LANGUAGE PRACTICE
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Ex.1. Give the corresponding verbs to the words below. Mind their pronunciation.
provision; concession; excessive; insult; imposition; defiance; deterrent
Ex.2. Match the words with their synonyms and learn them.
| incumbent | invasion, occupation, subjugation |
| to alter | prevention, restraint, restriction |
| immediate | current, present, existing |
| animosity | coalition, association, union |
| conquest | antagonistic, unfriendly, aggressive |
| alliance | direct, urgent, pressing |
| deterrent | change, adjust, correct |
| abdication | breach, violation, encroachment |
| hostile | resignation, renunciation, abandonment |
| infringement | hostility, hatred, enmity |
Ex.3. Match the terms with their definitions and learn them.
| 1)Casus belli | 1) A sustained, long-term downturn in economic activity, more severe than a recession, in one or more economies. |
| 2)The League of Nations | 2) The pursuit of pleasure; the belief that gaining pleasure is the most important thing in life. |
| 3)Prohibition in the United States | 3) An intergovernmental organization whose primary goals included preventing war through settling international disputes through negotiation. |
| 4)Economic depression | 4) The justification for acts of war to galvanize internal support for the war, as well as gain the support of potential allies. |
| 5) Hedonism | 5) The period from 1920 to 1933, during which the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption were banned in the USA. |
Ex.4. Complete the sentences by translating them into English. Use your active vocabulary. 1) The USA (объявить войну) Germany in 1917. 2) (Перемирие) was declared in 1918. 3) The Versailles (мирный договор) was signed in 1919. 4) U.S. Senate did not (ратифицировать) the Versailles treaty. 5) (Жажда наслаждений) coexisted with conservatism. 6) If we don't talk out our differences, they'll keep (вбивать клин) between us. 7) They claim that (военные расходы) is used as a device for managing the economy.8) He no longer felt any (враждебность) toward her. 9) The desire for (месть) can be overpowering. 10) The (потери) are estimated at thousands. 11) World War II ended in (безоговорочная капитуляция) of Germany.
Ex.5. Complete the text by inserting the prepositions from the box. Point out the key issues of Roosevelt's “New Deal”.
| within, up, for, into, in, by, with, by, over, up, at, by, through, out |
___ 1932 thousands of American banks and ___ 100,000 businesses had failed. Industrial production was cut ___ half, wages had decreased ___ 60 percent, and one ___ of every four workers was unemployed. That year Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president on the platform of "a New Deal ___ the American people". Roosevelt's self-confidence galvanized the nation. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he said ___ his inauguration. He followed ___ these words ___ decisive action. ___ three months Roosevelt rushed ___ Congress a great number of laws to help the economy recover. New agencies created millions of jobs ___ undertaking the construction of roads, bridges, airports, parks, and public buildings. Later the Social Security Act set ___ contributory old-age and survivors' pensions.
Roosevelt's New Deal programs did not end the Depression. Although the economy improved, full recovery had to await the defense buildup preceding America's entry ___ World War II.
Ex.6. Complete the text by inserting the words from the box. Find in the text words synonymous to the word “depression” and an antonym.
| taxation, nations, Stock Exchange, downturn, social-welfare, ensuring, collapse, domestic, slump, insurance, imposing, recovery |
The Great Depression began with a catastrophic ____ of stock-market prices on the New York ____ in October 1929. Many other countries had been affected by the ____.
Almost all nations sought to protect their ____ production by ____ tariffs, raising existing ones, and setting quotas on foreign imports. Prior to the Great Depression, governments traditionally took little or no action in times of business ____.Market forces alone proved unable to achieve the desired ____ in the early years of the Great Depression. After the Great Depression, government action in the form of ____, industrial regulation, social ____, ____ services, or deficit spending, came to assume a principal role in ____ economic stability in most industrial ____ with market economies.
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