Study the media information related to drug issues. What are the most flagrant cases?

Set up an imaginary commission which is to deal with police involvement in drug trade. What experts should be invited? Why?

 

Vocabulary 12

 

	1	2	3
238) crystal methamphetamine
239) the Salvation Army's
240) detox centre
241) charity
242)  a drop-off in the numbers of people
243) people addicted to ice
244) a spiked increase
245) National Drug and Alcohol  Research Centre
246) get a bad reputation
247) have negative effects  of using a drug
248) check oneself in for a drug addiction
249) get into punch-ups
250) burn down smth to a puddle on the ground
251) annual drug figures
252) availability
253) constantly evolving challenge
254) take a firm line on smth
255) the use of illicit drugs
256) highlight the dangers of a drug
257) pleasing

What countries are the most successful in their war on drugs?

Compose a charter of an international organization which can aim to protect society from the drug-related crime.

 

Vocabulary 14

 

	1	2	3
258) step down as President
259) hand over\ transfer power to smb
260) temporarily
261) spark boisterous/little reaction
262) a revolutionary icon
263) rumpled
264) military fatigues
265) dodge smth thrown at smb
266) an invasion bid
267) an assassination plot
268) trade embargo
269) take the world to the brink of nuclear war
270) let some country put ballistic missiles
271) a 13-day stand-off
272) constitute an explicit threat to smth
273) leave office in a coffin
274) a military coup
275) on his own terms
276) secure a smooth transition of power to smb
277) every single effort
278) pragmatic policy of civil relations
279) motorists are honking their horns

 

What is the situation in Cuba like today?

Compose three possible scenarios of Cuba’s development in the next decade?

 

 

Vocabulary 14

 

	1	2	3
280) blanket ban on flights
281) volcanic cloud
282) volcanic ash
283) catastrophic engine failure
284) bank-up of passengers
285) frustrated
286) stranded passengers/commuters
287) uneasy scene
288) yell and jeer at police
289) immigration delays
290) civil unrest
291) publicans
292) air lockdown
293) reassess the blanket ban
294) set up a hub
295) reasonable lift capacity
296) lift people
297) effect pharmaceutical supplies
298) bone-marrow donation deliveries

What natural disasters are most often reported in news programs?

Analyse the measures of airports and airlines in April,2010 after Iceland’s volcano eruption?

What could have been done differently?

Vocabulary 15

 

	1	2	3
299) the Korean Peninsula
300) vow to push ahead with
301) a live-fire military exercise
302) grave threats of retaliation
303) shell some place
304) convene a meeting
305) Yeonpyeong Island
306) bombardment
307) artillery strikes
308) shelling exercise
309) barrage
310) teeter on the brink of war
311) military drill
312) fire-and-brimstone warnings
313) sick and tired
314) bow before one’s threats
315) scream for revenge
316) shelling attack
317) regime's brutality
318) starve of information
319) stop shells from falling on smth

Why situation in the Korean Peninsula is especially dangerous?

Write a note of protest of one party to another bearing in mind the situation in the Korean Peninsula.

 

Vocabulary 16

 

	1	2	3
320) lawyers for smb
321) the death penalty
322) build a case against smb
323) have smb extradited
324) face (some crime)charges
325) sexual assault
326) grant permission
327) hand legal argument to the        media
328) a house arrest
329) a condition of one’s bail
330) raise the ire
331) classified US government         cables
332) the army intelligence        analyst in custody
333) unabated
334) Cablegate
335) whistleblower
336) take legal revenge against
337) an ex lover
338) a pretext for a criminal         prosecution
339) land smb in an electric chair
340) foreign jurisdictions
341) face torture
342) in the appalling state         of affairs
343) give a firm commitment
344) render or permit to be         rendered
345) the realms of proper justice

1. Why has Julian Assange’s case acquired the worldwide publicity?

Write a norm for the International Law that can help local jurisdictions to deal with the

Cases of the kind?

 

SELECTED KEYS

Keys to Text 1

Ex.1. 3 a)

civilize	civilisation	orchestrate	orchestrating
prosper	prosperity	vary	variety
terrorise	terrorising	suffer	suffering
conscript	conscription	accuse	accusation

Ex.1. 3 b)

1. The civilization of ancient Greece flowered more than 2500 years ago but it influences the way we live today.
2. He denied the accusation that he had lied to the police.
3. Prosperity often encompasses wealth but also includes others factors which are independent of wealth to varying degrees, such as happiness and health.
4. A variety of inexpensive goods are sold here.
5. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of orchestrating the conflict in Georgia to benefit one of its presidential election candidates.
6. Louis XIV combined legal persecution with the policy of terrorising recalcitrant Huguenots.
7. They hope these new drugs will help to bring an end to the suffering of patients.
8. Conscription, compulsory military service for young men, has been a contentious issue throughout Australia's history.

Ex.1. 4 a)

1) plead not guilty	to all charge
2) terrorize	the people
3) face	charges
4) conscript	soldiers
5) hack off	limbs
6) privy	to the orders
7) armed	militia

Ex. 1.4 b)

 

1)Yesterday in Royal Court two men pleaded not guilty Thursday to all charges they created panic

2) The Coles are privy to a lot of history surrounding the outhouse and are determined to bring the place back to its golden era....

3) We never terrorise the people or intimidate the people," Lieutenant-Colonel told me.

4) We shall not need to conscript our soldiers any more, if our army becomes an army of professionals.

5) At 1:30 p.m., a bus stopped in front of the entrance gate and an armed militia of approximately 40 heavily armed gunmen got out, firing at the people in the encampment.

 

Keys to Text 2

Background information:

 

The MV Tampa is a Norwegian cargo ship.

In August 2001, under Captain Arne Rinnan, a diplomatic dispute brewed between Australia, Norway, and Indonesia after Tampa had rescued 439 Afghans from a distressed fishing vessel in international waters. The Afghans wanted passage to nearby Christmas Island. The Australian government sought to prevent this by refusing Tampa entry into Australian waters, insisting on their disembarkment elsewhere, and deploying the SASR (Australian Special Air Service Regiment) to board the ship. At the time of the incident, Tampa carried $20 million AUD worth of cargo and 27 crew.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Tampa)

Ex.2. 3 a)

canvass	- canvassing	convene	- convention
intercept	-interception	verify	-verification
enter	- entrance	sign	- signature
secure	- security	involve	- involvement

 

Ex.2. 3 b)

1. The group has been canvassing neighbourhoods to ask people to vote for him.
2. The Joint Council community has been actively involved with the implementation of the Hague Convention in the United States for over the past decade.
3. The thieves gained entrance to our house by breaking a window.
4. Then there was no British law controlling phone tapping, or making unauthorised interception (such as by foreign intelligence agencies) illegal.
5. There is a place for your signature at the bottom of the form.
6. Check verification is the process in which a company or individual checks the validity of a check to ensure funds are available, or looks into the account holder's banking history.
7. Today's advanced security systems can be installed almost anywhere
8. We are committed to offering opportunities for personal involvement and growth for each employee.

 

Ex.2. 4 a)

1) to canvass	the possibility of forcing boats
2) illegal entrance	into Australia
3) we intercept	these people
4) nationals fleeing	from the country
5) a breach of	international law
6) to uphold	sovereignty
7) to safeguard one’s borders	against illegal actions

Ex.2. 4 b)

1) He will canvass the possibility of Red China's agreement to U.S. principle of "no recourse to force."

2) When people smugglers violated sea borders of Indonesia, it sent warships to intercept the people, seemingly genuine refugees.

3) The Court of Appeal had been seeking to reflect the fact that often breach of international law would be breach of confidence or breach of contract.

4) Why would we listen to someone from the Netherlands when our nationals are fleeing from the country for fear of radical Islam?

5) The United States and the Philippines have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate and safeguard against illegal actions of textiles transhipments.

6) Imbued with lofty idea of patriotism, the Communist Party of India upholds the sovereignty and independenceof India, fights for national unity

 

Keys to Text 3

Ex.3. 3 a)

expel	- expulsion	eliminate	- elimination
reveal	- revelation	persuade	- persuasion
embarrass	- embarrassment	stabilize	- stabilization
regenerate	- regeneration	acknowledge	- acknowledgement

 

Ex.3. 3 b)

1. The May 1928 Reichstag elections seemed to reflect the economic and political stabilization of the Weimar Republic.
2. Barkis rubbed his cheek with his cuff, and then looked at his cuff as if he expected to find some of the bloom upon it; but made no other acknowledgement of the compliment.
3. Expulsion from a UK independent school means permanent removal from the school.
4. The Commission has also described the practical measures which can be taken to bring about the verifiable elimination of nuclear weapons and the full safeguarding of militarily usable nuclear material.
5. A scientist might be personally disappointed and embarrassed if one of his hypotheses was proven wrong, but would not normally suffer professional embarrassment as a result.
6. The capacity for regeneration varies widely in animals, with some able to regenerate whole limbs and others not, but the capacity is reduced significantly in more complex animals.
7. It would take a lot of persuasion to get him to agree to such an offer.
8. The meaning of this statement is that God continually speaks to His children, and He does so through His spirit in the form of personal revelation, and also through prophets to the world.

Ex.3. 4 a)

1) expulsion of	high-ranking foreign officials
2) acting head of	government
3) decision	to expel smb
4) secret	intelligence service
5) eliminate	the leadership
6) analysts	on the ground
7) religious	extremists
8) tribal	chiefs
9) factions	within the Taliban
10) to have	a say
11) power-sharing	arrangement
12)  more inclusive	the European Union's mission

 

Ex.3. 4 b)

 

1) The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan is holding talks with government officials over the expulsion of high-ranking foreign officials accused of espionage.

2) When Fiji's power-sharing arrangements came into effect in 1999, they were seen as a path towards ending the country's bitter racial divisions.

3) The former Office of Racial Ethnic Student Affairs has embraced a broader and more inclusive mission and has changed its name to the Office of Cultural and Language Affairs.

4) All attempts to unite rival factions within the Taliban failed due to incompetence of the negotiators.

5) It’s also the responsibility of the interviewer to look out for contradictory or confusing answers and find the way to resolve misunderstanding

Keys to Text 4

Ex.4. 3 a)

administrate	administrative	supervise	supervising
exaggerate	exaggeratory	worry	worrisome
insist	insistent	continue	continuous
warn	warning	welcome	welcoming

 

Ex.4. 3 b)

1. The political integration of these territories into India was a declared objective of the Indian National Congress, which the Government of India pursued over the next decade.
2. The campaign’s confidence may turn out to be justified, but two weeks prior to the national convention there are more than a few worrisome signs for Obama.
3. Now, nearly 20 years later, the questions have not gone away, but have rather become more insistent.
4. Bulletins communicate information of interest to the nation’s critical infrastructures that do not meet the timeliness, specificity, or significance thresholds of warning messages.
5. Whether these were intended to be lifelike or exaggeratory, even idealistic, is unclear.
6. After 25 years of buying and supervising a great variety of businesses, I have not learned how to solve difficult business problems.
7. Continuous monitoring is the process and technology used to detect compliance and risk issues associated with an organizations financial and operational environment.
8. With a strange welcoming of the familiar I saw also Cesar amongst them, and recognised Dominic's old, well-known, effective gesture, the horizontal sweep of his powerful arm.

 

Ex.4. 4 a)

1) shrugged off	claims
2) exaggerate	Iran's nuclear threat
3) pose	a danger to the world
4) halted	nuclear weapons program
5) is backed	by some of America's allies
6) raised	the spectre of
7) warned of	a nuclear holocaust
8) strident	rhetoric
9) covert	nuclear weapons
10) a damage control	media conference
11) clarify	ambiguities
12) despite	new American intelligence
13) defuse	the current crisis
14) acquire	nuclear capacity
15) concerted	efforts

Ex.4. 4 b)

1) A British diet expert shrugged off claims that too much of the sugary snack can be bad for babies.

2) Do you think Muslims in office pose a danger to the US political system?

3) "We judge with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program, " reads a declassified version of the National Intelligence.

4) Solana is expected to hold talks with Larijani this week to clarify ambiguities in Iran's response to an incentive package offered by the United States

 

5) Given the polarizing impact of this book, I was expecting a lot of strident rhetoric and distorted analysis. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised to find a  calm and careful essay on the subject.

6) The Polish government on Monday tried to defuse the current crisis on the country's eastern EU border, where truckers   blocked the customers demanding to let them out of the country.

Keys to Text 5

Ex.5. 3 a)

contemplate	contemplative	import	importable
disrupt	disruptive	diversify	diversified
supply	supplied	question	questionable
feud	feudal	cohere	coherent

 

Ex.5. 3 b)

1. The project includes of a set of multiple, diversified measures aimed at promoting a consistent, integrated approach to energy supply and demand.
2. At times, without my insisting on it, my writings become coherent; the successive elements that occur to me are clearly related.
3. In fact, the serfs were almost like slaves to the feudal lord.
4. A disruptive innovation is an innovation that disrupts an existing market.
5. Many cars destined for the US market do not meet Canadian safety standards (especially newer ones), and are therefore not importable at all.
6. He a contemplative actor that quietly observes people and the world around him.
7. It is questionable whether the expenditure on this project is justified or not.
8. The new terrorists are also better supplied and more highly educated than their precursors.

 

Ex.5. 4 a)

1) diversify	its energy supplies
2) to disrupt	supplies
3) had been feuding	over gas and oil prices
4) work	with biofuels
5) to secure the interests	of consumers
6) play the game	on their terms
7) to use energy	as a political tool

Ex.5. 4 b)

6) Many raw milk producers are opposing new dairy standards set to take effect this week in California, saying they could disrupt supplies of raw milk.

7) The Third world countries are too economically weak to play the game on their terms.

8) Greek Orthodox Church sued had been feuding over Jewish hold on Old City property.

9) As far as Simi Valley imports all of its drinking water, city officials are looking to diversify supplies while also encouraging residents to conserve.

10) The Arab summit meeting in Damascus will secure regional interests.

Keys to Text 6

Ex.6. 3 a)

correspond	correspondent	support	supporter
watch	watcher	publish	publisher
terrify	terrorist	host	host
worry	worrier	protect	protector

 

Ex.6. 3 b)

1. She is a legislator and former host of a police TV show.
2. I stand before you in the spirit of pure public service — not as a protector of the status quo, but as an agent of change.
3. There are no forbidden foods on weight watchers.
4. The University management team has extensive editorial and managerial experience with traditional publishers.
5. Ultra-sensitive to their environment and to the criticism of others, excessive worriers may see anything -- and anyone -- as a potential threat.
6. A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, from a remote, often distant, location.
7. Of course, to Americans, the terrorist attack of 11 September 2001, is the most visible definition of terrorism and what a terrorist is.
8. President Barack Obama's profile page includes photos, events, posted items, wall posts and links to supporters and groups.

 

 

Ex.6. 4 a)

1) tougher security	2) checks
3) counter	4) terrorism official
5) details of	6) al-Qaeda internet presence
7) visa	8) waiver program
9) US Department of	10) Homeland Security
11) most prolific supporter of	12) violent Islamism
13) fully-fledged	14) al-Qaeda network
15) a posting	16) on a website
17) a password protected	18) internet site
19) psychological	20) warfare
21) waning	22) influence

 

 

Ex.6. 4 b)

1) The Government insists on tougher security checks carried out into the identity and background of transport personnel.

2) Travellers who qualify for visa free travel under the Visa Waiver Program are eligible to transit the United States

3) The senior United Nations counter-terrorism official held meetings with senior Pakistani officials in Islamabad today covering a range of critical issues in a bid to help the country better respond to the scourge.

4) The United States and its allies must pay more attention to 'psychological warfare' as they battle insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, an influential think-tank said on Wednesday.

5) The behaviour of the Afghan people is perhaps the most convincing indicator of the Taliban’s waning influence in southern Afghanistan

 

Keys to Text 7

Ex.7 3 a)

amount	amount	invest	investment
expand	expansion	cooperate	cooperation
scrutinize	scrutiny	replace	replacement
dominate	domination	develop	development

 

Ex.7 3 b)

1. She's sick and we don't have a replacement.
2. Afghanistan has significant amounts of undiscovered non-fuel mineral resources according to the U.S. Geological Survey's 2007 assessment.
3. The actual rate of return on investments can vary widely over time, especially for long-term ones.
4. Helen Clark met with President Ali Abdullah Saleh to discuss how the UN can play its part in supporting Yemen to overcome its development challenges.
5. We need national legislation as one step to protecting our country from economic domination and environmental destruction by other countries.
6. NATO expansion risks dividing Europe and increasing the danger of major war in Europe.
7. In order to satisfy strict scrutiny, a law must be neither vague nor substantially over- or under inclusive.
8. While there is a strong element of continuity with previous programmes, this one introduces some new elements intended to facilitate European research cooperation.

Ex.7 4 a)

1) map out	plans
2) room	for further expansion
3) lop-sided	trade
4) government	oversight
5) scrutinize	exports
6) a commodity	exchange
7) an overhaul of	outmoded industries
8) gradual	replacement
9) hampered	by various factors
10) restrict customers	to advanced technologies
11) penalize by	restrictive and discriminatory measures
12) to tap	plans

Ex.7.4 b)

1) A joint initiative by foreign governments and international agencies was launched here on Monday to assist China's ecologically fragile provinces to map out plans to cope with the climate change.

2) The Philippine SNR Coalition started negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement between the Japan and Philippine governments, protesting against piecemeal job creation for Filipino nurses which they believe to be lopsided trade deal."

3) A bill adopted in late 2004 by Zimbabwe's parliament would require the government oversight of the nongovernmental organizations activities, causing many NGOs to adopt a "wait-and-see" approach in the country.

4) To prevent nuke proliferation, NSG members were supposed to closely scrutinize exports of "trigger list" items

5) The Asian Development Bank will help the Government of China to tap the potential of NGOs to boost state-led poverty reduction efforts, through a technical assistance grant for US$1 million.

 

 

Keys to Text 8

Ex.8.3 a)

admonish	admonition	reserve	reservation
relate	relationship	eradicate	eradication
confront	confrontation	avoid	avoidance
honour	honour	promise	promise

 

Ex.8.3 b)

1. British Prime Minister David Cameron said today that the United Kingdom would double its current contribution to polio eradication.
2. Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.
3. What began as an attack on the West by Osama bin Laden soon became a dramatic confrontation between Europe and America.
4. Jefferson's opposition to judicial review has not been accepted by history, but it still serves as an admonition against confusion between judicial and political functions.
5. The relationship between the two countries has improved.
6. Online reservations cannot be made on same day of travel.
7. Today, people in Japan, and Tahiti, hold on to their dignity and don't want their honour to be lost.
8. Germans and Finns who have a less but still strong level of uncertainty avoidance and a medium level of power distance have the need for clearly specified competence to avoid uncertainty.

Ex.8.4 a)

1) to fund	schools and roads
2) to abandon	violence
3) the massacre of	Jews
4) to order the prison	closed
5) to fight against	negative stereotypes of Islam
6) a beacon of	Islamic learning
7) to hit	the right note
8) to lay	the groundwork
9) to acknowledge	the past mistakes
10) a landmark	speech
11) to confront	its own shortcomings
12) reserve	final judgement

Ex.8. 4 b)

 

5) Almost three years later, however, the initiative launched in the Governor's Office that day has helped support dozens of energy programs and  lay the groundwork for the nation's most oil-dependent state to potentially become its most energy self-sufficient

6) Gov.-elect Paul LePage hit the right note in his victory speech Wednesday in Waterville, when he summed up his reason for running with these words: “I ran for governor because I believe people of Maine need to be ahead of politics, even in Augusta.”

7) The World Council of Churches has lamented the "intolerable loss of life" in Thailand and asked for all parties to abandon violence

8) We'll reserve final judgment on multitasking until we've had more time to play with it, but for now, it works as well as can be expected.

 

Keys to Text 9

Ex.9. 3 a)

a 650-kilograms satellite	200 exoplanet
900 kilometre above the Earth	a 27-centimetres device
a 5-year projects	a 30-years old researcher

 

Ex.9. 3 b)

1. The missile is reported to have a range of 2,400 kilometres with a 650 - kilogram warhead.
2. I live in an apartment several kilometres away from a church or mosque.
3. Researchers expect that the genetic map specified in the first 5-year plan will be completed on time.
4. More than 10 exoplanets have been discovered in the recent few months alone.
5. Corot is a French mission, with some funding from ESA, that uses a27 - centimetre telescope.
6. The anthology of essays from under - 30 - year - oldresearchers brings fresh approaches to the challenges of universal health coverage.

Ex.9. 4 a)

1) multinational	space mission
2) measure	minute changes
3) to detect	planets
4) ground-based	telescopes
5)  to carry	life
6) Earth-like	planets
7) Russian-built	Soyuz rocket
8) close	to impossible
9) a whole new phase of	research

Ex.9. 4 b)

 

1) Why is it difficult to detect planets orbiting other suns?

2) The Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn is a multinational space mission

  between three space agencies and 17 nations, with a total cost of over $3 billion.

3) Many planetary scientists now believe that meteorites can carry primitive life from one planet to another.

4) Temperature control of a plethysmograph is used to measure minute changes in tissue volume.

5) 14 Jan 2009 for the first time, astronomers have measured light emitted from extra solar planets around sun-like stars using ground-based telescopes.

Keys to Text 10

Ex.10.3 a)

density	density	age	ageing
gravitate	gravity	stimulate	stimulation
solve	solution	return	returning
deprive	deprivation	risk	risk

 

Ex.10.3 b)

There are hundreds of points that should be taken into consideration while you are making decisions about what to do after returning to university.

1. The greater the amount of risk that an investor is willing to take on, the greater the potential return.
2. Gravitation, or gravity, is a natural phenomenon in which objects with mass attract one another.
3. Mental and physical stimulation are vital to the well-being of all people, especially elderly adults.
4. A recent U.S. Army study concluded sleep deprivation reduces emotional intelligence and constructive thinking skills.

Because a material that expands will take up a larger volume, its density will decrease.

1. This population ageing can be seen as a success story for public health policies and for socio-economic development/
2. Are there any immediate solutions to the problem of global warming effecting marine life eco-systems at hand?

Ex.10. 4 a)

1) human travel	to Mars.
2)  bone density	loss
3) zero gravity	technology
4)  age-related	osteoporosis
5) the International	Space Station
6) rapid	ageing
7) to stimulate	skeleton

Ex.10. 4 b)

1) The Perfect Chair ’s ergonomic design and zero-gravity technology positions the body in a neutral position that counteracts gravity’s adverse effects.

2) Although no official deadline for achieving human travel to Mars has been set, a mission to our closest neighbour—136 million to 150 million miles (220 million to 240 million kilometres) from Earth—is imminent, according to some scientists.

3) From age 70, age-related osteoporosis becomes more common in men and can cause spontaneous fractures and increased risk of fractures following falls

4) A method for the prophylaxis or treatment of bone density loss in an animal or human includes the administering to the animal or human an effective amount of necessary vitamins and mineral.

5) The rapid ageing of the population and the strong desires for working by the retired old has become a serious issue on the Japanese pension management

6) Perhaps to stimulate your skeleton means to prevent diabetes. Certainly bone producing cells in mice can pump out a powerful signal that blocks belly fat, and keeps the blood sugar regulated.

 

Keys to Text 11

Ex.11. 3 a)

conspire	conspiracy	enforce	enforcement
investigate	investigation	achieve	achievement
involve	involvement	import	importation
allege	allegation	ramify	ramification

 

Ex.11. 3 b)

1. In order to establish a conspiracy offence it is not necessary for the Government to prove that all of the people named in the indictment were members of the scheme.
2. Parent involvement is crucial to the health and well-being of a child.
3. A person must be intent on achieving to have his deeds classified as achievements.
4. The BP Deepwater Horizon spill continues to have ramifications for pipeline safety even though neither gas nor oil pipelines had anything to do with the Gulf of Mexico disaster.
5. The project is mainly aimed at investigation of technical issues, including scrutiny of equipment and its performance.
6. The government says the information is far fetched given the cost implications and strict guidelines in St. Lucia on the importation of external water resources.
7. The fact is that, no matter what new procedures are introduced, an allegation levied at a teacher will destroy them, their life and their career.
8. The National Ombudsman's mission is to assist small businesses when they experience excessive or unfair federal regulatory enforcement actions.

Ex.11. 4 a)

1) international	syndicate
2) criminal	corruption
3) an elite crime	fighting agency
4) to bust	drug traffickers
5) a cocaine	smuggling ring
6) to conduct	operations
7) covert	surveillance operations

Ex.11. 4 b)

1) On January 21, police authorities in Peru arrested nine targets of an international cocaine smuggling ring based in that country with drug distribution points in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and Israel.

2) Indonesian police have been hunting international syndicate of illegal logging operating in the country, Forestry Minister Malam Sambat Kaban said Tuesday.

3) The authorities conduct covert surveillance operations to avoid clamour when gathering information on that complicated case.

4) Organized criminal corruption runs wide and deep in Nova Scotia government which has business 'associates' doing business illegally.

5) Police in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, which borders Myanmar, have recently co-operated with the Myanmar Government to bust drug traffickers from an 18-member drug-trafficking gang, Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday.

 

4. Arrange these words in the right order:

1) Criminal Defence Lawyers Association

2) Sydney's Central Local Court

3) Veteran ABC Four Corners journalist

4) Australian Law enforcement community

5) New South Wales Crime Commission

6) Australia's top police investigators

Keys to Text 12

Ex.12. 3 a)

violence	violently	publicity	publicly
aggression	aggressively	particularity	particularly
correspondence	correspondently	pleasure	pleasingly
increase	increasingly	importance	importantly

 

Ex.12. 3 b)

1. More importantly, we understand that volunteering to improve the physical health of your neighbourhood by developing community centres creates a healthier, more stable community.
2. Free market supporters argue that it is violently enforced state laws intervening in markets - state capitalism - which cause many of the problems.
3. In politics, particularly after you've arrived at the White House, the rule of thumb is this: retreat from controversy.
4. Prices have certainly risen since Bulgaria became a member of the EU, but compared with countries in Western Europe, travellers will find it a pleasingly cheap destination.
5. Foreign firms compete aggressively in insurance, fund management, and venture capital.
6. Likewise, every publicly held corporation maintains different methods for compensating its executives.
7. The situation grew increasingly hopeless.
8. If the pro-European parties do not want to lose their constituencies, they have to react correspondently and slow down further Europeanization of politics.

Ex.12. 4 a)

1) crystal	methamphetamine
2) the Salvation Army's	detox centre
3) National Drug	and Alcohol Research Centre
4) random acts of	violence
5) constantly	evolving challenge
6) use of	illicit drugs

Ex.12. 4 b)

1) Every day, in schools across the country, there are random acts of violence that go unreported. Teenagers shoot their tutors and intimidate their classmates.

2) The Salvation Army's Detox Center provides a seven to 28-day program designed to provide people with the first step on their path to addiction recovery..

3) From 2007 to 2008, the percentage of 10th-graders reporting lifetime, past year, and past month use of illicit drug other than marijuana declined significantly.

4) As part of the National Drug Strategy in May 1986 Australian Government opened and started to fund National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.

5) Crystal methamphetamine can cause behavioural problems, paranoia and psychosis, especially when used frequently and in individuals with a predisposition to mental illness.

6) We have every confidence that - together with our industry partners - we'll continue to meet the constantly evolving challenge of security to help our customers and the industry become more secure.

Keys to Text 13

Ex.13. 3 a)

support	supportive	effect	effective
exclude	exclusive	progress	progressive
attach	attached	graduate	gradual
corrupt	corrupt	favour	favourite

 

Ex.13. 3 b)

1. In 2002 the press reported a threat to certain breeds of the Queen's favourite dog from "a controversial EU convention".
2. In the last year of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. questioned US military interventions against progressive movements in the Third World.
3. Majority Leader Eric Cantor joins us for an exclusive interview.
4. Afghanistan is now perceived to be the second-most corrupt country in the world behind Somalia.
5. Studies on social support show that having one or two close and supportive friends is at least as valuable to emotional health as having a large group of friendly acquaintances.
6. This does not mean that a father can't become deeply attached to the child, but it often seems to be a different type of attachment – not less or better than the mother's, just different.
7. Beginning with the end in mind is the second habit of highly effective people.
8. The emergence of economically advanced welfare states leads to gradual value changes.

 

Ex.13. 4 a)

1) step	down as President
2) rumpled green	military fatigues
3) let some country	put ballistic missiles
4) constitute	an explicit threat to the peace and security
5) secure	a smooth transition
6) a US invasion	bid
7) pragmatic policy of	civil relations

Ex.13. 4 b)

1) Russia's desire to conduct pragmatic policy of civil relations with Georgia is a legitimate and reasonable goal for any Russian government.

2) Thousands of people took to the streets in Yemen yesterday, calling forAli Abdullah Saleh to step down. as President.

3) An announcement that Romania would let  the USA put ballistic missiles on their territory was made by President Traian Basescu on February 4, 2010.

4) The U.S. Navy admiral responsible for countering the pirates operating from Somalia said Wednesday that they constitute an explicit treat to peace and security in the region and should be addressed with the same rigor applied to counterterrorism.

5) Television cameras lined the walls, and veterans packed the seats. Kerry was dressed in his rumpled green military fatigues and wore his Silver Star and Purple Heart ribbons, although he said he left the medals at home

 

 

Keys to Text 14

Ex.14. 3 a)

respect	respective	constitution	constitutional
president	presidential	gold	gilded
favourite	favourable	embarrassment	embraced
extension	extensive	domination	dominant

 

Ex.14. 3 b)

1. One of the greatest names in Vienna, Johann Strauss is remembered by this gilded statute in one of Vienna's many parks.
2. Despite the growing diversity nationally, some religious groups clearly occupy a dominant demographic position in particular states.
3. A presidential system is a system of government where an executive branch exists and presides separately from the legislature, to which it is not responsible and which cannot, in normal circumstances, dismiss it.
4. Hypocrisy is a value that I think has been embraced by the Republican Party.
5. He quitted the militia and engaged in trade, having brothers already established in a good way in London, which afforded him a favourable opening.
6. In particular, the appointment powers of the two party leaders gives them some leverage in working with the members of their respective parties.
7. Cities that have an extensive library system are desirable places to live.
8. The Iraqis could do worse than return to being a constitutional monarchy.

Ex.14. 4 a)

1) blanket ban	on flights
2)Iceland's	volcanic cloud
3) catastrophic	engine failure
4) bank-up of	frustrated, stranded passengers
5) yell and jeer	at police
6) further immigration	delays
7) reassess	the blanket ban
8) setting up	a hub
9) reasonable lift capacity	within the royal navy
10) effect	pharmaceutical supplies

Ex.14. 4 b)

1) Last year, a Leipzig judge decided that the blanket ban on flights was illegal, but it's still difficult for researchers to get hold of the documents, as every paper request is judged on a case-by-case basis.

2) An item sold has to be 'of satisfactory quality' and remain so for a reasonable time after sale. A motor car that has a 'catastrophic engine failure' after so short a time of its life can’t be considered to be of satisfactory quality.

3) If you yell and jeer at police when you didn't like something they said to you and then ask for their badge number or whatever, but you never lay a hand on them or make a threatening gesture, what is their justification if they arrest you?

4) Acer Incorporated, the world’s second-largest PC vendor, said it signed an agreement yesterday with the Chongqing Municipal Government to set up its second operating hub in China.

5) Federal officials are studying how the closedown of the plant effects the pharmaceutical supplies such as pain killers and depression medicine.

 

Keys to Text 15

Ex.15. 3 a)

retaliate	retaliation	revenge	revenge
confront	confrontation	warn	warning
bomb	bombardment