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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

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ELECTION

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1. DIFFERENT KINDS OF ELECTION

general election – choosing a national parliamentlocal election – choosing a local council

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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

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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.

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campaign

manifesto - ???

slogan

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SOME FAMOUS POLITICAL SLOGANS

Yes we can.

2008 U.S. presidential campaign slogan of Barack Obama

2012 ???

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Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite

The national motto of France with its origins in the French Revolution

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Workers of the world, unite!

A communist slogan from Karl Marx’s „Communist Manifesto”

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Nothing about us without us.

Think global, act local.

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3. THE PROCESS OF ELECTING

vote for /against – głosować za /przeciw

a vote – głos

voter – wyborca

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the electorate – all the people in a country who have the right to vote in an election

constitutency - okręg wyborczy

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polling station – lokal wyborczy

ballot paper – karta do głosowania

ballot box - ???

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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.

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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 ???

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Poland – since 2011 in election to/of: the Senate, the President of Poland, presidents/mayors of towns, heads

of communes (prezydenci/burmistrzowie miast, wójtowie),

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

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proportional representationordynacja proporcjonalna

Poland – party lists, 5 % threshold

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PARLIAMENT

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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

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different countries different names

parliamentcongressthe National Assemblydiet

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Which countries do these parliaments come from?

BundestagKnessetAlthing – the oldest (930 AD)SaeimaParemata AotearoaShura

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Many parliaments consist of two parts:

a lower house an upper house

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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 ??? ???

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Member of Parliament (MP) – a person elected to Parliament

Member of the European Parliament (MEP)

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Speaker – the person who controls business in parliament

seat – a place in parliament won in an election (miejsce, mandat)

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WORKING IN PARLIAMENT

sitting – a meeting of parliamentan all-night sitting

??? - a series of meetings

??? - formal discussion

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legislate – to make a law (uchwalać ustawę)

??? – ustawodawstwo

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bill – a plan for a possible new law (projekt ustawy)

act – ustawathe 2004 Act on Elections to the European Parliament

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HOMEWORK

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Political promises

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

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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