English and Academic Preparation - Pre-Collegiate. Week 1. Listening Practice #1 Handout - Negative Effects of Video Games

Question 1

экземпляр текста, раздаваемый всем присутствующим - a copy of a document that is given to all the people in a class or meeting;
милостыня, подаяние - money or food that is given to people who are poor

Answer 1

handout

/ˈhændaʊt/

Question 2

задний план, фон - sounds in the background are not the main sounds you can hear; the parts at the back of a picture, view, etc that are not the main things you look at; the situation that an event happens in, or things that have happened in the past that affect it;
происхождение - a person’s education, family, and experience of life

Answer 2

background

/ˈbækɡraʊnd/

Question 3

справочная информация

Answer 3

background information

Question 4

на фоне экономической неопределенности

Answer 4

against a background of economic uncertainty

/ʌnˈsɜːrtnti/

Question 5

облегчение - the good feeling that you have when something unpleasant stops or does not happen; an end to or pause in a feeling of pain;
помощь, благотворительность - money, food, or clothes that are given to people because they need help

Answer 5

relief

/rɪˈliːf/

Question 6

вредный - causing or likely to cause harm

Answer 6

harmful

/ˈhɑːrmfl/

Question 7

последствие - a result or effect that seems likely in the future

Answer 7

implication

/ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn/

Question 8

исследования по, исследования в области

Answer 8

research on

/ˈriːsɜːrtʃ/, /rɪˈsɜːrtʃ/

Question 9

чувство общности, чувство принадлежности к коллективу

Answer 9

sense of community

Question 10

характер - the way you are as a person;
сильный характер - the quality of having a very strong or interesting character;
знаменитость - a famous person

Answer 10

personality

/ˌpɜːrsəˈnæləti/

Question 11

полученные данные - a piece of information that has been discovered as a result of an official study

Answer 11

finding

/ˈfaɪndɪŋ/

Question 12

враждебность - unfriendly, angry behavior that shows that you dislike someone;
неприязнь - strong disagreement with something or someone

Answer 12

hostility

/hɑːˈstɪləti/

Question 13

военные действия - fighting in a war

Answer 13

hostilities

/hɑːˈstɪlətiz/

Question 14

уменьшать восприимчивость, снижать чувствительность - to cause someone to experience something, usually an emotion or pain, less strongly than before

Answer 14

desensitize

/diːˈsensətaɪz/