If he smoked less he might (be able to) get rid of his cough

1. She is very shy; that's why she doesn't enjoy parties.

2. He doesn't take any exercise; that's why he is so unhealthy.

3. I haven't the right change so we can't get tickets from the machine.

4. They speak French to her, not English, so her English doesn't improve.

5. He doesn't work overtime, so he doesn't earn as much as I do.

6. My number isn't in the directory so people don't ring me up.

7. The police are not armed so we don't have gun battles in the streets.

8. The shops don't deliver now, which makes life difficult.

9. He's very thin; perhaps that's why he feels the cold so much.

10. We haven't any matches so we can't light a fire.

11. It's a pity we haven't a steak to cook over our camp fire.

12. I'm fat; that's why I can't get through the bathroom window.

13. He doesn't help me, possibly because I never ask him for help.

14. I can't drive so we can't take the car.

15. We have no ladder so we can't get over the wall.

16. My friend advised me to sell it. (My friend said, 'If I. . . you I. . .")

17. I haven't much time so I read very little.

18. They don't clean the windows so the rooms look rather dark.

19. He never polishes his shoes, so he never looks smart.

20. He doesn't pay his staff properly; perhaps that's why they don't work well.

21. We haven't got central heating, so the house is rather cold.

22. I have no dog, so I don't like being alone in the house at night.

23. He spends hours watching television; that's why he never has time to do odd jobs in the house.

24. I haven't got a vacuum cleaner; that's why I'm so slow.

25. I don't know his address, so I can't write to him.

26. He never shaves; that's the only reason he looks unattractive.

27. You work too fast; that's why you make so many mistakes.

28. I can't park near my office; that's why I don't come by car.

29. I live a long way from the centre; that's why I am always late for work.

30. I haven't a map so I can't direct you.

31. People drive very fast. That's why there are so many accidents.

32. English people speak very quickly. Perhaps that's why I can't understand them.

33. My house is guarded by two Alsatian dogs. That's the only reason it isn't broken into every night.

34. The flats are not clearly numbered, so it is very difficult to find anyone.

35. You don't wipe your feet, so you make muddy marks all over the floor.

36. I live near my office, so I don't spend much time traveling to work.

UNIT 5

PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

SECTION 1:

HUMAN RIGHTS HISTORY

Before you read

Discuss these questions:

1. What do you know about human rights?

2. What rights do people have in pre-modern societies?

3. Who was John Lock? What do you know about his theory of natural rights?

Key vocabulary:

deceptively simple, consequences, inalienable, to lose the rights, to be entitled to, hold rights, right holder, to deny rights, to claim, to respect rights, to implement a conception of social justice, to exercise rights, divine commandment, contingent political arrangements, treatise, disputes over rights, morally prior to, the apparent universalism, burden of proof, racial superiority, assertions, acquired virtue, to expand/ to narrow, to provoke controversy, race and gender discrimination, dispossessed groups.

Read and translate the text :

What Are Human Rights

Human rights are the rights that one has simply because one is human. This deceptively simple idea has profound social and political consequences. Human rights, because they rest on nothing more than being human, are universal, equal, and inalienable. They are held by all human beings, universally. One either is or is not human and thus has or does not have human rights. And one can no more lose these rights than one can stop being a human being - no matter how inhuman the treatment one may suffer. One is entitled to human rights and is empowered by them. Human rights, being held by every person against the state and society, provide a framework for political organization and a standard of political legitimacy. In a context in which they are systematically denied, claims of human rights may be positively revolutionary. Even in societies where human rights are generally well respected, they provide constant pressure on governments to meet their standards.