- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read text 1 and choose (a), (b) or (c) to answer the questions or complete the statements.
- •2. Read the text again. For each statement 1 to 5 below choose a) right, b) wrong or c) doesn’t say. Correct the false statements.
- •3. Find modal verb forms or their equivalents and translate the sentences into Russian.
- •4. Complete the sentences with can, could, may, must or have to.
- •5. Complete the sentences with appropriate word from the brackets.
- •6. Complete the sentences with the passive modal verb forms.
- •Text 2 The Branches of Government
- •Vocabulary
- •8. Read text 2. For each statement 1 to 10 below choose a) right, b) wrong or c) doesn’t say. Correct the false statements.
- •9. Read the text again. Match the functions with the right branch of power.
- •10. Rewrite the sentences, changing the active to the passive and adding by where necessary. Make any other necessary changes.
- •11. Complete the sentences with appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets (present or past simple active or passive, participle I or II).
- •12. Use the comparative or superlative forms of the adjectives in brackets where necessary.
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •13. Match the legal terms with their definitions.
- •14. In each line find the verb that does not go with the noun.
- •15. Match the adjectives 1 to 10 to the nouns that they go with. Make up 5 sentences with any of the collocations.
- •16. Give synonyms. Make up 7 sentences with any of them.
- •18. Translate the chains of words into Russian. Complete the sentences with appropriate words from each chain.
- •19. Choose a, b, c or d to complete the sentences.
- •20. Complete the following text with suitable words or phrases from the
- •21. Look again at Texts 1 and 2 and answer the questions.
- •22. Use Texts 1 and 2 to define the following terms.
- •23. Translate into English.
- •24. Speak on one of the following topics.
- •25. Discuss in groups.
24. Speak on one of the following topics.
The role of government in social life.
Types of government as Aristotle defined them and as they are at present.
The branches of government.
Separation of powers and the system of checks and balances.
25. Discuss in groups.
What countries other than the United Kingdom are constitutional monarchies?
What form of government does the Russian Federation have? What types of government did it have in its history?
Do you think present Russia is a true democracy? If not, how would you characterize its system of government?
Do you agree with the following statements? Give your reasons.
Every nation has the government it deserves.
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
Comment on the following quotations.
Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians. (Bob Wells)
In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed and never will exist. (Jean Jacques Rousseau)
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. (Abraham Lincoln)
Every cook has to learn how to govern the state. (Vladimir Lenin)
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
(Otto von Bismarck)
1 quantity (n) – количество
2 quality (n) – качество
1 take into account – принимать во внимание; учитывать
2 convicted – осужденный
3 accused – обвиняемый
1 lay magistrate – мировой судья
2 find guilty – признать виновным
3 secret ballot – тайное голосование
1 signer – лицо, подписавшее документ
1 take into account – принимать во внимание; учитывать
2 established – установившийся, укоренившийся
3 substantive law – материальное право (в отличие от процессуального)
4 Natural Law – естественное право
5 (the) Enlightenment – Просвещение (европейское философское течение 18 века)
6 certainty (n) – определенность
7 uniformity (n) – единообразие