivalents to the words in bold, answer the questions.
- •2.2 Raise the Issue
- •2.2 A. Words in Context
- •1. Tick the word closest in meaning to that of the each boldfaced word. Use the context of the sentences to help you figure out each word’s meaning.
- •2. Write the word next to its definition. The sentences in the previous exercise will help you decide on the meaning of each word.
- •3. Complete the text with the words from the box.
- •4. Answer the following questions.
- •2. 2 B. Listening and Watching
- •2.2 C. Creative Consolidation
- •1. Write a synthetic review of the information from the text and multimedia programs, supporting it with the data from Russian sources.
- •2. Write a 350-word essay developing one of the following theses:
- •3. Write an article about the reasons for tyrants’ and dictators’ success in politics and their quite common failure in business.
- •2.2 D. Roots of Terrorism
- •1. Read the article and say whether you agree with the writer’s stance on the problem.
- •2. Find these expressions in the text and explain their meaning.
- •3. Match the following words with their definitions.
- •4. Match the pairs of antonyms.
- •2. Complete the sentences with the words from the previous exercise.
- •3. Read the following sentence and explain the meaning of the expression in italics.
- •2.2 G. Listening and Watching
- •2. Write the word next to its definition. The sentences in the previous exercise will help you decide on the meaning of each word.
- •3. Using the answer line provided, complete each item below with the correct word from the box. Use each word once.
- •2.3 B. Roots of Crime
- •1. Read the article and say whether your vision of breeding grounds of crime differs from the writer’s?
- •2. Find the following expressions in the text and explain their meaning.
- •3. Match the words with their definitions.
- •4. Answer the questions.
- •5. Speak about roots of crime in our country. Are they absolutely similar to those mentioned in the article?
- •2.3 C. Vocabulary in Focus
- •1. Choose the correct answer.
- •2.3 D. Listening and Watching
- •2. Write the word next to its definition. The sentences in the previous exercise will help you decide on the meaning of each word.
- •3. Using the answer line provided, complete each item below with the correct word from the box. Use each word once.
- •2.4 B. Legalization of Drugs? Yes/No?
- •1. Read the article.
- •2. Find the following expressions in the text and explain their meaning.
- •3. Match the words with their definitions.
- •4. Match the pairs of antonyms.
- •5. Answer the questions.
- •6. Read the following statements. Do you think the author would agree (a) or disagree (d) with them? Write a or d next to each statement. .
- •2.4 C. Watching and Listening
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •2. 5 Reading Selection
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Study the following statements and discriminate between the true and false ones.
- •2. Find the words in the article that have similar meaning to the following.
- •3. Do you think the author would agree with the following statements?
- •4. Express your own opinions on the above statements.
- •5. For discussion.
- •By Sherry Joe
- •Culture
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Brainstorm ideas.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Do you think the writer would agree with the following statements?
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Brainstorm ideas.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. How would the writer answer these questions?
- •2. What is your position to the writer’s statement?
- •3. Has your vision of the problem changed after reading this article? Have you become more open-minded (ready and willing to consider new ideas)? Have you become more tolerant of other groups?
- •4. Brainstorm ideas.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2.7 Creative Consolidation
- •1. Project-Making.
- •2. Write an article about:
- •3. Write a 350-word essay developing one of the theses.
Vocabulary
provoke – to cause a sudden reaction: provoke sb to do sth; provoke sb into doing sth; provocative – intending to make people angry or to cause a lot of discussion; provocation.
viable – able to work successfully; a viable proposition/alternative/method; economically/commercially viable; viability (n).
insensate – not able to feel things, inanimate; unreasonable and crazy: insensate rage.
collude – to work with someone secretly especially in order to cheat or deceive other people: collude with; collusion.
torment – to make someone suffer a lot, especially so that they feel guilty or very unhappy; torment (n): in torment.
torture – to deliberately hurt someone to force them to give you information, to punish them, or to be cruel: tortured by guilt; torture (n).
attribute – a quality or feature, especially one that is considered to be good or useful; attribute (v): attribute to – to say that sth is caused by something.
1. Study the following statements and discriminate between the true and false ones.
- There may be preferable ways to die than through biological decomposition.
- We may need to explore the idea of setting limits to viable lifetimes.
- We are spending too much money to keep people alive.
- A "living will" for society may be necessary in the future.
- It is acceptable to remove food and water from old people who are insensate.
- We can't know whether someone in a chronic vegetative state can feel what's going on.
- It's not expensive to feed a person through tubes.
- Euthanasia is a moral, not an empirical, question.
- Life is a divine gift.
- No one should collude in any act of suicide.
- To prolong life for some is to prolong pain.
- Society must be ready for euthanasia.
2. Find the words in the article that have similar meaning to the following.
Nouns
Suffering; state of mind in which something takes up all thoughts; long life; careful planning; trick or device to deceive; legal documents indicating conditions under which patient can be permitted to die.
Adjectives
still in existence; continual; causing death; able to exist; relying on observation and experiment; likely to cause interest or argument; without the power to feel or experience; coming on gradually; stopped.
Verbs
causes severe suffering; granting money for; conspire or plot; orders or requires.
3. Do you think the author would agree with the following statements?
1. Families should have the ultimate power to decide the fate of a family member in a persistent vegetative state.
2. Extraordinary measures should be taken if it means keeping a person alive.
3. Modern medicine can be torture.
4. Euthanasia may be the least cruel treatment for a patient.
5. We need to set limits to viable lifetimes, especially in an aging society.
6. "Living wills" are a good solution to the problems posed by modern technology.
7. It is costing society too much money to keep people alive at all costs.
4. Express your own opinions on the above statements.
5. For discussion.
1. Do you have the same opinions now, or have you changed your opinions in any way after examining the views of others?
2. In your opinion, what role should doctors take in advising patients and/or their families in these cases? What is their responsibility?
3. Derek Humphry is the executive director of the Hemlock Society, an organization that promotes public awareness and acceptance of euthanasia. He predicted that active euthanasia will be a standard part of American medicine within a decade. If this is true, what effect will it have on society?
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