Ex. 4. Get ready to speak on the problems modernization in Russia may face.

■ Vocabulary Study

Ex. 5. Match the synonyms:

1) to deteriorate 2) to work 3) to decline 4) to rush 5) to accomplish 6) to reproduce 7) to create

a) to hasten b) to labor c) to carry out d) to generate e) to replicate f) to decrease g) to worsen

Ex. 6. Match the words to form collocations found in the text:

1) high 2) geopolitical 3) crumbling 4) fully

a) infrastructure b) fledged c) race d) rate

Ex. 7. Write a noun or a verb in the space provided:

Verb	Noun
	competition
to survive
to decide
	definition
to fulfill
	bribe
to reveal
to renew
to deteriorate

Ex. 8. Give the definitions of the following words using an English-English dictionary:

1) a leap

2) a slogan

3) an array of

4) liberal

5) a bribe

6) subsequently

7) a boundary

8) vital

9) geopolitical

10) infrastructure

Ex. 9. Match the sentence halves to make appropriate sentences:

1) I am responsible and plan my finances and live 2) American citizens represent a vast array 3) Japanese voters show discontent 4) They carried out 5) The law applies to all commercial and residential buildings within 6) When we first met, neither of us wanted

a) the city boundaries. b) market research in different ways. c) to rush things.   d) with the ruling party. e) of ethnic backgrounds, religious beliefs, and cultural identifications. f) according to my means.

UNIT V

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

“Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind”

Philo (ancient Greek Philosopher, 15 BC-50)

Active Vocabulary

Abundance

изобилие

Accountability

подотчётность, ответственность

to acknowledge

признавать

Actual

фактический

to adopt

принимать

Assessment

оценка

to assume

принимать, допускать

Attainment

достижение

Awareness

осведомлённость

Bribe

взятка

Carrying

Capacity

экологическая ёмкость

Circulation

обращение

Circumstance

обстоятельство

to circumvent

обойти

to coin

изобретать

Commensurate

соответствующий

Commitment

приверженность

Community

сообщество

to compel

принуждать

Complication

осложнение

Consumption

потребление

Conventional

традиционный

to cope with

справляться с

Core

главный

Credibility

вера, доверие

to devise

разрабатывать

to eliminate

ликвидировать

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