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THE ELECTION TIMETABLE

1. The British government is elected for up five years, unless it is defeated in Parliament on a major issue. The Prime Minister chooses the date of the next General Election, but does not to wait until the end of the five yaers. The newspapers and the politicians try very hard to guess which date the Prime Minister will choose.

2. About a month before the election the Prime Minister meets a small group of close advisers to discuss the date of election. Then the date is announced to the Cabinet. The Prime Minister formally asks the Sovereign to dissolve Parliament. Once Parliament is dissolved, all MPs are unemployed, but government officers continue to function. The election campaigning begins throughout the country and lasts for about three weeks with large-scale press, radio and television coverage.

3. Voting takes place on Polling Day (usually a Thursday). The results from each constituency are announced as soon as the votes have been counted, usually the same night. The national result is known by the next morning at the latest.As soon as it is clear that one party has a majority of seats in the House of Commons, its leader is formally invited by the Sovereign to form a government.

Х. Ответьте письменно на следующие вопросы:

1. What term is the British government elected for?

2. When does voting take place and what is the leader of the party which has a majority of seats in the House of Commons to form?

Вариант VI

I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Подчеркните в них слова, оформленные окончанием -s, и определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются эти слова и какую функцию выполняет это окончание, т.е. служит ли оно:

а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite;

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.

Переведите предложения на русский язык

1. It is the Magistrates’ Courts (somestimes called police courts) that try the majority of all criminal cases and some civil cases.

2. The Justice Department is responsible for faithful exrcution of the laws under the president’s authority.

3. “To visit one another means to become friends“ – says an Indian proverb.

II. Перепишите следующие предложения, найдите и подчеркните в них группу имени существительного. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на особенности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным

1. Criminalistics dafines the ways and means for crime detection.

2. The prosecutor supervises the investigation of cases conducted by the militia and other state security bodies.

III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, подчеркните их и переведите предложения на русский язык

1. The highest body of state authority in Russia is the Parliament of Russia.

2. His work is not so large as yours, but it is better and more interesting.

IV. Пeрепишите следующие предложения, найдите в них и подчеркните неопределенные и отрицательные местоимения. Переведите предложения на русский язык

1. As a rule, polititians in the US ta any level pay considerable attention to public opinion.

2. In some countries the more money one can pay the better lawyer one can have.

V. Перепишите следующие предложения, употребив нужную форму личных и притяжательных местоимений. Переведите предложения на русский язык

1. (Мы) shall phone (вам) as soon as (он) gives (свой) answer.

2. (Я) was glad to see (их) at the concert.

3. (Нам) were told that (они) would come to vizit (нас) .

4. (Ее) elder brother is serving in the Army now.

5. (Я) think (наша) work is noble and necessary.

VI. Перепишите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на перевод предложений, содержащих конструкцию there is / are

1. There are too many laws and too many lawbreakers.

2. Was there probable cause for the police officer to believe that the man was a criminal?

VII. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в каждом из них модальный глагол или его эквивалент. Переведите предложения на русский язык

1. Sentences can be reduced for good behaviour, often by one-third or more.

2. In the USA many cities and counties have their own laws saying who may or may not own a gun.

VIII. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в каждом из них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видовременную форму и залог. Переведите предложения на русский язык

1. British elections are usually fought between political parties, not individuals.

2. The abolition of capital punishment in England in 1965 was welcomed by most people with human and progressive ideas.

3. Members of Criminal Investigation Department are detectives and they do not wear uniforms.