V. Определите часть речи выделенных слов. (Participle, The Gerund and Noun).

III. Соедините слова с их определениями.

1. Social Security	a) laws and principles according to which a state is governed.
2. Social insurance	b) a social class which is not protected.
3. Social worker	c) government provisions for helping people who are unemployed, ill, disabled etc.
4. The Welfare State	d) any measure taken as a safeguard against sickness, death, injury etc. in return for regular payments.
5. Constitution	e) trained person who works to improve the social welfare of individuals.
6. Vulnerable strata	f) a name applied to a country with the state financed social services.

IV. Вставьте пропущенные слова в предложения:

(elderly people, earnings, worthy life, to support, old age, income, financial difficulties,)

1. Most of them cannot travel or have a treatment in resort and even to invite friends because of ….

2. Many people have to work being pensioners … necessary living standard.

3. Usually … work in budget sphere, where wages are low.

4. Despite all efforts, the living standard of elderly people is not sufficient for the providing of ….

5. In big cities a significant part of … is spent on the payment for flat and communal service.

6. Throughout a worker's career, the Social Security Administration keeps track of his or her ….

7. Despite the …, people demonstrate fantastic inventiveness, a lot of energy in self-providing.

1. Your insurance ends when you stop paying your premiums.

2. Many young workers examine a company's social insurance before deciding to accept the work with it.

3. Often a group of people can buy insurance from a company at the same time. They may save a great deal by doing this. They are spreading the risk among the members of the group.

4. Medical insurance plans pay all or a large part of the expense of helping people recover from illness.

5. A man or a woman who lost a job because of changes in industry may need training for different kind of job.

6. A government that provides full social insurance is saying that each citizen has the right to be secure against need.

7. People often need help in facing an emergency. This help can come from their own savings if these are very large.

8. Among the benefits have been medical care, job training, income protection during strikes, life insurance, bank loans at reduced rates and cooperative housing.

9. Since 1972 Congress has been examining the idea of guaranteed income for all Americans.

10. Each American receives a Social Security account number as soon as he begins to earn any income. From then on until he retires, he pays part of his earnings into a giant fund managed by the Social Security Administration.

11. The growing number of persons receiving public assistance has made it difficult for state and local governments to raise the money they need.

12. The number of programs to aid people keeps growing.

13. An older person living alone who can no longer take care of himself may need a nurse.

14. A blind person may need training in Braille and help in getting to and from doctors.

15. Social insurance makes people more secure; you don't have to worry about being destroyed by an emergency.

VI. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. What does the state social policy include?

2. What is social protection?

3. Why are elderly people one of the most vulnerable strata in Russian society?

4. What does the social service for elderly people include?

5. What are the main purposes of the law?

6. Why does not the law guarantee effective support?

7. What does the work of social workers involve?

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