2. Прочтите и переведите следующие группы слов:

human effort, goods and services, a factor of produc­tion, in terms of efficiency, additional considerations, the average number of hours, the size of the total popu­lation, full-time employment, legally controlled, an important determinant of the supply of labour, the gradual reduction, an extension of the annual holiday period, for the time being

incomes, price, directed, determinant, take part, reduc­tion, output, subject, labour, rates, relationship, supply, treat, account, number, increase, services

3. Определите, к какой части речи относятся следую­щие слова:

Legal, necessary, solely, community, composition, retirement, extension, annual, apparent, attractive

4. Образуйте существительные от следующих гла­голов (при необходимости воспользуйтесь словарем)

direct, apply, cost, depend, fall, measure, offer, supply, operate, consider, compose, engage, retire, mean, reduce, decline, improve, increase

5. Заполните пропуски, используя следующие слова: incomes,price,directed,determinant,take part,reduction,output,subject,labour,rates,relationship,supply,treat,account,number,increase,services.

1. Labour is ... to the production of goods and ....

2. The people who ... in production are also con­sumers.

3. It is necessary to ... labour somewhat differently from the other factors.

4. There are social and political problems which have to be taken into... .

5. Both of these features are ... to change.

6. The ... of people who work is an important... of the ... of labour.

7. A fall in the supply of labour implies a ... in the ... of goods and services.

8. There is a ... between the amount of work offered and the ... paid for this work.

9. When wages ... are relatively low, increases in wages will tend to lead to an ... in the supply of....

10. Higher ... make leisure more attractive.

6. Найдите синонимы среди следующих слов: н-р labour-work.

labour, apparent, factor, obvious, work, to consider, sup­plementary, cost, freedom, amount, to offer, quantity, to change, different, determinant, price, additional, to take into account, liberty, to transform, various, to suggest

7. Найдите антонимы среди следующих слов:

employment, fall, leisure, late, same, low, short, high, dif­ferent, work, small, early, large, unemployment, rise, long

8. Образуйте антонимы от следующих слов, исполь­зуя нужные префиксы(un,dis,il,ir,in)

necessary, efficiency, available, prepared, important, employment, legal, normal, equal

9. Переведите следующие сочетания слов с русского языка на английский:

производство товаров и услуг,

производственный фактор,

экономическая деятельность,

социально-политические проблемы,

права человека,

таким же путем,

в любой момент,

ряд вещей,

различные воз­растные группы,

полная занятость,

среднее число часов,

постепенное сокращение рабочей недели,

увеличение ежегодного отпуска

10. Образуйте 3 формы от следующих глаголов:

to direct, to provide, to undertake, to treat, to operate, to judge, to apply, to raise, to buy, to sell, to own, to offer, to give, to prepare, to change, to depend, to set, to engage, to control, to mean, to embrace, to define

11. Составьте предложения, используя следующие слова:

1. is, labour, services, directed, the, to, of, production, and, goods.

2. who, the, are, people, take part, also, in, consumers, production, the.

3. of, both, features, are, these, to, subject, change.

4. things, they, will, a, depend, of, upon, number.

5. make, incomes, attractive, higher, more, leisure.

12. Поставьте вопросы к выделенным словам:

1. The same question raises additional considerations.

2. They will depend upon a number of things.

3. The age composition of a population takes account of the proportions in the different age groups.

4. The normal age of retirement in the UK is 65 years.

5. This amounts to a reduction in the supply of labour.

6. Higher incomes make leisure more attractive.

7. High wage rates may reduce the amount of labour.