IV. Speak on the text

III. Divide the text into logical parts and make up a plan of the text.

Glossary

attempt – пытаться, пробовать attractive – привлекательный, заманчивый be able to – быть в состоянии carry out – осуществлять, выполнять comparison – сравнение confirm – подтверждать, укреплять diminish – убывать, преуменьшать encourage – поощрять, поддерживать enrollment – набор, зачисление evaluate – оценивать explanation – объяснение, трактовка gather – собирать, приобретать illuminate – гореть innate – свойственный, природный integration – объединение в одно целое involve – привлекать, вовлекать issue – исход, выпуск, результат link – связывать meaningful – выразительный, значимый mental illness – психическое расстройство possibility – возможность prone – склонный, предрасположенный provide – обеспечивать refine – очищать, рафинировать reject – отклонять, отвергать research – исследование simultaneously – одновременно subsequent – более поздний, последующий suggest – предлагать therefore – следовательно, поэтому through – через, в течение use – пользоваться, применять within – внутри, в рамках

II. Answer the following questions:

1. What is meant by theory? 2. What did E. Durkheim base his research on? 3. What is the essence of his suicide theory?. 4. What do sociologists make use of to evaluate contrasting theories? 5. Is a theory static or changeable within any discipline? 6. Do you agree with the point that men are more prone to science study?

V. Contradict the following statements:

People with low social integration are less prone to suicides. Sciences are more attractive to males than to females. Living in a large city results in social isolation.

VI. Find in the text English equivalents for:

Точка зрения; бесчисленный; набор фактов; а именно; более склонны; одновременно; любой частный вопрос; следовательно; для того чтобы; извлекать пользу; внутри; проводить исследование.

VII. Find in the text antonyms for:

indefinite, unfamiliar, meaningless, complex, to forget, similar, to be unable, repulsive, learned, to discourage, wrong, to accept a theory, late, slow, personality, to start.

VIII. Read and translate the following sentences taking into account different meanings of the word 'experience':

1. He experienced great hardships in the life, but in spite of that he continued his work in the field of sociological research. 2. They considered him to be a very experienced scholar as far the sociological perspective was concerned. 3. His experience was great and he readily encouraged such innovative strivings. 4. They experienced true feelings of friendship to each other and this devotion lasted all their life. 5. The situation was out of being ordinary and he understood her experiences quite well. 6. Recent decades of our century experienced tremendous transformations in all spheres of the life. 7. He described the situation in such a way as if he experienced it himself. 8. His experience in this field was quite evident and nobody doubted it.

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