X. Напишите по одному вопросу к каждому предложению и устно ответьте на них.

Вариант 5

1. Напишите слова, от которых образованы данные: representative, hearing, disagreement, speaker, finally, majority.

2. По формальным признакам определите группу подлежащего и сказуемого в предложении:

The proposed legislation, or bill, is first introduced in the House of Representatives.

3. Напишите транскрипцию следующих слов и запомните их чтение: government, law, legislation, sequence, debate, hearing, disagreement, confer, sign, final, majority.

IV. Прочитайте текст и найдите интернациональные слова, определите их значение.

The lawmaking process in the United States.

The US Congress, the lawmaking arm of the federal government, consists of two houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Any congressman in either house, or the president, may initiate new legislation.

The proposed legislation, or bill, is first introduced in the House of Representatives, then referred to one of the standing committees, which organizes hearings on it and may approve, amend or shelve the draft. If the committee passes the bill, it is considered by the House of Representatives as a whole. If passed there, it goes to the senate for a similar sequence of committee hearings and general debate.

In cases of disagreement, the House of Representatives and the Senate confer together. Once passed by the Senate as a whole, the bill has to be examined by two more standing committees - the Committee on House Administration and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration – and is then signed by the speaker of the House and by the president of The Senate.

Finally, it must be signed by the president, who has the right to veto it. If the president vetoes a bill, it can still become a law – but only if it is passed by a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress.

V. Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов и словосочетаний:

1. законодательный орган

2. законопроект

3. законодательство

4. вносить поправки в законопроект

5. принять законопроект

6. налагать вето

7. большинство

6. Найдите в тексте выражения с противоположным значением.

1. to pass a bill

2. to approve a bill

VII. Определите, соответствуют ли данные предложения содержанию текста:

1. New legislation usually starts in the Senate.

2. In cases of disagreement the House of Representatives prevails.

3. If the President vetoes a bill it can’t become a law.

VIII. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. In which House does new legislation usually start?

2. How does a bill become a law?

3. What happens in the event of persistent disagreement?

4. Who has the right of veto?

5. Can a bill become a law if the President vetoes it?

IX. Прочитайте текст. Заполните пропуски в тексте словами и словосочетаниями в соответствующей форме. Переведите текст на русский язык.

A.

to appoint; prominent; local councils; minority;

to elect(2); proportion(3); to appeal

Some people suppose that there are few women and member of the ethnic (a)_________ in Parliament. In 1979, Margaret Thatcher became the first woman Prime Minister, yet she never (b)___________ a woman to her Cabinet, and until 1983 the (c)__________ of women (d)________ to the House of Commons was under 5%. In the election in 1992, 59 women (e)_________ to the House of Commons. This total is still below the (f)_________ in other European counties.

Although the Conservatives choose few women as their candidates for the House of Commons’ seats. Women are very active in the affairs of the party as a whole. The Labourists have also tried to (g)________ to women voters by giving women (h)__________ positions. In all parties, a higher (i)_________ of women is elected to (j)__________ than the House of Commons.

B.

constituency; private sector; opposition; inflation;

manifesto; unemployment; general election.

1. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary ______.

2. A _________takes place every four or five years.

3. Before an election, each party prepares a ________ which outlines their policies.

4. An important Conservative policy was the return of state industries to the _________.

5. During the period of Conservative government, ________ fell to 4% for the first time in nearly years.

6. However, ________ continued to be unacceptably high.

7. While the Conservatives were in power, Labour formed the official ________ .