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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) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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ADMINISTRATIVE ENGLISH
ELECTION
1. DIFFERENT KINDS OF ELECTION
general election – choosing a national parliamentlocal election – choosing a local council
by-election – choosing a new Member of Parliament (when the previous member has resigned or died)referendum – voting on whether to do something or nota referendum on abortion
2. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE ELECTED
candidate
stand for / run for - kandydowaćShe’s decided to stand for the European Parliament.He’s running for president.
campaign
manifesto - ???
slogan
SOME FAMOUS POLITICAL SLOGANS
Yes we can.
2008 U.S. presidential campaign slogan of Barack Obama
2012 ???
Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite
The national motto of France with its origins in the French Revolution
Workers of the world, unite!
A communist slogan from Karl Marx’s „Communist Manifesto”
Nothing about us without us.
Think global, act local.
3. THE PROCESS OF ELECTING
vote for /against – głosować za /przeciw
a vote – głos
voter – wyborca
the electorate – all the people in a country who have the right to vote in an election
constitutency - okręg wyborczy
polling station – lokal wyborczy
ballot paper – karta do głosowania
ballot box - ???
4. THE RESULT OF AN ELECTION
count the votes – liczyć głosy
elect – ???re-elect - ???
get in / into - wejść doHis ambition is to get into Parliament.
5. TYPES OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
first-past-the-post „pierwszy na mecie”, ordynacja większościowa, dotyczy okręgów jednomandatowych
used in: Great Britain, Australia, the USA, Canada, Japan
Poland ???
Poland – since 2011 in election to/of: the Senate, the President of Poland, presidents/mayors of towns, heads
of communes (prezydenci/burmistrzowie miast, wójtowie),
town councils of non-urban districts (without district rights) rad gmin w gminach nie będących miastami na prawie powiatu (tzw. powiatów grodzkich).
proportional representationordynacja proporcjonalna
Poland – party lists, 5 % threshold
PARLIAMENT
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
different countries different names
parliamentcongressthe National Assemblydiet
Which countries do these parliaments come from?
BundestagKnessetAlthing – the oldest (930 AD)SaeimaParemata AotearoaShura
Many parliaments consist of two parts:
a lower house an upper house
NAME LOWER HOUSE UPPER HOUSE
Britain House of Commons House of Lords
USA House of Representatives Senate
Germany Federal Diet (Bundestag) Federal Council (Bundesrat)
Italy Chamber of Deputies Senate
Poland ??? ???
Member of Parliament (MP) – a person elected to Parliament
Member of the European Parliament (MEP)
Speaker – the person who controls business in parliament
seat – a place in parliament won in an election (miejsce, mandat)
WORKING IN PARLIAMENT
sitting – a meeting of parliamentan all-night sitting
??? - a series of meetings
??? - formal discussion
legislate – to make a law (uchwalać ustawę)
??? – ustawodawstwo
bill – a plan for a possible new law (projekt ustawy)
act – ustawathe 2004 Act on Elections to the European Parliament
HOMEWORK
Political promises
Political parties often make promises in their election manifestos. Match the verbs and the endings:
We are going to …
o buildo createo protecto reduce, fighto reduce, cuto provide
• crime, unemployment
• more houses, schools, hospitals, roads
• more jobs• the environment• better education,
health care • taxes