Task 11. Complete the sentences with the proper word using the words from the chart of task 2.

1. The President of the USA as the head of the … power is assisted by the Vice-President and the Cabinet.

2. The House of … in the Republic of Belarus consists of 110 deputies.

3. The members of the Council of Republic are … at the meetings of the deputies of the local Councils.

4. According to … the head of the state is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the republic.

5. The Supreme Court in the USA comprises the Chief … and eight associate ….

6. In order to become a law a bill should be approved by the two chambers of the … body and should get the approval of the head of the state.

7. The … in the UK is independent but the courts are the Queen’s Courts.

8. A person can take part in … when he/she is a citizen of the country and has become of age.

Task 12. Can you explain the difference in the meaning of the following terms? Make the examples of your own to show this difference.

1) policy – politics

2) freedom – right

3) bill – law

4) vote – ballot

5) enforce –strengthen

6) appoint – adopt

7) elaborate – introduce

Try to do “General Knowledge Quiz” in the Supplement to see, if you know a lot about the state structures of the Republic of Belarus, the UK and the USA.

Task 13. Complete the text with the proper word from the box below.

represented, implemented, branches, approved, political, judiciary, laws, chambers, executive, elected

POLITICAL PROFILE OF A COUNTRY

When we speak about the (1) … system of any country we take into consideration three (2) … of power – legislative, executive and judicial irrespective of the head of the state.

The legislative branch is usually (3) … by the Parliament and its main function is to make laws. In most countries the parliament includes two (4) … or houses. The members of the parliament are (5) …for different terms according to the regulations of the sovereign country.

The (6) …branch is, actually, the government or the Cabinet of Ministers. The Prime Minister is often at the head of the executive. The main function of this branch of power is to implement (7) … which are adopted by the Parliament.

The (8)… is empowered to observe and control if the laws are executedaccording to the Constitution of the country.

The system of adopting the law works as follows. The bill (draft) is introduced by the department of the government or some committee to the lower chamber of the Parliament. If it is (9) … the bill goes to the upper chamber. The bill becomes the law only after it is approved and signed by the head of the state. The way how the law is (10)… is supervised by the Court.

Task 14. Read the list of different functions of the branches of power.

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