Ex. 6. Read the two descriptions. Which country would you prefer to live in? Why?

Unit 0

Ex. 1. Where do they work? Using a dictionary put the following people in as many places in the table as possible.

	consulate	embassy	ministry	Official residence (e.g. The White House)	palace	parliament	United Nations
ambassador
consul
Diplomat
emperor
foreign minister
foreign secretary (Britain)
secretary of state (USA)
secretary general
head of state
King
president
prime minister
queen

Ex. 2. Give an example (either from the past or the present) of each of the following.

border empire continent country state region

hemisphere community province

Ex. 3. Fill in the blanks with words from exercises 1 and 2. The first letter of the missing word is given to help you in some cases.

E meria today recalled its a) ____________from Darda 'for consultation' after a b)__________ incident in which Dardan troops crossed into Northern Emeria. Carlo Fredricks, Emeria's c) _________________, on a visit to the United Nations, said that unless Dardan soldiers stopped the incursions into his country's territory the government of d) P_____ _____ Bandrikarta would have to think seriously about retaliation.

e) P__________ Sylvia Ngobole of Darda, speaking from the f) __________ in Fallo, her g) __________ 's capital, blamed members of the Emerian armed forces for the incidents, saying they had provoked the Dardan troops. She warned Emeria that any use of force would be met by equal force from her own soldiers. As tension mounts in the

h) ________Maria Richardson, Secretary General of the United Nations, has invited both sides to bilateral talks at the UN headquarters.

Ex. 4. Bilateral means 'two-sided'. What words would you use for the following?

a) a decision you take on your own, whether or not other people agree (e.g. action, disarmament)

b) something done with three groups (e.g. talks, arms agreement)

c) something done with a lot of groups (e.g. disarmament, talks, peace-keeping force)

What other words can you think of which start with the same prefixes?

Ex. 5. Describe either a country other than your own international event from the recent past using as many of the words from exercises 1 to 3 as possible.

ex. 6. Read the two descriptions. Which country would you prefer to live in? Why?

DARDA exports beans and rice and imports just about everything else. There is a serious trade imbalance between it and its partners (including Emeria). Darda has asked for foreign aid to help it deal with the current food shortage. Amnesty International has detailed widespread abuse of human rights, including imprisonment without trial. There arc allegations of torture. The Emerian government has asked the United Nations to impose economic sanctions on its neighbour because of its human rights record and because of the problems at the border.

EMERIA enjoys good relations with its trading partners, but it has no oil and has to depend on other countries for its supply. Recently it has asked the World Bank for a loan of $250 million to help it rebuild its industrial capacity. There are many so-called political prisoners in Emeria and the death penalty exists for many crimes (including subversion against the state). But there is no real evidence of torture or imprisonment without trial. A faction in the country (the Emerian People's Liberation Army) has recently taken three Western journalists as hostages in their campaign for independence for the northern province of Kasmul.

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