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What is the current state of affairs of Iran’s nuclear program?



Work out a set of measures to prevent a threatening scenario and discuss it. Try to predict possible countermeasures of Iran.

 

Vocabulary 5

 
104) contemplate the future      
105) disrupt supplies      
106) shut off the pipeline      
107) feud over gas and oil prices      
108) cut off the oil pipeline      
109) a stand-off      
110) diversify its energy supplies      
111) security of supply renewed      
112) (be)built on unknowing      
113) biofuels      
114) hydrogen economy      
115) raise the matter      
116) Western consumers      
117) develop a more coherent      
118) response on energy      
119) otherwise      
120) play the game on their terms      
121) a political tool      
122) contribute to      
123) renewed investment      

Study and speak about the consecutive steps undertaken by the European community to protect the European economy from unpredicted shut-offs.

Map out the most problematic areas

 

Vocabulary 6

 

 
124) face tougher security checks      
125) major source of terrorism      
126) the top US official      
127) details emerge of      
128) an al-Qaeda internet presence      
129) visa waiver program      
130) fill in on-line forms      
131) Homeland Security      
132) home-grown terrorism      
133) (be) mindful of      
134) increasingly      
135) prolific supporter      
136) car bomb design      
137) host chat rooms      
138) link into wider networks      
139) a fully-fledged al-Qaeda network      
140) a posting on a website      
141) a password protected site      
142) jihadists      
143) aspirational      
144) cells operating in this country      
145) psychological warfare      
146) waning influence      
147) a sign of its future intent      

Find information about latest terrorist attacks committed on public transport.

Speak about security measures that can be undertaken to protect civilians from terrorist attacks.

 

Vocabulary 7

 

 
148) trade turnover between      
149) amount to      
150) map out one’s plans      
151) enough room      
152) lop-sided trade      
153) US government oversight      
154) scrutinize      
155) commodity exchange      
156) exports of raw materials prevail      
157) commission on export control      
158) mutually beneficial in character      
159) so far      
160) merely      
161) immediate profits      
162) a switch to smth      
163) innovative economy      
164) an overhaul of      
165) outmoded industries      
166) gradual replacement with      
167) business ties      
168) rough-and-tumble      
169) hampered by various factors      
170) (be) still in place      
171) advanced technologies      
172) discriminatory measures      
173) tap its full potential      
174) likewise      
175) lift restrictions      

Speak about the current state of affairs of US-Russian cooperation in the sphere of the most advanced technologies.

Suggest a joint project and present it to an imaginary body which is to decide whether invest your project or not.

Vocabulary 8

 
176) landmark speech      
177) confront one’s shortcomings      
178) eradicate      
179) years of mistrust      
180) lay the groundwork      
181) (be) off-key      
182) hit the right note      
183) a beacon of Islamic learning      
184) assalaamu alaykum      
185) have a huge build up      
186) redefine the relationship      
187) (be) not exclusive      
188) (be) used as proxies      
189) unequivocally prohibited      
190) build Jewish neighbourhoods      
191) land claimed by Palestinians      
192) undermine efforts      
193) avoid some topic carefully      
194) abandon violence      
195) admonishments on smth      
196) face challenges in good faith      
197) reserve one’s final judgment      
198) put words together so neatly      

Speak about B. Obama’s policy in the Middle East.

Work out a declaration on US-Middle East cooperation in the sphere of education.

Vocabulary 9

 
199) a space mission      
200) launched in Kazakhstan      
201) Earth-like planets      
202) outside the solar system      
203) monitor smth      
204) the brightness of stars      
205) hundreds of thousands      
206) characteristic twinkle      
207) Russian-built Soyuz rocket      
208) blast off      
209) Baikonur Cosmodrome      
210) a satellite      
211) spend some years in orbit      
212) onboard      
213) measure minute changes      
214) detect planets      
215) orbit around smth      
216) an eclipse      
217) close to impossible      
218) exoplanets      
219) ground-based telescopes      
220) support life      

Find information about the latest multinational space missions and speak about them.

Think about possible tasks of such a mission in a five years. How can the goals change with time?

Vocabulary 10

 

 
221) an astronaut      
222) return from one’s stint      
223) on the space station      
224) age-related osteoporosis      
225) set in      
226) crew members      
227) bone mass      
228) round trip      
229) work on a solution      
230) on a regular basis      
231) deprived of gravity      
232) a model for ageing      
233) weight bearing      
234) as we age      
235) skeleton wastes away      
236) load your skeleton      
237) a means of      
238) accelerated ageing      
239) rapid ageing decline      
240) put mechanical signals into the skeleton      
241) subtle spring      
242) fracture      
243) femur      
244) thighbone      
245) bone density loss      
246) zero gravity      
247) get normal exercise      

What is being done by scientists to prevent damage to cosmonauts’ health?

Discuss the possible recommendations to space tourists

Vocabulary 11

 

 
248) top police investigator      
249) alleged      
250) involvement with a syndicate      
251) criminal corruption      
252) levelled at a senior policeman      
253) an elite crime fighting agency      
254) bust drug traffickers      
255) law enforcement community      
256) an elite unit      
257) a cocaine smuggling ring      
258) Raid      
259) the Crime Commission's 260) offices      
261) a major chemical a. importation plot      
262) policing circles      
263) police Sydney's docks      
264) one’s arrest has sent 265) shock waves      
266) a senior police officer      
267) controversial      
268) an alleged conspiracy      
269) border controlled precursor 270) chemical      
271) links to Asia      
272) ramifications      
273) investigative powers      
274) compel witnesses to testify      
275) conduct operations      
276) covert surveillance b. operations      
277) there is growing concern c. among lawyers      
278) it's about time      
279) a judicial officer      
280) (be) given full power      
281) fulfil an organization’s d. charter      

Study the media information related to drug issues. What are the most flagrant cases?

Set up an imaginary commission which is to deal with police involvement in drug trade. What experts should be invited? Why?

 

Vocabulary 12

 

 
238) crystal methamphetamine      
239) the Salvation Army's      
240) detox centre      
241) charity      
242) a drop-off in the numbers of people      
243) people addicted to ice      
244) a spiked increase      
245) National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre      
246) get a bad reputation      
247) have negative effects of using a drug      
248) check oneself in for a drug addiction      
249) get into punch-ups      
250) burn down smth to a puddle on the ground      
251) annual drug figures      
252) availability      
253) constantly evolving challenge      
254) take a firm line on smth      
255) the use of illicit drugs      
256) highlight the dangers of a drug      
257) pleasing      

What countries are the most successful in their war on drugs?

Compose a charter of an international organization which can aim to protect society from the drug-related crime.

 

Vocabulary 14

 

 
258) step down as President      
259) hand over\ transfer power to smb      
260) temporarily      
261) spark boisterous/little reaction      
262) a revolutionary icon      
263) rumpled      
264) military fatigues      
265) dodge smth thrown at smb      
266) an invasion bid      
267) an assassination plot      
268) trade embargo      
269) take the world to the brink of nuclear war      
270) let some country put ballistic missiles      
271) a 13-day stand-off      
272) constitute an explicit threat to smth      
273) leave office in a coffin      
274) a military coup      
275) on his own terms      
276) secure a smooth transition of power to smb      
277) every single effort      
278) pragmatic policy of civil relations      
279) motorists are honking their horns      

 

What is the situation in Cuba like today?

Compose three possible scenarios of Cuba’s development in the next decade?

 

 

Vocabulary 14

 

 
280) blanket ban on flights      
281) volcanic cloud      
282) volcanic ash      
283) catastrophic engine failure      
284) bank-up of passengers      
285) frustrated      
286) stranded passengers/commuters      
287) uneasy scene      
288) yell and jeer at police      
289) immigration delays      
290) civil unrest      
291) publicans      
292) air lockdown      
293) reassess the blanket ban      
294) set up a hub      
295) reasonable lift capacity      
296) lift people      
297) effect pharmaceutical supplies      
298) bone-marrow donation deliveries      

What natural disasters are most often reported in news programs?

Analyse the measures of airports and airlines in April, 2010 after Iceland’s volcano eruption?

What could have been done differently?

Vocabulary 15

 

 
299) the Korean Peninsula      
300) vow to push ahead with      
301) a live-fire military exercise      
302) grave threats of retaliation      
303) shell some place      
304) convene a meeting      
305) Yeonpyeong Island      
306) bombardment      
307) artillery strikes      
308) shelling exercise      
309) barrage      
310) teeter on the brink of war      
311) military drill      
312) fire-and-brimstone warnings      
313) sick and tired      
314) bow before one’s threats      
315) scream for revenge      
316) shelling attack      
317) regime's brutality      
318) starve of information      
319) stop shells from falling on smth      

Why situation in the Korean Peninsula is especially dangerous?

Write a note of protest of one party to another bearing in mind the situation in the Korean Peninsula.

 

Vocabulary 16

 

 
320) lawyers for smb      
321) the death penalty      
322) build a case against smb      
323) have smb extradited      
324) face ( some crime)charges      
325) sexual assault      
326) grant permission      
327) hand legal argument to the media      
328) a house arrest      
329) a condition of one’s bail      
330) raise the ire      
331) classified US government cables      
332) the army intelligence analyst in custody      
333) unabated      
334) Cablegate      
335) whistleblower      
336) take legal revenge against      
337) an ex lover      
338) a pretext for a criminal prosecution      
339) land smb in an electric chair      
340) foreign jurisdictions      
341) face torture      
342) in the appalling state of affairs      
343) give a firm commitment      
344) render or permit to be rendered      
345) the realms of proper justice      


1. Why has Julian Assange’s case acquired the worldwide publicity?


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