- •Частное учреждение образования
- •Contents
- •Предисловие
- •Содержание учебного материала
- •E c o n o m y
- •Money and its functions
- •Vocabulary
- •Money as a medium of exchange
- •Vocabulary
- •Word study
- •Final questionnaire
- •Who wants to be a millionaire?
- •Pre-reading activities
- •Discussion
- •Text 1 economy and economics
- •Vocabulary
- •Word study
- •Ex. 9. Make up sentences from the jumbled words.
- •Limited resources: the need to choose
- •Final questionnaire
- •Unit 3 theories of economics
- •The first modern economists
- •Vocabulary
- •Ex. 2. Use the following words to complete the sentences below.
- •Ex. 5. Translate into Russian in written form. Economic Individualism – Laissez-Faire
- •Comprehension Ex. 6. Say if the sentences are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •Ex. 7. Answer the questions.
- •Classical school of economics
- •Vocabulary
- •Ex.9. Match the verbs on the right with the nouns on the left.
- •Ex. 13. These are the answers to the questions. What are the questions?
- •Adam smith and “the wealth of nations”
- •Unit 4 levels of economics
- •Microeconomics versus macroeconomics
- •Vocabulary
- •Unit 5 main economic laws discussion
- •Text 1 the law of demand
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Unit 6 economic systems
- •Word study exercises
- •2) Выделять, назначать
- •Allocation n 1) распределение, размещение
- •Ex. 2. Match the words with their definitions.
- •Ex. 4.Match the verbs in column a with the nouns in column b. A b to allocate available resources
- •Comprehension
- •Ex. 8. Put the questions to the words in italics.
- •Text 2 command or planned economy
- •Vocabulary
- •Word study
- •Advantage – disadvantage
- •What does prefix dis-mean in the English word-building? Can you give some more examples of this rule?
- •Ex. 16. What are the synonyms from the text of the following words?
- •Comprehension
- •Text 3 free market economy
- •Vocabulary
- •Text 4 mixed economy
- •Vocabulary
- •Word study
- •Put these words in the sentences given below.
- •Ex. 21. Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •A b
- •Comprehension
- •Questions for discussion
- •Final questionnaire
- •Traditional economy
- •Command economy
- •Free market and mixed economies
- •Why is business activity needed?
- •Vocabulary physical item – материальные предметы
- •At the previous lessons we have discussed the following issues:
- •Informal English
- •What is the aim of all business?
- •Text 2 levels of economic activity
- •Vocabulary
- •Ex. 14. Reading. Robyn Penrose, the managing director of a manufacturing company is
- •What is the key point that this extract is making about economies?
- •Infinitive Construction “to be (un)likely to do”
- •Business cycles
- •Vocabulary
- •Contraction
- •Recession
- •Expansion
- •What causes business cycles?
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •What is international trade
- •Vocabulary
- •Import – export
- •Vocabulary
- •Management
- •Art or science?
- •Vocabulary
- •Management by objectives
- •Vocabulary
- •Management as a profession
- •Vocabulary
- •Final questionnaire
- •Managing a multinational company
- •Vocabulary
- •Comprehension
- •Ex.7. Answer the questions.
- •Discussion
- •International differences discussion
- •Business travel abroad
- •Recruitment
- •Vocabulary
- •Some pieces of advice will help you to bear your job interview successfully
- •Vocabulary
- •Curriculum vitae
- •Curriculum Vitae
- •Out of work
- •Types of Meetings
- •Vocabulary
- •How to organize and conduct a meeting
- •Checking understanding, interrupting, referring back
- •Companies
- •Entrepreneur
- •Vocabulary
- •I left England with £5 and now I'm a multi-millionaire!
- •A sole proprietorship
- •Vocabulary
- •Partnership
- •Vocabulary
- •Corporation
- •Unit 7 talking about companies
- •Ex. 4. Match the words on the left with the words on the right.
- •Comprehension
- •Describing company structure
- •Vocabulary
- •Texts for reading
- •Управляемые самостоятельные работы студентов факультета экономики
- •The Witch of Wall Street
- •Vocabulary
- •Branch managers
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- •4. A career in sales
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- •Vocabulary
- •Imagine, you were him. What would you advise to your client?
- •Bibliography
Informal English
I'm tired (sick)of the whole business. You've no business doing that. Mind your own business.
What's your business here? It's a nasty business. I'll shoot you if you try any monkey business.
He can argue like nobody's business. A pretty business! |
- Мне все это порядком надоело. - Ты что тут вытворяешь? - Занимайся своим делом / Не лезь не в свое дело. - Ты какого черта сюда притащился? - Это скверная история - Если будешь дурака валять, то я тебя пристрелю - Он может спорить до потери сознания. - Хорошенькое дело! |
Ex. 2. Translate into Russian.
1. She's in New York this week on business
2. His business is poultry farming.
3. They don't know how to run a business.
4. The company began as a small family business
5. We do business with a number of Italian companies.
6. “Who's that girl you were with?” – “Mind your own business.”
7. We can't afford to employ someone who isn't good at the job - business is business.
8. Big businesses are growing so powerful it is difficult to regulate them effectively.
9. He wanted to ask my advice on a business matter.
10. Okay, let's get down to business.
11. He has bought his uncle's business.
12. What a business it is to run a government!
13. If he wants to make a success in life it's about time he get down to business.
Ex. 3. Match the word-combinations with their definitions.
1. go out of business |
a) business run in your own country or a specific country |
2. foreign business |
b) bad or dishonest behaviour |
3. domestic business |
c) stop operating, especially because of financial problems |
4. be in business |
d) business run in another country |
5. monkey business |
e) business producing a profit or a useful result |
6. private business |
f) be involved in business activities |
7. profitable business |
g) owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body |
Ex. 4. Try to explain the meaning of the following English proverbs.
1. Business before pleasure. 2. Everybody's business is nobody's business.
3. Business is business.
Find their Russian equivalents.
1. На войне как на войне. 2. Делу время, потехе час. 3. У семи нянек дитя без глазу.
Ex. 5. Fill in the missing words in an appropriate form into the gaps.
small business |
business partner |
go out of business |
be in business |
private business |
on business |
1. Nigeria is our principal _________________ in Africa.
2. The company ________________ for over thirty years.
3. Several big chains have announced they __________________ by the end of the year. So now
come the liquidation sales.
4. A _______________ is a business that is independently owned and operated, with a small
number of employees and relatively low volume of sales.
5. It's necessary to encourage __________________ in Belarus to foster growth of small towns.
6. Are you here _____________________?
Ex. 6. Give the English equivalents to the following words and phrases. Find the
sentences of the text where they were used.
обсуждать вопросы _________________________________________________________ страхование _______________________________________________________________
широкий ассортимент товаров и услуг _________________________________________
выживать _________________________________________________________________ ограниченные ресурсы ______________________________________________________ коммерческая деятельность __________________________________________________
платить зарплату ___________________________________________________________
неразвитые общества ________________________________________________________
улучшать эффективность ____________________________________________________
самодостаточный ___________________________________________________________
альтернативные издержки ____________________________________________________
предоставлять работу (нанимать) ______________________________________________
обмениваться товарами ______________________________________________________
Ex. 7. Find synonyms for the words in italics.
1. to make products which will satisfy people’s wants _____________________
2. physical items such as cars and shoes ________________________________
3. businesses employ thousands of people _______________________________
4. factors of production _____________________________________________
5. plot of land _____________________________________________________
6. basic existence __________________________________________________
7. to trade goods for others ___________________________________________
8. people who are skilled in other areas _________________________________
9. to purchase a wide range of goods and services _________________________
10. Everybody attempts to do everything for themselves ____________________
COMPREHENSION
Ex. 8. Match questions with their answers.