Работа над темой устной речи

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My name is Boris. I am 23. I was born in Perm. After secondary school I served in the Army for 2 years. When I returned home, I became a militiaman. I made patrol in my district. Sometimes I worked on the daywatch and other times on the nightwatch. I think the work of a militia officer is difficult but interesting. Now I am a correspondent student of the Academy of the Interior. I want to become a lawyer. So I study law.

I am married. My wife Olga is 20. She is also a student. When she graduates from the Institute, she will work as a doctor. We have a son, Nick by name. He is only 1 year old. My parents help us to look after him. My mother doesn’t work. She is on pension. My father is a judge at the court. He likes his work very much.

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Baxter State

Baxter State is a policeman. He is 23 years old. He was born in California. Now Baxter works at the Los Angeles police Department. He is a patrol officer. What is his duty? His duty is to make patrol in the district and to help detectives with their investigations. Baxter likes to do police work. He wants to become a captain so he takes police sciences classes at night school twice a week.

Baxter is married. His wife Clara is 2 years younger than her husband. She is a college graduate but she doesn’t work at present. Clara looks after her children, a boy of 3 and a girl of 1,5. Clara thinks that in future she will get a job and work as an economist.

Baxter’s father was also a policeman. He graduated from a police academy, then worked as a police inspector. After twenty years of service he retired. Now he lives with his wife in his little cottage 60 miles from the city.

When Baxter finishes his work he returns home where he helps his wife, plays with his children and has a rest. If he is not busy with his studies, he usually watches TV, reads newspapers and magazines. On his days off Baxter and his wife often go to the cinema or visit their parents.

Notes to the text:

to be born – родиться

to study – учиться

the Interior – Министерство внутренних дел

a correspondent student – студент-заочник

to be married – быть женатым (замужем)

a judge – судья

Police Department – полицейское управление

investigation – расследование

to work as an daywatch – работать в дневную смену

a college graduate – выпускница колледжа

to work as an economist – работать экономистом

to be busy with studies – быть занятым учебой

on days off – в выходные дни

Упражнение № 1.

Ответьте на вопросы по темам устной речи:

1. What’s uour full name?

2. How old are you?

3. Where and when were you born?

4. Where do you come from?

5. What nationality are you?

6. When did you leave school?

7. Where did you study after leaving school?

8. What is your occupation?

9. What is your rank?

10. What department do you serve in?

11. What problems do you deal with?

12. Where do you study?

13. Are you a correspondence student?

14. What subjects do you learn?

15. What is your speciality?

16. Are you married?

17. Do you have a large family?

18. How many are you in the family?

19. Who is the youngest in your family?

20. What other relatives do you have?

21. What is your hobby?

22. How do you usually spend your free time?

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MY FUTURE PROFESSION

I am a second-year student of the State University Law Department. When I entered the University I had a vague idea of what I should do in future. Having studied a lot of legal subjetcs, such as Theory of Law, State and Law, Criminal and Public Law I could outline the profession I’m engaged in. Now it is obvious to everyone, that in a community such as the one in which we live, some kind of law is necessary because every day of our lives we are restrained and guided by law. It protects us while it restricts us. Sometimes it punishes us.

Law can also be defined as a standard of conduct, which regulates the relation of the individual to the central government, the relation of the government to the individual, and the relations among the individuals. If there is a conflict in these relations, the law also provides an institution, the court system, through which the respective sides can litigate a problem and reach a solution. So, the scope of the law necessarily makes it complex, and complexity has created the need for specialists, namely a lawyer, whose work is quire diversified. He may act as the defence counsel in court, he may represent the interests of the plaintiff, the defendant or of third parties in civil criminal cases. The rate at which the legal profession is growing will probably continue. Why is the career in law so popular?

Of course, because of the prestige and salary. The average salary of an experienced lawyer is still substantially greater than that of many other professionals. But that work isn’t so interesting as it may seem. In national economy lawyers are entrusted the control on the legality of orders and instructions issued by governing body^ they participate in drawing up different agreements and contracts, which are concluded with other enterprises; lawyers also inform workers on the current legislation and give help in legal matters, conduct their cases in courts. In addition to this professional group there are nonprofessional legal counsellors who give advice on various legal problems and are often employed by business firms. In almost all civil-law-countries there are notaries, who have exclusive rights to deal with such office work as marriage settlements and wills.

All lawyers in our country are incorporated either in the national or regional (territorial) bar. Members of the bar work at legal advisory offices, which function in every town administrative district.

That’s what I know about my profession now. And it makes me think that in some years I’ll be able to find the job in accordance with the owledge I get, because our department trains specialists for working in court, Office of Public Prosecutor, Notary, other juridical bodies and also in legal service of national economy. Though Law Department is rather young it has got already a good reputation because of the reaching staff and because of scientifically based curriculum. During our studies at the University we write a lot of scientific papers, analyze special legal literature and try to do our best to be professionals after graduation.

Notes to the text:

advisory office – юридическая консультация

defence counsel – защитник

defendant – отвечик

legal counsellor – юрист, адвокат

litigate – выступать в качестве стороны в гражданском деле

marriage settlement – акт распоряжения имуществом по случаю заключения

брака

notary – нотариус

plaintiff – истец

reginal bar – коллегия адвокатов

standard of conduct – норма поведения

I. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. What faculty do you study at?

2. What subjects do you study?

3. What is your favourite subject?

4. What subject do you conider to be the most difficult (the simplest) one? Why?

5. What is the definition of law?

6. When does a person appeal to the court?

7. How can professional skills of a lawyer be used?

8. What do lawyers do in national economy?

9. Where can graduates from Law Department work?

10. Where would you like to work after the graduation?

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The City of Perm

Perm is the largest city in the Prikamye area, the centre of the Perm Region. The city is situated on the Kama River. Our city is an important river port. Perm has an area of 720 sq km. Its population is over 1,100.000. The city is divided into seven districts. It one of the biggest industrial, scientific and cultural centres in our country.

The history of Perm is rather interesting. Our city owes its existence to V.N.Tatischchev (1686-1750), who is believed to be the founder of Perm. He was a well-known figure of his time, a comrade-in-arms (сподвижник) of peter the Great. In 1723 he planned and supervised the construction of the Yegoshikhinsky Copper Works and founded a factory settlement near the small river Yegoshikha. This marked the beginning of our city’s existence.

Quite a few names are bound up with our city. Let’s remember some of them: P.P.Bazhov, the author of “The Malachite Box”, D.N.Mamin-Sibiryak, A.S.Popov, the inventor of the radio, P.P.Vereshchagin, a painter, was born in Perm and spent his childhood here. The noted propagandist of Russian art and Maecenas (меценат) S.P.Diaghilev was a graduate of the Perm Classical Educational Gymnasia (High School).

The city is heavily industrialized. There are approximately 80 plans and factories in Perm. They produce goods of a high standard such as aircraft engines. The largest industrial enterprises are the joint-stock companies (акционерные общества) “Permskiye Motory” and “Motovilikhinskiye Zavody”.

Perm has over 30 research and design institutes. There are seven higher educational establishments in our city: Perm University, Perm Technical University, Perm Medical Academy, Agricultural Academy, Pharmaceutical Academy, the institute of arts and Culture, Perm Pedagogical University. In addition, we have some military schools. In Perm there are over 120 secondary schools.

There are four state theatres in Perm: an opera-house, a drama theatre, a puppet show and a juvenile theatre. The P.I.Tchaikovsky Perm State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre founded in 1870 was the first musical theatre in the Urals.

The Perm State Art Gallery was opened in 1922. It is famous for its collection of wooden sculpture. The Gallery displays works by many painters of the Russian, Italian, Flemish, Dutch and French schools. In the Perm Museum of local Lore there are over 360,000 exhibits. There are a number of palaces of culture in Perm. There are also many cinemas.

Nowadays there are about 1,400 streets and by-streets in Perm. Lenin Street is the main street in our city. Komsomolsky Prospect is one of the most beautiful and busiest streets in the city.

The most impressive monuments are the monument to heroes of the front and rear in Lenin Street; the memorial complex in honour of the Urals Volunteer Tank Corps; the monument to participants in the revolution of 1905.

We have several kinds of transport in Perm: the bus, the trolley-bus, the minibus (маршрутное такси), the tram, the electric train and the taxi.

In the city centre there’s heavy traffic, which cannot be said about the other parts of our city.