Task 4. Complete the sentences using the following words and phrases

Task 3. Choose the correct word in brackets and complete the sentence.

Task 2. Give the English equivalents of the following word-expressions.

Task 1. Give the Ukrainian equivalents of the following word-expressions.

natural-born citizen, elected, adopted, successive terms, Commander-in-Chief, increasing, prominent role, essential, propose, staff, various bills, consequently, powerless, difficulties in ensuring, effectively implemented, persuade, be assisted, Education and Welfare, Labor, rank, recent, influence.

строк, голова держдепартаменту, перевибори, міністерство закордонних справ, головнокомандувач збройних сил, особовий склад (персонал), труднощі, повинні бути представлені, у випадку рівної кількості голосів, займати посаду, визначна роль, таким чином, секретність та швидкість.

1. The President (any natural-born citizen over (36/34/35)) is elected for a term of (five/six/four) years and can only be re-elected for (two/one/three) more term.

2. The (Prime minister/President/Congress) was originally intended to be little more than a ceremonial Head of State, as well as (Chief Justice/Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces/State Secretary).

3. The Federal Government's increasing involvement in the Nation's economic life and its prominent role in international affairs, where secrecy and speed are often essential, has increased the importance of the Presidency over (Prime minister/Justice/Congress).

4. The various bills must be introduced into the House of Representatives or (local administration/Senate/Supreme Court) by their members.

5. The President is consequently completely powerless facing an uncooperative (Congress/State Department/Interior).

a ceremonial Head of State, a full legislative program, re-elected, staff, federal bureaucracy, well defined, consequently, rank, introduced, chief advisers, in the case of a tie, the members of the Cabinet, the power to persuade.

1. The President (any natural-born citizen over 34) is elected for a term of four years and can only be ________ for one more term.

2. The President was originally intended to be little more than ________, as well as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.

3. The President now proposes ____________ to Congress, although the President, the Cabinet and ______ are not, and cannot be members of Congress.

4. This means that the various bills must be _______ into the House of Representatives or Senate by their members.

5. The President is _________ completely powerless facing an uncooperative Congress.

6. While mentioning the difficulties in ensuring that the laws passed are effectively implemented by the __________, it has been said that the President's only real power is __________.

7. The President is assisted by____________ who administer 14 major departments.

8. Though they _________ as the President's _______, in recent decades members of President's administration have generally more influence on him.

9. The role of the Vice President is not very __________ by the Constitution, which gives him or her no other task than presiding over the debates in the Senate, where he may only vote __________.

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