АСТРАХАНСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ

Кафедра “ИЯГЕНО”

Modes of production and economic systems

(Способы производства и экономические системы)

Методическая разработка по закреплению терминологической лексики

для студентов II курса экономических специальностей

Астрахань - 2003

Составители: доцент кафедры “ИЯГЕНО”, к.ф.н. Дроздова Т.В.,

доцент кафедры “ИЯГЕНО” Акифьева Н.С.,

доцент кафедры “ИЯГЕНО” Жигульская Л.М.

Рецензент: доцент кафедры “ИЯГЕНО” Шмойлова Н.Ю.

Методическая разработка утверждена и одобрена на заседании кафедры “ИЯГЕНО”

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Text I modes of production

1. Remember the pronunciation of the following words. Translate them and learn their meanings.

mankind [m@n´kaInd] handicraft(pl. -s)[ ´h@ndIkra:ft]

feudal [´fju:dl] communal [´kOmjun{l]/[k{´mju:n{l]

organisation [,O:g{naI´zeIS({)n] commune(n) [k{´mju:n]

bourgeoisie [,bu:{Zwa:´zI:] subsistence [s{b´sIst{ns]

bourgeois [,bu:{Zwa:] purchase [´p{:tS{s]

acquire [{´kwaI{] ownership [´{un{Sip]

manufactory [,m@nju´f@kt({)rI]

manufacture [,m@nju´f@k tS{]

manufacturer [,m@nju´f@k tS{r{]

manufactured [,m@nju´f@k tS{d]

manufacturing [,m@nju´f@ktS({)rI4]

2. Read and understand the text.

The history of mankind knows the following methods of production: the primitive communal, slave-owning, feudal and commodity production (simple, capitalist or communist).

The primitive communal mode of production was the lowest and historically the first form of organisation of people. Man used objects found in nature and he himself made primitive implements of production. The extremely low level of development of the productive forces determined the corresponding relations of productions which were relations of cooperation based on public ownership of the means of productions and equal distribution of products (i.e. independent of the quality and quantity of labour).

Slowly, however, the productive forces grew. As people acquired production experience, labour productivity increased. This created conditions not only for natural but also for social division of labour (e.g. cattle breeding from crop cultivation). Private ownership came into being. Man learned to produce more than he needed for subsistence. There arose the possibility of exploitation and slave-owners and slaves appeared.

Under the slave-owning mode of production there existed economic exploitation of the slaves who had no rights whatever. Slave-owners possessed both the means of production and the slaves, and also the product they made. For a certain period of time production relations promoted the development of the productive forces, but gradually they came to hinder their development, because production demanded constant improvement of the instruments of production and growth of labour productivity.

The slave-owning mode of production was replaced by feudal one, which is characterised by further development of handicrafts, invention of the first mechanical tools, expansion of trade, growth of towns and advance in agriculture. New productive relations were based on the ownership by feudal lords of the land and other means of production and their incomplete ownership of working people (serfs).

With the development of productive forces the shop of an individual handicraftsman was replaced by the manufactory. By concentrating a large number of workers under one roof the manufactory promoted the further division of labour and sharply raised productivity. A new class - the bourgeoisie (or capitalists) - appeared and with it a new mode of production.

The commodity production is characterised by productive forces based on large-scale machine production. Production relations are based on the private ownership of the means of production. They may belong either to an individual, a group of individuals or even to a state. Products of labour and labour itself acquire the form of commodity and can be sold and purchased.

3. Find the correct translation of words and word combinations.

1. 1) Labour, 2) productive forces, 3) quality, 4) shop, 5) division of labour,

6) mode of production, 7) to promote, 8) production experience, 9) implements of production, 10) to hinder, 11) branch of production, 12) quantity, 13) commodity production, 14) expansion of trade, 15) labour productivity, 16) distribution, 17) method of production, 18) manufactory, 19) owner, 20) large-scale, 21) advance, 22) land.

2. 1) Разделение труда; 2) мешать, препятствовать; 3) фабрика, завод; 4)

производительность труда; 5) способ производства /2 варианта/;

6) качество; 7) товарное производство; 8) улучшение, развитие;

9) а. содействовать, стимулировать; б. продвигать, поощрять;

10) орудия производства; 11) количество; 12) труд; 13) собственник;

14) отрасль производства; 15) производственный опыт; 16) мастерская,

цех; 17) расширение торговли; 18) производительные силы; 19) земля;

20) крупномасштабный; 21) распределение.

4. Read the following words and word combinations and give their Russian

equivalents.

1. public ownership of the means of production; 2) private ownership of

the means of production; 3) to promote the development of smth.; 4) to belong either to an individual or to a state; 5) gradually; 6) for a certain period of time; 7) to come into being.

4. Increase your vocabulary.

A. a) produce (n. v.) - 1. продукция, изделия; 2. результат; 3.

производить, вырабатывать, приносить

(доход)

2. producer (n) - производитель, изготовитель, продуцент

3. product (n) - 1. продукт, продукция, изделие;

2. (мат.) произведение

4. production (n) - 1. производство, изготовление;

2. производительность, выработка;

3. продукция, продукт, изделие

4. productive (adj) - производительный, продуктивный

4. productiveness (n) - производительность, продуктивность

5. productivity (n) - производительность, продуктивность

B. Read and translate the following sentences:

1. In the past English industrial prosperity rested on a few important products, such as textiles, coal and heavy machinery.

2. The Midlands, or the central counties of England, are famous for the production of machinery, coal, motor cars and chemicals.

3. Leeds is a centre of clothing industry producing woolen articles.

4. Things produced on a farm are produce, things produced by industry are products.

5. Britain produces high quality expensive goods, which has always been characteristic of its industry.

6. To make the farmers work more productive scientific methods of farming are employed.

7. In a market economy it is a consumer who decides what is to be produced.

2. Fill in the gaps with the words given below:

Productivity, production, productive, produce (n. v.), products

1. There is also a general feeling that employees who are well looked after by the employer be more ... .

2. ... of iron has increased in the last few months.

3. The market sells a variety of fresh ... .

4. It is characteristic of Britain’s industry ... articles requiring skilled labour.

5. New advanced ... and low prices are good ways to increase sales and profits.

6. Scientific and technological Revolution caused the increase in the ... of labour.

VI. Form nouns from the following verbs:

to organize, to develop, to determine, to relate, to cooperate, to improve, to distribute, to divide, to invent.

VII. Analyse the morphological structure of the following words. State to what

part of speech they belong.

Feudal, capitalist, extremely, implement, ownership, independent, possibility, gradually, sharply, constant, exploitation, agriculture.

8. Check your Grammar.

A. Study these charts:

1. There + to be

there is - имеется, существует

there will be - будет существовать

there were - имелись, существовали

there must be - должно быть, должно существовать

there could be - могло (бы) существовать

there would be - имелось бы, могло бы существовать

there would have been - существовало бы

there being - так как существует

b) There + to appear - появляться

there + to exist - существовать

there + to follow - следовать

there + to occur - иметь место, происходить

there + to result - получаться

there + to remain - оставаться

there + to seem - казаться

there + to take place - иметь место, происходить

There + to be formed - образовываться, получаться

there + to be observed - наблюдаться

there + to be left - оставаться

B. Translate the following sentences:

1. There must be something wrong.

2. There’s nothing wrong, is there?

3. There are plenty of people getting promotion.

4. There is a new point of view on this problem.

5. There still remained much work to do.

6. There existed some other way out.

7. Was there any discussion on the problem?

8. Have there been attempts to make this process more systematic?

9. Did there exist any other way out?

10. Did there appear another form of service?

8. a) Supply prepositions where necessary.