- •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:
2.Say in English:
a)Первым документом США были Статьи Конфедерации.
b)Статьи Конфедерации было свободное соглашение между штатами.
c)Представители штатов хотели пересмотреть Статьи Конфедерации.
d)К 1790 после споров, дебатов и компромиссов была принята Конституция США.
3.Name all the rights given to American people by the Bill of rights. How do you understand them?
4.Give the definitions to:
-the Articles of Confederation;
-the Constitution;
-an amendment;
-the Bill of Rights;
-the system of “checks and balances”;
-freedom of speech, religion, press;
-the trial by jury.
4.Answer the questions:
a)Why did the delegates from the thirteen states meet in Philadelphia in1787?
b)What does the US Constitution specify?
c)Whom does the ultimate power in the USA belong to under the Constitution?
d)What rights are stated in the Bill of Rights?
e)What for were the federal and state governments formed under the Constitution?
5.Complete the following text with the words and phrases using them in the appropriate form (you may use the text above):
jury; branch; Bill of Rights; to adopt; religion; to guard; power; Congress; to divide; amendments; to assemble; citizens; President; arrests; executive; rights; seizures; document; speech; legislature; freedoms; judiciary; founding fathers; system of.
When the Constitution was written in 1787, there were only 13 states. Because the a) ____ of the Constitution saw that the future might bring a need for changes, they b) ____ a method of adding c) ____. Over the years 26 amendments have been added, but the basic d) ____ has not been written. The pattern of government planned so long ago for 13 states today meets the needs of 50 states.
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution, called the e) ____ assure individual f) ____ and g) ____. Added in 1791, they include provisions for freedom of the h) ____ and of i) ____; the right of citizens to j) ____ peacefully; the right to be k) ____ in one’s own home against unreasonable l) ____ and m) ____ of person or property; the right of any person charged with n) ____ the law to have a speedy trial by a o) ____ of fellow p) ____.
The Constitution q) ____ the powers of the government into three branches: the r) ____ headed by the s) ____; the t) ____, which includes both houses of u) ____ (the Senate and the House of Representatives) and the v) ____ which is headed by the Supreme Court. The Constitution limits the role of each w) ____ to prevent any one branch from gaining undue x) ____.
11. Speak on:
1. The Constitution of your country.
THE BILL OF RIGHTS
1.Read the words correctly. See the dictionary if necessary: an amendment, religion, assembly, a soldier, a search, a trial with a jury , a lawyer, punishment, naturalized, a liquor, an official.
Vocabulary
to quarter |
квартировать, селиться
|
a warrant |
Ордер |
to deprive |
Лишать |
Fair Trial [feər] |
справедливый суд |
a bail |
залог, освобождение под залог |
a fine |
денежное взыскание, штраф |
slavery |
Рабство |
an income tax [’ɪnkəm] |
подоходный налог |
Read and translate the text:
On December 1791, the Congress put in the amendment process and adopted 10 amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. Amendments can change or add rights and restrictions to the Constitution.
Amendment 1. Freedom of Religion, Speech, the Press and Assembly
We can follow any religion: we can say our thoughts, write articles in newspapers, meet in groups.
Amendment 2. The Right to Have Guns
We can have guns for protection. State governments make laws about buying and keeping guns.
Amendment 3. No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment 4. Searchers and Warrants
Police need a court order (search warrant, issued by a judge) to make any search or any arrest.
Amendment 5. Rights of People Accused of a Crime, and Protection of Private Property.
No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law.
No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.
Amendment 6. Right to a Fair Trial and Witness.
If you are accused of a crime, you have the right to know why. You have the right to a speedy and public trial with a jury. You can have the trial in the state where the crime happened. You can have the private lawyer or the court will give you a lawyer.
Amendment 7. Assures trial by jury in civil cases.
Amendment 8. Bails, Fines and Punishment
A judge cannot make you pay an unfair bail or an unfair fine. A judge or jury or the police cannot give you unfair punishment.
Amendment 9. The People Keep Some Right
The Constitution lists many rights of the people, but it doesn’t list all the rights. The People have other rights, too.
Amendment 10. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Amendments 11-26
Amendment 11. Citizens of one state or a foreign country cannot bring a case against another state in a federal court.
Amendment 12. We elect the President and Vice-President separately.
Amendment 13. There is no more slavery in the U.S.
Amendment 14. All people born or naturalized in the U.S. are citizens.
Amendment 15. Black people have the right to vote.
Amendment 16. Congress can make a law for an income tax.
Amendment 17. We elect Senators directly with our votes.
Amendment 18. Prohibition of intoxicating liquors.
Amendment 19. Women have the right to vote.
Amendment 20. A new President takes office on January 20.
Amendment 21.The terms of Senators and Representatives begin on January, 3.
Amendment 22. We can elect the same President for two terms. Each term is for 4 years.
Amendment 23. Citizens of Washington, D.C., can vote for the President and the Vice president.
Amendment 24. We do not have to pay a voting tax.
Amendment 25. If the President dies or resigns, the Vice-President becomes President. This amendment also tells the order for other important government officials to become President if something happens to the Vice-President.
Amendment 26. Citizens eighteen years old or older can vote.
Give English equivalents to the Russian words and phrases: высказывать свои мысли, без согласия владельца, предписанный законом, надлежащий законный процесс, обвиненный в преступлении, суд присяжных, судебное дело, принявший гражданство, запрет, вступить в должность.