2. Подготовьте чтение текста.

3. Ответьте на вопросы, опираясь на словарь, приведенный в конце урока.

1. What does state service represent?

2. How can state service be called in the USA?

3. What term is used in France?

4. What term is in Germany?

5. What term do they use in the United Kingdom?

6. What is a civil servant or public servant?

7. The term explicitly excludes the armed services, doesn’t it?

8. What is one of the oldest examples of a civil service?

9. When did the Chinese civil service become known to Europe?

10. What is the Civil Service according to the British Code «Civil Service values»?

11. Who are British civil servants accountable to?

12. On what basis is a civil servant appointed in the United Kingdom?

13. What are the core values?

14. What is integrity putting in this Code?

15. What is objectivity basing?

16. What does impartiality mean?

17. What do these core values support and ensure?

18. What standards does this Code set out?

4. Составьте план текста.

5. Перескажите текст (если необходимо, опирайтесь на приведенный словарь).

ЛЕКСИКО-ГРАММАТИЧЕСКИЕ УПРАЖНЕНИЯ

1. Определите способ образования следующих слов. Укажите, от каких основ образованы эти слова, к каким частям речи они относятся. Переведите их на русский язык.

Service, represent, activity, regulation, concerning, servant, civilian, employee, explicitly, exclude, include, regional, municipal, administration, especially, military, appointment, structure, division, recruitment, development, retirement, developing, implementing, delivering, accountable, competition, dedication, commitment, integrity, honesty, objectivity, impartiality, ensure, highest, customer.

2. Заполните пропуски артиклями, где необходимо. Переведите на русский язык.

___ French Civil Service is ___ set of ___civil servants working for ___ French government. Not all employees of ___ state and public institutions or corporations are ___civil servants. ___ Civil Service is also sometimes incorrectly referred to as ___ administration, but, properly speaking, ___ administration is ___ compound of public administrations and public administrative ___establishments, not their ___ employees. About ___half of ___ civil servants are employed in ___ French public education ___system.

___ Germanword ___Beamter means civil servant. ___ German law puts ___ public employees into ___ two classes, namely ___ordinary employees (Angestellte) and ___Beamte. ____ original idea was that whoever represents ___ state by doing official duties, such as issuing ___ official documents or making official decisions, should have ____ special kind of employment with ___ state.

___ Indian Civil Service, popularly known by ___ its acronym ICS, originated as ___ elite civil service of ___ Indian Government under British colonial rule in ___India, and continues in ___ contemporary Civil Services of ___India, though these are now organised differently.

3. Заполните пропуски предлогами, где необходимо. Переведите на русский язык.

Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy is the structure, and set ___ regulations ___ place to control activity, usually ___ large organizations and government. It is characterized ___ standardized procedure (rule-following), formal division ___ responsibility, hierarchy, and impersonal relationships. ___ practice the interpretation and execution ___ policy can lead ___ informal influence.

The word «bureaucracy» stems ___ the word «bureau», used ___ the early 18th century ___ Western Europe not just to refer ____ a writing desk, but ___ an office, i.e., a workplace, where officials worked. The original French meaning ___ the word bureau was the baize used to cover desks. The term bureaucracy came ___ use shortly ___ the French Revolution ___ 1789, and ____ there rapidly spread ___ other countries.

___ a letter ___ July 1, 1764, the German Baron von Grimm declared: «We are obsessed ___ the idea ___ regulation, and our Masters of Requests refuse to understand that there is an infinity of things ___ a great state ___ which a government should not concern itself.»