- •Київський університет права
- •Англійська мова для юристів-міжнародників
- •Kyiv University of Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- •Breaking New Ground
- •Reading 2: Read the text and get ready to define whether the following statements are true or false:
- •Stanford Law School
- •Вища освіта за кордоном
- •Active Vocabulary
- •Task 4. Translate the following sentences from Ukrainian into English:
- •Structure of the United Nations
- •Language Focus
- •1. Advice / advise
- •2. Censure / censor
- •3. Council / counsel
- •Appendix 1
- •The Charter of the United Nations
- •Chapter I: purposes and principles
- •Article 1
- •The Purposes of the United Nations are:
- •Article 2
- •Appendix 2
- •Article 38
- •Active vocabulary
- •Human Rights
- •In every moment play your part!
- •If obstacles happen on the way,
- •Language Focus
- •Word-formation
- •Prepositions
- •Appendix 1 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (udhr)
- •Active Vocabulary
- •More about the European Union:
- •Task 5. Translate the following sentences from Ukrainian into English:
- •Language Focus
- •Active vocabulary
- •Make-up of a business letter
- •Lesson 1
- •1. Letterhead
- •2. Sender's (return) address
- •3. Date
- •4. Inside address
- •5. Opening salutation
- •6. Closing salutation
- •7. Signature
- •Supplements in official and business letters
- •1. Attention line
- •2. Subject line
- •3. Reference initials
- •4. Enclosure notation
- •5. Copy notation
- •6. Envelope
- •Lesson 2 body of a letter
- •Exercises
- •Active Vocabolary
- •Language focus
- •— “A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages.” — “When a diplomat says yes he means perhaps; when he says perhaps he means no; when he says no he is no diplomat.”
- •Appendix 1
- •Appendix 2 Properly dressed woman in diplomacy and business
- •10 Golden rules
- •Active Vocabulary
- •I. Letters of credence and letters of recall
- •Assignments
- •II. Verbale notes, personal notes and circular notes
- •Verbal Notes
- •Assignments
- •II. Personal Notes
- •III. Circular notes.
- •Appendix 1
- •Appendix 2
- •Appendix 3
- •III. Treaties
- •Assignments
- •Treaty on the European Union
- •Про громадянські і політичні права
- •Treaty Establishing the European Community
- •IV. Agrément
- •Assignments
- •Interoffice memoranda
- •Assignments
- •Interoffice memorandum
- •Final instruments of intergovernmental negotiations and visits: communiqués and (joint) statemets
- •Joint Communiqués
- •Assignments
- •Active Vocabolary
Language Focus
Task 1. Word formation. Complete these tables by filling in the correct noun and adjective forms of the nouns listed.
noun |
adjective |
independence |
independent |
recommendation |
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principle |
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election |
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equality |
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responsibility |
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mandate |
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division |
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exception |
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formation |
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Task 2. Words easily confused. Distinguish the following words by matching each with its definition. Then use one word from each pair to complete the sentences that follow.
1. Advice / advise
a ……… (verb): to recommend or to offer guidance.
b ……….(noun): guidance.
The accountant provides tax ……. which can help lower your tax commitments.
I was ……. not to buy that car as it has fuel consumption problems.
2. Censure / censor
a ………: to express strong disapproval
b ……….: to suppress unacceptable parts
The film was …….. by the government in 1997 and not allowed to be seen in theatres until 2005.
The other committee members ……..his statement regarding their chairman's abilities.
3. Council / counsel
a ………: an administrative or advisory body
b ……….: a legal advisor or someone who provides professional advice
A person held under arrest by the police in the United Kingdom has the right to legal ……..during any interviews.
The town ……..voted to convert the old factory into a theatre workshop.
Task 3. Write an essay on the United Nations using the linking words and phrases listed below.
To list points: Firstly, first of all, to begin / start with, secondly, thirdly, finally.
To introduce arguments for and against:
It could be argued that…
One very convincing argument in favour of… / against…
Appendix 1
The Charter of the United Nations
Chapter I: purposes and principles
Article 1
The Purposes of the United Nations are:
To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;
To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;
To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and
To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.