Make up your own sentences in Ukrainian, using your active vocabulary, and let your classmates interpret them.81. Read and translate the text, paying special attention to the underlined words and expressions: Hamas: People Power The radical Islamists win support by keeping streets clean. How will Israel cope with them? The first thing that people in the West Bank town of al-Bireh noticed about their new mayor was that he turned up for work on time. His predecessors had often arrived late, if at all, but Omar Hamayel, 29, has a lot to do. Although al-Bireh is wealthy compared to other towns in the West Bank, its streets are littered with garbage, streetlights and water pipes are broken, and unemployment is high. “The fact that when the staff come to work I am here and when they leave I am still here means that they see a sense of responsibility becoming a reality,” says Hamayel, a former chemistry teacher who was elected mayor a month ago. His employees have taken notice. “He’s at his desk by 8 a.m., and works after the doors are closed and people leave,” says Ahmad Arqoub, a civil servant employed by the town since 1980. “He is really trying to make a good impression.” Whether Hamayel and politicians like him succeed may well influence the future of the Middle East. Hamayel is a member of Hamas, the radical Islamic group labeled terrorist by the U.S. that has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings, gun battles and rocket attacks in its campaign to destroy the Jewish state. But Hamas is also a major political force, positioning itself as the rival to Fatah, the party of former leader Yasser Arafat and current Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. In local elections last year, Hamas won control of towns and cities across the Gaza Strip and West Bank, and is set to gain strength in parliamentary elections this week. That would make it a key player in any future negotiations with Israel. “Wehave credibility on the street,” says Hamayel. “People know we’re not going to compromise our principles.” In towns like al-Bireh, Hamas has built popular support by providing a disciplined alternative to Fatah, which is seen by many Palestinians as corrupt, inefficient and unable to run a garbage-collection service, let alone negotiate for a state with Israel. Hamas has long run its own medical clinics, schools and soup kitchens for the poor, mostly in its Gaza stronghold. In last year’s local elections, Palestinian voters gravitated toward Hamas because of its reputation for having “members with a clean record,” as Mayor Hamayel puts it. Residents of towns where Hamas won control say they are now better run than they were under Fatah. In Qalqiliya on the West Bank, taken over by Hamas in June, the council has paid off the town’s debt and balanced its budget, and has begun rebuilding roads. Even in al-Bireh, where Hamas has governed for less than a month, there are signs of improvement: the streets are being cleaned and last week teams of men were installing new stoplights hours after the end of the workday. Israeli officials warn that Hamas’ political moves shouldn’t be mistaken for true moderation. Knesset members said last week they won’t deal with any Palestinian government that includes Hamas in leadership positions until the group disarms. Hamas has mostly stuck to a year-old self-imposed cease-fire, though an Israeli security official told TIME that rockets fired from Gaza into Israel are still made by Hamas operatives who pass them to other radical groups. Though most Palestinians say they want peace, Hamas is not ready to renounce its tactics, including suicide bombings. “Any right without force to protect it will be a right lost”, says Sheikh Abu Tir, 55, a leading Hamas candidate in East Jerusalem. For now, the party is shifting between tough-guy talk and moderation. As it gains power, Hamas may come under pressure from Europe and the U.S. to open talks with Israel – something senior Hamas officials hinted last week they would consider. But negotiating a settlement that recognizes Israel’s right to exist would also force Hamas to renounce the ideology on which it was founded. Success for Hamas will cause problems for Fatah and Israel, but it could create even bigger uncertainties inside the party itself. 82. Find Ukrainian equivalents to the following words and expressions from the text: unemployment, to be elected mayor, civil servant, Hamas, gun battle, rocket attack, Fatah, current president, the Gaza Strip, West Bank, negotiations, to build popular support by, stronghold, voter, clean record, Knesset, leadership position, to disarm, to renounce, to come under pressure, settlement 83. Translate the following sentences into English, using your active vocabulary: 1) Офіційний рівень безробіття в Італії серед молоді складає близько 40 %; в той час як оптимальним є рівень, який не перевищує 9%. 2) У наступну сесію Верховна Рада буде розглядати питання підвищення зарплатні держслужбовцям. 3) У перестрілці під Багдадом загинуло двоє військових, поранено четверо. 4) Фатх і Хамас – дві радикальні партії, які борються за владу в Палестині. 5) Низка терактів відбулася вчора вночі у секторі Газа та на західному березі ріки Йордан. 6) Партії БЮТ та «Наша Україна» здобули підтримку в населення завдяки обіцянкам знищити корупцію. 7) Сьогодні Партію Регіонів підтримують 33% виборців, БЮТ – 24%. 8) Від того, хто очолить Кабінет Міністрів Ізраїлю, значним чином залежить його майбутня політика. 9) ООН закликає Хамас роззброїтися та сісти за стіл переговорів з Ізраїлем. 10) Якщо підприємства опиняться під ще більшим тиском податків, малоймовірно, що ці структури вийдуть із тіні. 11) З того часу як пана Добкіна було обрано мером, ставлення до нього серед населення значно змінилося. 12) Екстремісти підійшли до міста на світанку і відразу почали ракетний обстріл. 13) Теперішній Президент Франції Ніколя Саркозі має намір переглянути соціальну політику країни. 14) Польща та Білорусія проводять переговори щодо будівництва газопроводу з Росії в обхід території України. 15) Так склалося, що осередок підтримки Партії Регіонів лежить на Сході та Півдні України. 16) Після перемоги помаранчевої революції посади отримували люди, в яких було чисте досьє. 17) Згідно з опитуванням громадської думки, Владімір Путін все ще займає лідируючу позицію в рейтингу російських політиків. 18) ЄС закликають США відмовитися від агресивної зовнішньої політики. 19) Конфлікт між Великою Британією та Росією потребує негайного врегулювання.
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