Policies to assist mobility

1. The barriers to geographical mobility are quite formidable, and while the UK government does provide financial assistance towards the cost of removal for unemployed workers, it has tended to deal with the problem of regional unemployment by “moving work to the workers”. Many employers anxious to attract workers from other areas offer assistance with removal costs and sometimes provide accommodation.

2. One problem may be lack of knowledge; employers may not be fully-informed of the potential labour supply and workers may be ignorant of certain job opportunities. The UK government has recently embarked upon a major programme to extend and improve its information services in this area. The older and rather forbidding Employment Exchanges are being replaced by modern and attractive Job Centres which, it is hoped, will encourage both employers and job-seekers to use the facilities provided by the state. There are, of course, a number of privately operated employment agencies, and employers also make great use of the local press as a means of recruiting labour.

3. A most important feature of official policy on the occupational mobility of labour is the provision of Retraining Centres (currently known as Skill Centres) where workers can learn skills.

V. Прочитайте запитання до тексту. З приведених варіантів відповідей визначте літеру речення, яка містить правильну відповідь на поставлені запитання.

1. What does the UK government provide for unemployed workers?

a) ... technical assistance;

b) ... humanitarian assistance;

c) ... financial assistance.

2. What do employers offer to attract workers from other areas?

a) ... removal costs and sometimes accommodation;

b) ... removal costs;

c) ... work and dwelling.

3. What is a most important feature of official policy on the occupational mobility of labour?

a) ... the provision of retraining centres;

b) ... giving credit to employees;

c) ... conducting social investigations among unemployed.

Варіант 5

I. Перепишіть. Письмово перекладіть українською або російською мовою наступні речення. Пам’ятайте, що об’єктний та суб’єктний інфінітивні звороти відповідають підрядним реченням. (див. зразок виконання 1.)

1. In these circumstances interest rates are likely to be high.

2. They consider the inflation to be too great a problem, especially if competitor nations are suffering similar rates.

3. The Federal Reserve Bank to be one of the sources of money can add or subtract money from the economy as it sees fit.

4. A number of factories are thought to determine the level of savings at any time.

5. We want these decisions to be taken in response to periods of economic uncertainty.

6. We expect them to introduce changes as soon as possible.

II. Перепишіть і письмово перекладіть українською або російською мовою наступні речення. Зверніть увагу на переклад залежного та незалежного дієприкметникових зворотів (див. Зразок виконання 2).

1. These organizations playing a prominent part in shaping the business environment, firms can exist and operate.

2. These goods produced by firms will make more profits.

3. A steady rise in money profits induces investment, this action expanding the economy as a whole.

4. Having overproduced these obsolete and unattractive goods firms made more profits.

5. The influences surrounding real-life situations are so many and so varied that we cannot take them all into account.

6. Deciding where to produce, the firm will generally be faced with a rather difficult problem.