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triggers fear and rejection because __________.
4. __________, and you are a bigot if you disagree!
5. Attitudes towards __________ are (wrongly) based on the assumption that __________. 
6. Do you think that people of disparate cultures can __________?
7. 
His remark that __________ made him sound like a bigot.
8. Profound reforms must be launched to _________
9. Stigma attached to __________ can(not) be easily __________ because __________ .
10. The underlying assumption of the article is that __________.

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11. Victims of prejudice based on __________ often __________.
12. Women/men have a natural propensity __________.
13. __________ must become our primary objective without prejudice to __________.
14.
__________ substantiates the view that __________.
Ex. 11. Answer the following questions using the words and phrases from Ex. 4. and 
Ex. 6.
1. Why do you think no stigma is attached to plagiarism in Russia?
2. Do you think all students have a ‘natural’ propensity to cheat in class?
3. What are some of the consequences of a growing disparity in wealth distribution within so-
ciety?
4. Should 
the 
media 
assume responsibility for perpetuating certain gender, racial or other kinds 
of stereotypes?
5. Do emotions interfere with your ability to process information or do you always remain cool-
headed?
6. What 
can 
trigger changes in the perception of women in certain professions (e.g., in diplomacy)?
7. Are 
prejudices and bigotry inevitable in a heterogeneous society?
8. What 
erroneous 
assumptions underlie ageism?
Ex. 12. Translate the following sentences paying special attention 
to the phrases in bold. Make up sentences of your own containing 
set expressions with ‘and’.
1. By and large, the Russians look like Russians, the Chinese look like Chinese, the French look like 
the French, the Nigerians look like Nigerians. But the Americans look like everybody else in the world. 
2. Western leaders such as George W. Bush and Tony Blair have reiterated time and again that the 
war against terrorism has nothing to do with Islam. It is a war against evil. 3. The key to understand-
ing the ruin of our national economy over the course of the past thirty-five years, is that the Clinton-
Gore Administration, like those of Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and Bush earlier, were one and all dupes of 
the leading popular charlatan in economics teaching, the Mont Pelerin Society’s silliest neo-liberal 
fanatic, Professor Milton Friedman. 4. In the wake of the Gulf War, Iraq defaulted on its debts to all