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8)Over fifteen million people ________ their own countries because of human rights abuses, political pressures or economic hardship, they need international guarantees that they will be treated fairly and humanely in foreign countries.

9)Other students prefer to persuade him to ________ rather than complain to the teacher .

Task 6. Match the words on the left to the words on the right to form collocations. Then choose any three and make sentences of your own.

Task 7. In this episode Miss Mactaggart has got an appointment with the Minister for Scottish Affairs. How is such a person called in your country? Match the following English words and word combinations with their Russian equivalents.

Task 8. Fill in the gaps in the sentences with prepositions from this list: on, out, outside, of, against, with, without, within.

1.Parliament consists ________ two chambers.

2.Each chamber forms committees and commissions to carry ________ appropriate hearings.

3.The Accounts Chamber monitors implementation ________ the federal budget.

4.The Federation Council approves decisions ________ changes of borders.

5.________ the Federation Council approval military forces cannot be used

________ the country.

6.The State Duma has the right to bring charges ________ the President.

Task 9. Choose the best ending to complete he following sentences about the Federal assembly and the Government of the Russian Federation:

1.The Parliament consists of ________ (one branch only, two chambers, several committees).

2.The Federation Council and the state Duma sit ________ (separately, together, with other governmental subcommittees).

3.Military forces cannot be used outside the country without the approval of

________ (the State Duma, the Federation Council, the President).

4.Appointment of the Supreme body of the judicial branch is within the competence of ________ (the Chairman of the Government, the Federation Council, the Treasury).

5.Charges against the President can be issued by ________ 9the government, the deputy chairman, the State Duma).

6.The Chairman’s candidate is appointed by ________ (the deputy Chairman, the Federation Council, the President).

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7. The government presents a draft budget to be discussed by ________ (the state Duma, the Federation Council, the Accounts Chamber).

Comprehension Tasks

Task 10. Discuss the following questions with your groupmates.

1)What measures did Miss mactaggart take to solve her problems? Were they effective and helpful?

2)What were the mother and the boy discussing near the monument to Guy Fawkes?

3)What did Miss MacTaggart come to see the Minister for Scottish Affairs for?

4)How did Miss MacTaggart try to attract the editor’s attention?

5)What did the editor think of Miss MacTaggart? If you were in his place, how would you behave? What would you do?

6)What did Miss MacTaggart buy a newspaper for?

7)What were Mr Morrison and sergeant McLaut doing and discussing? Were they pleased or disappointed? Why? (Give your reasons)

Task 11. Discuss the way Miss Mac Taggart chooses to solve her problem. What are the advantages and disadvantages of her method? Say what reasons she may have for calling to the newspaper?

The following expressions can be helpful:

To list advantages / disadvantages

One/ another / one other / a further / the main / the first / the greatest advantage / disadvantage of …

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As I see it …

The way I see it …

There’s one more thing to be noted.

Moreover …

What’s more …

I might as well add that …

All things considered I must say that …

To sum up …

Follow-up Activities

Task 15. What was guy Fawkes? What was he famous for?

Read the text about Guy Fawkes and Guy Fawkes Night and pay attention to the words in bold. Six sentences have been removed from the text. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap. There is an extra sentence which you do not need to use.

A In an attempt to gain foreign support, in May 1605 Fawkes travelled overseas and informed Hugh Owen of the plotters' plan.

B Catesby proposed to kill the King and his government by blowing up "the Parliament House with gunpowder".

C Despite quickly becoming aware of the letter the conspirators resolved to continue with their plans.

D The plotters purchased the lease to the room, which also belonged to John Whynniard.

E Guy Fawkes was born in 1570 in Stonegate, York.

F Fawkes became a junior officer, fought well at the siege of Calais in 1596, and by 1603 had been recommended for a captaincy.

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G Although weakened by torture, Fawkes managed to jump from the gallows, breaking his neck in the fall and thus avoiding the agony of the latter part of his execution.

Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes Night

Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes, the name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish in the Low Countries, belonged to a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

1 _______ He was the second of four children born to Edward Fawkes, a proctor and an advocate of the consistory court at York, and his wife, Edith.

In October 1591 Fawkes travelled to the continent to fight in the Eighty Years War for Catholic Spain against the new Dutch Republic and, from 1595 until the Peace of Vervins in 1598, France. 2 _______ That year, he travelled to Spain to seek support for a Catholic rebellion in England.

In 1604 Fawkes became involved with a small group of English Catholics, led by Robert Catesby, who planned to assassinate the Protestant King James and replace him with his daughter, third in the line of succession, Princess Elizabeth. 3 _______ One of the conspirators, Thomas Percy was promoted in June 1604, gaining access to a house in London which belonged to John Whynniard, Keeper of the King's Wardrobe. Fawkes was installed as a caretaker and began using the pseudonym John Johnson, servant to Percy. 4 _______

Unused and filthy, it was considered an ideal hiding place for the gunpowder the plotters planned to store there. According to Fawkes, 20 barrels of gunpowder were brought in at first, followed by 16 more on 20 July. On 28 July however, the ever-present threat of the plague delayed the opening of Parliament until Tuesday, 5 November.

A few of the conspirators were concerned about fellow Catholics who would be present at Parliament during the opening. On the evening of

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26 October, Lord Monteagle received an anonymous letter warning him to stay away. 5 _______ Monteagle's suspicions had been aroused and the letter was shown to King James. The King ordered to conduct a search of the cellars underneath Parliament, which he did in the early hours of 5 November. Fawkes had taken up his station late on the previous night, armed with a slow match and a watch. He was found leaving the cellar, shortly after midnight, and arrested. Inside, the barrels of gunpowder were discovered hidden under piles of firewood and coal.

Fawkes was first interrogated by members of the King's Privy Chamber, where he remained defiant. The trial of eight of the plotters began on Monday 27 January 1606. On 31 January 1606, Fawkes and three others were dragged to the Old Palace Yard at Westminster, opposite the building they had attempted to destroy. His fellow plotters were hanged, drawn and quartered. Fawkes was the last to stand on the scaffold. 6 _______

On 5 November 1605 Londoners were encouraged to celebrate the King's escape from assassination by lighting bonfires. 5 November has variously been called Guy Fawkes Night, Guy Fawkes Day and Bonfire Night; the latter can be traced directly back to the original celebration. Bonfires were accompanied by fireworks from the 1650s onwards, and it became the custom to burn Guy Fawkes’ effigy on a bonfire, often accompanied by a firework display.

Task 16. Study the following words and word combinations and say what part of Guy Fawkes’ life they are related to.

To adopt, the consistory court, a junior office, a captaincy, to become involved with, to assassinate, to blow up, the pseudonym, to be installed as, the gunpowder, to be interrogated, to remain defiant, a scaffold, torture, to break one’s neck, execution, an effigy.

Task 17. Find the words in the text definitions of which are given below:

a) an operation by an army surrounding a defended place and repeatedly attack-

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ing it, blocking its supplies etc, in order to force the defenders to accept defeat;

b)an act of opposition or fighting against someone in a position of control;

c)to murder a ruler, politician, or other important person;

d)to cause to explode or be destroyed by exploding;

e)an explosive substance in the form of a powder;

f)a person employed to look after a large public building and to be responsible for small repairs, cleaning etc;

g)a written legal agreement by which the use of a building or piece of land is given by its owner to someone for a certain time in return for rent;

h)a group o people who make a secret plan for something harmful;

i)an attack of disease causing death and spreading quickly to a large number of people;

j)to tell of something bad that may happen, or of how to prevent something bad;

k)a raised stage for the killing of criminals by hanging or by cutting off their heads;

l)the act of causing someone severe physical pain, done out of cruelty, as a punishment or to force someone to give information;

m)a likeness of a person, made of wood, paper, stone etc often life size.

Task 18. Think of 7 questions on the text “Guy Fakes, Guy Fawkes Night”, using words and expressions in bold in your questions. Ask your fellowstudents to reply to them.

Task 19. Summarize the main events of Guy Fawkes’ biography and tell your groupmates about:

a)Guy Fawkes’ military career;

b)Guy Fawkes as a member of the group of English Catholics led by Robert Catesby;

c)disclosure of the plan to assassinate the King and Guy Fawkes’ arrest and death;

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d) Guy Fawkes Day.

Task 20. What do you think of Guy Fawkes? What kind of a person was he? Describe him as a personality. You may find the following expressions useful:

1.Virtuous (good) characteristics: affable, amiable, good-natured, goodhumored, kind, kind-hearted, communicative, sociable, friendly, modest, discreet, generous, considerate, attentive, thoughtful, earnest, sincere, enthusiastic, calm, quiet, composed, self-possessed, honest, merciful, impartial, just, patient, sympathetic, respectable, cordial, broad-minded, witty, intelligent, dignified, capable, benevolent, philanthropic, scrupulous, consistent, easy-going, affectionate, devoted, loyal, courageous, persevering, industrious, hard-working, sweet, gentle, proud.

2.Evil (bad) characteristics: ill-natured, unkind, hard-hearted, reserved, uncommunicative, unsociable, hostile, haughty, arrogant, dashing, showy, indiscreet, unscrupulous, greedy, inconsistent, tactless, insincere, hypocritical, false, vulgar, double-faced, indifferent, dispassionate, fussy, unrestrained, dishonest, cruel, partial, intolerant, conceited, self-willed, willful, capricious, perverse, insensible, inconsiderate, servile, presumptuous, deceitful, harsh, sulky, sullen, obstinate, coarse, rude, vain, impertinent, impudent, revengeful.

Task 21. If you were the King, how would you punish Guy Fawkes and his accomplices? Was it right to kill them? Was justice done? Would you choose a lighter sentence, or a more severe one?

Task 22. Group discussion.

Give your views on the problems listed below.

1) There should be no concessions to terrorist demands and international coopera-

tion should take place on tracking down and arresting terrorists and on impending the movement of international terrorists from one country to another.

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2)Trying to cope with terrorism by threatening terrorists with death penalty is futile.

3)Political terrorism is usually committed in the name of an ideology that honors its martyrs.

4)If you want to achieve your aim, you must leave no stone unturned.

While taking part in the discussion use the following expressions:

As I see it...

I'd like to point out that...

I sometimes think that… Would you agree that…

Do you think it’s right to say that…?

I don't quite follow what you mean, I'm afraid. I don't quite see what you mean, I'm afraid.

I don't quite see what you are getting at. If you ask me…

Wouldn’t you say that… Don’t you agree that…

Episode 6. A Visit to the Prime Minister Pre-watching tasks

Task 1. Warming-up Activity

Discuss the following questions with your groupmates. Express your own point of view and be ready to react to your groupmate’s opinion.

1)Have you ever visited any official of your country? What was the aim of your visit?

2)What is an official’s typical routine?

3)Is it difficult to be an official? Why? Why not? What qualities should a good official have?

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