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Архитектура Аудит Военная наука Иностранные языки Медицина Металлургия Метрология Образование Политология Производство Психология Стандартизация Технологии |
Reading 1: A career in lawСтр 1 из 45Следующая ⇒
1. Read the text and answer these questions. 1. Which courses do law students in the UK have to take? 2. Which optional courses might a student who wants to work in a big law firm take?
The study of law is intellectually stimulating and challenging and can lead to a variety of interesting careers. In the UK and the USA, law degree programmes usually take three years to complete. In the UK, these programmes typically include core subjects such as criminal law, contract law, tort law, land law, equity and trusts, administrative law and constitutional law. In addition, students are often required to take courses covering such as legal writing and legal research. Here is also a variety of optional (elective) courses available. Since many law students go on to become lawyers, students often take courses that will be useful to them during their future careers. Someone wishing to run a small partnership or to work alone as a sole practitioner in a small town may decide to take subjects such as family law, employment law and housing law. Those wishing to work in a large law practice will consider subjects such as company law, commercial law and litigation and arbitration. Many universities also offer courses on legal practice. Courses like this give students the opportunity to experience the work of a lawyer before deciding on a career in the law. Another way of finding out more about law in practice is to get involved with a voluntary advice centre or law clinic. These law clinics offer free legal assistance to the local community and provide a useful introduction to some of the day-to-day work of a lawyer. For students wishing to work in a commercial practice, knowledge of foreign language is essential. When law firms hire new recruits, they generally look at four things: education, personality, work experience and language ability. Since English is the language of the international legal community, law firms increasingly expect graduates to have a good command of English.
2. Read the text again and decide whether these statements are true or false. If the statement is false correct it. 1. A course in family law is usually included among the core subjects at law schools in the UK. 2. Some law degree programmes offer courses in some of the most important skills that lawyers need in order to do their work, such as legal writing or legal English. 3. Law clinics give law students the opportunity to learn about the legal problems of the medical profession. 4. Today, commercial law firms expect recruits to be completely fluent in English.
3. When you record vocabulary, you should try to write down as many collocations as you can, and not only single words. How many collocations with words legal (e.g. legal writing) and law (e.g. law firm) can you find in the text? 4. Match the following expressions with their Ukrainian equivalents.
Use the expressions above to make sentences of your own. 5. Match the following expressions with their Ukrainian equivalents.
Use the expressions above to make sentences of your own.
6. Match the words with their definitions.
7. Speaking. Discuss these questions with a partner. Look at the sample responses. 1. What type of law firm do you think you would like to work in? I’d like to work as a sole practitioner, as I’d prefer to be my own boss. I think a big law firm would be exciting. 2. Which compulsory / optional courses are you taking? This semester, I’m taking an elective course in environmental law. Reading 2: Course descriptions Pre-reading task. Read the words. Mind the stress. A): ΄negligently fa΄miliarize con,side΄ration ΄hazardous vi΄carious ,lia΄bility ΄nuisance in΄vasion ,defor΄mation ΄homicide in΄surance ,ratio΄nale ΄relevancy con΄fession in,vesti΄gation ΄hearsay sur΄veillance distri΄bution
B) Complete the word building table.
C) Look through the following words to make sure that you know them, learn those you don’t.
1. Reading texts in a foreign language often means encountering unfamiliar words . Discuss these questions with a partner. 1. What is the best way to deal with unfamiliar words in a text? 2. Read the following list of strategies and discuss how useful they are. What factors might affect the strategy you use? · Try to understand the new words with the help of surrounding words. · Look up every unknown word in a dictionary. · Ignore the unknown word and read on. · Look up some new words, ignore others. · Analyse the unknown word: ask what part of speech it is (a noun or an adjective, for example); if it has a root or a prefix (Latin or French, for example) that may help you understand it; if it has a positive or negative meaning, etc. Keep these strategies in mind when reading the text below.
2. Quickly read the law course descriptions taken from a university website. Ignore the gaps for now. Do you think this university is in the UK? Why (not)?
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to familiarize oneself with smth
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executed consideration
concurrent consideration
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hazardous to smb’s health
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absolute nuisance
common nuisance
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invasion of privacy
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comprehensive insurance
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constitutional rationale
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hearsay testimony
hearsay rule
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criminal investigation
impartial investigation
police investigation
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unreasonable search
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covert surveillance
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