The Book of Genesis

	Chapter 1
	In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
	And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
	And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
	And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
	And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
	And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
	And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
	And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
	And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
	And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
	And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
	And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
	And the evening and the morning were the third day.
	And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
	And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
	And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
	And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
	And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
	And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
	And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
	And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth*, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
	And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
	And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
	And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
	And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
	And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
	So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
	And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
	And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
	And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
	And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. (from http://www.kingjamesbible.com) Exercises

Give synonyms to the words deep (2) and firmament (6-8).
Match words from the text with their definitions:

yield conquer, subjugate, or tame

abundant sovereignty, control

replenish produce or return as a fruit, profit, result

subdue fill up again, renew

dominion existing or available in large quantities

What first living creatures created are mentioned in the text?
What is the Russian equivalent to behold? What style does it mark?
Does the picture given in the Book of Genesis correspond with modern scientific theories? To what extent?

Text II

Religion in the United Kingdom and the USA

^{Religion in the United Kingdom provides an overview of the various Christian churches and other religious faiths in the countries of the present-day United Kingdom since the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The Acts of Union 1707 ensured that there would be no "Papist" succession, as well as confirming a link between church and state that still remains in England.}

^{According to the}^{2001 UK census}^,^Christianity^{is the major religion, followed by}^Islam^,^Hinduism^,^Neo-Paganism^,^Sikhism^,^Judaism^and^Buddhism^{in terms of number of adherents.}^{Though each country of the United Kingdom has a long tradition of Christianity that pre-dates the UK itself, in practice all have relatively low levels of religious observance and today are secular societies.}

^{The largest}^{religious group in England is Christianity, with the Church of England (Anglican) the Established Church: the church is represented in the UK Parliament and the British monarch is a member of the church (required under Article 2 of the Treaty of Union) as well as its Supreme Governor. The Church of England also has the right to draft legislative measures (related to religious administration) through the General Synod that can then be passed into law by Parliament.}

^The^{Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales}^{is the second largest Christian church with around five million members, mainly in England.}^{Catholics in the United Kingdom are served by their own clergy and do not belong to the}^{Roman Catholic}^{dioceses but are still in full communion with the}^{Bishop of Rome.}

^{There are also growing}^{Orthodox, Evangelical and Pentecostal churches, with Pentecostal churches in England now third after the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church in terms of church attendance.}

^{There is no}^{Patron Saint}^{of the United Kingdom as the individual countries each have their own patron saint:}

^{England - Saint George}

^{Ireland (including Northern Ireland) - Saint Patrick}

^{Scotland - Saint Andrew}

^{Wales - Saint David}

^{Between 2004 and 2008, the}^{Office for National Statistics reported that the number of Christians in Great Britain (rather than the UK as a whole) fell by more than 2 million. The single largest age-cohort in the Christian population is in those over 70 years of age.}

Religion in the United States is characterized by both a wide diversity in religious beliefs and practices, and by a high adherence level. According to recent surveys, 83 percent of Americans claim to belong to a religious denomination, 40 percent claim to attend services nearly every week or more, and 58 percent claim to pray at least weekly. A majority of Americans report that religion plays a "very important" role in their lives, a proportion unusual among developed nations. The majority of Americans (76%) identify themselves as Christians, mostly within Protestant and Catholic denominations, accounting for 51% and 25% of the population respectively.^[Non-Christian religions (including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism etc.), collectively make up about 3.9% to 5.5% of the adult population. According to the American Religious Identification Survey, religious belief varies considerably across the country: 59% of Americans living in Western states (the "Unchurched Belt") report a belief in God, yet in the South (the "Bible Belt") the figure is as high as 86%.^[

^(fromhttp://en.wikipedia.org)

Exercises

^1.^{Practice right pronunciation of the}^{words (write down transcriptions if necessary) :}

^{Christianity Judaism}

^{Islam Buddhism}

^{Hinduism Orthodox}

^{Neo-Paganism Evangelical}

^{Sikhism : Pentecostal}

^{Find Russian equivalents to them.}

^2.^{Match two parts to make word combinations:}

^{link by 2 million}

^{represented between church and state}

^{draft in the Parliament}

^{fall legislative measures}

^{secular society}

^3.^{Tell the difference between the words religion and faith.}

^4.^{Explain the meaning of the word clergy. Can you give any family root words to it? Can you give any synonyms to it?}

^{Text III}

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