Английский язык: устная речь (1500,00 руб.)

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УДК 811.111(075.8) ббк 81.432.1-5я73 к89 р ецензенты: кафедра иностранных языков уральского государственного экономического университета (зав. кафедрой о. л. с о к о л о в а); канд. филол. наук, доцент кафедры иностранных языков уральского юридического института Министерства внутренних дел российской Федерации в. в. г у з и к о в а К89 Кузнецова Т. С. английский язык : устная речь [Электронный ресурс] : практикум / т. с. кузнецова. — 2-е изд., стер. — М. : ФЛИНТА ; екатеринбург : изд-во урал. ун-та, 2018. — 268 с. ISBN 978-5-9765-3611-1 (ФЛИНТА) ISBN 978-5-7996-2210-7 (Изд-во Урал. ун-та) Практикум содержит тексты на английском языке в британском и американском вариантах по современной тематике (изобретения, нанотехнологии, экологические проблемы, глобализация и др.) с вопросами и заданиями, нацеленными на расширение словарного запаса по указанным темам и совершенствование навыков устной речи. для студентов старших курсов бакалавриата и магистратуры языковых факультетов. также может использоваться при подготовке к международным экзаменам по английскому языку. УДК 811.111(075.8) ббк 81.432.1-5я73 ISBN 978-5-9765-3611-1 (ФЛИНТА) © уральский федеральный университет, 2018 ISBN 978-5-7996-2210-7 (Изд-во Урал. ун-та) © Кузнецова Т. С., 2018

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Оглавление предисловие ................................................................................................. 5 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ................................................................. 7 Landmark Inventions of the Millennium (H. Brody) .............................. 7 NUCLEAR POWER AND WEAPONS ...................................................... 25 Energy: How Nuclear Power Works (I. Sample) .................................. 27 Nuclear Weapons: How Many Are there in 2009 and Who Has Them? .................................................................................................... 31 ROBOTS AND ROBOTICS ........................................................................ 34 Robots Create Revolution in Evolution (J. Borger, T. Radford) ........... 36 Guilty Robots (D. Kerr) ........................................................................ 40 Robot Wars Are a Reality (N. Sharkey) ................................................. 41 War Crimes and Killer Robots (A. Brown) ............................................ 43 Centre Pioneers Robotic Surgery .......................................................... 45 An Interview at the Operating Table: Your Life in a Robot’s Hands (E. Midgley) ........................................................................................... 46 The Incredible Bionic Man ..................................................................... 48 NANOTECHNOLOGY ............................................................................... 51 Future Impact of Nanotechnology (P. Yang, D. E. Luzzi) ..................... 51 The Dark Secret of Hendrik Schön — Nanotechnology ....................... 53 GENETIC ENGINEERING ........................................................................ 55 The Theory of Genetic Engineering ...................................................... 56 False Dawns in the Brave World of New Genetics (M. Bygrave) ......... 60 The Ethics of Human Cloning (L. J. Morse) ......................................... 76 Scientists Say Food Supplies Hinge on Genetic Engineering (C. Wallerstien) ..................................................................................... 89 Brave New World by A. Huxley ............................................................. 91 3

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HEALTH AND MEDICINE ........................................................................ 94 The Issues and Ethics of Organ Transplantation ................................... 94 Euthanasia: Notion and Ethics (T. L. Beauchamp) ............................... 98 Australia: Euthanasia Law Overturned ............................................... 104 LAW AND ORDER ................................................................................... 106 Commonly Used Legal Terms ............................................................. 106 Saving Lives and Money ..................................................................... 114 Executing Justice ................................................................................. 116 Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished? (L .C. Marshall) ................ 118 Why the Death Penalty Is a Necessary and Proper Means of Punishment? (P. G. Cassell) ........................................................... 125 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND PROTECTION ................................ 132 Threats to the Environment (M. Zimmerman) ..................................... 134 Global Warming (J. Hart) ................................................................... 145 Pacific Islands in Danger: Tuvalu and Kiribati .................................... 155 Buried in Garbage? (S. Swanson) ........................................................ 157 Will Renewable Sources of Energy Come of Age in the 21st Century? (Ch. Flavin, S. Dunn) .......................................................................... 170 THE CONSUMER SOCIETY ................................................................... 186 But Will It Make You Happy? (S. Rosenbloom) ................................. 186 Effects of Consumerism ...................................................................... 196 Advertising (B. Robbs) ........................................................................ 198 GLOBALIZATION ...................................................................................... 215 Life in the Global Marketplace (M. I. Hassan) .................................... 215 GLOBAL THREATS AND TERRORISM .................................................. 225 The Enduring Impact of 9/11 (G. LaFree, L. Dugan, E. Miller) .......... 225 THE INTERNET AND SOCIETY ............................................................ 237 Don’t Take My Internet Away (L. Hickman) ....................................... 241 What Will the Internet Look Like 40 Years in the Future? (E. Bell) ... 243 Addiction to Internet ‘Is an Illness’ (D. Smith) ................................... 245 The Internet and the ‘E-solated’ (T. Adams) ........................................ 248 The Dark Side of the Internet (A. Beckett) .......................................... 255 пример итоговой контрольной работы по разделу ................................ 263 источники ................................................................................................. 265

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