- •Unit 1 free enterprise system
- •Active Vocabulary
- •1 Translate the following combinations into Russian.
- •2 Translate into English using the expressions from the previous task.
- •3 Study the new words and make your own sentences with them.
- •4Translate into English using the expressions from the previous tasks.
- •5 How would you serve your customer?
- •Social and business skills Breaking the ice
- •3 Write the letters of the phrases in the appropriate place.
- •Introductory questions Being more specific Asking for an opinion
- •4 Match the conversational exchanges.
- •Reading
- •I The Pillars of Free Enterprise
- •1 What are the “pillars” of American economic system?
- •2 What does the right to private property give the owners of natural resources and capital? Why?
- •Free Enterprise: the Theory and the Reality
- •1What is the essence of the term “laissez faire”?
- •2 What are the three levels of American government?
- •3 In what cases does the government show its power?
- •1 What is the role of prices in American economic system?
- •2 Why is American economic system called price-directed system?
- •3 What are the fundamental questions that price system provides the answers to?
- •1 What does competition refer to?
- •Active vocabulary
- •1 Translate the following combinations into Russian.
- •2 Translate into English using the expressions from the previous task.
- •3 Study the new words and make your own sentences with them.
- •4 Fill in each blank with a suitable word.
- •5 Translate into English using the expressions from the previous tasks.
- •6 Answer the questions.
- •Social and business skills Arrangements
- •1 Read the extract and answer these questions.
- •3 You will hear an imaginary alternative version of the conversation in the book. Listen and compare your choices.
- •5 Match the sentences with the headings.
- •6 Food and drink. Match the two parts of the conversational exchange.
- •Reading
- •I Forms of business organization
- •Unit 3 how to start your own business
- •Active Vocabulary
- •1 Translate the following combinations into Russian.
- •2 Translate into English using the expressions from the previous task.
- •3 Study the new words and make your own sentences with them.
- •4 Translate into English using the expressions from the previous tasks.
- •5 Answer the questions.
- •Social and business skills Making a proposal
- •1 Make a summary of the script.
- •2 Look at the script again and notice how the meeting is structured. In which order do these stages occur?
- •3 Here us some of the language you can use for each of those four stages.
- •Refusing and accepting
- •2 Underline the phrases that he uses to refuse the offer.
- •II Becoming an entrepreneur
- •III Risks and benefits of starting a new business
- •Unit 4 financial institutions
- •Active Vocabulary
- •1 Translate the following combinations into Russian.
- •2 Translate into English using the expressions from the previous task.
- •3 Study the new words and make your own sentences with them.
- •4 Translate into English using the expressions from the previous tasks.
- •5 Match the notion and its definition.
- •6 Define the meaning of the words highlighted in the text.
- •1 Discuss these points.
- •2 Look at the three solutions offered by Patrick Ellis and underline the eight conditional sentences that are used. Which of these sentences describe hypothetical situations?
- •3 Listen and fill in the blank spaces with the correct forms of the verbs.
- •Reading
- •I Functions of a Central Bank
- •II Other Bank Services
- •III Consumer credit
1 Translate the following combinations into Russian.
The type of proprietorship
to take all profit
paying income taxes
direct personal interest
the efficiency of the enterprise
strict limitation
to acquire capital
the ability for expansion
carrying on business
to share responsibility
to get tax benefits
to be represented by stock certificates
to attract financial resources
to invest a large amount of capital
to offer high salaries
to issue stock certificates
to share responsibilities for decision making
2 Translate into English using the expressions from the previous task.
Крупный недостаток
личный интерес собственника
привлекать капитал для расширения
розничная торговля
ремонтные работы
добровольные образования
образованные с целью ведения бизнеса
делить ответственность
получать налоговые льготы от правительства
с ограниченной ответственностью
с неограниченной ответственностью
зависеть от факта
специализироваться в аспектах бизнеса
недостаток партнерства
не соглашаться друг с другом
стабильный тип организации
общая форма бизнеса
доля от прибыли
делить собственность
привлекать талантливых специалистов
3 Study the new words and make your own sentences with them.
4 Fill in each blank with a suitable word.
1 The simplest and the oldest form of business is … .
2 The owner can … … without consulting anyone.
3 … are voluntary combinations of from two to twenty persons.
4 Partners get … … from the government.
5 Partnership is not a very … type of organization.
6 Corporation is formed by two or more … .
7 Educational corporations are … .
Partnerships, the strict limitation, tax benefits, make decisions, stable, sole proprietorship, non-profit, shareholders.
5 Translate into English using the expressions from the previous tasks.
1 Я начинаю свое собственное дело и должен выбрать тип собственности.
2 Этот предприниматель владеет своим бизнесом в форме частной собственности.
3 Владелец компании платит все налоги с доходов.
4 Он также принимает все деловые решения и отвечает за все долги.
5 Предприниматель имеет прямой личный интерес в эффективности своего дела.
6 Владелец имеет неограниченную ответственность и может приобретать капитал для расширения.
7 Это партнерство образовано с целью ведения бизнеса для получения прибыли.
8 Партнеры делят ответственность за принятие решений и получают льготное налогообложение от правительства.
9 Успех в бизнесе зависит от правильного выбора типа собственности.
10 Акционеры корпорации вкладывают деньги в бизнес и получают свою долю прибыли.
11 Эта корпорация представлена на рынке акциями.
12 Благотворительные корпорации не выпускают акции.
6 Answer the questions.
1 What should you do before starting your own business?
2 What are the three main forms of proprietorship?
3 What is the sole proprietorship?
4 What are the advantages and disadvantages of it?
5 Where is this form of business used?
6 What is partnership?
7 What responsibilities do the partners share?
8 What do they usually get?
9 What does the type of partnership depend on?
10 Speak of the advantages and disadvantages of partnership?
11 In what professions is partnership widely used?
12 What is the corporation?
13 How is the share of profit represented?
14 What are the strong points of corporation?
15 What corporations are non-profit and why?
16 What are the forms of proprietorship?