1 Memory Training in Interpreting

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Translate the following sentences into your mother tongue.

1. Don’t accuse him of your own fault. 2. Characterize the educational system. 3. Someone built a new orphanage in the centre of the town. 4. Parents rejected their child. 5. The most outstanding educator was K. D. Ushinsky. 6. India has a drug rehabilitation centre. 7. He has no respect for older generation. 8. Each child wants to have free space. 9. The success turned his head. 10. The purpose of a domestic water supply (водопостачання) system is to provide the consumers with enough hot and cold water.

7. Paraphrase the following sentences using the active vocabulary.

1. Language is the greatest teacher of mankind. 2. The collapse of communism in east central Europe and the Soviet Union marked the end of the Cold War. 3. Juvenile offender is criminal acts committed by non-adults. 4. It’s scanty to give only one example. 5. An autonomous colony is a colony with an elected legislature. 6. He was charged with perpetration (порушення кримінального закону).

8. Give a summary of the text ‘Anton Semenovych Makarenko’ in 7-8 sentences.

9. Work in pairs. Discuss Makarenko’s key ideas with your partner.