II. Section: Military service

1. Match the words and phrases in List A with those in List B. Learn these lexical units.

List A

List B

to join the army to serve in the armed forces to do military service to avoid conscription compulsory military service to exempt sb from military service to be exempt from military service alternative non-military service deferment (of military service) to conscript sb to sign up for the armed forces to introduce conscription to abolish conscription recruiting centre to serve call-up papers draft dodging to see service to volunteer for military service to recruit volunteers raw recruit to receive a commission commissioned officer enlisted man to recruit an army to disband an army

a. призывной пункт b. идти в армию c. служить d. вручать повестку e. распускать армию f. отменять обязательную военную службу g. поступить добровольцем на военную службу h. вводить обязательную военную службу i. новобранец j. получать звание офицера k. офицер l. поступать на военную службу m. альтернативная военная служба n. освобождать от военной службы o. служить в вооруженных силах p. уклоняться от призыва на военную службу q. формировать армию r. отсрочка (от военной службы) s. не подлежать призыву на военную службу t. солдат u. проходить военную службу v. призывать на военную службу w. уклонение от призыва на военную службу x. набирать добровольцев y. обязательная военная служба

2. Give synonyms for the following words and phrases.

military service, to avoid military service, to recruit (an army), to join (the army), military (service), to avoid (military service), to abolish (compulsory military service), to conscript sb, to sign up (for the armed forces), conscription, recruit, to receive a commission, to recruit an army, full mobilization

3. Suggest words and expressions that correspond to the following definitions.

1. to make someone join the armed forces

2. the act of avoiding an order to join the armed forces

3. to collect together and organize an army to fight a battle

4. to send home the members of an army, especially at the end of a war

5. someone who is completely untrained

6. someone who illegally avoids joining the armed forces even though they have been ordered to join

7. someone who has been made to join the armed forces

8. to join the armed forces

9. the system of making every adult, or every male adult, serve in the armed forces for a limited period of time

10. to perform official duties, especially in the armed forces

11. the practice of finding people to join a military force or an organization

12. someone who joins the armed forces without being forced to do it

13. the position of an officer in the armed forces

14. an officer of low rank in the British army

15. to prepare, or to order the armed forces to prepare, to fight, especially in a war

16. to stop existing as an organization, or to make something do this

4. Match the words in List A with those in List B to form phrases.

List A	List B
to evade to conscript sb to enlist as call-up draft to serve to sign up exemption alternative to join enlistment recruiting to award sb full	a. period b. officer c. a commission d. to military service e. up f. into the army g. military service h. a private i. mobilization j. dodger k. for the armed forces l. in the air force m. from military service n. papers

5. Fill the gaps in the sentences with prepositions or adverbial particles if necessary.

1. They volunteered ….. military service prior ….. age 18.

2. If you join the army you have to sign ….. ….. at least three years.

3. Many men sign ….. ….. the army because they can't find ordinary jobs.

4. He enlisted ….. a volunteer.

5. The Ministry of Defence served call-up papers ….. 390 army reservists.

6. He was commissioned ….. the Royal Engineers.

7. He served ..... the Army from 1975 to 1980.

8. They will consider introducing exemptions ..... military service.

9. I was called ..... three months after war broke out.

10. He was conscripted ..... the army at the age of 18.

11. Most private soldiers are recruited ..... the working classes.

12. When hostilities broke out he returned to England and joined ..... .

13. When the Civil War broke out, Walker tried to join the Army ..... a surgeon.

14. He was commissioned ..... second lieutenant in the Air Force.

6. Choose the word or phrase (from the list) that best completes each of the sentences below. Change the grammatical form of the word or phrase if necessary.

commission, to do, to join, to dodge, to evade, to build up, to sign on, fresh, to demobilize, to conscript, to move, to raise, to serve, to overwhelm, to see, military service, to complete, to exempt, to enlist, to join up, to send

1. Bruce ….. the navy straight out of high school.

2. Young Frenchmen ….. into the army and forced to fight in Algeria.

3. After high school, he ….. in the Marines, where he remained for eight years.

4. In 1066 William the Conqueror ….. an army and invaded England.

5. He ..... more than 20 years in the army.

6. Tony ..... service during the Gulf War.

7. All men under thirty-five were told to report for ..... within three days.

8. Many conscripts resent having ..... their military service.

9. He can't ..... doing military service forever.

10. He ..... from military service.

11. He ..... as a soldier in the US army.

12. He ….. right after leaving school.

13. During the Vietnam war, he moved to Canada ….. the draft.

14. Drill sergeants have eight weeks to turn ..... recruits into soldiers.

15. It is highly unlikely that the rebels will agree to give up their weapons and ..... .

16. The regime ..... the largest army in Africa.

7. Translate these sentences. Give synonymous translations if possible.

1. Во время войны он проходил военную службу в воздушно-десантных войсках.

2. Если молодой человек уклоняется от призыва на военную службу, он может быть привлечен к уголовной ответственности.

3. В настоящее время многие юноши освобождаются от прохождения военной службы по состоянию здоровья.

4. Когда разразилась война, он был призван на военную службу.

5. Он добровольно пошел служить в морскую пехоту.

6. Многие в стране выступают за введение обязательной военной службы.

7. Уклонение от призыва на военную службу является уголовным преступлением.

8. Обязательная военная служба была отменена в Британии в 1962 году.

9. Они вербовали солдат среди всех слоев населения.

10. Многие молодые люди идут служить в армию, потому что они не могут найти другую работу.

11. Все взрослое мужское население подлежит призыву на военную службу.

12. Многие молодые люди покидали страну, чтобы избежать призыва на военную службу.

13. Новобранцы проходят подготовку в течение шести месяцев, а затем направляются на фронт.

14. В прошлом году он был произведен в офицеры.

15. Многие демобилизованные солдаты оказались без работы.

16. Мятежники отказались распустить свои военные формирования.