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Unit 1 Global Living
Get to know new words and phrases. Put your notes into the spare boxes
1. a lingua franca
Международный язык
p6,
2. a clash of cultures
Столкновение культур
106,
3. brain drain
«Утечка» мозгов
109
4. a sweatshop
Потогонное производство
5. a processing facility
Перерабатывающее предприятие
6. emit greenhouse gases
Выделять парниковые газы
7. an ultimate aim
Окончательная цель
8. build smth from scratch
Построить что-то с нуля
9. use as a template
Использовать в качестве шаблона
10. a creche
Ясли
11. exclude from the list
Исключить из списка
12. a cable car
Фуникулер, канатная дорога
13. a reclaimed land
Восстановленная земля
p 8
14. a green-belt land
Территория «зеленого» пояса (зона с ограничением природопользования и с/х деятельности)
15. a residential area
Жилой (спальный) район
16. a shanty town
Города-трущобы
17. sky-high property prices
Взвинченные цены на недвижимость
18. urban sprawl
Разрастание городов, беспорядочная застройка
19. squalor
Убожество
20. availability of housing
Доступность жилья
21. demolition of old buildings (to demolish)
Снос старых зданий (сносить)
22. a no-go area
Запретная (опасная) зона
23. slums
Трущобы
24. congestion
Затор, пробка
25. to head upwards
Устремляться вверх
26. to draw up a contract
Составить контракт
27. to mass-produce
Производить в массовых масштабах
28. a side effect
Побочный эффект
29. to keep up with smth
Успевать, гнаться за чем-то
30. brand new
Абсолютно новый
31. It needs a further consideration.
Это требует дальнейшего рассмотрения.
ex. 1. Look through all the collocations of the unit. Discuss the following questions
1. Do you wear only brand new clothes or do you consider it acceptable to buy something second-hand? Have you ever bought anything second-hand?
2. What can you say about the availability of housing in your region?
3. Can you give examples of no-go areas? Why are they called like that?
4. Is it possible to do away with the congestion in a city? How?
5. Do you agree that there are sky-high property prices in Moscow? How can they be explained?
6. What is the difference between the city centre and a residential area?
7. Do you know any city where the houses were built on a reclaimed land? Tell more about that. Look up the information on the internet if necessary.
8. What countries have sweatshops? Why do local people agree to work there? How can the local government solve this problem?
9. Do you suppose that the brain drain exists in our country? What are the reasons why it happens?
10. Why are greenhouse gases harmful for the environment? What emits greenhouse gases? What modern devices can decrease them?
11. What is your attitude to English as a lingua franca? Does it have an impact on your mother tongue?
12. Do you think urban sprawl brings more benefits than damage to the environment? And to the society? Explain your point of view
13. What is a clash of cultures? Illustrate it with examples
14. Are there any processing facilities in the area where you live? What do they recycle?
15. Are you convinced that kids should go to a creche? What are advantages and disadvantages of staying in a creche for an infant?
16. What are the circumstances of some incidents where you can foresee some side effects? Have you ever experienced any of them?
17. If you draw up a contract buying some property, what should be included into it? Should you do it with a lawyer?
18. What do you think of the economy of mass-produce? Why is it always cheaper?
19. What drives prices sky-high for the property? Why is the situation with property different in other countries?
