The Speaker acts as Chairman (1)___ debates, and sees to it that the rules
laid (2)___ by the House for the carrying on of its business are (3)___. It is the
Speaker (4)___ selects (or calls) Members to speak. He or she acts (5)___ the
House’s representative in its corporate relations (6)___ outside bodies and the
(7)___ elements of Parliament, the House of Lords and the Crown. The (8)___
is also responsible for protecting the (9)___ of minorities in the House.
It is obviously essential (10)___ debates should be conducted (11)___ an
orderly way, and unlikely that the course of debate would flow smoothly
(12) ___ there were not some way of regulating who was to speak. The selection
of those who (13)___ to speak is therefore a (14)___important one for the
Chair, and one, which has to be handled (15)___ tact and discretion. In a debate,
official spokesmen or women for Government and Opposition must take
(16)___, as well possibly as (17)___ for the minor parties, those Members
with constituency interests, those who specialise (18)___ the subject under
discussion and (19)___ simply with a general interest. The (20)___, therefore,
has to balance all these requirements when working out who should (21)___
called.
time, there was a great storm. The ship broke to pieces and only six people got into a small boat. The men were
tired and couldn’t find water. Soon the boat turned over and the men were in the water. Five of them were drowned.
But Gulliver swam well, and when he saw the shore, he swam to it. He got out of the water and slept on the shore
for many hours. When Gulliver woke up, he found that he was in a country where very, very small people lived. The name of the country was Lilliput. The little people were afraid of the Man — Mountain, as they named Gulliver. When they saw that Gulliver was a kind man, they let him go free. Gulliver lived in the
country for two years and then came back to England.