Федеральное агентство по образованию
ББК 81.2
Омский государственный университет им. <...> Материал, подобранный для учебного издания, соответствует по
тематике и уровню лексической наполняемости и сложности требованиям преподавания английского языка студентам V (заключительного) курса факультета иностранных языков.
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UNIT ONE
NEWS
Part I (English)
The World Of Politics
Work in pairs (small groups) and translate the following into
Russian:
Section 1
• Sudan says it is ready to consider giving Darfur federal statehood after talks with African leaders in Tripoli.
• The UK's defence secretary is to address parliament on proposals to put some troops under US command in Iraq.
• A top North Korean official is visiting China for talks expected
to focus on the North's nuclear programme.
• Vladimir Putin opens the first Russian military base on the
border of Tajikistan since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
• French Foreign Minister vows to fight mounting anti-Semitism
in his country while visiting Israel.
• George W Bush and John Kerry showed deep differences over
domestic policies in the final US presidential debate.
• Poll organisers in Afghanistan ask the UN to investigate alleged voter fraud in the presidential election.
• The EU lifts sanctions against Libya and ends an arms embargo, under strong Italian pressure.
• A leading Islamic preacher is back in Turkey to face treason
charges after being extradited by Germany. <...> Vocabulary Notes:
1. to give (federal) statehood
2. the collapse of the Soviet Union
3. domestic policies
4. to investigate voter fraud
5. presidential election
6. to lift sanctions (against)
7. to end an (arms) embargo
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8. to face charges
Section 2
• Iraq invites the UN nuclear experts to check on the disappearance of materials from its former nuclear sites.
• Heavy US bombing raids spark a fresh exodus of residents
from the rebel-held city of Falluja in Iraq.
• Brazil's top general leading Haiti peacekeepers says comments
by US Democrat John Kerry boosted unrest.
• Australia has turned <...>