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My profession

1. I major in law enforcement.

2. My professional duty is to ensure effective organization and management of the inmates at penal institutions of different types.

3. To be able to perform well, a penal officer must be informed of modern problems of crime and punishment:

4. What is the purpose of punishment?

5. What is the social background of modern criminality?

6. What types of punishment are practiced today in this country and abroad?

7. According to the International Standards people who have committed crimes and are placed into correctional system (prisons, penal colonies, reform schools) should be treated legally and humanely.

8. Their human rights should not be violated.

9. They should be given a chance to reform and return to normal life in the community.

10. It is especially important for juvenile delinquents and female offenders.

11. I think my profession is necessary though sometimes difficult.

My future profession

1. I am a second-year cadet of Vladimir Law Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service.

2. I major in law-enforcement.

3. I will graduate from the institute in four years and will be able to work at one of law-enforcement agencies.

4. My future profession is a lawyer (an operative in prisons).

5. We shall graduate from the institute with the rank of lieutenants.

6. We major in Criminal Law, Penal Law, Forensic Science.

7. We also study Self Defense Tactics, shooting, investigative methods which will help us in dangerous situations.

8. The purpose of my future profession is to correct offenders, to detect and investigate crimes and to keep law and order.

9. The observing of human rights is also important for our work.

10. We should be aware of modern problems of punishment and correction.

11. To serve the law is to serve the people.

The state system of russia

1. The Russian Federation was set up by the Constitution of 1993.

2. Under the Constitution Russia is a presidential republic.

3. The federal government consists of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial.

4. The legislative power is vested in the Federal Assembly.

5. It consists of two chambers.

6. The Upper Chamber is the Council of Federation.

7. The Lower Chamber is the State Duma.

8. Each chamber is headed by the speaker.

9. The President serves as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, he makes treaties, enforces federal laws.

10. The executive power belongs to the Government which is headed by the Prime Minister.

11. The judicial branch is represented by the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and regional courts.

12. Today the state symbol of Russia is a three-coloured banner.

13. A new national emblem is a two-headed eagle.

14. It is the most ancient symbol of Russia.

The u.S. President duties and responsibilies

1. When a president takes office, he or she swears to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

2. Presidential terms run for four years, and the 22nd Amendment limits a president to two terms.

3. The Constitution gives the president the following foreign policy responsibilities:

4. Making treaties with other countries, with Senate approval

5. Receiving foreign heads of state

6. Commanding the U.S. armed forces, as well as any state militias under federal control

7. Domestically, the president is responsible for:

8. Making sure that the U.S. laws are enforced

9. Appointing public officers, such as Supreme Court judges

10. Issuing criminal pardons

11. Proposing bills to Congress

12. Presenting a State of the Union

13. The President also has the power of veto over Congress' decisions.

14. The president can be impeached for serious crimes.