“Social benefits in the USA, Great Britain and Russia” УРОК АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА В 11 КЛАССЕ

[ w ] – work, welfare, welfare state, without, without help; [ θ ] – think, I think, I don’t think;[ s ] – responsible, responsibility, source, sources of provision, security, social security, percentage; [ ∫n ] – condition, compensation, duration, donation, national, national insurance; how do they look like? In 2009, a family of four with a yearly income of $21,954 or less was considered poor by American standards (U.S. Census Bureau News, September 16, 2010);11.1 percent (8.8 million) of American families fell into this category. The number of people below the official poverty thresholds numbered 43.6 million people in poverty in 2009, a poverty rate of 14.3 percent. This rate was the highest since 1994, but was 8.1 percentage points lower than the poverty rate in 1959, the first year for which poverty estimates are available. The welfare system operates in five major spheres: education, social security, community care, health, housing. The unemployed The retired The widowed The disabled The sick The poor If you wish, do a project “An ideal Welfare State”. Good luck! Thank you for attention! Have a good day!