1. Прочтите и переведите текст.
2. Определите, к какой части речи относятся следующие слова:
greatest, invention, indicate, extent, cumbersome, coincidence, merely, laborious, triangular, furniture, adoption, valuation, equal, immediately, convenience, addition
Заполните пропуски, используя следующие слова:
granted, convenience, monetary, commodity, money, direct, inventions, barter, valuation
Money is one of man's greatest....
In the absence of some form of money, exchange may take the form of....
If a... is generally acceptable in exchanging for goods and services, it is ... .
Such exchanges are taken for ....
The ... of goods for goods would raise all sorts of problems regarding....
It is a great... to hold wealth in the form of money.
A complex trading organisation based upon a system of credit can only operate in a ... economy.
Образуйте антонимы от следующих слов, используя нужные префиксы:
direct,
adequately, advantage, efficient, convenience, acceptable, likely
5. Переведите следующие сочетания слов с русского языка на английский:
прямой обмен товарами и услугами, с ростом специализации, ряд подобных обменов, гораздо более удобное средство, основная сложность бартерной системы, в развитом обществе, предмет мебели, без использования денег, первый шаг, проблема обменных курсов, запас товаров, большое удобство, огромный недостаток, в период инфляции.
6. Составьте предложения, используя следующие слова:
one, money, is, man's, inventions, greatest, of.
is, it, tool, essential, of, an, civilisation.
take, the, exchange, of, may, barter, form.
will, barter, requirements, quite, man's, adequately,serve.
barter, the, system, very, and, inefficient, proves,frustrating.
system, very, becomes, exchange, of, cumbersome, this.
upon, a, depends, it, coincidence, wants, of, double.
discovered, a, arrangement, man, more, much, convenient.
removes, the, it, of,the, barter, major, system, difficulty.
exchanges, are, such, for, granted, taken.
would, be, they, without, inconvenient, use, of, the,money.
is, problem, exchange, the, rates, solved, of, easily.
is, to, deferred, it, serve, payment, means, a, as, of.
7. Заполните пропуски предлогами:
Monetary policy is concerned with the cost... money.
Bank-notes and coins are not the most important form ... money ... developed economies.
Cheques didn't come ... general use ... the second half of the seventeenth century.
4. A payment from one person ... another merely requires that the banker reduces the amount ... one deposit and increases it... another.
The transmission ... payments ... means ... cheques creates problems when the person making the payment has an account... a different bank ... the person receiving the payment.
Most countries have a central bank, which is responsible ... the operation ... the banking system.
Several merchant banks date back ... the nineteenth century.
... recent years there has been a considerable extension ... the range ... financial services offered ... building societies.