- •4. A. My country in the world
- •! Bear in mind that Unit 4 will be completed with a final event – a project on an Ideal Society.
- •Globalization
- •1) You can hear the term ‘globalization’ very often now.
- •2) First listen to the words and phrases that are used in the text:
- •What is politics?
- •Political profile of a country
- •Political systems: belarus, uk, usa
- •Text 2 the state system of the united kingdom
- •Text 3 the usa political system
- •Political profile of a country
- •Sort out the functions into four categories as belonging to the
- •Definig democracy
- •I Match terms with their definitions
- •II. Correct mistakes, changing the sentences below and writing the right variants.
- •III Complete the text with the derivative from the words on the right.
- •IV Read the text and do the tasks that follow. The bill of rights
- •IV. 1. Mark the statements as t (true) or f (false).
- •IV. 2. Choose the best alternative.
- •I Choose the best alternative from the variants in the text below.
- •II Make the following jokes reported
- •General knowledge quiz (State Structure of Great Britain, the usa and the Republic of Belarus)
- •Finding Markers of Integration a technique of team-building
I Choose the best alternative from the variants in the text below.
The presidency of the United States is the highest governmental office.
President is assisted by Vice-President and the Cabinet. The President and Vice-President are elected for a term of four years and (1) … be reelected for another term. President (2) … be a natural-born citizen of the USA, at least 35 years old, and for at least 14 years a resident of the USA. The term of office of the President begins at noon on January 20.
Vice-President presides over the Senate, his other duties are indefinite. The White House (3) … use Vice-President as a contact man among the senators, or he (4)… sit at the Cabinet meetings.
President (5) … appoint chiefs of executive departments. Among the most important departments one (6) … mention the Department of State responsible for American foreign policy, the Department of Defense or the Pentagon, the Department of Justice, etc.
The President’s Press Secretary (7) … be called upon to explain what the President meant to say, or intended to say.
Under the US Constitution, the House of Representatives (8) … bring charges against the President in impeachment proceedings. A two-thirds vote in the Senate is necessary for conviction. It is a method provided for getting rid of officials who (9) … be dismissed: presidents, vice-presidents and “all civil officers of the United States. They (10) … be removed from office for treason, bribery or other high crimes”.
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Score 10
II Make the following jokes reported
1.
-Pa, what is a politician?
- Son, a politician is a human machine with a wagging tongue.
- Then, what is a statesman?
- It is an ex-politician who has mastered the art of holding his tongue.
2.
- Who, father, is that gentleman?
- That, my son, is the chaplain of the House.
- Does he pray for the members?
- No, my son; when he goes into the House, he looks around and sees the members sitting there and then he prays for the country.
3.
- What makes you think the baby is going to be a great politician?
- I’ll tell you. He can say more things that sound well and mean nothing at all than any kid I ever saw.
Score 20
Total score 30
SUPPLEMENT
Keys for Task 3 – choice of photos:
BY, USA
UK, BY
BY, USA, UK
General knowledge quiz (State Structure of Great Britain, the usa and the Republic of Belarus)
The Constitution of ... a) the United States; b) Great Britain; c) the Republic of Belarus ... grants all the legislative powers of the federal government to the Congress.
The only non-elected second chamber in the parliament in the world is ... a) the Council of the Republic of Belarus; b) the Senate; c) the House of Lords
a) The House of Representatives; b) the House of Lords; c) the Senate ... has 100 members.
One-third of ... a) the House of Lords; b) the Senate; c) the Council of the Republic of Belarus ... is elected every two years.
The Vice President is the presiding officer in the ... a) House of Representatives of the Congress; b) Senate; c) House of Commons.
The House of Commons is presided over by ... a) the Lord Chancellor; b) the Speaker; c) the Prime Minister
The executive power is exercised by the Council of Ministers in ... a) the Republic of Belarus; b) the USA; c) Great Britain
The Council of the Republic of Belarus consists of ... a) 110 deputies; b} 64 deputies; c) 435 deputies
The judicial branch in the USA is headed by ... a) the Constitutional Court; b) the Supreme Court; c) the federal court of appeal.
The judicial system is the most complicated in ... a) the Republic of Belarus; b) the USA; с) Great Britain.
"Front-benchers" are the leading members of ... a) the party in power; b) both parties; c) all existing parties ... in the House of Commons.
The President is elected for a term of four years and can be re-elected for another term but not longer in … a) the Republic of Belarus; b) the United States; c) Great Britain.
The absolute power of the British monarchy has been progressively reduced ... a) in the process of political evolution, b) in the Magna Carta; c) by the Constitution adopted by the Parliament.
The US Constitution was adopted in ... a) 1620; b) 1787; c) 1861
The Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party in ... a) Belarus, b) Great Britain; c) the USA.
There's no universal legal system in ... a) Belarus; b) Great Britain; c) the USA
The President is the chief executive in ... a) Belarus; b) Great Britain; c) the USA
The term of office of the Parliament members of different chambers is the same in ... a) Belarus; b) Great Britain; c) the USA
The Supreme Court determines whether the laws and official enactments correspond to the Constitution in ... a) Belarus; b) Great Britain; c) the USA
The upper chamber of Parliament isn't elected in ... a) Belarus; b) Great Britain; c) the USA
"Convention" means a set of rules and practices which are regarded as vital for the operation of the government in ... a) Belarus; b) Great Britain; c) the USA
"Convention" means the congress of the party's representatives to nominate the candidate for the highest post of the state in ... a) Belarus; b) Great Britain; c) the USA
The ... a) Labor; b) Liberal; c) Conservative party of Great Britain traces its origin back to the Whigs.
The Democratic Party was founded by ... a) George Washington; b) Thomas Jefferson; c) Abraham Lincoln.
Most of Belarusian electorate ... a) don't support any party; b) back the Communist party of Belarus; c) favor the Belarusian Popular Front.
"Union Jack" is the name of the national flag of ... a) Belarus; b) Great Britain; c) the USA
Each part of ... a) Belarus; b) Great Britain; c) the USA ... has its own patron saint and national emblem.
The flower of ... a) shamrock; b) leek; c) flax ... is used in the ornament of the Belarusian national emblem.
The "Stars and Stripes" was adopted as a national flag of the USA in ... a) 1782: b) 1777 c) 1864
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