Practise reading modern press. Станкова Т.Ю. - 7 стр.

implement many of its laws. 7. At the assembly elected delegates
would represent individuals and society instead of states.
      VI. Ask five questions about the text.

      VII. Practise speaking about the topic considered in this article.
      Your friend hasn’t read the article «Toward Global Parliament»
which was his hometask. And he is sure to be asked about the article
at the seminar. Tell him in a few sentences what the article is about.
      VIII. Practise writing about the theme discussed in this unit.
     Write a letter to the editor’s office of the journal and express
your opinion about the article. Show where you agree or disagree
with the author.




                               UNIT 2
      I. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:

sovereignity          [′s] vrχnti]        status              [′steωtχs]
autonomous            [] :′tΖnχmχs]       Israelis            [ωz′reωlis]
challenge             [′± Iωn→]           Palistinians        [,p lχs′tωnωχnz]
euro                  [′j χrχ ]           Jerusalem           [→e′rΛ:sχlχm]
European              [,j χrχ′pi:χn]      nuclear             [′njΛ:kliχ]

     II. Revise grammar rules concerning the use of the article with abstract
nouns. Explain the use of the articles with abstract nouns in the text.

      III. Read and translate the article into Russian.


                              Sovereignty
     The idea of states as autonomous, independent entities is
collapsing under the combined onslaught of monetary unions, CNN,
the Internet, and nongovernmental organizations. But those who
proclaim the death of sovereignty misread history. The nation-state


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