- •Unit 1. About myself
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Complete these sentences as in the text.
- •2. Say if these statements are True or False. Correct the following statements if it is necessary.
- •3. Give English equivalents.
- •4. Write the countable and uncountable nouns into two different columns, give the plural of the countable nouns.
- •5. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the list below.
- •6. Write the words from the box under the correct headings:
- •7. Match the words on the right with the list of meanings on the left.
- •8. Write the correct words in the blank spaces.
- •9. Group these words into male / female.
- •10. Look at the family tree below to find out the relationships of the persons shown on it. Then answer the questions.
- •11. Make up your own family tree. Describe your family. Unit 2. My working day
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Match the adjectives in the left column with their opposites in the right. Give the comparative and superlative degrees of all these adjectives.
- •3. Continue the following sentences.
- •4. Match the words from the text with their corresponding definitions.
- •Unit 3. The united kingdom (the uk)
- •Exercise
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •Unit 4. Industry and agriculture of the uk
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Give a short summary of the text. Unit 5. The united states of america
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •2. Form comparative and superlative degrees of these adjectives:
- •3. Answer the following questions.
- •4. Insert the correct preposition.
- •5. Using some additional information complete the table and write down the names of the states and their capitals.
- •6. Sum up what the text says about the geographic position of the usa; the administrative structure of the usa.
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Explain the usage of the articles and translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2. Use the nouns in the right form (singular or plural).
- •3. Form the words as in the example.
- •4. Translate into Russian paying attention to the words in italics.
- •5. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •6. Match the cities and their main characteristics and make sentences of your own.
- •7. Sum up what the text says about:
- •8. Say what else do you know about the states and cities of the usa. Unit 7. Our institute
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Find the English equivalents to the following.
- •4. Join two nouns. Use an apostrophe (') with or without «s» or … of … .
- •Unit 8. Shopping Shopping in the usa
- •In the Supermarket
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •6. Translate the following dialogue into English.
- •7. Fill in each gap with a suitable form of the verbs to be or to have.
- •8. Read and translate these dialogues.
- •9. (A) Put the words in the right order to make sentences. (b) Fill in the sentences into the dialogue. Act out the dialogue.
- •10. Translate the following dialogue into Russian.
- •Unit 9. At the restaurant
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Translate the following words into Russian and say how you can call a waiter's attention.
- •3. Read and translate the following dialogues:
- •4. Put the sentences in the right order to make up the dialogue.
- •5. Work in pairs. Imagine that you are in a restaurant, make an order. Unit 10. At the hotel
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Read and translate the following dialogues.
- •3. Study the following dialogues describing some problems which may happen at any hotel.
- •4. Imagine the following situations, make up the similar dialogues.
- •5. Make these sentences passive.
- •6. Fill in each gap with one suitable word or word combination given below. Act out the conversation.
- •Unit 11. Telephoning
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •2. Read and translate the following business telephone conversation and answer the questions.
- •3. Continue the following conversations.
- •4. Supply the prepositions where necessary. Sum up the conversations. Act them out.
- •Unit 12. Cooperative movement
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Translate the following sentences into Russian.
- •3. Match the words with their corresponding definitions.
- •4. Put the following sentences into the Past Simple Tense and the Future Simple Tense.
- •Unit 13. Vocational choice
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •Write down the Russian equivalents.
- •3. Make up general, special, alternative and tag questions to the following sentences.
- •Unit 14. My future speciality
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Translate from Russian into English.
- •3. Put a question tag to the following sentences.
- •4. Match column a with column b. Make up two sentences using these word combinations.
- •5. Circle the word that does not belong.
- •Read the text and say, are the sentences below True or False. What is a manager?
- •7. Match the words with their corresponding definitions.
- •8. Match the English words with their Russian definitions.
- •9. Remember the following job titles.
- •10. Read and translate the following articles. Directors and managers
- •The entrepreneur
- •Unit 15. Job opportunities
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Fiona Scott is one of the applicants for the job at Patagonia. Study her cv carefully to see how the information is presented and decide where each of the following headings should be placed.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •Unit 16. About interviews
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Read and translate an interview at an American company.
- •2. Write down all the information about Mr. Oliveira. The following may be of help.
- •3. Answer the following questions using the above dialogue.
- •4. Open the brackets in the job interview using the verbs in the correct (tense) forms.
- •5. Work in pairs. Make up your own dialogue «Job Interview». Imagine that Fiona Scott was invited for the interview at Patagonia. Unit 17. Economics – what it is about?
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Find out the Russian equivalents.
- •3. Make the following sentences negative and interrogative.
- •Unit 18. The factors of production
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Match the English verbs with their Russian equivalents.
- •3. Open the brackets and put the verb in the correct tense form.
- •Unit 19. Production, exchange and consumption
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions using the text.
- •2. Find the English equivalents in the text.
- •4. Translate into English and make sentences using these word combinations.
- •Unit 20. What is business?
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Open the brackets using the verbs in the correct tense form.
- •3. Sum up what the text says about production, distribution, sale, services, profit and business. Unit 21. Types of businesses in the uk
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Sum up what the text says about sole trader, partnerships, shareholders, private limited companies, public limited companies, branches of foreign companies.
- •3. Underline the suffixes in the following nouns.
- •Forms of businesses in the usa
- •Unit 22. Prices and terms of delivery
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Open the brackets using the verbs in the correct forms.
- •2. Complete the sentences as in the text.
- •Unit 23. Gross domestic product
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Translate into English.
- •2. Say what parts of speech the following words are.
- •3. Insert the correct prepositions.
- •Unit 24. English banks
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Write down the Russian equivalents.
- •2. Match the English and Russian equivalents.
- •3. Write down the questions for the following answers.
- •4. Translate the following into English.
- •5. Sum up what the text said about the Bank of England, banking institutions of the uk, foreign banks in the uk, Lombard Street. Unit 25. Various services of banks
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Give the comparative and superlative degrees of the following adjectives.
- •3. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •Unit 26. Federal reserve system of the usa
- •Vocabulary Bank
- •Exercises
- •1. Insert the correct article.
- •2. Write down the Russian equivalents.
- •3. Insert the words as in the text.
- •4. Say if the statements are True or False.
- •5. Write down the questions for the following answers.
- •6. Sum up what the text says about the Federal Reserve System, incorporated states banks, mutual savings banks, industrial banks. Список рекомендованной литературы
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- •A guide to a successful exam
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2. Give the comparative and superlative degrees of the following adjectives.
Enormous, reliable, satisfactory, expensive, convenient, normal, difficult, careful, dangerous, cheap, good, extraordinary.
3. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Давай пойдем в банк, я хочу открыть текущий счет.
2. Сбербанк считает всех своих вкладчиков надежными клиентами.
3. Мне нужна большая сумма денег, завтра я сниму ее с моего счета.
4. Где находится пункт обмена валюты?
5. Сберегательный счет предназначен для накопления денег для определенных случаев, например, для отдыха.
6. Чтобы снять деньги со своего счета, ты можешь использовать автомат для выдачи наличных.
7. На данный момент в нашем городе существует большое количество банков.
Unit 26. Federal reserve system of the usa
The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States of America, set up by the Federal Government in 1913. On account of the vast area of the country and the greater difficulties of travelling at that time, the country was divided into twelve Federal Reserve Districts (FRD), each with its own Federal Reserve Bank (FRB):
1) Boston; 7) Chicago;
2) NewYork; 8) St. Louis;
3) Philadelphia; 9) Minneapolis;
4) Cleveland; 10) Kansas City;
5) Richmond; 11) Dallas;
6) Atlanta; 12) San Francisco.
There are also twenty-five branches of the FRBs to serve particular areas within each district. The activities of the FRBs are coordinated through the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington. The Board exercises general supervision over the FRBs.
The FRBs hold the reserves of the member banks, i. e. the commercial banks which are members of the Federal Reserve System. The FRBs supply the member banks with currency if necessary and act to them as lenders by rediscounting bills. The Board determines the reserve requirements of the commercial banks. The Board too really determines discount rates. The Board discount rate corresponds in nature to the English Bank rate, though the Federal Reserve Banks do not always have the same discount rate.
The Federal Reserve System, in collaboration with the Government of the USA, determines monetary policy and, aided by the FRBs, carries it out.
All national banks must be members of the Federal Reserve System. Incorporated state banks including commercial banks, mutual savings banks, trust companies and industrial banks may also join the System.
Incorporated state banks are those which have a charter from the state to act as an individual.
Mutual savings banks are savings banks owned by their depositors. Industrial banks make loans for the purchase or manufacture of industrial products.
Vocabulary Bank
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the Federal Reserve System (FRS) |
Федеральная резервная система США |
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vast |
обширный, громадный |
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to coordinate |
координировать |
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to exercise |
осуществлять, тренироваться |
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supervision |
наблюдение, надзор |
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to rediscount |
переучитывать (векселя) |
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discount rate |
учетная ставка |
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collaboration |
сотрудничество |
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monetary policy |
денежно-кредитная политика |
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mutual mutual savings bank |
взаимный взаимно-сберегательный банк |