- •Demand and Supply
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I. Translate from Russian into English
- •II. Match the words in English with their Russian equivalents
- •III. True or False?
- •IV. Complete the table.
- •V. Fill in the blanks with the words in the frame.
- •VI. Choose the correct answer.
- •VII. Read the text below and translate it into Russian.
- •VIII. Translate from Russian into English.
- •IX. Discussion Questions.
- •Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I. Match the words from the text with their corresponding definitions.
- •II. Choose the correct alternative to complete each sentence.
- •III. Fill in the spaces with the words below:
- •IV. Read the text below. Choose the best alternative from the box to fill in each of the gaps.
- •V. Which of the following statements are the concern of microeconomics and which of macroeconomics?
- •VI. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Unemployment
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I. Find in the text English equivalents for the following:
- •II. Consult the dictionary and give Russian equivalents for the followin:
- •III. Find words or expressions in the text which correspond to the following definitions:
- •IV. True or false?
- •V. Fill in the gaps with the words from the frame.
- •VI. Choose the correct answer.
- •VII. Translate into English
- •VIII. Discussion Questions
Vocabulary notes
congestion перенаселённость
an individual household отдельное домашнее хозяйство
to aggregate собирать в одно целое, обобщать
the relative output относительный объём производства
general equilibrium theory теория общего равновесия
indirectly induced effects воздействие, вызванное косвенными
причинами
partial analysis частичный (неполный) анализ
consumption потребление
the breakdown of consumer goods классификация (подразделение)
товаров потребления
a single bundle отдельная единица, величина (досл.
набор)
Tasks
I. Match the words from the text with their corresponding definitions.
1) microeconomics a) to attend to a problem,
task, etc.; to manage
2) macroeconomics b) to make sth. easy to do or
understand; to make sth simple
3) to deal with sth. c) a result or an outcome
4) to aggregate d) the study of economic
factors affecting individual
consumers and companies
5) output e) to combine separate items,
sets of data, etc. into a
single group or total
6) consumption f) the using up of food, energy,
resources, etc.
7) treatment g) not obviously aimed at; caused
by or resulting from sth
8) indirect h) the study of economic
factors on a large scale,
e.g. national economies
9) effect i) the process or manner of a
person behaving
towards or dealing with a person or thing
10) to simplify j) the amount of sth. that a person,
a machine or an organization produces
