1. Ответьте на вопросы.

1. Is it an easy task to make the right choice in profession?

2. What subjects do you need to pay more attention to if you want to be perfect in your trade?

3. What sciences must you know to become a good specialist in management?

4. Why does our economics need specialists in management and marketing?

5. Are specialists in marketing or management in great demand today in our society?

6. Why is it important to know foreign languages for a specialist in business matter?

7. What is the most popular language in the world?

2. Переведите следующие слова и выражения.

Useful profession; the right choice; my future profession ; my favorite subjects; one must know many sciences such as business; in developing market economy; modern philosophy; in great demand today; to get education in management; interesting job; to accumulate knowledge; at least one foreign language; gives possibility to communicate; to understand people and to be understood; holding negotiations; in solving business matters; in getting deep knowledge; it is never too late to learn; developing managerial skills all the time.

3. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. There are ... lot of interesting and useful professions.

2. It is very important for ... economist to know ... foreign language, especially English.

3. Today the profession of ... manager has become one of ... most useful, modern and interesting.

4. To choose ... right occupation is very difficult, because we must take into consideration many factors.

5. I’d like to work as … manager.

6. I think this is ... most interesting profession.

7. The problem of choosing ... future profession has always been very important.

4. Тест. Выберите правильный вариант.

1. It is really not an... task to make the right choice in professions.

1. easy

2. important

3. funny

2. Management is a ... philosophy of business today.

1. old

2. modern

3. ancient

3. What possibilities does the foreign language give?

1. to communicate

2. to study

3. to accumulate knowledge

4. It is never too late to ...

1. work

2. get up

3. learn

5. The most popular language in the world is ...

1. English

2. Russian

3. Chinese

6. That’s why our economics needs specialists in ... new spheres of our economics as management and marketing.

1. so

2. such

3. this

7. I think it is very interesting ... in management and marketing.

1. to be engaged

2. to engage

3. to have engaged

5. Расположите данные предложения в правильном порядке.

1. Our economics needs specialists in such new spheres of our economics as management and marketing.

2. I've decided to get education in management, which will help me to get a well-paid and interesting job.

3. I began to think about my future profession at the age of 15.

4. The most popular language in the world, I think, is English.

5. Management is a modern philosophy of business today.

6. It is really not an easy task to make the right choice.

7. A real professional can not do without knowing a language, which can help in solving business matters, holding negotiations, making contracts.

8. I'll try to study to the best of my abilities, to accumulate knowledge, to develop management skills.

2. WHAT IS BUSINESS?

Business is a word which is commonly used in many different languages. But exactly what does it mean? The concepts and activities of business have increased in modern times. Traditionally, business simply meant exchange or trade for things people wanted or needed. Today it has a more technical definition. One definition of business is the production, distribution, and sale of goods and services for a profit. To examine this definition, we will look at its various parts.

First, production is the creation of services or the changing of materials into products. One example is the conversion of iron ore into metal car parts. Next, these products need to be moved from the factory to the marketplace. This is known as distribution. A car might be moved from a factory in Detroit to a car dealership in Miami.

Third is the sale of goods and services. Sale is the exchange of a product or service for money. A car is sold to someone in exchange for money. Goods are products which people either need or want; for example, cars can be classified as goods. Services, on the other hand, are activities which a person or a group performs for another person or organization. For instance, an auto mechanic performs a service when he repairs a car. A doctor also performs a service by taking care of people when they are sick.

Business, then, is a combination of all these activities: production, distribution, and sale. However, there is one other important factor. This factor is the creation of profit or economic surplus. A major goal in the functioning of an American business company is making a profit. Profit is the money that remains after all the expenses are paid. Creating an economic surplus or a profit is, therefore, a primary goal of business activity.

Vocabulary

word	слово
commonly	обобщенно
exactly	точно
to mean	значить, означать
to increase	увеличить
definition	определение
various	различный
trade	торговля
sale	продажа
goods	товары
profit	прибыль
goal	цель
surplus	излишек
combination	соединение
primary	первичный
to remain	оставаться
to classify	классифицировать