Английский язык. Юлаева С.С. - 54 стр.

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The great pride Americans have in their Constitution, their almost religious
respect for it, comes from the knowledge that these ideals, freedoms, and rights
were not given to them by a small ruling class. Rather, they are seen as the
natural “unalienable” rights of every American, which had been fought for and
won. They cannot be taken away by any government, court, official, or law.
The federal and state governments formed under the Constitution,
therefore, were designed to serve the people and to carry out their majority
wishes (and not the other way around). One thing they did not want their
government to do is to rule them. Americans expect their governments to serve
them and tend to think of politicians and governmental officials as their
servants. This attitude remains very strong among Americans today.
Over the past two centuries, the Constitution has also had considerable
influence outside the United States. Several other nations have based their own
forms of government on it. It is interesting note that Lafayette, a hero of the
American Revolution, drafted the French declaration of rights when he returned
to France. And the United Nations Charter also has clear echoes of what once
was considered a revolutionary document.
Notes:
1. the people are sovereign – народ обладает высшей (верховной)
властью
2. popular sovereignty – верховенство (главенство) народа, т.е.
принадлежность верховной власти народу
3. the principle of limited government – принцип ограничения власти
(полномочий)
4. law-executing, law-enforcing and law administering powers –
полномочия в сфере (области) исполнения законов, охраны
правопорядка и поддержания законности
5. the power and judicial review – право судебного контроля
6. administer civil (…) and criminal law – осуществляют (отправляют)
гражданское и уголовное правосудия
Vocabulary Exercises
I. Add the prefix mis- to the following words and translate them into
Russian.
a) belief, alliance, fortune, trust, chance, translation, understanding;
b) to direct, to interpret, to lead, to place, to print, to use, to represent.
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