World religions. Рахимбергенова М.Х. - 29 стр.

                                 U NI T S I X                                              e) The problem with ... societies is that they are only interested in material
                                                                                      success, according to one priest.
                                  REVISION                                                 f) She stared at the paintings of the ... with their sharp teeth and cruel eyes.
                                                                                      They made her feel frightened.
Part I                                                                                     g) If you live a good life you will definitely go to ... according to a Chris-
                                                                                      tian friend of mine. But I fear that if I go anywhere it will be to…
                      Pre-reading vocabulary exercises
      1. Match the names of religions with the names of places they are practiced          5. Name the adjective from each of these nouns: heaven, sin, devil, angel,
in.                                                                                   faith, demon, saint, prophet.
      Hinduism          synagogue
      Judaism           mosque
      Shintoism         monastery                                                         6. Find which of the adjectives in exercise 5 can go with these words or
      Buddhism          shrine                                                        phrases.
      Islam             temple                                                            a) ... thoughts   c) ... child      e) ... friend   g) ... acts
                                                                                          b) ... behaviour d) ... day         f) ... plot     h) ... plan
                        chapel
                                                                                           7. Read and translate the sentences paying attention to the words in italics,
     2. Name religions in which you could find these people. Rabbi, imam,             give definitions to the words in italics.
priest, monk, guru.                                                                        a) The temple contains a number of sacred objects, including one of Bud-
                                                                                      dha’s teeth.
      3. Match the verbs in Box A with their complements in Box B.                         b) She can’t eat meat. It’s against her religion.
                                                                                           c) The priest sprinkled the congregation with holy water.
                     A                                       B                             d) Our background, and our cultural and religious beliefs, will all affect the
                   Sing                                    a sin                      way we raise our children.
                   Chant                                in prayer                          e) The kids at this school belong to many different religions.
                    Say                                  a hymn                            f) The company welcomes applications from people of every race, creed
                   Kneel                                 a prayer                     and colour.
                  Preach                                a sermon                           g) A true believer would never eat meat, as killing any living thing is for-
                  Confess                             The holy book                   bidden.
                                                                                           h) Leaders of the various Christian denominations are meeting to discuss
     4. Complete the sentences below with words from the following list: mar-         church unity.
tyr, monk, pilgrims, forgiveness, repentance, secular, demons, heaven, hell.               i) Suleka has no objections to marrying someone of a different religious
     a) She knew that she must decide whether she had the courage to be a ...         faith.
and die for her faith.                                                                     j) Devout Muslims pray to Allah five times a day.
     b) I wouldn’t like to be a ... especially if I had to stay silent with all the        k) He says he’s a Jew but he’s not a practising one.
other men.
     c) I watched all the ... making their way to the shrine. They had been trav-
elling for more than two weeks and they were very tired but very happy.
     d) If you want my ... for the terrible things you have done you must realize
your mistakes. Unless I can see genuine signs of ... I will not have you back into
this house.

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