today's Europe praises its Christian moral foundations in a manner never known before.

Europe has always been a godless community.

Europe is attempting to build a culture which relies on God.

modern European society is cut off from its Christian roots and has lost its way.

the Christian faith is a source of relevance and truth in European daily life.

backed it up.

demurred.

expressed his surprise.

grudginly accepted the president's view.

promptly acquiesced.

believes that there is a clear-cut division between church and state.

is not willing to interfere with politics.

is always ready to recognize the moral standards imposed by governments and individuals.

seems wise to pick his battles.

sees the authority of church and state as a whole.

discouraged.

startled.

shattered.

speechless.

amused.

may be more radical than many expect.

has no strength to defend his ideas.

will have a feeble papacy.

is reluctant to assert Christianity in an atheistic Europe.

makes it clear that issues like stem-cell research and gaymarriage are beyond the scope of the church.

reason.

step.

contest.

point of view.

disadvantage.

angry voices from the faithful should be heard in defense of Christianity.

the church has to conform to the needs of modern civilization.

faithlessness will be overcome by the ordination of new priests.

the church must preach tolerance to reconquer Europe for Christ.

the formation of groups of committed believers should promote the ideals of Christianity.

will certainly forster Christianity all over the world.

will provoke a surprisingly strong following all over Europe.

will make church and people stand together.

may wreck the relation between Church and people.

will make believers feel quite uncomfortable in their isolated rectitude.

completely (line 8); closely (line 11); hazy (line 19); truly (line 49).

outlined (line 12); no-holds-barred (line 31); inverted (line 47); isolated (line 49).

faithful (line 2); teachings (line 12); faithlessness (line 42); hopes (line 49).

that (line 5); that (line 19); that (line 33); that (line 41).

while (line 7); As (line 14); who (line 16); What (line 29).

Students regularly work in groups or pairs to transfer and negotiate meaning in situations where one person has information that the others lack.

Conversation is centered around topical dialogues with a great deal of drilling activities and emphasis on pronunciation.

Classroom materials and activities are often authentic to reflect real-life situations and demands.

Skills are integrated from the very beginning; a given activity might involve reading, speaking, listening and writing.

It is assumed that the content of a language course will include semantic notions and social functions as well as linguistic structures.