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1) Virtually the presidential elections consist of ________________1, nominations, and _____________2 beginning _______________3 before __________4.

2) There are ___________5 stages. First, there is ______________6 party primary elections within the parties required _____________7.

 

3) Potential presidential candidates _____________8 of one or other of the major parties, who ____________9 their candidates at ______________10. Laws concerning participation in ____________11 (which are also held for elections to Congress) differ from state to state, most being _______________12 (for registered party voters only), but some remain open to any registered voter.

 

4) State and local elections ______________13 at the same time as national ones, but in many instances they are. State governors are elected for _______________14, not necessarily at the same time as _____________

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5) _____________16 the many offices elected at the national, state, and local level, _______________17 are often long and ___________18, and ___________________19 are used in most stages.An alternative ballot form _______________________________________________20, making straight party-ticket voting very difficult.


 

VOCABULARY TEST II.

 

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HOMEREADING II.

 

1/ David McDowell. Britan in Close-up: an In-Depth Study Of Contemporary Britain. Third impression, 2001

Chapter: Government and politics:debate and change, pp.49-53

 

2/ E. Fielder, R.Jansen, M.Norman-Rish. America in Close-up .-Thirteenth impression, 2004

Chapter: The political system, pp. 148-151

 

 


Contents

UNIT I. UK AND US POLITICAL SYSTEMS.. 2

VOCABULARY LIST 1. Political System... 2

LESSON 1. A CONSTITUTION OR A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY.. 3

Reading for vocabulary 1.1. 3

Listening 1.. 5

Reading for vocabulary 1.2. 5

DEBATES 1. 8

TEXT TRANSLATION 1. 8

LESSON 2. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF POWER. 10

Reading for Vocabulary 2.3. 10

Reading for Vocabulary 2.4. 12

Listening 2.. 15

Reading for Vocabulary 2.5. 15

Reading for Vocabulary 2.6. 20

TEXT TRANSLATION 2. 23





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