Practise reading modern press. Станкова Т.Ю. - 4 стр.

                                UNIT 1
       I. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:

    parliament      [′pa: lχmχnt]         globalization        [,glχ bχlaω′zeωn]
    association     [χ,sχ si′eωn]         civil                [′sωvl]
    forum           [f] : rχm]            society              [sχ′saωχti]
    assembly        [χ′semblω]            voluntary            [′vΖlχntri]
    environment     [ωn′vaωrχnmχnt]

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


                   Toward Global Parliament
      One crucial aspect of the rising disaffection with globalization
is the lack of citizen partici pation in the global institutions that
shape people’s daily lives.
      But on the other hand civil society, made up of nonprofit
organizations and voluntary associations dedicated to civic, cultural,
humanitarian, and social causes, has begun to act as an independent
international force (1). The largest and most prominent of these
organizations include Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Oxfam,
and the International Committee of the Red Cross; in addition, the
U.N. now lists more than 3,000 civil society groups.
      During the 1990s, these transnational forces effectively promoted
treaties to limit global warming, establish an international criminal
court, and outlaw anti personnel mines (2). These same actors also
helped persuade the International court of Justice to render an
advisory opinion on the legality of nuclear weapons and defeat a
multilateral investment agreement. More recently civil groups mounted
a drive to cancel the foreign debts of the world’s poorest countries.
Although these efforts remain works in progress, civil society to
date has been indispensable in furthering them.


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