18th Century Britain. Иностранный язык. Фомина И.В. - 11 стр.

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Ally [              ] (n), (v) – союзник, соединять, вступать в союз
Hierarchical [                  ] (adj) – иерархический
Divine right [                       ] – божественное, пророческое право
Cloack [            ] (n), (v) – плащ, мантия, предлог, маска, скрывать
Dissenter [                 ] (n) – сектант, раскольник, диссидент
Postulate [                ] (v) – принимать без доказательства, требовать
Enforce [               ] (v) – оказывать влияние, принуждать, заставлять
Impeachment [                            ] (n) – порицание, обвинение, привлечение к
суду
Imply [               ] (v) – заключать в себе, значить, подразумевать
Hostility [             ] (n) – враждебность, военные действия
Split [            ] (v) – раскалывать(ся), делить на части, поссорить


Ex. 2. Form the nouns for people from the following verbs, nouns and adjectives:

a) support, lead, own land, invade, follow
b) parliament, monarchy, law, politics, pretence
c) royal, ministerial


Ex. 3. Form adjectives from the following nouns:

Policy, power, parliament, religion, hierarchy, industry, commerce, innocence.


Ex. 4. Read and translate the text.

   The earliest political parties in Britain were informal groups supporting powerful
men in Parliament. By the time of the English Civil War (in the 1640's) there were
two parties in the country. The party supporting King Charles I was known as the
Cavaliers, while their political opponents, the supporters of Parliament, were called
the Roundheads. By the late 17th century these groups had evolved into two definite
parties, the Royalists and those supporting parliamentary supremacy. The Royalists
were called Tories by their opponents. It was a term of abuse, the original Tories
being Irish bandits. The Tories retorted by calling the Parliamentarians Whigs after a
group of Scottish cattle thieves. These parties, later known as the Conservatives and
the Liberals, played the unique role in the British political history and remained the
only political parties in the country till 1900, when the Labour Party was formed by
the trade unions.
   After 1689 some Whigs liked to boast that they had turned the king cut and would
do the same again. But in a small island ruled by a king, who, like William III, was
used to real power and was determined to exercise it in protecting Europe from the
domination of the French monarchy, there could be no policy of continuous
revolution. The revolution of 1689 could be justified by necessity, but it could give