Номер 35, страница 93 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс учебник Афанасьева, Михеева

Reading for discussion. Unit 2. People and society - номер 35, страница 93.

Условие.

35. a) Read the text "The Cold War and Beyond" and put the following sentences in the right order.

1. The Soviet soldiers return home from Asia.

2. The symbol of hostility becomes history.

3. The head of the country faces a number of complicated problems.

4. The important changes in Russia tell on some European countries.

5. The two great nuclear powers find a common language.

6. The initial changes call for new ones.

7. The important step to united Europe.

THE COLD WAR AND BEYOND

In March 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

He inherited a vast country comprising 15 republics the economy of which was close to collapse and where corruption flourished. The country badly needed reform, although few could foresee its effects.

Gorbachev approached the problems of this country by introducing two new policies: glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring). His aims were to identify those areas that needed reform and encourage popular debate about how best to deal with them. At first, such policies were welcomed, but as the shortcomings of the system were revealed, people soon became discontented: the problems turned out to be so deep-rooted that only radical reforms could solve them.

The initial optimism, however, did have an effect on relations between the Soviet Union and the West. As early as November 1985, Gorbachev met US president Ronald Reagan ['reiɡən] at Geneva [dʒə'ni:və] for the first superpower summit since 1979. The summit showed that a new atmosphere of cooperation between the two countries was emerging. A second summit at Reykjavik ['reikjəvik] in Iceland in 1986, at which Gorbachev offered dramatic cuts to nuclear weapons, was not very successful, although the proposals were not ignored. In December 1987, Reagan and Gorbachev signed the INF (Intermediate Nuclear Force) Treaty in Washington signifying a new warmth of feeling between the superpowers. To many people it meant that the Cold War was beginning to come to an end. This was supported by changes in Soviet foreign policy. In 1988 Soviet troops were removed from Afghanistan after nine years of bitter fighting.

By the late 1980s, the influence of Gorbachev's reforms had begun to be felt in the Communist countries of Eastern Europe. These countries got much greater autonomy. The effects were dramatic.

Almost immediately, as travel restrictions eased, people tried to leave countries such as East Germany for the West. By November 1989, the decision to open the border between East and West Germany had been made. On 9 November, people from the two sides helped to destroy the Berlin Wall, for long a symbol of the divide. Soon after that radical political changes were made in a number of East European countries – Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia. In the new atmosphere of reform the two Germanies reunited. The Cold War came to an official end in November 1990, when 34 countries representing the old East-West divide signed the Charter of Paris for a new Europe.

b) Listen to the text (💿 9) and prepare an artistic reading following the pattern given in the recording.

Решение.

Решение 2.

Прочитайте текст «Холодная война и после» и расставьте следующие предложения в правильном порядке.

Ответ:

3. The head of the country faces a number of complicated problems. (Глава страны сталкивается с рядом сложных проблем.)

6. The initial changes call for new ones. (Первоначальные изменения требуют новых.)

5. The two great nuclear powers find a common language. (Две великие ядерные державы находят общий язык.)

1. The Soviet soldiers return home from Asia. (Советские солдаты возвращаются домой из Азии.)

4. The important changes in Russia tell on some European countries. (Важные изменения в России сказываются на некоторых европейских странах.)

2. The symbol of hostility becomes history. (Символ вражды становится историей.)

7. The important step to united Europe. (Важный шаг к объединенной Европе.)