- •Try to guess the meaning of the following idioms. Match the idioms on the left with Ukrainian equivalents on the right.
- •Section b Reading and speaking
- •Try to find the Ukrainian equivalents to the English proverbs.
- •Reading tasks:
- •Labor and employment in Ukraine
- •Comprehension check
- •You are going to apply for a job to the Invest-Service. You are to write and send your resume to this company. Before writing your resume, read the text and study the rule how to compose a cv.
- •To apply for a vacancy to the Invest-Service company you must send along with your resume a cover letter. Before writing a cover letter read recommendations how to write it.
- •Section c
- •Vocabulary
- •List a contains some basic terms in the field of Employment Law. Choose a term to fit each definition in list b.
- •Match a word in a with its synonym in b.
- •The following sentences all come from the text. Fill in the missing prepositions: upon, under, of, by, for, to, in.
- •Match word combinations in Line a with their English equivalents in Line b
- •Brainstorming
- •Translate the sentences into English using the word combinations given in Ex.14
- •Section d Listening
- •16. You are going to hear the text “Social guarantees under the Constitution and the Labor Code of Ukraine”
- •Section e Skimming reading
- •17. Read through the new words and try to memorize them.
- •The text given below deals with dismissal of employees. Skim through the text quickly and in the second column write the number of the paragraphs, which concern the main topics of the text.
- •Redundant Employees
- •Answer the following question:
- •Scanning reading
- •Scan the text and find information about:
- •Permits for employment for foreigners
- •Read the text and choose (from the list given below) the word which best fits each space.
- •Choose the correct word. Fill in the following gaps.
- •Discuss the following statement. Do you agree to it or not? Express your vision of this problem.
- •Section b Reading and speaking
- •2. What is the difference between personal property and real property?
- •3. Which of these is considered real property?
- •Real property in Ukraine
- •4. Comprehension check
- •5 Use all the information you have learnt in this Unit so far to describe the real property in Ukraine.
- •6 Work in pairs. Take turns to describe some of the facts, give your reasons of the real property in Ukraine. Section c Language study
- •7 Match key terms in column a with their definitions in column b.
- •8 Complete this table.
- •9 Decide which of the nouns in the box collocate with the adjectives listed below. Some of the nouns go with more than one adjective.
- •10 Match the terms in column a with their Ukrainian equivalent in column b
- •11 Match the sentence halves to complete these definitions.
- •Instruments
- •12 With a partner, take turns making sentences that combine the people and the instruments.
- •13 Fill in the missing prepositions. Each is used more than once.
- •14 The following advertisement of the law firm introduces the activities in the area of real estate in Ukraine. Complete the text by using the words in the box below.
- •Section d Listening
- •16 Property-law presentation
- •Scanning reading
- •18. Scan the text “Real Estate in Ukraine” and find out information concerning:
- •Real Estate in Ukraine
- •Section f Test
- •27 Property rights are rights over things enforceable against all _____ persons.
11 Match the sentence halves to complete these definitions.
Instruments
1) a lease is an instrument which grants |
a) title to a property from one owner to another |
2) a licence is an instrument which gives |
b) temporary possession of a property without conferring ownership. |
3) a deed is an instrument which transfers |
c) the right to use property for a certain purpose without conferring either possession or ownership. |
People
4) A tenant is someone who leases or rents |
d) part or all of a deceased person's estate. |
5) A landlord is someone who owns |
e) an interest in real property to another. |
6) An heir is someone who is entitled to inherit |
f) property from a landlord. |
7) A grantor is someone who conveys |
g) permission to enter another person's property temporarily. |
8) A grantee is someone who acquires |
h) property, and rents it out or leases it to others for money. |
9) A licensee is someone who receives |
i) an interest in property from another by deed or other written instrument. |
12 With a partner, take turns making sentences that combine the people and the instruments.
example: A tenant signs a lease when hе/she rents property from a landlord..
13 Fill in the missing prepositions. Each is used more than once.
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on in for to
The President of Ukraine signed a Law “On the State Land Cadastre” which cancels state acts on the right of ownership ____(1)____ land plots beginning ____(2)____ 2013. This Law establishes the legal, economic and organizational principles of activities related ____(3)____ the state land cadastre. The land cadastre will contain data ____(4)____ land plots. The central executive agency ____(5)___ charge of land resources shall maintain and administer the land cadastre.
According ___(6)____ the Law, land cadastre data shall be posted ____(7)____ the official web site of the central body of executive power ____(8)____ land resources, to allow free of charge searching, viewing, copying and printing data on the boundaries of administrative units, cadastral numbers of land plots, …
… It will be necessary to pay ____(9)____ information ____(10)____ the appraisal value of land, on parts of land plots which are subject to servitude, and on land sublease agreements, etc.
14 The following advertisement of the law firm introduces the activities in the area of real estate in Ukraine. Complete the text by using the words in the box below.
a) effective advice |
d) real estate |
g) property law attorneys |
b) registration |
e) plots |
h) privatizations |
c) buying |
f) transaction |
i) arbitrations |
Owning, ___(1)____, leasing or letting property as a business, or as part of a business ____(2)____, can be both exhilarating and complicated in equal measure. It’s proven time and again that a well resourced legal firm with local knowledge is usually best prepared to deliver fast and cost ____(3)____ and closings. We have several experienced ____(4)____ on staff who, using all the technology available, advise Ukrainian and foreign companies on a variety of ____(5)____ and development matters. Our firm has built a substantial Property Law support team to advise on significant real estate projects in Ukraine. ENGARDE’s services in Property Law and Real Estate include:
Legal due diligence of land _____(6)____ and various real estate instruments.
Legal support in real estate transactions, sales and acquisitions, real estate ____(7)____ and transfers.
Project structuring and legal support in investment and construction, including greenfield and brownfield development.
Registration of real estate valid titles, municipal restructuring, _____(8)____ of real estate and land ownership rights.
Legal support in financing of development projects.
Advice on environmental regulation.
Commercial real estate disputes and ____(9)_____.
15. Translate the sentences into English.
Право власності в Україні захищено законом.
Кожен громадянин України має право на володіння, використання та розпоряджання особистим та спільним з іншими майном.
Власник має право здійснювати зі своїм майном будь-які дії, які не суперечать законодавству України.
Земля, її надра, повітряний простір, вода та інші природні ресурси її континентального шельфу та виключна (морська) економічна зона є суб’єктами права на виключне володіння Українським народом.
До державної власності в Україні відносяться:національна нерухомість та власність адміністративно-територіальної одиниці (комунальна власність).
Суб’єктами права державної власності на землю є:
Верховна Рада України
Верховна Рада Автономної Республіки Крим
область, район, місто, поселення, сільські ради
Міжнародні організації та юридичні особи інших держав мають право на власний будинок, споруди, іншу соціально-культурну власність на території України.