- •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. Read the text and entitle its parts. Arrange them in the list below.
1)
2)
3)
4)
2. Put up questions to these sentences : a)a general question
b) 2-3 special questions
1) The election of the president consists, in fact, of a network of elections, nominations, and campaigns.
2) There are three stages in the presedential elections.
3) Potential presidential candidates seek the nomination of one of the major parties, who select their candidates at national party conventions.
4) The delegates to these conventions increasingly are committed to supporting a particular presidential candidate.
5) The party primaries may be of critical importance in determining the final party nomination.
6) Potential candidates can be eliminated or improve their chances of becoming the party candidate at this stage.
7) The national party conventions choose presidential nominees by a complex system of voting by delegates.
8) State governors are elected for varying terms, not necessarily at the same time as national office-holders
9) Ballot papers are often long and complicated, and voting machines are used in most stages.
10) An alternative ballot form lists candidates by office, making straight party-ticket voting very difficult.
3. Give definitions for the following:
nomination
campaign
primary elections
party caucus
national office-holders
ballot paper
voting machines
the party-column ballot
4. Check yourself and fill in the gaps without looking into the text. See how much you have coped with.
1) Virtually the presidential elections consist of________________1, nominations, and _____________2 beginning _______________3 before__________4.
2) There are___________5 stages. First, there is ______________6 party primary elections within the parties required_____________7.
3) Potential presidential candidates _____________8 of one or other of the major parties, who ____________9 their candidates at______________10. Laws concerning participation in ____________11(which are also held for elections to Congress) differ from state to state, most being _______________12 (for registered party voters only), but some remain open to any registered voter.
4) State and local elections ______________13at the same time as national ones, but in many instances they are. State governors are elected for_______________14, not necessarily at the same time as_____________
_____________________15.
5)_____________16 the many offices elected at the national, state, and local level, _______________17 are often long and___________18, and ___________________19 are used in most stages. An alternative ballot form_______________________________________________20, making straight party-ticket voting very difficult.
Writing III.
Describe the last electoral campaign in the USA. What candidates were the frontrunners? Who won the elections?