Word Check. Ex. 1.Study the vocabulary and make sure you know the words:

Ex. 1.Study the vocabulary and make sure you know the words:

Конкуренция; падение; прихоть, каприз; убедительный; принудительный; приниматься; столбняк; пока

Ex. 2.Match the words from column A with those from B and make up the sentences of your own with them:

Comprehension

Ex. 1.Split the text into parts and think of appropriate title for each one.

Ex. 2.Explain what the following names and abbreviations mean:

HMS; the Dumbarton Oak Conference; WHO; UNESCO; the San Francisco Conference; the Yalta Conference.

Ex. 3.Complete the sentences:

1. … led to the collapse of the League of Nations

2. … met in the mid- Atlantic and devised…

3. On 1 January 1942…

4. … to draft plans for the structure and …

5. At the Yalta Conference in February 1945…

6. … a charter of 111 points…

7. There are 6… . They are …

8. … the Universal Declaration of Human Rights…

9. The WHO has sent …

10. The UNESCO aimed to …

11. The Atlantic Charter had to defend….

12. Now there are … members…

Ex. 4.Define the following statements as true or false. Correct the false ones:

1. The UNO was opened on 24 October 1946.

2. The role of the UN excludes enabling self-determination and respect between nations

3. There are eight main organs of the UN.

4. UNESCO aimed to establish programmes to educate and train people to make them free of any regime.

5. The International Court of Justice resolves legal disputes between nations and between individuals.

6. The Economic and Social Council has 27 members.

7. The current head of the UNO is Kofi Annan.

8. The UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1945.

9. The Atlantic Charter, drafted by Roosevelt and Churchill, stated that a United Notions organization had to defend four freedoms.

10. There have been about 50 peacekeeping operations since 1948.

Ex. 5.Give full answers to the questions using the information from the text and your own knowledge:

1. What led to collapse of the League of Nations?

2. With what did the movement toward the UNO begin?

3. What were the stages of the creation of the UNO?

4. When was it opened?

5. What does the role of the UN include and exclude?

6. How many organs are there in the UNO? What are they?

7. When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?

8. When did the UNO adopt the convention relating to the rights of children?

9. What freedoms does the UNO have to defend?

10. Are there any success or failures during the period of the UNO existence?