Speaking legal English. Борисова Л.А. - 14 стр.

     Exercise 14. Make a presentation on one of the following topics:
«Executive power in Great Britain», «Executive power in the USA», «Executive
power in Russia».

      UNIT 4. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF POWER

     Vocabulary
     Exercise 1. Fill in the following table.
                                     Great Britain       USA          Russia
 Name of legislative body
 Number of chambers
 Names of chambers
 Total membership in the lower
 chamber
 Are the members of the lower
 chamber elected or appointed?
 Their term of office
 Total membership in the upper
 chamber
 Are the members of the upper
 chamber elected or appointed?
 Their term of office

     Exercise 2. Speak about the legislative body in Great Britain, the USA
and Russia using the table above.

       Exercise 3. Distribute the following verbs which combine with the noun
«a bill» into several groups. Translate the word combinations.
       Adopt, amend, approve, bring before Parliament, bring forward/in, debate,
defeat, discuss, draft, force …through, introduce, oppose, pass, postpone,
prepare, propose, put forward, push …through, railroad …through, reject, rush
…through, shelve, sign, submit, support, throw out, veto, vote against, vote for,
withdraw

      Exercise 4. Fill in the gaps in the sentences with one of the following
word combinations. Translate the sentences into Russian.

      Bicameral parliament                           Hold a session
      Chair a session                                Roll-call vote
      Upper/lower chamber                            Secret ballot
      Convene a session                              Set up a committee
      Enjoy immunity                                 Take a vote
      Hold hearings on smth                          Voice vote
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