Вариант № 18

Task 1. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with an appropriate word from the box.

Prosecutors, smuggling, jailed, property common law, judge-made law, punished, judges, сommon law, notaries, , accused, binding, private practice, binding, certifies

1. Lawyers in _________in Russia work mostly within colleges of advocates.

2. Some lawyers may work as ___________________________________________.

3. Lawyers may serve as judges or __________.

4. A notary is a public officer who ________the document.

5. Civil law __________is contrasted against ___________,

6. Common law is a ___________________developed by custom (historical legal precedents) over hundreds of years.

7. One of the main duties of the Customs Service is to prevent the traffic of_________.

8. Smuggled goods are confiscated and turned into federal___________.

9. A person who is found guilty of smuggling may be taken to Court and either __________by a fine or jailed.

10. The person __________has the right to appeal within ten days.

11. The decision of the Court is final and__________.

Task 2. Translate the sentences into English

1. Я изучаю право, потому что это очень интересно.

2. Контрабандисты могут использовать различные места сокрытия.

3. Я должен заявить об этом в полицию.

4. Я думаю, тебе следует нанять адвоката.

5. Лицо, признанное виновным в провозе контрабанды, может быть подвергнуто штрафу или привлечено к уголовной ответственности.

6. Криминология- это наука, которая имеет дело с природой и причиной преступления.

7. Все граждане обязаны платить налоги.

Task 3. Match these words with their meanings

law закон, право

drugs мошенничество

prosecutor наркотики

commercialfraud ` контрабанда

smuggling судебное дело, иск

lawsuit cудья,

judge прокурор, обвинитель

Task 4. Use the right modal verb from the box and translate the sentences:

сan, could, may, might, to be able to ,to be allowed to

Passenger: Good morning! _____ you help me?

Customs officer: Good morning! What _____ I do for you?

P.: I don’t see where I _____ find any declaration forms.

C.o.: You _____ to find forms if you go straight to the table in the middle of the

hall.

P.: _____ I fill in one declaration form for all my family members?

C.O.: Yes, if your children are under 16.

P.: Thank you for your help.

C.O.: You are welcome.

Task 5. Put these questions into reported speech.

Model: “Where do you work?” – They asked me where I worked.”

1. “Where can I go through the customs control?”

2. “How long are you planning to stay in this country?”

3. “Why did you try to misrepresent this article?”

4. “Who gave you this watch?”

5. “Can you write in block letters?”

6. “When did you seize the largest concealment of cocaine?”

Task 6. Read and translate the text and answer the question:

What problem does the article focus on?

Germany Rules Against YouTube In Copyright Case

A court in Hamburg, Germany has ruled that the video-sharing site YouTube is responsible for videos on its site that are posted illegally. The ruling said YouTube must do more to prevent posters uploading copyrighted music videos to the site. The case was brought to the courts by the royalty-collecting organisationGema, which represents over 64,000 German musicians and songwriters. Gema has been fighting YouTube in the courts since 2010. The group accuses YouTube of using music online without paying royalties to those who produced the tunes. YouTube may be forced to pay royalties for all the video clips on its site. This could prove extremely costly for Google, the owner of YouTube.

The court said it did not consider YouTube to be the copyright violator, but the user who uploaded the song. It did say, however, that YouTube must implement stronger filters to block copyrighted material. YouTube representatives say the site is not responsible for what users post to it. They claim those who post copyrighted material are at fault and that the YouTube site is simply a platform for sharing. A spokesman said: "We remain committed to finding a solution to the music licensing issue in Germany that will benefit artists, composers, authors, publishers and record labels, as well as the wider YouTube community." Currently, around 60 hours of videos are uploaded to the YouTube site every minute.