Exercise 6 What do these figures refer to in the text?

VC-25ѝ

1999ѝ

2001ѝ

400,000ѝ

Oneѝ

2ѝ

Exercise 7 Read the text translating the words and word combinations in brackets into English.

The US Constitution

Theѝ(законодательнаяѝветвь)ѝ—ѝ(Конгресс)ѝ—ѝconsistsѝofѝtheѝ(Сена- та)ѝandѝtheѝ(ПалатыѝПредставителей).ѝEachѝ(сенатор)ѝisѝelectedѝforѝ sixѝyearsѝandѝeachѝ(представитель)ѝforѝtwoѝyears,ѝwithѝnoѝlimitationѝonѝ theѝnumberѝofѝ(сроков).ѝ

Eachѝofѝtheѝ50ѝstatesѝelectsѝtwoѝ(сенатор)ѝunderѝaѝsystemѝinѝwhichѝonethirdѝofѝtheѝ(Сената)ѝisѝelectedѝeveryѝtwoѝyears.Аѝ(сенатор)ѝmustѝbeѝ (старше)ѝ30ѝyearsѝoldѝandѝmustѝhaveѝbeenѝanѝAmericanѝcitizenѝforѝ(noѝ

меньшейѝмере)ѝnineѝyears.ѝ

Theѝ(ПалатаѝПредставителей)ѝhasѝ435ѝmembers.ѝEachѝstateѝisѝdividedѝ intoѝ congressionalѝ districtsѝ ofѝ roughlyѝ (равное)ѝ population,ѝ andѝ theѝ (избиратели)ѝ ofѝ eachѝ districtѝ electѝ oneѝ (представитель)ѝ toѝ (Кон-

гресс).ѝАѝmemberѝmustѝbeѝ(старше)ѝ25ѝyearsѝofѝageѝandѝmustѝhaveѝ beenѝanѝAmericanѝcitizenѝforѝatѝleastѝsevenѝyears.ѝ

Bothѝ(палата)ѝofѝ(Конгресса)ѝmustѝ(одобрить)ѝbillsѝbeforeѝtheyѝbecomeѝ law.ѝ Theѝ (Сенат)ѝ aloneѝ (утверждает)ѝ theѝ President'sѝ (канди- даты)ѝforѝhigh-levelѝofficialѝpositionsѝandѝ(ратифицирует)ѝtreatiesѝwithѝ otherѝnations.ѝ

Exercise 8 Say whether these statements are true or false according to the information in the text above. Correct the wrong ones.

1.Theѝlegislativeѝpower,ѝtheѝCongress,ѝconsistsѝofѝtheѝSenateѝandѝtheѝ HouseѝofѝRepresentatives.ѝ

2.Eachѝofѝtheѝ50ѝstatesѝelectsѝtwoѝsenatorsѝforѝaѝtermѝofѝtwoѝyears.ѝ

3.Theѝ Houseѝ ofѝ Representativesѝ hasѝ 435ѝ membersѝ electedѝ forѝ threeѝ years.ѝ

4.Thereѝisѝnoѝlimitationѝonѝtheѝnumberѝofѝterms.ѝ

5.BothѝSenatorsѝandѝRepresentativesѝmustѝhaveѝbeenѝanѝAmericanѝcitizenѝforѝatѝleastѝnineѝyears.ѝ

6.TheѝSenateѝratifiesѝinternationalѝtreaties.ѝ

7.AѝbillѝbecomesѝaѝlawѝafterѝpassingѝbothѝtheѝHousesѝofѝtheѝCongress.ѝ

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