COMPREHENSION. Which paragraphs describe:

Which paragraphs describe:

1. the rights of the citizens of Kazakhstan;

2. the supreme goal of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

3. the Republic of Kazakhstan as a part of the world community.

VOCABULARY PRACTICE

A Read the words and guess their meaning. Mind the stress.

consti'tutionco'mmittee

re'publicrefe'rendum

funda'mentaldecla'ration

Kazakhstanianfi'nancial

pre'ambleuni'versal

B Add nouns to the following adjectives to form phrases asthey occur together in the text. Translate these phrasesinto Russian.

fundamental equal

executive supreme

democratic present-day

legal foreign

absolute electoral

C Match the English and Russian equivalents.

1. a fundamentallaw а) права и обязанностиграждан

2. statesovereignty б) внутренняя и внешняяполитика

3. to adopt a declaration в) принципразделениявласти

4. a local government г) равныеусловия

5. the basis of theconstitution

д) международноеправо

6. a domestic andforeign policy

е) превосходствозакона

7. thesupremacyoflawж) основаконституции

8. an international law з) местноеправительство

9. the principle ofseparation of powers

и) принимать декларацию

10. equalconditionsк) государственныйсуверенитет

11. the rights and dutiesof the citizens

л) основнойзакон

D Complete these sentences with one of these the words:

Security, supremacy, equal, carry out, presidential, elected,

Executive, fundamental, unitary.

1. The Constitution is the …… law of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. According to the Constitution, Kazakhstan is a ………republic.

3. The head of the state and the ……… power is President.

4. The President is ……… for a five-year term.

5. The Constitution defines the Republic of Kazakhstan as a …..

democratic state.

6. Kazakhstan independently ……… domestic and foreign policy.

7. The Constitution establishes the principle of the …… of law.

8. The Constitution proclaims that all are …..… before the law.

9. The fundamental law guarantees the citizens of Kazakhstan the protection and social ……… in old age.

E Ask questions on the Constitution of the Republic ofKazakhstan using the word combinations given below. Workin pairs.

to adopt a Constitution; a presidential republic; to consistof smth; a unitary democratic state; the principle ofsupremacy of law; the supreme goal of a state; the principleof separation of powers; to be equal before the law; the rightto health care; social security in old age; the part of theworld community; to recognize the Declaration of HumanRights.

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