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ADMINISTRATIVE ENGLISH

ADMINISTRATIVE ENGLISH. ELECTION. 1. DIFFERENT KINDS OF ELECTION. g eneral election – choosing a national parliament local election – choosing a local council. by-election – choosing a new Member of Parliament (when the previous member has resigned or died)

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ADMINISTRATIVE ENGLISH

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  1. ADMINISTRATIVE ENGLISH

  2. ELECTION

  3. 1. DIFFERENT KINDS OF ELECTION general election – choosing a national parliament local election – choosing a local council

  4. by-election – choosing a new Member of Parliament (when the previous member has resigned or died) referendum – voting on whether to do something or not a referendum on abortion

  5. 2. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE ELECTED candidate stand for / run for - kandydować She’s decided to stand for the European Parliament. He’s running for president.

  6. campaign manifesto - ??? slogan

  7. SOME FAMOUS POLITICAL SLOGANS Yes we can. 2008 U.S. presidentialcampaign slogan of BarackObama 2012 ???

  8. Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite The national motto of France with its origins in the French Revolution

  9. Workers of the world, unite! A communist slogan from Karl Marx’s „Communist Manifesto”

  10. Nothing about us without us. Think global, act local.

  11. 3. THE PROCESS OF ELECTING vote for /against – głosować za /przeciw a vote – głos voter – wyborca

  12. the electorate – all the people in a country who have the right to vote in an election constitutency - okręg wyborczy

  13. polling station – lokal wyborczy ballot paper – karta do głosowania ballot box - ???

  14. 4. THE RESULT OF AN ELECTION countthevotes – liczyć głosy elect – ??? re-elect - ??? getin / into- wejść do His ambitionis to getintoParliament.

  15. 5. TYPES OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS first-past-the-post „pierwszy na mecie”, ordynacja większościowa, dotyczy okręgów jednomandatowych usedin: Great Britain, Australia, the USA, Canada, Japan Poland ???

  16. Poland – since 2011 in election to/of: • the Senate, • the President of Poland, • presidents/mayors of towns, heads of communes (prezydenci/burmistrzowie miast, wójtowie),

  17. town councils of non-urban districts (without district rights) rad gmin w gminach nie będących miastami na prawie powiatu (tzw. powiatów grodzkich).

  18. proportional representation ordynacja proporcjonalna Poland – party lists, 5 % threshold

  19. PARLIAMENT

  20. 1. PARLIAMENTS AND THEIR MEMBERS What is a parliament? • a group of people who discuss and make the laws of a country, • the place where they meet

  21. different countries different names parliament congress the National Assembly diet

  22. Whichcountries do theseparliamentscomefrom? Bundestag Knesset Althing– theoldest (930 AD) Saeima ParemataAotearoa Shura

  23. Many parliaments consist of two parts: • a lower house • an upper house

  24. Member of Parliament (MP) – a person elected to Parliament Member of the European Parliament (MEP)

  25. Speaker – the person who controls business in parliament seat – a place in parliament won in an election (miejsce, mandat)

  26. WORKING IN PARLIAMENT sitting – a meeting of parliament an all-night sitting ??? - a series of meetings ??? - formal discussion

  27. legislate – to make a law (uchwalać ustawę) ??? – ustawodawstwo

  28. bill – a plan for a possible new law (projekt ustawy) act – ustawa the 2004 Act on Elections to the European Parliament

  29. HOMEWORK

  30. Political promises Political parties often make promises in their election manifestos. Match the verbs and the endings:

  31. We are going to … • build • create • protect • reduce, fight • reduce, cut • provide • crime, unemployment • morehouses, schools, hospitals, roads • morejobs • the environment • bettereducation, health care • taxes

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