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- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercise
- •II. Match the synonyms:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •IV. Match each term in Column a with its definition in Column b:
- •V. Define which of the following items best completes the statement:
- •VII. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Translate into English:
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •II. Complete the following sentences:
- •III. Combine the sentences by using «not only», «but also».
- •IV. Say whether these statements are true or false and if they are
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •VI. Retell the text b using the following words and
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Give the Ukrainian equivalents for the following words and word-combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own:
- •II. Translate the sentences paying attention to the italicized words:
- •III. Fill in the blanks below with the most appropriate terms from
- •IV. Match each term in Column a with its definition in Column b:
- •V. Define which of the following items best completes the statement:
- •VII. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Translate into English:
- •Communicative situations
- •Grammar exercises The Objective Infinitive Complex.
- •I. Change the following sentences according to the pattern:
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences so as to use the Objective
- •Infinitive Complex:
- •III. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •IV. Translate into English:
- •V. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •VI. Translate into English:
- •VII. Open the brackets, using the Objective Infinitive Complex:
- •VIII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •IX. Translate into English:
- •The Subjective Infinitive Complex.
- •Instead of the Objective Infinitive Complex:
- •XI. Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the Infinitive:
- •XIII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XIV. Translate into English:
- •II. Transform the sentences using the Objective or Subjective
- •Infinitive Complexes:
- •III. Translate into English:
VII. Answer the following questions:
1. What is the traditional theory of wage determination? 2. How do supply and demand influence the wage rate? 3. Does the wage rate depend on skill of the worker? 4. In what cases does the traditional theory not explain the interrelation beween skill and wage rate? 5. What are the other factors affecting the wage rate? 6. What do the unions consider when negotiating for wages?
VIII. Translate into English:
1. Професійних менеджерів менше, ніж некваліфікованих чи напівкваліфікованих робітників. 2. Що вищий рівень кваліфікації, то вища середньорічна ставка. 3. Бувають випадки, коли традиційна теорія не пояснює різниці в заробітній платі. 4. У деяких випадках профспілки не домагаються вищої зарплати для своїх членів на підставі того, що пропозиція робочої сили є недостатньою стосовно попиту. 5. Коли домовляються про зарплату, профспілки хочуть знати, за якими ставками оплачується така сама праця на інших заводах.
Communicative situations
1. Round-table discussion. The question on the agenda is «Labour and Wages».
Questions for discussion:
What are two factors that affect the demand for labour?
How does marginal revenue product affect the demand for labour?
Why is the demand curve for labour downsloping?
What determines the supply of labour?
Use the graph «Labour and Wages», which shows the supply and demand curves for a perfectly competitive labour market:
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