1 Read the text and answer in writing the questions that follow.
2 Translate in writing pharagraphs 2, 7.
3.1. Use the Present Indefinite or Continuous, the Past Indefinite or Continuous, the Future Indefinite or Continuous.
3.2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.
3.3. Write the sentences using the Past Indefinite for one verb in each example and the Past Perfect for the remaining verb.
3.4. Put the verbs into the Present Perfect Continuous.
3.5. Use the Past Perfect Continuous.
LEGAL PROFESSION IN GREAT BRITAIN
The legal profession is one of the most prestigious and well-paid in Britain. England is almost unique in having two different kinds of lawyers, with separate jobs in the legal system. There are two main branches, those of solicitors and barristers. Of these, barristers form the senior branch of the legal profession. (This division of the legal profession is due mainly to historical causes.) Each branch has its own characteristic functions and a separate governing body. This system has been criticized in recent years because of the resulting duplication of services, delay in the legal process and its expense.
Barristers
The senior branch of the legal profession in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is a barrister. There are over 9,000 barristers, who have the right to fight a case in the higher courts (the Crown courts and the High Courts) in England and Wales. Barristers belong to the Bar, which is an ancient legal institution and which is now controlled by the Bar Council. There are also the four legal societies or Inns of Court in London, they are Gray's Inn, Lincoln's Inn, the Middle Temple and the Inner Temple. The four Inns of Court, law colleges, date from the Middle Ages and have maintained their autonomy and privileges, and have been more resistant to attempts at reform than any other British institution. Barristers (professional advocates) have two main functions: first, to give specialised advice on legal matters and, secondly, to act as advocates in the higher courts. Most sections of the general public cannot approach a barrister directly, but must be introduced by a solicitor....
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