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Answer the following questions. a) What is Shami Chakrabarti?




 

a) What is Shami Chakrabarti?

b) What does she say about freedom in Britain?

c) According to Ms Chakrabarti, where is the crucial point when the British started forgetting about freedom?

d) What does she say about non-negotiables of democracy?

e) What moment in the mid-1990s does she mention? What were the repercussions?

f) Whats the difference between conventional war and the war on terrorism?

g) What fundamental problem concerning the war on terror does she mention?

 

Retell the passage.

 

Lesson 2

 

1. Study the vocabulary:

 

Americas Secretary of State

1st foray .

contradict

two-state solution

in a sign of warming relations

to withdraw troops

residual

to issue an arrest warrant

chief prosecutor

indictment for genocide

split decision

to assassinate ( )

to address Congress

to hold a joint press-conference -

privately-owned rice mills

to disobey

to rattle ,

subsequent shooting

withdrawal

push reform through Congress

health fund

 

Enumerate all geographical names, names of organizations and parties in the passage.

Enumerate all the numbers and tell what they mean.

Enumerate al proper names and tell what these people do.

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

Translate the passage.

 

Lesson 3

 

1. Study the vocabulary:

 

to unveil

long-awaited rescue plan

to expand lending programme

incentive

toxic assets

to avoid a filibuster ( )

conspiracy

tension ,

assault ,

allegedly linked to the plot

general election

to pip , ,

a bloc of allies

to collide

debris ,

intact

 

 

Enumerate all geographical names, names of organizations and parties in the passage.

Enumerate all the numbers and tell what they mean.

Enumerate al proper names and tell what these people do.

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

Translate the passage.

 

 

Lesson 4

1. Study the vocabulary:

 

to challenge , , ;

black market ;

holdings ;

Treasury bonds ;

greenback ( );

to wane , ;

in the build-up ;

dominance , ;

monetary system ;

to flaw , () ;

to account for ;

foreign-exchange reserve ( , );

emerging economy ;

stash ;

undermine the value ;

diversify ;

Treasury securities ;

to dump ;

to trigger ;

to mull ( );

to encourage .

 

1. What do the following numbers and dates mean:

 

July 8th, July 5th, 65%, 26%, ¾, 1/3?

 

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

Translate the passage.

 

 

Lesson 5

 

1. Study the vocabulary:

 

to edge back

to be keen to turn the page

to pen , ,

to scrap , ,

former veep former vice-president

to growl -

to be indicted

to keep a low profile

select part of Dallas

hardware shop

memoirs

to skip the usual format .

momentous decisions

bull-headed ,

existential comment

to get round ,

to hash out strategy

unashamedly ideological

to pursue

 





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