Functional Styles. Афанасьева Н.Р - 15 стр.

       16. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to              25. In the long history of the world, only a few generations have
negotiate.                                                                     been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum
       17. Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of be-        danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it. I do not
laboring those problems which divide us.                                       believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or
       18. Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and pre-      any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we
cise proposals for the inspection and control of arms, and bring the           bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it. And
absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of          the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
all nations.                                                                         26. And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can
       19. Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead        do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts,              27. My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do
eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and            for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
commerce.
       20. Let both sides unite to heed, in all corners of the earth, the
command of Isaiah – to "undo the heavy burdens . . . [and] let the
oppressed go free."
       21. And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle
of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor – not a new
balance of power, but a new world of law – where the strong are just,
and the weak secure, and the peace preserved. All this will not be
finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first
one thousand days; nor in the life of this Administration; nor even per-
haps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.
       22. In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest             28. Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the
the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was             world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacri-
founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give                fice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure re-
testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who           ward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead
answered the call to service surround the globe.                               the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that
       23. Now the trumpet summons us again – not as a call to bear            here on earth God's work must truly be our own.
arms, though arms we need – not as a call to battle, though embattled
we are – but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year             4. Before working on the text, make sure you know all the
in and year out, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, a struggle         words and expressions. Give equivalents of the following ones:
against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and                    To officially end
war itself.
                                                                                     Enemy (*2)
       24. Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alli-
                                                                                     Separated suddenly or violently
ance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful
life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort?                         To be affected by
                                                                                     To suddenly let smth. have its full effect

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