ADMINISTRATIVE ENGLISH

1. ADMINISTRATIVE ENGLISH

2. COURSE OUTLINE • Basic terminology and issues in the administrative, economic, political and legal areas. • Separation of powers: the legislative power, the executive power, the judicial power.

3. The concept of public administration. The system of public administration in Poland. Bodies and offices of public administration. Governmental administration. Local government and self-government.

4. The study and classification of law. Public and private law. Branches of law. Constitutional law. International law. Sources of law. • Public finance. Budget. Taxes classification, tax return.

5. International organizations. • Organization and functioning of an office. Preparing typical documents: messages and notes, emails, letters, memos, short reports.

6. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING The grade is going to be based on a final written test or/and papers/tasks.

7. COUNTRY

8. 1. BEING A COUNTRY an area of land with its own people, government, etc. – obszar ziemi z własnym narodem, rządem, itd. Which country do you come from?

9. a country with its own government: state - państwo, (more formal) nation member states of the European Union – państwa członkowskie Unii Europejskiej the nations of Western Europe

10. national – krajowy, narodowy a national newspaper nationwide – ogólnokrajowy, o krajowym zasięgu a nationwidecampaign

11. a country that is headed by – kraj, na którego czele stoi a president: republic a king or queen: monarchy, kingdom

12. a country that is a union of states: federation federal a federal law - prawo federalne

13. 2. THE PEOPLE OF A COUNTRY a person who lives in a country: inhabitant the inhabitants of India

14. a person whoislegally a member of a country: citizen a citizen of the United Kingdom citizenship Australiancitizenship

15. being a citizen of a particular country: nationality What nationality are you? She has Greek nationality.

16. allthecitizens of a country: thepeople, nation thepeople of France ThePresidentmade a speech to the nation. Prezydent wygłosił mowę do narodu.

17. the number of people who live in a particular place: population The population of Poland is ???

18. 3. PARTS OF A COUNTRY • region, regional • district – dystrykt, dzielnica • province, provincial • an areainBritain, Ireland and the USA thathasitsownlocalgovernment: county - hrabstwo

19. the town or city where the government of a country is: capital - stolica ??? is the capital of the USA.

20. 4. RELATIONS BETWEEN COUNTRIES foreign – zagraniczny, obcy a foreign language foreigner – obcokrajowiec, cudzoziemiec abroad – za granicą, za granicę Our son livesabroad.

21. sth that happens inside a country – coś, co ma miejsce w kraju: internal – wewnętrzny internal affairs – sprawy wewnętrzne

22. domestic – wewnętrzny, krajowy, domowy domestic flights – krajowe loty

23. internal ↔ external The current economic problems are caused by external factors. Obecne problemy gospodarcze spowodowane są czynnikami zewnętrznymi.

24. involving two or more countries – dotyczący co najmniej dwóch krajów: international an international trade agreement – międzynarodowa umowa handlowa

25. an agreementbetweentwo countries to supporteachother – umowa między dwoma krajami mająca na celu wzajemne wsparcie: alliance- sojusz a militaryalliance ally - sojusznik

26. if a country is not controlled by another country, itisindependent – niepodległy, niezależny Sloveniabecame independent from Yugoslaviain 1991. Słowenia stała się niezależna od Jugosławii w 1991 roku. independence The Day of Independencein Poland is on ???

27. 5. MOVING FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER

28. 6. BEING FORCED TO LEAVE A COUNTRY

29. ECONOMY

30. 1. ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

31. theoperation of trade and business withoutgovernment control – funkcjonowanie handlu i biznesu bez kontroli rządu: freeenterprise– wolna konkurencja rynkowa privateenterprise– sektor prywatny

32. an economy where the government does not fix prices – gospodarka, w której rząd nie ustala cen: free-market economy – gospodarka wolnorynkowa

33. 2. MONEY the kind of money that a country uses – rodzaj pieniądza wykorzystywany przez kraj: currency – waluta a strong currency

34. connected with money – związany z pieniędzmi: monetary the Government’s monetary policy - polityka monetarna rządu

35. the management of money: finance reduction of thevalue of money – obniżenie wartości pieniądza: devaluation The British poundhasbeendevaluated by 3% againstthe Swiss franc. Funt brytyjski zdewaluował się o 3% w stosunku do franka szwajcarskiego.

36. tax – podatek to increase taxes – podnosić podatki taxation – opodatkowanie budget

37. the government department that controls spending and taxation – organ rządu kontrolujący wydatki system podatkowy: the Treasury – Skarb Państwa

38. 3. TRADE AND INDUSTRY demand – popyt ↔ supply – podaż trade, commerce – handel commercial - ??? industry – przemysł industrial - ???

39. 4. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS GNP (gross national product) – PNB (produkt narodowy brutto) GDP (gross domestic product) - ???

40. a period in which an economy develops quickly – okres, w którym gospodarka szybko się rozwija: boom

41. to be financiallysuccessful – odnosić sukces finansowy: prosper prosperity - koniunktura prosperous – dobrze prosperujący a prosperous company

42. a sudden fall in trade or the value of sth – nagły spadek w handlu lub wartości: slump – załamanie, kryzys a slump in house prices – spadek cen mieszkań

43. a period when a country’s economy is not successful: recession The economy is moving out of recession. Gospodarka wychodzi z recesji.

44. a very serious recession: depression We’re facing another depression. Stoimy przed kolejnym głębokim kryzysem.

45. a failure in a business world – upadek, klęska w świecie biznesu: crash - krach the Wall Street crash of 1929

46. the general increase in prices – ogólny wzrost cen: inflation Inflation is now 2% per year. Inflacja wynosi obecnie 2% rocznie.

47. HOMEWORK 1. Revisenames of countries and nationalities (especiallyEuropean Union). 2. Whatarethemainpoliticalideas? 3. FindthePolisheuivalents of thefollowingproverbs: • In the country of theblind, the one eyedmanis a king. • Money can’t buy happiness. • Nothingiscertain but death and taxes.