V e r b n o u n

integration – provide –

exercise – result –

development – require –

relation – involve –

commitment – judge –

reference – define –

governance – claim –

regulation – protect –

intervention – create –

approach – achieve –

solution – implement –

9. Find in the text.

1. adjectives derived from the following nouns:

strength – …,

society – …,

consideration – …,

dependence – …,

democracy – …,

necessity – …,

security – …,

2. nouns derived from the following verbs:

administrate – …,

develop – …,

define – …,

differ – …,

commit – …,

govern – …,

intervene – ….

Warm- up

1. Warm up

1. Word search.

Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, meanings, information, synonyms…of the words “power” and “politics”. Share your words with your partner /group and talk about them.

2. Questions. Make questions based on your findings from pre-reading activity № 1. Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics you are interested in, which do not look interesting and which look really boring:

Tony Blair / history books / elections / British politics / British democracy / Mr. Blair’s decision to go to war in Iraq / economic growth / unemployment and inflation / health, education, social welfare / terrorism and immigration.

Have a chat about the topics you liked. For more conversation, change topics and partners frequently.

4. Tony Blair: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with Tony Blair. Share your words with your partner / group and talk about them.

5. Blair Compare: How do you rate Tony Blair as a world leader? Compare him with some of the world leaders listed below, or others of your choosing:

· The leader in my country

· Fidel Castro (Cuba)

· Nicolas Sarkozy (France)

· Angela Merkel (Germany)

· Silvio Berlusconi (Italy)

· Barack Obama (USA)

6. Blair Opinions: Talk with a partner about these comments made about Tony Blair:

1. He is the world’s best leader – a man of convictions.

2. He should never have gone to war in Iraq.

3. What a great ambassador for his country.

4. I have great respect for him. He dares to stand his ground.

5. Blair is Bush’s poodle, his lap dog – plain and simple.

6. Tony Blair has the blood of thousands of innocent Muslims on his hands.

7. A true beacon of freedom and democracy.

8. Tony is honest to the core – that’s rare in politics.

9. Don’t you mean Tony Bliar?

10. I love watching him make speeches.

7. True / False: Look at the article’s headline “ Tony Blair makes political history” and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):

1. Tony Blair has decided to write political history books. T/F

2. He is the first leader of his party ever to win three successive elections. T/F

3. His majority in the British parliament was slashed by 100 seats. T/F

4. British voters strongly rallied for Mr. Blair over Iraq. T/F

5. The British economy has been vibrant for over a decade. T/F

6. European economies have been sluggish. T/F

7. British voters are very happy with Britain’s transportation system. T/F

8. Politicians within his own ranks say he has a rough ride ahead. T/F

8. Synonym match: match the following synonyms from the article:

9. Phrase match: match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):

10. Gap fill: Put the words in the column on the right into the correct spaces in the text. Then listen and check your answers. Translate the text into Russian.