Kryachkov 2!indd

UNIT I
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Д. А. Крячков
gions (to stress)
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morality rather than personal comfort and therapy. There (to be)
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much talk 
from the pulpit about God’s love but little about sin. The dominant culture (to invade)
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mainline 
religions so that “religiousness” necessarily (not to mean)
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improved moral behavior. There is dis-
agreement whether traditional biblical religion (to revive)
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, and the depth and staying power of 
any revival (to remain)
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to be seen.
Ex. 35. Use of English. Choose the best variant.
In these United States money is/are (1) our common/usual/ordinary (2) denominator. It is the 
absolute standard of access and status — the “top/bottom/low/high (3) line,” because/since/as (4) 
we say x/in/on/at (5) these days. Not only commerce but education, justice, art, the environment, 
health care, and often liberty itself must correspond to/meet/answer (6) the standards and bow 
to the demands of money. There is preciously/precious (7) little among us that isn't/is (8) rationed, 
administered, and ultimately valued, in terms/in ways/by way/on terms (9) of money. The Con-
stitution alike/aside (10), most Americans consider themselves as/x (11) free insofar as they have 
access to money.
The “American dream” has come/gone/arrived (12) to mean an ideal not of liberty but of pros-
perity. Our unconscious or half-conscious definition of liberty has become “prosperity.” Contem-
porary politics is based/is basing (13) on this equation. Most of our lives revolve around/about 
(14) doing/making (15) money (as opposed to the humane/human (16), communal value of our 
work, which was the standard for many eras), and most of us judge ourselves/x (17) according 
to what we can show for our money. In America money is, if not quite omnipotent, at least om-
nipresent.
Money plays covert, even insidious, roles in our most intimate relationships. Divorcees/Di-
vorceant/Divorces (18) who vie viciously for each other's money is/are (19) only taking/bringing/
setting (20) to light what lived in their love from the beginning: the need to be valued — a need 
that tends to turn ferociously concrete when things go amok/bad (21). Our secrecy/mystery/
conspiracy (22) about our salaries is a secrecy/mystery/conspiracy (23) about how we are valued. 
Among men especially, the contest/contestation (24) of who will pick up the check is a contest/
contestation (25) of dominance, and this is only one of the gentler ways men make money felt in 
their friendships.
Ex. 36. Fill in the gaps with any suitable word.
Is there a place for morality in the __________ (1) of foreign policy? For-
eign policy realists may deny morality and ethics a place in their formulation of foreign policy and 
label anyone who argues for it as __________ (2), but countries that dismiss morality as an impor-
tant factor may be doing so at their own __________ (3).
The arguments __________ (4) placing morality at the foundation of foreign policy formulation 
are numerous and include: (i) countries are here to __________ (5) their own “national interests” 
and not those of others; (ii) morality towards foreigners is not a factor to be included in a country’s 
“national interest”; and (iii) touting morality conveys __________ (6) and undermines the projec-
tion of power, inducing further conflict. 
But even Hans Morgenthau, who is known chiefly for his __________ (7) on national interest, 
in many contexts __________ (8) moral values. In a remarkable article “The Present Tragedy of 

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