Домашнее задание к уроку 10

Выполните упражнения I и II.

Упражнения

Упражнение I. Переведите текст 1 письменно:

Текст 1

An Activist eu Parliament By Tom Buerkle

BRUSSELS  The campaign for the European Parliamentary elections on Sunday was easy to ignore, but the new European Parliament will be anything but.

Leaders of the new Euro MPs are determined to wield its powers, beginning with the approval this fall of a new European Commission, the executive agency of the European Union.

Like its predecessors, the new Parliament is likely to take its strongest stance in defense of its own growing powers, the issue that unites all party groups.

In addition, legislators are determined to have a real voice in the next stage of EU reforms, a voice that they lacked three years ago.

The former Belgian prime minister who heads the European People’s Party, said one of Parliament’s top issues would be to ensure that it gives them a say in the work of the EU.

International Herald Tribune

Упражнение II. Дайте русские эквиваленты:

Chief-executive of the EU, legislator, to succeed smb, balloting, to approve a nomination, his term will expire in, to show sound judgement, to rebuff allegations, to appreciate, to show great industry, to count on smb, to fail smb, lack of wit, to elect unanimously.

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– And what will you do if you are elected?

– Good Heavens! What will I do if I am not!

Упражнение III. Переведите текст 2 на слух по абзацам:

Текст 2 eu Expansion, to 16, Looks Likelier

BRUSSELS (Reuters)  The European Parliament looks increasingly likely to say "yes" to European Union membership for Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden in a vote next Wednesday, parliamentary officials said Friday.

But they added that many European MPs would seize the opportunity to press for assurances from EU government that they would be given a bigger say in the Union's future. The parlъiament's assent in the votes is needed if the EU is in fact expanding to 16 members, as it hopes to do on Jan. 1.

Упражнение IV. Переведите тексты 3 и 4 с листа:

Текст 3 Santer Gets eu Vote

STRASBOURG, France (AP)The European Parliament on Thursday narrowly approved the nomination of the Luxembourg prime minister as the European Union’s new chief executive.

The close vote of 260 – 238 signalled the assembly’s unhappiness with the way EU leaders chose Jacques Santer as a compromise after Britain vetoed an earlier candidate.

The narrowness of the balloting could hurt Santer’s effectiveness in leading the executive agency, the European Commission, over the next five years. Santer would replace Jacques Delors, whose term will expire in January.

A simple majority of the 567-seat assembly was required to approve his nomination.

Текст 4 eu Finally Concurs on New Leader By Robert j.Wielaard

BRUSSELS  European Union leaders, hoping to close the book on three weeks of infighting, agreed Friday to appoint Luxembourg Prime Minister Jacques Santer as their new chief executive.

"He has what it takes to be a strong president," Helmut Kohl, current holder of the EU’s rotating leadership, said of Santer.

The British Premier called Santer "an excellent candidate," who would be a "reconciler and a healer."

Santer said repeatedly: "Judge me by my acts... and when I’m able to do something."

He spoke fluently in English, German and French as he sought to rebuff allegations that he was a lightweight from the EU’s smallest member state.

Helmut Kohl, too, stressed that theme. "We are convinced that Jacques Santer is the right man at the right time" to guide the EU toward the turn of the century when the Union is to have a single currency and planning to let in some East European na­tions.

Santer succeeds Jacques Delors of France, who will step down in January after 10 years.

In recent days, Santer, 57, emerged as the only acceptable re­placement capping a frantic leadership search that began when Britain vetoed Dehaene as Delors’successor.

Упражнение V. Переведите на слух речи, произнесенные по случаю выдвижения на пост нового президента организации. В текстах есть незнакомые вам слова, к которым возможно найти близкие контекстуальные значения.