1. Выпишите слова и словосочетания с транскрипцией и переводом.
in American political language;
the set of rules, laws, regulations and customs;
Supreme Court decisions;
to be aimed at preserving the advantageous position;
to regard as an essentially conservative document;
widespread dissatisfaction;
guarantees of basic freedoms and individual rights;
to consolidate the gains of the Revolution;
to be advantageous for the capitalist class;
the elementary bourgeois democratic freedoms;
to violate the rights; freedom of enterprise;
to expand personal freedoms;
on the contrary;
in practice;
freedom o f the wealthy;
at the expense o f the working people;
to face unemployment and poverty;
to need a guaranteed income;
a guaranteed health care.
2. Прочитайте и переведите текст. Выпишите незнакомые слова. ВЫУЧИТЕ ИХ.
3. Переписать и перевести на русский язык.
1. A “constitution” meaning in American political language the set of rules, laws, regulations and customs provides the practical norms and standards regulating the work of the government.
2. The US Constitution consisting of the preamble, seven articles and twenty seven amendments was adopted in 1787.
3. Being made up by the privileged class the US Constitution of 1787 didn’t contain bourgeois democratic freedoms.
4. Having been proposed first in 1787 the Constitution faced widespread
dissatisfaction bccausc it did not contain guarantees of certain basic freedoms and individual rights.
5. Having no guaranteed labor, guaranteed incomc and health care the working man is guaranteed inequality.
6. Being aimed at preserving the advantageous position o f the ruling class the US Constitution of 1787 said nothing about the elementary democratic freedoms when it was first proposed.
4. Используйте Пассивный залог вместо Активного.
образец:
Active: In December 1791, the Congress adopted ten amendments to the Constitution.
Passive: Ten amendments to the Constitution were adopted by the Congress in December, 1791.
1. They said nothing about the elementary bourgeois democratic freedoms in the Constitution of 1787.
2. The Constitution of 1787 bases the form of the US government.
3. The judicial and law-enforcement practice sometimes violate the Bill of Rights.
4. They proposed the Constitution first in 1787.
5. Most historians regard the US Constitution as an essentially conservative document.
6. The privileged class made the Constitution for themselves.
7. The ruling class aimed their constitution at preserving their interests.
5. Найдите в тексте и выпишите русские эквиваленты следующих слов и словосочетаний:
свод законов, правил, постановлений и обычаев;
считать конституцию США, по существу, консервативным документом;
документ, принятый в 1787 году и дополненный поправками; принять конституцию (закон);
широко распространенное недовольство;
элементарные буржуазно-демократические свободы;
нарушать Билль о правах;
свобода предпринимательства;
сталкиваться с безработицей и бедностью;
гарантированный заработок;
гарантированная охрана здоровья.
6. Напишите какое из утверждений верное ....используйте True/False.
1. The form of the US government is based on the Constitution of 1787, adopted after the War of Independence.
2. The Bill of Rights is often violated in the USA.
3. The US Constitution is regarded as a democratic document by most historians.
4. The privileged class made the Constitution for the working people in 1787.
5. A life of security, health carc, income arc guaranteed for all the people in America by the Constitution o f the USA.
6. The US Constitution was adopted in 1787 and then was added by amendments.
7. The US Constitution consists of the Preamble, seven articles and twentyseven amendments.
8. The people in America were not satisfied with the Constitution of 1787 bccausc it didn’t guarantee certain basic freedoms and individual rights.
7. Заполните пропуски согласно тексту, переведите полученные предложения на русский язык.
1. A “constitution” in American political language means ... which provide the political norms regulating the work o f the government.
2. Lobbyists in the USA are very often more ... than the Congressmen
themselves.
3. The US Constitution consists of . . . .
4. When the Constitution was first proposed in 1787, it didn’t contain
guarantees of certain basic freedoms and individual rights, so there was ....
5. The Bill of Rights is sometimes ... the judicial and law-enforcement practice.
6. You ... if there is no guaranteed labor.
7. A man needs the main freedoms that is guaranteed ....
8. Ответьте на вопросы письменно.
1. What does a “constitution” in American political language mean?
2. What is the US Constitution aimed at? Why?
3. What does the US Constitution consist of?
4. Why was there widespread dissatisfaction among the people when the
Constitution was first proposed in 1787?
5. What did this dissatisfaction among the people lead to (result in)?
6. Was the adoption of the Bill o f Rights an important democratic gain at that
time?
7. What are the main freedoms a man needs?
the set of rules, laws, regulations and customs;
Supreme Court decisions;
to be aimed at preserving the advantageous position;
to regard as an essentially conservative document;
widespread dissatisfaction;
guarantees of basic freedoms and individual rights;
to consolidate the gains of the Revolution;
to be advantageous for the capitalist class;
the elementary bourgeois democratic freedoms;
to violate the rights; freedom of enterprise;
to expand personal freedoms;
on the contrary;
in practice;
freedom o f the wealthy;
at the expense o f the working people;
to face unemployment and poverty;
to need a guaranteed income;
a guaranteed health care.
2. Прочитайте и переведите текст. Выпишите незнакомые слова. ВЫУЧИТЕ ИХ.
US CONSTITUTION
The form of the US government is based on the Constitution of 1787, adopted after the War of Independence. A “constitution” in American political language means the set of rules, laws, regulations and customs which together provide the political norms or standards regulating the work of the government. The document known as the Constitution of the United States, though a basic document, is only a part of the body of rules and customs which form the whole of the American Constitution. Supreme Court decisions, interpreting parts of the US Constitution, law regulations, customs are part of the basic law (the so-called live constitution). Most historians regard the US Constitution as an essentially conservative document.
The US Constitution consists of the Preamble, seven articles and twenty seven amendments, the first ten of them called collectively the Bill of Rights and adopted under the popular pressure in 1791. When the Constitution was first proposed in 1787, there was widespread dissatisfaction beause it didn’t contain guarantees of certain basic freedoms and individual rights. The Constitution consolidated those gains of the revolution that were advantageous for the capitalist class. Significantly, nothing was said about the elementary bourgeois democratic freedoms. In December 1791, the Congress adopted ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. The Bill enumerated what the government controlled by the oligarchy was not going to be allowed to do. It was, of course, an important democratic gain for the people at that time. But nowadays some of these ten amendments are relatively unimportant.
The Bill of Rights is sometimes violated by the judicial and law enforcement practice.
Americans feel that of all the freedoms proclaimed in the Constitution only one freedom — freedom of enterprise is in fact guaranteed.
If there is no freedom to work, no guaranteed labour, you face unemployment and poverty. The main freedoms after all a man needs are a life of security, a guaranteed incomc and guaranteed health care.
Notes:
“live constitution” — «живая конституция»
what the government controlled by the oligarchy was not going to be allowed
to do. ...что правительству, которое контролировалось олигархией, не разрешалось делать.
3. Переписать и перевести на русский язык.
1. A “constitution” meaning in American political language the set of rules, laws, regulations and customs provides the practical norms and standards regulating the work of the government.
2. The US Constitution consisting of the preamble, seven articles and twenty seven amendments was adopted in 1787.
3. Being made up by the privileged class the US Constitution of 1787 didn’t contain bourgeois democratic freedoms.
4. Having been proposed first in 1787 the Constitution faced widespread
dissatisfaction bccausc it did not contain guarantees of certain basic freedoms and individual rights.
5. Having no guaranteed labor, guaranteed incomc and health care the working man is guaranteed inequality.
6. Being aimed at preserving the advantageous position o f the ruling class the US Constitution of 1787 said nothing about the elementary democratic freedoms when it was first proposed.
4. Используйте Пассивный залог вместо Активного.
образец:
Active: In December 1791, the Congress adopted ten amendments to the Constitution.
Passive: Ten amendments to the Constitution were adopted by the Congress in December, 1791.
1. They said nothing about the elementary bourgeois democratic freedoms in the Constitution of 1787.
2. The Constitution of 1787 bases the form of the US government.
3. The judicial and law-enforcement practice sometimes violate the Bill of Rights.
4. They proposed the Constitution first in 1787.
5. Most historians regard the US Constitution as an essentially conservative document.
6. The privileged class made the Constitution for themselves.
7. The ruling class aimed their constitution at preserving their interests.
5. Найдите в тексте и выпишите русские эквиваленты следующих слов и словосочетаний:
свод законов, правил, постановлений и обычаев;
считать конституцию США, по существу, консервативным документом;
документ, принятый в 1787 году и дополненный поправками; принять конституцию (закон);
широко распространенное недовольство;
элементарные буржуазно-демократические свободы;
нарушать Билль о правах;
свобода предпринимательства;
сталкиваться с безработицей и бедностью;
гарантированный заработок;
гарантированная охрана здоровья.
6. Напишите какое из утверждений верное ....используйте True/False.
1. The form of the US government is based on the Constitution of 1787, adopted after the War of Independence.
2. The Bill of Rights is often violated in the USA.
3. The US Constitution is regarded as a democratic document by most historians.
4. The privileged class made the Constitution for the working people in 1787.
5. A life of security, health carc, income arc guaranteed for all the people in America by the Constitution o f the USA.
6. The US Constitution was adopted in 1787 and then was added by amendments.
7. The US Constitution consists of the Preamble, seven articles and twentyseven amendments.
8. The people in America were not satisfied with the Constitution of 1787 bccausc it didn’t guarantee certain basic freedoms and individual rights.
7. Заполните пропуски согласно тексту, переведите полученные предложения на русский язык.
1. A “constitution” in American political language means ... which provide the political norms regulating the work o f the government.
2. Lobbyists in the USA are very often more ... than the Congressmen
themselves.
3. The US Constitution consists of . . . .
4. When the Constitution was first proposed in 1787, it didn’t contain
guarantees of certain basic freedoms and individual rights, so there was ....
5. The Bill of Rights is sometimes ... the judicial and law-enforcement practice.
6. You ... if there is no guaranteed labor.
7. A man needs the main freedoms that is guaranteed ....
8. Ответьте на вопросы письменно.
1. What does a “constitution” in American political language mean?
2. What is the US Constitution aimed at? Why?
3. What does the US Constitution consist of?
4. Why was there widespread dissatisfaction among the people when the
Constitution was first proposed in 1787?
5. What did this dissatisfaction among the people lead to (result in)?
6. Was the adoption of the Bill o f Rights an important democratic gain at that
time?
7. What are the main freedoms a man needs?
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