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  1. A) time your reading. It is good if you can read it for four minutes (80 words per minute).
  2. A) While Reading activities (p. 47, chapters 5, 6)
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  4. Additional material for reading.
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  7. Additional Reading and Discussions

A Answer these questions.

1 What type of government operates in Britain?

2 Why aren’t the branches of the British political system entirely separate?

3 What does each branch consist of?

4 Why was it necessary to adopt the principle of separation of powers?

5 What are three main functions of the state?

6 Why are the legislature and executive interdependent in Britain?

7 Are the judges separate in Britain?

 

B Mark these statements T (true) or F (false) according to the information in the text.

1 The branches of the British government are entirely separate.

2 The principle of separation of powers existed from time immemorial.

3 The balance between separate institutions carrying out different functions is necessary.

4 The legislative, the executive and the judicial powers in Britain are separated.

5 The executive government includes ministers and judges.

6 The House of Commons and the government are interdependent.

7 The Queen can dismiss the highest judges after the legislature’s demand.

8 The judges in Britain are as independent as in the USA.

 

Language focus

Complete these sentences with the comparative or superlative forms of adjectives in brackets.

1 It is not easy to give a comprehensive description of the term “government”. Still _______ (difficult) is to understand the structure and operation of the whole machinery of the executive government.

2 There are no _______ (little) than two major British institutions that are involved in the executive process.

3 The French political philosopher Montesquieu developed _______ (important) principle of the formation of any government.

4 The _______ (high) judges are members of the House of Lords.

5 The independence of judges in Britain is _______ (little) important than it is in the USA.

6 One can’t say which of the three branches is _______ (powerful) in Britain.

Vocabulary tasks

A Match the following English expressions with their Russian equivalents.

 

  overpowerful government a применение закона
  separation of powers b решать разногласия
  application of law c правительство, обладающее чрезмерной властью
  execute the law d потерять доверие
  decide disputes e оказаться перед угрозой перевыборов
  govern the country f разделение властей
  lose the confidence g управлять страной
  face re-election h исполнять закон

 

B The word GOVERNMENT has the following meanings in Russian:

Государственная власть

executive government – исполнительная власть

judicial government – судебная власть

legislative government – законодательная власть

 


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