- •Міністерство аграрної політики України
- •Unit 1 what is economics?
- •1. Read and memorize the following words, word-combinations and word-groups:
- •2. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •4. Read and translate the text:
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Define the terms:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Read and dramatize the following dialogue:
- •9. Make up your own dialogue using the following expressions and word-combinations:
- •10. Inform the group about your activities and find out if he or she does the same:
- •11. Express doubt concerning the truth of the following statements:
- •12. Ask about the following as in the model:
- •13. Translate into English:
- •14. Communicative situations:
- •Unit 2 the american economic system
- •1. Read and memorize following words, word-combinations and word-groups:
- •2. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words: a profit, resources, the answers, prices, consumers, levels, a price, money.
- •4. Read and translate the text:
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Define the terms:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Read and dramatize the following dialogue:
- •9. Make your own dialogue using the following words, expressions and word-combinations:
- •10. Open the brackets using the Present Indefinite Tense in the Passive Voice:
- •11. Read and change the sentences according to the model:
- •12. Translate into English:
- •13. Communicative situations:
- •Unit 3 the consumer in our economy
- •1. Read and memorize the following words, word-combinations and word-groups:
- •2. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •4. Read and translate the text:
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Define the terms:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Read and dramatize the following dialogue:
- •9. Make up your own dialogue using the following words, expressions and word-combinations:
- •10. Express the following in the Passive Voice:
- •11. Ask questions to the following sentences:
- •12. Translate into English:
- •13. Communicative situations:
- •Unit 4 launching a business
- •1. Read and memorize the following words, word-combinations and word-groups:
- •2. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •4. Read and translate the text:
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Define the terms:
- •7. Translate Into English:
- •8. Read and dramatize the following dialogue:
- •9. Make up your own dialogue using the following expressions:
- •10. Inform the group about the future activities or states:
- •11. Ask for confirmations of the truth of the following statements:
- •12. Translate into English:
- •13. Communicative situations:
- •Unit 5 financing a business
- •1. Read and memorize the following words, word- combinations and word-groups:
- •2. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •4. Read and translate the text:
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Define the terms:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Read and dramatize the following dialogue:
- •9. Make up your own dialogue using the following expressions:
- •10. Make the following sentences passive:
- •11. Translate the verbs in brackets in English using them in the necessary tense-form:
- •12. Translate into English:
- •13. Communicative situations:
- •Unit 6 production and marketing. The business of business
- •1. Read and memorize the following words, word-combinations and word-groups:
- •2. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •4. Read and translate the text:
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Define the terms:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Read and dramatize the following dialogue:
- •9. Put questions to the italicized words:
- •10. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Present Continuous Tense (the Active Voice):
- •11. Translate into English:
- •1. Read and memorize the following words, word- combinations and word-groups:
- •2. Give English equivalents to the following:
- •3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
- •4. Read and translate the text:
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Define the terms:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Read and dramatize the following dialogue:
- •9. Make up your own dialogue using the following expressions:
- •1. Read and memorize the following words, word- combinations and word-groups:
- •2. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
- •4. Read and translate the text:
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Define the terms:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Read and dramatize the following dialogue:
- •9. Make up your own dialogue using the following expressions:
- •10. Put the infinitives in brackets in the Past Continuous Tense:
- •11. Paraphrase the following sentences as in the model:
- •12. Translate into English using the Past Continuous Tense (the Active Voice):
- •13. Communicative situations:
- •1. Read and memorize the following words, word-combinations and word-groups:
- •2. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words
- •4. Read and translate the text:
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Define the terms:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •8. Read and dramatize the following dialogue:
- •9. Make up your own dialogue using the following expressions:
- •10. Change the following sentences using the Passive Voice:
- •11. Ask when and what -questions using the Passive Voice:
- •12. Translate into English using the Past Continuous Tense (the Passive Voice):
- •13. Communicative situations:
- •Self-assessment criteria
- •If you have got:
5. Answer the following questions:
What makes people think about owning a business of their own?
How do many business leaders begin their careers as entrepreneurs?
What helps potential entrepreneurs to start and operate a business?
What problems do small businesses face?
Who does the tasks of organizing and operating in a large business?
What kinds of business organizations you know?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of sole proprietorship, partnership and corporation?
What other special types of business organizations do you know?
6. Define the terms:
sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, creditors, stockholders, dividends, taxes.
7. Translate Into English:
1. Підприємці – це люди, які мають власний бізнес і керують ним, сподіваючись одержати прибуток. 2. Тепер багато вищих навчальних закладів пропонують програми, які вчать студентів, як розпочати бізнес і керувати ним. 3. Близько 50 відсотків підприємців розпочали свою справу (бізнес) у тих галузях виробництва, в яких вони вже мали певний досвід. 4. У великому бізнесі завдання, пов'язані з організацією та управлінням, виконуються багатьма найманими менеджерами. 5. Великий і малий бізнес для досягнення своєї мети організовують свою роботу по-різному. 6. Акціонерне товариство, одноосібне підприємство – це різні види бізнесових організацій. 7. Одноосібне підприємство – це бізнес, яким керує одна особа.
8. Read and dramatize the following dialogue:
Nick.: Hello, Peter. It's so nice to see you. How are you getting on?
Pete.: Quite all right, thank you. And what about you? Haven't seen you for a long time. What have you been busy with?
N.: I've been pretty busy. In fact I want to talk to you about my business.
P.: Oh, I'll be glad to do something for you.
N.: I'm glad you are not in a hurry and we have time to talk today.
P.: Sure.
N.: Well, Pete. I need some legal advice. John and I are thinking of incorporating. We are going to expand.
P.: Really? It sounds interesting. It means that your partnership has been doing very well.
N.: Oh, yes, we have a success. Now some businessmen are interested in investing with us.
P.: Let me get this straight. You want to issue and sell stock in exchange for investment capital, don't you?
N.: Exactly. By the way, does a corporation have limited liability?
P.: It does. Unlike the owners of sole proprietorships and partnerships who can be held personally liable for the debts of their firms the most that corporate shareholders can lose (i.e. their liability) is limited to whatever they paid for their shares of stock. Corporations are so important because of the advantages they offer over sole proprietorships and partnerships.
N.: Tell me a little about these advantages.
P.: Well. Stockholders can enter or leave a corporation at will simply by buying or selling shares of stock in that corporation. When the corporate stockholders die, their shares of stock are passed on to their heirs. Meanwhile, the corporation is free to conduct business as usual. In certain instances individuals can reduce their tax liability by incorporating.
N.: With all these advantages I wonder why there are so many more unincorporated businesses than incorporated ones.
P.: The answer has to do with the disadvantages of the corporation.
N.: Disadvantages? What can you tell me about them?
P.: It's difficult and expensive to organize a corporation. The process of obtaining a charter usually requires the services of a lawyer. Most small firms prefer to avoid these by forming proprietorships and partnerships. Corporations are subject to special taxes. The federal government, along with many state and local governments, taxes corporate income in addition to the taxes paid by shareholders on their dividends.
N.: What does «dividends» mean?
P.: Dividends are the portion of a corporation's profit that are distributed to the stockholders.
N.: Thank you. What other things should I know?
P.: Well, Corporations whose stock shares are sold to the public give up their right to privacy. The law requires that these large, open (or public) corporations disclose information about their finances and operations to anyone interested in reading about them. The purpose of this legislation is to give people information that helps investors and may also be of value to the competition. For that reason some corporations have chosen to remain closed (or private) corporations rather than disclose information they would prefer to keep secret. Now you seem to know a lot about business.
N.: Not everything yet and the subject becomes quite technical.
P.: I'm glad to hear it. It's time to go now. See you later!
N.: Thank you very much for the information. Bye!