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òåððîðèñòîâ; âåðà â íàãðàäó â Ðàþ; íåíàâèñòü ê âðàãó; äåéñòâè-
òåëüíî ñëàáîå ìåñòî òåððîðèñòîâ-ñàìîóáèéö; ïîëó÷èòü çíà÷è-
òåëüíóþ âûãîäó; ñîâðåìåííîå ïîíèìàíèå; ñëóæáà ðàçâåäêè.
      III. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word or phrase from those given
below: paradise, existed, intelligence service, recruiter, sacrificed.
      1. Suicide terrorism ... for many centuries. 2. The task of ... is to
find a suitable candidate to carry out a terrorist act. 3. ... is the garden
of Eden, where Adam and Eve lived. 4. She ... everything for her
children. 5. ... are the people that collect secret information about a
foreign country.
      IV. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.
     1. Â XI âåêå â Ñåâåðíîé Ïåðñèè ìóñóëüìàíñêèå òåððîðèñ-
òû-ñàìîóáèéöû ïðîäâèãàëè âïåðåä äåëî èñëàìà. 2. Îíè ñ÷èòàëè
ñåáÿ ìó÷åíèêàìè. 3. Îíè æåðòâîâàëè ñîáîé çà äåëî èñëàìà. 4. Âåð-
áîâùèêè ÷àñòî ýêñïëóàòèðóþò ðåëèãèîçíûå âåðîâàíèÿ áóäó-
ùèõ òåððîðèñòîâ. 5. Âî âñåì ìèðå ðàñòåò ñîòðóäíè÷åñòâî ðàçâå-
äûâàòåëüíûõ ñëóæá.
      V. State if the sentences are true to fact.
      1. Suicide terrorism appeared in the 20th century. 2. The Assassin
Muslim fighters in Northern Percia advanced the cause of Islam.
3. Both ancient and modern suicide terrorists are merely the product
of religious fervor. 4. There are people who have potential willingness
to sacrifice themselves for a cause. 5. The task of recruiters is to produce
candidates. 6. Suicide bombers are merely instruments of terrorist
leaders.
      VI. Ask five questions about the text.

      VII. Practise speaking about the topic considered in the article.
     Supposing you should be at the seminar on modern terrorism.
Use the article «Rational Fanatics» and give a talk on the history of
Islamic terrorism.
      VIII. Practise writing about the theme discussed in this unit.
     Read the article «Rational Fanatics» again and write a letter to
the editor’s office of the journal. Write whether you consider Islam
to be responsible for the spreading of terrorism in the world.


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