to linking [r].
- one or a few of its members - moreover
- a number of studies - underestimate
- freer of prejudice - nearer
- for example - theres
- are a facet of prejudice - overact
- insecure and easily frightened - underage
- in terms of power instead - thereafter
- never again
Task 5. Practise reading the following word-combinations. Observe the
Accentual pattern of prosody.
the general problem of racial prejudice; is held onto despite all facts to the contrary; well-documented studies show; are properly matched in comparable groups; could be said to be disorder of thinking; loosely spoken, loosely held opinion; draw on his own experience; fall silently and willingly into line; avoid the pain of blaming himself; cant discriminate among the small but important differences; fall off again in adolescence; mislead rather than guide; depends to great extent on his parents; lay stress on the childs membership in that group; make another harmful connection in childs mind
Task 6. Practise reading the following sentences. Observe the intonation used.
1. Those prejudiced against one group of people nearly always prejudiced against others.
2. We call this pre-logical thinking, and all f us go through this phase before we learn to think more effectively.
3. But unless he classifies correctly, his categories will mislead rather than guide him.
4. How parents actually behave toward members of other groups in the presence of their children influences children as much or more than what parents say about such people.
5. But just as often, pride stems simply from thinking of the group as special and superior because of its selectivity, not because of its accomplishments.
6. Its been found, for example, that college graduates are less prejudiced on the whole than people with less education.
7. Here again, psychological studies have shown that people who are able to blame themselves when theyre responsible for things going wrong tend to be much less prejudiced than people who blame others when things go wrong.
Task 7. Observing the stresses and tunes read any paragraph from the text.
WORD BUILDING EXERCISES
Task 1. Underline the suffixes and state the part of speech.
Organizational, generalization, influence, carefully, hospitality, unreliable,
usefulness, dangerous, importantly, particular, development, responsible,
intolerance, different, luxury, healthy, behavior, sensitive, growth, harmful
Task 2. Form antonyms of the following words by using negative prefixes or
the suffix less -.
Correct, believe, match,behave, real, dependence, hopeful, fortunate,
legal, responsible, conformist, increase, painful, approve, possible,
honest, proper, important, security, qualify, order, like, lead, usual, respect
TARGET PATTERNS
Ignorance isnt the same as prejudice either.
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Its the rare examples of change being resisted with violence.
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A prejudiced person to avoid the pain of blaming himself turns the blame on others.
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Parents can and do communicate prejudice.
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Whether a child graduates from this stage to correct thinking or to prejudiced thinking depends on his experience with his teachers and parents.
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Just as the Jews once symbolically piled all their guilt on a goat , so these prejudiced people make scapegoats out of Negroes, Russians, women.
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Insecure people respond to others as if these groups were all alike.
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Other studies have shown that young adults are much freer of prejudice than older ones.
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Fortunately, we seem today to be making progress in the question of less prejudiced belief and behavior.
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