3. Прочитайте следующие высказывания и исправьте неверные высказывания в соответствие с содержанием текста:

1. If you smoke, you know very well, that it leads to heart disease and lung cancer.

2. Whenever the subject of smoking and health is raised, the governments of most countries are very worried.

3. A lot of governments have taken measures against smoking.

4. Tobacco is the worst commodity to tax.

5. This is surely the most long-sighted policy you could imagine.

6. Very little money is spent on cancer research.

7. There is no doubt that everybody would be much better off if holidays were banned altogether.

8. We are ready for such drastic actions.

9. The tobacco industry is allowed to spend only a little sum of money on advertising.

10. Nothing should be done to inform people of taking up the habit of smoking.

4. Заполните пропуски в предложениях следующими словами:

Timid, to cure, bronchial troubles, anti-smoking, togetherness, certainly, banned, wonderful, beautiful girls, cigarette and tobacco, governments, a definite link, money.

1. If you smoke and you still don’t believe that there’s … between

smoking and … , then you are … deceiving yourself.

2. Admittedly, a few governments have taken … measures.

3. The answer is simply … /

4. Tobacco is a … commodity to tax.

5. Enormous amounts are spent on efforts … people suffering from heart disease.

6. Governments should conduct aggressive … campaigns.

7. Smoking is associated with the great open-air life, with … , true love and … .

8. Foe a start, governments could begin by banning all … advertising.

9. Smoking should be … in all public places.

10. As individuals, we are weak, but if … acted honestly and courageously, they could protect us from ourselves.

5. Прокомментируйте следующие высказывания:

1. There’s a definite link between smoking and bronchial troubles.

2. Tobacco is a wonderful commodity to tax.

3. The advertising of tobacco is as insidious as it is dishonest.

4. If governments acted honestly and courageously, they could protect us from ourselves.

6. Назовите причины, почему правительство не хочет бороться с курением.

7. Напишите краткую аннотацию текста.

Раздел 5.3

1. Прочитайте отрывок из газетной статьи и мнение читателя. Поставьте абзацы в правильном порядке.

Up to the early twentieth century, marriage was considered a necessity. People chose partners who provided them with economic support and stability. Since then attitudes have changed and fewer people are tying the knots. Marriage is no longer necessity in modern society.

Do you agree with this view of marriage? What are the arguments for and against marriage? PBS Student magazine invites readers to write in with their opinions.

A. Secondly, it has been suggested that marriage provides more

stability for children. Certain surveys of children in single-parent families claim they are more likely to commit a serious crime than children from two-parent, married households. But in spite of this, having married parents isn’t necessarily the best thing. It’s obvious that a stable single-parent environment is a lot healthier for children than an unhappy marriage.

B. First of all, it could be argued that marriage brings emotional and

financial security to a relationship. This is partly true as married people are still legally bound to support their spouses. On the other hand, getting married and divorced is becoming increasingly easy. As a result, fewer people are prepared to work at their relationship, married vows are broken, and many couples are left emotionally scarred.

C Finally, some people claim that marriage is becoming more flexible, with personalized vows and contracts enabling couples to define their relationship themselves. Nevertheless, precisely because the ceremony is flexible and easy to adapt, many people are abusing it. In America there have been televised game shows, where people can win and marry spouses, and in Australia one man actually married his television set.

D. To conclude, it’s clear that marriage is no longer necessary

to a successful, modern relationship. Nowadays a growing number of people simply prefer to live together. This continuing decline in marriages means there is greater freedom for individuals to choose their own partners and decide how they wish to live.

E. Marriage used to be considered a necessity for anyone

wanting to live together and start a family. But over the past two decades fewer and fewer couples have felt the need to tie the knot. What then are the advantages and disadvantages of marriage?