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2)руководитель; действительный руководитель страны – это премьер министр; премьер министр назначает кабинет министров; члены кабинета назначаются из членов палаты общин; кабинет обладает большой властью;

3)Сенат – назначаемый, а не избираемый орган; сенаторы рассматривают законы, принимаемые палатой общин;

4)cуд; применять закон; суды интерпретируют и принимают законы; суд должен доказать, что человек виновен.

III.Analyse the suffixes define parts of speech and translate

the words / Проанализируйте суффиксы, определите части речи

ипереведите данные слова

a)Canada – Canadians; to support – supporter – supportive; real – reality; to connect – connection; to govern – governor; to make – maker – policy-maker; citizen – citizenship; to legislate – legislation – legislative; to immigrate – immigration; to decide – decision; health – healthy; to consider – consideration; to edit – editor; to respect – respectable – respectability; to express – expression - expressive; to interpret – interpreter – interpretation; agree – agreement; guilt – guilty.

b)Explain the meaning of suffixes –ful and –less; form pairs of adjectives and translate them into Russian.

care

power

law

meaning

doubt

thought

c) Some adjectives may be formed with only one suffix -ful or - less. Here are some of them.

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IV. Use the words in the correct form / Поставьте слова в правильную форму

V. Read the text “Government in Canada”. Correct the following statements / Прочитайте текст и исправьте

следующие утверждения

1.The head of the state in Canada‟s government is President.

2.The governor-general is appointed by Parliament.

3.The governor-general is the actual leader of the country.

4.Prime minister is elected at a general election.

5.Parliament in Canada consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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6.The House of Commons is made up of senators, who are appointed by prime minister.

7.The Senate is an elected body.

8.Senators are elected by people.

9.Only a Member of Parliament can present a bill.

10.Bills passed by the House of Commons become laws at once.

Задания для самостоятельной работы

VI. Turn the following sentences from Active into Passive /

Измените активный залог на страдательный

вданных предложениях

1.The Queen of England appoints a representative in Canada.

2.They call the Queen‟s representative the governor-general.

3.All the countries of the British Commonwealth use the system of appointing a representative for the Queen.

4.People elect Members of Parliament.

5.The prime minister appoints a cabinet.

6.Any MP can present a bill for a vote by the House of Commons.

7.After the House of Commons passes the bill it goes to the Senate.

8.If the Senate approves the bill and the governor-general signs it, the bill becomes a law.

9.Senators examine legislation passed by the House of Commons. They may send it back for further consideration.

VII. Make up sentences according to the model. Use 1, 2 and 3 Conditionals with unless or if. / Составьте предложения.

В условных предложениях 1, 2 и 3 типа используйте союзы unless или if

Model: The bill cannot become a law. It is not signed by the gover- nor-general.

1. Unless the bill is signed by the governor-general, it cannot become a law.

2. If the bill were signed by the governor-general, it would (could) become a law.

3. Unless the bill had been signed by the governor-general, it couldn‟t have become a law.

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1). This party wins the majority of seats in the parliament. That is why its leader becomes the Prime Minister.

1.If (unless) …

2.If (unless)…

3.If (unless) …

2). This person cannot be a senator. He is not appointed by the Prime Minister.

3). People aren‟t in agreement with the law. They write letters to their MPs.

VIII. Chose the correct modal verb / Выберите соответствующий модальный глагол

1.Any Member of Parliament must / can / should present a bill for a vote by the House of Commons.

2.The Constitution says that a Senator may / is to / must be at least 30 years old, a citizen of US for nine years.

3.The committee meeting is to / should / have to be held next Monday.

4.The President is elected for a term of four years and must / can / is to be re-elected for another term.

5.The Speaker, like Vice-President in the Senate, must / have to/ may vote, but usually he doesn‟t.

6.An American citizen is to / will have to / can wait until he or she is at least 30 years if he or she wants to be elected a Senator.

7.When people are not in agreement with laws they must / may / are able to write letters to their MPs.

8.MPs are paid for their work and they are allowed / are able to / have to attend the sittings.

9.The bill has been proposed by a private MP now it will have to / should / may go through three stages, called readings.

10.The President should / may / must veto the bill.

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IX. Fill in the chart; use the information from the text /

Заполните схему

The Elements of Government

The head of state

……………………

……………………

(is appointed by the Queen of England; more of a figurehead than an

actual policy maker)

……………………

(the actual leader of the country)

Parliament

Tell about the government in Canada using the chart / Расска-

жите о системе политической власти в Канаде, пользуясь составленной диаграммой. Используйте функциональные фразы для описания наглядности.

Functional Phrases

Описание с использованием наглядности

The table (chart) The following chart

As seen in

As can be seen in

As shown in

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РАЗДЕЛ IV. ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЕ УСТРОЙСТВО РОССИИ

(HOW RUSSIA IS GOVERNED)

I. Pre-reading task. Before reading the text, try to answer the following questions

1.What is another name of Russia under the Constitution?

2.Is Russia a presidential republic?

3.What is the supreme legislative body of the country?

4.What chambers does it consist of?

5.Who is the head of each chamber?

6.When does a bill become a law?

7.Whom does the executive power belong to?

8.What is the judicial branch like?

9.Does the President have any special powers? What are they?

10.What is the term of office of the President?

11.What are the subjects of the Russian Federation?

12.Who appoints a representative in each district?

13.How many federal districts are there in the Russian Federation?

II. Read the text and check your answers.

Russia is a federal semi-presidential republic under the Constitution. The government consists of 3 branches: legislative, executive and judicial. Legislative power is exercised by the Federal Assembly. It consists of 2 chambers: the Council of Federation and the State Duma. Each chamber is headed by the Chairman who is often called the Speaker.

A bill may be introduced in any chamber, it becomes a law if it is approved by both chambers and signed by the President. The President may veto the bill.

The executive power belongs to the government of the Cabinet of Ministers.

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

The President controls all the branches. He is also the Commander- in-Chief of the armed forces, he makes treaties, enforces laws, and appoints ministers.

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The president is elected for a term of 6 years and can be re-elected for another term but not longer than this.

Russia now consists of entities – subjects of the Russian Federation: republics; krays (territories); oblasts (regions); 2 cities of federal sig-

nificance: Moscow and St Petersburg; one autonomous oblast (autonomic region) and autonomous okrugs (districts).

On 13th May 2000, 7 Federal Districts were created by presidential decree. This reform is aimed to make the federation function in a more controlled way. It is the job of the President to appoint a representative in each district. The federal districts are: Central (around Moscow); North-Western (St Petersburg); Volga (Nizhniy Novgorod); Urals (Yekaterinburg); Siberian (Novosibirsk); Far Eastern (Khabarovsk) and Southern (Rostov-On-Don).

III. How well you know the political system of your country /

Как хорошо вы знаете устройство политической системы своей страны

Choose the right item / Выберите правильный вариант

1) The official name of our homeland is … .

a) Russia; b) the Russian Federation; c) the Republic of the Russian Federation.

2) The National Government of Russia consists of … .

3)There are … Houses in the Federal Assembly. a) two; b) three; c) four.

4)The lower House of the Federal Assembly is … .

a) the State Duma; b) the Cabinet of Ministers; c) the Federal Coun-

cil.

5) Supreme legislative power lies with … .

a) the President; b) the Prime Minister; c) the Federal Assembly.

6) The executive power in Russia belongs to … .

a) the Cabinet of Ministers; b) the Federal Assembly; c) the President.

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IV. Fill in the chart. Tell about the government in Russia using the chart / Заполните схему. Расскажите о системе политической власти в России, пользуясь составленной диаграммой

Используйте функциональные фразы для описания наглядности.

Functional Phrases

Описание с использованием наглядности

The Russian Federation Political System

Head of State

………………….

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V. Make the chart of law making in Russia. Describe this process using the chart / Составьте схему, иллюстрирующую принятие законов в России. Расскажите об этом, пользуясь

данной схемой (см. раздел II)

Cross-cultural comparison

VI. Here is the information of the US government. Ask questions to find out about Russia. Discuss your answers in pairs or groups, insert your questions and answers into the table / Перед вами ин-

формация о системе правления в США. Задайте вопросы, выяснив соответствующую информацию о России. Обсудите ответы на вопросы в парах или группах, запишите свои вопросы и правильные ответы в таблицу

1.The United States of America is a federal republic.

2.Its basic law is the Constitution.

3.Supreme legislative power in the American government lies with Congress.

4.Congress consists of two chambers or houses – the Senate (the upper house) and the House of Representatives (the lower house).

5.The Senate is composed of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states.

6.They are elected for a term of six years.

7.The head of the Senate is the Vice-President who conducts de-

bates.

8.The House of Representatives has 435 members.

9.The Speaker presides over the House, he conducts debates.

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10.The Speaker, like Vice-President in the Senate, may vote but usually he doesn‟t do it.

11.The executive power in the USA belongs to the President and his Administration.

12.The President is elected for a term of four years and can be reelected for another term, but not longer than that.

13.The two leading national parties are the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.

Use functional phrases / При обсуждении ответов на вопросы используйте фразы, подчеркивающие сходство или различие, или выражающие пробное мнение, размышление, гипотезы, догадки

These are functional phrases of comparing and contrasting /

Функциональные фразы для выражения сходства и различия

Функциональные фразы для выражения пробного мнения

(Tentative opinion)

Perhaps

Maybe

It seems to me that

It‟s difficult to say, but I think

I‟d say it‟s …

Функциональные фразы для уклончивых ответов, колебаний

(Hesitating)

Now let me think I am not sure

I can‟t say

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