5. Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих русских словосочетаний.

1. определяет экономическую ситуацию

2. максимально приближают цены на товары к их себестоимости

3. производят товары и услуги в надежде получить прибыль

4. взаимодействие спроса и предложения

5. контролирует цены и доходы

6. предполагала создание и разработку новых источников

7. высокий уровень занятости

8. удовлетворять растущие потребности населения

9. комплекс мер в масштабе государства

10. которые обеспечивают компаниям их наиболее выгодное использование.

6. Определите, правдивы ли следующие высказывания.

1. The growing wants of people were the main reason for the development of economy.

2. The production of goods and services dictated the necessity of creating new approaches to the utilizing resources.

3. Businesspersons of the countries with a planned economy take active part in defining economic policy of the state.

4. Government and executives have relative parts in economic activities of the market-oriented states.

5. If demand exceeds supply the price tends to go down and when supply exceeds demand the price tends to increase.

6. Price mechanism defines how much the goods will cost.

7. Competition serves the improving of goods quality and the search for new ways of satisfaction customers’ needs.

7. Переведите следующие слова с противоположным значением. Объясните их значение.

Free-market and planned economy, buyers and sellers, demand and supply, output and input, producers and suppliers, income and losses.

8. Расставьте слова (1-7) в предложения (a-g).

1. competitive	a. _______ is a fundamental economic concept that describes the total amount of specific goods or services that is available to consumers.
2. supply	b.________ supposes desirable and measurable outcome or result from an action, investment, project, resource, or technology.
3. pricing	c. _______ is the use of government revenue collection (mainly taxes) and expenditure (spending) to influence the economy.
4. demand	d. An economist would say that a market is perfectly _______when firms price their output at marginal cost and costs are minimized by internal efficiency.
5. benefit	e. ________describes the actions of someone who shows some initiative by taking a risk by setting up, investing in and running a business.
6. fiscal policy	f._______ is an economic term that describes a consumer's desire and willingness to pay a price for specific goods or services.
7. enterprise	g.________ is the act of setting a value on a product that the buyer pays for the product or service afterwards.

9. Работа в парах. Обсудите следующие вопросы.

1. Advantages and disadvantages of a free-market economy.

2. Advantages and disadvantages of a planned economy.

3. The economy of our country. Is it free-market or planned? And why?

4. Name some businesses or organizations owned by the government.

5. Name some businesses or organizations owned by private individuals or groups of

people.