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sometimes with powerful effects — the spread of political models is
usually slower and less dramatic than optimists or pessimists expect.
Fads get attention and may look powerful for a while, but most
societies are still surprisingly resistant to outside influences.

               Exercises to the text «Political contagion»

         I. Find the following words in the text, translate them and learn them by
heart:
      HIV, rise (n), fall (n), to ban, to emerge, to spread, to expand,
an uprising, revolt, boundary, to facilitate, extinction, contemporary,
influence, to impact
         II. Find English equivalents of the following in the text:
     ìèð, â êîòîðîì âñå ïëîõîå áûñòðî ðàñïðîñòðàíÿåòñÿ; ÂÈ×;
ðàñïðîñòðàíåíèå ïîëèòè÷åñêèõ èäåé; âûñîêèå öåíû íà òîïëè-
âî; ïîäúåì è êðóøåíèå êîììóíèçìà; ïîëèòè÷åñêîå çàðàæåíèå;
Ñðåäíèå âåêà; ðàñïðîñòðàíèëñÿ ïî âñåìó ìèðó; Âåëèêàÿ äåï-
ðåññèÿ; «õîëîäíàÿ âîéíà»; óñèëåííîå âûñòóïëåíèå ïðîòèâ ñî-
âåòñêîãî ðåæèìà; ðàñïðîñòðàíåíèå äåìîêðàòè÷åñêèõ èäåàëîâ;
âîçíèêíîâåíèå áîëåå ñïðàâåäëèâîãî ìèðîâîãî ïîðÿäêà; ãîñó-
äàðñòâåííûå ãðàíèöû; ðàñïðîñòðàíÿòü áåñïîðÿäêè íà áîëåå îá-
øèðíûå îáëàñòè; ãëîáàëèçàöèÿ óïðîñòèò ðàñïðîñòðàíåíèå àìå-
ðèêàíñêîãî îáðàçà æèçíè è ó÷ðåæäåíèé; óãðîæàÿ êóëüòóðíûì
âûìèðàíèåì áîëåå ñëàáûì îáùåñòâàì; ñîâðåìåííàÿ ìèðîâàÿ ïî-
ëèòèêà; ïðåóâåëè÷èâàòü åãî âëèÿíèå; âíåøíèå âëèÿíèÿ.
      III. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word or phrase from those given
below: the revolt, spreading, contemporary, HIV, the rise and fall, influences.
      1. ... is an infectuous desease that can be passed from one person
to another through dirty syringes. 2. Terrorism is now ... all over the
world. 3. This book deals with ... of British Empire. 4. In ... world most
societies are still resistant to outside ... . 5. The army quickly crushed...
         IV. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.
    1. Ãëîáàëèçàöèÿ èìååò îãðîìíîå âëèÿíèå íà ïîëèòè÷åñêèå
èäåè. 2. Ñòàðøåå ïîêîëåíèå íàáëþäàëî ðàñöâåò è ïàäåíèå êîì-
ìóíèçìà. 3. Êàòîëèöèçì âîçíèê â Ðèìå è ðàñïðîñòðàíèëñÿ ïî
âñåìó ìèðó. 4. Íåêîòîðûå ëþäè îïàñàþòñÿ, ÷òî ãëîáàëèçàöèÿ


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