УДК 802.0-3(07583) Modern Issues of the Postmodern World: Reading for Advanced Students / Сост. А.Н. Кочетков. Нижний Новгород, 2019. -129 с. Новая коллекция оригинальных текстов, предлагаемая в этой книге, вводит читателя в мир современной англо-американской журнально-газетной публицистики, знакомя с актуальными формами живого английского языка как в британском, так и в американском его вариантах. Впервые тексты научно-популярных статей, отобранные по принципу актуальности и типичности для современной языковой коммуникации, сопровождаются предлагаемой в предисловии схемой анализа. Это делает книгу особенно удобной в подготовке и проведении занятий по английскому языку. Помимо чисто учебной цели, статьи дают читателю представление об интеллектуальной жизни человечества, каким оно видит себя в третьем тысячелетии. CONTENTS MANKIND IN THE NEW MILLENIUM - Alexander Kochetkov .................................. 7 HUMAN RELATIONS ....................................................................................... 10 Rules of Relationships ........................................................................................ 10 Reading the Signals ............................................................................................. 12 Parkinson's Law ................................................................................................... 13 When the Answer Is to Question ........................................................................ 15 Finding Friends ................................................................................................... 17 Quarrelling .......................................................................................................... 18 Neighbours .......................................................................................................... 19 Loneliness ........................................................................................................... 21 Agony Columns ................................................................................................... 22 Amanda Dear Answers Your Letters .................................................................. 24 What Is This Thing Called Love? ....................................................................... 27 Marriage .............................................................................................................. 29 The Odd Couple ................................................................................................. 30 Sibling Rivalry ................................................................................................... 32 HOW PEOPLE COMMUNICATE ................................................................... 34 Beware of a Man Whose Stomach Does Not Move When He Laughs .............. 34 Communication ................................................................................................... 35 The Communication Industry ............................................................................. 37 A Medium of No Importance ............................................................................. 38 Clothing Signals ................................................................................................. 39 GENDER ISSUES .............................................................................................. 41 Why Some Women Cross the Finish Line Ahead of Men ................................. 41 Girl Talk - Where You Can Buy Success in the Coffee Break ......................... 43 Women's Rights ................................................................................................... 44 Equal at Work ? ................................................................................................... 45 Women Beware, British Man about the House ................................................... 47 Men, the Emotional Sex ...................................................................................... 49 EDUCATION ...................................................................................................... 51 At a Prep School .................................................................................................. 51 A Training for Life in the Day of a Boarder ...................................................... 52 I Was Bigger than the Entire Class I Went Down Into ..................................... 54 The School that I'd Like ...................................................................................... 55 Going to School Far from Home ......................................................................... 57 Taking a Year Off ............................................................................................... 58 3 How to Pass your Exams! .................................................................................. 60 Finding a Job ....................................................................................................... 63 Stressed for Success ........................................................................................... 64 WORK and WORKAHOLICS .......................................................................... 67 New Ways to Work ............................................................................................. 67 A Marketing Revolution ...................................................................................... 70 A Workaholic Economy ...................................................................................... 71 How Much are You Worth? ................................................................................ 72 EVERYDAY ROUTINE .................................................................................... 74 A Life in the Day of .......................................................................................... 74 A Day in My Life ................................................................................................ 75 Making Use of Your Time .................................................................................. 76 HEALTH ............................................................................................................. 77 Hypochondriacs Arise! ........................................................................................ 77 How to Be ill ....................................................................................................... 78 Easy Does It ......................................................................................................... 80 Blind to the Dangers ............................................................................................ 82 Drinking: Easy on the Heart, Hard on the Liver ................................................. 84 HOMEOSTASIS: MAN and NATURE ............................................................ 85 Zoo Conservation Programmes .......................................................................... 85 Animal Liberation .............................................................................................. 87 Teaching Animals to Talk ................................................................................... 89 Changing the Climate .......................................................................................... 91 Tower Slums Wait for the Hammer ................................................................... 92 Paper Recycling ................................................................................................... 94 Population Viability Analysis ............................................................................. 96 HOLIDAYS, HOBBIES, and SPORT ................................................................ 97 Holiday Choice ................................................................................................... 97 How to Beat Holiday Stress ............................................................................... 98 Camp America .................................................................................................. 100 Amateur Photography........................................................................................ 101 Sporting Behaviour............................................................................................ 103 CRIME .............................................................................................................. 104 The Great Train Robbers Tell Their Story ........................................................ 104 Shooting Pain .................................................................................................... 106 Computer Hacking - High-tech Crime .............................................................. 108 The Naked Truth about Road Safety ................................................................. 109 4 SCIENTIFIC TALES ........................................................................................ 111 Is There a Gene for Genius? ............................................................................. 111 You'll Never Believe Who's on the Line .......................................................... 113 Look Who's Calling? ......................................................................................... 114 A First Course in Psychology............................................................................ 116 The Future ......................................................................................................... 117 Love is Blind to Genes ....................................................................................