Part I. Law (право) Unit I. Political Systems (Политические системы) Section 1. Political system of the uk

A. Повторите интернациональные слова за преподавателем и переведите их:

a monarch, monarchy
a parliament, parliamentary
democracy, democratic
a constitution, constitutional
a minister, a Prime Minister, ministry
policy, politician, political
ceremony, ceremonial
electorate
opposition
control
cabinet
coordinate, coordination
a leader, lead
official, office
document
fact
real, really, reality, realistic

B. Соотнесите цифры и буквы:

to appoint – назначать
to sign – подписывать
to make – создавать
to represent – представлять
to give – давать
to pass – принимать
to determine – определять
to coordinate – координировать

policy
a bill – законопроект
work
a Prime-Minister
laws (законы)
documents
the country
royal assent – королевское согласие

C. Прочитайте текст «Политическая система Соединенного королевства» и догадайтесь о значении слов, обозначенных жирным шрифтом. Обратите внимание на грамматическую формулу страдательного залога, обозначенного курсивом:

Uk political system

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. This means (значит) that Great Britain is governed (управляется) by the Parliament and the Queen is the head of the state and the Commonwealth of Nations (Содружество наций). In fact the Queen’s role is ceremonial.

The legislative branch of the country is the Parliament which consists of (состоит из) the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The Lords can revise (пересматривать) bills but the Commons have more real power: they are elected by the people and control the executive branch.

The executive branch is the government with the Prime Minister and the Cabinet with 20 ministers. The Prime Minister is the majority party leader. The second largest party forms the official opposition with its own leader and the Shadow Cabinet (Теневой Кабинет). The leading parties in Great Britain are the Conservative Party (the Tories), the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats.

The judiciary branch of the government exercises (осуществляет) common law (общее право) and is independent of both the legislative and the executive branches. There is no written constitution in Great Britain, only precedents (прецеденты) and traditions.

D. Подберите значение (справа) для термина (слева):

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