- •Money Makes the World Go Round unit 1
- •Money, money, money…
- •In the rich man's world
- •If I had a little money, it's a rich man's world
- •Find English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations.
- •Insert prepositions where it is necessary.
- •Explain the meaning of underlined words and word-combinations.
- •Translate from Russian into English.
- •3.2 Which of these jobs would you like to take? Back up your choice.
- •Unit 2 Does money make people happy?
- •1.2Now insert suitable words from the list into the gaps.
- •1.2 A lot of people dream of becoming a millionaires and having money to burn. Are you one of them? Answer the questions.
- •3.1 Look at the chart below. Do you think these are good or bad suggestions for people who win a lot of money. Write your opinion in the chart.
- •3.3 Complete the article with the phrases below.
- •Find English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations.
- •Explain the meaning of the underlined words and expressions.
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Translate into English.
- •3.4 Answer the questions:
- •3.5 Comment upon the following proverbs.
- •Unit 3 unemployment
- •1.1 Study the verbs that the word “money” is often combined and use them to complete the sentences below.
- •Which of the actions denoted by the verbs mentioned above are often performed by unemployed people?
- •Study the graph and say which European countries are affected most of all by unemployment. People from what age groups are most likely to face unemployment? What makes you think so?
- •2.1 Scan the article and make up a list of the problems it deals with. Living on the dole
- •Find English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations.
- •Explain the meaning of the underlined parts of the sentences.
- •Translate into English.
- •2.2 Answer the questions.
- •2.3 Divide the texts into logical parts. Think of possible titles for each part.
- •2.4 Think about Russian young people. Can the following statements be applied to them.
- •Vocabulary List
- •3.1Listen to the text for the first time and be ready to match the words with their meanings.
- •Listen to the text once again and try to complete the following ideas.
- •3.3 Now please say which one of these unusual jobs is not a real one?
- •3.4 Sum up all the information about unemployment among young people in gb and make a report on this issue.
- •Unit 4 Consumer Society
- •Have you ever heard about shopaholics and compulsive shopping?
- •Complete the list of recommendations for those who can’t control themselves in shops.
- •Find English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations.
- •Fill in the gaps with correct prepositions where necessary.
- •Restore the missing parts of the sentences.
- •Translate the following sentences into English.
- •2.2 Mark the following sentences as true or false.
- •2.3Answer the questions.
- •2.4 Express your own opinion about the following issues.
Find English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations.
Огромное богатство, покупать предметы первой необходимости, процветающее общество, чувствовать себя истощенным, бытовые приборы (сберегающие труд приборы), перенаселенный, обеспокоенный по поводу будущих поколений, благотворный, лишение, быть в обращении ( о деньгах), обрушаться ( терпеть крах), производители, розничные торговцы, тупиковая ситуация, чудо, хроническая жажда (сильное желание чего-либо), насыщать, беженцы, голодающие, обслуживать долг, выплатить долг, выплачивать процент, получать прибыль, быть осведомленным, в сущности являющимся, создавать горы отходов, невнимательный к чему-либо, быть полностью лишенным чего-либо, не замечающий чего-либо.
Fill in the gaps with correct prepositions where necessary.
To live day … day, to live … a daily basis, to benefit … advantages, to hassle … the latest electronic garget, to feel optimistic … the future, to be concerned … future generations, to go out … business, to go … stalemate, a sense of need … things, to need … money, to choose … sixty different kinds, a chronic yearning … more, to manufacture a range … food, to appeal … losers, to make vast profits … third world debt, to become aware … the results of one’s actions, to create mountains … waste, to be mindless … the fact, to be devoid … taste, to insist … one’s right, to be oblivious … the impact of one’s own behavior, not to know what to do … it.
Restore the missing parts of the sentences.
Most people aren’t _____________ in “the economy”.
The economy is where the rest of us live on ___________, earning _________, paying _________, and purchasing ____________.
We are supposed to be benefiting from ________________.
The kids are always ________________.
The term “economic expansion” suggests something ______________.
More spending merely feeds ____________, which is based on ____________.
Unless money keeps circulating, the economy _________.
We don’t need the things the economy produces as much as the economy___________.
In economics, there is no concept of enough, just _______________. It is just a hunger that __________.
Charity appeals for the losers in the ecstasy of consumption – _______________.
Western banks ___________ from third world debt.
We need to become far more ________________.
The evil of the consumption culture is the way it makes us _______________.
Translate the following sentences into English.
Люди, живущие за чертой бедности (below the poverty line) покупают лишь предметы первой необходимости.
Те, кто живут в перенаселенных городах, испытывают хроническое желание насладиться тишиной и спокойствием (piece and serenity) сельской местности.
Современное общество производит и потребляет бесчисленное множество товаров, создает кучу отходов. Хотя в то же время среди нас есть социально и финансово неблагополучные люди (socially and financially disadvantaged) – бездомные, голодающие, беженцы.
Вся экономика рухнет, если деньги перестанут циркулировать.
Несмотря на то, что мы живем в процветающем обществе, пользуемся облегчающими жизнь бытовыми приборами и электронными устройствами, мы часто чувствуем себя истощенными и напряженными.
Производители товаров озабочены только прибылью, которую они получают и совершенно не беспокоятся о последствии своих действий.
Трудно выплачивать долг банку. Приходится каждый месяц выплачивать проценты.
Когда мы выбираем продукты в супермаркете, мы, как правило, не обращаем внимание на тот факт, что некоторые из них лишены натурального вкуса.
