III. Compare the words in their usage.
II. Form the derivatives of the words given in a chart below. Use a dictionary if necessary.
I. Study the words.
LOOKING AT THE ISSUE
Suppose some scientists invent medicine to help people live forever. One day they come to you and say, "If you take the medicine in this bottle, you will never get old and you will never die." Would you take it? Why or why not?
Yes, I would take it because: _____________________
No, I wouldn't take it because: ______________________
LET’S THINK
Every day thousands people die. Every minute thousands people fall ill with incurable diseases. May the doctors use organs of the dead to save people’s lives? Just to transplant hearts, kidneys, livers to people who have been queuing up for these vital organs for many years?
Most of them wait without any result and die. So can the dead help the living?
| to be in favour of smth | `feivə | поддерживать ч.-л. |
| to be opposed | ə`pəuzd | противостоять, быть против |
| to have use for smth | пользоваться ч.-л. | |
| to give permission | pə`mi∫n | давать разрешение |
| to have the opposite point of view | иметь противоположную точку зрения | |
| to cut up (v) | разрезать, разрубать на куски | |
| to take out (v) | вынимать | |
| to violate (v) | `vaiəleit | осквернять, нарушать |
| to be treated with smth | `tri:t | обращаться с ч.-л. |
| dignity (n) | `digniti | достоинство |
| to cut open (v) | рассекать | |
| to come back to life | вернуться к жизни | |
| to turn off/on (v) | tə:n | выключить/включить |
| to make a decision | di`siʒn | принять решение |
| organs of a body | ||
| heart | ha:t | сердце |
| lung | lÙnŋ | лёгкое |
| brain | brein | мозг |
| blood | blÙd | кровь |
| kidney | `kidni | почка |
| bone | bəun | кость |
| marrow | `mærəu | костный мозг |
| eye | ai | глаз |
| Noun | Adjective | Verb |
| die – dyed – dying | ||
| donor | ||
| violate | ||
| permission |
Permissive [pə`misiv] (adj) – tolerant; granting permission – permissive neighbours.
Permissible [pə`misəbl] (adj) – permitted, allowable – permissible dose.
1. This movie is not ... for kids! 2. My parents were … and let me make my own mistakes. 3. Would it be … to say that? 4. Old people always say that the youth live in … environment.
Permit [`pə:mit] (n, countable) – an official written statement giving one the right to do something
Permission [pə`mi∫n] (n, uncountable) – formal act of allowing; written or spoken agreement
Permissibility [pə,misə`biləti] (n) – допустимость, позволительность
Permissiveness [pə`misivnəs] (n) – вседозволенность
1. It’s parents’ right to give or not to give ... to their offspring. 2. You won’t get into the atomic research station without a ... . 3. ... never leads to anything good. 4. The Constitution proclaims legal ... . 5. With your … I’ll leave now. 6. Do you really hold … for a revolver?
Deadly[`dedli] (adj) – likely to cause death – a deadly poison
Deathly[`deθli] (adj, adv) – like death – a deathly silence
1. Fog is the sailors’ … enemy. 2. Hush! The students are writing the test. Listen to that … silence. 3. What have you done? It’s one of the seven … sins. 4. Andrey Balkonsky died because of … wounds.
IV. There are two phrasal verbs in the text: to cut up and to keep alive. What do they mean? Study the examples and match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.