Lesson 15. Golpe de Estado.

`Warm-up`

1. THE TRADITIONAL EXPLANATIONS FOR CHINA’S BREAKOUT from poverty and underdevelopment have never been fully satisfying and sometimes border on intellectual laziness. (I say this as someone who has drawn on elements of them myself.) Some analysts say that in outperforming other major economies since the 1980s, China is merely returning to its longer-term historical trajectory and regaining the leading position in the world economy that it had held for much of the last millennium, until the early 19th century. To stop there, though, means to believe in teleology, or determinism, which to me (and most historians) doesn’t explain much at all.

2. Another popular explanation holds that after Mao, the Chinese Communist Party stopped making so many egregious (очевидные) mistakes and simply got out of the way of economic progress. A popular variant of this thesis credits famous government reforms, including the creation of special economic zones, or SEZs, such as in the southern city of Shenzhen. After Deng Xiaoping designated Shenzhen an SEZ in 1980, as it has been endlessly recounted, the unremarkable fishing village went on to become one of China’s largest and richest cities, a metropolis that increasingly casts a shadow over nearby Hong Kong. Proponents of this theory also cite other signal reforms, first undertaken in the early 1980s, that involved attracting foreign investments and generating exports.

3. Many other analyses have emphasized China’s sheer (явный) historical good fortune. Around 1980, China was embarking on a demographic dividend—simply put, a youth bulge (внезапный рост, скачок)—just as Western corporations were looking to base manufacturing operations in cheaper places overseas. By being a first mover among developing countries in embracing outsourced industries such as textiles, plastics, and simple assembly, China became the biggest beneficiary of this new trend of globalization. And China’s dominance, whether by design or not, made it enormously difficult for any would-be emulators(соперники) to hoist (поднять, вытащить) themselves up the rungs (ступеньки) of the same development ladder in its wake. To be sure, some of these explanations have elements of truth.

`Lexis`

Some More Compounds

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/compound-adjectives-with-numbers-a-two-day-trip/

Practice!

a)

1. High-pitched
2. Well-known
3. Time-consuming
4. Old-fashioned
5. Cold-hearted
6. Open-ended
7. Fast-paced
8. Narrow-minded
9. Long-lasting
10. Full-length
11. Short-sighted
12. User-friendly
13. Thought-provoking
14. Deep-fried
15. Hard-hitting
16. All-inclusive
17. Cost-effective
18. Bad-tempered
19. Stress-free
20. Good-natured

b)

1. Белоснежный
2. Сверхбыстрый
3. Легкозапоминающийся
4. Круглосуточный
5. Многоязычный
6. Сверхточный
7. Долговременный
8. Непромокаемый
9. Высококачественный
10. Полутораметровый
11. Ультратонкий
12. Противопожарный
13. Энергосберегающий
14. Полуостровной
15. Низкокалорийный
16. Широкоформатный
17.Сладко-кислый.
18. Труднодоступный
19. Светоотражающий
20. Устойчивый к коррозии

`Grammar`

Modals

https://www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/english-second-language-esl/222218

Deduction

Task 1. Insert the modal verbs correctly.

1. Your mother ... be a great cook. You are always so keen to get back home to eat!

2. I don't know why I am so tired these days. I ... be working too hard. Or maybe I am not sleeping too well.

3. Do you know where Carl is? He ... be out - his car keys are on the table.

4. You seem to know everything about the theatre. You ... go every week.

5. To give the promotion to Harold was silly. He ... know much about this company after only a year working here.

6. Go and look in the kitchen for your gloves. They ... be in there.

7. Oh, the phone is ringing. Answer it. It ... be Kate. She always rings at this time.

8. Dan has been drinking that whiskey since early this afternoon. He ... be totally drunk by now.

9. That couple ... think much of this film. They're leaving already - after only 20 minutes!

10. That's the second new car they have bought this year. They ... be very rich!

Coup d`Etat or Golpe de Estado?

`Reading & Discussing`

Buying happiness

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2409/240926-money-worries.html

`Homework`

Task 1. Refresh the usage of compound adjectives first.

a) Complete the worksheet;

b) Translate the collocations in Russian

Robot-run farms, record-breaking performance, thought-provoking film, a far-fetched problem, the last-minute idea, a foot-and-mouth virus, a world-renowned brand, height-adjustable table, multi-faceted approach, life-altering decision, low-maintenance landscaping.