- •Предисловие
- •C ontents world economy for leisure
- •Text II
- •Text II
- •Fair-Weather, Free-Traders
- •Vince Lombardi (American football coach, 1913 –1970)
- •Objectives of International Organizations
- •Text II
- •The World Trade Organization
- •Text II
- •Modernizing Russia. Another great leap forward?
- •Countries of the world
- •Gross National Happiness
- •Text II
- •Business Gift-giving in China
- •Text II
- •Perception vs. Reality: Five Truths About the Generation y Workforce
- •Text II
- •Unit II free trade Text I
- •Text II
- •Unit III
- •International organizations text I
- •Text II
- •Unit IV economic reforms in russia Text I
- •Text II
- •Unit V countries of the world Text I
- •Text II
- •Unit VI global problems Text I
- •Text II
- •References
Countries of the world
“Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind”
Philo (ancient Greek Philosopher, 15 BC-50)
Active Vocabulary
abundance
изобилие
accountability
подотчётность, ответственность
to acknowledge
признавать
actual
фактический
to adopt
принимать
assessment
оценка
to assume
принимать, допускать
attainment
достижение
awareness
осведомлённость
bribe
взятка
carrying
capacity
экологическая ёмкость
circulation
обращение
circumstance
обстоятельство
to circumvent
обойти
to coin
изобретать
commensurate
соответствующий
commitment
приверженность
community
сообщество
to compel
принуждать
complication
осложнение
consumption
потребление
conventional
традиционный
to cope with
справляться с
core
главный
credibility
вера, доверие
to devise
разрабатывать
to eliminate
ликвидировать
embarrassment
смущение
to embrace
охватывать
to emerge
возникать
even
(number)
чётный
to evolve
развиваться
extravagant
расточительный
to facilitate
способствовать
to gauge
измерять
governance
управление, руководство
guideline
указание
habitat
естественная среда
household
дом. хозяйство
item
отдельный предмет
inadvertently
случайно
to live up to
соответствовать
manifestation
проявление
to mislead
вводить в заблуждение
multiple
множественный
nutrition
питание
on behalf of
от лица
participant
участник
to pertain
принадлежать
primacy
превосходство
prosperity
процветание
recipient
получатель
to reciprocate
отвечать взаимностью
to sever
разрывать
side effect
побочный эффект
significant
значительный
to single out
выделять
sum total
общая сумма
tiny
крошечный
volunteer
доброволец
well-being
благосостояние
Text I
■Skimming
Before skimming the text answer the following questions:
1) Explain what Gross National Product (GNP) means.
2) What do you know about the kingdom of Bhutan? Find it on the map.
Ex. 1. Skim the following text and match each part of the text with its summary:
a) The traditional concept of GNP does not measure the quality of people’s life correctly, and the model of economic growth of the society based on this model can be misleading.
b) GNP cannot measure people’s happiness for three main reasons.
c) Trying to achieve ever higher GNP is one of the reasons why people cannot succeed in solving ecological problems.
d) New indicators of human well-being should be developed.
e) The concept of GNH defines actual well-being of the population.
f) Bhutan has achieved a lot due to the introduction of the GNH model.