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9. Is Jenkins pessimistic or optimistic about finding a solution to the problem of terrorism? Support your
answer from the text .
Lines:___ Quote first and last words:__________
10.What is the prediction for the immediate future as regards the public reaction to terrorism?
11.According to the writer, what is the relationship between «banality» and «terror»?
Vocabulary: A. Find 4 to 6 terms in the text which mean the elimination or complete destruction of someone
or something. Word:_____ Line:______ Word:____ Line:____
B. Which word in the text means
daily______ yearly______ every 10 years____?
C. What is the meaning of oversee (1.15)_________?
What is an oversight ___________________?
*Caution: do not confuse the two
D. Find a synonym for each of the following words.
precedent __________ deter____________
commonplace________ respite___________
epidemic ___________ reprisals___________
resist_____________ combat___________
controversy_______________
E.Fill in each blank with one of the words in (D) above.
1 There are at least two points of view in every _______.
2.The way to_______terrorism has not yet been found.
3.There has been no _______ for this in all of history.
4.The ________ is spreading rapidly in every country.
5.Terrorism has become so______ that we can no longer resist it
6.Even_____ do not give us a long_________from terrorist attacks.
THE TASK OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
Exercise
1. What do the inventions of agriculture and weapons have in common with machine production?
2. «In the old days, mountains and waterfalls were natural phenomena; now, an inconvenient mountain can
be abolished and a convenient waterfall can be created.» (11.9-11). What point is Russell trying to prove?
3. «Now» (11.10,12,20): Is the writer referring to a specific year? (What does «now» mean here?)
4. What is the difference in the effects of education in the machine age as compared with pre-machine
times?