IV. Discussion

1. Lawyers are sometimes called “engineers if human souls”. To be a good lawyer it is necessary to possess knowledge from different fields of science, for example, psychiatry, psychology, medicine, pedagogic. Discuss it.

2. Complete the phrase: “If I feel that the profession of a lawyer does not correspond to my wishes (desires, abilities, expectations, hopes, dreams ?), I shall …”

LISTENING

1. When Gunfighters Ruled the Streets1 of the Wild West

1. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:

settler – поселенец: Some of the earliest free settlers in Australia were sheep farmers

outlaw – лицо, вне закона; бандит: According to English legend, Robin Hood was an outlaw who lived in the forest and stole from the rich to give to the poor.

deputy – исполняющий обязанности, помощник: I’m acting as deputy while the boss is away.

marshal – маршал, полицейский: Marshal Dillon was the only law enforcement the territory had.

threat – угроза: Drunken drivers are a threat to road users.

obey – соблюдать, следовать: They are countries which don’t obey the rules of international law.

last – длиться: The meeting lasted two hours.

Note: ¹Ruled the streets – зд. контролировать улицы, управлять

2. Listen and choose the sentences corresponding to the text:

1. Living in the American West was not easy. 2. Several lawmen in the Old West had learned to use their weapons when they were criminals. 3. The outlaws and the lawmen in the Old West had nothing in common. 4. He was trying to arrest a man who had been drinking too much alcohol. 5. Experts on the American West often disagree about who were the most dangerous gunmen in that period of American history. 

3. Listen again and answer the following questions:

1. Were there a lot of lawmen to keep order in American West? 2. What did honest people who moved to the West carry to protect themselves and their property? 3. Who was William Matthew Tilghman? 4. Did Bill Tilghman use his gun only one time as a law officer? 5. Who feared and obeyed Bill Tilghman? 6. When was Bill Tilghman shot to death?

2. Thurgood Marshall, 1908-1993:

First African American to Serve on the US Supreme Court

1. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:

attend – присутствовать, посещать: The trial will be on the 15^th, but you don’t have to attend if you would prefer not to.

honor – честь: They are fighting for things like honor, reputation and pride.

approve – одобрять: We had to wait months for the council to approve our plans.

representation – представительство: The government pays for a lawyer when people are too poor to pay for legal representation.

dissent – расхождение, несогласие: There is some dissent within the committee on this issue.

retire – уходить в отставку: Since she retired from the company, she has begun to work as a volunteer for a charity.

2. Listen and memorise as many posts of Thurgood Marshall as you can.

3. Listen again and choose the sentences corresponding to the text:

1. In Baltimore black people were separated from white people by law. 2. Black people lived only in areas where white people lived. 3. In 1961, President John Kennedy was named to be a judge of a federal appeals court. 4. Thurgood Marshall said no one should be put to death for any reason. 5. Some reports said he no longer wanted to fight against the liberal majority of the court.

4. Use the following questions to retell the text:

1. When was Thurgood Marshall born? 2. What University did Thurgood Marshall attend? 3. Who nominated Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court in 1967? 4. Thurgood Marshall became the first black person to serve as a Supreme Court Justice, didn’t he? 5. How did justice Marshall always vote in cases in which the majority voted that a death sentence was legal? 6. When did Thurgood Marshall announce that he would retire from the Supreme Court?