I. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian.

A national holiday; original states; to enter the Union; to prove ineffectual; the lowest political level; to elect; village trustees; a board of education; to be responsible for; to elect or appoint judges for the courts; three branches; to check and balance; nationwide elections; natural-born American; to propose bills; to make treaties; Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces; to appoint federal judges; to veto or refuse to sign; the Supreme Court; unconstitutional; freedom of religion.

II. Solve the crossword puzzle.

1. A place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate.

2. A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.

3. The elected group of politicians that is responsible for making the law in the United States. It consists of two parts: the House of Representatives and the Senate.

4. An accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a foreign country.

5. One of the three branches of the US federal government which is headed by the President.

6. A process in which people vote to choose a person or group of people to hold an official position.

7. The elected head of a republican state.

8. The person in a court of law who decides how the law should be applied, for example how criminals should be punished.

9. The branch of the US federal government which is made up of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives.

10. The branch of the US federal government which is made up of Federal District Courts, 11 Federal Courts of Appeals and, at the top, the Supreme Court.

11. A person who has the legal right to vote in elections, or a person who is voting in a particular election.

12. The smaller upper assembly in the US Congress.

(Senate, congress, president, court, judge, ambassador,

election, voter, legislative, judicial, executive, veto)

III. Complete the sentences by choosing appropriate prepositions from those in brackets.

(Under/Below) the United States Constitution, the President (on/of) the United States is the head (at/of) state and head (in/of) government. The presidency is the highest political office (in/for) the United States (by/about) influence and recognition. The president is indirectly elected (to/into) a four-year term (by/upon) an Electoral College. (From/Since) the ratification (of/in) the Twenty-second Amendment (to/for) the United States Constitution (on/in) 1951, no person may be elected (in/to) the office (of/for) the president more than twice. (Upon/Before) the death, resignation, or removal (in/from) office of an incumbent president, the Vice President assumes the office.

Date: 2015-12-17; view: 828