The key answer of exercise 5
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4 - Cast your vote for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning
Question
With your partner, discuss what you think the words and phrases in bold in the article mean.
Answer
- allocates → gives or shares
- counterparts → people with the same position in another institution
- federal → federal laws apply to the whole country rather than regional / state law
- petition → a list of signatures supporting or criticising a policy (and wanting a change)
- referendum → a vote on a single subject – it’s a yes / no choice (plural is referenda)
- proportional representation → electoral system where the number of MPs a party gets is in proportion to the number of votes it gets. If you get 10% of the votes, you get 10% of MPs.
- ballot papers → the papers where you mark the party / candidate or choice you want when you vote
- the party line → the policy / opinion that the whole party has decided to support
- lobby → talk to groups to persuade them to support your cause
- consensus → when everyone agrees on the policy / course of action (reach a consensus)