- •Рецензенты:
- •Unit 1. Accounting and financial statements
- •1. Match the terms with the definitions.
- •2. T 1 Listen to Sarah Brandston, an accountant in New York, talking about bookkeeping and tax accounting. Then answer the following questions.
- •4. Insert the words in the box in 3 in the gaps in the text. Accounting and financial statements
- •Vocabulary
- •5. Complete the following sentences.
- •6. Answer the following questions.
- •8. Speak on accounting and financial statements. Unit 2. Banking
- •1. Match these terms with the definitions below.
- •2. Discuss the questions.
- •Types of Bank
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Find the words or expressions in the text which mean the following.
- •4. Match the verbs and nouns below to make common collocations from the text.
- •6. Speak on types of bank. Unit 3. Stocks and shares
- •1. Discussion.
- •2. Read the following text and answer the questions.
- •Companies
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Write questions that could produce the following answers.
- •4. Find the words in the text which mean the following.
- •6. Match the following words and definitions.
- •7. There is a logical connection among three of the four words in each of the following groups. Which is the odd one out, and why?
- •8. Speak on companies. Unit 4. Bonds
- •1. In Tom Wolfe's novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Sherman McCoy is a bond dealer in New York. One weekend his six-year-old daughter comes up with a question.
- •2. Can you explain what bonds are - to an adult rather than a six-year-old? If not, listen to Richard Mahoney, a Vice-President with j.P. Morgan and Co. In New York.
- •3. Match the words and phrases.
- •4. Discuss the following questions.
- •5. Read the text below and answer the following questions.
- •Vocabulary
- •6. In each case, which of the three statements is true?
- •7. Match the expressions with the definitions.
- •8. T 3 Listen to Richard Mahoney again, defining three different types of bonds. After listening to the definitions, try to work out:
- •9. Speak on bonds. Unit 5. Futures and derivatives
- •1. Match the words with the definitions.
- •2. Select ten or eleven of the following words that you would expect to find in a text about futures and options.
- •3. Read the text, and see if you find the words you selected. Futures, options and swaps
- •Vocabulary
- •4. Complete the following sentences.
- •5. Find words in the text that are in an obvious sense the opposite of the terms below.
- •7. T 5 Read the following extract from the talk while listening to the second part, and then match up the expressions in italics with the definitions or synonyms below.
- •8. T 6 Listen to the third part of the talk and answer these questions.
- •9. Discuss the questions.
- •Unit 6. Market structure and competition
- •Market leaders, challengers and followers
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Find words in the text which mean the following.
- •4. Match up these words with the definitions below.
- •5. Classify the following markets according to whether you think they are example of the following.
- •6. Speak on market leaders, challengers and followers. Unit 7. Takeovers, mergers and buyouts
- •1. Match up these words with the definitions below.
- •2. You will hear Max Pocock, a director of the international corporation Leica, talking about how it was formed.
- •3. T 8 Listen to the second part of the interview and answer the following questions.
- •4. Read the following text and underline the arguments in favour of leveraged buyouts. Leveraged buyouts
- •Vocabulary
- •7. Speak on leveraged buyouts. Contents
- •Коваль Оксана Ивановна
Vocabulary
balance |
баланс |
bank account |
банковский счет |
bank transfer |
банковский перевод |
base rate or prime rate |
базовая ставка |
blue chip |
"голубая фишка" (так называют первоклассные акции, риск снижения доходов по которым минимален) |
bonus |
бонус |
borrow |
заимствовать |
cash dispenser or ATM |
банкомат |
cash card |
банковская карта |
central bank |
центральный банк |
cheque (GB) or check (US) |
банковский чек |
collateral |
гарантия, поручительство |
commercial or retail bank |
коммерческий или розничный банк |
commission |
комиссия |
conglomerate |
конгломерат |
credit card |
кредитная карта |
credit standing or credit rating or creditworthiness |
кредитоспособность |
current account (GB) or checking account (US) |
текущий счет |
deposit |
депозит |
deposit account (GB) or time or notice account (US) |
депозитный счет |
direct debit or standing order |
прямой дебет |
discount rate |
учетная ставка |
Eurocurrency |
евровалюта |
fee |
плата |
financial markets |
финансовые рынки |
foreign currency |
иностранная валюта |
funds |
средства |
interest rate |
процентная ставка |
international trade |
международная торговля |
investment |
инвестиции |
investment bank |
инвестиционный банк |
issue |
выпуск |
lend |
одалживать |
liquidity |
ликвидность |
loan |
заем |
maturity |
срок долгового обязательства |
merchant bank |
торговый банк |
merger |
слияние |
mortgage |
ипотека |
overdraft |
овердрафт |
portfolio |
портфель ценных бумаг |
profit |
прибыль |
property |
имущество |
risk |
риск |
securities |
ценные бумаги |
share |
акция; доля, пай |
solvency |
платежеспособность |
spread or margin |
спред, маржа (разница между ценами, курсами, издержками и т. п.) |
stockbroking |
операции с фондовыми ценностями |
takeovers |
поглощение компаний, слияние компаний |
underwrite |
страховать |
universal bank |
универсальный банк |
withdraw |
изымать |
yield |
доходность |