- •Unit IV: the diplomatic corps
- •Read the following extract and discuss the questions given bellow: the vienna congress
- •Read and translate the text paying special attention to lexical units in bold the diplomatic corps
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Working in pairs match the words and phrases in column a with those in b
- •Match the people from ex.3 to the definitions given below:
- •Find the words or phrases in the text which in context mean the same as the following:
- •Fill in the blanks using the following words. Translate the sentences into Russian language:
- •With a partner ask and answer these questions:
- •Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in capitals. Give Russian equivalents for the sentences.
- •Discuss the meanings of the following idioms connected with time. Decide which idioms could replace the words or phrases in bold in the sentences below:
- •Read the text and decide if the following statements are true or false:
- •Find in the text equivalents for the following words and phrases:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Make up a brief summary (about 150 words) of the text and tell it to your partner or to the group.
- •A pole play. Look at the following diplomatic ranks listed in order of precedence. Discuss which post would you like to take and why?
- •Translate the following excerpts into English language:
- •Prepare group presentations on the following topics:
- •Unit IV: the diplomatic corps
- •Read the following extract and discuss the questions given bellow: the vienna congress
- •The diplomatic corps
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Working in pairs match the words and phrases in column a with those in b
- •Match the people from ex.3 to the definitions given below:
- •Find the words or phrases in the text which in context mean the same as the following:
- •Fill in the blanks using the following words. Translate the sentences into Russian language:
- •With a partner ask and answer these questions:
- •Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in capitals. Give Russian equivalents for the sentences.
- •Discuss the meanings of the following idioms connected with time. Decide which idioms could replace the words or phrases in bold in the sentences below:
- •Read the text and decide if the following statements are true or false:
- •Find in the text equivalents for the following words and phrases:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Make up a brief summary (about 150 words) of the text and tell it to your partner or to the group.
- •A pole play. Look at the following diplomatic ranks listed in order of precedence. Discuss which post would you like to take and why?
- •Translate the following excerpts into English language:
- •Prepare group presentations on the following topics:
Vocabulary practice
Working in pairs match the words and phrases in column a with those in b
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A.
a. internuncio
b. military attaché
c. charge d’affaires
d. nuncio
e. charges d’affaires ad interim
f. counselor of embassy
g. ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
h. consul, honorary
i. attaché
j. ambassador–designate
k.doyen l. vice – consul
m. minister, minister - counselor
n. minister plenipotentiary
o. ambassador at large
p. resident representative
r. permanent representative
s. special ambassador
t. undersecretaries
B.
1. вице-консул
2.военный атташе
3.дуайен, старшина диплома-тического корпуса
4.посланник Ватикана
5.Чрезвычайный и Полномочный Посол
6.посол Ватикана
7. посланник, советник посольства
почетный консул
посол, назначенный президен-том, но еще не утвержденный сенатом (США)
полномочный министр
дипломатический советник
поверенный в делах
временный поверенный в делах
aтташе
посол по особым поручениям
специальный (особый, чрезвы-чайный) уполномоченный или представитель
постоянный представитель, аккредитованный международной организацией
заместители министров (Великобритания)
постоянный представитель международной организации, аккредитованный правительством
Match the people from ex.3 to the definitions given below:
Example: attaché is the lowest ranking official of the diplomatic service.
host – country national appointed by a foreign state to perform limited consular functions in a locality where the appointing state has no other consular representatives
the second - ranking officer of a large embassy; senior deputy chief of a mission
the lowest ranking official in an embassy (third secretary); a senior diplomatic official attached to a mission for specialized services, e.g.: such as commercial, cultural etc.
a senior diplomatic official attached to a mission whose duty is to provide liaison work with local military authorities
the chief of a diplomatic mission; the ranking official diplomatic representative of his country to the country to which he is accredited, and the personal representative of his own state to the head of state of the host country
a diplomatic representative inferior in rank to an ambassador or minister who is sent to another country and accredited to the minister of foreign affairs; head of the mission (3d class)
the dean of diplomatic corps who had been at his post
a senior diplomatic title ranking just behind an ambassador and a minister; in small embassies where’s no minister this person serves as the deputy chief of mission; in large embassies this person is a head of administrative, political or economic section
an official who has been named to be an ambassador, but who has not yet taken his oath of office
diplomatic representative ranking below an ambassador but having full governmental power and authority
a papal representative ranking below a nuncio
a papal permanent representative in another country a junior ranking consular officer
the counselor or secretary of an embassy who automatically assumes charge of a diplomatic mission in a temporary absence of an ambassador or minister