What requirements does the US Constitution include for candidates?

a) The US Constitution includes requirements concerning only their age.

b) The US Constitution includes requirements concerning their age, residence and citizenship.

c) The US Constitution includes requirements concerning citizenship.

Задание № 3. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в каждом из них модальный глагол или его эквивалент. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The man can be a prime suspect in the murder case.

2. If you have a problem, you may consult a lawyer.

3. You should not sign this contract, it is strange.

4. You may compliant, but it is no use.

5. Every pensioner needs social guardianship.

Задание № 4. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения в страдательном залоге. Подчеркните в каждом из них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видовременную форму и залог.

1. A number of murders have already been committed in this area recently.

2. Violent disruption was caused by rioters last week.

3. We are sure this crime will be prevented.

4. All the grounds for the divorce are got now.

5. These trespassers will be prosecuted.

Задание № 5. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, обращая внимание на особенности перевода инфинитива в определённой функции. Из каждого предложения выпишите форму инфинитива и укажите его функцию в предложении.

1. They deserved to lose, their offence was badly planned.

2. Not to be asked many questions the accused started to give evidence.

3. To maintain law and order is the duty of the Government.

4. The Parliament is to carry out the programme of the country.

5. The lawyer proposed us to study the documents once again.

6. Public and private Bills are to be passed through the Parliament.

Задание № 6. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, обращая внимание на особенности перевода объектного инфинитивного оборота (Complex Object). Из каждого предложения выпишите данный оборот.

1. They understood her to be known as a good lawyer.

2. The policeman wanted the driver to leave his car.

3. The judge saw the secretary enter the courtroom.

Задание № 7. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, обращая внимание на особенности перевода субъектного инфинитивного оборота (Complex Subject). Из каждого предложения выпишите данный оборот.

1. This lawyer is considered to be very competent and well-informed.

2. This information appeared to be very important.

3. This witness was unlikely to appear in the court.

Задание № 8. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, обращая внимание на особенности перевода инфинитивного оборота c предлогом “for”. Из каждого предложения выпишите данный оборот.

1. It was very important for them to interpret the law correctly.

2. We were let go for us not to be late.

3. The offender listened to the judge attentively for him to understand the verdict.

Вариант № 5

Задание № 1. Прочитайте и письменно переведите текст.

The British Government

Great Britain is a constitutional monarchy. But there are no written laws and there is no written constitution in this country. A thousand years ago, before the Norman Con­quest in 1066, the Anglo-Saxon Kings consulted the Great Council (the Assem­bly of the two leading men from each district) before taking important deci­sions. Between 1066 and 1215 the King ruled alone, but in 1215 the nobles forced King John to accept Magna Charta (the Great Charter), which took away some of the King’s powers. In later centuries this was seen as the first occasion on which the King was forced to take advice.

In 1264 the first parliament of nobles met together. Since then the British Constitution has grown up slowly as the result of countless acts of Parliament. There have been no great changes in the Constitution since the revolution of 1688. The Parliament invited William and Mary to be­come Britain’s first constitutional monarchs.

A constitutional monarch is the one who can rule only with the support of the Parliament. The Bill of Rights pre­vented the monarch from making laws without Parliament’s approval. Since 1689 the power of the Parliament has grown, while the power of the monarch has become weaker. The Reform Acts of 1832, 1867 and 1884 gave the right to vote to a large number of common citizens. Today every man or woman aged 18 has the right to vote.

Nowadays British elections are usually fought between political parties, not individuals. Therefore, people who want to be elected to the Parliament need to be nominated by one of the main political parties. Although Members of Parliament (MPs) will support a particular party, they are not controlled by that political party and theoretically do not have to vote with their party in the Parliament. Each Member of Parliament (MP) represents one of 650 constituencies in the UK, not just the people who voted for them.

Vocabulary

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Задание № 2. Выберите правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос по тексту “The British Government”.