Exercises

Ex.1. Read and translate the following international words:

cooperation, economy, democracy, commission, activity, agriculture, referendum, candidate, to guarantee, to delegate, to ratify, to symbolize, to represent, human, stable, civil, public, military

Ex.2. Choose the opposites from the box:

internal - uncertain -

military - to reject -

separate - to include -

stable - peace -

free - minority -

Ex.3. Match the English and Ukrainian equivalents:

Ex.4. Complete the sentences with the following words:

governments treaties market member states partner to pass

1. The main job of Parliament is _______ European laws. It shares this responsibility with the Council of the European Union, and the proposals for new laws come from the European Commission.

2. The Council consists of ministers from the national _______of all the EU countries.

3. The European Commission is independent of national governments, and it keeps an eye out to see that everyone abides by the European ____and laws.

4. The EU has 20 official languages for 27 ________ (although there are only three working languages in the European Commission).

5. The EU’s frontier-free single _____and the creation of the single currency have already generated billions of euro of wealth and created several million new jobs.

6. The EU has become Ukraine’s largest trading ______ accounting for about 35% of Ukraine’s total trade. At the same time, Ukraine represents less than 1% of total EU trade.

Ex.5. Review the text. Translate the words and word-combinations in bold.