Give Russian equivalents of the following words and phrases. A renewal; an adversary; to serve one's national interests; to overlap; to facilitate; to bolster; to reinforce; enduring; uneven; dubious; record; to

A renewal; an adversary; to serve one's national interests; to overlap; to facilitate; to bolster; to reinforce; enduring; uneven; dubious; record; to combat.

Give English equivalents of the following words and phrases.

Неровный/неравномерный; усиливать; возобновление; противник; поддерживать; отвечать чьим-л. интересам; способствовать; свидетельство; прочный; сомнительный/неоднозначный; вести борьбу; совпадать.

Read the article again and answer the questions using the active vocabulary.

1. What renewal is possible?
2. What is the central reality of the twenty-first century?
3. Do Cold War approaches serve Russian national interests? And why?
4. Do Russian strategic interests run counter American ones?
5. Where does USA facilitate Russia to enter?
6. What is a proclaimed goal of the US foreign policy in the states of the former Soviet Union?
7. How can this goal boost Russian commitment to integration into the Euro-Atlantic community?
8. What sort of strategic partnership do Russia and USA still have to build?
9. What poisons Russian-US relations according to the document?

Using the active vocabulary render the article in English.

6. Using the given «package words» express your agreement or disagreement with the following statements and comment on them.

Agreement: Icouldn't agree more./I fully agree with.../It appears to me to be true.

Partial agreement: To some extent it is true./I agree but up to a point.

Disagreement: I'm afraid it's not quite right./I would object to.../On the contrary.

1. The United States and Russia are no longer strategic adversaries.
2. Russia's top leaders have a realistic assessment of their country's current weakness and the policies.
3. Russian and American strategic interests overlap in many areas. If yes, where.
4. A prosperous and stable neighborhood will reinforce Russia's growing commitment to integration into the Euro-Atlantic community.
5. Distrust of the US motives and policies by key Russian elites slows improvement in Russian-US relations.
6. Russia has an uneven commitment to the basic values of free-market democracy and dubious destruction.

1 противоракетная оборона — antiballistic missile defense

2 Эту фразу нужно объединить с предыдущим предложением. Источник информации в англоязычном тексте стоит либо в конце предложения и отделяется запятой (напр...., said the Foreign Ministry spokesman), либо начинает предложение (напр. According to the Foreign Ministry spokesman...)

UNIT 8. INTERVIEWS AND PRESS CONFERENCES

Read the following sample interviews, paying attention to the way the interviewers ask questions and interviewees answer them.