COMPREHENSION CHECK

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 421.

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

1. to be blessed by a baby boom

2. to postpone or even to cancel sporting events

3. to quash Americans' illusion of the country's invulnerability

4. to commemorate the victims of 9/11 at the St.-Hedwigs Cathedral

5. to gather in remembrance of the victims of the attacks

6. to hold Arab-Americans and Muslims responsible for the terrorist attacks

7. to committ hate crimes against Muslim or Arabic-looking people

8. to counteract the population's aggression

9. irritability, insomnia, lack of concentration

10. overeating, separation anxiety, recurring thoughts

11. to treat effects of posttraumatic stress disorder

12. to intensify taking drugs to come to grips with trauma

13. weapons of mass destruction

14. to come to terms with locating and fighting terrorism origins

15. to establish long-lasting peace between

I. Answer the following questions to check how carefully you have read the texts:

1.How did life of ordinary people change?

2.What fears arouse after the attacks?

3.What positive change could be observed?

4.Where did people go to find security?

5. Why did violence against Muslims begin to increase?

6. What was the main difference between the points of view of Americans and people in the

7. Middle East when asked about the main reasons of terrorist attacks of 9/11?

8. Were there any antiwar demonstrations and where did they take place?

9. Is there any strategy to combat terrorism and what steps can be taken?

10. How can governments prevent terrorist attacks?

11. How can the rights of minorities be protected if they often contradict the rights of majority?

II. Now decide whether the statement is true or false; correct those that are wrong:

1. Panic buying was common and many were afraid of using drinking water because they thought it could be poisoned.

2. Nine months after the terrorist acts the USA were blessed with baby boom.

3. US government tried to ease people's fears.

4. The US government spent additional USD 60 mln. On security for the Winter Olympics 2002

in Salt Lake city.

5. The fear of war generated a national feeling which made it possible to criticize the government's foreign policy.

6. Many people who were looking for security found it in religius faith or the church.

7. President Bush “urged the American people to hold Arab-Americans and Muslims responsible for the terrorist attacks”.

8. Everyone who experiences trauma requires treatment afterwards.

9. Drinking alcohol, smoking and drug taking increased after 9/11.

10. Young people from the Middle East demonstrated on the streets to denounce the US and praise the Al-Quaeda network.