Unit II. DEMOCRACY
← К разделуIX. Look through the text again
https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2009/0915/p09s02-coop.html
TASK A. Look through the text again and match the following words into collocations
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derision |
took centuries to get it right |
in the system |
a signatory to the social contract |
his trade means |
a gantlet of bandits |
anything but |
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aid |
a culture |
poverty, disease, exploitation, and murder. |
their plight |
cannot be rushed |
of democracy |
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to ply |
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running |
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the benefits |
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can be |
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a substitute for |
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facilitate |
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The destitute blame the government for |
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citizens have a stake |
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The voter is |
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worthy of |
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Democracy is |
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Europeans |
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building democracy |
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TASK B. Match the words in the box with their definitions:
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alienation |
forum |
facilitate |
take root |
underlie |
depose |
husbandry |
plight |
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a meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged |
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a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation |
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(of a plant) begin to grow and draw nourishment from the soil through its roots; become established |
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make (an action or process) easy or easier |
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the state or experience of being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved |
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the care, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals |
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be the cause or basis of (something) |
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put down , dethrone |
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TASK C. learn the topical vocabulary and be ready for a two-way translation
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террорист-смертник |
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вражда |
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способствовать |
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бедственное положение |
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быть жизненно заинтересованным в чём-л |
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буквально |
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обездоленные |
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изложить свою точку зрения |
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лежать в основе (чего-л.) |
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земледелие |
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сместить (с должности) |
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12. |
участник общественного договора |
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