- •2. Build up your vocabulary:
- •3. Find out the words below in the text and detect what word is odd in each of the following sets:
- •4. Work with you partner, compile your own sentences with some of the following words and expressions and then read them to your partner to translate:
- •5. Make up statements matching phrases from column a with phrases from column b. Then translate the acquired sentences:
- •6. Analyze the forms of verb “to be” in the table below and:
- •7. Give short affirmative and negative answers to the following questions according to the model:
- •8. Translate into English:
- •9. Saying numbers in English:
- •Let me introduce myself
- •14. Build up your vocabulary:
- •15. Let’s speak on: a) answer the following questions and be ready to tell your groupmates about yourself:
- •To express your opinion
- •To agree with somebody
- •To disagree with somebody
- •17. Render into English:
- •Unit 2 Modern definitions of economics
- •1. Add these words and expressions to your active vocabulary. They will help you to understand the text ‘Modern definitions of economics’.
- •2. Read and render the text: Modern definitions of economics
- •3. Build up your vocabulary:
- •4. Find the answers to the following questions in the text:
- •5. Find in the text and: a) give Russian equivalent to the following expressions and make up your own sentences with some of them:
- •6. Work with you partner, compile your own sentences with some of the following words and expressions and then read them to your partner to translate:
- •7. Give English equivalents to the following words and expressions from the text:
- •8. Analyze the forms of verb “to have” in the table below:
- •9. Analyze the forms of “there is/are” construction in the table below:
- •10. Ask the questions to the following statements, then answer them according to the models.
- •11. Read the text “My University” and say how many Institutes are there: My University
- •12. Build up your vocabulary:
- •17. Render into English:
- •Unit 3 History review
- •1. Add these words and expressions to your active vocabulary. They will help you to understand the text below.
- •2. Read and render the text; match each part to the headings bellow. Give a title to the text as a whole:
- •3. Find Russian equivalents to the following words and expressions in the text (paragraphs a – d):
- •4. Test yourself, match expressions on the left with their translations on the right:
- •5. Work with you partner, compile your own sentences with some of the following words and expressions and then read them to your partner to translate:
- •6. Find English equivalents to the following words and expressions in the text (paragraphs e – h):
- •7. Read the following terms and explain their meaning in English:
- •8. Review the Structure of English sentence. Analyze the table below:
- •9. Review the structure of the Interrogative sentences. What types of Interrogative sentences do you know?
- •10. Answer the questions. Write the numbers in full:
- •11. Read the text “My working day” and say: How many classes a day does Irina usually have? My working day
- •12. Build up your vocabulary:
- •13. Let’s speak on: Answer the questions below and tell about your usual working day.
- •14. Surf the Internet: An unforgettable weekend in New York
- •16. Render into English:
3. Build up your vocabulary:
1 reflect – отражать
2 wealth of nations – народное богатство, достояние нации
3 branch of the science – отрасль науки
4 statesman – 1) политик, государственный/политический деятель
5 legislator – законодатель; член законодательного органа
6 twofold – двойной; парный, сдвоенный, удвоенный
7 plentiful – изобильный, обильный
8 extend – распространять влияние, расширять сферу влияния
9 implication – вывод; положение
10 subsistence – средства к существованию
11 commonwealth – содружество
12 distinguish – характеризовать, отличать(ся)
13 ‘the dismal science’ – a name for economics coined by Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish essayist and historian (1795-1881)
14 although – хотя, если бы даже; несмотря на то, что
15 original use – первоначальное использование
16 slavery – рабовладение; рабство
17 trace the laws – следовать законам
18 accounting for – принимая во внимание, считаясь с
19 phenomena (pl. от phenomenon) – явления
20 mankind – человечество; человеческий род
21 pursuit – преследование; гонение, погоня
22 widely-cited – повсеместно цитируемый
23 societal – общественный; социальный
24 public services – коммунальные услуги
25 commonly accepted – общепринятый
26 scarce means – ограниченные ресурсы, дефицитные средства
27 alternative – альтернативный
28 scarcity – недостаток, нехватка (чего-л.); редкость
29 subsequent – последующий; являющийся результатом чего-л.
30 abate – уменьшаться, ослабевать, успокаиваться, утихать
31 rational choice – рациональный выбор
32 previously – предварительно, заранее, ранее
33 contributor – жертвователь; спонсор
34 market equilibrium – равновесие рынка
35 relentlessly – безжалостно
36 principles of economics textbooks – точка зрения учебников по экономики
37subject-matter – тема, содержание (книги); предмет (обсуждения)
4. Find the answers to the following questions in the text:
1. What is Adam Smith definition of the science of economy? 2. How does the J.-B. Say’s definition of the science of economy differ from previous ones? 3. What is ‘the dismal science’? Who is its author? 4. What is a context John Stuart Mill defined the economy science in? 5. Who is an author of Principles of Economics? What definition does the author suggest? 6. What is "perhaps the most commonly accepted current definition of the subject"? 7. Why the definition of Lionel Robbins was criticized? 8. Who is Gary Becker? 9. How did Gary Becker describe his approach to economics? 10. Do economists generally agree with all these definitions? What is they argue about?
5. Find in the text and: a) give Russian equivalent to the following expressions and make up your own sentences with some of them:
as not … but rather; as to; as well; commonly linked to; in other fields; in particular; in so far as; in this context; not accounting for; on the one side; on the other side; on the satirical side; rather than; such as.
b) match 12 pairs which have the same meaning:
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