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VISITS/TALKS/AGREEMENTS
1. Make sure you know the following words.
1) UN Secretary-General;
11) mutual;
2) USA secretary of state;
12) adhere to;
3) vice-premier;
13) to step up efforts;
4) G-7 NATIONS;
14) to break a deadlock;
5) foreign Minister;
15) hold talks/ carry on negotiations, negotiate;
6) Council of Europe;
16) sign an agreement;
7) embassy;
17) to come to the deadlock;
8) treaty;
18) settlement;
9) negotiations;
19) breakdown of talks;
10) summit;
20) envoy.
2. Give Russian equivalents to the following geographical names:
Iraq, Baghdad, the Gulf, Luxembourg, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, the Middle East, Palestine,
Edinburgh, Gaza Strip, Lebanon
,
Damascus, Greek, Turkey, Cyprus, Nicosia, Thailand,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, the Baltic States,
Belgrade, Egypt, United Arab Emirates.
3. Paraphrase according to the model.
M o d e l
— The Premier of Britain arrived in Moscow for talks.
— The British Premier arrived in Moscow for talks.
1.
The Foreign Minister of France arrived in Bonn for talks with his German
counterpart.
2.
The Defence Minister of Sweden paid an official visit to Bonn.
3.
The
Premier of Holland came on an official visit to Paris.
4.
Two representatives of Denmark
paid a return visit to London.
5.
A delegation from Hungary visited some of the Moscow
enterprises.
6.
Minister of Norway had talks with the US Secretary of State.
7.
The
Defence Secretary of Spain is to arrive in London to confer with his opposite number.
8.
Under a prior agreement the President of Israel will visit the Federal Republic of
Germany later this year. A time for the visit will be specified accordingly.
9.
The Foreign
Minister of Belgium arrived in Moscow on an official visit on November.
10.
A
Parliamentary delegation from Portugal has begun talks in Vienna with the Federal
Chancellor of Austria.
11.
Mid-December was marked by a visit of a Parliamentary
delegation from Japan which had been invited by the Foreign Affairs Commission.
12.
An international conference of Pushkin scholars is to be held at Mikhailovskoye,
bringing together scholars and museum experts from 17 countries, including Ethiopia,
Egypt, Lebanon and Finland.