Hold a discussion based on the information of Part One (Unit 2). These questions will help you

1. What differences are there between: the government of the USA and Congress?

2. Which of the two houses of Congress has more power?

3. Which of these people are not elected: Vice-President, the Secretary of State, a Senator, the Supreme Justice?

4. Which areas of government do these people deal with: the President, the Associate Justices, Representatives in Congress?

5. Who has the right of Legislative Initiative?

6. List some similarities and differences between the US system of government and that of your own country.

II. Great Britain

TEXTS

Text 1.

Higher Bodies of State Power in the United Kingdom.

BEFORE-EXERCISES

 

Ex. 1. Before reading the text tell the class what you know about the system of government in Great Britain.

Ex. 2. Read the following names and terms:

Parliament, the Queen, the House of Commons, the House of Lords, Members of Parliament (MPs), the Prime Minister, the Lords Temporal, the Lords Spiritual, Law Lords, the Lord Chancellor, senior judicial office, government departments, civil servants, officials, election.

Ex. 3. Read and translate the following words paying attention to the international root:

theory, effect, leader, political, ministry, minister, civil, nation, appeal, to form.

Ex. 4. Read the following word combinations after the speaker; then try to say them once again by heart:

to make laws, to put laws into effect, to interpret laws, to have little direct power, to be elected by the voters, the majority in the House of Commons, to be advised by a Cabinet, the ministers in charge, to be run by civil servants, to inherit the title, to hold senior judicial office, to be presided over.

Ex. 5. Read text 1 “Higher Bodies of State Power in the United Kingdom”. Compare the UK system of government with the US government.

Vocabulary:

1. branch, n – ветвь власти

2. put a law into effect – ввести закон в действие

3. have direct power – обладать непосредственной властью

4. elect, v – избирать

5. voter, n – избиратель

6. constituency, n – избирательный округ

7. majority, n – большинство

8. be in charge of, v – отвечать за

9. be run by, v – управлять, руководить

10. civil servant – чиновник

11. hereditary peer – наследственный пэр

12. inherit the title – унаследовать титул

13. services to the nation – заслуги перед нацией

14. judicial appointment – должность судьи

15. hold an office – занимать должность

16. preside, v – председательствовать, руководить заседанием

17. hear appeal cases - заслушивать апелляции

18. ultimate, adj. – окончательный, последний