- •Aнглийский язык для студентов специальностей «Финансы и кредит», «буАиА»
- •Preface
- •Contents
- •Unit I economy and economics Warming up
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Verbs and word-combinations with verbs:
- •Word Study
- •Text I Economy. Types of Economic Systems.
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Text II What Is Economics?
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Post-reading Activities
- •Discussion
- •Unit II the belarusian economy Warming up
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Word Study
- •Verb----------noun
- •Text The Belarusian Economy
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Post-reading Exercises
- •Discussion
- •Unit III Money Topical Vocabulary
- •Verbs and verb phrases
- •Word Study
- •Money Makes the World Go Round
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Post-reading Exercises
- •Unit IV banking
- •Word Study
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Post-reading Exercises
- •Opening an Account
- •Withdrawing Money From the Account
- •Changing Foreign Currency
- •Discussion
- •Unit V finance and credit Warming up
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Text 2
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Text 3 careers in finance
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Post-reading Exercises
- •Discussion
- •Unit VI accounting and audit Warming up
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Word Study
- •Text I Accounting As the Language of Business
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Text 2. Book-keeping and Accounting
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Text 3 Auditing
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Text 3 Careers in Accounting
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Post-reading Activities
- •Discussion
- •Curriculum
- •Содержание учебного материала по специальности «финансы и кредит»
- •Self-study Term I
- •Variant I the united kingdom economy
- •Variant II the american economy
- •Text work
- •To do away … … competition to place regulations … economic practices To be based … a free enterprise system to be involved … the construction
- •Ex. 3 Give the English equivalents to the following words and phrases.
- •Term II
- •Variant I
- •2. Translate the following words and expressions:
- •4. Match the words in Column a with the words in Column b to make up possible combinations.
- •5. Choose the words with similar meaning from the two groups and arrange them in pair.
- •7. Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •Variant II
- •2. Translate the following words and expressions:
- •3. Match the words in Column a with their definitions in Column b.
- •4. Match the words in Column a with the words in Column b to make up possible combinations.
- •5. Choose the words with similar meaning from the two groups and arrange them in pair
- •7. Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •Variant III
- •2. Translate the following words and expressions:
- •4. Match the words in Column a with the words in Column b to make up possible combinations.
- •5. Choose the words with similar meaning from the two groups and arrange them in pair
- •7. Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •Selling on Credit
- •Indebtedness, down payment, currency, deposit, purchases, charge, statement, certified copy, price, to finance
- •Business documents
- •Прочитайте текст , устно переведите его, используя словарь.
- •Найдите и выпишите из английского толкового словаря определения следующих понятий, переведите определения на русский язык (письменно).
- •Text Work
- •Text 2 Gross Domestic Product
- •Text 3 Unemployment
- •Inflation
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Text-based Exercises
- •In the lines 1 - 5 , Robyn see examples of all three. What are they?
- •3. Can you think of three important activities to add to each list (not necessarily in relation to the kettle)?
- •4. Which sector do you intend to work in or do you already work in?
- •International Economic Relations
- •Unit III Text 1
- •Text 2 English Banknotes and Coins
- •Text 3 American Money
- •Text 4 Counterfeiting
- •Text 5 Glimpses of History of Money
- •Unit IV Text 1 Types of loans made by banks
- •International Banking
- •Text 3 The Regulation of International Banking
- •Text 4 What is a Central Bank?
- •Text 5 The Federal Reserve System
- •Unit V Text 1 Credit Cards and their Holders
- •Text 2 Credit Union
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Unit V Text 1 History of Accounting
- •Text 2 Users of Accounting Information
- •Text 3 Ethical Behavior of Accountants
- •Text 4 Bookkeeping
- •Text 5 Accounting Industry in the usa
- •Bibliography
Text work
Ex. 1 Translate words and phrases given in brackets.
1.The people of the United States have one of the highest (уровень жизни). 2. The US economy is considered to be (смешанная). 3. Such control, called a (монополия), does away with (конкуренция) and enables controlling companies (устанавливать высокие цены) and reduce the (качество товаров). 4. The US (занимает третье место), after Russia and Saudi Arabia in the production of (нефти). 5. (Огромное количество энергии) consumed by the United States annually (вырабатывается) from various sources. 6. American (изобретатели) and engineers (сконструировали компьютеры) to bring automation to a higher level. 7. The construction industry (насчитывает) 4 percent of the US GDP and (обеспечивает работой) for 4 percent of the work force.
Ex. 2 Insert a necessary preposition and find this verb + preposition phrase in the text. Copy out the sentences where these phrases are used and translate the sentences into Russian.
To do away … … competition to place regulations … economic practices To be based … a free enterprise system to be involved … the construction
To account … 2 percent to extract goods …
To turn petroleum … gasoline to be concerned … house building
Ex. 3 Give the English equivalents to the following words and phrases.
Мировая ведущая индустриальная держава; защищать рабочих; большие залежи угля; антитрестовские законы; зарабатывать прибыль; поддерживать экономику; нефтеперегонный завод; удобрения; конвейер; изобретатель; вырабатывать энергию; давать возможность.
Ex. 4 Ask the questions to the words in bold.
The United States economy is based largely on a free enterprise system.
The government has placed regulations on economic practices through the year.
Beef cattle is the most valuable product of American farms.
To meet its needs the US must import additional amounts of iron ore, petroleum, and other materials.
Petroleum provides about 40 percent of energy.
Secondary economic activities include manufacturing and construction.
During the early 1900s US automobile firms introduced the moving assembly line.
Ex. 5 Match the questions to their answers (below).
What system is the United States economy based on?
What sectors does the US economy consist of?
What do primary economic activities include?
What part of the US gross domestic product does agriculture account for?
What do the US farms produce?
What are the most valuable natural resources?
What sources are used to generate the energy?
What processes have greatly increased productivity?
It accounts for 2 percent of GDP.
Petroleum, natural gas and coal.
It is based on a free enterprise system.
They are minerals, soils, water, forests and fish.
Manufacturing processes.
It consists of three main sectors – the primary, secondary and tertiary.
They produce beef cattle, corn, soybeans, vegetables, fruits and nuts.
It includes extracting goods from the natural environment, agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining.
Ex. 6 Say if these sentences are true or false according to the article. Correct the false ones.
Tertiary activities involve the output of goods.
Finance, insurance and real estate rank first among US service industries.
Banks finance much of the economic activity in the United States by making loans to both individuals and businesses.
Retail trade takes place when buyer purchases goods directly from a producer.
Wholesale trade involves selling products to the final consumer.
The nation imports goods that it lacks entirely or that producers do not supply in sufficient quantities.
During much of the country’s history, the value of US exports has exceeded the value of its imports.
Canada and Mexico are the country’s chief trading partners.
Local governments spend most of their income on police and fire protection, hospitals, streets and parks.
Ex. 7 Answer the questions.
What do tertiary economic activities involve?
What businesses does this industry group include?
What services rank first among US service industries?
Who finances much of the economic activity in the United States?
Why is real estate important to the economy of the United States?
What is the difference between wholesale and retail trade?
What are the main US imports?
What does the country export?
What are the major US trading partners?
What role do Government Services play in the economy?
What do state governments spend most of their income on?
Ex. 8 Write a short summary about the economy of the USA (15-20 sentences) and be ready to speak on the topic.