Make use of the expressions below.
| HOW TO MAKE A PRESENTATION |
| 1. Greeting the audience Good morning/good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for coming |
| 2. Introducing yourself My name is ….and I’m +position I’m +name+from+organization |
| 3. Stating the purpose Today I'm going to tell you about... I’m here today to talk about… |
| 4. Stating the main points My presentation consists of three parts First , I’ll tell you about…. Second , I’ll talk about.... Finally, we are going to look at… |
| 5. Main part a) Let's start/begin with ... Now let's move on to ... And finally I'd like to turn to… b) Showing visuals and giving more details I'd like to show you a picture/a photo.. I'd like to add (that)… |
| 6. Summarizing So, first I spoke about Then we talked about Finally, we looked at |
| 7. Conclusion In conclusion, I’d like to say that… |
| 8. Questions Now if you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them |
Section 2
Courts
Exercise 15
Pronunciation practice.
Practise saying the words:
[æ] in´valid; e´xamine; handle
[ai] comprise; higher; compliance; by
[ə:] certain; commercial; first; interpret; third
[ɛə] declare; there
[k]´competent
[ʃ] cassation; relation; issue; officially; session; initiate
[tʃ] structure; such
[ð] within; other; with; whether
[s]proceeding; council
[gz] e´xecutive; e´xamine
Exercise 16
A) Match the English word combinations with their Russian equivalents.
| 1. constituent entities | a. кассационная инстанция |
| 2. to handle cases (or appeals) | b. субъекты Федерации |
| 3. appeals against the decisions | c. проверять законы |
| 4. instance of cassation | d. апелляции на решения (судов) |
| 5. to examine laws | e. в рамках своей подведомственности |
| 6. within the jurisdiction | f. рассматривать дела (или апелляции) |
B) Fill in the gaps with the word-combinations from part a).
1. There are eighty three……. ….. in the Russian Federation.
2. …… ….. …… of the first instance court are handled by appellate courts.
3. The Constitutional Court can …… …….. at the federal level as to their compliance with the constitution.
4. Commercial courts of the subjects of the Russian Federation ….. …… as trial courts.
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