| VERB | NOUN |
| 1to ratify 2 to establish 3 to specify 4 to admit 5 to intend 6 to amend 7to adopt 8to accuse of 9 to fulfill 10to abolish |
B) Which nouns have similar suffixes?
| - (a)tion | - ment |
5.5 Find in the text the English for:
свобода слова, вероисповедания, печати
право собираться в общественных местах
выражать протест по поводу действий правительства
требовать изменений
право на владение оружием
обыскивать человека без достаточного основания
законное разрешение
право на скорый суд
обвиняемые в преступлении
суд присяжных
право быть представленным адвокатом
запрещать жестокие и необычные наказания
вызывать свидетелей в свою пользу
отменить рабство
гарантировать гражданство
снизить возраст избирателей до 18 лет
5.6 Choose the words from the list to fill in the gaps.
Citizenship; change; Convention; trial; document; vote; Founding; actions; voting; lawyer; Bill; call in; own; accused; forbidden; forbid; assemble; search;
| 1 Constitutional … 2… Fathers 3 a ‘living’ … 4… of Rights 5 to … in public places 6toprotest government … 7 to demand … 8 the right to … weapons 9 to … a person without good reason | 10 a speedy … 11 … of a crime 12 representation by a … 13 to … witnesses 14cruel and unusual punishment is … 15to … slavery 16to guarantee … 17the right to … weapons 18… age |
5.7 Fill in the prepositions from the list where necessary.
To; in; without; by; of; under; between;
An agreement … 13 semi-independent states; is often referred … as; … the Constitution; to belong … sb (sth); … fact and … spirit; to search a person … legal permission; accused … a crime; trial … a jury; representation … a lawyer; regardless … race;
6. READING FOR DETAIL. Read the text carefully to find answers to the following questions.
1) When and where was the US Constitution written?
2) Who is referred to as the Founding Fathers of the United States?
3) When was the Constitution adopted?
4) What document governed the country before the adoption of the Constitution?
5) What are the main parts of the Constitution?
6) What is the preamble to the US Constitution?
7) What do the Articles of the Constitution establish?
8) What Articles specify the powers and duties of the federal government?
9) Which of the three branches of the US government has the supreme power?
10) What Article sets up the relationship between the states and the federal government?
11) What did the Founding Fathers provide to make the Constitution a ‘living’ document?
12) What do Articles VI and VII establish?
13) How many times has the Constitution been amended?
14) When was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
15) What rights are guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?
16) What other important amendments regarding human rights were made to the Constitution as of 1991?
17) Is the US Constitution still a ‘living’ document?
SPEAKING.
7.1 Define the following:
constitution/(un)written constitution/preamble/article/amendment
7.2 Without looking at the text complete the following sentences.
1) The Constitution of the United States was written at the Constitutional … in … and ratified in …
2) The 55 men at the Convention are known as …
3)The Constitution contains …
4) It establishes the United States with a … government plus … governments.
5) However, the Constitution specifies only the powers and duties of three … of a federal government: …, … and …
6) The supreme power under the Constitution is not given to any of the …, it belongs to the …
7)The US Constitution has been formally amended … times in more than two centuries.
8) The first ten Constitutional Amendments are known together as …
9) In the Bill of Rights, Americans are guaranteed freedom of …, …, and the …, the right to assemble …, to protest …, to demand … and to own …
10) Because of the Bill of Rights, neither police nor soldiers can … a person without …. They also cannot search a person’s home without … to do so.
11) If a person is accused of a crime, the Bill of Rights guarantees the right to a speedy … by a …; representation by a … and the right to call in …
12) … is forbidden.
13) Some other amendments abolish …, guarantee … to all people regardless of race and sex, and lower … to18 years.
14) The US Constitution is the … and the … and has been the model …
8. DEVELOPMENT. Read the Preamble to the US Constitution.
“We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”