Question

3. Замените слова в скобках на политкорректные слова и выражения:
1. I think that (old people) ____ should be taken care of.
2. Whoopi Goldberg is a famous US comedian and a film (actress)____ .
3. (Negroes) ____ are people with dark skin that came to the US from Africa.
4. (Pensioners) ____ are people who receive their pensions, especially old age pensioners.
5. Mr Miller never fully recovered and spent the rest of his life as (an invalid) ____ .
6. When Europeans arrived in the New World, North America had been inhabited by Indian tribes. Nowadays (Indians) ____ in the USA are in the minority.
7. Do you know which of the (sportsmen) ____ is going to take part in the autumn competition with the world-class runners?
8. (Firemen) ____ are people whose job is putting out fires.
9. The police told everybody to remain in (his) ____ cars.
10.1 know every child is important here, (he is) ____ very well taken care of.
11. Mrs Thompson was (an old lady) ____ of 70.
12. Anna Bradstreet was the first American colonial (poetess) ____

Answer 1

1. I think that (old people) senior citizens should be taken care of.

2. Whoopi Goldberg is a famous US comedian and a film (actress) actor.

3. (Negroes) African-Americans are people with dark skin that came to the US from Africa.

4. (Pensioners) The retired are people who receive their pensions, especially old age pensioners.

5. Mr Miller never fully recovered and spent the rest of his life as (an invalid) a person with disability.

6. When Europeans arrived in the New World, North America had been inhabited by Indian tribes. Nowadays (Indians) Native Americans in the USA are in the minority.

7. Do you know which of the (sportsmen) athletes is going to take part in the autumn competition with the world-class runners?

8. (Firemen) Firefighters are people whose job is putting out fires.

9. The police told everybody to remain in (his) their cars.

10. I know every child is important here, (he is) they are very well taken care of.

11. Mrs Thompson was (an old lady) an elderly woman/a senior citizen of 70.

12. Anna Bradstreet was the first American colonial (poetess) poet.