- •Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение
- •Введение
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Give definitions of the following words:
- •3. Read the text and do the tasks.
- •4. Answer the question about the British police.
- •5. Finish the following sentences, using tail questions.
- •6. Find equivalents to the following Russian words and phrases in the text above:
- •7. Read the interview with a police officer. Dramatize it. Then sum up the information you learnt from the interview about the British police.
- •9. Master your vocabulary in the topic “Crime and Criminals”
- •10. Read the text and explain why a police officer has to ‘caution’ the person who is being arrested.
- •11. Complete the article with words from the box.
- •12. Match the words in bold in the previous task to the definitions 1-7.
- •13. Use the words from the box in the text:
- •14. Read the newspaper article below and think of a headline for it. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Read the following verbs:
- •15. Make a survey of the crimes and court cases that are reported in the news in one week.
- •16. Read the conversation between Nancy Bryant, a fraud prevention officer, and a journalist. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Explain what the following words and expressions mean:
- •5. Find in the text above the English equivalents for the following words and expressions:
- •6. Fill in the gaps in the text below with the words and expressions from the box:
- •7. Fill in the gaps in the sentences using the sentences below the text.
- •9. Use one word in each gap. You’ve been framed!
- •11 Points
- •6 Points
- •12 Points
- •6 Points
- •5 Points
- •Vocabulary
- •10. Match each of the following verbs with a word or phrase on the right. They are all connected with a British court of law.
- •11. Interview your partner using the questions below:
- •12. Read the text below and think of the word which fits best for each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
- •13. Read the text below and decide which answer (a, b, c, or d) best fits each gap.
- •14. Study the authentic cases given below. Discuss each in pairs and decide the following:
- •15. People say that children today are growing up more quickly. The law sometimes makes this possible. Look at the information below. How these laws are different in Russia?
- •16. Read the article and complete it with the words from the box.
- •17. Translate into English.
- •18. Translate into English.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Which of the actions or procedures above are carried out by each of the following people?
- •2 . Match each word below with the definition.
- •7. Complete these sentences using the pairs from the exercise above. You may have to make changes to fit the grammar of the sentences. The first one has been made for you as an example.
- •8. Put each of the words in the box in its correct place in the passage below:
- •10 Read the four articles below.
- •11. Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.
- •13 Work in pairs. Read the information below and decide how much money the woman should receive.
- •14. Why do you think people commit crimes? Discuss the problem of the causes of crime.
- •15. Discuss these questions:
- •17. Read the newspaper extract below, and discuss the question that follows.
- •Vocabulary
- •4. Fill in the gaps.
- •5. Translate from Russian into English.
- •6. Complete the following text using the words from the box:
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Discuss the items below:
- •9. Translate into English.
- •10. What is your opinion about the trial jury?
- •Grammar
- •8 Points
- •8 Points
- •7 Points
- •8 Points
- •7 Points
- •12 Points
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Before you read the text discuss the following points:
- •2. Read the text.
- •2. Find in the text above the English equivalents for the following words and expression:
- •3. Write out all kinds of punishments from the text and put them in order from the most serious ones to the lightest.
- •4. Answer the questions about the text:
- •5. Match to make sentences.
- •6. A. Use a word in each gap to complete the text.
- •7. Use one word in each gap.
- •8. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
- •9. Read the text below and think of the word which fits best in each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
- •Identity theft
- •10. Translate the following text into English:
- •11. Discuss the following issues:
- •12. Read the following text.
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Find English equivalents for the following words and phrases in the text:
- •5. Match the following English expressions with their Russian equivalents:
- •6. Translate the following text into English:
- •7. Study the following phrasal verbs:
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Which sentences are true and which ones are false?
- •4. Complete the sentences.
- •5. Match the verbs with the nouns. Use the phrases in the sentences of your own:
- •10. Translate into English.
- •11. Read the following newspaper stories. How do you feel when you read them? Work in groups. Discuss each case in turn.
- •Grammar
- •Infinitive. Complex Object. Complex Subject.
- •15 Points
- •Insert the words from the box:
- •10 Points
- •Vocabulary
- •6. Below are the main areas of commercial law. Match each branch to the contents it covers. The first one is done for you.
- •Vocabulary
- •5. Say whether the statements are true or false.
- •7. Translate into English.
- •8. Read the text ‘Women in Politics’ and answer the questions:
- •9. Speak on the topic “Law of property, natural resources and the environment”.
- •Victims of oil shortage.
- •It’s an ill wind…
- •13. A) Work in pairs. Take it in turns to react to the statements below. Use the expressions for expressing opinion from the previous exercise.
- •Vocabulary
- •4. Are these statements true or false?
- •6. Find the best equivalent for the words below.
- •7. Give the English equivalents for the following:
- •8. Work in pairs. Which of the following freedoms is the most important to you? Why?
- •9. Choose the correct word to complete sentences. How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
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- •12. Read the text below and answer the question: what does the law of your country guarantee to disabled people? What is the attitude to people with limited abilities?
- •13. Translate into English.
- •14. Read the text below and discuss with your class mates how much privacy we have these days.
- •10 Points
- •10 Points
- •7 Points
- •Основная литература
4. Are these statements true or false?
The terms civil rights and civil liberties are quite different.
Political liberties include the right to elect and to be elected.
Historically many civil rights and liberties appeared as a result of resistance to kings.
Conflicts caused by the contradictions between civil rights and some of the human needs and interests must be resolved in the courts.
Civil liberties are practically interchangeable with ‘human rights’ or ‘natural rights’.85
A) Complete the following statements about the text choosing the correct variant.
Sometimes civil rights and civil liberties are used
in different ways
interchangeably
as antonyms
Civil rights declare
what the government of the country is obliged to do
what the individual must do
what politicians and parties must do
Civil liberties differ from
moral liberty
civil rights
constitution of the country
Civil liberties were justified
by kings
by people
by philosophers of the past
B) Choose the correct preposition in the following sentences.
Civil rights are guaranteed to/for/of individuals.
Civil rights overlap by/with/on individual rights.
Civil liberties are distinguishable from/on/of moral freedom.
Civil liberties were justified by/to/from philosophers of the past.
Some class freedom of speech within/in/by the group of civil liberties.
6. Find the best equivalent for the words below.
declare
make known clearly or formally; announce
argue with somebody
disagree
provide
sell in bulk
give, supply
promise to do something
belong
be the property of
make somebody do something
cry loudly
attempt
effort to do something
large sum of money
difficult task
resistance
desire to oppose, antagonism
strong will
love at first sight
distinguishable
young and beautiful
very famous
different from
equality
important problem
the state of being the same in size, value, etc.
serious disease
7. Give the English equivalents for the following:
Равнозначно использовать, объявлять результаты выборов, голосовать за (против) кандидата, наши взгляды частично совпадают, первая попытка, обеспечить продовольствие, это не имеет отношения к вам, равенство в правах, существовать без свободы, признавать новое правительство, сильное сопротивление, неотъемлемая часть, уладить конфликт с судьей, принимать решение, выбирать нового президента, принадлежать к сфере общественных интересов, едва отличимый.
8. Work in pairs. Which of the following freedoms is the most important to you? Why?
financial freedom freedom of movement
freedom of speech political freedom
religious freedom
9. Choose the correct word to complete sentences. How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage/courageous. (Seneca)
Better to starve free than to be a fat slave/slavery. (Aesop)
It is easy to be brave/bravery from a safe distance. (Aesop)
You can’t separate peace from free/freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has free/freedom. (Malcolm X)
It is through disobedience/disobey that progress has been made, through disobedience/disobey and through rebellion. (Oscar Wilde)
The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolish/abolition of poverty, (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
I prefer liberate /liberty with danger than peace with slavery. (Jean-Jacque Rousseau)
Equal/Equality right for all, special privileges for none (Thomas Jefferson)86
Read the article from the magazine and answer these questions:
What exactly did Rosa Parks do?
Why was her action considered brave?
How did the black community react?
What effect did this have on American law?