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Unit4

TheIncredibleShrinkingEurope

Exercises

1.Answerstothequestionsonthetext:

1)WhatwasthedreamthattheEurophileswerefamiliarwith?

TheirdreamwastomakeE.U.anewlyemboldenedworldpowersteppingupto

calmtroublespots,usingaidandpersuasionwhereitcould,butpreparedtosendin

troopswhenithadto.

2)WhydoesthepassagesaythatEuropeisaremarkablygoodplacetolive?

BecauseEuropeismorestable,safe,greenandculturallydiversethanmostpartsof

theworldandaqualitylifecanbeguaranteedinE.U.states.

3)DoesthegoodlifeathomemakeEuropestrongabroad?Why?

No,agoodlifeathomedoesn’tmeanastrongEuropeabroad.BecausetheE.U.

mayhaveallthesoft-powercredentialsintheworld,butonthegrandstageithas

lackedtheweightandinfluenceofothersonsomebigissues.

4)WhatdoCriticsthinkoftheselectionofHermanVanRompuyandCatherine

AshtonasEuropesPresidentandForeignMinister?

Theyconsidertheselectionassymbolicofalackofvisionanditmeansthe

groupingwillhavetoreconcileitselftofiveyearsofunderperformance.

5)WhatcanbelistedasE.U.’sachievementsintheyearsaround1980s

accordingtothepassage?

Byextendinganareaofpeaceandliberalgovernmenttotheeast,theE.U.hasdone

muchtocalmapartoftheworldthatnotlongagowasthecockpitformurderous

rivalries.

6)InwhatwaycanEuroperealizeitsowndreamsandthoseofothersaccording

tothepassage?

Ithastoactasatruesingleblocandwinotherstoitsside.

7)WhydoestheGermangovernmentfaceenormousdomesticchallengesin

admittingitsforcesinAfghanistanaretheretofight,nottobehumanitarian

workersinuniform?

BecauseoneofmodernEuropesmostcheris