- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with words from 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.
- •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:
- •10. Read the text and render its content in Russian:
- •1. Read and translate the text
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •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.
- •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.
- •9. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •Political Parties
- •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:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •IV. Find in the text the facts to prove that:
- •VII. 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:
- •Word study
- •Word study
- •Authority
- •The state
- •Word study
- •Word study
- •Word study
- •The philosophical tradition
- •The empirical tradition
- •Word study
- •Word study
- •The Evolution of Pluralism
- •Word study
- •Word study
- •Word study
- •Text III
- •Text IV
- •In children (by Christine Russell)
- •Text VI
- •Text VII
- •Word study
- •Text VIII
- •Postmodern tv (by Steven Connor)
II. Answer the following questions:
Americans are proud of their political system, aren't they?
What is their pride based on?
If they express a negative view of politics, what do they mean?
What do they think of their politicians?
How was the American system established originally?
What are the main principles of division of power?
What can't people from other countries understand in the government structure?
Do Americans feel free in criticizing their political leaders?
Do they like their political leaders to be criticized by foreign visitors?
10. What do they say when the others make negative comments about American politics?
III. Complete the following sentences:
Americans believe that their political system has ... .
But politicians are generally seen as ... .
3.They suppose that only a few government workers are ... .
4.The American system was established to prevent it from ....
5.The decentralization is most evident in ... .
6.The Immigration and Naturalization Service is the agency with which ... .
7.Foreign visitors are sometimes shocked and embarrassed to see ... .
8.Americans do not welcome criticism from ... .
IV. Find in the text the facts to prove that:
Americans are proud of their political system.
Many of them have a negative view of their politi cians.
There is a separation of powers in the political system.
Americans feel free to criticize their political leaders.
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V. SPEAK ON THE TEXT.
VI. READ THE TEXT AND FIND THE KEY POINTS TO GIVE A GENERAL IDEA OF THE TEXT:
THE RULE OF LAW
The idea behind the «rule of law» is that impartial laws, not human beings with their irrational and arbitrary tastes and judgments, should govern the formal aspects of social interaction. «We live under a rule of law, not of men,» American teachers tell their students. The students accept the idea. They believe that «no man is above the law,» that laws equally apply to all people regardless of their wealth, personal connections, or station in life.
Their faith in the rule of law explains the conviction many Americans held, and many foreigners could not understand, that President Richard Nixon should be removed from office as a result of his behavior in connection with what was called the «Watergate scandal.» Nixon had broken the law and therefore should be punished, Americans believed, even if he was the president.
The belief in the rule of law goes beyond the realm of politics to other areas of life that are governed by formal rules and procedures. Getting a job with a government agency, for example, or getting a government grant for a research project, entails following published procedures and demonstrating that one meets the published requirements. Personal connections are not supposed to matter under the rule of law.
This is not to say that personal contacts,,wealth, and social influence do not matter where laws and rules are concerned. They may. What is said above describes the ideal to which Americans subscribe. In reality, connections can sometimes go unpunished for illegal behavior that poor people would be likely to be punished for. But in general the rule of law prevails, and Americans are proud that it does.
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