Practise reading modern press. Станкова Т.Ю. - 10 стр.

War II Japan and Germany were independent in making their
constitutional arrangements. 5. Even for weaker states sovereignty
remains attractive. 6. International recognition of a state guarantees
access to international financial organizations. 7. Nowadays the erosion
of national borders caused by globalization is a serious problem.
     VI. Ask five questions about the text.

     VII. Practise speaking about the topic considered in this article.
     Supposing you should be the teacher asking the students about
the problems of state’s sovereignty. Think over the aspects of the
problem you will touch upon.
     VIII. Practise writing about the theme discussed in this unit.
     At the seminar on sovereignty problems the teacher asks you
to sum up the article in writing. Complete the task.




                               UNIT 3
     I. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:

 contagious        [kχn′teω→χs]               hegemony         [hω′→emχni]
 financial         [faω′n n l]                compaign         [k m′peωn]
 Catholic          [k   lωk]                  area             [′eχriχ]
 privatization     [,praωvχtaω′zeωn]          ideology         [,aωdi′Ζlχ→i]

     II. Revise grammar rules.
     1. Analyse the syntactical structure of sentences (1) and (4) [§ 1].
     2. Analyse the syntactical structure of sentences (2) and (3) [§ 4].
     III. Read and translate the article into Russian.


                        Political contagion
     We live in a contagious world. Financial panic in Thailand sweeps
across Asia and engulfs Russia. HIV infects more than 34 million


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