VOCABULARY politics - polityka government - rząd society - społeczeństwo to govern - rządzić queen - królowa left-wing - lewicowy politician - polityk to elect - wybierać (w drodze wyborów) prime minister - premier to run the country - rządzić krajem democracy - demokracja monarchy - monarchia every four years - co cztery lata

LESSON 25
Politics and government

Mr WORD: What sort of government do you have in your country?

Amber : We have a democratic society which is governed* by a Queen and a left-wing party.

Andrew : We have politicians elected. We have a prime minister and ministers and they run the country.
Chiya : I come from Iran which is a republic...

Tristan : Well, in Germany we have an elected government. Germany is a democracy...

Robert : Well, my country is a monarchy but we also have an elected parliament and at the present moment that’s a centre-left-wing parliament.

Kerry : Our government is a democratic government and we elect a new president every four years.

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	Lesson 25

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OBJAŚNIENIA

We have a democratic society which is governed* by a [the] Queen and a left-wing party – this is not correct, the queen rules or reigns but does not govern (and a democratic society as such cannot be governed by a Queen, of course!)

president – to albo prezydent, albo przewodniczący, np.
the French president
the president of the Royal Academy

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