- •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:
Vocabulary:
a set- свод
basic freedoms, rights- основные свободы, права
to obey- повиноваться, выполнять
to set forth- излагать
private domain- личная свобода
distribution of resources- распределение ресурсов
Give the Russian words with the same stem:
base; constitution; tradition; to form; principle; to guarantee; to concentrate; nation; to control.
Find the English equivalents for:
- справедливость;
- спокойствие;
- благосостояние;
- благо; благодеяние;
- потомство; потомки;
- свод законов, правил, традиций;
- принять конституцию;
- поправка к Конституции;
- нарушать закон;
- согласие большинства;
- вмешиваться;
- перечислять;
- выполнять, исполнять закон.
Express your agreement or disagreement with each statement using: I quite /completely agree, I can’t agree, I think it is not so, it’s wrong, on the contrary.
The American Constitution was adopted after the War of Independence and it remains unchanged so far.
The US Constitution consists of 10 articles and 50 amendments.
The US Constitution guarantees freedom of those in power.
Write these sentences in the Passive Voice form and translate them into Russian:
The USA adopted the Constitution in 1787.
The Constitution provides the set of rules, laws and regulations to regulate the work of the government.
Some historians regard the Constitution as a conservative document.
In some countries the oligarchy can control the government.
Read the text without a dictionary and try to catch the main idea:
The Amendment Process
We have a living Constitution. Men wrote it in 1787, and we still use it today. These men were intelligent. “The U.S will change in the future “they thought. “We must find the way to let the Constitution change too.” And they did.
They put in the amendment process. This process is important. Amendments can change the part of an article in the Constitution or another amendment.
Two/thirds (2/3) of the Congress or of the state legislature must agree on an idea for an amendment. If three-fourth (3/4) of the states ratifies the amendment, it becomes a part of the Constitution.
Answer the questions:
What does a “constitution” mean in American political language?
What is the aim of the US Constitution?
What does it consist of?
What is the Bill of Rights?
What do you think about the peculiarities of the US Constitution?
Read and translate the text:
Us constitution II
Vocabulary
an agreement/loose agreement |
соглашение/свободное соглашение |
Articles of Confederation |
статьи конфедерации |
taxation |
налогообложение
|
the Bill of Rights |
билль о правах |
freedom of religion; speech; press |
свобода вероисповедания; слова; печати |
unreasonable search; arrest [ʌnˈriːz(ə)nəbl] |
несанкционированный обыск; арест |
United Nations Charter |
Устав ООН |
ultimate power [ˈʌltɪmət] |
окончательная власть |
“checks and balances” |
система сдержек и противовесов |
The former colonies, now “the United States of America”, first operated under the agreement called the Articles of Confederation (1781). It was soon clear that this loose agreement among the states was not working well. The central, federal government was too weak, with too few powers for defence, trade and taxation. In 1787, therefore, delegates from the states met in Philadelphia. They wanted to revise the Articles, but they did much more than that. They wrote a completely new document, the Constitution, which after much argument, debate, and compromise was finished in the same year and officially adopted by the thirteen states by 1790.
The Constitution, the oldest still in force in the world, sets the basic form of government: three separate branches, each one having powers (“checks and balances”) over the others. It specifies the powers and duties of each federal branch of government, with all other powers and duties belonging to the states. The Constitution has been repeatedly amended to meet the changing needs of the nation, but is still the “supreme law of the land”. All governments and governmental groups, federal, state, and local must operate within its guidelines. The ultimate power under the Constitution is not given to the President (the executive branch), or to the Supreme Court (the judicial branch). Nor does it rest, as in many other countries, with a political group or party. It belongs to “We the People, in fact and in spirit”.
They stated in the first ten Constitutional Amendments, known together as the Bill of Rights, what they considered to be the fundamental rights of any American. Among these rights are the freedoms of religion, speech, and the press, the right of peaceful assembly, and the right to petition the government to correct wrongs. Other rights guarded the citizens against unreasonable searches, arrests, and seizures of property, and established a system of justice guaranteeing orderly legal procedures. This included the right of trial by jury that is, being judged by fellow citizens.
The federal and state governments formed under the Constitution were designed to serve the people and to carry out their majority wishes (and not the other way around). One thing they do not want their government to do is to rule them. Americans expect their government to serve them and tend to think of politicians and governmental officials as their servants. This attitude remains very strong among Americans today.
Over the past two centuries, the Constitution has also had considerable influence outside the United States. Several other nations have based their own forms of government on it. It is interesting to note that Lafayette, a hero of the American Revolution, drafted the French declaration of rights when he returned to France. And the United Nations Charter also has clear echoes of what once was considered a revolutionary document.
1. Give English equivalents to the following words and phrases in Russian: пересмотреть статьи, принять конституцию, определять полномочия и обязанности, вносить поправки, действовать в соответствии с пунктами, обратиться к правительству, захват собственности, право на суд присяжных, служить людям.