- •Political science
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with words from the text.
- •5. Find the statements which are not true to the text.
- •6. Translate the following sentences in writing paying attention to underlined words and emphatic constructions.
- •7. Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text.
- •5 . Agree or disagree with the following statements.
- •6. Translate the following sentences in writing into Russian paying attention to different functions of the verb «to be».
- •7. Translate the following sentences in writing into Russian:
- •Make up a short summary of the text.
- •Compare the u.S. Constitution with that of Russia. Speak on their advantages and disadvantages.
- •10. Read the text and render its content in Russian:
- •1. Read and translate the text
- •2 . Answer the following questions.
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Find the beginning for the following endings.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with words from the text.
- •5. Find in the text the definitions of the meanings of the following words. Translate them into Russian in writing.
- •6. Translate the following sentences in writing paying attention to the underlined words and constructions.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text.
- •5. Find in the text the definitions of the following terms.
- •6. Translate the following sentences in writing paying attention to the underlined words and constructions.
- •8. Compare the system of checks and balances of the us with that of Russia. Pay attention to the differences in these systems. The plan below may be helpful.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •4. Insert the English equivalents used in the text.
- •Political Parties
- •Give the general idea of the text.
- •Read the following joke and retell it:
- •12. Read the article and do the tasks that follow it:
- •13. Answer the following questions:
- •14. Agree or disagree with the following:
- •16. Review the article.
- •17. Read and translate the article:
- •20. Answer the following questions:
- •21. Find in the article the facts to prove that:
- •22. Read the following quotations by Churchill:
- •23. Review the article.
- •I . Read and translate the text:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •IV. Find in the text the facts to prove that:
- •V II. Could you give any examples from history or your personal experience when «the rule of law» works? do you support the idea that «the law is the highest judge»?
- •VIII. Read the following item and render its idea in russian:
- •X . Answer the following questions:
- •Xl agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •XII. Divide the text into logical parts, make up an outline of the text and speak on the text in accordance with your outline. Word study
- •I. Give russian equivalents for:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •Word study
- •V. Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •Word study
- •Authority
- •The state
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •Word study
- •IV. Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:
- •Word study
- •III. Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •Word study
- •The philosophical tradition
- •The empirical tradition
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •Word study
- •I I. Answer the following questions.
- •Word study
- •T he Evolution of Pluralism
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •Word study
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Answer the following questions:
- •IX. Complete the following sentences:
- •XXIII. Answer the following questions:
- •Word study
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •Word study
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •Text IV
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •XIII. Answer the following questions:
- •In children (by Christine Russell)
- •XXIII. Answer the following questions:
- •Text VI
- •Text VII
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •Word study
- •T ext VIII
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •Postmodern tv (by Steven Connor)
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
2. Answer the following questions.
What fundamental principle is democratic govern ment founded upon?
What are inalienable rights?
Why can't these rights be legislated away?
Why is freedom of speech devalued without freedom of assembly?
What can democratic government do concerning free dom of assembly?
What does freedom of religion mean?
Is it to enhance their rights that citizens in a democ racy undertake their civic obligations and responsibilities?
What is the essence of democratic action?
How does D. Ravich define democracy?
10) Do you agree that freedom means responsibility, not freedom from responsibility?
3. Find in the text the beginnings for the following endings.
... are God-given natural rights.
... when their government is not.
... is the lifeblood of any democracy.
... freedom of speech would be devalued.
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... recognizes that a person's religions faith is a pro foundly personal matter.
... do not function in isolation.
... is the ultimate custodian of its own freedom.
... democracy will begin to wither.
... cooperation, compromise and tolerance among all citizens.
10) ..., but man's inclination to injustice makes demo cracy necessary.
4. Fill in the blanks with words from the text.
Governments in a democracy do not... the fundamen tal freedoms.
Governments are created to ... those freedoms.
Neither society nor government can ... or ... them.
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution ... the Congress from passing any law interfering with free dom.
To debate and vote, to assemble and protest, to wor ship, to ensure justice ... upon the unrestricted flow of speech and information.
The democratic state ... that a person's religious faith is a profoundly personal matter.
Democracies ... upon the principle that government exists to serve the people.
While the state protects the right of its citizens, ... , the citizens give the state their loyalty.
Democracy ... cooperation, compromise and tolerance among all citizens.
10) Democracy ... ideas of freedom and self-expression.
5. Find the statements which are not true to the text.
The fundamental freedoms are granted and protected by governments.
Every individual possesses these freedoms by virtue of his or her existence.
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T he US Constitution gives the fundamental freedoms to the people.
Freedom of speech is closely liked to the right to gather, protest and demand change.
Democratic governments have no right to regulate the time and place of political rallies.
The people do not exist to serve the government in a democratic state.
Rights, like individuals, do not function in isolation.
Democratic government is elected by and accountable to its citizens.
Democracy is a process, a way of living and working together.
10) Democracy is more static than evolutionary.