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 , ,
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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.