5.Задание 5

5.1.Прочитайте текст.

5.2.Перепишите и переведите письменно 1-й, 2-й и 3-й абзацы текста на русский язык.

5.3.Перепишите вопросы к тексту и ответьте письменно на них:

1. How did most Canadians earn a living in colonial times?

2. What are the main economic activities in Canada?

3. What is the Canadian economy based on?

4. What services do national and provincial governments provide?

5. What countries have large investments in Canada?

6. When did a free trade agreement with the United States go into effect?

7. How does Canada use huge quantities of energy?

CANADA

Economy

(1) In colonial times, most Canadians earned a living by farming, fishing, logging, or fur trapping. Today, these industries still serve the needs of Canada's people and produce valuable exports. But the main economic activities in Canada are service industries and manufacturing. Canada's gross national product (GNP)--the total value of all goods and services produced--is among the top 10 in the world.

(2) The Canadian economy is based on private enterprise. But the national and provincial governments play an active role in many economic activities. For example, they provide free health services to all Canadians. The federal and provincial governments also own broadcasting companies, transportation firms, and utilities. They have entered such fields as resource development and the financing of homebuilding and steel making.

(3) Foreign investment and ownership--especially from the United States--have a major influence on Canada's economy. Great Britain, Germany, and Japan also have large investments in Canada. A free trade agreement with the United States went into effect in 1989. The agreement called for the elimination of all tariffs (taxes on imports) between the two countries by 1999.

(4) Canada uses energy at a high rate per person. This rate results largely from the huge quantities needed for certain uses. These uses include providing heat in the severe winters, transportation between distant regions of the country, and processing natural resources. Canada has vast energy resources, but conservation of these resources is essential.

(5) Canada is a leading country in electric power production. Hydroelectric plants supply about 65 per cent of the electricity produced in Canada. Quebec is the leading hydroelectric power producer. Nuclear plants and plants that burn coal each supply about 15 per cent of Canada's electricity.

Words:

earn a living - зарабатывать на жизнь

logging – рубка леса

fur trapping – установка капканов на пушного зверя

manufacturing – производство

gross national product – валовой внутренний продукт

enterprise – предприятие

health services – услуги здравоохранения

investments – инвестиции

agreement – соглашение

taxes on import – налоги на импорт

processing – переработка

nuclear plants – атомные станции

5. 4. Перепишите следующие слова и выражения и напишите их русские эквиваленты:

earn a living, logging, service industries, manufacturing, gross national product, private enterprise, national government, play an active role, broadcasting companies, transportation firms, steel making, foreign investment, ownership, agreement, taxes on imports, huge quantities, energy resources, nuclear plants.

5.5. Закончите предложения, используя предлагаемые варианты:

1. In colonial times, most Canadians earned a living by

1. farming, fishing, logging, or fur trapping.

2. farming an fur trapping.

3. farming and logging.

2. The main economic activities in Canada are …

a) services and agriculture.

1. service industries and manufacturing.

2. manufacturing and agriculture.

1. Foreign investment and ownership--especially from the United States--have …

a) no influence on Canada’s economy.

b) little influence on Canada’s economy.

3. a major influence on Canada's economy.

5.6. Перескажите текст.