- •Министерство сельского хозяйства российской федерации
- •Предисловие Уважаемый студент!
- •1.Read and translate the text:
- •3.Say in English:
- •Vocabulary
- •2.Read and translate the text:
- •3.The text is divided into 6 passages. Choose the best title to each passage. Prove your answer.
- •3.Read and translate the text:
- •6. Say who these people are:
- •3.Read the text and translate it into Russian.
- •5. Name all the functions of the British Parliament. Which of them is the most important?
- •2.Read the following text and translate it into Russian.
- •3.Say what these people are:
- •4. Name all the rights and immunities which each of the two Houses has. How do you understand them?
- •6. Match the person with its definition:
- •5. Guess (догодайтесь) the names of ministers according to the names of the Departments they are in charge of:
- •6. Make a drawing of the arrangement of seats in the House of Commons. Discuss it in class.
- •8. Render the following text in Russian (10 minutes).
- •Making new laws: Bills and Acts
- •4. Find in the text the equivalents to the following Russian words and phrases:
- •5. Give the definitions to the words given below. If you cannot find any definition in the text, use a dictionary and explain the meanings of the words yourself.
- •7. Find in the text all the stages a Bill must complete to become a law. What happens to a Bill at each stage?
- •3.Fill in the gaps using the words below:
- •23. Find in the text the equivalents to the following Russian words and phrases:
- •6.Answer the questions:
- •Three parts of the executive
- •The Privy Council.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read the text and translate it into Russian.
- •4. Give the definitions to the following words:
- •6.Name all the functions the Privy Council possesses.
- •1.Translate the following text in writing (10 minutes).
- •2.Answer the following questions:
- •3.See the list of some British Ministries and Departments. Choose one of them and make a presentation about it and about its head on behalf of the real person. Use the plan below:
- •2.Give the English equivalents to the Russian words and phrases:
- •3.Match the Department with its functions:
- •5.What abbreviations are used for some Departments in Great Britain? What are the abbreviations for the same Ministries in Russia? Unit IV elections in great britain
- •1.Read and translate the text:
- •3.Put the events preceding General Election into logic order:
- •2.Give English equivalents to the Russian words and phrases:
- •3.Complete the following text with the words and phrases from the box.
- •4.What do the following numbers refer to?: 5, 500, 21, 1975.
- •3.Answer the following questions:
- •1.Render the text in Russian orally (10 minutes).
- •Elizabeth II
- •1.Look at the photo of Elizabeth II. Describe her appearance.
- •2.Read and translate the text:
- •2. See the list of the Functions of the Sovereign and complete the phrases with the missing information. Use the words from the box:
- •The Royal Family
- •Vocabulary
- •1.Read the text about the British Royal Family and complete the sentences after the text.
- •2.Complete the chart:
- •3.Fill in the gaps in the following sentences:
- •4.What do the following numbers refer to?:25, 8, 2, 61, 92, the 4th, the 43rd.
- •Unit VI About the Commonwealth
- •Members of the Commonwealth
- •The Queen’s role in the Commonwealth
- •State systems of some Commonwealth countries State system of Canada
- •Political System of Australia
- •Part II
- •1. Read and translate the text:
- •3.Based on the content of the text complete the phrases:
- •5.Translate the following verbs and make up your own sentences with them. You may use the text:
- •6. Answer the questions:
- •7. During 15 minutes look through the text and render it in Russian.
- •8. Based on the text above describe the state system of Russia finishing the following phrases:
- •4.Say in English:
- •5. Match the departments (left column) with their responsibilities (right column):
- •6.Imagine that you are the Head of one of the American Departments (your choice). Introduce yourself on behalf of this real person using the plan below:
- •7.During 15 minutes look through the text and render it in Russian.
- •10. In two groups of 5-6 students make two lists of differences and similarities between the executive branches in the usa and Great Britain (15 minutes). Discuss them together.
- •III. Legislative branch: the congress
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Read and translate the text:
- •4.Finish the sentences according to the text:
- •5.What do the following numbers from the text mean?:7, 580,000, 1, 100, 30, 2, 435, 9, 6, 25.
- •6. Give 2 reasons why none of you can be a senator or a representative.
- •7.Answer the following questions:
- •8. Complete the following text by translating the words or expressions in brackets:
- •9.Complete the table and compare the legislative branch of the usa with that of Great Britain:
- •IV. The judicial system of the u.S.A.
- •Vocabulary
- •2.Complete the table and speak about courts in the usa and their functions:
- •3.Match each word on the left with the definition on the right:
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Speak on:
- •Unit II
- •I. Us constitution I
- •Vocabulary:
- •Us constitution II
- •Vocabulary
- •2.Say in English:
- •11. Speak on:
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •2. Choose the correct answer:
- •3.Finish the phrases:
- •4.Read the first two paragraphs of the text without a dictionary (10 minutes). Try to catch the main idea. Translate the rest of the text in written (15 minutes).
- •The separation of powers in state government
- •Vocabulary:
- •5. Say if the following statements are true or false (see the text above):
- •Unit III.
- •Major political parties
- •1. Read and translate the text:
- •Vocabulary:
- •2. Give the English equivalents for:
- •3. Match each word on the left with the right definition on the right:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary:
- •6. Say what party is spoken about in each sentence:
- •7. Speak on:
- •Vocabulary:
- •Ancient institution
- •Functions and powers of the monarch
- •The british royal family
- •History and structure of the british parliament
- •The two houses of the british parliament
- •The house of commons
- •Offices of the house of commons
- •Parliamentary procedure
- •The Queen and the Royal Family
- •The queen and the prime minister
- •The cabinet and the prime minister
- •Departments of the uk
- •Government departments
- •The united states of america federalism: state and local governments
- •Political attitudes
- •Courts in the united states
- •Cost of government
- •The constitution as a supreme law
- •The lawmaking process
- •Power in international relations
- •Elections
- •Appendix I List of Prime Ministers of Queen Elizabeth II
- •List of Government Departments Ministerial departments
- •Non-ministerial departments
- •House of Windsor
- •List of the members of the Royal Family
- •The list of Commonwealth countries Country Date Status
- •Appendix II Написание эссе
- •Язык написания
- •Полезные советы
- •Образец сочинения
- •3.Use the following plan:
1.Look at the photo of Elizabeth II. Describe her appearance.
Example: She is a pretty young woman about 20 years old. She is slim and tall.
She has dark brown curly hair and brown eyes. She is always fashionably dressed.
What would you say about Queen’s character by her appearance?
Example: I think she is very friendly.
2.Read and translate the text:
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states, known as the Commonwealth realms, and their territories and dependencies, and head of the 53-member Commonwealth of Nations. She is Supreme Governor of the Church of England and, in some of her realms, carries the additional title of Defender of the Faith.
Upon her accession on 6 February 1952, Elizabeth became Head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon. From 1956 to 1992, the number of her realms varied as territories gained independence and some realms became republics.
The Queen is the Official Head of State, for many people, a symbol of the unity of the nation. The Queen has a central role in state affairs, not only through her ceremonial functions, such as opening Parliament. She also meets the Prime Minister every week and receives copies of all Cabinet papers. Any advice she may offer the Prime Minister is kept secret.
2. See the list of the Functions of the Sovereign and complete the phrases with the missing information. Use the words from the box:
Royal Assent Commander-in Chief Parliament Prime Minister peerages Church of England Commonwealth |
a)opening and closing …;
b)approving the appointment of the …;
c)giving her…to Bills;
d)giving honours such as…, knighthoods and medals;
e)Head of the …;
f) …of the armed forces;
g)Head of the… .
The Royal Family
Vocabulary
wedding anniversary |
годовщина свадьбы |
Royal Consort |
королевский супруг |
Spouse |
супруг(-га) |
Navy |
морской флот |
Extinction |
вымирание |
heir [ eə] |
наследник |
Duke/ Duchess [dʌtʃɪs] |
герцог/герцогиня |
Earl [ɜːl] |
граф |
Countess |
графиня |
Assuming |
предполагая |
take turn |
сменить (на троне) |
1.Read the text about the British Royal Family and complete the sentences after the text.
Windsor [wɪnzər] is the family name of the Royal Family. The press sometimes refers to its members as 'the Windsors'. Queen Elizabeth is only the fourth monarch with this name.
The Queen is Head of State of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth realms. The elder daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, she was born in 1926 and became Queen at the age of 25.
Queen Elizabeth II became Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth on February 6, 1952. She was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953.
As of today she has reigned for 61 years, 5 months and 16 days and she celebrated the Diamond (60th) Jubilee of her reign in 2012.
She is head of the British Royal Family. The Queen is married to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and has 4 children, 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchilden, and is 88 years. On 20th November 2012 she celebrated her 65th wedding anniversary.
The Queen's husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is 92 years. He is the longest ever serving Royal Consort and oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch.
Prince Philip was born in 1926 and served in the Royal Navy. He takes a great deal of interest in industry, in the achievements of young people and in saving wild animals from extinction.
The Queen’s eldest son Prince Charles who was 66 years old on 14th November 2014 is currently the longest waiting and 2nd oldest ever heir to the throne.
On 29th April 2011 the Queen's grandson Prince William, who is 2nd in line to the throne, married Catherine (Kate) Middleton in Westminster Abbey. They are now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and in Scotland the Earl and Countess of Strathearn. Kate and William welcomed their newborn son into the world, and into the world's most famous family, on July 22, 2013. William and Kate's son will be third in line to the throne after his grandfather, Prince Charles, and his father, William.
The new little Prince of Cambridge will go by the names George Alexander Louis.Prince William and Duchess Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, on Wednesday announced the full name for their newborn, making him a future King George VII. Assuming his father and grandfather, Prince Charles, take their turns on the throne, he will someday become the 43rd English monarch.