Пояснения к тексту

1) to follow rules – следовать правилам;

2) phenomenon – событие, явление.

1. Ответьте на следующие вопросы к тексту.

1. What problems are economists interested in?

2. What are the three main approaches to economics?

3. What specialized areas of economics do you know?

4. Why do economists use economic models?

5. Why is it not possible to include all the details in a model?

6. What does a model usually include?

7. Which of the models does an economist always choose?

1. Why is it necessary for an economist to collect and study actual data?

2. Заполните пропуски, используя слова под чертой (слова даны в нужной форме):

1. Trade ... well in this area.

2. It is necessary to have correct ... to make a correct decision.

3. He does not have ... money to ... a car.

1. Economists study the ... between prices of different goods in the ... .

4. The economist industrial economics.

2. The growth of industry and agriculture ... the life of all the people in the country.

Affects, data, relationship, market, develops, is interested in, enough, buy.

3. Переведите следующие словосочетания, образованные по схеме «существительное + существительное»:

Образец: market analysis – анализ рынка

Labour economics, labour market study, goods and services prices, growth economics problems, economic situation details, consumer behaviour, future prediction, growth mechanism, agriculture and manufacturing relationship, mineral resources prices, agricultural product price growth, area development, trade growth prediction.

4. Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы в нужной форме.

1. Economists (to study) situations from real life by means of economic models.

2. Economists (to be) interested in relationship between prices for goods and buyers' behaviour.

3. The buyer (to choose) goods for which he (to have) enough money.

4. He (not/ to follow) our recommendations.

5. The manager (to make) decisions only after careful analysis of all the data.

6. She always (to buy) a lot of clothes.

7. The data (not/ to be) necessary now.

8. The prices for fuel (to be) very high.

9. A consumer (to be) a person who (to buy) goods and services.

10. There (to be) several mining areas in this country.

5. Соедините части предложений а и в и переведите предложения на русский язык:

А.

1. Resources and labour are necessary

2. It is necessary to know marketing

3. It is not enough to study economic theory

4. Like other sciences, economics uses models

5. To buy goods and services it is necessary for a consumer

6. It is not always possible to predict

7. To have enough money for his

8. Development of trade

В.

1. is essential for economic growth of a country.

2. the results of every phenomenon.

3. to produce goods.

4. to sell goods and services well.

5. to have enough money.

6. to be a good economist.

7. family he works a lot.

8. to analyze real life situations.