Vocabulary:

custom	обычай
curious	любопытный
court	суд, судебный
to mean	значить
foremost	прежде всего
generally accepted	общепринятый
way of behaving	манера поведения
poor	бедный
respectable	уважаемый
gay and cheerful	радостный и веселый
peer	сверстник
peculiar rag	своеобразная тряпка
dull and dreary	скучный и унылый
to avoid	избегать
oddity	странность
smoothly	гладко
shuttering	заикание
sense of humour	чувство юмора
to offend	обижаться
truth or lie	правда или ложь
sacred hour	священный час

1. Circle the correct answer.

1. Every country and every nation has it's own traditions and customs.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

2. It is not necessary and important to know traditions and customs of different people.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

3. Very often when speaking of English traditions, we think first of their native holidays.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

4. In England even the richest peer or motor-car manufacturer dresses in some peculiar rags.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

5. In England, if you do not repeat the phrase “Lovely night, isn’t it?” at least two hundred times a day, you are considered a bit dull.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

6. In England people have good desk manners.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

7. In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

8. The English are not offended if you tell them that they have no sense of humour.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

9. In England they hardly ever lie, but they would not – dream of telling you the truth.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

10. The English think life is a game.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn`t say

Module 6 (units 11 & 12)

Conversational topic: STATE SYSTEM OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

Grammar topic: THE FUTURE SIMPLE.

«State system of Russian Federation».

Russia, under the Constitution of the Russian Federation is democratic federative law-governed state with a republican form of government. State power in Russia is exercised by the President of Russia, the Federal Assembly (the Federation Council and State Duma), the government and the courts in Russia.

The Russian president is the chief executive and senior official of the Russian Federation, he defines the main directions of domestic and foreign policy. The President is elected for a term of 4 years by Russian citizens on the basis of universal, equal and direct voting by secret ballot.

The Federal Assembly - the parliament of the Russian Federation - is the representative and legislative authority. The Federal Assembly consists of two chambers - The Federation Council and State Duma.

The State Duma consists of 450 Deputies. Members of the State Duma shall establish federal laws that the Federation Council shall consider and may approve or reject. Adopted a law in the Federal Assembly sent to the Russian President for signature and promulgation. President, under the Constitution, has the right to reject a law, and send it for revision to the Federal Assembly. The executive power of Russia performs the Russian government, which consists of Russian Prime Minister, his deputies and federal Ministers. Currently, the subordination of the Prime Minister is 10 deputies and 14 ministers. 14 ministries are functioning today.