- •Оглавление
- •Предисловие
- •Unit 1. Family life
- •Family Problems
- •Family Album
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Texts for Extra Reading
- •Japanese Family
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •American Family
- •Family Patterns
- •Unit 2. Khabarovsk territory
- •Khabarovsk Territory
- •Texts for Extra Reading
- •Brief Geographical Outline of Great Britain
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •United States of America
- •Unit 3. Khabarovsk
- •Khabarovsk
- •Grammar Notes
- •Texts for Extra Reading
- •New York
- •Unit 4. State system of russia
- •State System of Russia
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •The United States
- •The State
- •Unit 5. Ecological problems
- •Ecological Problems
- •Environmental Protection
- •Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Protection
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Texts for Extra Reading
- •Nature Protection
- •Trash into Cash
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Recycling waste
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Unit 6. Education
- •Far-Eastern Institute of Management
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Texts for Extra Reading
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Unit 7. Foreign trade
- •Foreign Trade
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Texts for Extra Reading
- •Negotiating
- •International Organizations
- •Notes on the Text:
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •World Trade Organization
- •Unit 8. Foreign trade of the khabarovsk territory
- •Foreign Trade of the Khabarovsk Territory
- •Foreign Investments
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •Unit 9. My speciality
- •My future profession
- •Income Distribution
- •Texts for Extra Reading
- •Accounting and Auditing
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Accounting: Changes and Prospects
- •On British Economy
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •The Role of Government in the Economy
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Unit 10. The Financial System
- •The Financial System
- •Words and word combinations:
- •The Stock Exchange
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •Words and word combinations:
- •The Central Banking System
- •The us Treasury
- •Supplement
- •Types of official documents necessary
- •For getting a job
- •Parts of Business Letters
- •§ I. Initiating correspondence and replying a letter: beginning and ending
- •§ II. If you gave some information in your letter, you can close:
- •Application Letters
- •Application Letter (1)
- •Application Letter (2)
- •Exercises on official documents
- •Variant 1
- •Variant 2
- •Variant 3
- •Variant 4
- •Variant 5
- •Variant 1
- •Variant 2
- •Variant 3
- •Variant 4
- •Variant 1
Vocabulary Notes:
to provide обеспечивать, предоставлять
to be vested in принадлежать (о власти)
irrespective независимый
conformity соответствие
amendment поправка, исправление
respective соответственный
at least по крайней мере
membership членство
to arrange организовать
to terminate заканчиваться
to vote голосовать
vote голос (избирательный)
to assemble созывать, собирать
to commence начинать(ся)
to apportion разделять, делить
revenue bill законопроект по бюджету
designation назначение на должность
grand jury большое жюри
to advise советовать, консультировать
to consent соглашаться, разрешать
to refer относиться, иметь отношение
appropriate соответствующий, присущий
to try the impeachment рассматривать импичмент
"pocket veto" карманное вето
Ex. 16. Make up questions to the underlined words.
Congress of the United States consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives is composed of 435 Members.
The number of representatives is limited by the Constitution.
A representative must be at least 25 years old.
A representative must have been a citizen of the United States for 7 years.
Both the Senate and the House of Representatives have equal legislative functions and powers.
The chief function of Congress is making laws.
Ex. 17. Make up questions to which the following sentences would be the answers.
1. ………?
The Senate is composed of 100 members.
2. ………?
The 17th Amendment to the US Constitution changed the former constitutional method under which Senators were chosen by the respective State legislation.
3. ………?
A Senator must be at least 30 years of age.
4. ………?
The term of office of the Senate is 6 years.
5. ………?
A Senator must have been a citizen of the United States for 9 years.
6. ………?
The terms of office of Senators do not terminate at the same time.
7. ………?
Of 2 Senators from a State serving at the same time the one elected for a full time is called "senior" Senator.
8. ………?
The other is referred to as "junior" Senator.
9. ………?
Both the Senate and the House of Representatives have equal legislative functions and powers.
10. ……..?
In the USA the executive power is represented by the President.
11. ……..?
The legislative power is vested in Congress.
Ex. 18. Give some information on the state system of the USA. Use the following data.