.


:




:

































 

 

 

 


C




 

. Give the main advantages of American higher education according to the article.

, . .

, , , , . , . , - , , , - , , . , , . , .

, , .. - , . , , .

. . , . , , .

, , . , 50 , 35 . , 11 .

: 2,3% , . , , 2000 , .

, , 50- , .

. , , : .

. 400 000 , 40% . , 75% , 1991 2000 ., .

, . - , , , , , , .

. 2008

 

B. Answer the questions.

1. What criteria make a university prestigious?

2. What problems do European colleges and universities have?

3. Do you agree with the article that higher education in the USA is better than in Europe?

4. How can you assess higher education in Russia according to the criteria suggested in the article?

 

,

 

A. Read the text and make its outline.

, . , , 5-10 , . .

, - , .

(), , . , , , - .

, 25 .

, : . , , , . .

? , , , . , , . , D, . . , . : ! , , , .

: . . , , , . , .

, . . : , , . . .

: . . . .

. 2007

B. Render the text into English using your outline. Do you agree that distant education is really convenient and useful?

UNIT 7.
JUST SAY NO TO DRUGS

 

 

Render the article into English and explain why drug addiction is such a serious problem.

. ( , ) , . , , , ; ; , ; , ; ; ; , , .

, , , , . : , . , .

, , "" , . " ", . " ", " " (.. ).

, , , , . . . . , , , , , . , , , . , .

, , . . , -, , , . , , . , "" , . , , , , . . .

, 90% . , , , . . , . . 30-40 . , , "" "" . " " , . , . .

. 2008

Bright Kids, Bad Business

 

A. Read the text and make an outline.

To residents of drug-drenched ghetto areas, cocaine dealers seem the embodiment of evil. But that common and understandable perception may be flawed. According to Cocaine Kids, a newly published study by sociologist Terry Williams of the City University of New York, the lucrative crack business has become a lure for some of the best and brightest young men in the inner city. To succeed in their illicit trade, dealers must exhibit many of the qualities that traditional businessmen admire: reliability, skill at handling people and a willingness to work long hours under demanding conditions.

Many teenagers are drawn to work in the cocaine trade simply because they want jobs, full time or even as casual labour. The drug business is a safety net of sorts, a place where it is always possible to make a few dollars, writes Williams. Money and drugs are the obvious immediate rewards. But there is another strong motivating force, and that is the desire to show family and friends that they can succeed in something. For some, success simply means becoming a more important dealer. A kid who can routinely handle money, control personal use of cocaine, deal with buyers and control a weapon may take it out of the street and into an elite world of the superdealer, says Williams. But some also see drug dealing as a stepping stone to a new life.

Williams spent four years studying a group of teenagers who sat up their own cocaine-selling crew. Of the seven Dominicans and one black, not one expected to make drug dealing his lifes work.

Some were as young as 13 when they began selling drugs. The youngsters had not slipped innocently into selling cocaine. The states so called Rockefeller laws, which mandate a prison term for anyone over 18 convicted for possessing illegal substances, have created an incentive for major drug suppliers to employ younger teenagers as runners, lookouts and salesmen. The young drug dealers saw no chance to find a well-paying job with career possibilities. They knew that by selling drugs they were risking jail terms and violence from competitors. Most of them were aware that overindulgence in the substance they were peddling would endanger their minds and was, at least, bad business.

To make a profit, Max, the leader of the crew who supplies coke to the others, had to be a shrewd judge of character. He knew how much of the drug to give members, what price to charge, how soon they must either pay him or return the unsold coke. Anyone who gave too much away to entice clients or lure girls into sex parties, or simply sniffed away his profits, had his consignments slashed or his price hiked. While most of the crew snorted, those who free-based the purer coke with pipes were considered unreliable. Because they knew crack was so addictive, most of the members shunned it.

What happened to them? Max saved a nest egg and started a legitimate business in Florida. He claims that the old man who supplied the group with the drugs reaped an $8 million profit from the gangs labour. Another member of the group will graduate from college soon. Another is learning to be a cook. Another was wounded by a gun-armed buyer, but is no longer dealing. Only one of Williams group is still in the cocaine business. For most, the lure of easy money turned out to be a mirage. It did not come easily, and it did not last. For the crew, says Williams, becoming crack dealers was a rational, though tragically misguided, decision.

 

Readers Digest. 2007

 

 

B. Answer the questions.

1. Why may a common idea of cocaine dealers be flawed?

2. Why are many teenagers drawn to work in the cocaine trade? Do you think these reasons can justify them?

3. Why do drug suppliers employ younger teenagers?

4. What should a drug dealer know and what rules should he follow to make a profit?

5. Are these young drug dealers going to stay in the cocaine business?

 

 





:


: 2016-12-05; !; : 436 |


:

:

.
==> ...

1717 - | 1500 -


© 2015-2024 lektsii.org - -

: 0.019 .