A) Прочитайте и переведите следующие определения и примеры. Заполните пропуски словами из рамки

law(2), bill, statute, legislation, act, by-law, rule

1. the whole system of rules that citizens of a country or any other place must obey. It’s against the ___________ for children to work before they are fifteen.

2. a law that has been officially accepted by Parliament or Congress. In legal usage this word is often capitalized and often used in the titles of law. The Copyright ________ of 1976 is a United States copyright law that states the primary basis of copyright law in the United States and the basic rights of copyright holders.

3. a written proposal for a new law, which is brought to Parliament so that it can be discussed. In her speech the Queen usually outlines the new ________s which the government will put before Parliament in the coming session.

4. an official instruction that says how things must be done or what is allowed, especially in a game, an organization, or a job. If you stick to the ________s the accident won’t happen.

5. a law passed by Parliament and formally written down. The term codified law refers to _____________s that have been organized ("codified") by subject matter; such organized laws are often called “codes”.

6. a law made by local government or an organization. Corporate and organizational __________s are generally concerned with the work of the organization, setting out the form, manner or procedure in which the company or organization should be run.

7. a law which has been enacted by a legislature or another governing body, or the process of making it. _____________ is regarded as one of the three main functions of government, which are often distinguished under the doctrine of separation of powers.

8. the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, usually in the form of legislation. Under the new _________ children must be at home after 10 p.m..

B) Составьте свои собственные предложения со словами из упражнения 12 A.

Повторение грамматики: The Use of Articles with Countable and Uncountable Nouns Использование артиклей с исчисляемыми и неисчисляемыми существительными

13. Вспомните все возможные варианты перевода английского слова “law” на русский язык. Изучите объяснения и примеры, приведенные ниже. Переведите примеры на русский язык. В каких примерах слово “law” используется как исчисляемое существительное, а в каких как неисчисляемое? Сформулируйте на русском языке правило употребления артиклей с исчисляемыми и неисчисляемыми существительными.

· a law/the law – a rule that people in a particular country or city must obey. There ought to be a law against smoking in public places.

· law/the law (no plural form)– the whole system of rules that citizens of a country must obey. Discrimination in any form must be against the law.

· law(no plural form) - a particular type of law, usually used in the names of branches of law, e.g. criminal law, land law etc. I’m going to chose business law as my major.