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A SECOND IMPEACHMENT?!

2021-01-09 admin NEWS & EVENTS 0

President Trump
could become
the first president in history
to be impeached twice!

After the Congress was stormed and occupied
by protesters
on January 6^th,
the Democratic Party
is calling on President Trump
to resign from office.

They want to see him gone.

But they cannot
remove him from office
immediately.

So, they are calling for Trump
to be impeached
a second time,
several days before the end
of his term in office.

The Democrats accuse President Trump
of encouraging a revolt
in which five people died.

The impeachment process
may go ahead as early as Monday, January 11^th.

Now, what is impeachment?
And how does it work?

In the US, impeachment
is not necessarily
the removal
of a president
from office.
It is more like a trial.

Three American presidents
have been impeached so far:
Andrew Johnson in 1868,
Bill Clinton in 1998, and
Donald Trump in 2019.

They were impeached
by the lower house
of the American Congress,
the House of Representatives.

But they were acquitted
by the Senate,
the higher house of the American Congress,
so none of them was removed from office.

FILL IN THE BLANKS

President Trump ____________________ the first president in history to be impeached ____________________!

After the Congress was stormed and____________________ by protesters on January 6^th, the Democratic Party is ____________________ President Trump to ____________________from office.

They want to see him ____________________.

But they cannot ____________________him from office ____________________.

So, they are ____________________Trump to be impeached a second time, several days before the end of his____________________in office.

The Democrats ____________________ President Trump of ____________________ a revolt in which five people ____________________.

The impeachment process may ____________________ as early as Monday, January 11^th.

Now, what is impeachment?
And how does it____________________?

In the US, impeachment is not ____________________ the ____________________ of a president from office.

It is more like a ____________________.

Three American presidents have been ____________________ so far: Andrew Johnson in 1868, Bill Clinton in 1998, and Donald Trump in 2019.

They were impeached by the lower ____________________of the American Congress, the House of ____________________.

But they were ____________________ by the Senate, the____________________ house of the American Congress, so ____________________ of them was removed from office.

VOCABULARY

accuse [ə’kjuːz] v. обвинять, предъявлять обвинение to accuse somebody обвинить/ обвинять кого-то

acquit [ə’kwɪt] v. оправдать: They were acquitted by the Senate. Они были оправданы Сенатом.

call for [kɔːl] [fɔː] / [fə] v. призывать к: they are calling for Trump to be impeached они призывают к импичменту Трампа

call on [kɔːl [ɔn] v. взывать к: to call on somebody to do something призывать кого–то сделать что–то

could [kud] m.v. could become возможно, станет / не исключено, что станет

die [daɪ] v. умирать

encourage [ɪn’kʌrɪʤ] / [en’kʌrɪʤ] v. подталкивать к: to encourage a revolt подстрекать к бунту

go ahead [gəu] [ə’hed] v. начинать, начинаться; to go (went – gone)

gone [gɔn] – to see somebody gone: They want to see him gone. Они хотят, чтобы он ушёл.

higher [‘haɪə] высший: The Senate is the higher house of the American Congress. Сенат – верхняя палата Конгресса США.

house [haus] (houses [‘hauzɪz] мн.ч.) дом; палата: The House of Representatives is the lower house of the American Congress. Палата представителей – это нижняя палата Конгресса США.

immediately [ɪ’miːdɪətlɪ] незамедлительно

lower [‘ləuə] нмжний

necessarily [‘nesəs(ə)r(ə)lɪ] / [ˌnesə’ser(ə)lɪ] обязательно, неминуемо

none [nʌn] никто: none of them ни один из них

removal [rɪ’muːv(ə)l] смещение: the removal of a president from office смещение президента с должности