Give Russian equivalents of the following words and phrases.
2. Give Russian equivalents of the following words and phrases.
To be scheduled to do smth; to verify; to abide by; to focus on; to apply; verification measures; START I; to rule out; an option; a stockpile; transparency; a breakthrough; the ABM Treaty; testing a missile defense system; outmoded; to constrain; to scrap; to withdraw; an accord; a top foreign policy priority; a notification; a provision; to do on-site inspection.
3. Give English equivalents of the following words and phrases.
Проводить инспекцию на местах; прозрачность; договор по ПРО; средства проверки; уделять внимание; договор СНВ-1; положение/статья договора; запас; вариант; планируется; придерживаться; применять; испытание системы противоракетной обороны; договор; ограничивать; главный приоритет внешней политики; прорыв; разрушать; устареть; уведомление; проверять; выйти (из договора), исключать.
4. Read the article again and complete the following statements using the active words and phrases.
- The US Secretary of State is scheduled to...
- Both the US and Russia are now looking for ways to ...
- The discussions were focusing on how to ...
- The US President announced he was prepared to reduce ...
- There will be a big concentration on transparency so ...
- The Secretary of State sounded less optimistic about a breakthrough in ...
- US officials consider the ABM treaty outmoded, but Russian president...
- The ABM Treaty constrains...
- US officials want to scrap ...
- Missile defense remains...
- What the US does not want to lose is ...
- Verification measures include ...
5. Answer the questions on the article.
- Who is the US Secretary of State scheduled to meet?
- What deal does the article focus on?
- What ways do Russia and USA look for in the nuclear field?
- What do the discussions between the Russian president and US Secretary of State focus on?
- What is the US president prepared to do?
- Does the US Secretary of State sound optimistic about any breakthrough in the talks?
- How do the US officials consider the ABM treaty?
- What does the ABM Treaty constrain?
- What remains one of the US administration's top foreign policy priorities?
- What important provisions are there in the START I and START II agreements?
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