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Write down all proper and geographical names used in the passage. Reproduce the context these names are used in




Use words and phrases from ex.1 in the context.

Translate the passage.

 

Lesson 9

1. Study the vocabulary:

to plot

to cast aside

Gaullist .

to be in disgrace with smth.

to secure ,

to punch his way back into

crushing

testing

pollster , ,

nadir

open-ended strike

to dent ,

breezy ,

the taking , ; ,

to devise ,

two-pronged fightback

to reassert , (, . .);

standing ; ,

rotating European Union presidency

monetary imbalances

to squeeze

to steer

to this end

on the table

foretaste

on display

ploy ,

integrated ,

to reshuffle ; ; , ,

heiress -

expulsion , ;

quit

boot out

political clout

to defy

make for

 

2. What do the following people do:

Jacques Chirac ( )

Nicolas Sarkozy ( )

Angela Merkel ( )

Dmitry Medvedev ( )

Eric Woerth ( )

Bernard Kouchner ( )

Liliane Bettencourt ( )

Alain Juppé ( )

François Fillon ( )

Raymond Barre ( )

Valéry Giscard dEstaing ( )

Christine Lagarde ( )

Michèle Alliot-Marie ( -)

Bruno Le Maire ( )

François Baroin ( )

3. Reproduce the context in which the following dates, numbers, geographical names and names of organizations mean:

13%, European Parliament, 2002, 2007, 26%, July, 1m people, October 12th, Socialist Party, 2012, G20, mid-November, G8, 2011, 2008, 38%, 46%, G20, Brussels, G20, October 18th and 19th, Normandy resort of Deauville, 2008, the EU, NATO, NATO, Iran, by late October, Paris, 1976-81.

 

Reproduce the context in which words and phrases from ex.1 are used.

Translate the passage.

Lesson 10

1. Study the vocabulary:

quest

prudent ,

decent ,

expand by

underlying , ,

rebound

respectable ,

sprint

sluggishness

skewed

loth

vigour

fragile

embark

austerity

breakneck

merely ,

healthy , ,

vital signs

policymaker

boatloads

returns

imbalances

net source

all the more so

assure

bust

balance-sheet

fiscal tightening

on record

budgetary squeeze

 

2. What do the following dates, numbers, names of organizations and geographical names mean:

IMF, GDP, 4.8%, 4%, 10%, Western, China, America, 1.25%, GDP, 2011?

 

Reproduce the context in which words and phrases from ex. 1 are used.

Translate the passage.

Lesson 11

1. Study the vocabulary:

to scrap -

cap ,

self-defeating

to concoct , ,

befuddled politicians

to seduce

beguiling , ,

pledge

net immigration ( ( , , . .) , , )

dramatically

sound ; ;

key variables ,

sway , ;

severely circumscribed

under provisions

lucrative , , ,

to seize ,

dependent ,

pliable group

to sustain

slashing the public sector .

to hamper recruitment

plausible

to compound

to exempt ,

virtually , , ;

nugatory , ,

counterproductive

serviceable ,

queasy ,

to subsist

indigenous

to choke

welfare reforms

fix of the cap

 

2. Use the following dates, numbers proper and geographical names, names of organizations in the context:

Conservative, 200,000, the European Union, the Tories, 12%, July, Vince Cable, 1%, 40%, Labour administration, Australian equivalent.

 





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