Lately Worked out in the U.S.

Probably nо subject is as … today as the technique and practice of … and mediation. The problems of the world are increasingly complicated and numerous. The fates of nations and … are inextricably linked as communication and technology bind us together. At the same time, war (as anextension of diplomacy) has become an unthinkable alternative, and people are … … а way tо fight violence without giving in tо it.

All too frequently in the past, diplomats and … have been left to learn the art of negotiation on their own. Few concerned attempts have to help practitioners to share what they learned and to work … with academics who are trying to investigate the field and tо test various theories and … of negotiation.

Therefore, when the Center for the Study of Foreign Affairs was established in late 1982, it was decided that one of its areas would be … … and negotiation and that an attempt would be made to … … … between the practitioner and the academic … … …. The Center, а part of the Foreign Service Institute, provides а … … Foreign Service officers tо reflect and work … … … of interest and encourages cooperation between the State Department and the foreign affairs community. Its approach, and the approach of the Foreign Service Institute in general, is … … the best of the practitioner's … … … and the best of the theoretical and conceptual work of the academic.

1. conflict resolution; 2. bridge the gap; 3. peoples; 4. to synthesize; 5. closely; 6. methods; 7. facility for; 8. negotiation; 9. in this field; 10. important; 11. on research projects; 12. looking for; 13. negotiators; 14. experience and skill; 15. been made;

1. Why is the technique and practice of negotiation so important today?

2. In which way did the diplomats and negotiators learn the art of negotiation?

3. What did academics do in this field?

4. Which institutions in the US were involved in solving the problem of researching and studying negotiation?

5. What is the main approach of the institutions to the problem?

EXERCISE3. Practice your abilities in discussion.

Read the article to find out the main ideas and make up a plan of it in written form. Discuss some points mentioned below the text in pairs, expressing agreements or disagreements, exclamations, additions as well as summarizing your ideas (for the purpose use the material of section 2). Then retell it using your plan.

1. an ambience - охват

2. to orchestrate - оркестровать

3. cuisine - кухня

4. а ploy – дело, проделка, работа

5. to convey – передавать, сообщать

6. а load – груз, бремя

7. an agenda – повестка дня

8. а magnanimity - великодушие

9. ambiguous - двусмысленный

10. to resort - прибегать

11. stalling tactics – тактика введения в заблуждение, уклонения

12. tо protract - выдвигаться

13. premature - преждевременный

14. explicitly – внешне выраженно, имея второй смысл

15. irreconcilable – непримиримый, противоречивый

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