- •Perfect Continuous Tenses (Active)
- •Make up word-combinations; mind the prepositions:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •The commons
- •I. Mind your grammar when you speak
- •II. Conversational formulas
- •III. Polylogue
- •IV. Problem solving
- •1. Election Day
- •2. American History Series:
- •3. Us Supreme Court to Rule on Voter Rights
- •Vocabulary
- •Sequence of Tenses
- •Необходимые изменения в структуре предложения при переводе прямой речи в косвенную
- •Exercises
- •7. Make up word-combinations; mind the prepositions:
- •8. Answer the following questions:
- •I. Mind your grammar when you speak
- •II. Conversational formulas
- •III. Dialogue
- •IV. Problem solving
- •Article 114
- •A) the President;
- •1. Electoral College
- •2. Presidential Terms in Office
- •3. How the Job Description for us President Has Gotten Longer Over Time
- •Vocabulary
- •Subjunctive Mood
- •Synthetic Forms
- •Analytical Forms
- •The Subjunctive Mood in Simple Sentences
- •The Subjunctive Mood in Complex Sentences
- •7. Make up word-combinations; mind the prepositions:
- •8. Answer the following questions:
- •I. Mind your grammar when you speak
- •II. Conversational formulas
- •III. Polylogue
- •IV. Problem solving
- •Accurate optimistic
- •1. Us Court System
- •2. Americans Wait to See Next Face of the Supreme Court
- •3. Nomination of Chief Justice Heads to Committee Vote
- •Vocabulary
- •The Forms of the Infinitive
- •The Forms of the Gerund
- •The Forms of Participle I
- •Make up word-combinations; mind the prepositions:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •6. Retell the text.
- •I. Mind your grammar when you speak
- •II. Conversational formulas
- •III. Polylogue
- •IV. Discussion
- •1. When Gunfighters Ruled the Streets1 of the Wild West
- •2. Thurgood Marshall, 1908-1993:
- •3. Barbara Jordan, 1936-1996: a Powerful Voice for Justice and Social Change
- •Vocabulary
1. Election Day
1. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:
reject – отвергать, отклонять: I believe that you must reject this offer because it is bad.
general law – общий закон: The constitution is the supreme and the most general law of the land.
appoint – назначать, определять: The President appoints high officials of the country.
even number – четное число: 2, 4 and 6 are even numbers.
harvest – урожай, сезон уборки урожая: Harvest festival is held every year in this village.
lawmaker – законодатель: The House of Representatives and the Senate are the bodies of US lawmakers.
force – заставлять, принуждать: If you do not want to do it, they will force you to.
church services – церковная служба: They attended church services every Sunday.
2. Listen to the text and memorize what years and dates became important for the American federal legislature. What are those years and dates famous for?
3. Choose the sentences corresponding to the text:
1. Elections in the USA are always held on the Tuesday after the 1st Monday in October. 2. General laws are listed and kept in a group of books known as the United States Code. 3. The lawmakers chose early November because they thought November was the best time for farmers and other workers to travel to voting places. 4. Most of the people did not have to travel long distances to voting places. 5. The harvest is finished when elections start.
4. Listen again and answer the following questions:
1. When do Americans have their election day? 2. How many members of the House of Representatives and Senators are elected? 3. What office is the United States Code published by? 4. Members to the House of Representatives are elected in every even-numbered year, aren’t they? 5. Why did lawmakers choose early Novembers and Tuesdays for elections?
2. American History Series:
Two-Party Political System Takes Hold in US
1. Read and memorize the following words and word combinations:
hold – зд. поддерживать, придерживаться (мнения): I hold strongly to the idea that the university should seek funding from industry and commerce.
belief – вера, мнение: His belief is a fundamental value of parliamentary democracy.
urge – настаивать: Workers in other industries should be urged into actions.
rebel – сопротивляться: The Duke of Monmouth, who rebelled against his uncle James the second in 1685.
misuse – неверно использовать: He wanted to prevent science from being misused.
2. Listen and choose the sentences corresponding to the text:
1. George Washington belonged to the party of Representatives. 2. There were no established organizations that offered candidates for elections. 3. Each group represented the political beliefs of its leaders. 4. Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans did not support the Constitution as a plan of government. 5. Jefferson did not respect Hamilton’s political power. 6. Jefferson's party included only rich men.
3. Listen again and answer the following questions:
1. Did George Washington belong to any political party? 2. What policies were supported by Thomas Jefferson and Republicans? 3. Whose personal disagreements turned in to a public dispute? 4. Who became one of the strongest voices calling for a convention to amend the Articles of the Confederation? 5. Who supported Hamilton?