154 PART TEN
L E S S O N 5 5
A SPEECH OF A PUBLIC LEADER
In his speech delivered on some occasion a public lead
er should always stick to some rules as follows. He should
always:
bring up the most acute questions;
add up the previous experience;
enlarge on his opinion;
expand on his point of view;
dwell on the social problems;
chalk them up to the former office;
stand for people;
side with the right guys;
promise to step up the fight against corruption;
promise to clamp down on the criminals;
promise to act on giving out the child-care;
promise to build up the army.
In that case he can bargain for no trouble and end up
very rich.
EXERCISE 1
Find English equivalents in the text and make up sentences
of your own.
Разбогатеть, рассчитывать, укрепить, приписывать, под
робно остановиться на, подробнее объяснить, суммировать,
поднять вопрос, раздавать, повлиять, ужесточить меры про
тив, усилить, быть сторонником, защищать.
EXERCISE 2
Fill in the blanks.
1. The teacher asked Bob to ... out textbooks.
2. We should ... up our production.
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3. The police ... down on the car drivers.
4. Though very rich once, Mr. Richardson ... up poor.
5. We didn't ... for those results.
6. Bill wants to ... up the power of the engine.
7. In his speech Mr. Jones ... up the most acute questions, ...
on them, ... up all the data and ... on his personal opnion.
8. We hope congress will ... on this bill soon.
9. All the damages can be ... up to Bill's unefficiency.
10. You should ... with them and ... for your rights.
11. Please ... on this particular point in your report.
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