3.Fill in the gaps using the words below:
preside, non-elected chamber, to examine and revise, the House of Lords, upper chamber.
a) The House of Lords is the _______of British Parliament.
b)The House of Lords is the only ________of Parliament in the world.
c) The Queen belongs to the _______.
d) The Lord Chancellor _______in the House of Lords.
f) The main function of the upper Chamber, the House of Lords, is _______bills from the Commons.
4.Give the definitions to the following words:
- Lords Temporal are…
- A woolsack is…
- The Lord Chancellor is…
- Financial bills are…
5. What do the following numbers refer to?: 2, 270, 1/4, 830, 1,000, 26.
6.Answer the following questions:
a)Whom does the House of Lords consist of?
b)How many women are there in the House?
c)What class of people makes the House of Lords?
d)What are the functions of the chamber?
7. Divide into 2 groups and make presentations about the Houses of British Parliament: the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Unit IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT
Government of the United Kingdom
10 Downing Street, known in the United Kingdom as "Number 10", is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, an office now invariably held by the Prime Minister.
1.Read the following words using a dictionary: Majesty, supreme, legislation, executive authority, although, to exercise, Privy Council.
Vocabulary
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Her Majesty [’mædʒəstɪ] |
Ее Величество |
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to be responsible to |
отвечать перед |
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to еxercise power |
осуществлять власть |
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Privy Council [’prɪvɪ] |
Тайный Совет |
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to seek re-election |
баллотироваться на второй срок |
1. Read the text and translate it into Russian.
Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly referred to as HM Government (HMG), the British Government or the UK Government, is the central government of the United Kingdom.
The Government is led by the Prime Minister, who selects all the remaining Ministers. The Prime Minister and the other most senior Ministers belong to the supreme decision-making committee, known as the Cabinet. The Government Ministers are all members of Parliament, and are responsible to it. The Government is dependent on Parliament to make primary legislation, which means that in practice a government must seek re-election at least every five years. The monarch selects the Prime Minister as the leader of the party with a majority in Parliament.
Under the unwritten British constitution, executive authority belongs to the monarch, although this authority is exercised only by the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. The Cabinet members advise the monarch as members of the Privy Council. They also exercise power directly as leaders of the Government Departments.
The current Prime Minister is David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party, who was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on 11 May 2010 following the General Election on 6 May 2010.