- •Read and translate the text.
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •Put each verb in brackets into the passive in an appropriate tense.
- •Translate the following sentences into English.
- •Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •Write down sentences with the following idioms.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Commentary and Notes to the text.
- •II.Answer the following questions.
- •III. Define the part of speech of the following words and translate them.
- •IV. Translate the words paying attention to their meaning: means, to mean, by means of, by no means, by all means.
- •V.Translate the sentences.
- •VI. Put each word in brackets in appropriate degrees of comparison.
- •VII. Fill in the gaps with “who, whom, whose, what, which”.
- •VIII. Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •IX. Write down sentences with the following idioms.
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •II. Answer the following questions.
- •III.Translate the following word combinations.
- •IV.Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions given below.
- •V. Find the synonyms of the following words in the text.
- •VI. Translate into English.
- •VII. Translate the sentences paying attention to modal verbs and their equivalents.
- •VIII. Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •IX. Write down sentences with the following idioms.
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •Commentary and Notes to the text.
- •II. Answer the following questions.
- •III. Define the part of speech of the following words and translate them.
- •IV. Arrange the jumbled words into the right order.
- •V. Translate the word combinations.
- •Translate the sentences paying attention to Sequence of Tenses.
- •Make the sentences negative.
- •VIII. Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •IX. Write down sentences with the following idioms.
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •Commentary and Notes to the text.
- •II. Answer the following questions.
- •III. Define the part of speech of the following words and translate them.
- •IV. Match the words with their definitions.
- •V. Fill in the gaps with “much” or “many”.
- •VI.Translate the sentences paying attention to Participle II.
- •Market research
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •II. Answer the following questions.
- •III. Translate the word combinations.
- •IV. Fill in the gaps with “little, a little, few, a few”.
- •V. Read the following numerals.
- •VI. Translate sentences with the word “one”.
- •VII. Translate sentences into Russian.
- •VIII. Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •IX. Write down sentences with the following idioms.
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Give the Russian equivalents to the international words.
- •IV. Write down the Russian equivalents.
- •Fill in each blank with a suitable word from the vocabulary of the text.
- •Translate the sentences paying attention to the meaning of the words “some” and “the same”.
- •Translate the sentences paying attention to the Complex Subject.
- •VIII.Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •IX. Write down sentences with the following idioms.
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •Commentary and notes to the text
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Define the part of speech of the following words and translate them.
- •IV. Fill in the gaps with proper prepositions: of, by, with, in, from, to, upon, through.
- •Fill in the gaps with “some, any, no”.
- •VI. Translate sentences paying attention to the word “earn”.
- •VIII.Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •IX. Write down sentences with the following idioms.
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •II. Answer the following questions.
- •III. Translate the word combinations.
- •IV. Open the brackets and put the verbs in proper form.
- •V. Translate sentences with the word “it”.
- •VI. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •VII.Translate the sentences paying attention to the construction “to be going to”.
- •VIII. Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •IX. Write down sentences with the following idioms.
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •II. Answer the following questions.
- •III. Fill in the gaps with the prepositions: to, without, for, in, at, from, with
- •Write down the degrees of comparison of the following adjectives.
- •VI.Translate the sentences paying attention to the Gerund.
- •VII. Make the sentences negative.
- •VIII.Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •IX. Write down sentences with the following idioms.
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •II. Answer the following questions.
- •III. Find in the text synonyms for the following words.
- •V.Translate the following sentences.
- •VI. Give the English equivalents for the following.
- •VII.Write the following sentences in the Past and Future Tenses.
- •VIII.Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •IX. Write down sentences with the following idioms.
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •II. Answer the following questions.
- •III.Define the part of speech of the following words and translate them.
- •IV. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text.
- •Find in the text the English equivalents for the following phrases.
- •Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •VII. Read and translate the sentences with the verb “wonder”.
- •VIII.Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •IX. Write down sentences with the following idioms.
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •II.Answer the following questions.
- •III. Write the following sentences in the Past and Future Tenses.
- •IV. Write down the degrees of comparison of the following adjectives.
- •V.Write the following dates in English.
- •VII. Translate the sentences paying attention to Participle I.
- •VIII.Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •IX. Write down sentences with the following idioms.
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •II. Answer the following questions.
- •III.Translate the word combinations.
- •IV.Translate the following sentences.
- •VI. Write and read the following numerals in English.
- •VII.Translate the sentences paying attention to the Passive Infinitive.
- •VIII.Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •IX.Write down sentences with the following idioms.
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •Innovation
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •II.Answer the following questions.
- •III. Define the part of speech of the following words and translate them.
- •IV.Translate the conditional sentences.
- •V. Chose the correct active or passive form of the verb.
- •VII.Translate the sentences paying attention to the Subjunctive Mood.
- •Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •IX. Write down sentences with the following idioms.
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •II.Answer the following questions.
- •III.Choose the antonyms of the following words.
- •IV.Translate into English.
- •V.Translate the following sentences paying attention to the Infinitive.
- •VI. Translate the following sentences.
- •Transport
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •II.Answer the following questions.
- •III. Define the part of speech.
- •IV.Translate the following word combinations.
- •V. Translate sentences with the word “it”.
- •VI.Complete the Tag questions.
- •VII.Complete the following sentences by putting the verbs into the Present Perfect or Past Simple.
- •VIII.Write down the forms of the irregular verbs.
- •IX. Write down sentences with the following idioms.
Commentary and Notes to the text.
1. revenue ['rev(ə)njuː] доход; выручка
2. entrepreneur [ˌɑːntrəprə'nɜː] бизнесмен, предприниматель
3. in possession of [pə'zeʃ(ə)n] обладающий
4. compare with [kəm'peə] сравнивать, сличать
5. franchise ['frænʧaɪz] ) франшиза (на использование торговой марки) ; коммерческая концессия; привилегия, льгота
6. output ['autput] продукция; выпуск изделий
7. occur [ə'kɜː] происходить, случаться, совершаться
8. intractable [ɪn'træktəbl] трудный для решения, нелегко поддающийся решению
9. fear [fɪə] бояться, пугать, внушать страх
10. inhibit [ɪn'hɪbɪt] задерживать, сдерживать, препятствовать
11. delegate ['delɪgeɪt] уполномочивать; передавать полномочия; поручать
12. the going rate текущий курс/ставка
13. preoccupation [prɪˌɔkjə'peɪʃ(ə)n] озабоченность
14. avoid [ə'vɔɪd] избегать, отменять
15. damage['dæmɪʤ] портить, причинять ущерб, убыток
16. adjust [ə'ʤʌst] приводить в порядок; приспосабливаться, привыкать; регулировать; выверять, настраивать
17. affix [ə'fɪks] прикреплять (to, on, upon)
18. drop [drɔp] снижать, понижать, уменьшать
19. suspicious [sə'spɪʃəs]подозрительный, недоверчивый
20. value ['væljuː] ценность, стоимость
II. Answer the following questions.
1. Should the monopolist compare the costs of production with the revenues from production?
2. Is this calculation made by comparing the marginal cost of additional output with the marginal revenue of additional sales?
3. Why do the entrepreneurs fear to set the price too high?
4. Is low price a good way of using a marketing tool?
5. Is it difficult to adjust price upwards once your product or service and its price have become known?
6. Dropping a price is much easier, isn’t it?
7. Why are customers often very suspicious of new products or new services offered at a price lower than those of existing products?
III. Define the part of speech of the following words and translate them.
to inhibit, inhibition, inhibited, inhibitive, inhibiter.
to adjust, adjuster, adjustment, adjusting, adjusted.
to possess, possession, possessor, possessive.
IV. Arrange the jumbled words into the right order.
1. Need, with, of, the revenues, we, from, production, the costs, to compare.
2. Should, entrepreneurs, for, set, the price, new, their, or, product, service.
3. Others, slightly, price, simply, set, their , below, the market price.
4. Simply, their, the job, many, accountant, entrepreneurs, delegate, to.
5. Are, very, customers, often, suspicious, of, products, new, offered, at, a price, low.
V. Translate the word combinations.
1) To be suspicious of new products; 2) set the price; 3) services offered at a low price; 4) affix price to your product or service; 5) revenues from production; 6) affix price to your product or service; 7) dropping a price; 8) going-rate pricing.
Translate the sentences paying attention to Sequence of Tenses.
The exporters informed the buyers that they were making arrangement for the shipment of the goods.
The representative of the company said that he wanted to maximize its profits.
The sellers pointed out that the goods had been sold on time.
The buyers stated in their enquiry that they had been importing timber since1950.
The manager wrote that he required ten more machines.
The manufacturer agreed that the goods would be packed in wooden boxes.
The entrepreneur said he would visit the meeting if he had enough time.
The director hoped the contract would be a success.