IV. Match the antonyms:

natural, fertile fields, unlimited resources, indefinitely, limited resources, inside, artificial, production, immigration, inability, to destroy, unemployment, definitely, ability, to create, employment, to satisfy, emmigration, consumption, income, deserts, outside, scarcity, to dissatisfy, abundance, expenses.

V. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:

1. Natural resources are not created ... human efforts. 2. They are the things provided ... nature that go ... the creation ... goods and services. 3. Land is not only land itself, but also what lies ... the land, what grows naturally ... top ... the land, what is ... the land ... the seas and oceans and ... the seas and oceans. 4. Economists tend to think ... land as being fixed or ... limited supply. 5. Unlike ... land, labour is a resource that may vary ... size ... time. 6. Labour is the human input ... the production process.

VI. Complete the following sentences:

1. The reason people cannot satisfy all their wants and needs is ... . 2. Factors of production are called ... . 3. They provide ... . 4. As an economic term land means ... . 5. Land is not only land itself ... . 6. It includes ... . 7. The second factor of production is ... . 8. Unlike land, labour is ... . 9. Historically, factors such as ... . 10. Labour may be ... . 11. The price paid for the use of labour is called ... . 12. Wages represent ... . 13. Land and labour are often called ... .

VII. Answer the following questions:

1. What is the reason people cannot satisfy all their wants and needs? 2. What is called factors of production? 3. What do they provide? 4. What does land mean as an economic term? 5. What do natural resources include? 6. What do economists think of land? 7. What is the second factor of production? 8. What is labour in economics? 9. What is the difference between the terms land and labour? 10. What has had a dramatic impact on both the quantity and quality of labour? 11. What is called wages? 12. Land and labour are often called primary factors of production, aren’t they?

VIII. Translate into English:

1. Є чотири фактори виробництва: земля, праця, капiтал і підпри­ємництво. 2. Як економiчний термiн земля означає дари природи або природнi ресурси, не створенi людськими зусиллями. 3. Вона включає родючi поля, лiси, пустелi, кориснi копалини, сонячне свiтло, опади та клiмат, необхiдний для вирощування культур. 4. Праця — це люди зі своїми здiбностями та зусиллями, необхiдними для виробництва то­варiв та послуг. 5. Iсторично такi фактори, як зростання кількості насе­лення, iмiграцiя, голод, вiйни та хвороби мали вирiшальний вплив як на кiлькiсть, так i на якicть працi. 6. Землю і працю часто називають пер­винними факторами виробництва.

Reading drills

1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:

a) stress the first syllable:

capital, factory, durable, input, output, textile, money, presence, process, profit, firm, innovative, effort, item, suffer, loss;

b) stress the second syllable:

equipment, produce, production, economy, create, assemble, distinguish, financial, unique, construction, require, employ, successful, return, reward;

c) stress the third syllable:

education, educating, managerial;

d) stress the fourth syllable:

organizational, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship.

Text B

The third factor of production is capital — the tools, equipment and factories used in production of goods and services. It is a produced factor of production, a durable input which is itself an output¹ of the economy. For example, we build a textile factory and use it to produce shirts, or assemble a computer and then employ it in educating students.

As noted earlier, such items are also called capital goods². This is to distinguish them from financial capital³, the money used to buy the tools and equipment used in production.

Capital is unique in that, it is the result of production. A bulldozer may be an example of capital goods used in construction. At the same time⁴, it was manufactured in a factory which makes it the result of earlier production.

When the three inputs⁵ — land, labour and capital — are present, production or the process of creating goods and services, can take place. Even the production of the service called education requires the presence of land, labour and capital.

Entrepreneurship, the managerial or organizational skills⁶ needed by most firms to produce goods and services, is the fourth factor of production. The entrepreneur brings together the other three factors of production — land, labour and capital. When they are successful, entrepreneurs earn profits⁷, the return or reward⁸ for the risks, innovative ideas and efforts put into the business. When they are not successful, they suffer losses⁹.