Bo
Barack and Michelle
Karl Rove
Joe Biden
Dick Cheney
Alberto Gonzales
Donald Rumsfeld
Condoleezza Rice
Michael Gerson
Mark Langdale
3. What do the following dates, numbers and geographical names mean:
January 20th, Spain, Dallas, Texas, Canada, 12, 2006, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, April 14th, 20, Iraq and Afghanistan, 2007?
Use the words and phrases from ex.1 in the context.
Translate the passage.
Lesson 6
1. Study the vocabulary:
surge ( )
bucking bronco ,
careen
mindful ,
thwart an economic recovery
unruly behaviour ,
NYMEX -
assemble a definitive explanation
crude-oil market
stock-building
level off
volatility ,
hedge fund - ( )
cling
hamper
intra-day trades
derivatives ,
regulator ,
public investigation
move around ,
futures markets
encompass the derivatives market
hoard
in the long run
bear out -
toss about
Write down words, phrases or sentences that describe price movements on the market.
3. What do the following numbers mean: 147, 31, 70, 2008, June 12th?
Write down all the abbreviations and tell what they mean.
Use words and phrases from ex.1 in the context.
Translate the passage.
Lesson 7
1. Study the vocabulary:
to condemn Stalins crimes
to whitewash the darker bits
image-polishing
sinister features ()
dominant political force
commemorative ceremonies ( )
perpetrate ,
blind spot ( ); ; ,
to reinstate the Stalinist version
enslavement
evasive
iniquity ,
carve-up -
jar , ,
rebut ,
come to terms ,
forcible annexation
commendable pursuit of reconciliation
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serve up -
closet -
tacitly justifies
renovation ,
accomplice ,
nefarious alliance (, )
2. Reproduce the context in which the following words and word combinations are used:
Russia, Stalin, the Nazis, Vladimir Putin, Gdansk, Poland, Soviet Union, Katyn, Great Patriotic War, Hitler, Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, Europe, the Kremlin, Boris Yeltsin, Germany, Estonia.
3. What do the following dates and numbers mean:
September 17th 1939; 20,000; 1940; 1941; the 20th century; 1945; the 1990s; 1991?
Use words and phrases from ex.1 in the context.
Translate the passage.
Lesson 8
1. Study the vocabulary:
public spending
to take the axe ,
entitlement -
chancellor of the exchequer
divisive character
child benefit
higher-rate taxpayers ( ) , ( )
income
better-off people
well-off , ,
disproportionately -
crucial ,
to retain ,
spending cuts
to approve of ,
to chisel away , ,
provider ,
decent countries
to erode
to hand out benefits
to seize the opportunity
a host of small perks
winter-fuel allowance
contentious issue
fee ( )
to press ahead ( , )
tuition -
first-tier universities
bargain , ,
to work their way through
sustainable ,
academics
to take on ()
plausible arguments
to run down ,
2. What do the following dates and numbers mean:
2013, £44,000 ($70,000), £20, 15%, half of GDP, seven times as much, two plausible arguments, £3,290?
