- •1 Structure of a business letter
- •1 This is how a business school teacher is explaining the parts of a business letter to a student:
- •2 Now read the letter and name its elements:
- •Grammar: The Sequence of Tenses – Узгодження часів
- •2 Writing a business e-mail
- •1 Why do people use e-mail in business? Make a list of reasons.
- •2 Read some 'rules' for writing good business e-mails. Which rules do you follow?
- •3 Read the e-mail below from a student to a company about their work experience programme. Which rules in ex 2 does he break?
- •4 Look al the phrases in italics (1-6) in the e-mail. Match them with the formal phrases (a-f) below:
- •5 Here are some phrases to use in e-mails. Write starting (s), ending (e), saying why you are writing (w) or requesting (r) after each one and the ones in ex 4:
- •6 Rewrite Luigi’s e-mail using the rules in ex 2 and some of the phrases in ex 5. Grammar: Reported Speech (statements) – Непряма мова (стверджувальні речення)
- •3 Doing Business on the Internet
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •Grammar: Reported Questions, Requests, Orders – Непрямі питання, прохання, накази
- •4 Business across Cultures
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •2 Match the words and phrases in the box with the correct definition:
- •5 Put these statements about customs and culture into the correct order. Translate the sentences:
- •Grammar: First Conditional – Умовні речення і типу
- •5 What is Economics About?
- •1 Read the following words and try to guess their meaning. Mind the stress!
- •2 Match English and Ukrainian equivalents:
- •3 Choose the correct word:
- •4 Complete the sentences:
- •Grammar Second Conditional – Умовні речення іі типу
- •6 Products, Goods and Services
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •3 Match the words and phrases in the box with the correct definition:
- •Grammar: Third Conditional – Умовні речення ііі типу
- •7 Markets
- •I. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •III. Answer the questions:
- •IV. Translate into English:
- •Grammar: Modals – Модальні дієслова (1) Ability (здатність, спроможність): can, could, be able to
- •Permission (дозвіл): can, could, may, be allowed to
- •8 Export and Import
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •4 Fill in the missing prepositions: (of (2), in, at (2), by (3), on (2), for, through, to)
- •5 Translate into English:
- •Grammar: Modals – Модальні дієслова (2)
- •9 Money and its functions
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •2 Translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Define the part of speech of the underlined words:
- •3 The words in the box frequently occur before "money". Find combinations that mean:
- •4 Match the words and phrases in the box with the correct definition:
- •Grammar: Modals with the Perfect Infinitive – Модальні дієслова з перфектним інфінітивом
- •10 Aggregate supply
- •I. Find equivalents:
- •II. Match the synonyms:
- •III. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •IV. Match the terms with their definitions:
- •V. Define which of the following items best completes the statement:
- •VI. Complete the following sentences:
- •VIII. Translate into English:
- •Grammar: The Infinitive – Інфінітив
- •11 Aggregate demand
- •I. Match the antonyms:
- •V. Complete the following sentences:
- •VI. Translate into English:
- •VII. Replace the Ukrainian words and phrases by their English equivalents in the correct form:
- •Grammar: The Gerund – Герундій
- •(12) Grammar: The Participle – Дієприкметник
II. Match the synonyms:
Adequate, to grow, skilful, to affect, goods, merchandise, amount, trend, to ameliorate, consider, to improve, sufficient, to trace, to increase, to influence, examine, manufacturer, tendency, total, quantity, to track, producer, aggregate, skilled.
III. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
1 Economists examine aggregate supply – the total amount ... goods and services produced ... the economy ... a given period. 2 A number ... factors affect ... an economy’s aggregate supply. 3 Two ... these are the quantity ... resources used ... production and the quality ... those resources. 4 ... order to measure aggregate supply, statistics must be kept. 5 One ... the factors affecting ... aggregate supply is the efficiency ... which the resources are combined. 6 The most important economic statistics kept ... the national income accounts is Gross National Product. 7 This is the dollar measure ... the total amount ... final goods and services produced ... a year.
IV. Match the terms with their definitions:
1. efficiency |
а. Goods ultimately bought and used by consumers. |
2. capital goods |
b. A measure of the nation’s total output of goods and services per year. |
3. services |
c. Something created to produce other goods and services. |
4. final goods |
d. Intangible item of value, such as the work of physicians, lawyers, teachers, actors. |
5. labour force |
e. A measure of how much we get what we use. |
6. Gross National Product |
f. All the goods and services provided by the economy. |
7. Aggregate Supply |
g. A system of statistics, that keeps track of production, consumption, saving and investment in the economy. |
8. national income accounting |
h. Individuals, 16 years of age or older, working or looking for work. |
V. Define which of the following items best completes the statement:
1) The GNP can best be described as a measure of...
a. the nation’s economic welfare b. the value of all goods and services produced in the country |
c. the retail value of all market production in the nation d. goods and services produced by the government |
2) A nation’s standard of living will rise if...
a. GNP and population increase at the same rate b. GNP increases faster than population |
c. population increases faster than GNP d. production and consumption decrease |
3) Assume that prices are rising while production remains unchanged. In these circumstances, GNP measured in current dollars will...
a. increase b. remain the same |
c. decrease d. cause prices to fall |