Read the text and answer the questions that follow it. Causes of World War I

Deal programs did not end the Depression. Although the economy improved, full recovery had to await the defense buildup preceding America's entry ___ World War II.

Ex.6. Complete the text by inserting the words from the box. Find in the text words synonymous to the word “depression”.

The Great Depression began with a catastrophic ____ of stock-market prices on the New York ____ in October 1929. Many other countries had been affected by the ____.

Almost all nations sought to protect their ____ production by ____ tariffs, raising existing ones, and setting quotas on foreign imports. Prior to the Great Depression, governments traditionally took little or no action in times of business ____. Market forces alone proved unable to achieve the desired ____ in the early years of the Great Depression. After the Great Depression, government action in the form of ____, industrial regulation, social ____, ____ services, or deficit spending, came to assume a principal role in ____ economic stability in most industrial ____ with market economies.

Ex.7. Complete the text by translating the words and phrases in brackets. Make necessary grammatical changes.

Key:

Again neutrality was the initial American response to the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939. But the bombing of Pearl Harbor (военно-морская) base in Hawaii by the Japanese in December 1941 brought the United States into the war, first against Japan and then against its (союзники), Germany and Italy.

American, British, and Soviet war planners agreed to concentrate on (разгромить) Germany first. British and American forces (высаживаться) in North Africa in November 1942, proceeded to Sicily and the Italian mainland in 1943, and (освобождать) Rome on June 4, 1944. Two days later - D-Day –the Allied forces (высаживаться) in Normandy. Paris was (освобождать) on August 24, and by September American units had crossed the German (граница). The Germans finally (капитулировать) on May 5, 1945.

The war against Japan came to a swift end in August of 1945, when President Harry Truman ordered the use of atomic bombs against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Nearly 200,000 (гражданское население) were killed. Although the matter can still provoke heated discussion, the argument in favor of (сбрасывать бомбы) was that (потери) on both sides would have been greater if the Allies had been forced to (вторгаться) Japan.

DISCUSSION

I.  The following is a list of events that occurred just before the outbreak of the First World War. Unscramble the events and list them in chronological order in the space provided.

• Germany declares war on France

• Germany gives Austria-Hungary blank cheque

• Germany invades Belgium

• Austria-Hungary gives an ultimatum to Serbia

• Russia mobilizes to support Serbia

• Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

• Gavrilo Princip shoots the Archduke and Archduchess

• France mobilizes to support Russia

• Serbia agrees to two of the terms of the ultimatum

• The Archduke and Archduchess visit Sarajevo

• Britain declares war on Germany

• Germany declares war on Russia

• Austria-Hungary blames Serbia for the death of the Archduke and Archduchess

• Germany orders France and Russia to stop mobilizing

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II. Dwell on some issues concerning World War I.

1.  Speak of the most important reasons that caused the 1^st World war.

2.  Prove that the creation of the League of Nations was not entirely worthless.

3.  How were the effects of WWI related to the causes of World War II?

III.     Make a short presentation (up to 7 minutes) describing the Great Depression of 1929 on the basis of the issues of the table below. Use text 30 from SUPPLEMENTARY READER. Add more issues if necessary.

The Great Depression

IV.     Express your point of view on the following issues:

1)  Why does the use of atomic bombs still provoke heated discussion?

2)  Can noble ideas justify the use of atomic weapons?

V.     Speak of the role of the USSR in defeating fascism. What burden did Belarus bear during World