SOLICITORS AND BARRISTERS
I. Перепишите предложения, подчеркните в каждом из них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видо-временную форму и залог. Переведите предложения на русский язык. В разделе (б) обратите внимание на перевод пассивных конструкций.
а)
1. The witnesses gave evidence in the courtroom.
2. The Prime Minister has the exclusive right to pardon convicts.
3. The judge has passed correct sentence.
The jury is listening to the witnesses for defence now.
б)
1. English lawyers are divided into two classes - solicitors and barristers.
2. The barrister was appointed King's Counsel.
The witness will be listened to by the jury during the next trial.
II. Перепишите предложения, подчеркните Participle I, II; установите функции каждого из них, т.е. укажите, будет ли оно определением, обстоятельством или составной частью глагола-сказуемого. Предложения переведите.
1. In Scotland the verdict is passed by a simple majority.
2. While passing sentences for crime committed the court not only punishes the criminals but also reeducates them.
3. Practising solicitors are undertaking legal business for non-professional clients.
4. Judges are legally educated lawyers.
5. The court has already invited all the witnesses.
III. Перепишите и письменно переведите следующие предложения; подчеркните в каждом из них модальный глагол или его эквивалент.
1. Sometimes convicted persons have to spend several weeks doing useful work in their locality.
2. The accused is to listen carefully to the advice of his lawyer.
3. The convicted people can appeal if their lawyer is able to produce new evidence.
4. Every citizen must observe all the laws of the country.
5. A witness may tell only what he himself knows to be true.
6. The solicitor is able to represent the accused in courts.
When a solicitor has to take a case to the central court he must employ a barrister to plead.
IV. Прочтите и письменно переведите текст.
SOLICITORS AND BARRISTERS
1. In the English legal system a practising lawyer must hold one of two professons: he must either practise as a solicitor or have been called to the Bar as a barrister.
2. A barrister is to have an accepted educational standard, to have passed the legal examinations conducted by the Council of Legal Education and to have become a member of the Inns of Court. Most barristers are professional advocates earning their living by the presentation of civil and criminal cases in court. They become specialists at advocacy. Professionally acting barristers are known as "counsels". They may be appointed Queen's Counsels.
3. A prospective solicitor must be a qualified lawyer. The solicitor can be an advocate in the inferior courts but he is more familiar to the public in his role as a general legal adviser. He may become the member of the Law Society.
4. A significant difference between the two professions is that members of the public are able to call at a solicitor's office and seek his evidence in a personal interview; whereas a barrister can only be consulted indirectly through a solicitor. It can be seen that there is a possible analogy in these circumstances to the medical profession, with the solicitor as a general practitioner and the barrister as a consultant. The analogy must not be taken too far, however, since the legal knowledge of the newly qualified barrister is not to be compared with that of the senior partners of a firm of solicitors, whose legal experience may extend over many years and cover different fields of law. In many instances too the solicitor is more of a specialist than the barrister, particularly where the latter is an advocate with a common law practice.
V. Прочтите 2-й и 3-й абзацы текста и данный вопрос к ним. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос.
In what role are solicitors more familiar to the public?
1. ... as a professional advocate.
2. ... as a general legal adviser.
3. ... as a Queen's Counsel.
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