2. Adjectives

Insidious, derogatory, blameworthy, unaware, genuine, subtle, deficient, unconscious, intelligent

1. He (was in the dark about) the police watching him.

2. His statements were very (pejorative) towards his colleagues.

3. He had a few (bright) things to say.

4. She doesn’t feel that she (has done anything wrong).

5. There is a (small but important) difference between these two projects.

6. A diet (lacking) vitamins may cause serious consequences.

7. It is an (authentic) Vrubel’s drawing.

8. It is a perfidious disease attacking the central nervous system.

9. This holiday has provoked a desire to give up my job.

3. Nouns

prejudice, phenomenon, exception, origin, adolescence, convention, vigilance, similarity, playmate, detection, facet, damage, accomplishment, treatment, transition.

1. One of the (sides) of his role in the film is that of a vicious fighter for justice.

2. The campaign aims to dispel (the unreasonable opinion) that AIDS is confined to the homosexuals.

3. Early (noticing) the cancer improves the chances of successful treatment.

4. What is the (compensation for a loss).

5. In some countries it is a (custom) to wear white mourning clothes.

6. It is just another novel about the joys and sorrows of (youth).

7. Children often invent (imaginary friends).

8. We celebrated the successful (completion) of our task.

9. This subject matter gets a different (consideration) in his latest novel.

10. There’s evidence to suggest that child abuse is not just a recent (thing).

11. Mary always leaves home at eight o’clock but today is a (special case), she’s going later.

12. This book is about the (beginning) of the universe.

13. There was a lot of (resemblance) between two photos.

14. There will be an interim government to oversee the (passing) to democracy.

15. The minister warned that (guardedness) against terrorism must not be relaxed.

Section 3

Reading

3.1. Reading comprehension.

1. Scan paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and find out basic theoretical assumptions helping to understand the message of the whole essay.

2. What is the topical sentence uniting paragraphs 5, 6 and 7?

3. Look through paragraphs 8, 9, 10, 11 to find out if there are some connections with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.

4. Read paragraphs 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 to decide which of the following statements are true and which are false:

1. A child learns (prejudice) from his parents in three main ways.

2. But prohibition should be made on the basis of skin pigment.

3. Parents can communicate prejudice in subtle ways.

4. The conforming type of prejudice is difficult to get rid of.

5. Life experience prevents children from learning prejudice.

6. Quick judgments are a facet of prejudiced thinking.

7. A secure person finds it safer to treat the whole group as if it might be harmful to him.

8. A child can always blame himself if his parents blame him unfairly.

5. Scan paragraphs 17, 18, 19 and indicate sequential connections between their topical sentences.

5. The essay has a four-part organization. Where do the divisions occur? What aspect of the subject does the author deal with in each part?

5. Mind - map the whole text including the supporting ideas.

5. Read the text and find the answers to the following questions:

1. What do we know about prejudice from psychological and sociological studies?

2. What is the difference between а false and correct generalization?

3. In what way does ignorance differ from prejudice?

4. What is the way prejudiced people think and behave?

5. How do people adapt to the conventions of their own group?

6. What is the phenomenon а psychologist was interested in?

7. What is the second kind of prejudice? What is it rooted in?

8. Is prejudice inborn or acquired?

9. How does а child learn prejudice?

10. Why is it important to make exceptions and differences in classifying things and people?

11. How do parents influence а child’s mind in terms of his/her learning prejudice?

12. How is social prejudice developed?

13. What is the role of family relations in promoting prejudice?

14. Why аre college graduates less prejudiced than people with less education?