Vocabulary

the legal profession barrister solicitor to give initial legal advice to make a will to rent out to rent a home to set up a business advocacy tribunal counselor advocate attorney formerly door-to-door salesman to discourage career law enforcement private detective criminal detective FBI agent customs officer a Criminal Justice degree

профессия юриста барристер, адвокат высшего ранга, имеющий право выступать в суде солиситор, адвокат, дающий советы клиенту и подготавливающий дела для барристера давать юридическую консультацию на начальном этапе составить завещание сдавать в аренду брать в аренду жильё начать дело защита суд специальной юрисдикции консультант адвокат, защитник амер. адвокат ранее коммивояжёр; представитель торговой фирмы, обходящий квартиры или офисы с предложением товара не поощрять профессия система охраны правопорядка частный детектив детектив уголовной полиции агент ФБР таможенник диплом специалиста в области уголовной юстиции

2. Answer the following questions.

1. What are the 2 branches of the legal profession in Great Britain?

2. What are the functions of solicitors?

3. What do barristers specialise in?

4. Is there a division into solicitors and barristers in the American legal profession?

5. What is a lawyer often called in the United States?

6. What degree is necessary for law enforcement careers in the USA?

7. Do the words denoting a lawyer have the same or different meanings in different countries?

8. What is the general meaning of the word "lawyer" throughout the world?

1. Choose the correct variant.

1. The functions of solicitors and barristers are a) alike b) different

2. Initial legal advice is given by a) solicitors b) barristers

3. Solicitors specialise in a) a particular sphere of law b) in different areas of law

4. Barristers are like a) family doctors b) specialist consultants in medicine

5. The legal profession in the United States

a) is similar to that in the UK b) has no division of lawyers into solicitors

and barristers

6. The word "attorney" in the US means a) a lawyer b) a solicitor

7. The word "solicitor" in the US is a) a legal title b) related to the commercial sphere

Text 3. A letter from Steve

I. Read the letter and do the tasks following it.

Hi, Alex,

Thanks for the letter with all your news. I enjoyed the photos of your family, your country house and the views of your city.

By the way, you are the very picture of your father, who really looks young for his age. And the views of the Kremlin with its ancient walls and towers are simply superb. How beautiful they are! I wish I could see them with my own eyes. In return, I’m sending you the photos of our farm and the countryside around.

Alex, could you write a few lines about your Academy? When my friends and our teacher of Russian learnt about you, they wanted to hear more about your place and the academy you are studying at now. You know, Russian is my third foreign language, the first two being German and French.

I’m looking forward to your answer.

Yours ever,

Steve.