Номер 8, страница 69 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс учебник Афанасьева, Михеева

Reading. Unit 2. People and society - номер 8, страница 69.

Условие.

8. SFA a) Read the texts about well-known politicians (one text is extra) and say which of them:

1) was not born in the country where his/her political career was made

2) became a lawmaker at the age of 26

3) took certain actions against racial discrimination

4) had the highest military rank in the army

5) contributed to disintegration of the country where he/she lived

A. George Bush nominated Condoleezza Rice to be Secretary of State on November 16, 2004. On January 25, 2005, the US Senate confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85–13 (eighty-five to thirteen). The negative votes came from either democrat or independent senators. Some of them thought that Rice had acted irresponsibly saying that Hussein’s regime was equal to Islamist terrorism. The others could not accept her previous record. Rice’s charm and intellect outweighed these factors, resulting in her approval by Republicans and Democrats.

B. Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle [dæ 'gəʊl], in France commonly referred to as "general de Gaulle", was a French general and politician. He was the leader of the Free French Forces in World War II. Called to form a government in 1958, he inspired a new constitution and was the Fifth Republic’s first president from 1958 to 1969. His political ideology is known as Gaullism, which left a major influence in subsequent French politics.

C. Madeleine ['mædlɪn] Korbel Albright was born on May 15, 1937 in Prague. She moved to the United States in 1950 and became a citizen in 1957. In May 1959 she married Joseph Albright, a newspaper journalist, with whom she had three daughters. She was an American diplomat and served as the 64th United States Secretary of State. She was celebrated as the first female Secretary of State and the highest ranking woman in the history of the US government.

D. Mikhail Gorbachev was born on March 2, 1931 in Stavropol territory, in the North Caucasus. He was born to a peasant family in a small village. His father was an agricultural mechanic on a collective farm. In 1950 M. Gorbachev became a student of Moscow State University, Faculty of Law. In 1971 he became a member of Communist Party’s Central Committee, in 1980 – the youngest full member of Politburo. M. Gorbachev was President of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. He introduced many political and economic changes and, partly as a result of this, the Soviet Union began to break up as many of the republics got rid of their Communist governments and made themselves independent.

E. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born in 1874 in the family of Lord Randolph Churchill and an American mother. He was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. After a brief but eventful career in the army, he became a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1900. He held many high posts in Liberal and Conservative governments during the first decades of the century. In May, 1940, he became Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and remained in office until 1945.

F. John F. Kennedy was the thirty-fifth president of the US. In his inaugural speech¹ on January 20, 1961 he spoke of the need for all Americans to be active citizens. “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country,” he said. He also asked the nations of the world to join together to fight what he called “common enemies of man”: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself. President Kennedy had to deal with many serious problems in the US. One of them was a violation of civil rights² in the country. President Kennedy made it clear that all Americans, regardless of their skin colour, should enjoy a good and happy life in the United States.

b) Speak about a Russian or foreign politician of nowadays or of the past. You may ask your parents for the necessary information.

Решение.

Решение 2.

8. а) Прочитайте тексты об известных политиках (один текст лишний) и скажите, кто из них:

1) родился не в той стране, где сделал свою политическую карьеру

2) стал законодателем в возрасте 26 лет

3) предпринял определенные действия против расовой дискриминации

4) имел высшее воинское звание в армии

5) способствовал распаду страны, в которой он/она жил(а)

Ответ:

1) C. Madeleine Albright was not born in the country where her political career was made. / С. Мадлен Олбрайт родилась не в той стране, где сделала свою политическую карьеру.

2) E. Sir Winston Churchill became a lawmaker at the age of 26. / Э. Сэр Уинстон Черчилль стал законодателем в возрасте 26 лет.

3) F. John F. Kennedy took certain actions against racial discrimination. / Ф. Джон Ф. Кеннеди предпринял определенные действия против расовой дискриминации.

4) B. Charles de Gaulle had the highest military rank in the army. / Б. Шарль де Голль имел высшее воинское звание в армии.

5) D. Mikhail Gorbachev contributed to disintegration of the country where he lived. / Д. Михаил Горбачев способствовал распаду страны, в которой он жил.

8. б) Расскажите о российском или зарубежном политике современности или прошлого. Вы можете попросить необходимую информацию у родителей.

Ответ:

I would like to talk about Peter the Great. He was a Russian tsar and the first Emperor of Russia. He is famous for his wide-ranging reforms that modernized Russia. He founded the city of St. Petersburg and made it the new capital. He also created a strong navy and reformed the army. I think he was a very strong and important leader in our history. / Я хотел бы рассказать о Петре I Великом. Он был русским царем и первым Императором России. Он знаменит своими масштабными реформами, которые модернизировали Россию. Он основал город Санкт-Петербург и сделал его новой столицей. Он также создал сильный флот и реформировал армию. Я думаю, он был очень сильным и важным лидером в нашей истории.