- •Передмова
- •Part I Unit 1. What is Economics?
- •1. Remember the words:
- •2. Read and translate the text:
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •Unit 2. Marketing
- •1. Remember the words:
- •2. Read and translate the text:
- •10. Translate the sentences into English in writing:
- •11. Read the dialogue, role-play it, retell it as a text:
- •Unit 3. Management
- •1. Remember the words:
- •2. Find the equivalents:
- •3. Read and translate the text:
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Explain the word building:
- •6. Give English equivalents:
- •7. Give Ukrainian equivalents:
- •8. Choose the necessary word and fill in the blanks:
- •9. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •10. Translate into English:
- •11. Read the dialogue, role-play it:
- •Unit 4. Company Structure
- •1. Remember the following words:
- •2. Read and translate the text:
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Get the meanings of the names of the different positions in a company:
- •5. Have a look at the organization chart of the company. Speak about the organizational structure of this enterprise answering the following questions:
- •6. Match the jobs with the descriptions below:
- •7. Read the text describing company structure. Then choose the correct answer to the questions:
- •Unit 5. Money and Payment System
- •1. Remember the following words:
- •2. Read and translate the following text:
- •3. Answer the questions to the text:
- •4. Translate into English:
- •5. Finish the sentences:
- •6. Match the expressions with their definitions:
- •7. Read the English proverbs and try to find the Ukrainian equivalents:
- •8. The following are famous sayings about money. Comment on them and answer the questions:
- •9. Translate into English:
- •11. Read the text and be ready to speak about characteristics of money:
- •12. Discuss the following questions:
- •Unit 6. Banks and Banking System
- •1. Remember the following terms:
- •2. Read and translate the text:
- •7. Read the following text: Passing by your Bank
- •8. Read and translate the dialogues:
- •9. Translate the dialogue into English:
- •10. Read the definition of a money idiom. Match the underlined idioms to the explanations:
- •Part II Unit 1. Export and Import Strategy
- •Remember the words:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Study the following definitions. Reproduce them from memory:
- •Find the following words and phrases in the text and translate them into Ukrainian:
- •Find words in the text opposite in meaning to the following:
- •Match the words in column I with their synonyms in column II:
- •Make a proper selection:
- •Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces:
- •Ask questions to fit these answers:
- •Unit 2. International Trade
- •Remember the words:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Match the words in column one with their synonyms in column two:
- •Make a proper selection:
- •Translate into English:
- •Translate the following statements paying attention to economic terms in bold type with different word-building elements:
- •Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces:
- •Read and translate the text. Make up questions: Barriers to International Trade
- •Unit 3. Contract. Clauses of Contract
- •Remember the words:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •Inspection and Test
- •Insurance and Other Conditions
- •Remember the main conditions for contracts:
- •Put the necessary word in the sentences:
- •Translate into English:
- •Unit 4. Advertisement
- •Remember the words:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Useful information:
- •Thinking Marketing
- •Check if you know marketing terms. Fill the gaps in the sentences with the given words:
- •Sally and Don work in the Marketing Department of a food preserves company. Read their dialogue and find English equivalents to the expressions below:
- •There are many ways of attracting customers to your product and keeping your brand name in the public eye. Fill in the gaps with suitable words:
- •Here are some global brands:
- •Read information about different techniques to affect a consumer and persuade him to buy the product: Persuasive Advertising:
- •Read the texts about translations of slogans and brand names, note the problem in each case:
- •Advertisement activity:
- •Translate the following phrases into English:
- •Write a letter of advertising products and services of a firm. Unit 5. Finance
- •I. Remember the words:
- •II. Read and translate the text:
- •III. Answer the questions:
- •IV. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
- •V. Translate into English:
- •VI. Make up your own dialogue using the following expressions:
- •Unit 6. International Finance
- •Remember the words:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
- •Read and dramatize the following dialogue:
- •Make up your own dialogue using the following expressions:
- •Unit 7. Systems of Payment. Letter of Credit.
- •Remember the words:
- •Study the following sentences:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •Answer the questions to the text:
- •Translate the sentences into English:
- •Read the text and make up questions:
- •Unit 8. Foreign Exchange Rates
- •Remember the words:
- •Read and translate the text: Foreign Exchange Rates
- •Find in the text the terms of these determinations:
- •Business Accounting
- •Answer the questions:
- •Give Ukrainian equivalents for:
- •Translate into English:
- •Translate into Ukrainian:
- •Give your viewpoint:
- •Unit 10. Taxation. International Taxation.
- •Remember the words:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Study the following definitions:
- •Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian:
- •Match the words in the column one with their synonyms in column two:
- •Make a proper selection:
- •Write the appropriate word or phrase in the spaces:
- •Ask questions to fit these answers:
- •Unit 11. Going Abroad. Business Trip
- •Study the following words and phrases:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •Dramatize the following dialogues:
- •Read the information and be ready to do a lexical exercise:
- •Imagine that you are buying a ticket from London to Kyiv. Complete the dialogue with a travel agent.
- •Match the words:
- •Complete each sentence 1-8 with an ending a-h:
- •Peter Eliot is welcoming Bob Watson, a visitor from Toronto, Canada. Read the conversation. What question do you think they asked?
- •Complete these conversations. Use the phrases in the box:
- •Complete the air travel announcements. Use the words in the box:
- •Unit 12. At the Firm
- •Remember the following words:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •The boss is calling the office in London
- •Susan to Bob Dale, an office clerk
- •Look at the faxes Bob Dale has sent:
- •The Ukrainian partner is calling
- •Susan and Production Manager
- •Paul is an administrative assistant in an office. How many of these statements are true about his job.
- •Imagine that you’re writing a letter to a client. Write down the words you would write in place of these sentences which were spoken on the phone.
- •Making request, offering to help and asking for permission. Match a line in a with a line in b:
- •How do you manage your time? Match the words with their corresponding definitions.
- •Complete the following questionnaire using words from ex.10. Change the form of the words where necessary.
- •Part III Unit I. Business Letters
- •Remember the terms:
- •II. Read and translate the text:
- •Read the information about business correspondence:
- •Structure of a Business Letter
- •Answer the questions:
- •Here are three extracts from letters that break some rules. Decide what is wrong with each one. Rewrite each extract in your own words.
- •Say in English:
- •Learn the following expressions and explain to your fellow-student how a business letter should be written:
- •Translate into English:
- •Write a letter.
- •Dramatize the dialogues: Dialogue 1
- •Dialogue 2
- •Study the following phrases used to express intention:
- •Unit II Business Meetings
- •Learn the following words and word-combinations:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •Read and dramatize the dialogues:
- •In the Office
- •Complete the four conversations. Use the given phrases.
- •Read the information about forms of address:
- •Choose the best answer.
- •Translate the Ukrainian phrases into English:
- •Complete the dialogue.
- •Introduce the stuff of your company, using phrases:
- •Make your own dialogue using the questions from Exercise IX.
- •Paula is meeting Genry Davidson for the first time. Which of
- •Here are some topics people often talk about in the first five
- •Unit III At the Exhibition. Order.
- •Remember the terms:
- •Read and translate the dialogue:
- •Fill in the blanks with the necessary words:
- •Complete the following sentences:
- •Translate into English:
- •Learn the dialogue by heart:
- •Read the information:
- •Sample Letter of Order
- •Sample Letter of Acknowledgement
- •Translate into English:
- •Translate into Ukrainian:
- •Unit IV a Visit of a Foreign Partner
- •Remember the words and word-combinations:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Translate the sentences into English:
- •Make up sentences using the given words:
- •Choose the right form of the words:
- •Fill in the blanks with the articles if it is necessary:
- •Unit V. Wholesaling and Retailing
- •Remember the terms:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •Fill the gaps in the following sentences with the given words:
- •Translate the following sentences into English using your dictionary:
- •Translate the text from English into Ukrainian and title it:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Work in pairs. The following is a telephone conversation between a client and wholesaler. Memorize the dialogue and make up similar ones.
- •Complete the sentences, using the given words:
- •Unit VI. Consumer Rights
- •Learn the following words:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Read and dramatize the dialogues: Plans for the Future Co-operation
- •Asking for Advice
- •In the Store
- •Making a Complaint
- •Have the consumer rights been violated in the following situations? Which of them would be considered fraud? Explain your answer.
- •Translate the dialogue into English:
- •Read the information about how to develope buying skills:
- •Work in groups. Discuss the following questions.
- •Unit VII. Job Hunting
- •Remember the following words:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •Write down your answers and go over them just before you go into the interview:
- •Read and dramatize the following dialogues:
- •Interview another student:
- •Following is a list of reasons a person may have for leaving or changing a job. Talk about each reason and check the ones you think are acceptable to give to an interviewer:
- •8. Translate the text into English:
- •9.Complete the conversation. Use the given words:
- •Read this text. Translate it into Ukrainian: a Resume
- •Read how to write a resume:
- •Read the sample and make up your own resume.
- •Personal information
- •Education
- •Employment
- •Other information
- •Referees
- •Unit VIII The Cost of Economic Growth. Pollution.
- •Remember the words and word-combinations:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •Fill in the blanks with the necessary words in brackets:
- •Translate into English:
- •Read and dramatize the dialogue “Noise Pollution”:
- •Read and discuss your reaction:
- •Make up your own dialogues using the following word-combinations:
- •Communicative situations:
- •Texts for Additional Reading Ukraine’s Economy
- •The American Economic System: What are its Goals?
- •Some more Information about Marketing
- •Marks & Spencer
- •Things Go Better with Coca-Cola
- •An Interview for a Job
- •An Applicant
- •What is a Company
- •Responsibilities
- •A Brief History of Banknotes
- •Banking in Ukraine
- •Personal Finance
- •Література:
Complete the four conversations. Use the given phrases.
… it was very nice meeting you;
Good to see you again;
…let me introduce you…;
Pleased to meet you;
I look forward to seeing you in Kyiv;
How do you do?
May I introduce myself?
How’s life?
***
Peter: Harry, (1)……… to Julie Foster. Julie, this is Harry Wilson. Harry, this is
Julie Foster.
Julie: Hello. (2)……….
Harry: Pleased to meet you, too.
***
Mr. Shaw: Excuse me, are you Mrs. Price?
Mrs. Price: Yes, that’s right.
Mr. Shaw: (3) ……… I’m Robert Shaw.
Mrs. Price: How do you do?
Mr. Shaw: (4) ……….
***
Joe: Hello, Bob. How are things?
Bob: Fine, thanks, Joe. (5)………
Joe: Nice to see you, too. How’s family?
Bob: They’re all very well. (6) ……..
Joe: Oh, not too bad, but very busy.
***
Tom: I’m afraid I must go now.
Peter: Well, (7)………
Tom: I really enjoyed meeting you too.
Peter: (8)……….
Tom: I do too. See you soon.
Read the information about forms of address:
The most frequently used forms of address are:
Mister (Mr) - to a man e.g. Mr. Smith
Mistress (Mrs) - to a married woman e.g. Mrs. Green
Miss - to unmarried woman e.g. Miss White
Ms [miz] - to a woman not depending on her marital status
Doctor (Dr) a) to a medical doctor
b) to a person with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy or
Doctor of Science (the surname is always included)
e.g. Dr Brown
Sir - to a man | a) to unfamiliar people
Madam - to a woman | b) to clients in a restaurant
| c) to customers
Officer - to a policeman
Father - to a priest
My Lord - to a peer, bishop, a British judge
Professor - to a University teacher at the highest level
Ladies and Gentlemen - as a formal opening of a speech
If you want to know the place of work and living of a person you are talking to you may use such phrases:
- Where are you from? - I’m from Ukraine
- Where’s she from? - She is from Kyiv
- Where’s he from? - He is from Ukrforestry
- What company are you from? - I’m from Forestry Equipment
- What country are you from? - I’m from the USA
Speaking about place of work of a person use the question:
What company (firm) do you work for? - I work for the BBC
Choose the best answer.
When you address a middle-aged man whose name you do not know, you say:
a) Mister; b) Sir; c) Excuse me, please.
2. If it is a woman, you say:
a) Madam; b) Lady; c) Ms; d) Excuse me, please.
3. If you want to address an American tourist (Mrs Jane Hardly) whom you have known for a few days, you say:
a) Madam; b) Mrs Hardly; c) Jane.
4. If you want to address an eminent British scientist (Doctor John Lonsdale), aged 50, you say:
a) Mr Lonsdale; b) Dr Lonsdale; c) Doctor; d) John.
5. If you want to address a visiting English teacher called Helen Parker, aged 25-30 (unmarried), you call her:
a) Helen; b) Miss Helen; c) Miss Parker; d) Miss.