- •Предисловие
- •Unit 1 What is it all about?
- •I. Answer the comprehension questions:
- •II.Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English:
- •IV. Communicative practice. Situations.
- •Russian Experience
- •In Search of Intellect and Wealth
- •1. Economic environment.
- •2. Economics.
- •3. Economy. Unit 2 Economics and Economy
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II.Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English
- •IV.Communicative practice. Situations
- •Russian Experience
- •Gauging the True Size of Russia’s Economy
- •Russia No longer Among World Market’s Top Players
- •Unit 3 The Oil Price Shocks
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II.Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English
- •IV. Communicative practice. Situations
- •World Experience
- •Cheap Oil! Good news for the world’s consumers, but bad news for struggling producers
- •More Money in Most Pockets
- •Income Distribution
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II.Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English
- •IV. Communicative practice. Situations
- •Russian Experience
- •Shop assistance We’ve all heard of the New Rich in Russia, but what do they spend their money on? John Helmer digs into the latest consumer research and comes up with some unexpected answers.
- •Unit 5 The Role of the Market
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II. Vocabulary
- •III. Translate from Russian into English
- •IV. Communicative practice. Situations
- •Russian Experience
- •By Roy Medvedev
- •Unit 6 Demand, Supply, and the Market
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II.Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English
- •IV. Communicative practice. Situations
- •Russian Experience
- •Citicorp Invests in Russia
- •Unit 7 What Do Governments Do?
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II. Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English
- •IV. Communicative practice. Situations
- •Russian Experience
- •Russia Has Dropped Out of the Community of Developed Countries
- •Incomes and expenditures.
- •1. Transfer payments
- •2. Social security and unemployment benefits
- •3. Income tax
- •Unit 8 What Should Governments Do?
- •Most of the goods supplied by businesses and demanded by consumers are private goods
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II.Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English
- •IV. Communicative practice
- •Russian Experience
- •State Duma Rejects Welfare Package Again
- •Unit 9 Business Organization
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II. Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English
- •IV. Communicative practice. Situations
- •Russian Experience
- •Common Profile of a Russian Enterprise
- •Unit 10 Market Structure and Imperfect Competition
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II. Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English:
- •IV. Situations and communication practice
- •Russian Experience
- •Russian Tobacco Manufacturers Lie Low
- •Unit 11 Factor Markets: Labour
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II.Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English:
- •IV. Communicative practice. Situations
- •Russian Experience
- •Recruitment in Russia: Still Climbing
- •Insufficient social integration.
- •Working Without Pay
- •Unit 12 Human capital
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II.Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English
- •IV. Communicative practice. Situations
- •World Experience
- •Finding Opportunity in the Global Economy. By Bill Gates.
- •1. Human capital
- •2. Signalling and screening.
- •3. Pay differentials. Unit 13 Coping with Risk in Economic Life
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II.Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English
- •IV. Communicative practice. Situations
- •Russian Experience
- •Reuters Eyes on Russia’s Risks
- •Unit 14 Taxes and Public Spending
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II. Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English
- •IV. Communicative practice. Situations
- •Russian Experience
- •Taxes Higher in Russia Than Elsewhere
- •A Country Where People Pay Taxes
- •Unit 15 Money and Modern Banking
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II.Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English
- •IV. Communicative practice. Situations
- •Russian Experience
- •Savings of “Very Rich” Families (Data of a quality interview)
- •The Battle of the Banks
- •The History of Russian Money (The ruble celebrates its 1000th birthday)
- •Unit 16
- •International Trade and Commercial Policy
- •I. Comprehension questions
- •II.Vocabulary
- •III.Translate from Russian into English
- •IV. Communicative practice. Situations
- •Russian Experience
- •Higher Excise on Imports
- •Contents
I. Answer the comprehension questions:
1. Why do many students take up economics?
2. What is the subject of economics?
3. What is necessary to become a complete economist?
4. Why is there an old complaint that economists never agree about anything?
5. Why is it simply wrong?
6. What do you need to do economics?
7. What is the best way of reading about economics?
II.Vocabulary
1. reason , for different reasons — причина, по разным причинам;
2. career, to prepare for a career in business — карьера, готовиться к карьере в бизнесе;
3. to be concerned about smth — беспокоиться о чем-либо;
4. In fact — на самом деле;
5. aim, to aim (to do smth) — цель, поставить цель что-то сделать;
6. economic environment — экономическая ситуация;
7. the nineties — 90-е годы;
8. example — пример;
9. professional command of the subject — профессиональное владение предметом;
10. basic issues — основные проблемы;
11. conclusion, to come to a conclusion, to jump to a conclusion — вывод, придти к выводу, спешить с выводами;
12. to convince smb — убедить кого-либо;
13. to agree (disagree) about smth, agreement (disagreement) on smth — соглашаться(не соглашаться) в чем-либо;
14. to hold identical views, a view, a point of view — придерживаться похожих взглядов, взгляд, точка зрения;
15. an argument (for smth) — аргумент за;
16. economics, to do economics — экономика, заниматься экономикой;
17. economy — народное хозяйство;
18. attempt, to make an attempt — попытка, сделать попытку;
19. to analyse, analysis — анализировать, анализ;
20. to become a professional economist — стать профессиональным экономистом.
III.Translate from Russian into English:
1. Они не могут прийти к одним и тем же выводам по разным причинам.
2. Я хочу заняться каким-нибудь бизнесом.
3. Многих беспокоило состояние экономики в России в 90-е годы.
4. Наше государство нуждается в профессиональных экономистах.
5. На самом деле заниматься экономикой не просто.
6. Моя цель — профессиональное владение наукой об экономике.
7. Знание экономики позволяет глубже понять сегодняшние проблемы.
8. Я не могу разделить вашу точку зрения.
9. Безработица — одна из главных проблем современного общества.
11. Меня не беспокоят разногласия по этому вопросу. Наш спор приведет нас к истине.
12. Не спешите с выводами, проанализируйте, пожалуйста, все примеры.
13. Вы не можете договориться ни по какому вопросу, потому что вы не пытаетесь понять друг друга.
14. Вашу точку зрения легко понять.
15. Мы бы хотели, чтобы вы непосредственно познакомились с самыми современными идеями в области экономики.
16. На многие вопросы ответы уже есть.
IV. Communicative practice. Situations.
1. Your friend and you have a totally different idea of economics. You’ve just become students of the Economic Department at a University. Discuss your perspectives.
2. You are supposed to read “Economics” by David Begg, Stanley Fischer and Rudiger Dornbusch. Discuss the following questions:
— What is your reading purpose?
— How are you going to read? (e. g. to read the text attentively noting every fact; to read the text quickly looking for specific information; to read in a relaxed way to pass the time; etc.);
— Do you think it helpful to read about economics in English? Why?