Упр.1 Юнит 2 Урок 4 ГДЗ English Кузовлев 10-11 класс
What kind of people can succeed (иметь успех) in politics? What traits of character should they have?
Here is an opinion of a modern expert about the problem. Are there any unexpected ideas?
Any politician who wants to win should be a real personality (личностью). He/she should have a will (волю) to win and a wish to have power. He/she should use power not for his/her own needs but for improving the situation in the country. A good politician should have an ability to risk and to love risking if he/she wants to win. He/she should be able to take non-traditional decisions and to give up (жертвовать) some people from his/her team. If a good politician understands that some people can’t perform their functions he/she should change them and forget how hard it was. A politician, who can’t change some members of the team when it is necessary will lose. It’s very important for a politician to have clever advisors but it is he/she who is responsible for the decisions. Though people often say that a politician who has clever advisors is not clever! Political decisions may be ruthless (безжалостные) for some people and good for the majority of the people. So, a good politician should be ready to take ruthless decisions. A politician who follows one and the same strategic line and doesn’t revise his/her ideas won’t live a long life in politics. But again, people may say that he/she has no will to finish something! No image-maker can help a person who is nothing. It is impossible to improve “nothing”. Image-makers and advisors can add only 15–20% to the image of a politician. The power should be used by a politician not for power itself but for achieving definite aims.
Which of the expert’s ideas do these statements confirm (подтверждать)?
- A politician should be power-loving.
- A politician should be gifted.
- A politician should be risky.
- A politician should be ambitious.
- A politician should be pliable (гибкий, уступчивый).
Which traits (характерные черты) are negative and which are positive for a politician? (AB Unit 2, ex. 6)
Which ideas of the expert do you agree with?
Agreeing
That’s just what I was thinking. (I couldn’t agree more.) I think…
Disagreeing
That is not the way I see. Actually/in fact I think…
Partly agreeing
Yes, but we shouldn’t forget that… (Yes, there is a lot in what the expert says, but…)
1) The expert says that a good politician should be a real personality, have a will to win, be ambitious, risky and able to make non-traditional decisions. He or she should also be flexible and ready to change the team if it is necessary. The most unexpected idea is that a politician should be ready to take ruthless decisions.
2) The statements confirm these ideas of the expert:
- A politician should be power-loving.
- A politician should be gifted.
- A politician should be risky.
- A politician should be ambitious.
- A politician should be pliable.
3) Positive traits: a will to win, ambition, ability to risk, flexibility, ability to make non-traditional decisions, responsibility, cleverness, determination.
Negative traits: power-loving, ruthless, too ambitious for power itself, inflexible, unable to change the team when necessary.
4) I agree that a good politician should be ambitious, flexible and able to take responsibility for decisions. I also think that a politician should use power for the good of the country, not for personal benefit.
