- •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.
1. Find equivalents of the following:
electoral system, the House of Representatives, mid-term elections, legal requirements,qualifications, in the ballot, qualified under state law.
primary elections, popular election, electors, on several grounds, carries a state by a handful of votes, the ‘winner-takes-all’, to distort the popular vote, warrant, irrespective of, populous states, voting blocs, bound to vote, ostensibly, pledge, single electors, newly elected
2. Continue the following phrase as you wish:
Should this occur....
e.g.
Should this occur the local authorities will have to resign.
3. Translate into English
«победитель получает все», коллегия выборщиков, избирательная система, Палата представителей, голоса избирателей или прямое голосование, избирательный ценз, независимо от, якобы, по-видимости; служить основанием для ч.-л., промежуточные выборы; первичные выборы; небольшое количество голосов (горстка); подсчитывать голоса, вновь избранный
4. Translate the underlined passage into Russian.
5. Translate this text into English.
Президентские выборы в Штатах проходят по принципу «победитель получает все». Каждый штат, пропорционально количеству избирателей, дает «электоральные голоса». Чем больше избирателей в штате, тем больше голосов.
Такая система выборов заставляет кандидатов не просто агитировать все население Америки, а анализировать ситуацию в каждом штате, чтобы определить, возможно ли набрать большинство в этом штате и получить все электоральные голоса штата, или имеет смысл переключить внимание на штаты, где шансы набрать большинство существенно выше
Выборная система США давно подвергается критике. Во-первых, некоторые ее считают недемократичной, поскольку, хотя и есть заметная корреляция между голосованием отдельных людей и итогами выборов, в конечном счете, всё определяется Коллегией выборщиков. Во-вторых, она приводит к неравенству голосующих в разных штатах. Но дает возможность учитывать интересы менее заселенных штатов. Про многие штаты может быть заведомо известно, за какого кандидата они отдадут голоса, поэтому политики, концентрируясь на остальных штатах (англ. swing states).
Listening IV.
Listen to the text and answer the following questions.
1) Where was campaigning to intensify after political conventions? Why were some staes called “battleground states”?
2) Was the 2008 nomination of MacCain his first nomination? When was the first? Who did he lose to?
3) What was the main idea of MacCain’s acceptance speech?
4) What did he belive to be his advantage compared to Barack Obama?
5) What did he promise to Americans if having been elected?
6) What is extraodinary in MacCain’s candidacy?
7) What kind of message did he have for Obama’s supporters?
8) How did Sara Palin fight off liberal bloggers’ claim that her daughter is pregnant out of marriage?
9) What kind of responsibilities had Sara Palin had before becoming Alaska’s governor?
10) Who is Senator Joe Biden? Why was Sara Palin to meet him on October? The second?