Task 4. Learn the following words and use them in the given sentences.

a) to (dis)trust – trustful – trustworthy – truthful – trust - trusteeship

1. My colleagues will have to take the statement on ___________.

2. Russians ________ the Armed Forces more than any other security or law-enforcement body: 78.4% ______ them to a greater or lesser extent and 18.2% _______ them, according to a ROMIR-Gallup International public representative opinion poll conducted in mid-October.

3. Apart from that, changes made significantly influence the psychological state of a major part of the population due to a loss of the state __________ in part of social guarantees including getting medical care.

4. The ______________ Council is composed of five Member States, China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America.

5. Once in her possession there arose the perplexing problem of finding a _____________ man to put in charge of it.

6. In order to discover truth, we must be __________ ourselves.

7. Her eyes now were imploring, soft, and at the same time __________, caressing, timid.

b) (un/sub)conscious – consciousness – conscience – conscientious

1. Outside of Adelaide fifteen teenage girls from a private girls school were on an outing when all of them lost __________, and then regained it.

2. The dynamic of political _________ is excluded from the historical process in the interests of administrative order.

3. Her father had given her ___________ a dig there—she did cut her last day at school.

4. For the proof of the existence of the ________, we appeal to the _________________.

5. He was a most _____________ official, who had lived in a state of innocence up to the time of his marriage.

 

Task 3. Write an essay on the topic “Espionage, politics and diplomacy”.

“The Ides of March”

Release date: 2011

Director: George Clooney

Genre: Drama

 

Summary.

Stephen Meyers is an idealist who's brilliant at communications, is second in command of Governor Mike Morris's presidential campaign, and is a true believer. In the middle of the Ohio primary, the campaign manager of Morris's opponent asks Meyers to meet; he offers him a job. At the same time, Morris's negotiations for the endorsement of the man in third place, a North Carolina Senator, hit a snag. A young campaign intern, Molly Stearns, gets Stephen's romantic attention. Republicans have a trick up their sleeve; Stephen may be too trusting, and Molly has a secret. What's most important, career, victory, or virtue?

Task 1. Correct the mistakes in the definitions. Then complete the sentences with the words from the list.

1) Endorsement – the quality of being loyal

2) Funeral – the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks

3) Loyalty – a ceremony or service held shortly after a person’s death, usually including the person’s burial or cremation

4) Abortion – the action of endorsing someone or something

5) Blackmail – a person or group of people who stand outside a workplace or other venue as a protest or to try to persuade others not to enter during a strike

6) picket – the action, treated as a criminal offence, of demanding money from someone in return for not revealing compromising information which one has about them

 

a) The Secretary-General is seeking a strong _____________ from Member States for the entire package.

b) I had not wept in years, in fact, not since my mother’s ____________.

c) “What was really foolish, madame, is that you have placed yourself in the power of a band of rascals who may _________ or give you away.”

d) Just 30 years ago, a _________ line anywhere of any size and duration almost automatically meant violent assault by police or hoodlums, or others, in the employ of the bosses.

e) Here was the vengeance and the ____________ of the retainers.

f) _____________ is a mortal sin.

 

Task 2. Write a report and make a presentation about presidential election in one of the following countries: the Russian Federation, China, Japan, Turkey, one of the Arab countries.

Task 3. Choose 3 or 4 students who will play the role of candidates for the post of President. Other students can choose the role of reporters, voters and other. During the session students - candidates will make statements and will answer the questions of the audience, students who will play the role of the public and reporters. You may use examples of speech from the film.

Task 4. Write a piece of essay about relationship between politicians and mass media. Think about the title of your essay. It must be bright and reflect the main idea of your composition.

“Morning Glory”

 

Release date: 2010

Director: Roger Michell

Genre: Comedy | Romance