Topic:Topic: “The political system“The political system

of the Russian Federation, of the Russian Federation, The United States of America The United States of America

and and the United Kingdom of Great the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”Britain and Northern Ireland”

Now I want you to match the words, read Now I want you to match the words, read them and translate, Will you:them and translate, Will you:

the royal assentto determine

the Prime ministerto approve

the Presidentto give

the billsto impeach

the justicesto appoint

the peopleto make

the billsto be elected by

the countryto delay

lawsto rule

government policyto sign

Check up yourselfCheck up yourself

government policyto determine

the justicesto approve

the royal assentto give

the Presidentto impeach

the Prime ministerto appoint

lawsto make

the peopleto be elected by

the billsto delay

the countryto rule

the billsto sign

The theme of our project is The theme of our project is “ “Great Britain. Political system”Great Britain. Political system”

The theme of our project is The theme of our project is “ “Great Britain. Political system”Great Britain. Political system”

The United Kingdom of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Great Britain and

Northern Ireland is a Northern Ireland is a parliamentary parliamentary

democracy with a democracy with a constitutional monarchy. constitutional monarchy.

This means that Great This means that Great Britain is governed by Britain is governed by the Parliament and the the Parliament and the Queen is the Head of Queen is the Head of State. She has mostly State. She has mostly

representative functions.representative functions.

legislative, executive, judicial.

There are three branches of power There are three branches of power

in Great Britain:in Great Britain:

The legislative branch of power is The legislative branch of power is exercised by the Houses of Parliament exercised by the Houses of Parliament

which consists of two chambers:which consists of two chambers:

the House of Lordsthe House of Lords the House of Commonsthe House of Commons

The executive power The executive power is exercised by Prime is exercised by Prime

Minister and his Minister and his Cabinet. Cabinet.

The Government is The Government is usually formed by the usually formed by the political party which political party which is supported by the is supported by the

majority in the House majority in the House of Commons. of Commons.

The Prime Minister The Prime Minister chooses ministers chooses ministers

and forms Cabinet. and forms Cabinet. There are two There are two

political parties in political parties in Great Britain: the Great Britain: the

Conservative and the Conservative and the Labor Party.Labor Party.

GORDON BROWN

The judicial branch of power The judicial branch of power determines common law and is determines common law and is

independent of both the legislative independent of both the legislative and the executive branches.and the executive branches.

There is no written Constitution in There is no written Constitution in the United Kingdom of Great the United Kingdom of Great

Britain Britain and Northern Ireland.and Northern Ireland.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has some well known symbols. Ireland has some well known symbols.

They are the British flag, the coat of arms, Westminster They are the British flag, the coat of arms, Westminster Abbey and many others.Abbey and many others.

The British flagThe British flag The coat of armsThe coat of arms

BIG BEN TOWER BRIDGEDOUBLE-DECKER

1. In the UK there is no president, the Queen is …… of the …….2. There are two Houses in the Parliament: …………… and …………………………….. 3. People who sit in the ………………. are called peers.4. British people vote for MPs at a general ……….5. The party which wins a general election forms the ………….. and their leader becomes the Prime Minister.6. After the Queen approves the bill, it becomes ……….

Now fill in the gaps with the new words.

1. In the UK there is no president, the Queen is the head of the state.2. There are two Houses in the Parliament: the House of Lords and the House of Commons. 3. People who sit in the House of Lords are called peers.4. British people vote for MPs at a general election.5. The party which wins a general election forms the government and their leader becomes the Prime Minister.6. After the Queen approves the bill, it becomes law.

Check your answers.

The Political The Political system system

of the USAof the USA

The head of the state is the

President who is elected by the

people. The President

must be at least 35 years old and must have lived in the USA for at least 14 years.

B. Obama the president

of the USA

George Bush the

vice president of the USA

The United States of America is a presidential Republic.

In the USA two main political parties In the USA two main political parties fight for the power: the Democratic fight for the power: the Democratic

Party and Republican Party.Party and Republican Party.

There are 3 branches of power in this country:

legislative

executive

judicial

the House of Representatives (435 members), the House of Representatives (435 members), and Senate (100 members-two from each state).and Senate (100 members-two from each state). The job of the Congress is to make laws. The job of the Congress is to make laws.

It can also impeach the President.It can also impeach the President.

The legislative branch of The legislative branch of power -power -

the Congressthe Congress is made up of two parts: is made up of two parts:

The legislative branch.

The president can veto a bill, can ask the The president can veto a bill, can ask the Congress to declare war, he also appoints Congress to declare war, he also appoints

the justices to the Supreme Court and the justices to the Supreme Court and

do his job according to the Constitution.do his job according to the Constitution.

The president and his The president and his Administration represent Administration represent the executive branch of the executive branch of the federal government. the federal government.

The executive branch puts The executive branch puts the country’s laws into the country’s laws into

effect.effect.

The executive branch.

The judicial branch.

The judicial branch of

government is the system of courts.

The Supreme Court is the

highest court in the country.

It’s known some symbols of the United States It’s known some symbols of the United States of America: the American flag, the American of America: the American flag, the American hymn, the coat of arms - the Bald Eagle and the hymn, the coat of arms - the Bald Eagle and the Statue of Liberty. Statue of Liberty.

The symbols of the USA.

WE WANT YOU TO WE WANT YOU TO TRANSLATE SOME TRANSLATE SOME

SENTENCES FROM RUSSIAN SENTENCES FROM RUSSIAN INTO ENGLISH:INTO ENGLISH:

1. В США законодательная 1. В США законодательная власть осуществляется власть осуществляется

Конгрессом.Конгрессом.

InIn the USA the legislative the USA the legislative branch of power is vested in branch of power is vested in the Congress.the Congress.

2. Конгресс состоит из Сената 2. Конгресс состоит из Сената и Палаты представителей.и Палаты представителей.

The Congress consists of The Congress consists of the Senate and the House of the Senate and the House of Representatives.Representatives.

3. Главой государства в США 3. Главой государства в США является президент, который является президент, который

избирается избирается на четырехлетний срок.на четырехлетний срок.

The President is the head of The President is the head of the state in the USA and he the state in the USA and he is elected for a four-year is elected for a four-year term.term.

4. В США две политические 4. В США две политические партии борются за власть: партии борются за власть:

Демократическая и Демократическая и РеспубликанскаяРеспубликанская

In the USA two main political In the USA two main political parties fight for the power: parties fight for the power: the Democratic Party and the Democratic Party and Republican Party.Republican Party.

Let us introduce our project Let us introduce our project

“Russia.“Russia. The political System”The political System”

The head of state is the president and is elected directly by the people every four years and cannot serve more than

two terms.

The President is commander in chief of the armed forces; he makes treaties,

enforces laws, and appoints ministers.

In fact he has much power.

D.A. Medvedev

The Federal government consists of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial.

legislative executive judicial

Each of them is checked and balanced by the President.

The Federal government

Each chamber is headed by the Speaker:

the Council of Federation –

by Sergei Mironov, the State Duma – by

Boris Grizlov.

The legislative power is vested in the Federal Assembly. It consists of 2 chambers:

The Council of Federation

The State Duma

A bill becomes a law if it is approved by both chambers and signed by the President.

Boris GrizlovSergei Mironov

The executive power in Russia belongs to the Government.

The president appoints it’s head - the Prime minister.

B. Putin- the Prime minister.

There are many political parties in our country: The Democratic, the Communist, the Liberal and many others.

The judicial power belongs to the system of courts. It consists of the Constitutional court, the Supreme

Court and regional courts.

The main law of our country is the Constitution The main law of our country is the Constitution

which was adopted in 1993.which was adopted in 1993.

The national symbol of Russian is a white-blue-red flag, the hymn, a two-headed

eagle-the coat of arms. The Kremlin, a lot of ancient Cathedrals and many others.

And now, our task for you: Find ten words. You have only 5 minutes

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Main political parties

Judicial Branch of

power

Executive Branch of

power

Legislative Branch of

power

The head of state

The political system

The UKThe USAThe Russian

Federation

The Conservative PartyThe Labour Party

The Republican PartyThe Democratic Party

The Communist PartyThe Democratic Party

The Liberal Party

Main political parties

House of LordsJudicial committee of

Privy CouncilCourt of Appeal

The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court.The Supreme Court,

The Constitutional Court

Judicial Branch of

power

The Government(the Prime Minister, the

cabinet)

The Administration(the president, the vice president, the cabinet, the

secretaries)

The Government(the Chairman of the

Government, the Ministers)

Executive Branch of

power

ParliamentThe House of The House of Commons Lords

CongressThe House of The Senaterepresentatives

The Federal assemblyThe Federation the

State Duma council

Legislative Branch of power

The QueenThe presidentThe presidentThe head of state

Parliamentary democracy with a

constitutional monarch

The presidential republicThe presidential republicThe

political system

The UKThe USAThe Russian Federation