Exercise 7. Translate the following sentences from English into Russian. Find the predicates in the sentences, determine their times and tenses

1. The representative democracy, or republic, that was set up by our Constitution is based upon the consent of the people who are governed. 2. The Declaration of Independence states that governments should receive their powers from “the consent of the governed.” 3. Only the federal government has always had the power to control trade among the states and with foreign nations. 4. Several years ago some people believed that the President had become more powerful than Congress. 5. If you become a senator or a representative you’ll receive a yearly salary of $75,100. 6. Both houses of Congress have the right to decide who shall be seated as members. 7. The House and Senate have passed strict codes of conduct for their members. 8. A person accused of a crime does not ordinarily have to spend months in prison waiting for the case to come to trial. 9. The number of Justices, or judges, of the Supreme Court has been fixed at nine since 1869. 10. The bald eagle was chosen as the national bird of the United States in 1872.

Unit 7. Federal Court System

Exercise 1. Read and translate the following text. Use the dictionary when necessary. While reading the text: a) pay attention to the prepositions underlined; b) write down the predicates. Organize them in three columns: Present, Past and Future. Determine their times and tenses.