Exercise 5. Read English words and word combinations and give their Russian equivalents

Unlawful; violence; intimidating; coercing; a climate of fear; to bring about a political objective; destabilizing; overthrowing; political institutions; to suppress dissent; deadliness; technological sophistication; to disseminate news; modern-day weapons; have an effect out of all proportion; crucial; extremist groups; portrayal of destruction and terror; cyber terrorism; the target; newsworthy; internationalization of terrorism; political refugees; consequences; tightening-up of security.

Exercise 6. Read and translate the text “Terrorism”.

Exercise 7. Answer the following questions to the text:

1.What definition do the authors give to terrorism in the article?

2.What countries can you mention as an example of practicing terrorism in order to gain some political aims?

3.What role do mass media play in disseminating news of terrorists’ attacks instantaneously throughout the world?

4.Why do you think is publicity very important for terrorists?

5.What other organizations can be called terroristic?

6.Can you give an example when one state's terrorist emerges as another's political refugee?

Exercise 8. Speak about terrorism.