III. Перепишите следующие предложения, преобразуйте их в страдательный залог, переедите предложения в страдательном залоге на русский язык.

1. The Speaker will deal with their constituents' problems like a normal MP.

2. American armed services use television commercials and advertisements to attract recruits.

3. The U.S. Supreme Court held that law unconstitutional in 1895.

4. In 1754 the British were not doing a good job of protecting themselves.

5. For the most part Great Britain largely had ignored its North American colonies.

VI. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в них причастия (Participle I, Participle II), определите функцию каждого из них, т.е. является ли оно обстоятельством, определением, частью сказуемого и т.д. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The leader of the party elected to govern the country in a general election automatically becomes Prime Minister.

2. The government has responsibility for developing and implementing policy and for drafting laws.

3. The House of Commons also has to approve proposals for government taxes and spending.

4. To take part in a debate in the Commons, MPs must get the attention or catch the eye of the Speaker.

5. Studying law in the United Kingdom means a three year undergraduate degree programme which results in an LLB exam.

V. Перепишите следующие предложения, преобразовывая прямую речь в косвенную. Переведите предложения в косвенной речи на русский язык.

1. The reporter says: “The author of this article points out that the relations with America are of great importance”.

2. The teacher asks: “When was the Declaration of Independence signed?”

3. She asks him: “Will Mary tell me everything about the accident?”

4. He says: “Try to remember when the House of Commons was destroyed”.

5. The friend says to him: “Don’t leave the door unlocked”.

VI. Перепишите предложения, поставьте вопросы к выделенным словам, переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. My cousin failed in his examination.

2. The political power of the Secretary of the State is second only to that of the President.

3. Just a little way along the river many new office buildings are being erected.

4. In the center of the city you will see the Capitol.

5. He has been living in Washington for about five years.

VII. Прочитайте и переведите текст на русский язык.

Solicitors and Barristers

Lawyers are divided into solicitors and barristers (advocates in Scotland) and these people undertake different tasks in which is called a split profession. Solicitors represent and advise clients, and a barrister is retained by a solicitor to advocate in a legal hearing or to render a legal opinion. Barristers and solicitors are lawyers found in many common law jurisdictions. Solicitors have more direct contact with the clients, whereas barristers often only become involved in a case in order to provide any advocacy needed by the client.

Barristers are rarely, if ever, instructed by clients directly. Instead, the client's solicitors will instruct a barrister on behalf of the client when appropriate.

The historical difference between the two professions - and the only essential difference in England and Wales is that a solicitor is an attorney, which means they stand in the place of their client for legal purposes, and may conduct litigation by making applications to the court, writing letters in litigation to the client's opponent and so on.

A barrister is not an attorney and is forbidden, both by law and by professional rules, from conducting litigation. In split professions, barristers are regarded as holding higher office than solicitors, barristers being regarded as ministers of the court in contrast to solicitors who are said to be mere officers of the court.

VIII. Перепишите вопросы и письменно ответьте на них.

1. What kinds of lawyers are there in England?

2. What does ‘split profession’ mean?

3. What functions do solicitors and barristers exercise?