Give Russian equivalents of the following words and phrases.

A voter; to take... per cent of the vote; to be likely to do smth; to be ahead of smb; by a great margin; under smb's government; a rival; to come in second; a threshold; to hold elections; to take a lead; to express concern over smth; to carry out an agenda; to spark tensions; secular; social welfare; to be satisfied with smth; to adopt an attitude.

Give English equivalents of the following words and phrases and reproduce the sentences from the text with this active vocabulary.

При... правительстве; вызывать напряжение; светский; соперник; занять позицию; опережать кого-либо; вероятно (что-то произойдет); быть вторым; порог; проводить выборы; избиратель; выразить озабоченность о чем-либо; лидировать; социальное обеспечение; с большим преимуществом; быть удовлетворенным чем-либо; получить... процентов голосов; реализовывать повестку.

Read the article again and answer the questions.

1. What party took a lead in Turkish elections?

2. What were voters angry at?

3. What share of vote did the Justice and Development Party take?

4. What is leading party likely to do?

5. Was the Justice and Development Party ahead by a small margin?

6. How will Turkey live under the new government?

7. Who came in second in the elections?

8. What was the threshold to enter parliament?

9. What did the Turkish Prime Minister express concern over?

10. Who did the Justice party spark tension with?

11. What sphere did the Justice party promise to concentrate on?

12. What may members of the Justice party be dissatisfied with?

5. Using the given «package words» express your agreement or disagreement with the following statements.

Agreement: Icouldn't agree more./I fully agree with you./It appears to me to be true.

Partial agreement: To some extent it is true./It is right but up to a point.

Disagreement: I'mafraid it's not quite right./I would object to.../On the contrary.

1. The Justice and Development Party was ahead by a small margin in Turkish elections.

2. The Justice party was likely to be able to form a government without coalition partners.

3. According to the Justice party leader under the new government, Turkey will pursue the EU membership.

4. The Justice Party's rival Prime Minister's party was taking 1 per cent of the vote and coming in second.

5. The threshold to enter the parliament is 15 per cent.

6. The Prime Minister expressed concern over the Justice party's Islamic roots.

7. Many of the party's loyalists were members of previous more radical movement and may not be satisfied with the non-confrontational attitude adopted by their leaders.

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