- •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 does a democratic government rest upon?
What does a constitution mean?
What does it establish?
At a minimum, the constitution provides guarantees for fundamental human rights as well, doesn't it?
Must constitutions be capable of change?
What is the world's oldest written constitution?
What does it include?
What other documents keep the U.S. Constitution alive and relevant?
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9 ) How many schools of thought are there concerning the process of amending a nation's Constitution?
What are the characteristic features of the first school?
What is the essence of the method of amendment of the second school?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the methods of each school?
3. Complete the following sentences.
The constitution of the country is the supreme law of the land and all citizens are ....
Despite their enduring, monumental qualities con stitutions ... .
The U.S. Constitutions consist of ... .
The pattern of constitutional evolution ... .
The U.S. Constitution is a brief statement of ... .
A much simpler method is ... .
Constitutions able to be changed in this fashion ... .
No constitution in force today ... .
4. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text.
All citizens, prime ministers to peasants alike, are subject to its ... .
This written document consists of seven brief arti cles and 26 ... .
This written document is only the foundation for a vast structure of ... decisions.
This pattern of constitutional revolution ... in every democracy.
As a result, the constitution is changed ... .
Any amendment may be adopted by ... of the legisla ture and passed by the voters.
Constitutions able to be changed ... can be quite lengthy.
Such constitutions have specific provisions that dif fer little from the body of ... .
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5 . Agree or disagree with the following statements.
All governments rest upon their constitutions.
The constitution of the country is the supreme law of the land.
Any constitution is usually codified in a single written document.
All constitutions provide guarantees for fundamen tal human rights.
The U.S. Constitution is the only document the U.S. government rests upon.
One method is to adopt a difficult procedure.
Another method is to provide that any amendment may be adopted by approval of the legislature and passed by the voters at the next election.
No constitution like America's could have survived unchanged into the late 20th century.
6. Translate the following sentences in writing into Russian paying attention to different functions of the verb «to be».
In general there are two schools of thought about the process of amending.
As a result, the constitution is changed infrequently.
This is the model of the United States.
One method is to adopt a difficult procedure, requir ing many steps and large majorities.
Constitutions must be capable of change and adapta tion if they are to be more than admirable fossils.