- •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 Match terms with their definitions
1 |
power (n) |
a |
political, financial, social, etc. force or influence; |
2 |
right (n) |
b |
a statute in draft, before it becomes law |
3 |
vest (v) |
c |
a plan of action adopted or pursued by an individual, government, party, business, etc. |
4 |
legislate (v) |
d |
to place or settle (power, rights) |
5 |
execute (v) |
e |
to make or pass laws |
6 |
judge (v) |
f |
to carry out, complete; to perform, accomplish, effect |
7 |
enact (v) |
g |
any claim, title, etc. , that is morally just or legally granted allowable or due to a person |
8 |
constitute (v) |
h |
to make into an act or statute; to establish by law, decree |
9 |
bill (n) |
i |
to hear and decide upon a case; |
10 |
policy (n) |
j |
to form, to compose; to give legal form to |
Score 10
II. Correct mistakes, changing the sentences below and writing the right variants.
1. The National Assembly, is a representative and legislative body of the United Kingdom.
2. The American Parliament consists of two chambers: House of Lords and House of Commons.
3. The President is the head of the legislative branch and the country.
4. Today, the most common form of democracy is direct democracy, in which citizens elect officials to make political decisions, formulate laws and administers programs.
5. When we speak about the political system of any country we take into consideration three branches of power – legislative, executive and presidential.
6. The House of Commons in the Republic of Belarus consists of 110 deputies
Score 6
III Complete the text with the derivative from the words on the right.
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION Britain is a parliamentary democracy with a (1) … monarch as the head of the state. The British (1) …, unlike those of most other countries, is not set out in a single document. Instead it is made up of a combination of laws and conventions. Conventions are rules and practices which are not legally (2) …, but which are regarded as vital to the working of government. In the laws the Queen is head of the (3) …, an integral part of the (4) … , head of the judiciary, the commander-in-chief of all the armed forces of the Crown and the supreme (5) … of the established Church of England. The centre of (6) … power is the House of Commons. The Commons has 651 (7) … Members of Parliament (MPs), each representing a local constituency. Once passed through both Houses, (8) … receives the Royal Assent and then it becomes law. |
(1) constitute
(2) force
(3) execute (4) legislate (5) govern
(6) parliament (7) elect (8) legislate
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Score 9