- •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.
Section f Test
Task 1 Complete the text using the words in the box:
a) law |
d) tenancy |
g) possessions |
j) obligations |
b) movable |
e) real property |
h) jurisdictions |
k) immovable |
c) ownership |
f) real estate |
i) personal property |
) property law |
Property law is the area of ___(1)__ that governs the various forms of __(2)__ and __(3)_ in __(4)__ (land as distinct from personal or movable __(5)__) and in __(6)__, within the common law legal system. In the civil law system, there is a division between __(7)__ and immovable property. Movable property roughly corresponds to personal property, while __(8)__ property corresponds to __(9)__ or real property, and the associated rights and __(10)__ thereon.
The concept, idea or philosophy of property underlies all __(11)__. In some __(12)__, historically all property was owned by the monarch and it devolved through feudal land tenure or other feudal systems of loyalty and fealty
Task 2 Choose the correct answer.
13. Modern law ______ many of these concepts and rules into statutes, which define the types and rights of ownership in real and personal property.
a) has been incorporated b) has been incorporating c) has incorporated d) had incorporated.
14. Many foreign visitors to Ukraine are well aware that Ukraine's real estate market _____ rapidly.
a) has been developing b) have developed c) had developed d) has been developed
15. The modern law of landlord and tenant in common law jurisdictions _____ the influence of the common law.
a) retained b) retains c) retain d) has retained
16. A person _____ an interest in property under a trust established for his or her benefit by the owner of the property.
a) may obtain also b) may also be obtained c) may be obtained also d) may also obtain
17. The division of land and chattels _____ since it concentrates attention not on the proprietary interests themselves but on the objects of those interests.
a) have criticised b) criticised c) has been criticised d) was criticised
18. Non-legally recognized or documented property rights _____ as informal property rights.
a) know b) knows c) are known d) is known
19. Different parties _____ an interest in property by mistake or fraud, with the claims being inconsistent of each other.
a) may claim b) must claim c) has to claim d) can claim
20. More minor property rights ______ by contract, as in the case of easements, covenants, and equitable servitudes.
a) can create b) must create c) may be created d) may create
21 More commonly, marginalized groups ______ legal rights to own property.
a) have denied b) have been denied c) has denied d) had denied
22 Property law is ______ by a great deal of historical continuity and technical terminology.
a) characterised b) characterise c) characterises d) is characterised
23 Most of the legal concepts and rules _______ with both types of property are divided from English common law
a) associate b) associated c) associates d) associating
24 Tangible property includes ______ items as animals, merchandise, and jewelry.
a) so b) as c) such a d) such
25 The term is ______ used to declare any rights that issue from the ownership of land.
a) also b) too c) as well d) as well as
26 A guarantor cannot withdraw the guarantee ________ otherwise is stipulated in the agreement.
a) as soon as b) whether c) if d) unless