Text-study

I. Learn the following words.

Repository – хранилище;

perception – понимание;

to cultivate – развивать;

joint – совместный;

to encourage – воодушевлять;

annual – ежегодный;

survey – обзор;

to reinforce – усиливать, укреплять;

scholar – ученый;

sustainable – непрерывный;

asset – преимущество;

current – текущий;

merely – просто;

relevance – уместность;

paramount – первостепенный;

vision – видение.

II. Answer the following questions.

1. What are the functions of UNIC in Russia?

2. The UNIC’s mission is to cultivate understanding of its achievements, isn’t it?

3. Where is the UNIC accredited?

4. What does the UNIC encourage?

5. What kind of information does the UNIC supply the UN Headquarters with?

6. What is kept in a key asset of the UNIC?

III. Choose a), b) or c) to complete the following statements about the text.

1. The UN Information Centre in Moscow is a … UN service.

a) public relations;

b) strategic mission;

c) regular basis.

2. The UN Information Centre in Moscow works in contact with ….

a) the European Commission;

b) the Russian Parliament;

c) the Finance Ministry.

3. The Centre discusses the problems of the fight against ….

a) security;

b) terrorism;

c) responsibility.

4. The UNIC’s library keeps official UN ….

a) units;

b) events;

c) documents.

5. It’s important to have a proper … of the UN.

a) mission;

b) vision;

c) objective.