Exercises. Answer the questions:

Answer the questions:

1.What are the main two parties in the UK today?

2.Who were the Tories and their rivals in the17th century?

3.When was the Whig party created and what did it aim to do?

4.When did the Liberal party appear in Great Britain?

5.What conference is considered to be the foundation of the Labour

party?

6.What does the Labour party think about the national economy?

7.What connects the Labour party with Trade Unions?

8.What party gave the way to the Conservatives and when?

9.In what does the Conservative party believe?

10.Whom does the Conservative party tend to listen to?

11.Who are the Liberal Democrats and when did they appear?

12.In what way does the Liberal Democratic party differ from the Social

Democratic party?

13.Whose party is Plaid Cymru and when was it formed?

14.How is Scotland represented in Parliament?

15.By what parties is Northern Ireland represented in Parliament?

16.What is Sinn Fein and whose interests does it reflect?

17.What is a patry’s manifesto?

18.What does the ‘Council tax’ mean and why it brought to grief the

Cabinet of Margaret Thatcher?

19.What do you know about the policy of ‘capping’?

20.In what way does the public opinion influence on the policy of

political parties?

Suggest the Russian for the following:

Tories, Whigs, give way to the successor, free enterprise, private ownership, to summon a special conference, to represent a party in Parliament, the foundation of, at the expense of traditional support, public services, the aim to subordinate the power of the Crown, to preserve Welsh language and culture, a withdrawal of the British troops, manifesto, think-tanks, affiliation to the unions, a ‘hung’ council, Council tax, capping, a detailed account of the ideas and intended policies.

Fill in the blanks with prepositions where necrssary:

1.The Conservative party goes back … the Tories, or Royalists, who

originated … King Charles’ reign.

2.Whigs were a group eager … political reform.

3.The Conservative party believes … free enterprise and the importance … a capitalist economy … private ownership.

4.The proposal … such a meeting had come … Thomas Steels.

5.The Labour party believes that the private ownership and enterprise

should be allowed but not … the expense of the public.

6.The Whig party was created … the revolution of 1688.

7.The Liberal Democrats believe that the state should have some control

… the economy.

8.The Green party offers economic and industrial policies that relate

directly … the environment.

9.The Welsh Nationalist party’s radical wing has resorted … arson as a

means … protest.

10.Civil servants use the manifesto as a starting point … drafting the

bills.

11.A new kind … influence is a thnk-tank.

12.This is a group … people who spend all their time working out policy

… a particular party.

13.The greatest influence … policy is public opinion.

14.Local government is rarely a training ground … a career … central

government.

15.There are differences … the different parties’ ideas … the way local

government should operate.

16.Labour wants to abolish the uniform business rate and replace it …

local business rate.

17.The Conservative party is … the political right and the Labour party

… the left.

18. … order to have closer contact … electorate the Conservative party

set up constituency associations.

19.The Liberal Democratic party draws most of its votes … those people

who are unwilling to vote … Labour.

20.In debates in Parliament MPs … different parties argue fiercely …

each other.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the list below:

1.The main parties in the UK are the Conservative party (……), the

Labour party (……) and the Liberal Democrats (……).

2.The Conservative party goes back to the ……, or ……, who originated

in King Charles’ reign.

3.The Conservative party believes in …… and the importance of a …….

4.There has been a …… in Great Britain since 1868.

5.The …… believe that the state should have some control over the

economy.

6.The …… party offers economic and industrial policies that relate

directly to the environment.

7.If a party comes to power, the …… becomes a set of rules and

instructions for how that party should behave.

8.Labour party’s …… to the Trade Unions conveys no obligation to

support their party.

9.Conservative central office literature states that its aims for local government include the introduction of a …… .

10.The Conservatives are committed to a strong policy of …… .

Green, manifesto, right wing, Royalists, free enterprise, Liberal party, centre, capping, Liberal Democrats, capitalist economy, council tax, affiliation, left wing, Tories

Find English equivalents:

Консерваторы, лейбористы, роялисты, частная собственность, свободное предпринимательство, процветать, за счет общественных фондов, осуществлять контроль над экономикой, сохранить культурные и языковые традиции, национальная идентификация, свод законов и правил, мозговой центр, общественное мнение.

Test 1

Choose the most appropriate word underlined:

1.By the early evening, most people had (a / b / c: administered / cast /

selected) their votes.

2.The government has decided to hold /introduce / organize an early

election.

3.Voting for strike action must be done by secret ballot / electorate / poll.

4.Each member of Parliament represents a specific candidate /

constituency / convention.

5.Before the election, each party published its election brochure /

manifesto / synopsis.

6.Mark Brown has been delegated / nominated / represented for the post

of honorary treasurer.

7.It’s impossible to predict which way the election will go because there

are so many indefinite / undecided / unknowing voters.

8.My sister has decided to candidate / put in / stand for Parliament in the

next election.

9.The party’s election campaign / movement / struggle proved to be

successful.

10.The National Party won the election with an increased majority/

percentage /score.

Test 2

Complete each sentence with one of the words given below:

1.If you are ……, you are tactful when dealing with people.

2.If you are ……, you have a good reputation in your community.

3.If you are ……, you are polite.

4.If you are ……, you are strongly against any kind of change.

5.If you are ……, you are being ruled unjustly or cruelly.

6.If you are ……, you behave just like everyone else, perhaps too much

so.

7.If you are ……, you are against authority and hard to control.

8.If you are ……, you have more advantages than other people.

9.If you are ……, you like to follow social rules and customs on certain

occasions.

10.If you are ……, you are in favour of new ideas.

a) conventional, b) diplomatic, c) oppressed, d) progressive, e) rebellious,

f) courteous, g) formal, h) privileged, i) reactionary, j) respectable