1. What is the official name of the country?
2. What four parts does it consist of?
3. What Houses does the Parliament consist of?
4. What are the responsibilities of the Parliament?
5. Where do local government sit?
6. What are their responsibilities?
7. What kind of Constitution does the country have?
8. What are the judges and lawyers guided in their state work?
Task III. Make up questions to the following sentences:
1. The British government comprises three powers. (What?)
2. All these things can be changed at any time by new Acts of Parliament. (When?)
3. The United Kingdom covers over 244,000 square kilometers. (How many?)
4. Yes, the United Kingdom has an unusual constitution which is partly unwritten.
5. The monarch can reign only with the support of Parliament. (Who?)
Task IV. Give the English equivalents:
королевство, конституционная монархия, означать, население, королева, палата, править, отвечать за, правительство, исполнительная, законодательная, судебная, власть, состоять из, судья, юрист.
Task V. Translate the passive constructions:
1. The facts are gathered for court presentation.
2. The identity of the criminal has been discovered.
3. The defendant will be cross-examined.
4. The proofs are being looked for.
Task VI. Change the following sentences into the Passive Voice, use the same tense:
1. The witnesses have identified the criminal.
2. The investigating officers are gathering important evidence.
3. The jury found the accused guilty.
4. The President appoints the Prime-minister.
Task VII. Compose sentences in the Passive using the following words:
1. To arrest, this, man, for murder.
2. An accused, yesterday, imprisonment, to sentence to.
3. This case, just, in the court, to deal with.
4. The investigator, now, to wait.
Task VIII. Translate into English:
1. Преступление было совершено вчера.
2. Штраф накладывается за превышение скорости.
3. Отпечатки пальцев были только что обнаружены.
4. Приговор объявляется (сейчас).
Task IX. Put the verb in the correct form:
I (not/love) my husband, he was a cold and selfish man. But I (not/murder) him, either. After dinner last night he said he (want) to check some business papers in his study. He (have) a meeting with Gerald, his business partner, the next morning. He (ask) for some tea. That was about 9 o'clock. I (watch) a rather exciting film on television, so I (tell) Lucy to take it to him. At quarter past nine Doctor Emerson (call). I (notice) the time because we (expect) him to come earlier. I (answer) the front door bell. Trevor (still/shout) in his study. He and Lucy (obviously/have) a serious row. So I (take) the doctor into the sitting-room for a moment. Then Trevor stopped shouting. I guessed Lucy (go) out by the back door. Doctor Emerson went to the study. I think he wanted to persuade Trevor (go) to the hospital for some tests, but Trevor (not/want) to go. I (hear) him shouting again several times over the next twenty minutes. He called him an ignorant country doctor, and later he said something like "There's nothing you can do!" I think Lucy (come) into the house while the doctor (still/talk) to Trevor. I (hear) the front door bang during a quiet few seconds when Trevor (not/shout). I was tired and fed up and went to my bedroom soon after that. My sister (phone) and we (talk) for ages. I (tell) her I (decide) to leave Trevor.
Вариант 3
Task I. Read the text The Russian Federation. Translate it in writing. Underline the predicates and define Tense and Voice.
The Russian Federation
The Russian Federation occupies about one-seventh of the earth's surface. Its total area is about 17 million square kilometers. The country is washed by twelve seas and three oceans. It borders on an enormous number of countries and it also has a sea-border with the USA.
The Russian Federation or Russia, as it is often named, is a parliamentary republic. The head of the state is President. The legislative powers are exercised by the Duma. The Constitution adopted a few years ago specified all the three powers: legislative, executive and judicial. Now Russia is undergoing a certain transitional period. The political and economic situation in the country is rather complicated.
The militia, which come under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs, have a wide range of activities. Their main duties are: maintaining public order, criminal investigation and law enforcement.
They see to it that citizens observe laws, government decrees and local ordinances which regulate public order. They protect state and other public property and personal property of the citizens. They see to it that people abide to traffic rules. They issue internal passports and control the internal passport system. They maintain order in public places, summon first aid for people who involve in road or other accidents, etc.
Task II. Check if remember:
1. What is the official name of Russia?
2. Is Russia a parliamentary republic?
3. What is the area of Russia? What can you say about political and economic situation in the country?
4. Who is the head of the state?
5. When was the Constitution adopted?
6. What is the legislative power exercised by?
7. What are the duties of militia men?
8. What regulates public order?
Task III. Make up questions to the following sentences:
1. The country is washed by twelve seas and three oceans. (What?)
2. The Constitution was adopted a few years ago. (When?)
3. The Constitution specifies all the three powers. (How many?)
4. The militia, which come under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs, have a wide range of activities. (Who?)
5. Yes, they protect state and other public property and personal property of the citizens.
Task IV. Give the Russian equivalents:
Граничить, законодательная, судебная, исполнительная, принять, власть, переходный период, под руководством, Министерство внутренних дел, уголовное расследование, сохранение общественного порядка, правоохранительные силы, соблюдать закон, защищать собственность, граждане.
Task V. Translate the passive constructions:
1. Criminal cases are tried in Magistrate's courts.
2. The hearing of the case has been postponed.
3. The man is being arrested now.
4. His appeal will be rejected.
Task VI. Change the following sentences into the Passive Voice, use the same tense:
1. A group of police officers is investigating a serious case now.
2. The professor
3. has just examined students on Civil law.
4. For three days the regional court will be considering this case.
5. The Magistrate's courts consider such minor offences.
Task VII, Make a sentence in the Passive using the following words:
1. To identify, the criminal, by, yesterday, the police.
2. The suspect, to prove, of, the guilt, tomorrow.
3. The lawyer already, to defend, the accused.
4. The police, now, a murder, to search.
Task VIII. Translate into English:
1. Обвиняемый сейчас допрашивается следователем.
2. Его прошение было отклонено.
3. Слушание дела будет отложено.
4. Вердикт только что вынесен.
Task IX. Put the correct form of a verb:
I (call) at the Sterns house at nine fifteen. I (be) rather later than I (plan) to be because I (visit) another patient. When Mrs. Stern (let) me into the house she (seem) rather embarrassed and (show) me into the sitting-room. I (can) hear Trevor Stern shout at someone in his study. Mrs. Stern said something about teenage girls and thatthey (have) problems with Lucy. Well, the shouting (stop) almost immediately, so I (go) to his study. Lucy (already/leave) the room before I (get) there. I tried (explain) to Trevor why he needed (have) these hospital tests, but he (not/let) me. He said I (be) an ignorant country doctor who (not/know) what he (talk) about. I (realize) it was no use arguing with him so I (leave) after only a few minutes. I was quite angry actually. I let myself out of the house without seeing Lucy or Mrs. Stern.
