- •Международных отношений (у) мид рф
- •Кафедра английского языка № 2
- •Основы политической системы сша The Way They Run America москва
- •Introduction
- •Checks and balances
- •In american government president Executive Branch
- •Supreme court and other federal courts
- •Congress Legislative Branch
- •Text 2 Congressional organization
- •Text 3 How a Bill becomes a Law
- •Text 4 What is the role of the lobbyist?
- •For your information… Growth of the United States original thirteen states
- •Read the text “The Constitution” on page __. Do the task which follows the text.
- •Read the extract from The Brethren by John Grisham on page __. Do the task which follows the text.
- •Read the article “The Human Side of Congress” on page __. Do the task which follows the text.
- •The executive
- •The Government of the United States
- •Text 1 The Administration
- •Impeachment
- •For your information…
- •Read the excerpt from “America and Americans” by j. Steinbeck on page __ and do the tasks which follow the text.
- •Read “The Full Text of President Clinton’s tv Address” on page ___ and answer the questions.
- •Read the excerpt from “The Moneychangers” by Arthur Hailey on page __ and answer the questions. Unit 3 the judiciary
- •Justice of the peace courts
- •Street Law. A Course in Practical Law The Adversary System
- •Judges and Juries
- •Lawyers
- •When Do You Need a Lawyer?
- •For your information…
- •Unit 4 the elections
- •The Announcement
- •(Spring) Nominating conventions
- •And primary elections
- •(Summer) National Conventions
- •The Campaign
- •(November) Election Day
- •(December / January) Electoral College Process
- •(January 20) Inauguration
- •What is the difference between popular vote and electoral vote?
- •Which type of vote elects a president?
- •College bound?
- •Everything you ever wanted to know about the Electoral College system - and now have to ask
- •By Matthew Cooper
- •Q. So these electors, who are they?
- •Q. When and how do they vote?
- •Q. Can electors vote how they please?
- •Q. We know it’s the new House that votes. But is it the new Senate?
- •Q. The President pro tempore of the Senate?
- •For your information… Televised Debates: How it All Started …
- •Reader the constitution a New Nation
- •The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
- •The brethren by j. Grisham (an extract)
- •The human side of congress Representative Jim Wright
- •The full text of president
- •How does Bill Clinton’s tv address correspond with John Steinbeck’s description of Americans’ attitude towards their Presidents?
- •By Arthur Hailey
- •By forum easters
- •Rage of angels
- •By Sidney Sheldon
- •By Mark Twain
- •Bibliography
Bibliography
“How America Elects A President. An Online of American Government”, New York 1996.
“Street Law”, Fourth Edition. Lee P. Arbetman, Edward L. O’Brien, Edward T. McMahon, West Publishing Company.
“Basic Principles of American Government”, AMSO School Publications, Inc. 1998.
“Key Words in the Media”, Bill Mascull, изд. Harper Collins Publishers Ltd., 2001.
“Another Book for Advanced Students”, T.A. Zrazhevskaya.
The U.S. Congress. Congressional Record. Vol. 145 Washington, 1999.
“Time”, “Newsweek”, 2000, 2001; «Коммерсантъ Власть» 2004.
“American Topics”, Second Edition, Robert C. Lugton.
“American Perspectives”, Susan Earle-Carlin, Colleen Hilderbrand, University of California, Irvine.
“America in Close-Up”, Eckhard Fiedler, Reimer Jansen, Mil Norman-Risch, изд. Longman.
“The USA. Customs and Institutions”, Ethel Tiersky, Martin Tiersky, изд. Longman.
John Grisham. “The Brethren”. Изд. Century, London.
Sidney Sheldon. “Windmills of the Gods.” Изд. Warner Books.
Arthur Hailey. “The Moneychangers”. Изд. Berkley Books, New York.
Richard Nixon. “In the Arena”, изд. Pocket Books, New York.
Patrick Brogan and Chris Garratt. “Introducing American Politics.” Totem Books USA, 1999.
* Management, conservation, and development of America’s natural resources are the responsibility of the Department of the Interior
* Paula Jones, a former Arkansas state employee, started a sexual harassment lawsuit against the former Arkansas governor Bill Clinton.
1 there was a muddy undercurrent of discomfort “riling” the deeps of my happiness: I had a secret misgiving, doubt disturbed my peace of mind.
2 Mem=memento (Lat.): remember
3 they… tarred and feathered him and rode him on a rail: they covered him with tar and feathers and carried him on a rail (a form of lynching)
4 the lie nailed: the lie exposed
5 Esq.=esquire. The contracted form Esq. is used, though less frequently than before, in addressing an envelope to an adult male who has no title, in which case Mr. is omitted in front of the name.
6 the Book: the Bible. Before giving evidence in court a witness is sworn in. Laying his hand on the Bible he says: “I shall speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help me God.”
7 body-snatcher осквернитель могил
8 a runaway team: a team of horses over which control has been lost
9 Pol Pry: Paul Pry (coll.) - a nickname for an inquisitive person
10 Handy Andy: a rhyming nickname
11 the paper “nailed” an aggravated case of blackmailing to me: the paper accused me of blackmail
12 filthy corruptionist мерзкий взяточник
13 loathsome embracer отвратительный шантажист