- •Факультет Международных отношений
- •Vocabulary list 1. Political system 4
- •3) Hereditary peers, to inherit a title, peers by heredity; life peers, to make someone a life peer, to grant peerage 4
- •3. Translate the sentences into English 18
- •Vocabulary list 2 . Elections 39
- •Unit I. Uk and us political systems
- •Vocabulary list 1. Political system
- •3) Hereditary peers, to inherit a title, peers by heredity; life peers, to make someone a life peer, to grant peerage
- •Lesson 1. A constitution or a constitutional monarchy
- •Reading for vocabulary 1.1. Constitution
- •Exercises:
- •1. Give equivalents of the following:
- •2. Find as many synonyms as you can:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Translate the underlined passage into Russian. Listening I.
- •Reading for vocabulary 1. 2. Monarchy
- •Exercises:
- •1. Give equivalents of the following:
- •2. Find as many synonyms as you can:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Translate the underlined passages into Russian. Debates I.
- •Writing I.
- •Text translation I.
- •Lesson 2 . Legislative branch of power.
- •Reading for Vocabulary 2.3. Order, order
- •Give the equivalents of the following:
- •Find as many synonyms as you can:
- •3. Translate the sentences into English
- •4. Translate the underlined passage into Russian. Reading for Vocabulary 2.4.
- •Exercises
- •1. Find the equivalents for the following:
- •2. Give as many synonyms as you can:
- •3. Translate the sentences into English
- •4. Translate the underlined passage into Russian. Listening II.
- •Reading for Vocabulary 2.5. The House of Lords
- •Exercises
- •2. Put up questions to these sentences : a)a general question
- •3. Give definitions for the following .Translate the names of the titles marked with asterisk into Russian.
- •4. Check yourself and fill in the gaps without looking into the text. See how much you have coped with.
- •Reading for Vocabulary 2.6. Us legislative branch of power
- •Exercises
- •1. Give equivalents of the following:
- •2. Find as many synonyms as you can:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Translate the underlined passage into Russian. Text translation II.
- •Lesson 3. Executive branch of power
- •Reading for vocabulary 3.7. The British Government: The Structure of Her Majesty's Government
- •Exercises
- •1. Read the text and complete these sentences:
- •2. Speak about these appointments and their responsibilities. Translate the names of the titles into Russian.
- •3. What is the difference between Ministers of State, Junior Ministers and Non-Departmental Ministers? Reading for vocabulary 3.8. The Cabinet
- •1. Find equivalents of the following:
- •2. Give as many synonyms as you can:
- •3. Translate into English
- •4. Translate the underlined passage into Russian. Reading for vocabulary 3.9. Executive Branch of Power of the usa
- •Exercises
- •1. Give the equivalents to the following:
- •2. Give as many synonyms as you can:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Translate the underlined passage into Russian. Text translation III.
- •Vocabulary test I
- •Homereading I.
- •Unit II. Elections
- •Vocabulary list 2 . Elections
- •Lesson 4. Elections in uk
- •`Reading for vocabulary 4.10. General elections in the United Kingdom
- •Polling Day
- •Exercises
- •Debates II.
- •Writing II.
- •Reading for vocabulary 4.11.
- •Elections in the United Kingdom
- •Exercises
- •2. Put up questions to these sentences : a)a general question
- •3. Give definitions for the following:
- •4. Check yourself and fill in the gaps without looking into the text. See how much you have coped with.
- •Reading For Vocabulary 4.12. Calls for a change of system
- •Exercises
- •1. Find the equivalents of the following:
- •2. Give as many synonyms as you can:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •Listening III.
- •2) Now fill in the gaps:
- •3) Study the idioms: “to pull one’s punches”,“ to come as a thunderbolt” “ to lose track of”and make up your own sentences with them. Listening III (part 2)
- •Lesson 5. Elections in the usa
- •Reading for vocabulary 5. 13 Elections in the usa (part I)
- •1. Find equivalents of the following:
- •Listening IV.
- •Reading for vocabulary 5. 14. Elections in the usa( part II)
- •1. Read the text and entitle its parts. Arrange them in the list below.
- •2. Put up questions to these sentences : a)a general question
- •3. Give definitions for the following:
- •4. Check yourself and fill in the gaps without looking into the text. See how much you have coped with.
- •Writing III.
- •Vocabulary test II.
- •Homereading II.
Reading for Vocabulary 2.6. Us legislative branch of power
Before you read. Think over the following questions:
-What is the main legislative body of the USA? What are the names of its two chambers?
- What are the main stages for the bill to become a law in the USA?
Read the following text.
The legislative branch is made up of elected representatives from all of the states and is the only branch that can make federal laws, levy federal taxes, declare war or put foreign treaties into effect. It consists of a Congress that is divided into two groups, called houses.
The House of Representatives comprises lawmakers who serve two-year terms. Each House member represents a district in his or her home state. The number of districts in a state is determined by a count of the population taken every ten years. The most heavily populated have more districts and, therefore, more representatives than the smaller states, some of which have only one.
The Senate comprises lawmakers who serve six-year terms. Each state, regardless of population, has two senators. That assures that the small states have an equal voice in one of the houses of Congress. The terms of the senators are staggered, so that only one third of the Senate is elected every two years. That ensures that there are some experienced senators in Congress after each election. The main duty of the Congress is to make laws, including those which levy taxes that pay for the work of the federal government. A law begins as a proposal called a “bill”. It is read, studied in committees, commented on and amended in the chamber in which it was introduced. It is then voted upon. If it passes, it is sent to the other house where a similar procedure occurs. Members of both houses work together in “conference committees” if the chambers have passed different versions of the same bill. Groups that try to persuade congressmen to vote for or against a bill are known as “lobbies”. When both houses of Congress pass a bill on which they agree it is sent to the president for his signature. Only after it is signed does the bill become a law.
Exercises
1. Give equivalents of the following:
Состоит из..; взимать федеральные налоги.., приводить в исполнение договоры с иностранными державами; законодатели; штаты с большим количеством населения; независимо от; обеспечивает равное право голоса; сроки полномочий сенаторов…. устанавливаются в «шахматном порядке»; происходит практически то же самое; согласительный комитет, комитет по согласованию расхождений; на подпись
2. Find as many synonyms as you can:
made up of; levy taxes; put treaties into effect; comprise; lawmakers; serve a term; a count of the population; heavily populated; regardless of; assures; terms of the senators are staggered; occur
3. Translate into English:
1) Конгресс состоит из Палаты представителей и Сената. 2) Как орган законодательной власти Конгресс имеет право принимать законы, взимать федеральные налоги, объявлять войну и давать силу договорам, заключенным с иностранными державами. 3)Количество избирательных округов штата определяется по числу населения, подсчет которого, проводится каждый год. 4) Сенаторы исполняют обязанности шесть лет. Каждый штат имеет двух представителей в Сенате, что обеспечивает штатам с немногочисленным населением равное право голоса при принятии законов. 5) Сроки службы сенаторов определены таким образом, что только одна третья Сената переизбирается каждые два года. Это делается с той целью, чтобы обеспечить присутствие опытных законодателей в Сенате. 6) Для того чтобы стать законом, законопроект представляется на рассмотрение Палаты. Его читают, изучают, в него вносят поправки и затем выносят на голосование. Затем он направляется в другую палату, где проходит он проходит те же этапы. 7) Если существует несколько версий законопроекта, тогда члены обеих палат работают над ним в комитетах по согласованию расхождений. Только после того, когда законопроект проходит в обеих платах, он направляется на подпись президента.