III. Vocabulary to Text a1

attitude

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позиция, положение

available

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доступный

complement

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дополнение

complementarity

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свойство товаров быть дополнением друг к другу, взаимодополнение

custom

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обычай

cut

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кусок (мяса)

to depict

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описывать

to encounter

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встретить

exception

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исключение

fitness

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здоровье

(хорошее состояние)

framework

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рамки

fuel

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горючее

heading

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заголовок

inferior

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низкокачественный

loosely speaking

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проще говоря

nasty

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плохой

previously

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ранее

prohibitive

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препятствующий

related goods

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сопутствующие товары

to shape

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формировать

substitute

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заменитель

to substitute

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заменять

taste

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вкус

1) This table ... the relation between bus fares and petrol prices.

2) Cars and buses can be ... for the tube.

3) If people buy chocolate to eat at the cinema, films would be a ... for bars of chocolate.

4) If you look at this Figure you will see that the increase in ice-cream prices leads to the ... in the demand curve.

5) In the following unit you will ... more examples of complements.

6) When their incomes rise, ... buy more of everything.

7) An example of an ... good can be nasty cuts of meat.

8) ... depend on convenience, custom, and social attitudes.

9) People would prefer not to buy inferior goods if they could ... to spend a little more.

10) Technological advances enable the new product to be ... at a much lower price.

a) shift

b) consumers

c) inferior

d) depicts

e) afford

f) substitutes

g) tastes

h) available

i) complement

j) encounter

k) precise

l) exception

1) to stimulate       a) demands;

                            b) customs;

                            c) substitutes.

2) to afford           a) a product;

                            b) an effect;

                            c) an advance.

3) to watch           a) incomes;

                            b) films;

                            c) tastes.

4) to shape            a) substitutes;

                            b) consumers;

                            c) tastes.

5) to encounter      a) tastes;

                            b) definitions;

                            c) health.

6) to shift              a) a quantity;

                            b) a price;

                            c) a curve.

a) a good for which demand increases when incomes rise;

b) a good for which demand falls when incomes rise;

c) a thing performing some function instead of  another thing;

d) a thing which cannot be used without the other one;

e) personal preference for a particular good;

f) to be able to spend money for something you are willing to buy.

1. a substitute;

2. to afford;

3. a normal good;

4. an inferior good;

5. a complement;

6. taste;